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We’ve all been there. You’re hurrying through a busy airport, desperately looking for a screen so you can find your gate number. Then you see the dreaded word: Delayed. You spot someone with an official looking lanyard and ask what’s causing the disruption, only to be met by a dismissive shrug.
Most people now will turn to social media to try and get to the bottom of the issue. As Abhi Chacko, head of IT commercial at Gatwick Airport says: “Many times we have faced a situation where the passengers know more than us from Twitter and Facebook.”
Now, Chacko wants all of Gatwick’s 21,000 staff members to know exactly what is going on in the airport by using a new smartphone app.
The idea originated through Chacko's personal embarrasment. Just one month into his new role, Chacko’s lanyard was spotted by a confused passenger looking for the correct bag drop area. Chacko didn’t know and had to physically walk the customer to an information board. As Chacko tells the story: “They looked at me with the view of: ‘Don’t you know anything? Don’t you work here?’”
Chacko now wants to make “the entire workforce in the airport campus in tune with the airport. So not just Gatwick staff but ground handlers, retailers, everyone." His solution was to partner with London-based startup Airport Labs and its Airport Community app.
The app is available through the Apple and Google app stores and only airport employees can sign in. Gatwick has administrative control and access is granted according to e-mail domains. For example [email protected] will be able to gain a PIN to use the app on their smartphone, much like WhatsApp registration.
The app is a cloud-based platform that plugs into various data streams, for everything from emergency status across runways, rail and road infrastructure, to real-time arrival and departure data. It is simply a case of the correct commercial agreements being in place and the relevant data taps being turned on.
In theory this will give all staff a full picture of how the airport is operating in real-time. Retailers can see when passenger numbers are spiking and baggage handlers can stay abreast of road and weather conditions. Want to know when your partner’s flight is due to land? You should be able to ask any member of staff for a real-time update on the flight status.
Each data stream comes with a traffic light system for alerts (green, amber and red) depending on the severity of an issue. Alerts can be set to push notifications if a certain metric goes over a pre-set threshold, such as a spike in passenger numbers flowing through the terminal.
There is a group chat feature, allowing teams to discuss relevant issues amongst key personnel without using outdated and unreliable radio or walkie talkie technology.
This modernisation is integral to what Chacko wants to achieve for the airport. He admits: “Our traditional communication channels are very hierarchical. By the time the information flows through these sort of hierarchies and communication channels it becomes extremely old and stale, because the situation is changing very rapidly.”
“This tool flattens that hierarchy,” says Chacko. “You send this information and everyone at the airport gets it.”
Gatwick is the launch partner for the app, meaning they do not have to pay, but they will be held up as a case study while Airport Labs looks to bring other airports on board.
The more airports that use the app, the more data it will have. If other airports decide to sign up then staff (like pilots and cabin crew) will be able to view the status of those airports in real-time.
The key for Chacko and Gatwick will simply come down to employee engagement. The airport will need employees to embrace the app if they are to become better informed passenger hosts. The question is: will they want to?
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TALKING ABOUT DEATH AND DYING – Why don’t we talk about death and dying? A simple albeit difficult conversation could mean the difference between a peaceful and undignified death for individuals, between trauma and peace for families. Hopefully, Brian’s story will inspire people to talk about life’s greatest inevitability.
An undignified end
Brian, aged 73 years, had recently been discharged from hospital following a minor leg surgery due to poor circulation. Prior to this surgery, Brian regarded himself as “fit and healthy”, although he was diagnosed with hypertension four years earlier, and took medication for it.
Visiting his home one day, Brian’s sister found him unconscious and called an ambulance. Investigation revealed Brian had suffered a significant stroke to his frontal lobe so he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and kept alive on life support. Further investigation showed recovery with intact neurological function was impossible for him.
His only relative – his sister Joan – was contacted and informed of the severity of Brian’s condition, and of the unlikely chance he’d regain consciousness. Brian hadn’t prepared an advance care plan, or discussed his preferences in the event of becoming critically ill, with his sister.
When Joan met the ICU consultant, she was informed there was little hope of any sort of meaningful recovery, and that if Brian was taken off life support, he would most surely die.
Joan was unsure about what Brian would want and pleaded for him to be given more time to improve, and for her to consider what his wishes might have been before any decisions were made. Brian remained ventilator-dependent in the ICU for nine days, his condition further complicated by the development of pneumonia and septicaemia.
Despite the continued aggressive treatment he received, he died in the ICU, never having regained consciousness. The prolonged aggressive treatment, associated suffering and loss of autonomy and dignity that Brian endured, in addition to the distress that his sister suffered, could easily have been avoided if Brian had completed an advance care plan. Or if he’d had discussions with his sister, Joan, or his GP, about how he would like to be cared for in the event of serious or life-threatening illness.
Just like Brian, most people in Australian society aren’t comfortable discussing their death even though it’s becoming a more important topic as the population ages.
People over 65 years of age account for 13% of Australia’s total population and that figure is projected to rise to 25% by 2056. Chronic illness is the leading cause of death in Australia, with 2006 statistics showing that 140,000 people die every year from such diseases as diabetes, dementia and heart disease, and this number is also expected to increase.
So it’s vital for individuals, while they’re still well enough, to have conversations with their family about what they’d want if they became very ill or were dying.
It’s important because when an individual is no longer able to make decisions, often doctors turn to the next-of-kin or other family members for guidance about what to do, just as they did with Brian. And this is not just for guidance about a person’s official resuscitation status, such as “Not for Resuscitation”.
There are many other situations where a seriously ill person’s family could be asked to make tough decisions:
Would you want to be kept alive by machines in ICU?
Would you want to have “everything” done to save you if your quality of life would never be the same?
Would you prefer to be kept comfortable and free of pain or distress, and allowed to die?
While these may seem like unlikely and hypothetical scenarios to a healthy person, discussing these things with loved ones while they’re well may save a family a lot of grief later.
Studies show the anxiety and depression caused in family members by the burden of having to make life-or-death decisions during the time of a person’s serious illness is huge. Some family members even develop post-traumatic stress symptoms as a result of such experiences.
Some family members feel guilty about their decision for a long time. Others find they can’t contribute to the decision making, and they feel guilty about this inability.
Situations when no-one knows what the individual would’ve wanted can also lead to conflict in families. And the longer it takes for the family to come to an agreement, the longer the person continues to suffer. It’s not what anyone wants to go through.
Given that our population is ageing at a significant rate, it’s really important that families have these discussions early, and include the family doctor so if something terrible does happen, the right decision, based on an individual’s own preferences, is made.
If a doctor starts the conversation, it’s best not to resist. The more doctor knows about how an individual wants to be cared for, the better.
So the advice is simple: start the conversation with your loved ones and your doctor before you get sick. Be sure they know what you would want in the event that something happens in the future.
Get to know what your loved ones would want too. While the conversation may be uncomfortable at first, it can save a lot of heartache later on.
This is the fourth part of Talking about death and dying. To read the other instalments, click on the links below:
Part Three: Caring or curing: the importance of being honest
Part Eight: A personal account of life with terminal cancer
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This is a Single Family Residence home located at 200 S Silver Ridge St, Kern, CA. 200 S Silver Ridge St has 3 bedrooms, 2.0 full bathrooms, 0.0 partial bathrooms, and approximately 1635 square feet. The property has a lot size of 7841 square feet and was built in 1969.
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Arizona No. 10 in highest paying states for nursing professionals, study finds
PHOENIX– One national study by The Senior List has named Arizona as the tenth best state for nursing professionals in 2021 and onward.
The United States is expected to add 2.4 million healthcare jobs, and nursing-related occupations account for a great deal of the expected growth, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Arizona is expected to see up to 50% growth in nursing professions over the next decade, a recent study found.
By 2028, jobs in the state are projected to grow for nurse practitioners by 51%, registered nurses by 35%, home health and personal care aides by 31%, and nursing assistants by 22%, according to the study.
The average Arizona nurse practitioner earns $115,950 and spends about 10% of their salary on housing. Home health and personal care aides earn around $26,420 and spend around 45% in the state.
The study compared salary, wage, employment and housing data for each state to determine which ones are the best for different types of nurses.
Data for the study was used from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau and Projections Central.
Nursing professionals provide most of the care in hospitals and long-term care settings, proving vital in the healthcare system and for older Americans.
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Conor McGregor is not boxers earn the most money in the world. If compared with the stars in other sports showing Irish boxer can not compare. However, in the last 12 months "crazy guy" make money best. According to The Sun (UK), if the amount earned under the minutes, McGregor's character hottest monetization in the past 1 year.
In the first years, "crazy guy" UFC only 1 match and play right skills against Donald Cerrone screen (US) just take the right 40 seconds, in the confrontation in the US on 1/18/2020. This victory helped Conor earned $ 32 million, ie if play enough minutes McGregor may earn 1 to about 48 million dollars (1,100 billion / 1 minute).
This figure is impressive considering making money with the sports star in the past 12 months. For as Ronaldo earns 21,000 USD per minute sports competition, ie to 2,285 times less McGregor.
List of 10 players to earn money "summit" in the last 12 months (in minutes)
10. Cristiano Ronaldo, football player Portuguese playing for Juventus 1 minute for over 21,000 USD
9. Lionel Messi, Barcelona striker earned 26 000 USD / minute in the last 12 months
8. Neymar, the Brazilian striker has 37,000 USD every minute
7. Paul Pogba, midfielder of the team Manchester United have 38,000 USD every minute
6. Alexis Sanchez, Chile players who are still dreaming remuneration received 40,000 USD / minute
5. Anthony Joshua, the boxers 1 year played only few games should certainly rank very high if making money in minutes, "Right royal" British boxing has 637,000 USD / minute
4. Tyson Fury (left) for 883 000 USD / minute
3. Canelo Alvarez earn $ 1 million per minutes
Deontay Wilder 2. (left) also earned $ 1.1 million / minutes
1. Conor McGregor is the most impressive earners 48 million / minutes
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Protectionism rears its ugly head again
Protectionism rears its ugly head again
Weekly Market Compass: New US tariffs may have a long-reaching impact on the global economy
The global trade environment seriously worsened last week as the US applied aluminum and steel tariffs to Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU). Just a few days before, US President Donald Trump announced he is exploring tariffs of up to 25% on imported cars. In my view, this is a very negative development that has implications for the global economy for several different reasons:
- It may result in more protectionist actions. As I’ve said before, tariffs are like bacteria in a petri dish — they multiply quickly. This certainly dims the prospects for a successful renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. And we have already seen a reaction from France to the application of aluminum and steel tariffs on the EU. Not only did French President Emmanuel Macron assert that the tariffs would “penalize everyone including the US,” he warned that the EU will “react by taking appropriate measures, in a firm manner and proportionately, in conformity with World Trade Organization rules.” German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that the tariffs risk “creating a spiraling escalation that will harm everyone.” And this has occurred many times throughout history, although perhaps most vividly in the 1920s and 1930s. During this period, US acts of protection were met with rapid responses from Canada and Europe; the trade war escalated rapidly, resulting in tariffs on more than 20,000 imported goods.1
- Tariffs are often passed down as an input cost, ultimately hurting the consumer. In the April Federal Reserve Beige Book, we saw concern over tariffs (they were mentioned 36 times), with business leaders expressing concerns that input costs are going up. And historically, input costs have risen following the imposition of tariffs and quotas. For example, research has shown that the Corn Laws (in which the UK imposed tariffs and quotas on imported grains in the 1800s) increased the cost of living for British workers.2 In 1984, US consumers paid an estimated $53 billion in higher prices because of import restrictions levied that year.3 The day before Trump’s tariff announcement, the US Chamber of Commerce issued a statement that US steel prices are already nearly 50% higher than steel prices in Europe and China.4
- This is creating economic policy uncertainty — which has historically dampened business investment. In a recent European Central Bank (ECB) meeting, ECB President Mario Draghi explained that protectionism as well as threats of protectionist actions can “have a profound and rapid effect on business, on exporters’ confidence … and confidence can in turn affect growth.” In fact, the slowdown in US business equipment investment in the first quarter appears to have carried over into the second quarter, with little evidence that the recent corporate tax cuts have provided a significant boost to capital spending. I attribute that to economic policy uncertainty — caused largely by US trade policies/threats.
- Protectionism stands in the way of progress. It’s an economic principle that countries should specialize in the production of goods and services in which they have a comparative advantage in order to grow their economy most effectively, thereby creating the most jobs. Protectionism doesn’t create jobs, in my view — it destroys them by making the economy inefficient. Shielding the US steel industry may save a few steelworkers’ jobs, but I expect a ripple effect that increases input costs, hurts the economy and results in job losses. In its statement last week, the US Chamber of Commerce warned that these tariffs will “hit American manufacturers with higher costs, slow the growth of the US construction sector and put the brakes on job creation in both of these key industries.” Some compelling statistics can be found from the protectionist environment of the 1920s and 1930s: US imports from Europe declined from $1.3 billion in 1929 to $390 million in 1932, while US exports to Europe fell from $2.3 billion in 1929 to $784 million in 1932.5 And from 1929 to 1934, world trade declined by approximately 66%.5
- These tariffs confuse what should be the US’ most important trade issue — intellectual property violations. Rather than pursue that most egregious issue, the US has alienated those countries that it should be working with to resolve intellectual property infringement on the part of China. That — not trade deficits — should be the critical issue the US pursues, in my view, as it has the greatest impact on future competitiveness.
- It may impact foreign policy. By imposing tariffs on close allies with the rationale of national security concerns, the US runs the risk of alienating those allies, which may prove problematic when foreign policy/security issues arise and the US needs the help of allies. The Office of the Historian of the US Department of State explained that, “What is certain … is that Smoot-Hawley [tariffs implemented in 1930] did nothing to foster cooperation among nations in either the economic or political realm during a perilous era in international relations.”6
For all of these reasons, we need to follow the trade situation closely. Markets seem too quick to applaud an improvement in global trade rhetoric, but too slow to consider ramifications of a worsening of protectionist trade policies. Free trade is being threatened, and it has the potential to negatively impact the global economy at a time when it is showing some signs of slowdown already.
1 Source: Douglas Irwin, “Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression,” 2017
2 Source: Jeffrey Williamson, “The Impact of the Corn Laws Just Prior to Repeal,” Explorations in Economic History, 1990
3 Source: Gary Hufbauer and Howard Rosen, “Trade Policy for Troubled Industries,” Washington DC Institute for International Economics, 1986
4 Source: US Chamber of Commerce, May 30, 2018
5 Source: Office of the Historian, US Department of State
6 Source: Office of the Historian, US Department of State. The “Smoot-Hawley” tariffs refer to the United States Tariff Act of 1930, which was sponsored by Sen. Reed Smoot and Rep. Willis Hawley.
The opinions referenced above are those of Kristina Hooper as of June 4, 2018.
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Domain Name Security Paper Released
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Marina Del Rey, Calif: For many years, the Internet community has been developing and enhancing a Domain Name System (DNS) security technology called DNSSEC.
ICANN's strategic and operating [PDF, 480K] plans call for ICANN to be operationally ready to deploy DNSSEC at the root level and work with relevant stakeholders to determine how this should be implemented. With input from many stakeholders, ICANN has prepared a document describing this path to operational readiness for signing the root.
The purpose of this paper [PDF, 342K] released today is to:
a) articulate ICANN's initiatives toward operational readiness for DNSSEC signing; and
b) help determine the right structures so ICANN is "…prepared to digitally sign the root using DNSSEC technology by late 2008", as directed in the July 2008 – June 2011 ICANN Strategic Plan after consultation with stakeholders and having sought the necessary approvals.
Specifically, this document is not a roadmap for DNSSEC deployment.
Ultimately, this roadmap will be developed by a community consultation process, and require relevant approvals through ICANN's IANA functions contract with the U.S. Department of Commerce. A public forum has been established at http://forum.icann.org/lists/dnssec-consultation/ and ICANN actively seeks your input on this important matter. Email comments to email@example.com
In addition recently, a prominent security researcher privately reported two domain name system (DNS) vulnerabilities to many DNS name server developers.
DNSSEC would be a solution to these vulnerabilities.
The details of the vulnerabilities have not yet been disclosed publicly at this stage so that developers can produce patches to reduce the threat these vulnerabilities pose. Private disclosures of this kind also give DNS operators an opportunity to patch systems before the vulnerabilities can be exploited for malicious or criminal purposes. ICANN understands there will be a public announcement of these vulnerabilities by the researcher in coming weeks.
This vulnerability does not affect root-level servers or services that provide authoritative name service at the top level. But it does represent a threat for domain name servers that operate between end users and the root; servers operated by Internet Service Providers or large enterprises. Commercial service providers in general are aware of this issue, and are working with vendors to update their software to the latest versions.
ICANN's Security Stability Advisory Committee will be examining this issue and may report more fully later. ICANN urges any entity operating name services to update to the current versions to provide greatest protection.
ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet's system of unique identifiers like domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols that help computers reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet's ongoing security and stability. ICANN is an internationally organized, public benefit non-profit company. For more information please visit: www.icann.org.
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- We are an established boutique firm in London with an expanding Property Department (CQS accredited).
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Quilted, 4-layer Evolution4 fabric offers good protection against dirt, moisture, ultraviolet light and scratches. A tough outer layer resists moisture, acid rain, sap and bird droppings. The pillow soft inner layer is durable but will not leave a mark on your BMW's finish High tech material will not rot, mildew, stretch or shrink. The heaviest of our car covers, it is the best choice for "ding" and scratch protection.
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Everything we sell comes with a minimum 12-month warranty and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. In addition, products that carry the Bavarian Autosport brand come with a minimum 2-year warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. (Some have lifetime warranties!) If you are unhappy with a product's quality or performance, simply let us know. We'll make it right. Call us at 800.535.2002 or e-mail [email protected].
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Stephen Jay Gould
The best definition that I have found of agnosticism and atheism is this: “An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings.” This post focuses on Stephen Jay Gould and shows, I believe, that personal atheism and scientific agnosticism are compatible. In other words, his personal belief was that God does not exist; his scientific position was that the question of God’s existence cannot be answered by science. The first statement is about himself, and the second statement is about science. The distinction is important. When someone says that a certain scientist is an atheist, it is often incorrectly understood to mean that science is atheistic. Mr. Gould’s position on the question is an example of that.
Stephen Jay Gould is best known scientifically by his notions of “non-overlapping magesteria” (NOMA) and “punctuated equilibrium”. It’s not my purpose to discuss the findings of science here – those interested can google the two phrases in the quotes if interested. My purpose is to present what he himself says about what he believes. In the words of Mr Gould himself, “…the primary rule of intellectual life: when puzzled, it never hurts to read the primary documents – a rather simple and self-evident principle that has, nonetheless, completely disappeared from large sectors of the American experience.” (1) So I will quote his own words, rather than what someone else says.
He has written this concise statement about scientific agnosticism:
“To say it for all my colleagues and for the umpteenth million time (from college bull sessions to learned treatises): science simply cannot (by its legitimate methods) adjudicate the issue of God’s possible superintendence of nature. We neither affirm nor deny it; we simply can’t comment on it as scientists. If some of our crowd have made untoward statements claiming that Darwinism disproves God, then I will find Mrs. McInerney and have their knuckles rapped for it (as long as she can equally treat those members of our crowd who have argued that Darwinism must be God’s method of action). Science can work only with naturalistic explanations; it can neither affirm nor deny other types of actors (like God) in other spheres (the moral realm, for example). Forget philosophy for a moment; the simple empirics of the past hundred years should suffice. Darwin himself was agnostic (having lost his religious beliefs upon the tragic death of his favorite daughter), but the great American botanist Asa Gray, who favored natural selection and wrote a book entitled Darwiniana, was a devout Christian. Move forward 50 years: Charles D. Walcott, discoverer of the Burgess Shale fossils, was a convinced Darwinian and an equally firm Christian, who believed that God had ordained natural selection to construct a history of life according to His plans and purposes. Move on another 50 years to the two greatest evolutionists of our generation: G. G. Simpson was a humanist agnostic. Theodosius Dobzhansky a believing Russian Orthodox. Either half my colleagues are enormously stupid, or else the science of Darwinism is fully compatible with conventional religious beliefs — and equally compatible with atheism, thus proving that the two great realms of nature’s factuality and the source of human morality do not strongly overlap.” (2)
Along the same lines, he has also said, about a statement by Pope Pius XII in his 1950 encyclical titled Humani Generis, that he “knew that the main thrust of his message was that Catholics could believe whatever science determined about the evolution of the human body, so long as they accepted that, at some time of [God’s] choosing, God had infused the soul into such a creature. I also knew that I had no problem with this statement, for whatever my private beliefs about souls, science cannot touch such a subject and therefore cannot be threatened by any theological position on such a legitimately and intrinsically religious issue.” (1)
He continues his article with a review of NOMA, saying that how the universe works is the magisterium (teaching authority) of science; moral questions and questions of ultimate meaning are in the magesteria of religion. He acknowledges that the borders of these two magisteria are not always clearly defined, and can bump into each other. Such is the case with the science of evolution. There have been excesses on both sides (he acknowledges that some of his fellow scientists have crossed the border), creating conflict where there doesn’t have to be one.
Concerning his own beliefs, he says: “I am not, personally, a believer or a religious man in any sense of institutional commitment or practice. But I have enormous respect for religion, and the subject has always fascinated me,…” (1)
“I believe, with all my heart, in a respectful, even loving concordat between our magesteria – the NOMA solution. NOMA represents a principled position on moral and intellectual grounds, not a mere diplomatic stance. NOMA also cuts both ways. If religion can no longer dictate the nature of factual conclusions under the magisterium of science, then scientists cannot claim higher insight into moral truth from any superior knowledge of the world’s empirical constitution. This natural humility has important consequences in a world of such diverse passions.” (1)
Concerning the existence of the soul, he writes “…I know that souls represent a subject outside the magisterium of science. My world cannot prove or disprove such a notion, and the concept of souls cannot threaten or impact my domain [science].” (1)
And finally, “Here, I believe, likes the greatest strength and necessity of NOMA, …[it] permits – indeed, enjoins – the prospect of respectful discourse, of constant input from both magesteria toward the common goal of wisdom.” (1)
The important takeaways for me are that Mr Gould is not, as he is sometimes portrayed, a flaming atheist out to destroy religion. Even more importantly, he recognizes the limitations of science and rejects the notion that science can somehow prove/disprove the existence of God. Although he is personally not a believer, he is very careful to differentiate his beliefs as a person from the conclusions of science. Scientists are allowed to have their own beliefs on the question of God and all that that implies, but those personal beliefs must not be taken as a statement about science.
(1) “Nonoverlapping Magesteria”, published in the journal “Natural History”, March 1997, reproduced in the book “An Evolving Dialogue: Theological and Scientific Perspectives On Evolution”, by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Trinity Press International, 1991.
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GM was browsing the real estate listings on the back of the Georgetowner the other day and he came across this puzzling listing:
The home is a modest two bedroom row house, virtually identical to dozens and dozens throughout Georgetown (particularly the East Village). But this home offers something that no other house in Georgetown can: a two block walk to the Metro!
Wait a minute, what?
Two blocks to the Metro? How is that possible?
This house is on 26th just above P St. What is the walk to the Metro from there?
It’s somewhat debatable how you’d score the walk from 26th and P to 23rd and P, but it’s indisputable that there are (at least) two blocks simply between P and 23rd and P and 21st.
It takes some real chutzpah to describe this .7 mile walk as “two blocks.” (Maybe it’s this type of chutzpah that got WFP the crown for Georgetown Realtor of the Year). Good for WFP and the owner that they sold it in one day, but let’s hope the new owners took a stroll to the Metro first.
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At certain moments during the past year’s long and often tedious march to November, the political class, already bored with discussing a GOP Senate takeover most considered nearly certain, started debating a few post-election hypotheticals. With Republicans in control in both the House and the Senate, would the president try again to strike the elusive grand bargain?(No.) Would Senate Republicans retaliate against Democrats for choosing the so-called nuclear option? (Maybe.) Would Democrats filibuster relentlessly, like Republicans did when they were the minority party in the Senate? (Probably not.)
Of all the questions about a Republican Senate that hovered over the midterms, though, none cast a shadow as large as this: Would the swelling of the GOP’s ranks lead to the Tea Party finally escaping its quarantine in the House of Representatives? Would a wave of Republican victories leave Ted Cruz, the Tea Party hero who helped author last year’s government shutdown, as the de facto leader of the U.S. Senate? Less militant Republicans, like Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. John McCain, promised the answer was no. But because I’d observed the way the establishment of the party had repeatedly bowed to Tea Party threats, I was a skeptic.
Well, it’s still more than a month until the new Congress is sworn in, but it’s already looking like we can put that debate to rest. The Republican Party will make no clean break from its recent ideological and procedural radicalism, despite whatever some of the more grizzled members of the party leadership may hope. The era of government by crisis — from debt ceiling to government shutdown and all the good stuff in-between — is not over. This will be Ted Cruz’s Senate.
Here’s what has me feeling so certain: On Wednesday night, Fox News reported that President Obama was readying his long-promised, and repeatedly deferred, executive orders to “reform” America’s immigration system (which in concrete terms means reduce deportations). Soon thereafter, the Wall Street Journal reported that a bloc of no less than 50 Republicans in Congress was already maneuvering to thwart the orders by attaching language preemptively barring presidential action to “must-pass” legislation. And what makes the passage of this legislation so non-negotiable? It’s needed to fund the government.
Yes, not even two weeks removed from a midterm election that Republican leadership promised would bring an end to gridlock and partisan warfare, GOPers in the House are already brandishing the government shutdown threat. “Everybody has said they want to do something to stop his recklessness,” Arizona Rep. Matt Salmon, the chief organizer of the push, told the Journal. “If we have an opportunity to actually do something rather than complain … why shouldn’t we?” And to be fair to Salmon and his teammates, if one truly believed the melodramatic charges of lawlessness Republicans toss at the president, then the most logical move would be to follow Rep. Joe Barton’s lead and bring up impeachment. In that sense, then, the Tea Party’s settling for a government shutdown can be seen as a conciliatory gesture toward GOP leadership.
Of course, Tea Partyers in the House were far from the only conservatives to respond to news of Obama’s executive orders with the kind of revolutionary fervor Tuesday supposedly ended. Red State’s Erick Erickson, who is perhaps second only to Rush Limbaugh when it comes to speaking the id of the conservative movement, also flipped out. “The Republican response,” Erickson wrote, “should be to make Camp David a refugee holding facility and close down every golf course controlled by public funds at which the president might wish to play.” Not content to merely close the greens, Erickson went on to urge Republicans to “basically defund the White House, save for security for the president and his family.” Perfunctory golf jokes aside, the snark was directed primarily toward GOP leadership. By refusing to threaten another shutdown, Erickson wrote, the Republican Party had “already negotiated the terms of its surrender.”
Yet as loud as the right wing’s expressions of outrage have been, there’s one distinctive voice that so far has been most conspicuous in its absence — that of Ted Cruz. To be sure, the junior senator from Texas hasn’t been completely mum about his vision of life in the new Senate. But beyond a pre-election Washington Post interview, in which Cruz spoke vaguely about avoiding the “mushy middle” and aggressively trying to repeal Obamacare, the likely future presidential candidate has played it close to the chest. Perhaps he’s holding back in order to glean how much influence his enormous popularity with the Tea Party can buy him in a Republican Senate. I'm guessing he likes what he sees: A GOP so at war with itself that, after less than two weeks, the post-victory honeymoon period has already ended.
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is hiring a Assistant Admin Officer based in Maputo
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is an international organization with the mandate to assist persons in need of international protection; asylum seekers; refugees; statelessness; and internally displaced persons. The UNHCR operation in Mozambique has its main office in Maputo and field offices in Nampula and Pemba. The working language in the UNHCR offices in Mozambique is English.
- The Assistant Administrative Officer is responsible for supporting the Office in the implementation of general administrative and resource management tasks. The incumbent assists the Supervisor in all administrative matters addressing day to day tasks and contributing to deliver administrative activities.
- S/he will contribute to establish and maintain efficient administrative control mechanisms to ensure compliance with UN administrative, financial and human resources rules and procedures. Contacts on administrative/budgetary related issues are mainly with Sections/Units/Offices within the organization both at HQ and in the Field and with local suppliers/services to ensure provision of services and resolution of difficult problems. Frequent external contacts are counterparts in other organizations or in national
- Governments at working level related to issues of importance to the Organization’s programmes.
- Direct supervision is received from the immediate supervisor i.e. Finance Officer. The incumbent will also refer to UNHCR and UN handbooks and policy papers concerning administrative rules and regulations.
- The incumbent may directly supervise general service staff.
- Previous professional experience within the United Nations systemwould be desirable. Experience in the area of Finance and Accounting will be considered as a value added.
- – Monitor the day-to-day personnel and administrative operations of the office.
- – Participates in the recruitment and training of General Service staff for specialized and non-specialized work and assign General Service staff to meet work requirements.
- – Supervises activities concerned with office and grounds maintenance, security, transport and similar services.
- – Briefs international staff on general administrative matters, provide advice and ensure administrative support as required.
- – Contributes to the preparation of submissions of new or revised procedures and practices.
- – Prepares correspondence, special reports, evaluations and justifications as required on general administrative matters.
- – Handles all personnel matters related to attendance records leave, issuance of visas, licence, etc.
- – Coordinate training and capacity-building activities to staff in administrative related areas.
- – Facilitate the mission travel of staff, including following up on travel authorizations, bookings, tickets.
- – Perform other related duties as required.
- Candidates must be Mozambican Nationals.
How to Apply
- Link: https://www.unhcr.org/careers.html
- Date of Issue 23 July 2021
- Closing Date 6 August 2021
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Play Free Spider Solitaire Online
Spider Solitaire Rules of the Game. Spider Solitaire is a popular variation of a single-player card game, and often played using two decks of cards. The goal of the Spider Solitaire game is to build cards in descending order: King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8,7,6,5,4,3,2, and Ace in the columns of the tableau. Once you form this sequence, you can instantly locate it to the foundation. Once you play all the cards and you have moved them to 8 separate descending sequences, then you win the game.
In order to determine significant differences, it is ideal to define the terms used in playing the game. The tableau refers to the columns and rows of cards where you play the game. In the conventional form, the tableau is made of seven columns with every column containing a single card rested atop on a stack of cards on face down. While traditional Solitaire is played with seven stacks in the table, Spider Solitaire is played with 10 stacks.
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At the start of the Olympics, athletes in every sport are unified by one goal: going for the gold. The medal (along with silver and bronze) designates those athletes as the best in the world at what they do. Microsoft has a similar system designed to highlight superior partners: Competencies.
It requires fewer sessions in the gym but the meaning is the same. Partners receive Silver and Gold competencies as a mark of exceptional work. To dive deeper into Microsoft competencies and gain an insider’s view, we spoke with Gharun Hester, a Senior Partner Development Manager at Microsoft.
How Microsoft Competencies Work
Competencies single out the Microsoft partners who make extra efforts to educate employees and surpass client expectations. Partners can identify areas for competencies like Communications or Cloud Business Applications.
Currently, Nortec has 8 Gold and 2 Silver competencies, an achievement Hester described as “fantastic.” When partners want a Gold or Silver competency, they first receive educational material. The partner then needs to prove knowledge of the subject and the ability to deliver solutions to clients. This can be done through exams and certifications or by meeting stringent performance goals. Additionally, customer references must be submitted and approved by Microsoft. Silver competencies usually require 3 testimonials, while a partner needs 5 references to attain Gold.
Only a small percentage of the most capable and engaged partners achieve Gold. Hester explained people overwhelmingly find the distinction valuable. In a survey, 77% of customers associated Gold with high quality and 73% related it to trustworthiness.
This isn’t only perceived value; the competency system prioritizes the client. Obtaining Silver and/or Gold competencies requires continually learning the ins and outs of Microsoft’s new products and closely following trends in the technology industry. Microsoft awards competencies after partners have proven the ability to consistently turn what they’ve learned into solutions for clients. The partner needs to maintain this high level of service to retain Silver or Gold status.
Microsoft Competencies Demonstrate Value
Microsoft differentiates partners by focusing on experience, capability and the ability to deliver a good experience to businesses and organizations. The competency structure encapsulates these values and is a way for partners to understand what they need to do to separate themselves from one another.
“Nortec’s commitment to people, culture and development is exactly what we look for in outstanding partners,” Hester stated. “For years, Nortec has consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver high-quality, expert support to clients while continually evolving internally to stay on top of the latest technology trends.”
Hester went on to explain that businesses who choose to deeply invest in competencies and maintain their status are the most successful. Partners who acquire multiple Golds in different areas truly stand out from the rest of the pack.
No Participation Trophies
Microsoft consistently applies the requirements and does not award competencies to any partner who applies. It is not a participation trophy and requires continuous investment. Hester said that Microsoft looks to see how partners evolve over time. Even after achieving a competency Microsoft ensures they are delivering their sales, services and core business to their clients every year.
Dedicated, personal support from Microsoft is not automatic. Partner development managers are only assigned if Microsoft feels the vendor has demonstrated proficiency in delivering Microsoft’s tech stack to clients.
Benefits to Our Clients
Having Hester as our dedicated partner manager is an incredibly valuable resource for our clients because we can escalate issues on their behalf.
These deep inroads into Microsoft mean our team can access more resources and capabilities. We have insights into new innovations, making it easier to roadmap information, help during whiteboarding sessions, implement end-of-support solutions or access funding for implementation of new projects.
Nortec’s Microsoft Competencies
- Application Development
- Cloud Platform
- Cloud Productivity
- Collaboration and Content
- Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions
- Enterprise Mobility Management
- Windows and Devices
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Detecting water leaks in your home can be tricky, but there are a few telltale signs to look out for. If you notice any of the following issues in your bathroom, you may have a water leak:
- Mould or mildew
- Water damage
- Musty odour
- Loose taps
- Water stains on the ceiling or walls.
If you’re unsure whether you have a water leak or not, it’s best to call in a professional to help inspect your bathroom for any potential problems with your plumbing.
Here is some more information on the signs you may have a water leak in your bathroom:
Sign #1: Mould or Mildew
Water leaks can cause mould and mildew to grow, so if you see any unusual black or green patches forming on your walls or ceilings, this is a major sign that you have a water leak. Mould can cause a whole host of health problems, so it’s important to get it treated as soon as possible. If left untreated, mould can also potentially cause health problems like asthma, respiratory problems, and skin irritation.
Sign #2: Water Damage
Water leaks can also lead to water damage, which can cause expensive repairs, so it’s important to address the issue as soon as possible. If you notice that your walls or ceiling are starting to look damp, or that your flooring is becoming warped or soft, then you likely have a water leak. In extreme cases, water damage can even lead to structural damage in your home.
Sign #3: Musty Odour
If you notice that your bathroom has an odd, musty smell, especially during the warmer days, this could be a sign of a water leak. This is because water leaks can cause mould and mildew to grow inside your walls, and these can emit a strong, unpleasant smell. Don’t try and cover up these smells with air fresheners or scented candles – this will only mask the problem, and won’t solve it.
You’ll need a local plumber to come to inspect your pipes for potential leaks. The experienced local plumbers of Pipe Dream Plumbing are available in Essendon, Sunshine, Footscray, Hoppers Crossing and other Western Suburbs. Get in touch today!
Sign #4: Loose Taps
Water leaks can cause your taps to loosen over an extensive period of time, so if you notice that your taps are no longer as tight as they used to be, this could be a sign of a water leak. It’s important to get this fixed as soon as possible, as loose taps can waste a lot of water. Why does a tap become loose you ask? As water leaks, it puts pressure on the pipes which can lead to the deterioration of the fittings holding your taps in place.
Sign #5: Water Stains on Ceiling or Walls
If you notice water stains on your ceiling or walls, this is another sign that you may have a water leak. These stains are usually caused by water seeping through cracks or holes in your walls or ceilings. Sometimes the stains are obvious, but other times they may be more subtle.
If you’re unsure, it’s always best to call in a professional to take a look.
How can you tell where a water leak is coming from?
Of course, the best thing to do is get in touch with a plumber who will be able to find the issue for you quickly. However, there are a few things you may want to do yourself. For example, you can investigate the fixtures and appliances in your home, checking under the bathroom, laundry, and kitchen sinks to make sure they are dry. You should also look for puddles beneath the clothes washer, dishwasher, water heater, or near the toilets, showers, or bathtubs. If you notice any puddles you should call a plumber immediately!
How do plumbers find water leaks in walls?
Plumbers like the team at Pipe Dream Plumbing & Drainage are highly skilled and experienced and have a great selection of tools at their disposal that can help them figure out where a leak is coming from. This includes ground microphones and listening discs, which are some of the most standard tools used by plumbers to figure out a water leak and pinpoint where it is coming from.
If you think you may have a water leak in your bathroom, it’s important to take action right away. As mentioned in this blog post, water leaks can cause serious damage to your home and can lead to expensive repairs. It’s best to call in a professional to help assess the situation and determine the best course of action. Taking care of a water leak as soon as possible will help minimise the damages and ensure that your home is safe and comfortable for you and your family.
If you are worried that you have a leak in your bathroom or anywhere else in your home, please do not hesitate to contact us today for more information.
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Open and delivering 365 days a year, our staff is always standing by, ready to help you with your gift to North Woods Beach, Wisconsin. Place your North Woods Beach, Wisconsin order with confidence quickly, safely and easily. Our checkout process is a breeze! Every order is handled with care North Woods Beach Wisconsin Flower Delivery Express® to ensure the highest quality and best service. The end result is a beautiful gift delivered when you want it in North Woods Beach, Wisconsin. In some areas, North Woods Beach, Wisconsin Flower Delivery Express® uses their extensive network of preferred local florists to provide the highest quality products and ensure timely delivery.
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FrontPage 97 Links
FrontPage 97/98 Personal Web Server Vulnerability Patch 97
Microsoft has released a patch that addresses a vulnerability in Personal Web Server running under the Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 operating systems
Microsoft has released the FrontPage 97 patch to bring FrontPage 97 into Year 2000 compliance.
FrontPage 97 with Bonus Pack Packs a Punch!
Locate a Registered Web Presence Provider for FrontPage
Microsoft FrontPage 97 Support Resources
Security Implications of Microsoft FrontPage 97 Server Extensions
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Researchers at Syracuse University are looking to the geologic past to make future projections about climate change.
Christopher K. Junium, assistant professor of Earth sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is the lead author of a study that uses the nitrogen isotopic composition of sediments to understand changes in marine conditions during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)—a brief period of rapid global warming approximately 56 million years ago.
Junium’s team—which includes Benjamin T. Uveges G’17, a Ph.D. candidate in A&S, and Alexander J. Dickson, a lecturer in geochemistry at Royal Holloway at the University of London—has published an article on the subject in Nature Communications (Springer Nature, 2018).
Their research focuses on the ancient Tethys Ocean (site of the present-day Mediterranean Sea) and provides a benchmark for present and future climate and ocean models.
Continue reading at Syracuse University
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Talking to your child about mental and emotional health
Talking about mental and emotional health can sometimes be a challenging topic to broach with your teen, and sometimes they can be reluctant (or just plain refuse) to let you into their inner world.
However, we encourage you to persevere! During the often overwhelming teens years, and especially as they begin to step into big life changes such as graduating, starting uni or a new job, and forming new friendship groups, it is important to be checking in with your teen and ensure they receive the support they may need. On top of this time of increased independence, as if that’s not enough to handle, this year has also bought added pressures that may have given you further cause for concern about your child’s mental health.
So, the big question remains: how can you address concerns you may have about your child’s mental and emotional wellbeing without encroaching on their sense of independence and privacy?
Let us help with some tips we have learnt over 23 years of working with young people.
The trick is to address concerns you may have about your child’s mental and emotional wellbeing without encroaching on their sense of independence and privacy.
Beyondblue, a mental health organisation, provides some helpful advice on signs to look for if you think your teen is struggling to manage their mental health. While all teens go through phases of changed behaviour, and can tend to withdraw as they process transitions, there is specific behaviour that parents can watch for if they are concerned:
1. Notice if your teen’s behaviour has changed: are they no longer engaging in activities they once enjoyed?
2. Be aware of changes in your teen’s routine: are they sleeping more or less, or has their appetite changed?
3. Be aware of your teen’s social interactions: are they socialising less or withdrawing from friends and family?
4. Notice any physical or emotional pain your teen may be experiencing, such as soreness in their body or frequent tearfulness.
Have a Chat
When talking with your teen, it can be easy to begin giving them advice about how to deal with the struggles they are facing- or even encouraging them that it isn’t as big of a deal as they feel it is. But for your teen, it may feel like a very big deal, and they may be opening up to you to have a listening ear.
Here are 5 tips for talking to your teen about their mental health:
1. As you begin the conversation with them, ask them if they would like advice or simply just to talk out their concerns, and then engage with them accordingly.
2. As tempting as it can be to jump in and help them, be patient and listen to them as they express themselves (aka avoid interrupting!).
3. Remind your teen that you love them, regardless of the struggles or issues they may be dealing with.
4. Let your teen know that they have support from their family and friends and that you are a safe space for them to discuss whatever is on their mind.
5. Encourage your teen to see a professional if you believe it would be beneficial for them.
After chatting with your teen about their mental health, ensure you continue to support them in the areas they are struggling in. This can include taking them to see a GP or counsellor, reminding them they can come to you any time they want to chat, or encouraging them in making positive friendships with supportive friends and keeping healthy habits going, like exercising, eating well and taking up enjoyable hobbies. Also reach out to other parents and find out how they are supporting their teens. Just like your teen doesn’t need to struggle on their own, you don’t have to navigate supporting them alone either!
These are some great online and phone resources you can suggest to your teen if they would like to seek further support or information:
Kids Helpline- https://www.kidshelpline.com.au/teens
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"If you read around the web, the reviews are mixed with this product, with 2 things in particular. 1 - the lack of a micro USB adapter, and 2,- the proprietary connecter on the battery pack that comes with this panel. I can address those 2 things and add my own .02.
First, as of 10/2014 there IS now a micro USB adapter included in the package. The only other useful adapter is the mini USB adapter. The old 30pin Apple connector is out of date, and the other few adapters I have no idea who would still use a phone that accepts one of them. If you have one of those phones, my guess is you'd appreciate any charger that will fit it, because everything is now micro USB, except the Apple iPhone/iPad using their lightning cable.
The battery pack that comes in the package is 1000 mah. Not very much capacity at all, and looks very cheaply made. It does have a proprietary adapter to plug in from the solar panel, but it also will charge from any mini UBS cable as well. The plus side to this is that you ONLY have to use the proprietary adapter input if you are charging both this battery AND an additional device. If you are only charging the battery alone, you can use the mini USB input.
The little instruction booklet says that you can charge your device straight from the panel, and not use the battery pack, with the iPhone being an exception as it requires a specific voltage in order to charge. It would be really really nice if the folks at Rothco would put out a lightning adapter for this product, but in the meantime, you can use your own. Especially helpful is a micro USB to Lightning adapter, but that is an additional purchase from Apple unless you happen to have one already. (I do, but not everyone does.)
BUT...the good news is that you can charge OTHER external battery packs as well as the crappy one included. It will do a pass-through charge as well, so it will charge both your battery pack AND your phone at the same time. I successfully charged several different external batteries with this solar panel, so that ticks a huge box off on my prepping list.
The lighting conditions are just from my office window, so it gets stronger light after noon until the sun goes down. My office window is also only a few feet from the next building, so it may not be the exact ideal positioning for maximum possible charging, but it does still work.
The panel has a reasonable stand built in, and includes 2 clips on the bottom and snaps at the top for you to mount this panel on the back of your vest, or to a backpack to keep you mobile.
Unlike several other models out there, the panel itself does NOT have any internal battery capacity, so if you do not have a battery pack attached, there is no point to keeping the panel in the sun when not in use. Most other competing products I've seen has at least some internal battery capacity, but they are more expensive than this product is, while this product seems geared to being able to use while you are on the move.
Overall, I'm satisfied with the product, and WOULD RECOMMEND this to others. There are some improvements that can be made to it that would make it more useful, but for the price it does what it says it will do, and is easier than other products to attach to a bag or person to keep it in the sun while you are on the move.
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Well, how does one start to try and describe Dartmeet? You either love it or do everything in your power to avoid it, especially in summer. The main attraction is exactly what the place-name suggests, the place where the West and East Dart rivers meet - namely a confluence. They then flow on down the valley for a couple of miles when the river becomes the 'Double Dart' which flows down to Buckfast to become the 'River Dart'. And apart from an ancient clapper bridge, it is basically your lot. So why is Dartmeet described as a 'beauty spot', 'honey spot', 'tourist attraction' or less polite a 'grockle gathering'? Since the advent of the combustion engine Dartmeet has been a popular destination for the .moor seekers', obviously it was easy to get to either on a charabanc tour or in later times by private car. Illustration number 13 on the left, clearly shows the popularity of the place in the early 1950's and it hasn't got any better today. The other illustrations are all early postcards from Dartmeet and these are but a few of the many that have been published over the years. It is interesting to see how most of the early cards from the late 1800's simply depict the old clapper bridge. As time goes by the postcards have 'zoomed' out and portray the surrounding landscape in a more 'picturesque' manner.
The first mention of the place is in a Duchy of Cornwall document dated 1616 where it was called - Dartameet, Glover et al (1992, p.198). Although not precisely named the East and West Dart rivers form part of the old Forest boundary which means Dartmeet lies on it too. The 1240 perambulation states: "... and so by the Dert to the other Dert, and so by the other Dert going up... ," no mention of Dertmeet?
Perhaps it would be an idea to have a look at the more notable features of Dartmeet, namely the bridges, and Badger's Holt. Starting with the bridges, there are two bridges which span the East Dart river, one is an ancient clapper bridge and the other a more modern addition. The old clapper bridge formerly had five granite spans which according to Crossing (1986, p.115) was washed in away in 1826 when the East Dart River was in full flow. Rowe (1985, p.161) notes that it was then re-erected in 1888 by the Dartmoor Preservation Association. Clearly the anger of the river has been vented once again on the clapper as the fallen imposts testify. The modern bridge which stands alongside the ancient clapper has two semi-circular arches that each span about 30ft, a tablet in the centre records the fact that it's a county bridge and bears the date 1792, Henderson (1938, p.32).
You will see from the above map that there is Pixies Wood and there are no surprises for guessing what's coming next. Just below the bridges is Huccaby Cleave and in 1890, Crossing (pp. 5 - 6) reveals that in the Cleave are four large sycamores and under these is a small tunnel-like cave where the piskies live/lived. He notes how on moonlight nights if one was to approach with stealth it would not be improbable to see the piskies gambolling around a fairy ring. Do not get confused with the Pixies Holt which is shown on the map, this is indeed a building and is now an outdoors educational centre. Mind you I expect with some of their younger visitors it still might be deemed as a home for naughty little piskies and that's putting it very, very politely.
Now the question is, which came first, the tourists or the piskie stories? Not wishing to be sceptical I would say it was a close run thing, afterall what better way to attract tourists than to come up with magical stories of piskies. I am sure at some point of time some enterprising moorman has though about doing guided 'piskie safaris' for the holiday makers. Walk up the hill from the bridge for a few hundred yards and you will be faced with a little wooden cabin called - Pixieland which is said to be, "the home of the Dartmoor pixie and Dartmoor's most famous gift shop." Here you will be able to see hundreds of the little folk along with the usual souvenirs of your visit.
Upstream from the bridge is a tea room called Badger's Holt. At one time there were two cottages here in which George Caunter lived in one and Joe Leaman and his brother Daniel in the other. Eventually these were replaced with a fishing lodge which in turn has become the tea rooms and holiday apartments. The Badger's Holt tearoom boasts the fact that it is the, "most famous tea-rooms on the moor," they also serve Devon Cream Teas to a secret fifty year old recipe.
In 1919 the government under the Dartmoor and District Hydro-Power Supply Bill proposed to built a power station at Dartmeet but luckily for all concerned this idea was abandoned. Barber (1997, p.10) notes how at one time Dartmeet was the location of a summer camp for a large group of gypsies, They would spend wintertime in and around the moorland towns and then move up onto the moor for the tourist season. Manning-Saunders (1951, p.33) quotes and extract from 1856 which describes such a camp:
"The dark wood on one side, and the barren hill, rising steep and granite-peaked on the other; the rocky stream winding between them, giving back from its deep wells a glimmering from the clear pale sky above; and on the open space beside it, the "dark men of Ind" themselves; the smoke of their fires slowly raising against the twisted branches of the oak trees, and their red cloaks and brightly coloured handkerchiefs strongly lighting up the foreground."
Well those days are long gone and Dartmeet is now the domain of the tourist with their brightly coloured holiday clothes - yeah right. Today Dartmeet sits at the northern gateway to the Dart Valley Nature Reserve and is an ideal spot to explore from. This is the largest of Devon's nature reserves and amongst its rarer inhabitants is the blue ground beetle and the otter. The area is also popular with canoeists who paddle down to Newbridge, geocachers and cyclists. And here I will make a confession, I have only been to Dartmeet once, for about 30 seconds, the crowds were enough to last a life time, mind you I have driven past hundreds of times.
If you want to enjoy Dartmeet pick a cold winter's day when the tide of visitors will be stemmed slightly. If you really want some excitement try going there very early on an icy day from the Ashburton direction and just hope the ponies and cattle aren't licking up the salt in the middle of the road. No better not, somebody will have an accident and then say it was suggested here, take a look at the 3D map and you can see how steep and windy the road is. I remember coming back from the Plume of Feathers one dark, misty night and I will admit I was possibly going a bit fast. Halfway up Dartmeet hill a herd of black ponies suddenly emerged from the mist and galloped across the road which was one of those heart-stopping moments everybody loves. I also remember walking up Dartmeet Hill on a baking, airless summer's day and that was no picnic either, somebody should install a stair-lift.
Mind you going down Dartmeet Hill must have been 10 times worse for the hauliers and waggoners in the days of horse-power. There are reports of timber loads weighing several tons being taken from Buckland Estate to the Brimpts Mine which would have meant descending the hill. Maybe that's why the Coffin Stone is located by the side of the road?
Dartmeet - by kind permission of David Young
For more superb Dartmoor works of David visit his website - HERE
Barber, C. 1997 The Great Little Dartmoor Book, Obelisk Publishing, Exeter.
Crossing, W. 1986 Gems in a Granite Setting, Devon Books, Exeter.
Crossing, W. 1890 Tales of the Dartmoor Pixies, W. H. Hood, London.
Gover, J. E. B., Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M. 1992 The Place-Names of Devon. The English Place-Name Society, Nottingham.
Henderson, C. H. & Jervoise, E. 1938 Old Devon Bridges, Wheat & Co., Exeter.
Manning-Saunders, R. 1951 The River Dart, Westaway Books, London
Rowe, S. 1985 A Perambulation of Dartmoor, Devon Books, Exeter.
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Highlights of Vietnam
This journey is comprised of many highlights in Vietnam. This trip from North to South will bring you experience of Vietnam’s friendly people, rich history and diversified culture. Explore the main attractions from many popular Vietnam destinations. Taste the food, interact with friendly locals, and experience a culture rich in history. Imagine the journey.
HANOI – HALONG – HUE – DANANG – HOIAN – SAIGON – MEKONG DELTA
11 days / 10 nights
Travel style: Classic and cultural
Day 1/ Arrival in Hanoi
Arrive in Hanoi, greeting at the airport with driver and transfer to the hotel for check-in.
Day 2/ Hanoi full day city tour (B,L)
Our city tour begins with a visit to Tran Quoc Pagoda, the oldest pagoda in Hanoi. Continue visiting the Presidential Palace (façade only), the one-thousand-year old One Pillar pagoda, the Temple of Literature – the oldest university of Vietnam and Hoan Kiem Lake. Lunch at local restaurant. The tour ends with the traditional cyclo ride through Hanoi's Old Quarter. We can stop at a local cafe for relaxing and taste local coffee. Then enjoy the water puppet show at Thang Long Theatre. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 3/ Hanoi – Halong Bay (B,L,D)
Morning we depart to Halong Bay. Enjoy the landscape of the Red River Delta country side.
On arrival, enjoy welcome drink on board, and receive cruise brief programs and safety instructions. Then check-in and enjoy lunch while the cruise starts into a quiet area of Halong Bay passing small islets. Visit caves and grottos by bamboo boat then stop at a beach for swimming or enjoy kayaking (optional). You can enjoy cruise activities such as cooking class, Happy Hour time, watching movies, or squid fishing at night. Enjoy dinner and relaxing time on board.
Day 4/ Halong Bay – Hanoi – Hue (B)
The day starts early onboard with Tai Chi session on the sundeck. Coffee, tea and pastries for breakfast are served in the dining room with morning view of bay’s landscape.
Visit one of the biggest caves in Halong bay with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Return to the boat, check-out and cruise back to the Wharf. Disembark and say farewell to the crew.
Transfer back to Hanoi airport for flight to Hue, widely known for its monuments built under the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945). Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel in Hue check-in. Overnight in Hue.
Day 5/ Hue City tour (B,L,D)
Option: you can choose to have Hue City tour by car or by scooter with Aodaigo ladies (our exclusive services in Hue) www.aodaigo.com
Morning we travel eastward along the city river to Thanh Toàn tile-roofed Bridge in Thanh Toàn village, about 8 km from Hue city. Here we will enjoy the peaceful scenery of the countryside with farmers working on their tranquil rice fields, talk to friendly local people in the small market and learn more about their daily life. Leaving Thanh Toàn Village, we head to Vọng Cảnh Hill to have a vista of the beautiful Perfume River. have a stop at Hổ Quyền Arena, built in 1830 on the south bank of the Perfume River. It was the Then we will arena where duels between elephants and tigers were arranged for the entertainment of the Emperors, the royal families and mandarins. Next, visit the family garden, learn how to make some Hue cakes like banh beo, banh loc… and enjoy lunch here. We stop for a rest at Hè Café. Its owner, Mr. Nguyen Van He, is an artist and a war items collector. You may be curious and interested in learning the history behind his collection of Vietnam War items, such as canteens, zippo lighters, soldier headgears and etc. A short walk from Hè Café is Từ Hiếu Pagoda, also known as the resting place of the Nguyen Dynasty’s eunuchs.
Afternoon, visit the former Imperial Citadel, the Forbidden Purple City and the Inner City, giving this unique feudal capital a setting of great natural beauty.
Tonight enjoy a local-experienced dinner at Mrs. Tuyet’s family.
Day 6/ Hue – Hoi An city tour (B)
This morning, visit Dong Ba Market before departing Hue for Hoi An. On the way, stop at Danang to visit Cham Museum. Arrive in Hoi An and check-in hotel.
Afternoon, we have the walking tour to visit Hoi An Ancient town, featuring Phung Hung Ancient House, Museum of Hoi An, Kwan Kung Temple, Japanese Covered Bridge and Workshops of Traditional Handicrafts, colourful Hoi An Market. The rest of day is at leisure. Overnight in Hoian.
Day 7/ Hoi An – Tra Que and Cam Thanh Village (B,L)
You start the day by leisurely cycling along country roads witnessing local Vietnamese rural life. Then visit a organic vegetable village, join in the farmer’s daily activities, such as watering and planting vegetables. Then experience perhaps riding a water buffalo in a rice paddy field. Next, you will board the boat for a river cruise meeting and engaging with local fishermen to enjoy a hands-on experience of traditional net fishing. You will also experience paddling the unique Vietnamese bamboo basket boats in the waterways of a coconut palm paradise. This tour provides you with a cultural insight into the ways of life of farming and fishing communities. Have lunch at the house of local people.
The rest of day is at leisure. Overnight in Hoi An.
Day 8/ Hoi An – Danang – Saigon (B)
We have a leisurely morning until normal check-out. Transfer to Danang airport for flight to Saigon.
Upon arrival, meet your tour guide and transfer to hotel check-in. Overnight in Saigon.
Day 9/ Cu Chi Tunnels – City tour (B,L)
8:00AM have an excursion to Cu Chi, 70km north of Saigon, famed for it’s over 200-kilometre-long tunnels that were used by guerrilla fighters during the Viet Nam War Understand how they managed to prolong the war in such difficult conditions. Stop at the Ben Duoc War Memorial (over 40,000 people have fallen) and test your marksmanship with an AK rifle at local rifle range (optional).
In the Afternoon: city tour includes: War Remnants Museum, features Notre Dame Cathedral built by the French in 1880 and City Post office building. Drop by Ben Thanh Market for viewing local people doing their transactions at its busiest time. Overnight in Saigon.
Day 10/ Day trip to Cai Mon – Ben Tre (B,L)
Today we depart for the Mekong Delta, referred locally as "the rice bowl of Vietnam". Our trip features Ben Tre Town, located about one and a half hours drive from Ho Chi Minh City, well-known in Vietnam as the land of coconut”. During the trip, you will experience the real life of local folks in the Mekong Delta region.
On arrival in Ben Tre, we will visit seedling cultivation in Cai Mon located in Cho Lach District and well-known as orchards throughout the region. It was originated over a century ago by a French parish priest known only as Gernot, who then was administering a Christian parish in Cai Mon, Cho Lach. Highlight of the day would be a bicycle ride through the village under shadowy forest of palm trees. Back to Mo Cay and take a boat trip on river, we can see the daily life of the delta’s residents along the river banks. Stop to visit some craft-villages of coconut fabric. Lunch with local delicacy will be arranged at a farmer’s house. Take a rest before driving back to Saigon.
Day 11/ Saigon Departure (B)
The morning is at leisure until transfer to the airport for your departure flight (normal check out).
Have a wonderful journey!
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Shifting Ground at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
A major exhibition examining aspects of Irish art of the last 50 years through the eyes of five noted critics and commentators opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Friday 10 November. Shifting Ground: Selected Works of Irish Art 1950-2000 has been selected by Bruce Arnold, Dorothy Walker, Oliver Dowling, Medb Ruane and Caoimhín MacGiolla Léith, each of whom were invited to apply their own criteria to identifying key works in each of the five decades. The exhibition comprises over 60 paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, multi-media and installation works by some of Ireland’s best-known artists including Jack B Yeats, Patrick Hennessy, William Scott, Barrie Cooke, Robert Ballagh, Felim Egan, Brian Maguire, Dorothy Cross, James Coleman, Willie Doherty, Siobhán Hapaska and many others. Shifting Ground is presented in association with The Irish Times.
The overall intention of Shifting Ground is to present, in the millennium year, a speculative rather than a definitive survey of Irish art, and to articulate the shifting ground of the Irish context within which art was made and seen during the second half of the 20th century. It is hoped that the exhibition will also create a debate about the artists and works selected and serve to place today’s confident Irish art practice in the context of art activity in the post-war period.
The question of identity has been an important consideration in the choice of artists. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Sean Scully and Michael Craig Martin who, although born in Ireland, lived and worked mainly or entirely abroad and by artists like Stephen McKenna who, while born outside Ireland, developed aspects of their practice within and made a significant contribution to Irish art of the period.
Commenting on the exhibition IMMA’s Director, Declan McGonagle, said:
“Shifting Ground presents an opportunity for people to see how recent contemporary Irish art, which is gaining increasing international attention, relates to Irish art of the second half of the 20th century. The exhibition brings together key works of this period and presents various readings of Irish art in order to generate debate and discussion, challenging the idea of a single authoritative viewpoint.”
The selectors are all respected commentators who have had a varied involvement in the Irish art context over the past 50 years – Bruce Arnold and Dorothy Walker as art critics and writers, Oliver Dowling, formerly as a gallery owner and currently as Visual Arts Officer of the Art Council, Medb Ruane as critic and Caoimhín MacGiolla Léith as a writer and critic.
On Friday 24 November at 12noon Declan McGonagle, Director, IMMA, chairs a discussion with the selectors in the Lecture Room, National Museum of Ireland – Collins Barracks. Admission is free, booking essential.
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated publication, with essays by the selectors, looking at Irish art in the period 1950 to 2000. Price £9.95.
Shifting Ground continues until 18 February 2000.
Admission is free.
Opening hours: Tue – Sat 10.00am – 5.30pm
Sun, Bank Holidays 12 noon – 5.30pm
and 27-30 December
23 – 26 December
For further information and colour and black and white images please contact Philomena Byrne or Monica Cullinane at Tel : +353 1 612 9900,
Fax : +353 1 612 9999
26 October 2000
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Welcome to IMMA. Our website may not work correctly in your browser. We only support IE 10+ (PC only), Chrome 60+, Firefox 55+, Safari (9+ Mac / 5+ PC).
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I’m reading an AMA periodical and an article on Chipotle has a brilliant bit about co-opetition. In case you haven’t heard the term, it was popularized by the 1997 book of the same name. The concept is that complex markets see companies act as both competitors and partners depending on what’s happening.
The relevant section is when the author is describing that Chipotle wanted to only buy thigh meat from a vendor but that wasn’t economical for either company. “But it just so happened that Panera Bread used only chicken breast meat in its recipes, so Chipotle approached its competitor with the idea of working together to more economically source all-natural chicken meat for both restaurant chains. Previously, Bell & Evans mostly supplied high-end restaurants willing to pay a significant price premium. With the Chipotle/Panera cooperation, new economies emerged that didn’t exist before, allowing fast-casual chains to afford to purchase the naturally raised meat and still be profitable.
Chipotle’s management wasn’t scared about contacting a competitor with a suggestion that would help both companies. That’s good management.
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ST. MARY'S CITY, MD. — Leave it to the trendiest chefs to find inspiration in an old-world dish.
Risotto, a classic rice dish from the north of Italy, gives you a level of flavor that all the Rice-a-Roni in San Francisco can't match. And while it is appearing on the tables of New York's top chefs, making it is relatively simple and straightforward, if somewhat time consuming.
In the kitchen of a Piedmontese grandmother, a risotto would be a sideshow to a heavy entre. But contemporary chefs seize on risotto's versatility to let it dominate your dinner plate.
By adding almost any meat, vegetable, or seafood o the risotto, the dish makes a nutritious and filling main course - as long as you don't tell that Piedmontese grandmother.
So what makes risotto a unique - and uniquely accessible - delicacy? It's all in the preparation and patience.
You'll need a special variety of rice to take advantage of this cooking technique that may date back to the 15th century. Arborio is most commonly available in the United States.
Arborio rice and its cousins, Vialone Nano and Canaroli, have a unique characteristic that makes risotto possible. While being cooked, they release a starch that dissolves to give the dish a creamy texture.
Making it even better, this process of the starch dissolving into the cooking liquid allows the taste of a flavorful broth to adhere to each grain.
Don't bother with those so-called "instant" risottos. One brand tasted like something from the high school cafeteria on a bad day. Made of regular long-grain rice thickened with added starch and flavored with dried bouillon, it resembles risotto about as much as your local Denny's resembles Wolfgang Puck's latest restaurant.
Risotto has many variations but it always follows a basic process:
First, saut onions or leeks, (sometimes garlic is added for extra flavor) in butter or olive oil, or equal parts of both, in a wide, heavy-bottomed pan that will distribute heat evenly.
This is your soffrito, or flavor base. Then, add the Arborio and lightly toast the grains of rice in the hot oil or butter. After about a minute, a nutty smell will come from the rice, telling you it's time to begin adding hot broth or stock.
You will have already prepared a meat or chicken broth, which should be simmering on the stove next to your risotto. (Homemade is best, canned will cut it if there's no other option.)
Add a single ladleful of the broth - about half a cup - and stir constantly.
When the broth has been almost completely absorbed, add another. Continue stirring almost constantly, adding another ladleful of broth only when the liquid is almost gone.
At this stage, your near-constant stirring is releasing the glutinous starch molecules of the rice, which bond the flavors of the broth to each grain.
After about 20 minutes, taste the risotto. It should still be slightly al dente. Depending on preference, cook for another few minutes, stopping the cooking process before the rice has completely lost its bite.
In the final stages, add whatever ingredients you want to make the risotto special. Cooked fresh asparagus is common. Some butter, Parmesan cheese, and even cream can make your risotto particularly rich. Or, omit the butter and cream for a dish that's lower in fat but still quite flavorful.
A pinch of saffron adds wonderful color and flavor. Shrimp, chicken livers, sun-dried tomatoes, and mushrooms are popular additions as well. Fruit, too, such as raspberries or sliced strawberries makes an unusual dessert or first-course risotto. Don't be afraid to experiment.
2 .35-ounce packets of dried porcini mushrooms
5 to 6 cups chicken or beef stock
8 sprigs fresh thyme, stripped of leaves, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1/4 cup virgin olive oil
3 large leeks, (white part only, quartered and washed thoroughly, thinly sliced
2 large cloves garlic, minced
3/4 pound portabello or cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced, or combination of both
2 anchovies mashed into a paste, or 1 tablespoon anchovy paste (optional)
1-1/4 cups Arborio rice
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (preferably freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano)
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
Soak dried porcini mushrooms in one cup of boiling water for about 30 minutes.
Heat chicken or beef stock to boiling with thyme leaves. Reduce heat and keep stock at a simmer.
In a large, heavy frying or sauce pan, heat the olive oil. Add leeks and garlic and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until leeks are soft. Stir in fresh mushrooms and anchovy paste and cook, stirring for 5 to 6 minutes or until mushrooms are soft. Add Arborio rice and cook, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove porcini mushrooms from water; set aside. Add all but the last teaspoon or so of porcini water to rice. (Avoid the dregs as water may be gritty.) Chop the porcini and add to rice.
Add 1/2 cup of simmering stock to rice. Cook, stirring constantly, until it is almost all absorbed by rice. Continue with all the stock using this method. The entire process will take about 25 to 30 minutes. When all the stock has been absorbed, and the rice is thick and creamy, remove from heat and stir in butter and Parmigiano-Reggiano, salt, and pepper.
Serves 6 as an entre.
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As it was mentioned in “5 Facts the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know,” not all the ingredients in our food are listed on the label. The latest outcry in the war against mystery food revolves around “Pink Slime” – a disturbingly popular ground beef filler made of low-grade meat throwaways that have been treated heavily with ammonium. It’s been widely used for the last decade and up until recently, most nationwide fast food chains (including McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Burger King) have used it as filler for their burgers. Many believe that up to 70% of the ground beef in the market today contains it.
What’s very distressing to many people, particularly parents, is that one of the most notable purchasers and users of “Pink Slime” is the National School Lunch Program, the federally assisted system that helps provide inexpensive food to children across America every school day. This slime filler, which was formerly one of the primary ingredients in dog food, is being used to maximize the output of food, but at what cost? While it makes ground beef cheaper, findings from the NY Times suggests that the process is not truly safe, despite what the USDA says.
Considering many items on the label are already listed with near-inscrutable chemical names and vague blanket terms like “natural flavors,” that there is potential for so many other non-specified ingredients is a valid cause for concern. The case of “carmine” food coloring comes to mind, a red dye which was discovered to be made from Cochineal bugs after certain individuals reported severe allergic reactions to it.
If you want to speak out against this pink slime in some small way, you can start with signing this online petition to “Tell the USDA to stop using Pink Slime in Food!” Don’t wait until more harm comes out of the unscrupulous actions of big organizations and do something today!
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Sometimes people tend to have strong opinions. Strong opinions that don’t really matter. Take movies, for example. It takes a few bad reviews for a movie to reach a critical point, following which people’s hatred of it spreads like wildfire. But hey, again, movies don’t bloody matter. So maybe taking a step back, waiting a few years and then rewatching movies you thought were bad will make you realize that they’re not all that bad. In fact, they’re pretty good. Here are a few examples.
Equilibrium’s premise is that a high-profile officer in a totalitarian regime realizes how fucked up the regime is. He then goes onto bring down the regime and restore balance (or equilibrium) to the State. Pretty standard stuff right? In the same vein as The Matrix, V for Vendetta, or the OG 1984. It’s all been done before, and so critics panned it.
Why it’s great: Yes, it is completely a mishmash of all those movies that came before it. But guess what? So were all those movies that came before it. 1984 was hardly a novel idea, bearing striking similarities to Yegevny Zamyatin’s 1920s book We. Equilibrium portrays the timeless Orwellian nightmares of censorship, stoicism and propaganda, but does it with Matrix-esque fight sequences that are just goddamned fun to watch. Moreover, the martial arts they use in the film is “Gunkata”, which is basically bullshit speak for using guns to both shoot people and bludgeon them into submission. Brilliant.
Transformers is, well… Transformers. Four films epitomizing over-saturation, lazy writing, offensive stereotypes, blatant patriotism, objectification of women, and excessive CGI use. Also, there’s a fifth one on the way. Director Michael Bay is clearly a closeted teenager given full reign over a $200 million budget.
Why it’s great: Despite the immense ridicule these movies face on the internet, they still make millions of dollars. We still go to see every single Transformers movie, and we probably always will. Why is that? It’s because the over-the-top style of Transformers is something we essentially like. Argumentum ad populum not working for you? That’s fine. We’re not saying like it because everyone likes it. We’re saying it’s actually good. The high-contrast, over-saturated palette, low-angle shots and the raunchy, uncomfortable dialogue is a style that Michael Bay crafted for his films, intentionally or not. It may be indicative of a man-child going crazy with a Hollywood budget, but it’s a man-child with a vision. Moreover, the vision isn’t a bad one – the over-the-top style conveys an excess that satiates the man-child in all of us. That’s why most of his audience consists not of horny teenage boys, but adults, over 40% being women. The last outing also had the most ethnically diverse audience of all highest-grossing films that year. Say what you want, but Bay has an intuitive insight of the human psyche. That’s what lets him give his audience a headache-inducing 45-minute action sequence and still leave them wanting more. That’s what let him sell Will Smith to audiences “like a fizzy drink: in slow motion on a hot day, covered in beads of sweat”, as expressed by professional film critic Robbie Collin. That’s why Steven Spielberg saw potential in him. See, that’s where he excels, his style. Berating him because he doesn’t write believable characters is like giving Aaron Sorkin crap because he doesn’t have good structure, or like saying Irfan Khan is a bad actor because he doesn’t have abs.
3. Batman Forever
Batman Forever is remembered as the first of director Joel Schumacher’s two psycho-erotic Halloween toy commercials, the other one being Batman and Robin. Although, and maybe because, the latter is often seen as one of the worst films ever, its predecessor Batman Forever doesn’t get as much notice. People who do remember it, though, think it’s a waste of time.
Why it’s great: As unconvincing as Nicole Kidman is as Bruce Wayne’s therapist, her character’s dynamic with Wayne and alter-ego Batman portrays a profound identity crisis. Basically, she wants to bone Batman, all the while dating Bruce Wayne. She doesn’t know that the two are the same. This causes Bruce to introspect and realize that he inherently identifies as Bruce Wayne, not Batman. This conflict with himself is reconciled only after she explicitly rejects Batman in favor of Bruce Wayne. Perhaps a story of identity gets buried under all the colors, eroticism and the Jim Carrey shenanigans, but it’s there, most obvious in this scene, when the ordeal gets solved and Val Kilmer walks off creepily smiling at the audience. And then we have this scene reinforcing it. Unfortunately, it never made it to the final cut.
Cars is generally regarded as the first low point for Pixar. All other Pixar films before it had complexity, which Cars lacked. Cars is a simple coming-of-age story of a guy seeking meaning in fame, ultimately finding said meaning in people instead. Except replace all the people with cars so the studio can sell toys.
Why it’s great: Cars was Pixar’s pit-stop. The story involved the protagonist, Lightning McQueen, being pulled into a culture he didn’t ask for, but making the best out of it. Unlike Pixar’s other films, which shows their protagonists fighting adversity, Cars shows its protagonist understanding adversity. Toy Story advocates Woody returning to Andy despite the odds. The Incredibles advocates Bob’s obligation to return to superheroism despite public criticism. But Cars advocates Lightning McQueen not to pursue his dream but to reassess it. In most of the other movies, the adversity opposes the dream; in Cars, the adversity is the dream. This is a valuable lesson, because that’s kind of how the real world works sometimes.
Okay, so Thor wasn’t badly received. But it wasn’t exactly the best thing ever. Quantified evidence includes an average 6.7 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a 57% on Metacritic and most audiences thinking it was pretty okay, nothing innovative.
Why it’s great: Firstly, it’s a heavily Shakespearean tale woven from classic yarns of family dynamics, betrayal, jealousy and hubris. Makes sense, considering it’s directed by renowned Shakespeare director Kenneth Branagh. But what makes Thor really stand out is one thing: restraint. The action was isolated to primarily two locations – Asgard and a small place called Galisteo in New Mexico. Whether this was intentional or due to a budget cap is irrelevant. What matters is the effect. This restraint is part of the reason we got so pumped for the Avengers. Marvel held back on their action just enough to sustain its value, and then released the potential in one fell swoop in the Avengers. This restraint is the reason we were so blown away when the first Avengers trailer showed a giant flying robot maggot. It’s the reason we thought a crappy CGI wormhole looked so awesome. It’s a restraint that never returned to Marvel movies, which is also part of the reason the second Avengers didn’t feel as visually impressive.
6. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This movie ruined the origin story of one of Marvel’s most beloved characters, consequently crushing the dreams of innumerable fans. It had a boring script, textbook origin, shitty child actors, laughable CGI, weak plot, terrible pacing, terrible pacing, and a pathetic attempt at “reinventing” Deadpool. Oh yeah, that means it ruined two origin stories at once. It was the butt of jokes for years, its only redemption being that it’s probably what drove Fox to make a proper Deadpool film.
Why it’s great: X-Men Origins: Wolverine was kind of redeemable. Not saying it’s great, not by a long shot. But it did get some things right, things that other films don’t. For example, Liev Schreiber’s casting as Sabretooth was on point – a huge step up from the mindless, caveman portrayal of Sabretooth in the original X-Men films. Secondly, his transition to the dark side was fluidly and concisely conveyed in the opening montage, which was an effective character development shortcut. In fact, it was a masterstroke. Now, if only the film built on that development afterwards, Sabretooth would have been an amazing villain. But the movie certainly gets points for setting up the character. This was largely helped by reinventing him as Wolverine’s brother. This brings us to the movie’s biggest redeeming quality – reinvention. Okay, time to commit internet suicide. Reinventing Deadpool wasn’t such a bad idea. There. And not because it’s what led them to do Deadpool properly later. But because it was such an ironic use of a character’s gimmick, with a beautifully set-up twist. The film hints at it when Stryker says that if Wilson “didn’t have that mouth on [him], [he’d] be the perfect soldier” – clear but subtle foreshadowing. The problem is that whenever you reinvent something so fundamental about a character, you can’t expect fans to roll over and accept it. It’s the same reason fans got pissed off when Marvel reinvented the Mandarin. The only difference is that Deadpool was a richer character, thus his failure causing greater disappointment.
So there you have it. Six bad films that are actually good. Just chill, take a seat, and enjoy them because remember, movies don’t really matter. Of course, that’s why we just spent 1530 words writing an article on them.
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We all have enemies. If we are faithful to the Word of God, then some people will have vile, hate-filled enemies who openly display their animosity. Some enemies attempt to hide their disdain and many people might simply dislike us without open hatred.
But how should we treat people who we simply do not understand? Some of these people we might simply need to spend more time with to truly grasp their intentions. But some people are difficult to “read.”
Jesus clearly said, “He that is not with me is against me;” (Matthew 12:30), but we are more like the servants attempting to determine if someone is a tare or wheat. A tare is a plant that looks just like wheat until is time to put forth grains of wheat. Our responsibility is to treat everyone who claims to be a believer as a believer.
At the same time “Vengeance is mine; I will repay saith the Lord.” (Romans 12:9) God knows and understands every heart. We are not to cast our pearls before swine, we are to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. We are to be kind and let our speech always be seasoned with salt.
We are also to be skilled in the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God. As one Preacher said, God has given us the responsibility to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Directed by the Spirit of God we are to use the Word of God appropriately, with love and kindness. Yet at the same time we must be skillful and discerning in dealing with heresy.
We have the responsibility to be faithful to God and His Word. That means edifying and building up those faithful to the Word of God, rebuking heresy, and discerning the differences. Let all things be done in love means binding the broken but also standing up to the flaming arrows of the Wicked One.
The greatest problem I see is knowing the difference between friend and foe.
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We all know that high-quality products are worth having, but what exactly determines a high-quality self-propelled lawnmower? We decided to tackle this question in two general areas: durability and design. Let’s look at what long-lasting and thoughtful features are integrated into the best mowers on the market today.
What Determines a High-Quality Self-Propelled Lawn Mower?
The average maximum life expectancy of a well-maintained lawn mower is seven to ten years, with most people hitting about six years before changing to a newer model. Gas engines in consumer models last around ten years tops. That translates to about one hour per week of use for about six months every year.
Most mower manufacturers usually offer 1 to 3-year warranties. This one doesn’t seem like much, but there are reasons for such a short term. Designs change, models get upgraded, and many companies don’t want to be responsible for hanging on to old parts stock for years just in case someone might need a repair. It used to be that you could buy something backed by a long warranty because then you’d be confident that the product would last. Not so now. So how can you determine if a product will be durable?
The Sum of Its Parts
You know that old saying, “Keep it simple.” Look for self-propelled lawn mowers that have fewer parts to break and lose. Avoid ones that need all sorts of accessories to change between discharging, mulching, and bagging. Stick to one-lever height changes instead of four levers for setting each wheel’s height independently. Prefer button starters over ones that require a key, and avoid gas models that need priming and choking.
Finally, blades are a key part that you’ll need to maintain and replace. Consider whether you’ll bag or mulch more because different kinds of blades do each kind of work. Some self-propelled 3-in-1 models have both kinds of blades onboard, which raises the cost of maintenance. Some warranties require that you use only blades approved by the manufacturer.
Solid Like a Rock
Electric and cordless self-propelled mowers often have plastic decks or bodies. This specification makes them a lot lighter to move around. Plastic is not bad. Some manufacturers guarantee those plastic decks for the mower's lifetime because they are strong and will never rust. Meanwhile, you’ll mostly see steel decks on gas mowers. Look for ones that are marked rust-resistant, but remember, you’ll still need to keep them clean to protect them over the long run.
Respect for the Reputation
When in doubt, buy a mower from a company that’s been making them for a good long while. If you don’t find all the features you want in one of the big-name models, don’t despair. Some manufacturers assemble their mowers with parts from other companies with great reputations for quality. For example, many gas mowers run on Briggs & Stratton engines. Honda has been making lawnmowers since 1979, and Toro since the 1980s. These companies make some of the best mowers on the market. GreenWorks brand has a place in that line-up which we will be reviewing their products in this article.
We just discussed having a lawnmower that will endure well. The second sign of a high-quality self-propelled lawnmower is thoughtful design. Is it made to be comfortable and easy to use?
Self-propelled mowers make cutting the lawn a lot easier, but you still have to guide them. First off, look for mowers with adjustable cushioned handlebars. You’ll want the bar to hit the right height for you to control the mower comfortably, especially if you have slopes or rough terrain. If the bars collapse down afterward for storage, that’s even better. The cushioning is important, too, when you have to mow in 95-degree heat. That metal gets hot in the sun.
We’re back to “keep it simple.” The best-designed mowers have sturdy, well-marked adjustment levers in easy-to-reach places. Need to change from discharge to bagging? Flip the lever. Want to raise the blade a little higher? One lever clicks forward and backward. Need to go a little faster? Some self-propelled models use the bail handle to control the speed. Squeeze it and go faster. Others have a fixed throttle. If possible, see and touch (and even test-drive) the mowers you want to buy.
The thoughtful design also means the operator has the most flexibility possible to accommodate their lawn’s needs. Look for models that offer a good range of deck height adjustments, as well as plenty of speed settings. Think of it this way: you might have fescue in your yard now, so you’ll be leaving it longer. Maybe your weather only hits the 80s in the summer, so you cut the whole yard quickly. But maybe next year you’ll be living somewhere hot with centipede grass, which means you’ll be cutting it short and possibly moving a little slower while you work. You’ll be glad for all those deck heights and speeds at your command!
Finally, good design means that the manufacturer makes it easy to clean up after you mow. Keeping the machine clean will extend its lifetime. A washout port in the deck is a good example. All you have to do is connect a garden hose and let it run for a minute or two to wash out the clippings. A gas mower will have an easy way to drain the tank for winter storage. A cordless mower will have a simple battery to remove so that you’ll have options for charging it wherever you have need. An electric mower will have hooks for storing the extension cord. If you have a small storage area, look for collapsible handlebars.
Get The Best You Can Afford
This mower will be your working companion each week for a good long chunk of the year. If you want a beautiful lawn but don’t want to kill yourself whilemaintaining it, get a great mower. Get the best you can afford because, over the long run, it will save you time and money.
Best GreenWorks Self-Propelled Lawn Mower Reviews
GreenWorks 25142 10 Amp Corded 16-Inch Lawn Mower Review
I can say that GreenWorks 25142 is a natural friendly lawnmower and not harmful to your health. Because of having a zero-carbon footprint, it is certified as an eco-friendly mower in the market.
The GreenWorks 25142 lawnmower is powered by a 10 Amp motor that provides a great experience of cutting tough grass. The lawnmower comes with seven different adjustable heights to give service to all types of grasses.
Moreover, this is an eco-friendly lawnmower with no maintenance cost. The wide cutting blades ensure to complete your grass cutting work within a short time. As you do not need any gas, oil, or tune-ups, you do not need to make an effort to operate the lawnmower.
The features of the GreenWorks lawn mower are efficient and amazing to the lawn owners. When you know the specifications, you will be delighted to go with the lawnmowers.
Powerful 10 Amp Motor Lawn Mower
This small lawnmower is powered by a 10 Amp motor to cut any size of grass in your mower. The small motor is enough to provide a good experience for any tough grass with its powerful deck.
16-In Strong Deck with seven Adjustable height level
Now cut tough grass with a large, strong deck quickly and comfortably because the model comes with a 16-inch cutting deck. Therefore, if you are in a hurry, you can still give a suitable size for your garden grass.
On the other hand, the height-adjustable level enables you to give shape to the garden’s garden grass. Adjust the height size and run your deck to have a fine-looking grass in your garden at any time!
Durable & Lightweight
The GreenWorks 25142 is a good durable plastic body lawn mower for your garden. If you are not going to purchase any riding mower, this plastic body and the lightweight mower is the most perfect. The plastic design body looks amazing to watch with only 39 lbs weight.
Eco-Friendly with No Maintenance Cost
The mower comes with an eco-friendly certified because of not producing any carbon. As a result, this is one of the perfect mowers for people to work, as well. Just think you are working with a mower, and it produces carbon! You can’t work for a long time, and surely you will face some health troubles. But, no risk with the mower!
Moreover, you do not need to take the mower to the nearest gas filling station or purchase oil from time to time. You do not need to spend any maintenance cost on the home mower.
The lawnmower is beneficial for home owner’s especially small garden owners. With some unique features and easy-to-use control, this GreenWorks is helpful to you.
- It is a carbon-free lawnmower, so, not harmful to health and the environment.
- With seven height level adjustability, it provides a secure way to start.
- Easy to start and handle the mower to cut grass of your small garden
- No maintenance fee ensures a good lawn experience.
There are a lot of things that go in favor of the GreenWorks 25142 10 Amp Corded 16-Inch Lawn Mower like:
- Seven standard adjustable heights Level
- 16-Inch Motor Deck
- Durable Plastic Body
- No Maintenance Cost & Effortless
- Cord Lock
- Four-year warranty
- The motor is not self-Propelled.
- No multipack indicator
GreenWorks is a natural friendly lawnmower and not harmful to your health. Because of having a zero-carbon footprint, it is certified as an eco-friendly mower in the market.
A single push button enables the mower to start work and give an accurate size of grass within a short time. This one is the most suitable mower for small homeowners than other mowers because of its lightweight, durable design and other unique features.
GreenWorks 25302 Double Force G-MAX 40V Lawn Mower Review
Greenworks 25302 comes with a resilient and large powered 40V chargeable Lithium-ion battery, which can be great as you can ideally charge that anywhere. It has any five slicing positions and height, which usually measures in 88 to 2.75 inches; you could easily adjust following how short you need your turf lawn could be like. It is possible to either put it to use for bagging and also mulching. Hence, gardening may be easy because all you have to do is perform the mower, and everything is all set.
GreenWorks 40V G-Max Lawn Mower delivers all of the power you have to get your yard looking perfect without the trouble of spilling gas or even extension cords.
Its ergonomic design provides various user soothe characteristics from easy, flexible handle, over-molded grip, 7 inch rear wheels along with 6-inch front wheels for superior control, and simple fold-up handles for suitable storage.
This particular 2-in-1 mower features high performance and is made with the new twin force double blade cutting action about enhanced cutting performance. Silent and easy to use, this mower provides the dependable performance and also dependability you require to get your lawn work done rapidly and effectively.
This mower comes with a dual blade design regarding higher slicing efficiency, employing two 10-inch metallic blades (supplying a 20-inch slicing deck). This mower features double motors to work all the 10-inch blades and a dual-battery design to boost run time regarding enhanced slicing capabilities. Get up to seventy minutes of work with all the G-MAX 40-volt high-powered four Ah and low capacity two Ah Lith-Ion Batteries (added to purchase).
Adding another G-MAX 40-volt high-capacity 4 Ah battery offers you almost a couple of hours regarding run time. You can easily operate the particular mower together with one battery simultaneously or together with two charged batteries for performance. The cutting-edge lithium-ion technology permits the mower to perform at full capacity to the last bar without memory after charging to get a lot.
Affordable price and sleek design
Greenworks 25302, the great Lawn Mower, comes at an affordable price and a sleek design. Everybody will be charmed with its attractive shape and size. It is durable and also easy to use.
Double Cutting blades, Batteries, and Motors: This is probably the walk powering lawn mower that delivers some type of double benefits inside the aspects regarding blade, battery power, and motor. Each blade is about 10 inches, and they work combined with motors and possess two specific batteries to power them.
3-In-1 Efficiency Perform
This lawnmower may come together with added capabilities, and they’re really mulching, bagging, and aspect discharge. You’ll be capable of using the particular mower to mulch the grass during spring to aid thicken the lawn. It is possible to use the particular bag offered to apparent leaves and debris inside of the fall.
The cutting-edge lithium-ion technology allows the mower to perform at full capacity to the last bar without memory reflects after charging to get a longer battery power life cycle. This feature entails there’s no more dependence on yearly servicing, hard to control pull cables, or spilling gas on your lawn.
- Lightweight and user-friendly, this mower weighs about only forty-five lbs and starts using a push of your button, removing all fuel hassle.
- Raise and lower the particular mower using a simple individual lever top adjustment including 1 3/8” to 3 3/8 “.
- The GreenWorks Dual Force Mower can be a 2-in-1 together with mulching and also rear bagging features.
- Make sure to obtain the entire category of tools to have your lawn work completed.
- Progressive Smart cut technology sets for power good thickness of one’s grass.
- Battery power automatically switches once it is often drained, and it includes a four years warranty.
- The principal complaint that has been registered revolved around not receiving all the hardware for your plow.
Greenworks 25302 comes with a resilient and large powered 40V chargeable Lithium-ion battery, which can be great as you can ideally charge that anywhere. Besides, it has any five slicing positions and height, which usually measures 88 to 2.75 inches; you could easily adjust following how short you need your turf lawn.
It is possible to either put it to use for bagging and also mulching. Hence, gardening may be easy because all you have to do is perform the mower, and everything is all set.
GreenWorks 25022 12 Amp Lawn Mower Review Review
The almost all-electric operation with the Greenworks’ distinct tools provide reliable efficiency and stability and give you a clean running substitute for gas power tools. Each Greenworks’ tool includes a variety of performance and safety characteristics that assist you in finishing the same job right and promise a total carbon emanation free operation to get a cleaner environment.
The GreenWorks 25022 was created to help you look after your lawn without elevating any cloud regarding gas emissions, which is harmful to your requirements and the environment. It features a zero carbon dioxide footprint and supplies all the power you require without polluting air or forcing you to keep carting your fuel can for the nearest station.
This corded mower runs over a 12-ampere motor and comes with a durable metallic cutting deck using a wide slicing path that cuts 1-3/4 inch to 3-1/2 inch. It features a side launch chute plus a rear assortment bag.
Corded electrical power supply
The GreenWorks 25022 consists of a potent 12 Amp and 24V power providing adequate grunt to cut from the thickest and toughest grasses. Since the main electrical power powers it, you won’t get having to replenish on fuel or being concerned about preserving batteries alive with charging cycles.
Large slicing area: Your lawnmower selection is frequently influenced by how big your garden is and just how quickly you need to cut the grass. With a 20” hard-wearing metallic deck, the 25022 model supplies a good-sized quick cut.
All wheels' position may be changed, enabling an overall of 7 diverse cutting heights, including 1 ½ inch. So with that height, you can easily cut the grass or similar materials.
Compact and lightweight
The mindful thought, which includes went into the design with this mower, will be evident from your ease with which it could be deployed to its utilization. At only 56 lbs, the 25022 model is easy to maneuver, and the large 10” rear wheels and 7” top wheels ensure push never concerns shove.
- 3-in-1 cutting capabilities -mulching, raise collection, and also side launch
- Integrated cable lock aids prevent unintended cord disconnects.
- Powerful 12 Ampere motor provides challenging cutting and also mulching strength.
- Twenty inches wide slicing path supplies a great equilibrium of maneuverability and cutting the convenience of mid measured areas.
- Rugged rubber-stamped steel slicing deck gives added durability.
- Cam lock handle for simple flip and safe-keeping of product
- The noise stage is louder than other electric powered push mowers; however, not as loud as being a gas mower.
- Cord holders which slide back and forth but can’t hold virtually any cords
Mowing a more substantial lawn with the Greenworks 25022 can be quite a real hassle working with plenty of cables and extensions, constantly adjusting the particular cable, and accidentally unplugging a great extension. Having plenty of trees and also bushes or perhaps other unmovable objects within your yard may cause you plenty of frustration together with cord management along with a gas mower, or even a cordless electric powered mower is a better selection.
The Greenworks 25022 can be an excellent bang for your buck. It only feels solid if you are using that. I always desire to write since unbiased as I can and find almost nothing negative talks for itself. So this machine is perfect for you.
Why Should You Buy a Self-Propelled Lawn Mower?Why would you want a self-propelled mower anyway? Aren’t push mowers good enough? Well, that depends on a few things.
- Self-propelled mowers make mowing easier because they only need guidance, not pushing.
- They have more power to handle tall grass and give an even cut
- Not everyone is up to a heavy-duty workout wrestling with a mower.
- If you have a hilly yard, tough weeds, or another rough terrain, you’ll save yourself a lot of energy and effort with a self-propelled mower.
- Mowing will go faster, so you save time, too.
Make Mowing as Easy as Possible with Awesome Mower Features
Self-propelled mowers often have a lot of handy things built-in, like an electric start. That’s true even of gas-powered models. And there are even more slick features that can make your lawn mowing easier.
For example, electric or cordless mowers are quiet enough to use early in the morning. This feature means you don’t have to cut in the heat of the day.
Gas-powered self-propelled lawn mowers have 4-cylinder engines, so there’s no need to pre-mix oil and gas. They have more torque, so they give a cleaner cut, and that protects your grass.
Many self-propelled mowers have 3-in-1 cutting systems, so you can choose to mulch, bag, or discharge the clippings. Switching between the options is as simple as flipping a lever, at least on the better models.
Rear, front, or 4-wheel drive gives you the choice of what works best for your lawn and your preferred mowing style. Rear-drive is the easiest to steer. Just tip the front wheels up and turn.
Blade override, or a blade brake, keep you working smoothly. With it, you can stop just the blade from cutting without turning off the motor. This feature is nice if you need to pause to move debris or toys.
The bail handle controls the drive—let go of it, and the mower stops moving forward. No runaway mowers here!
Variable cutting heights are essential for good lawn care. It’s handy to be able to raise and lower the height with just one lever. Avoid mowers that want you to raise each wheel individually; you don’t need the backache.
Deck wash ports make it easy to clean the blade and the mower's underside without having to tip it or lift it. Screw-in the garden hose and let it run for a minute to spray out debris. Now, if only cleaning the rest of the house was that easy!
Finally, the best self-propelled mowers have more than one speed to select—these range from a slow walking pace up to a brisk 4mph. A half-acre lawn may take 1-1/2 hours or more to cut with a push mower, but less than an hour with a self-propelled mower.
Spend Money Now to Save Big Later
Mowing with a push mower is a hot, sweaty, tiring job. You might be inclined to pay someone else to take care of it for you. The average cost of hiring a pro to mow a residential yard is $20 to $40 each time. If you like to keep your grass neat, that could mean a weekly cut. In just fifteen visits, you’ve paid out the same as you would for a sweet, new self-propelled mower loaded with extras. Invest the money in yourself and give the neighbors’ tool envy.
Make Some Money on the Side
You may find that mowing is so easy with the new self-propelled mower that you’ll offer to cut other people’s lawns. Remember, that’s $20 to $40 each time!
Be Prepared for the Future
You never know what curveball life will throw you. If your physical ability declines, you may still be able to enjoy yard work with a self-propelled mower. But if not, it will still have a higher resale value than a push mower.
Last Updated: 12th Dec, 2020
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Logo design often does not have a set-assignment, and often a group of people are involved, and thus I prefer an hourly pricing plan. After discussing concepts and colors, the client chooses how many hours to have me brainstorm and work. One and a half hours of my time will produce an average of ~3-4 digital drawings, depending on the complexity of the designs. My rate is $50 per hour.) The client then looks over those ideas and can either select one of those, or pay for more time to refine one of them further, or to produce more options. For more information on my general terms, see Hiring Information.
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A hybrid between a typical hotel and an apartment, our apartments are spacious, comfortable and equally affordable for any budget. Our apartments are designed to serve you with many amenities including all utilites paid, full sized kitchens & appliances, high speed internet, complimentary coffee to get your day started, and much more. Budget Suites has the conveniences of a hotel, with all the comforts of home. We welcome you to make us your home.
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About the Tour:
Meghalaya is a state in northeast India. The name means “the abode of clouds” in Sanskrit. It is the wettest region of India, recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 in) of rain a year. About 70% of the state is forested. The Meghalaya subtropical forests ecoregion encompasses the state; its mountain forests are distinct from the lowland tropical forests to the north and south. The forests are notable for their biodiversity of mammals, birds, and plants.
The Caves of Meghalaya comprise a large number of caves in the Jaintia, Khasi Hills and Garo Hills districts in the Indian state of Meghalaya, and are amongst the longest caves in the world. Of the ten longest and deepest caves in India, the first nine are in Meghalaya, while the tenth is in Mizoram. The longest is Krem Liat Prah in the Jaintia Hills, which is 30,957 m (101,600ft). The word “Krem” means cave in the local Khasi language.
The caves, because they are located in primarily in limestone formations, continue to come under threat from the limestone mining industry.
The tour will focus on importance of Cave Ecology, Culture, Biodiversity and adventures that can be done in Meghalaya.
Region Brahmaputra – Khasi Hills, Manali
No of Days Ex – Guwahati 05 Days
|Day 1||Guwahati – Mawlyngbna||D||Camps|
|Day 2||Mawlyngbna – Cherrapunjee||B,D||Camps|
|Day 3||Cherrapunjee – Nongriat||B,D||Camps|
|Day 4||Nongriat – Dawki – Mawlynnong||B,D||Homestay|
|Day 5||Mawlynnong – Shillong – Guwahati||B|
Day 1: River Canoeing and Kayaking in Mawlyngbna, Camping in Mawlyngbna
We will receive you from the Guwahati Airport at 12 noon and will immediately leave for Mawlyngbna. The journey will take 4hrs and it passes through Mawsynram, which is the wettest place on earth. In Mawlyngbna you will experience River Canoeing and Kayaking in the Umkhakoi reservoir. Activities will be done in the next morning. We will Camp in the Traveller’s Nest, Mawlyngbna.
Day 2: Cherrapunjee Sightseeing, Caving n Maumluh, Camping in Cherrapunjee
Next morning, after the activities we will go to Cherrapunjee. We spend the day in Cherrapunjee experiencing various caves and waterfalls in and around the town. The prime activity for the day will be caving in the Maumluh cave. We will camp in Cherrapunjee in our camping location which is located near the Daintlem Falls.
Day 3: Double Decker Root Bridge Trek, Camping in Nongriat
After breakfast we will visit a few more places in Cherrapunjee and then leave for Tryna Village which is the starting point to the Nongriat Village trek (Double Decker Root Bridge Trek). The trek is about 2hrs. We will have our lunch in the Nongriat Village. After lunch we will visit the famous double Decker root bridge. We will camp in the village for the night.
Day 4: Sightseeing in Dawki and Homestay in Mawlynnong
After Breakfast, we will trek back to Tryna Village from where we will leave for Dawki, which is bordering town in the Indo-Bangla Border. In Dawki we will have a boat ride in Umngot River. The river is famous for its crystal clear waters. After lunch we will go to Mawlynnong village, which is considered as one of the cleanest village in the world. Our stay will be in a homestay in the village.
Day 5: Shillong Sightseeing
After breakfast we drive back to Guwahati. On our way back to Guwahati, we stop in Shillong for some sightseeing in and around the city.
Tour officially ends here.
Ex-Guwahati: Adult: Rs.16500/- per head on twin sharing basis
Group Requisite: 10 pax
- Accommodation on twin/triple sharing basis
- All transfers and sightseeing by AC vehicles
- Double decker living root bridge trek
- River Canoeing in Mawlyngbna
- Kayaking in Umkhakoi reservoir
- Camping in Mawlyngbna, Cherrapunjee, Nongriat
- Boating in Dawki
- Homestay in Mawlynnong
- Meals as per the itinerary.
- Entry fee to all location
- Caving equipment (Boots, headlamp, life jacket)
- Camping equipment (Tent, Sleeping bag, liner)
- Trek guide, cook, porter, etc.
- Day sightseeing in Shillong & Cherrapunjee
- Expertise and service charges
- Leader of The Tern Travellers
- GST (5%)
- Additional / personal use of vehicle.
- Extended stay due to weather conditions or any situation not in human control.
- Any personal expenses, room service and special orders, mineral waters, non-alcoholic beverages, tips, phone calls, laundry etc.
- Any extra excursions or sightseeing apart from the above specified itinerary.
- Cost incidental to any change in the itinerary due to bad weather, ill health, roadblocks and/or any factors beyond control.
- Camera fees.
- Airfares/Rail fares.
- Anything Specifically NOT mentioned in includes.
|PAYMENT SCHEDULE (Per person)|
|At booking||15 days prior|
|Cancellation period||Cancellation Charges on Cost|
|21 – 35 days||25%|
|21 – 14 days||50%|
|14 – 07 days||75%|
|Less than 07 days or No show||100%|
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
- It is assumed that the Guests booking the tour are medically fit to travel on tour and also that he/she is aware about the tour programme and the different activities that shall be undertaken during the tour. In case of any health related issues on tour, Guests are expected to be equipped to handle it on their own. Tour Manager can give assistance in such cases but it will not be possible to give complete attention.
- Payment of the registration amount only shows that the Guest is interested in going for the tour. All the services like hotel accommodation voucher, drivel details, etc. shall be confirmed only on receipt of the full and final payment.
- The Tern Travellers reserves the right to cancel and forfeit the paid amount in case of non-payment of full tour cost before departure.
- For any reason if The Tern Travellers bears any cost on behalf of the Guest, he/she must reimburse the amount to the Company within the designated time.
- The Tern Travellers reserves the rights to modify or alter the tour itinerary in case of force majeure conditions (Political reason/Natural Calamities). Changes shall be informed to Guests at the earliest. Guests shall pay any additional charges applicable in such cases. Other than force majeure for any other unavoidable circumstance, if the Company curtails or cancels a certain day’s sightseeing, refund for the concerned portion of the sightseeing/tour shall be given to the Guests. The Company will not be responsible for any other kind of refund.
- Transport provided for the entire tour is as per group size. Skipper has rights to allocate as per the group size.
- Twin sharing accommodation is provided at all locations. In case of Extra Adult, mattress will be provided.
- In case Guest misses any meal for any reason, no refund will be given.
- Tour managers will be assisting travellers throughout the tour and they will not be responsible for loss of any Guest’s baggage or any kind of personal belongings. Guests will be solely responsible for their bags and belongings. Guests should follow information and instructions given by tour managers. The Company is not responsible for the consequences that may result from not following such instructions.
- Alcohol and narcotics are strictly prohibited.
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News About The Raptor Center, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Peregring Falcons Banded at Colonnade
Staff of The Raptor Center and the Midwest Peregrine Society banded four healthy peregrine chicks at the Colonnade building. There are two different bands placed on the birds’ legs; one is a federal band with nine digits, and the other is a color or project band; in this case, they are black and red. The bands will identify the birds throughout their lives as they hopefully fledge and find nesting territories. We use this information to track site preferences, population dynamics such as survival, longevity and dispersal, heredity, and other aspects of species’ biology. Blood samples were taken for later study, and the chicks were quickly taken back to their nest box. The Colonnade site is one of the oldest and most productive in the Twin Cities area; since 1991 and counting this year, there have been 74 chicks produced at this site.
The Midwest Peregrine Society, headquartered at The Raptor Center and headed by TRC’s co-founded and former executive director Patrick Redig, has a database that contains information about sites and birds for the project. This includes 13 Midwestern states and 2 Canadian provinces. At the end of the busy peregrine banding season, all of the information will be put into the database, which is available to the public.
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When you’re looking for banking services or a federal credit union near you, you don’t have to look far. Lanco FCU is a not-for-profit financial institution owned by our members, who are regular people just like you. With over 10,000 members, you probably already have friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors who are current member-owners!
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Apologies in advance but with all that is going in my home state of Victoria as we struggle through a second wave of COVID – 19 I am not in the mood to offer a further Covid reflection in this season of lament.
Instead, I have dusted off something I wrote a few years ago which I hope might be helpful. This piece was originally shared in my school at a staff service to commence the school year, but has been reworked for the blog. This was written for a general staff audience so I hope you forgive its wider remit than the usual chaplain focused material that normally appears on the blog.
1: Difficult days
I wonder if you can recall when you had one of those really difficult days at school.
As part of the Year 9 RE program in my school the chaplains take students over in class groups to have a look at our local Anglican church that serves as our school chapel. As we walked over to the church I found myself doing a quick head count, and then stopped myself thinking ‘what can possibly go wrong with a group of Year 9 students in a church?’
Once we got to the church I shared a bit about its history and links with the school, and then the students had an opportunity to have a look around. After a while I found myself doing another head count and finished up one student short. I thought ‘that can’t be right’. So I counted again, and came up one student short. How had I managed to lose a student in a church of all places? I said to one of the students ‘where’s Fred?’ He said ‘Fred is hiding’.
It turns out Fred was trying to play hide and seek. I peered over one of the pews and sure enough there was Fred lying down doing a very bad job of trying to hide from me. As we walked back from the church into the school we encountered the Principal. At first he looked pleased to see us but then, as he took a closer look at us, I can see that his smile has turned into a frown. I look again at the students and realise that a few of them have their shirts untucked which is not in line with our policy about appropriate wearing of the school uniform.
Actually, as I look more closely I can see that all the students have their shirts untucked and I realise that my shirt is also untucked. The Principal says ‘Time to tidy those shirts’ and we all sheepishly do so.
I vividly recall lying in bed that night thinking to myself what was I doing pretending to be a teacher?
2: The ‘two things’ of teaching
I imagine we could all share a similar story about a day that went a bit pear shaped and had us questioning why we were working in a school. So how do we respond when we have one of those days? Go home and unload on a sympathetic partner, seek solace in a few glasses of wine, or binge on some obscure series on Netflix?
Recently I was hearing about the Two Things Game. I don’t know if you have heard of it. The story goes that two blokes were chatting some years ago in a bar in California. One of the blokes worked in the economics field and the other bloke said to him ‘So what are the two things you really need to know about economics?’ The other guy thought for a while and said ‘incentives matter and there is no such things as a free lunch’
The two blokes kept chatting and their initial conversation became a springboard into a game they developed seeing if they could work out what the ‘two things’ were for each profession. For example they worked out the two things in being an actor ‘remember your lines and don’t bump into the furniture’. Some were fairly obvious; for example the two things about driving a bus ‘don’t hit anything and don’t let anything hit you’. And share market trading ‘buy low, sell high’.
So what would you say are the two things that you really need to know about being a teacher?
At this point staff were asked to have a quick chat with the person next to them about what they though the two things about teaching were.
Well I wouldn’t be much of a teacher if I didn’t already know the correct answer and so here it is. The two things you need to know about teaching are as follows.
Know your subject area thoroughly, know each individual student and be able to differentiate your curriculum and teaching program to play to their individual learning strengths. Provide clear guidance to ensure they avoid various pitfalls associated with drugs, alcohol, social media, and reality TV while providing advice on the importance of sleep, a good diet, regular exercise, first aid, work experience and a future career. Maintain high standards of student behaviour, of uniform, of haircuts, and of personal hygiene while maintain a professional standard of dress for yourself. Provide a clear pathway for appropriate social development, curb the bully, encourage the shy, motivate the demotivated, and inspire the uninspired. Respond in a timely manner to issues raised by parents from the important to the trivial. Ensure every lesson you run has a clear beginning, middle and end – preferably in that order. Be familiar and exhibit best practice in the area of pedagogy, information technology, and curriculum. Be up to date with your teacher registration, first aid requirements, child safe policies, how to manage anaphylaxis and be across school policies especially in relation to electrical safety. Extend the gifted and support the less able. Know how to use the photocopier, phone, print room, coffee machine, swipe cards, keys, alarms, and how to sign in and sign out. Recycle, turn lights off, shut windows and lock doors at the end of the day. Remember when you are on duty. Keep up to date with marking, reporting, parent teacher interviews, and the paperwork associated with excursions and camps. Make allowances for the potential interruptions to your teaching from excursions, incursions, whole school events and emergency evacuations. And make sure you find time to care for yourself.
You may have noticed that this list contained a few more than two things. This list is of course by no means exhaustive and reflects the daily demands of being a teacher. Herein lies one of the really big challenges that we face with teaching. There is a tension between what inspired us to get into teaching in the first place and the daily reality of what we do every day. This isn’t meant to be a criticism it is just a reflection upon the reality of what teaching is like in this day and age. Teaching is a complex and challenging business. You have to keep a lot of balls in the air. There is no room for the disorganised – unless of course you choose to go into chaplaincy.
3: Abundant Life
What should education in an Anglican school be all about? This is the sort of question that can cause an animated discussion even amongst a group of chaplains who you might think would be all on the same page. Add into the mix staff and administrators of Anglican schools and you get that classic Anglican dilemma where no one can really agree on an answer and some are not sure it is the right question to begin with.
One verse that does tend to come up when Anglicans discuss this question is John 10:10 where Jesus says ‘I have come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.’ Abundant life is a concept that does seem to unify those of us working in Anglican schools. Anglican education is about enabling the young people in our care to have abundant life – life in all its richness and fullness. Education not as an end in itself, but is the key to unlocking abundant life for young people. We want our students to not just do well academically, but be equipped with the skills and values to thrive in life so they can achieve their best and be all that God created them to be.
Something wonderful happens when we see a young person catch a glimpse of this abundant life. When they catch a vision of what they want to do with their life, when they discover something that they are good at and really enjoy doing, and when they get excited about something they are learning.
There is a program in my school where some of our Year 12 students are linked up with a teacher to be mentored through the challenges of Year 12. This program has been going for a few years and has a good track record of helping students.
A few years ago I was matched up with a Year 12 student who was considered potentially at risk because they were very focused on athletics rather than their classwork. It was a challenging assignment, partly because the student felt that he was being punished by being paired with the chaplain.
It was hard work getting him to think about his schoolwork. When we met, he would regularly say to me that that he didn’t need to focus on his studies as he was going to be a runner. I said to him on a number of occasions ‘but what if running doesn’t work out for you – what is your fall-back position going to be?’ A few year later when I watched that former student win the Stawell Gift, Australia’s richest foot race, and win $40,000 prizemoney, I had to concede that perhaps his dream of being a runner had worked out pretty well.
I recount that story, not to remind you of how unhelpful my advice to students often turns out to be, but to recall a moment when that student found abundant life at my school. That student got into athletics because of encouragement by a teacher. When he first arrived at my school, he was very focused on playing soccer, but one of our PE teachers could see that he had real potential to be a great runner, and so supported and encouraged him to head in that direction.
All of us who work in schools can share stories about those wonderful moments when a student we are teaching gets ‘switched on’. That is what makes our job so worthwhile. We hold the key to abundant life for our students. It is a precious gift, a sacred task. When we have those dark days I spoke of earlier where we wonder what we are doing working in a school, I hope we can remember this and hold onto those moments that we have all had where we help the young people in our care catch a glimpse of abundant life.
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The conclusion to the Delirium trilogy, Requiem, focuses a lot on Lena’s role in the resistance. It got me thinking about some of my all-time favorite bring-the-fight songs. Here’s a playlist to get you pumped for your own particular resistance!
1. “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Reviva: This song, in particular its chorus, transforms anger over the Vietnam War into a defiant battle cry. When John Fogerty wails out “It ain’t me,” you can feel the pain of a generation of people forced into fighting a war they didn’t believe in.
2. “Rise Above” by Black Flag: Weirdly, this punk song is surprisingly positive! A positive punk song! “We are born with a chance/Rise above/We’re gonna rise above.”
3. “Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill: The best thing about this song is that the rebel girl isn’t the outcast or the weirdo, she’s the “queen of the neighborhood”! Isn’t that how it should be?
4. “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield: More than anything, this song is a call to reflection, attention, and thought. The nature of the conflict is intentionally vague (which makes it timeless).
5. “Doin’ Time for Bein’ Young” by James Intveld: From the Cry-Baby soundtrack (a great movie about teen rebellion). I think most teenagers feel like they’re being punished for being themselves at some point or another. This song takes that feeling and puts it into a very literal context!
6. “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott-Heron: In short . . . keep your eyes open because real rebellion has to happen organically.
7. “Search and Destroy” by Iggy and the Stooges: I don’t really know what this song is about, but it is angry and it is beautiful.
8. “Redemption Song” by Bob Marley and the Wailers: “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery/None but ourselves can free our minds.” Nuff said!
9. “Not Ready to Make Nice” by Dixie Chicks: I’m not going to lie—I love the Dixie Chicks! I especially like that they are unapologetic in their opinions and are always willing to take a stand.
10. “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyoncé: Queen B!! Again, nuff said.
11. “99 Luftballons” by Nena: Did you know this song is actually a short piece of dystopian fiction? Much like the Delirium trilogy, it’s a story about what can happen when a government decides that something joyful and human is a dangerous threat. In this case, floating balloons are mistaken for enemy weapons.
12. “The Promised Land” by Bruce Springsteen: The Boss says it all when he says “I feel so weak, I just want to explode.”
13. “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy: It’s all in the title. :)
14. “Elsewhere” by Sarah McLachlan: Sometimes fighting for the small things that are meaningful to you as an individual can be as important as the big social battles. Even though the singer knows that “this is heaven to no one else but me,” she is still willing to “defend it as long as I can breathe.”
15. “You Get What You Give” by the New Radicals: This might be the most optimistic and downright cheery song about trying to change the status quo. It joyfully asks people to give back to the world a little . . . and to maybe make a little mayhem along the way.
16. “Tombstone Blues” by Bob Dylan: Leave it to Dylan to write an epic of societal discontent!
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There are way too many things to say about this. Where to start?
Let's start with the fact that the only time you actually experience Alex and Lena happily together is in the first book. You write a trilogy where the entire plot line revolves around the fight for love, the right to experience love, and all you see is Lena and Alex so infatuated with each other in Book 1... and then after that, just flimsy, undeveloped relationships between other characters. I want to see what these people are FIGHTING for! Do they even know? There's flimsy allusion to other characters being in relationships, but you sense none of the passion that you'd expect from the people battling and risking their lives to feel what they feel.
Rewinding to Book 2, it wasn't bad. But I mean let's be real, we all knew Alex wasn't really dead. So I'm waiting and waiting this entire book for Alex to show up, and it's not until the very end he pops up. So the natural assumption is "Yay, he's been gone this whole book but now we have a whole book with him and things get to be resolved!" Right? Wrong. Because Alex shows up to be a mute character throughout the entirely of Requiem aside from the total of three exchanges (mostly brief) he has with Lena before the very end when he tells her very briefly that he still loves her (which okay, obviously we knew) and they kiss quickly. That's all. Two whole books of a lead up to..."it's complicated" from Lena and a "I'm not going to leave you again" from Alex. Okay Alex, that's good you're not gonna leave Lena again but I mean, that doesn't change the fact that "it's complicated"!Read more ›
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Requiem is the third installment in the Delirium series by best-selling author, Lauren Oliver. I absolutely adored the first two books in the series: Delirium and Pandemonium. Read morePublished 6 days ago by Olivia McCloskey
I'm not gonna write any spoilers but this was my least favorite book in the delirium series.Published 12 days ago by Delores C. Emeagi
Wasn't crazy about the Hana story every other chapter.... Yawn kind of forgot about her after the first book and was disappointed the third book focused so much on her character. Read morePublished 15 days ago by Crystal Lafferty
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I LOVED this book and the series but I'd be lying if I didn't say that I was a little sad about the ending. I feel like there were so many things left unsaid and wide open. Read morePublished 18 days ago by Panda
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Division: Molecular Pathology
Team: Tumour Profiling Unit
Length of Contract: 3 years
Hours per week: 35
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is one of the world’s most influential cancer research institutes. Our mission is to make the discoveries that defeat cancer. We have a long and distinguished history of research with a major impact on the outcome for cancer patients. Our unique partnership with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (RMH) makes us the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe, performing high quality original basic research and translational studies. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Professor Alan Ashworth FRS, we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best minds in the world. The ICR was ranked as the UK’s top academic research centre in the 2008 Higher Education Funding Council Research Assessment Exercise. Based on our publication record, citations and impact we rank among the world’s leading cancer research centres.
The Tumour Profiling Unit (TPU) at the ICR is a state-of-the-art facility that uses Next Generation Sequencing technologies to investigate cancer genomes in patient biopsies from diagnosis and throughout treatment. As part of the TPU, the Genomics Facility provides a comprehensive set of genomic profiling platforms aimed at understanding tumour biology and cancer treatment. Operating alongside the Genomics Facility, the Bioinformatics Technical Support service provides bioinformatics support to research teams across the ICR and Royal Marsden as part of the Informatics Facility.
The Genomics and Bioinformatics Manager will be responsible for managing the operation of the genomics platforms and workflows within the TPU. The post holder will also be responsible for managing the bioinformatics workflows operating within the TPU, and those workflows established as part of the Bioinformatics Technical Support service.
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Starting salary will be based on skills, experience and qualifications.
To apply please submit your CV and covering letter (addressing where you meet the person specification and incl. the names and addresses of two referees) online via our website at: http://www.icr.ac.uk/jobsearch,
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Chickenpox, which is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, is highly contagious, and it can spread quickly. The virus is transmitted by direct contact with the rash or by droplets dispersed into the air by coughing or sneezing.
Your risk of catching chickenpox is higher if you:
- Haven't had chickenpox
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- Work in or attend a school or child care facility
- Live with children
Most people who've been vaccinated against chickenpox or who've had chickenpox are immune to the virus.
March 26, 2013
- Chickenpox (varicella). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/chickenpox/about/overview.html. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
- Policy statement — Prevention of varicella: Update of recommendations for use of quadrivalent and monovalent varicella vaccines in children. American Academy of Pediatrics. http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2011-1968. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
- Papadakis MA, et al. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2013. 52nd ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2013. http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=1. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
- Pregnancy complications. March of Dimes. http://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/complications_chickenpox.html. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
- Chickenpox. The Merck Manuals: The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/print/infectious_diseases/herpesviruses/chickenpox.html. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
- Longo DL, et al. Harrison's Online. 18th ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2012. http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=4. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Health Information for International Travel. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press; 2012. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2012/chapter-3-infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/varicella-chickenpox.htm. Accessed Dec. 25, 2012.
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David van der Spoel
spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Wed Oct 27 09:51:18 CEST 2010
On 2010-10-27 09.40, David van der Spoel wrote:
> I did simulation of protein-dna complex in water solvent. After
> simulation, two strands of dna was separated when I displayed my a.xtc
> with VMD.I used (trjconv –f a.xtc –s a.tpr –n a.ndx –o b.xtc –pbc
> nojump) and problem fixed. But now I have another problem. Before using
> –pbc nojump, there were water molecules in interface of between protein
> and dna but, After using of –pbc nojump, 1) there was no water molecule
> in interface of between protein and dna. 2) The distance between water
> molecules and protein or dna was increased.
> I want to survey interfacial water molecules and dynamics of water
> medited hydrogen bonds.
try using some of the suggestions that have been posted.
e.g. trjorder springs to mind.
also if you make claims like "The distance between water
> molecules and protein or dna was increased." you should provide
evidence. Either the statement does not say what you mean or you have
not measured correctly (e.g. g_mindist).
> I had sent my question to gromacs mailing list, before, but my problem
> was not solved.
David van der Spoel, Ph.D., Professor of Biology
Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.
Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: +46184714205.
spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se http://folding.bmc.uu.se
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Psychologists often encounter complex ethical dilemmas in their practice. While professional ethics codes provide critical information on psychologists’ responsibilities and the boundaries of practice, they often fall short in guiding practitioners on how to navigate the nuances of ethically difficult situations. This workshop will present an ethically sound approach to making clinical decisions that integrates the existing Ethics literature on decision-making with recent multidisciplinary findings on the “science of morality”. This workshop is designed to be highly interactive and engaging. The presenter will use clinical examples and participatory exercises to demonstrate ethical concepts. In addition, participants will be encouraged to discuss ethically challenging issues from their practice and receive guidance and feedback from their colleagues.
At the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the components of ethical decision making.
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- Evaluate the strengths and limitations of traditional ethical decision-making models.
- Observe the role that our emotions play in our ethical decision making.
- Apply an ethical decision-making model to understand and address real-world ethical dilemmas.
About Dr. Fingerhut
Randy Fingerhut is an Associate Professor of Psychology at La Salle University and the Director of La Salle University’s Psy.D. program. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Miami and completed a Post-doctoral fellowship at The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s Center for Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Fingerhut is a Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and has been practicing CBT as a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania for 15 years. His specialty interests include perinatal mood anxiety disorders and self-care for graduate students. Dr. Fingerhut has presented workshops on The Fundamentals of CBT, CBT for Anxiety Disorders, CBT for Suicidality, and Teaching and Supervising CBT for the Beck Institute. He has taught Ethics within La Salle’s doctoral program and has previously presented Ethics workshops for the Pennsylvania Psychological Association.
This presentation is intended for mental health professionals, researchers, and graduate students. The instructional level of this presentation is intermediate.
This workshop qualifies for 3 contact hours for the ethics requirement as mandated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology.
Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
This program provides three (3) hours of CE credits. PBTA is also an authorized provider for CE credits for Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Clinical Social Workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania.
No refunds are provided for CE programs.
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Clayton Town Council unanimously approved the 2013 budget Monday night, which includes no increases to town fees or property taxes for residents in the upcoming year.
The $4.33 million spending plan is slightly increased from last year's $4.16 million budget.
Councilman Dave Letterman, who chairs the budget committee, said the budget came out to a zero balance.
Earlier in the budget process, Letterman said the town had faced a $220,000 paper deficit, but the committee made enough cuts so that the town had a possible $28,000 surplus. This possible surplus was negated when council approved in November to upgrade the town clerk to office manager and the part-time clerk to full-time starting in January, leaving the town with a zero balance.
Under the 2013 budget, the property tax in Clayton will remain 65-cents per $100 of assessed value. The property tax hasn't changed since 1988.
The town's electric rate will stay at $11.94 for the first 45 kilowatts. The water rate remains at $9.50 for the first 2,000 gallons. The sewer rate will stay at $16.50 for the first 2,000 gallons. Trash pick up is still $21.20 per month.
There's not much going on in 2013 with no major projects expected for the town. A backhoe was going to be ordered in 2013, but a used $40,000 backhoe was instead ordered in 2012.
Letterman said they will order new computer equipment for the front office.
Prior to council voting on the budget, Letterman did have one comment to make in reference to a possible carry over of revenue from 2012 to 2013.
"I'd like to see how much [carry over] we have and put a portion of that into the pension fund for the employees," Letterman said. "We'd have to determine that after the audit's finished but I just wanted to give a heads up, give everybody something to think about."
After the meeting, Mayor Tom Horn gave regard to the individuals who helped put together the budget.
"Kudos out to all three department heads and Councilman Dave Letterman for his diligence in working with everybody as well as the rest of the council," Horn said.
Employees to be given Christmas gifts
Town Council passed a motion to give town employees a Christmas gift.
Horn started talks on the gift, stating the town has given some sort of Christmas gift/bonus to town employees for years. He said he couldn't remember the amount but he knew everyone got a little bonus.
Police Chief Brian Hill said employees have always gotten $100 for a Christmas bonus.
Therefore, a motion was made to proceed with Christmas bonuses as the town did last year and council approved.
Last year, full-time employees were given $100 while part-time employees were given $50.
Fire department donation
Town Council approved for the town to donate $10,000 to the Clayton Fire Company.
Letterman said the donation was already budgeted for in 2013 and made a motion to donate $10,000 to the fire department "for all they do and so they can maintain their costs." Council approved the motion.
Planning & Zoning meeting
The Planning and Zoning committee will meet Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at Town Hall to discuss the possible subdivision of the land at St. Joseph's.
Town Foreman Jeff Hurlock said the committee will review a preliminary plan that would take the St. Joseph's property and subdivide it into four or five parcels.
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|After dealing 50,000 damage, create an explosion centered on your current target, dealing up to 40% per rank weapon damage to nearby enemies.|
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Unequipping the perked weapon or switching to a different weapon without the perk resets the stored damage to 0. Switching to a different weapon with Aftershock of any rank prevents the damage stored from resetting.
Aftershock cannot hit the maximum percentage (40% per rank), as the damage range from Aftershock only goes in intervals of 0.4%. For example, an ability damage burst from Aftershock will either deal 32% AoE damage or 32.4%, but never in between.
Unprovoked monsters damaged by the perk do not become aggressive, much like monsters hit by Corruption Shot/Blast with the exception of Automatons. Damaging an automaton will trigger a timer for its special attack, and after using it, it will attack nearby players.
In PvP situations, the required damage is halved alongside the damage it deals. This means only 25,000 "PvP" damage needs to be dealt. As Aftershock stays as long as weapons with the said perk are equipped, players can tag monsters to start the charging process. A player can deal 40,000 "PvM" damage and 5,000 "PvP" damage to trigger Aftershock or vice versa.
The disassembly of a level 9 Dragon rider lance, Anima Core Body of Zaros or Anima Core Legs of Zaros should be more than enough for Aftershock 3, as they provide 4 Ilujankan components on disassembly, which can allow the introduction of other components for an additional perk.
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- The animation when the area-of-effect blast occurs is the same as the lightning on Freneskae.
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A heading Polish tellurian rights central has come underneath glow for observant a “Polish nation” took partial in a doing of a Holocaust — a argumentative matter in a republic that never collaborated with Nazi Germany during World War II.
Adam Bodnar, a country’s tellurian rights commissioner, or ombudsman, apologised for a critique though members of Poland’s regressive supervision contend he should resign. The strap threatens to break Bodnar, who heads one of a final state institutions still eccentric from a statute regressive Law and Justice party.
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Bodnar, vocalization Wednesday on a state-run TVP Info broadcaster, said: “There is no doubt that a Germans were obliged for a Holocaust, though many nations took partial in a implementation. Among them — and we contend this with bewail — a Polish nation.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Jan Dziedziczak called Bodnar’s critique “scandalous,” wrong and combined it “disqualifies him from open life.”
Bodnar fast apologised for his choice of difference and simplified that he did not meant to contend that a whole republic took partial in a Holocaust, usually that some Poles had committed crimes opposite Jews. The poise of Poles toward Jews during Germany’s wartime function of Poland stays an intensely supportive subject.
Poland was subjected to a vicious function during a quarrel and was a site of many genocide camps where a Germans murdered Jews, Roma and many others, among them Polish priests and member of a Polish resistance.
Poles currently are hugely annoyed during suggestions that they somehow took partial in a Holocaust. There is a state debate to quarrel a tenure “Polish genocide camps” that non-Poles, including former President Barack Obama, have infrequently used unwittingly.
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Asheville’s and Buncombe County’s leaders seem to be afflicted with renamania — the urge to rename all facets of the community tainted by slavery.
The recent decision by City Council to consider renaming streets must go forward, no matter the cost of changing all those addresses. While they are at it, why not change the name of the city? After all, the city’s namesake is slaveholding Samuel Ashe.
The community does not stop at city limits. We should seriously consider changing the name of the county. How did Edward Buncombe, who raised a regiment to fight for the country’s independence, distinguish himself from scores of other slave owners who did likewise?
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Since history is to be interpreted by today’s tastes and not by the messy past, what about the French Broad. Let’s make it the French Wide. And what about Beaucatcher Mountain?
Perish the thought that we might spend more energy and taxpayer dollars debating this name or that rather than on establishing systems to test, trace, and treat COVID-19 exposures; strengthen schools and job training to resolve economic and social inequity; provide health care to the infirm and elderly; and guarantee universal broadband access.
If we were to focus on these things, we would certainly earn a name for ourselves.
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ACFS initiated Funding Australia’s Future in 2012 to better understand the changing dynamics of the financial system and its impact on future economic growth.
These four papers, released in July 2014, drill down into the issues identified in Stage One of the project and culminate in a set of recommendations for improving Australia’s Financial System. This research provided valuable input to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) on how well Australia’s financial sector serves the economy (especially households and business), and how effectively it links the sources and uses of finance for the benefit of Australian society.
Funding Australia’s Future: Stage Two was launched in March 2014 Dr David Murray AO, Chair of the Financial System Inquiry.
More information on each specific paper can be accessed using the links below.
The financing requirements of Australian business over the next 10-15 years are considered in a framework of competing capital channels. Four arguments are made in the paper. First, that Australian policy makers should take a more comprehensive view of capital channels, and that the Federal Government should not increase support for the bank channel, absent a major crisis. Second, that the disruptive effect of the unwinding of quantitative easing on the financing of Australian SMEs and infrastructure needs to be better understood. Third, the cost of entry for new lenders into the SME lending market should be reduced. Finally, that there is a natural and important role for securitisation in business funding and the securitisation channel should be allowed to grow and innovate. Read More
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of recent household savings, investment and borrowing trends, including rates of return, costs and risks, and types of financial products and services used (including in post-retirement). The paper will also consider how the financial sector currently contributes to household balance sheet development over the lifecycle. Read More
International Linkages: Financial Markets and Technology Professor
Deborah Ralston and Mr Martin Jenkinson Download the paper | Download the presentation
International capital flows can be facilitated directly through market based transactions or indirectly through intermediaries including banks and investment managers. In both cases, the financial infrastructure available to financial sector participants plays a key role in determining the efficiency and fairness of the transactions. Therefore, financial infrastructure has a direct impact on the cost of capital and returns on investment for both Australian businesses and investors. Read More
This paper addresses some questions that have arisen since the Wallis Inquiry on how the financial system is best regulated to fund Australia’s future. Some stem from structural developments, including the growth of superannuation, the rise of Asia, the availability and complexity of financial products and the cost of financial services, or from advances in technology. Others arise from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), which has been the catalyst for regulatory reforms around the world as previous approaches to regulation have been found wanting. Read More
A key objective of this project is to ensure the papers bring together a diverse range of insights and opinions from all areas of the Australian financial services sector, however in accordance with the ACFS Code of Research Conduct, the final outcomes are independent. This project was supported by the following organisations:
Professor Michael E. Drew is Professor of Finance at the Griffith Business School of Griffith University. He holds a PhD from the University and Queensland and has previously served on the finance faculty at the Australian National University and the Queensland University of Technology. He has held Senior Executive and Trustee Committee appointments with the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Limited, QSuper, Wilson HTM, Ord Minnett and JB Were & Son. Professor Drew’s research has studied and developed new approaches to the design of the default option in superannuation funds, as well as devising winning strategies for lifecycle funds
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Martin Jenkinson is the Research Officer at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies. Martin has written on topics including the corporate bond market, superannuation regulation, the Australian equities market, venture capital and funding innovation in Australia. Martin has an MA in banking and finance from Monash University and is a CFA level III candidate.
Professor Deborah Ralston is the Executive Director of the Australian Centre and a Professor of Finance at Monash University. Previous appointments include Pro Vice Chancellor of the Division of Business Law and Information Science at the University of Canberra, and Director of the Centre for Australian Financial Institutions at the University of Southern Queensland. Deborah’s academic background is in economics and financial management and her research interests include the impact of financial regulation, the strategy and management of financial institutions and regional economic development. Deborah is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and the CPA Australia. Deborah was formerly a Director of Heritage Building Society 1992-2003 and is currently a Director of the listed mortgage broking company Mortgage Choice.
Dr Adam N. Walk is a Research Fellow in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics at Griffith Business School, where his research focuses on pension finance, investment management and risk management. Dr Walk has held previous appointments in the financial services industry at the Bank of Queensland, the National Credit Union Association, QIC and QSuper. he is Chairman at Holy Spirit Care Services, a not-for-profit provider of retirement living and aged care services. He received his PhD in Financial Economics from Griffith University.
Dr Sam Wylie is a Principal Fellow of the Melbourne Business School and Associate Professor of the University of Melbourne. Dr Wylie’s research and consulting is focused on banking, wealth management and the GFC. He has worked with Australian superannuation funds, Merrill Lynch, Franklin Templeton, AMP, Moss Ledge Capital, Resource Capital Fund, Johnson Fry, Greenway Capital, and others. Dr Wylie was an Assistant Professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College from 1997-2004 (rated the world’s best business school by the WSJ in 2011 and 2012). He obtained his PhD from the London Business School. He also has a Master of Economics degree from the Australian National University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Western Australia. From 1986-1992 Dr Wylie was an Intelligence Officer with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) initiated the Funding Australia’s Future project in late 2012 to undertake a stocktake of the Australian financial system, and its role and challenges in facilitating future economic growth within the wider economy.
In an economy that has enjoyed 21 years of consecutive economic growth and shown a resilience through the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) which is the envy of many nations, the financial sector has played a strong and pivotal role. The past decade, however, has been one of significant change. The impact of the GFC and the subsequent wave of global re-regulation have had a profound effect on patterns of financing, financial sector structure, and attitudes towards financial sector regulation. Identifying the extent to which these changes are transitory or likely to be more permanent is crucial to understanding how financing patterns and the financial sector will develop over the next decade or so.
The Funding Australia’s Future project is in three stages, the second of which assessed how well Australia’s financial sector serves the economy, and how effectively it links the sources and uses of finance for the benefit of Australian society.
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RICHIE GRANT | UCF | DS | #27 | rSr | 5115 | 200 | Fort Walton Beach, FL | Choctawhatchee HS | 11.09.97
A ball-hawk playmaker with the propensity to create turnovers, Grant possesses a well-proportioned body and is a very smart player who studies the responsibilities of every position on defense. He has excellent read-and-react instincts, along with great change of direction and adjustments in zone coverage. Grant does a nice job of baiting the quarterback, which resulted in 10 interceptions and 17 pass breakups during his UCF career. He swarms to the ball and also plays on special teams/returns kicks. Grant is not the most physically imposing run defender, lacking the lower-body mass and power profile to impact the running game to the degree that he affects the pass. Overall, Grant has the skill set to be viewed as a potential starter at the next level due to his closing speed, ball skills and consistency in coverage. In a lot of ways, his game mirrors Jessie Bates coming out of Wake Forest. Grant may never be the flashiest player on the back end, but his ability to impact the pass in an ever evolving passing league speaks volumes to his game overall.
Great energy, teammates feed off him, he sets tone in practice. A true team leader, according to defensive coordinator Randy Shannon, while head coach Josh Heupel praises his maturity. Had only one other scholarship offer coming out of high school (Georgia State). Coached by Greg Thomas at Choctawhatchee High School; named the team’s MVP for the 2015 season. Posted 37 solo tackles with four interceptions as a senior, and had more than 1,000 receiving yards as a wideout; also notched three punt-return touchdowns and one kickoff-return touchdown. Ran track in high school including the 100- and 400-meter events. Majored in sports and exercise science.
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Shine runs 3rd at indoor championships
A shot at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, next October could be in the cards for former Juneau-Douglas High School runner Jim Shine.
Shine, a key member of the national-champion Western States cross-country team, clocked 13:59.95 in the 5,000-meter run for third place at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston March 11.
The qualifying mark to be invited to the U.S. Olympic Trials in July is 13:47.
Juneau cross-country and track coach Guy Thibodeau said it's possible Shine could make up that time because indoor tracks are slower.
``There's more track to work with,'' Thibodeau said. ``There are tighter turns on an indoor track. Outdoors, he could conceivably take off five to 10 seconds.''
Shine's teammate Michael Aish won in 13:48.28 to help Western State place fourth out of 29 teams.
Former Haines runner Carl Blackhurst of Adams State college ran the event but did not finish.
Shine earned All-America status with the finish.
Call ties for first at snowboarding competition
A Juneau snowboarder tied for first place at the Red Bull Extreme Snowboarding Championships in Verbier, Switzerland Saturday.
Ashley Call, 20, was among 16 boarders invited to one of Europe's most prestigious snowboarding events. Call established his credentials as a world-class snowboarding after placing third at the World Extreme Snowboarding Championships in Valdez last year.
Call was the youngest member competing in Switzerland. He was the only boarder with no experience on the 3,000-foot vertical face, and placed 12th on his first run Friday.
Call tied with France's Axel Douporte on his second run after waiting nearly an hour for an injured boarder to be medivaced off the mountain. The event counted only the best of the two runs.
Call won part of a $40,000 purse for his performance. He plans to compete at a snowboarding event in Cordoba this spring.
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Had a very good experience today…
While checking out all the bathroom basins Thomas had found while Annette was in Denmark – we passed the Tea Wholesaler from whom we are going to by some of our teas for Tings Tea Lounge Tea Menu.
The tea we are interested in comes from the mountains north from Illam close to Darjeeling on the Indian site of the border.
About the plantation:
Kanchanjangha Tea Plantation (KTE) is located at Ranitar in the remote hilly region of Panchthar district in eastern Nepal bordering the tea area of Darjeeling at an altitude of 1300-1800m. The garden lies at the foot hills of Mt. Kanchenjunga which covers the largest vegetation area with a combination of unique blends of natural factors for the growth of exclusive aromatic tea. The enterprise was launched in 1984 by the local farmers on a cooperative model. Over a 100 farmers joined hands, pooled in their marginal land holdings and became owners of the first orthodox tea plantation covering nearly 94 hectares of land. The land which was barely enough to sustain them is now utilized to produce High Quality Organic Orthodox Tea of the Himalayas.
At KTE we tasted an fantastic first flush green tea and put an order for a white tea, the new harvest of silver tips – a most fantastic tea which we tasted a few months back. This tea is something extraordinary and very difficult to get hold of (and from a mountain even further north of the KTE plantation with a special soil that makes this tea light, flowery and rich in flavor at the same time).
Normally this tea is only for export – but after hearing about our ideas and plans for Tings Tea Lounge we were allowed to by 1 kg of that particular tea when it arrives in September.
It will be interesting to see if our guest are willing to pay the price for a pot of the unique tasteful experience. The price will be around 300 NRP for one pot 🙂
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We see more than our fair share of weird cars around these parts, and one might think that familiarity would jade us. Then you see a Geo Metro stretched like a bad furnace repair and your heart goes aflutter.
Caught by Jalopnik reader Louis near Seattle, this car could spark an entire master's thesis in engineering and philosophy. How do the rear brakes connect? Does it have a Cobb shifter? Is the silver exterior there to keep a giant tank of coffee warm? Why in the name of all that is good and holy did someone need an automotive answer to the dachshund?
If you or someone you know owns this car and can explain its origins, get in touch with us. And to the owner, we ask: Please, when driving down the interstate in your venti Metro, don't let it fall apart and kill you.
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Practice profitability: Segment your way to success
As many practice management gurus have said in the past, identifying and segmenting your clients into different categories can lead to better results. But could this approach overcomplicate client relationships and block potential sources of growth? Robert Lovell investigates.
For any growing practice, the most important thing to know is who your clients are - and who are the ideal ones with whom you would most like to do business.
Once you have identified what they want, you can provide a better service and enhance client relationships.
Customer segmentation is accepted as the best approach to achieve this.
By focusing on your ideal client you can...
Register with AccountingWEB for free to read the rest of this article, which includes:
- The mechanics
- The pros and cons
- Future steps
- Segmentation top tips
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Second bird found with West Nile virus in Grand Forks
GRAND FORKS - Grand Forks Public Health has found a second bird dead of West Nile virus, and several groups of mosquitoes have also tested positive, mosquito control supervisor Todd Hanson said Thursday.
He said he expects to find more in the days ahead.
Culex tarsalis, the most common kind of mosquito that harbors the disease and passes it on to humans, birds and other animals, usually stick to the same area where they hatch, he said, and birds often carry the disease to other culex populations.
The first dead bird to test positive was found Monday. The second bird was found Wednesday.
The Public Health Department also tests culex mosquitoes captured in traps. Several groups throughout the city have tested positive, with two that tested positive Thursday, Hanson said.
West Nile virus is generally harmless to most, and only 1 to 5 percent of those infected even show symptoms, such as fevers, headaches, joint pain and diarrhea. It can be deadly for less than 1 percent, leading to symptoms such as inflammation of the brain.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Minnesota has also reported a case of West Nile virus infection in nonhumans, and South Dakota has reported a human infection as of Tuesday, the latest data available.
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I hate it. In fact, I don’t think I know a single person who likes to move. It is an unsettling, expensive, and sweaty endeavor that is always such a hassle and usually ends up burdening other people (friends help friends move, right?).
Our lease ended at the end of June and rather than switch to a month-to-month rental agreement with our current complex until my job is over July 31st, we decided to just bite the bullet and move. My current roommate, Maddie, will be in the Bethesda area for another two years, so she would have to move anyways and this way I wouldn’t have to deal with all of this hassle at the very end of my time in D.C.
I’m not sure what exactly happened, but the total move took about 13 hours. We left the apartment at 8am to pick up the u-haul and finally locked the doors of our empty and clean(ish) old home shortly after 9pm. Nothing had gone egregiously wrong, but small things kept piling up and I think we all underestimated the amount of work it was going to be. Our couch is still stuck in the entry hall-way (trying to get that thing in and out of elevators and into our living room was very reminiscent of this scene) and I may have had a slight mental breakdown while ordering take-out at the very end of the evening. But we bought Ben & Jerry’s (which makes everything better, even though the combination of ice-cream and Chinese food didn’t make me feel very good) and decided to suck it up and unpack everything that night. So we went to bed at 1:30, but when I woke up in the morning, my clothes werefolded, the Christmas lights were hanging, and it quickly felt like home.
The fact that I hate moving is not to say that I don’t love change. I love new places and getting rid of old things. Both present the opportunity to start fresh, which I think everyone craves. In three weeks I have to move again. My job at Carnegie will be over and Justin and I will be packing up my bags and hitting the road back to Texas (seems like just yesterday my dad and I were making the trip to D.C.). I will be there for one week and then am moving once again, this time a little farther away….
After months of searching, interviewing, and life-changing decisions….I am going to India.
But I should start at the beginning, which for this particular story starts in 2012. I wanted to study abroad my junior year of college and was accepted to go to Guatemala for an anthropology program. I would live with a local host family and complete an independent research project of my choice (I was thinking something about cosmological myths. They’re pretty cool.).
Something inside, however, made me hesitate. There was another Carleton program that year in Washington, D.C. and I knew the moment I sat down to talk to the professor in charge of the program that it was where I had to go. So I bought a briefcase (yes, I was THAT over-eager intern) and moved to D.C. in the Spring of 2012. I must have applied for over 20 internships before I landed one: working as a research intern at the National Defense University (NDU).
At NDU, an intern’s work area depended on both your academic interest and the availability of professors who needed research assistance. My very first day I was introduced to Capt. Chan Swallow–director of the Afpak (Afghanistan-Pakistan) Fellows Program at NDU–and he needed help developing the syllabus for one of his courses. He handed me a book called Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military and told me to read it, summarize it, and tell him which chapters he should teach his Master’s students. I told him I wasn’t sure if I was qualified to make that kind of decision (since I knew nothing about Pakistan) and he told me that if I could read and think, then I was.
That was the first time I had ever read anything about Pakistan that wasn’t in the news. This was also my first internship and the first work experience I had ever had that didn’t involve taking care of tiny humans. I was just so excited to be doing something professional related to my International Relations major, completely unbeknownst to me that it had changed the trajectory of the next several years of my life.
This exchange (book for summary and selections) repeated itself 6 times throughout my 2 months at NDU. Not only did I feel like I was learning 10 times as much as my classmates who had other internships, I felt like I had come across a topic that was more exciting to me than anything I had ever studied before. I poured over each book I was given and found myself buying books on Afghanistan and Pakistan to read in my spare time.
That summer I landed an internship with the Department of Defense doing intelligence work and after a few weeks of training, we got to select our summer projects. Since I had enjoyed doing South Asia related work at NDU, I selected a project about the region and continued learning both inside and outside of work (with my stack of books) for the next three months. In the end, I knew that DOD wasn’t for me, but I wasn’t done with South Asia yet.
Going back to Carleton for my senior year–knew-found intellectual curiosity in hand–I was disappointed that the Political Science department wasn’t offering any courses on South Asian politics. The pickings were also rather slim in the history department, so I ended up registered for “Religions of South Asia”. And I had a blast. Not only was my professor phenomenal, but I was finally approaching this region from a cultural perspective (instead of an American-centered-military one) and it was the first time I had ever read anything about India outside of a security context in relation to Pakistan and Afghanistan. I attended religious services, watched documentaries on social movements, inhaled ancient texts, and found myself entranced by a completely new face of these places.
I knew I wanted to keep South Asia in mind when applying for jobs after college, but my professional pursuits weren’t single-minded. In fact, my job search was split down the middle: teaching vs. research. As excited as I was to have found a topic that I could read about for hours on end without tiring, I was passionate about working with kids. And working an office job at DOD made me realize how badly I needed to work with people–not computers.
So at the end of March (2013), exactly a year after I read my first book about Pakistan, I was faced with a choice: be a research assistant for the South Asia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C. or an Elementary School teacher in Dallas with Teach For America. Ironically, these were the only two jobs offered I received (looking for employment is the worst) and they could not have better represented my dilemma.
I was torn. It wasn’t quite as divided as “do I follow my brain or my heart?” because my heart was also in my work and my head was also telling me that I should teach. Ultimately, I chose to go to D.C. because of time sensitivity. The research fellowship was only open to people within one year of graduation, so I would have been unable to return to Carnegie after doing TFA. I also chose not to defer TFA for a year because it would have required me to start the following June when Carnegie went until August and–even if leaving early were possible–the prospect of planning out three years of my life all at once terrified me. I spent a wonderful four years at Carleton, but–in my mind–graduation was a liberation from any commitment lasting longer than a year.
And so I moved to the nation’s capital and dove head-first into Indian politics. All day, every day. From historical research to headlines, my days were consumed by India and–as much as a country can from a computer-screen–India came alive to me. Of course I knew that there was more to a country than its many religions, but I knew next to nothing about anything else before I walked through Carnegie’s door. Quite a drastic change from knowing nothing about India to spending twelve months thinking primarily about the political corruption there (read: social issues, political history, economics, etc. You can’t study one aspect of a country in a vacuum without touching on everything else that has shaped it).
My year in D.C. has been one of the best in my life. It has been a year of professional and personal challenges, constant growth, and self-reflection. To think about where I was a year ago–emotionally, intellectually–is just astounding. Of course, the difference is mostly only visible to me, but many of the people closest to me have noted that I am happier. Those changes are their own story, though.
One thing I definitely learned about myself (which I should have already known after DOD) is that office jobs are not for me. I am so grateful for this year–to learn what I’ve learned, to have made the friends I’ve made, to have had the most supportive boss I could have ever asked for–but sitting behind a computer for 8 hours a day makes me go mad.
Though I used to think that ‘learning’ was enough fulfillment in a job, I’ve slowly come to realize that I would much rather have a job that was minimally cerebral, but required me to be active (quite a difficult concept to grasp for someone who has always loved school and being a student); required me to be with people. More specifically, a job that allows me to help people and have a direct impact that I can measure on a day-to-day basis. It doesn’t have to be a big impact, just something I can see.
And, I need to work with kids. I miss them so badly and every opportunity I have had to be with children (see: tutoring and adopted family) has reinforced this notion that my future job must be to work with–or at the very least, directly on the behalf of–children.
The problem with one year jobs is that you have to start thinking about what you want to do next pretty soon after you start. So shortly after I started at Carnegie, I had to make some decisions about what I wanted the next few years of my life to look like. I realized–with great excitement and trepidation–that there was no where in the world that I had to be at this time in my life. I have no car, no mortgage, no children, no pets. Not even a fish. So I took a class on how to teach English to non-native speakers, thinking that I could a) travel, b) work with kids, c) probably find a job more easily than I could in the United States. At least jobs that I would qualify for with no advanced degree. And since I had no idea what I actually wanted to do with my life, why not? For the first time I could control where I went and how long I was there. And it was terrifying and liberating all at the same time. Which, I thought, meant I should probably run at it with open arms.
But where to go?
To India? It seemed like the obvious choice. I knew that–even if not right away–I had to go to India. I couldn’t think about this country every single day for a year and not go. Even if I went and hated it there, at least I would have seen it for myself (and that would also be a pretty good sign that I should study something else).
Before I moved to D.C., my dad introduced me to a woman who worked at this small school in Southern India. He knew I was going to be working on India and that I liked to teach, so he thought she and I might have a few things to talk about (thanks, dad). I had lunch with her a year ago and she told me about this place called the Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project. This school was a private institution created by a man named Dr. Abraham George, who has devoted his life to alleviating poverty in rural India. He had an idea, an idea that the children of India’s lowest caste (children who are more often than not banned from attending school with other children because they are considered ‘dirty’) can achieve the same success as other students if afforded the same access to educational opportunities.
My primary interest was in poor children, and I had learned that the main problem facing them was lack of access to anything resembling quality education. I felt that Indian society had long given up on these children, and there was no real hope for them to rise beyond their meager beginnings. Many people probably believe these children are simply incapable of doing anything better. Hence, the initial idea was to start a primary school in a rural village. It would be a world-class boarding institution for children from the poorest homes and for those belonging mostly to the lowest caste, mainly the ‘untouchables’.
The school could not just be a holding pen designed to keep the kids in place until they assumed their life long roles as servants and workers to the rich. Instead, I was determined that it would be one of the best in India, a school that normally only the children of the richest families could afford. I would give these children the same opportunities as the children of the wealthy and powerful. As far as I knew, it was a model no one else had embarked upon in India. It was to be named Shanti Bhavan, Haven of Peace.
And so he created a home and school for children who have never had clean water, much less received a K-12 education. Children who would have otherwise had no way out of the cycle that is poverty and social discrimination in India.
I applied to work there with an open and eager heart and, on August 17th, I am packing my bags and leaving for India. For Shanti Bhavan.
You know what else is pretty cool? That Justin guy I always gush about is coming too. We met in that English teaching class I was talking about and–after deciding that we wanted to travel together–I introduced him to this place.
In every regard, things have converged in a way I didn’t think possible and, though I haven’t quite wrapped my head around it, I could not be more excited. I can’t think of a better way to learn about India than through this place, through these children. When I told a man I met from Mumbai that I was moving to India, he clasped my hand and told me:
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Outsourcing or hire new programmers?
When it comes time that you need extra programming staff, what are your experiences with outsourcing or hiring additional programmers? One of my biggest concerns about outsourcing are receiving compiled code that we can't easily modify or troubleshoot on site. Of course hiring additional programmers tends to come with large overhead as they relate to personnel expenses. I'm curious what others do when you need extra programming help, and do all/most independent programmers tend to send compiled code and not actual .axs/source code? I know there are many independent programmers here in addition to dealers, so I look forward to everyone's comments.
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Concern is growing about the safety of four Afghan child stars of The Kite Runner.
The film, based on the Khaled Hosseini novel, is due for release next month, and the children have been told to get ready to travel to California.
Two of them say they no longer walk to school by themselves because of incidents of harassment. But only one boy's family wants Paramount to move them out of Afghanistan permanently. Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada portrays the rape victim in the movie's most controversial scene.
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson interviewed three of the four boys and their families, all of whom are increasingly frustrated with the filmmakers and say if they had it to do all over again, they would not have been in the film.
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In tough times like these, sometimes you have to be resourceful to get what you want, and it seems that some people still really want to go to law school. And rather than taking out additional student loans, in the spirit of Ruth Carter — a 3L at ASU Law who started the “Sponsor a Law Kid” program — an incoming UVA Law student has decided to solicit online donations to help “lessen the debt load.” It’s a sad, sad day when a future UVA student can’t afford to pop her collar.
In fact, this young woman wants your help no matter what you think of her, because in the end, so long as she gets her tuition dollars, she doesn’t really care. Hell, even if you’re “sadistic and would enjoy watching” her fail, she’ll still be glad to take your money. She’ll even send you little prizes in the mail as thanks.
If you’d like something to balk at, let’s find out more about this entrepreneurial Cavalier….
Cara Henis is a graduate of UT Austin, and will be joining the UVA Law class of 2015 come August. According to her LinkedIn profile, she’s hoping to study media law. Well, that’s probably a good thing, considering the fact that she may experience a bit of a media circus once word of her academic panhandling gets around.
Cara has no desire to “become Uncle Sam’s serf,” but as you can see, she hasn’t had much luck yet with donations, so she needs your assistance. Why should you “Help Cara Go Legal”? From her website:
I’ve been working and saving for this for a year now, and almost have enough to get by for the first semester without taking out the dreaded GradPLUS loan. So, please help me give the first semester a go with less loan money.
Tuition for my first semester is $25,400. With my other loans and savings, I have 3/4 of my cost met.
So, please please please donate if you want something cool, donate because you love/ believe in me or even donate because you think I’ll fail, but are sadistic and would enjoy watching. I’m not Kant– the pretext behind your support isn’t important. All I’ll see, and be extremely thankful for, is your generosity and support. Thanks, again, guys!
For just pennies a day, you can help this future lawyer accumulate enough funds to join the ranks of the notorious UVA Law students who came before her. Dear Lord, where’s Sally Struthers when you need her?
And make no mistake, Cara is already billing herself out at an hourly rate that rivals that of a first-year Biglaw associate. For $250, she’ll do anything you want, “as long as it is legal and not skeazy.” Seriously, she’s not willing to do anything “skeazy”? Aww, honey, you’ve really got a lot to learn about what it’s like to be in debt.
We wish Cara good luck in her solicitation of donations, because at this rate, it seems like she’s going to need it — some of her classmates have already written to us to tell us how “annoying” she is. As for her future, we can only hope that she won’t turn to Reema Bajaj for advice on how to supplement her income.
Help Cara Go Legal [Indiegogo]
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After gaining the freshman 15 (well more like 20), I started researching how to lose the late-night pizza weight. One tip I remember seeing all over the place was not to eat past 7 p.m. at night. This "rule" stemmed from the idea that you should stop eating two hours before bed. That's how the magic number of 7, 8, or 9 p.m. was born. This however is a myth, and if you're trying to lose weight, you should know that giving yourself a cutoff time to stop eating won't help you slim down. That's because food you eat at night does not automatically get stored as fat, as previously thought. The best way to drop pounds is to watch your portion sizes throughout the entire day, and not worry solely about your evening eating habits.
Even though it won't help with weight loss, it is a good idea to stop munching a few hours before you hit the hay in order to give your body time to digest. If you eat late at night and go to bed on a full stomach, you'll likely suffer from indigestion, heartburn, and gas, which will make it hard for you to get a good night's sleep.
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Remember back at the end of May when the BBC had that big story that I repeated here about the unspoiled, uncontacted lost tribe photographed on the border of Peru? Everyone was forwarding the pictures to each other, and the story hit the news all over?
Well, today the Guardian has a follow-up article headed thus: "Secret of the 'lost' tribe that wasn't: Tribal guardian admits the Amazon Indians' existence was already known, but he hoped the publicity would lift the threat of logging"
The article continues, "...the tribe's existence has been noted since 1910 and the mission to photograph them was undertaken in order to prove that 'uncontacted' tribes still existed in an area endangered by the menace of the logging industry. . . . (T)he man behind the pictures, José Carlos Meirelles, . . . has no regrets, arguing that the pictures and video released to the world were powerful and indisputable evidence to those who say isolated tribes no longer exist."
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11(6), 5628-5639; doi:10.3390/ijerph110605628
Published: 26 May 2014
Abstract: Many toxic substances in the workplace can modify human health and quality of life and there is still insufficient data on respiratory outcomes in adults exposed to phthalates. The aim of this work was to assess in waste management workers from the Nitra region of Slovakia (n = 30) the extent of exposure to phthalates and health-related outcomes. Four urinary phthalate metabolites mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), monobutyl phthalate (MnBP), monoethyl phthalate (MEP) and monoisononyl phthalate (MiNP) were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Urinary concentration of MEHP was positively associated with ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity % (FEV1/FVC) (r = 0.431; p = 0.018) and MiNP with fat free mass index (FFMI) (r = 0.439; p = 0.015). The strongest predictor of pulmonary function was the pack/year index as smoking history that predicted a decrease of pulmonary parameters, the FEV1/FVC, % of predicted values of peak expiratory flow (PEF % of PV) and FEV1 % of PV. Unexpectedly, urinary MEHP and MINP were positively associated with pulmonary function expressed as PEF % of PV and FEV1/FVC. We hypothesize that occupational exposure to phthalates estimated from urinary metabolites (MEHP, MiNP) can modify pulmonary function on top of lifestyle factors.
Some work environment factors can greatly affect human health. Negative effects are especially pronounced when workers are exposed to multifactorial conditions and noxious agents . Phthalates —the esters of 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, constitute a group of man-made chemicals having many industrial applications. As plasticizers, phthalates are additives which improve the flexibility, processability and softness of vinyl . Phthalates are not bonded with covalent bonds to the polymer chains, but rather their molecules are embedded between the polymer chain molecules, so they can leach out or evaporate into air or become part of dust and airborne particles. Due to this fact, they have become one of the major indoor pollutants [3,4,5] and play a role as important environmental factors in the pathogenesis of negative health outcomes. Other possible routes of exposure are through contaminated foodstuffs, mainly through packaging materials, or dermal contact with cosmetics containing phthalates [6,7,8].
Phthalate exposure was found to be related to various adjuvant or inflammatory responses of inflammatory cells and it was shown that phthalates may contribute to airway remodelling or may affect respiratory health [4,11,12,13,14]. Some studies show that employment in the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) fabrication industry may be associated with both obstructive and restrictive ventilatory effects and pointed to a potential toxicological effect of vinyl and PVC [16,17]. Exposure to the thermal degradation products of PVC and phthalic acid esters leads to symptoms affecting the eyes and upper airways, probably associated with the thermal degradation products of PVC. However no significant differences were found between exposed and control subjects with regard to spirometry .
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) has been associated in epidemiological studies with the development of wheezing and allergic airway diseases [10,19,20]. At high concentrations, mono (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) can have acute airway irritant effects in mice . In polyvinylchloride fabrication workers decreases in adjusted cross-shift ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC), pre shift FEV1/FVC, and prevalence of chronic cough and chronic phlegm were observed . The complete role of phthalates in respiratory diseases still remains to be established , but indoors emissions from plastic `materials may have adverse effects on the lower respiratory tract . Increasing but limited evidence for the effects of phthalate exposure on respiratory health has demanded attention for further investigation [11,14,22]. Because of the presence of phthalates in a great number of materials and products incommon use, the opportunity of exposure in everyday life is high. This risk is considerably higher in waste management workers because they are exposed to a wide range of different plastic materials in mixtures of substances which can influence their leaching or evaporation. The aim of this work was to study the potential effect of exposure to phthalates and health-related outcomes in waste management workers.
2.1. Study Population
The cohort consisted of full time community services workers (20 men and 10 women) working in the Nitra region (Slovakia). Men were employed on average 7.9 years and women 5.6 years. Subjects with obstructive airway disease (OAD) and incomplete answers to the questionnaire were excluded. Men worked as waste truck drivers and co-drivers, experiencing both the waste-loading exposure and the air pollution emissions from road transport (nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, persistent organic pollutants and phthalates). Women experienced exposure, mostly to phthalates, polychloroethene, and bisphenol A, in the course of sorting and processing waste substances for recycling. Participation was voluntary and there was a possibility to withdraw from participation at any time during the study. The study protocol was approved by the institutional review board of the Slovak Medical University. All human participants gave written informed consent prior to the study, and agreed to provide samples of urine during the shift, complete questionnaires and allow the researchers to take measurements and also to process their medical and personal records and data.
2.2. Phthalates Analyses
We collected urine samples (2 × 2 mL) from all volunteers during a work shift break (i.e., workers began work no earlier than 6:00 am and worked at least 8 h per shift) and stored them in a transport box at 2–6 °C and in the laboratory in a deep freezer at −73 °C until analysis. Urinary levels of mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP), monoisononyl phthalate (MiNP), and monoethyl phthalate (MEP) as metabolites of the parent phthalates di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DnBP), diethyl phthalate (DEP) and di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DiNP) were measured. We used high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) (Infinity 1260 and 6410 triple quad instrumentas, Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA) using a modification of the method reported by Silva . Analytical standards of MEHP, MnBP, MiNP and MEP (>99%), their isotopically labelled internal standards (ring-1,2-13C2, dicarboxyl-13C2, 99%) were purchased from Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (Andover, MA, USA). Briefly, 1 mL of urine was thawed, buffered with ammonium acetate, spiked with isotope labelled phthalate standards, β-glucuronidase enzyme (Roche, Mannheim, Germany) and incubated (37 °C). After deconjugation samples were diluted with phosphate buffer (NaH2PO4 in H3PO4) and loaded onto SPE cartridges (ABS Elut Nexus, Agilent). Cartridges were conditioned with acetonitrile followed by phosphate buffer before extraction. To remove hydrophilic compoundd SPE cartridges were flushed with formic acid and HPLC grade water. Elution of analytes was performed using acetonitrile and ethylacetate. Eluate was dried by nitrogen gas and reconstituted with 200 µL of H2O. For HPLC was used Agilent Infinity 1260 liquid chromatograph equipped with ZORBAX Eclipse plus phenyl-hexyl column. Separation was done using non-linear gradient program. Agilent 6410 triplequad with electro-spray ionization was used for mass specific detection of phthalate metabolites. Instrumental settings were as follows: spray ion voltage (−3800 V), nitrogen nebulizer gas pressure (8 psi), and nitrogen curtain gas pressure (7 psi), capillary temperature (430 °C), and collision gas (nitrogen) pressure (1.5 mTorr). Precursor and product ions, collision energies, retention times and limits of detection (LOD) are shown in Table 1.
|Table 1. Phthalate monoesters: Chromatographic and mass spectrometric parameters.|
|Compound Name||Precursor Ion||Product Ion||Fragmentor (V)||Collision Energy (V)||RT (min)||LOD (ng/mL)|
Note: MiNP, monoisononyl phthalate; MEHP, mono (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; MEP, monoethyl phthalate; MnBP, mono-n-butyl phthalate; RT, retention time; LOD, limit of detection.
We collected anthropometric measures using standard methods: body height (by A 319 TRYSTOM, Ltd., Olomouc, Czech Republic), waist girth and hip girth (by a flexible non-elastic measuring tape). Body-mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist to hip ratio (WHR), fat mass index (FMI) and fat free mass index (FFMI) was calculated. Body weight, body fat percentage, muscle mass percentage, and visceral fat level were estimated by Omron BF510 (Kyoto, Japan) by bio-electrical impedance analysis, using a 50 kHz current source with electrodes on each hand and foot.
Spirometric testing was done by a trained technician according to 2005 European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society recommendations using a Spirolab II (MIR, Rome, Italy) spirometer and Winspiro PRO software. We recorded the best result from three consecutive pulmonary function tests. Values for forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1, L), forced vital capacity (FVC, L), a ratio of FEV1 to FVC (FEV1/FVC, %) and peak expiratory flow (PEF) were obtained. In addition we calculated FEV1, FVC and PEF parameter reproducibility and diagnosed chronic obstruction pulmonary disease (COPD) according to GOLD definition .
An association between phthalate exposure and pulmonary function was examined by correlation analysis. Backward multiple linear regression analysis to determine the association between urinary phthalate metabolites and pulmonary function (FEV1/FVC, % PV of PEF, % PV of FEV1 and % PV of FVC) were used. We considered the predictor to be significant when p value was ≤0.05. We used statistics program SPSS 16 (Softonic International S.L., Chicago, IL, USA).
The characteristics of subjects are described in Table 2. All participants (n = 30) were in permanent, full-time position in communal services in the Nitra region, Slovakia. Men had been employed on average 94.8 months (n = 20) and women 66.6 months (n = 10). The percentage of smokers and ex-smokers in the group was similar, 55% and 60%, respectively. Pack/year index (p/y) was much higher in men (21.95 ± 18.67) than in women (7.13 ± 8.31).
Spirometry results suggest a decrease of pulmonary functions (especially FEV1 and FEV1/FVC) associated with respiratory disease. We detected mild to severe COPD symptoms in 20% (n = 6; p/y = 24.08 ± 21.88) and symptoms of chronic bronchitis (CHB) in 50% (n = 15; p/y = 12.80 ± 10.96) of subjects.
Table 3 summarizes data on concentration of phthalate monoesters in urine of the 30 waste management workers collected during a day shift. We found that the concentration of the metabolite MEHP is the highest, followed by the metabolites MnBP, MEP and MiNP.
We observed several relationships between anthropometric and respiratory parameters not related to phthalate exposure. Thus, we observed a significant decrease of FEV1/FVC associated to pack/year index (r = −0.425; p = 0.019) and sagittal chest diameter (r = −0.410; p = 0.025). The results of our study suggest significant associations between decreases in FVC % of predicted value with transverse chest diameter (r = −0.406; p = 0.026) and BMI (r = −0.385; p = 0.036). We only observed associations between decreases in FEV1 % of predicted values with transverse chest diameter (r = −0.439; p = 0.015) and BMI (r = −0.375; p = 0.041).
We observed an association between FFMI and increased PEF % of PV (r = 0.362; p = 0.049). In agreement with the purpose of the study, we observed that the urinary concentration of MEHP was positively associated with FEV1/FVC (r = 0.431; p = 0.018). Values of WHR were inversely associated with urinary levels of MEHP (r = −0.362; p = 0.049). We also found correlations between WHtR (r = −0.357; p = 0.057) and waist circumference (r = −0.347; p = 0.060) and decreasing concentration of MEHP. We observed association between FFMI and increase of MiNP concentration (r = 0.439; p = 0.015).
|Table 2. Characteristics of the study group cohort from waste management workers in Nitra.|
|Parameter||Men (n = 20)||Women (n = 10)|
|Urban||n = 13||n = 8|
|Rural||n = 7||n = 2|
|Body fat percentage||29.6||6.30||38.7||9.16|
|Muscle mass percentage||32.2||3.18||25.89||4.84|
|Visceral fat level||13.9||4.8||7.5||3.0|
|FVC % of PV||105.19||16.46||109.2||23.7|
|FEV1 % of PV||96.57||20.46||97.5||17.71|
|MVV % of PV||60.32||16.71||100.6||12.99|
|VC % PV||88.34||15.04||101.6||21.22|
|PEF % of PV||87.63||21.01||74.99||9.68|
Notes: BMI, Body-mass index; WHR, waist to hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; FMI, fat mass index; FFMI, fat free mass index; FVC, forced vital capacity (L); FVC % of PV, % of predicted values of forced vital capacity; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1s (L); FEV1 % of PV, % of predicted values of forced expiratory volume in 1s; FEV1/FVC, ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity (%); MVV, maximum voluntary ventilation (L); MVV % of PV, % of predicted values of maximum voluntary ventilation; VC, vital capacity (L); VC % of PV, % of predicted values of vital capacity; PEF, peak expiratory flow (L); PEF % of PV, % of predicted values of peak expiratory flow; n, frequency; p/y, pack/years index.
|Table 3. Concentration of phthalate metabolite (ng/mL) in urine of 30 waste management employees.|
|Phthalate Metabolite||n||Mean ± SD||LOD||n < LOD (%)||Percentiles|
|MEP||30||68.32 ± 43.74||5.02||23.33||40.84||49.20||77.26||89.60||344.45|
|MnBP||30||71.42 ± 90.19||3.23||16.67||39.55||67.13||92.84||128.65||130.04|
|MEHP||30||15.37 ± 20.09||0.81||13.33||2.72||5.94||17.43||50.60||60.71|
|MiNP||30||1.47 ± 4.47||8.12||90.00||<LOD||<LOD||<LOD||12.77||14.89|
Notes: MEP, monoethyl phthalate; MnBP, mono-n-butyl phthalate; MEHP, mono (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; MiNP, monoisononyl phthalate; LOD, limit of detection, n, frequency.
Table 4 summarizes the results of backward multiple linear regression analysis used for identification of factors associated with pulmonary function. We are presenting only regressions with significant results. The strongest predictor of pulmonary function was the p/y index. Smoking history predicted a decrease of the following pulmonary parameters: index FEV1/FVC, FEV1 % of PV and PEF % of PV. Unexpectedly, the concentration of two urinary phthalate metabolites, MEHP and MiNP, were positively associated with pulmonary function (in PEF % of PV and FEV1/FVC). Anthropometric parameters FFMI, BMI and transversal chest diameter were associated with pulmonary function. BMI was inversely associated with pulmonary parameters in FEV1 % of PV and in FVC % of PV while FFMI was positively associated with in PEF % of PV.
|Table 4. Results of backward multiple linear regression analysis.|
|Pulmonary function||Parameter||B||Std. Error||Beta||t||Sig|
|PEF % of PV a,b||MiNP ng/mL||1.854||1.022||0.305||1.815||0.081|
|FEV1/FVC a,c||MEHP ng/mL||0.163||0.069||0.366||2.358||0.026|
|FEV1 % of PV a,d,e||p/y||−0.612||0.201||−0.499||−3.046||0.005|
|FVC % of PV d,e||BMI||−1.641||0.744||−0.385||−2.207||0.036|
|transverse chest diameter||−2.274||0.969||−0.406||−2.348||0.026|
Notes: The dependent variables were the parameters of pulmonary function (PEF % of PV, % of predicted values of peak expiratory flow; FEV1/FVC; ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 s to forced vital capacity; FEV1 % of PV, % of predicted values of forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC % of PV, % of predicted values of forced vital capacity) and the independent variables concentration of urinary phthalate (MEHP, monoethylhexyl phthalate; MiNP, monoisononyl phthalate; MnBP, mono-n-butyl phthalate; MEP, monoethyl phthalate), smoking history (p/y, pack/year index) and various anthropometric characteristic (FFMI, fat free mass index; transverse chest diameter; saggital chest diameter; BMI, body mass index). a MEP (ng/mL, MnBP (ng/mL), MEHP(ng/mL), MiNP (ng/mL), pack/year index; b MEP (ng/mL, MnBP (ng/mL), MEHP(ng/mL), MiNP (ng/mL), pack/year index, FFMI; c MEP (ng/mL), MnBP (ng/mL), MEHP (ng/mL), MiNP (ng/mL), pack/year index, saggital chest diameter; d MEP (ng/mL, MnBP (ng/mL), MEHP (ng/mL), MiNP (ng/mL), pack/year index, BMI; e MEP (ng/mL), MnBP (ng/mL), MEHP (ng/mL), MiNP (ng/ml), pack/year index, transverse chest diameter. B is regression coefficient and the negative sign of regression coefficient means that the variables are negatively associated.
Many toxic substances encountered in the workplace can modify human health and quality of life. We have shown herein that there is still insufficient data on respiratory outcomes for adults exposed to phthalates. We detected that mean concentrations for urinary MEP, MnBP and MEHP are positively skewed, which means that in community services workers high levels prevail in the upper quantiles.
Urinary MEHP concentrations in our study (median 5.94 ng/mL) are comparable with workers in a factory with polymer moulding (pre-shift urine sample) and workers in DEHP manufacturing (post-shift urine sample). However they are lower than in other factories included . In comparison with the environmentally exposed general population [2,27,28] we detected a higher concentration of MEHP in urine (median 5.94 ng/mL; 95th percentile 60.71 ng/mL). In other studies on the general population the median was higher but lower 95 percentile values of MEHP concentration (10.3 ng/mL; 37.9 ng/mL and 7.6 ng/mL; 33.6 ng/mL ) were observed. However, the values from European countries remain higher than those reported by U.S. authors, which can be explained by substitution of DEHP by other phthalates (DiNP/DiDP) in the United States .
The concentration of MiNP was low and close to the detection limit, with detection frequencies of 10% (median < LOD; 95th percentile 14.89 ng/mL). It is comparable to results of the Canadian Health Measures Survey , but higher than concentration values in a Danish mother-child pairs study . Exposure estimates based on the concentrations of monoester metabolites of DiNP and DiDP probably underestimates human exposure . It also should be noted that MiNP is not the major metabolite of the parent phthalate as it is converted into several other secondary metabolites prior to excretion , so low MiNP detection frequencies do not necessarily suggest low population exposure level to DiNP.
The concentration of MnBP in our study (median 67.13 ng/mL; 95th percentile 130.04 ng/mL) is comparable with an analysis in adult German population , but higher than results realised on the general German population .
In contrast with the results of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) [2,23] we recorded lower median and 95 percentile concentration values of MEP (49.20 ng/mL; 344.45 ng/mL), but comparable with investigations on the German general population . Based on the questionnaire and the low socioeconomic status of waste management workers, lower urinary concentrations of MEP were not surprising, because MEP is commonly used in cosmetics, personal care and sun screen products.
Based on correlation analyses, in our study we found an association between phthalate exposure and respiratory health, in particular between MEHP and MiNP and PEF % of PV and FEV1/FVC. This is not in agreement with data from Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) , where no correlation was detected between MEHP and FEV1/FVC or effects of MEHP on the respiratory tract. On the other hand, an association between urinary concentrations of the metabolites of DEP and of DnBP to decreased lung function was reported . Based on associations found between PVC and bronchial obstruction we assume that the presence of COPD and chronic bronchitis symptoms in our cohort could be associated to phthalate exposure, however it is crucial to take the effect of smoking into account. We speculated on possible modulatory role of phthalates as endocrine disrupting chemicals, which could affect body composition (especially lipid accumulation and fat distribution) and subsequently pulmonary functions. This speculation has yet to be examined in larger samples.
Our results agree with the Korean Elderly Environmental Panel (KEEP) study , in which no significant association was found between MnBP and any of the pulmonary function measurements. Urinary levels of MEHP and MiNP were positively associated with PEF % of PV and FEV1/FVC, which is in contrast to the KEEP survey, where an inverse association between DEHP and FEV1/FVC was detected. Nevertheless some differences in the analytical approach in the KEEP survey compared to us should be noted. They considered DEHP as the sum of the secondary metabolites mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate and mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate, whereas we only evaluated the primary metabolite MEHP.
There is growing interest in the possibility that endocrine disrupting chemicals, such as phthalates, may affect obesity-related pathways . Indeed, association of concentrations of several prevalent phthalate metabolites with abdominal obesity and insulin resistance was found in a cross-sectional study of US men . In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999–2002) MEHP was inversely related to BMI, while in our study BMI was inversely associated with WC, WHR and WHtR. We also found an association between increased MiNP concentrations and FFMI. This association would suggest that phthalates may contribute to the body composition.
Our study has several important limitations. The small number of participants (n = 30) could distort results. Another weakness of our study is also the great number of samples with concentration <LOD for MiNP which limited the statistical significance of our data. Further single spot-urine measurement of phthalates does not necessarily reflect the whole exposure history of each participant. Exposure sources may vary over time based on dietary intake, use of personal care products and other factors. A final limitation of study is that we measured only simple monoesters of DEHP and DiNP in urine however oxidative metabolites are much more sensitive biomarkers of phthalate exposure. In the future, special attention has to be paid to the analyses of the oxidative metabolites of long-chain phthalates (DEHP, DiNP) and new potential metabolites (DiNP) , which are more suitable to capture the average background exposure. The availability of a greater number of participants would have improved our results.
We have shown in a cross sectional study that waste management workers are exposed to a range of phthalates. Our results suggest that occupational exposure to phthalates as endocrine disrupting compounds, evaluated on the basis of urinary metabolites (MEHP and MiNP) on top of lifestyle factors, can modify pulmonary function (PEF % of PV and FEV1/FVC) and body composition (FFMI, but not BMI).
This publication is the result of the project implementation: “Environmental aspects of urban area” (ITMS: 26220220110) supported by the Research & Development Operational Programme funded by the ERDF. We thank Michaela Földesiova for excellent technical assistance.
Branislav Kolena and Ida Petrovicova had the original idea and conceived the study, and all co-authors carried out the design. Zuzana Pucherova, Viera Vankova, Peter Petlus, Zita Jenisova, Zdenka Rozova were responsible for recruitment and were involved in field work and data collection. Branislav Kolena, Ida Petrovicova Tomas Pilka, Tomas Trnovec, Bohumil Matula, Michal Munk and Sona Wimmerova carried out the analysis and interpretation of data. All authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission to International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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in a cute sense of fear of a strict teacher, I ran like a chick into my class,
As soon as the bell rang, I tried to be the first one to step out of the school.
Dude, believe me I ran faster than Usain Bolt that time… :-p
How I carved those desks, sitting alone, watching like nobody is watching me and then writing the name of my crush and then tried to erase it completely so that no Byomkesh Bakshi can even doubt my hand writing !!
Passing smile at each other radiated the top secrets and eyes that spoke so much!
Every thing had the exact pleasure, i wanted
It was all about joy and friendship…
Alas! I can’t pull the rope again…
I have lost the tug of war against time
I wish I had a time machine!
These are the kind of words, the stuff I heard from my fellow guys and girls.
Yes, they would put to words, those dazzling moments the same way.
I have never been one of such personalities. I too have missed my friends, have written the memories on the page of life with the ink of friendship. Such memories that if i begin to spell, would make it to days…
But still, that’s not all i can think of and write about when i sneak into the scent of those mesmerizing days…
Rather than friends and fun only,
I always have and forever will…miss the vibes that kissed my very being the first day i put my first feat to that beautiful building, my school.
The way, we friends shared the food
And sometimes, those little stealings from the lunch box that contributed so much to the innocence phenomena…
But soon, the tables we joined to come closer to friends, to converge with them, to enjoy the meal…turned to the disfigured wood mangled with the compasses and sharp pencils that reflected our secrets!
I can sense the pain of those whooping desks…
Oh! those classroom walls…
Full of charts and hey! there hung my chart, that one of the walls did hold when i won my first chart making competition.
But as the time passed, the walls were stamped by the dirty shoes.
I can perceive the tears it shed.
What to say about the playgrounds!
Where our egos burst screaming! when they saw us lending hands to our oppositions and friends.
This way, we fed the white spirits in us with the delicious meal of sportsmanship.
Time has been growing and,
It has been
And i still, when pass by my school or come closer to that area, get goosebumps!
And then that overwhelming brimming out feeling again! when i put my first step into that building again.
It feels like it has its own cosmos, it hugs me with all the affection it can afford. I go to my classroom again like that kid Usain Bolt with the same spilling out enthusiasm and excitement!
I reach my classroom breathing heavily and read the label stuck to the wall ’10th A1′ and smile… 🙂
It was none less than a child that runs for his chocolate and never gets tired.
I enter and see, the blackboard that prepared me for life! the The chalk box, my teacher’s cupboard, the podium where my nervousness magically centrifugated to the confidence i earned after the first speech i gave… those desks, the same wall.
An impulse in me was finally cherished…
Full of tears,
Once again as i was sent to school the first day,
Slowly sat on the desks,
I lent my ear to it and it spoke to me my childhood.
“Oye aaj tu kya laaya hai?” (What did u bring today in lunch box)
“Aaj mamma ne ye bheja hai” (today mom sent this)
“Yaar ye to meri favourite sabzi hai (hey this is favourite meal)
“Kamine thoda kam kha” (You dog! eat less :-p )
“Baaki sabko milega par tujhe ni dunga ( All others will get some meal, except you )
All those voices it kept within it, it just transmitted into me and brought to me an immense happiness!
Then, i hug that wall.
Sometimes, it is damn cold!
But it has a warmth that has given life to my days…everything I crave for!
I come to my playground, turned around, imagine all those scenes playing like an emotional movie in my head…and i breathe in the vicinity…
I mean, my school was – A home away from home.
It has made me realize that there is nothing more beautiful than childhood and essence…
Essence is the mother of all memories… 🙂
They are rare that miss the ‘school’,
others just missed it…
So people must think, when they say they miss their school.
Because most of them miss their peers….
So which of the two,
Do you miss often…
The classmates, the school, or both?
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California's new health insurance exchange proves popular
Yesterday, the state unveiled its new insurance options, called Covered California. These market places, known as exchanges, are a new way for people who are uninsured to purchase health insurance plans that meet the new requirements of the Affordable Care Act. Consumers who log on should find standardized, easy to compare health plans, plus information about federal subsidies to help pay for them.
About half of the states are using a federally run exchange. California is the largest of the 17 that chose to set up their own systems. In the Bay Area alone, over a half million people are uninsured. One family in San Francisco was among the first online – literally and figuratively – to buy health insurance.
I’m in Jennifer Alexander’s living room just hours after the website for Covered California went live. While her 16-month-old daughter, Lucia, naps in the back of the apartment, Jennifer sits behind her laptop waiting to apply online for health insurance. She laughs at how long she has been waiting for the next page to load; she’s carved out a narrow window of time for herself to shop for insurance for her family. Jennifer and I are both staring at her computer screen, and we’re waiting…and waiting.
The Golden State has the country’s highest number of uninsured people with seven million, and many are online for today’s rollout.
“We’ve had huge interest,” says Peter Lee, Director of Covered California. “We’ve had literally as many as 10,000 hits a second, not a minute, not an hour, a second. Californians are hungry for coverage they can depend on, they can rely on to give them piece of mind. But I want to remind everyone they don’t all need to enroll today. They have three months to get enrolled to have coverage that will start January 1st.”
But a lot of people, like Jennifer Alexander, don’t want to take any chances. Right now, Jennifer is self-employed and purchases health insurance for herself and her daughter privately though Blue Shield.
“I've spent most of my career working as a freelancer,” she says. “So I've been on the individual insurance market for about 18 years now, and the offerings that have been available for someone who does the work that I do have been very poor.”
Her frustrations have included high deductibles and having to fight for reimbursement of her medical expense.
“This past January,” she says, “I noticed that I had a mole that had enlarged and I knew that I wanted to go to the doctor. The whole cost of everything, the lab work and seeing the doctor, was $1700.” Even with her insurance, she says that she paid between $500 and $600 for the care she received. Her health plan is ending on December 31st because of the Affordable Care Act. To remain insured, she will need to purchase health insurance soon through Covered California.
Jennifer continues filling out the online application. “How many people are in your household?” she reads. “I can answer that. There are three. Age of head of household. Do they mean me or my husband? I’m not sure.”
The Affordable Care Act is supposed to help out people like Jennifer’s husband Kiko Aumond. He’s a 44-year-old software engineer, who doesn’t have any health insurance coverage at all.
“I have a pre-existing condition,” he explains. “I used to have high cholesterol, but I changed my diet and started exercising, and now I have normal cholesterol, but I still cannot get insured. Every time I tried to sign up for an individual plan, I got turned down, by five different insurers because of this pre-existing condition.”
Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers cannot deny coverage or charge higher rates because of pre-existing health conditions. Kiko must get insurance by March 31st, or he’ll face a financial penalty. That isn’t likely to happen with the amount of energy his wife has already put into researching the new healthcare exchange before it even opened.
After filling in the rest of her demographic information, Jennifer has one question left before moving on to the next part of the application.
“Okay, income per year,” she says. “I guess I have to pick something out to put in here now. I will go with this year, and so I’m going say we are probably going to fall in this category right now. I'm going to say $70,000.”
Jennifer does the best she can to answer each question, but the answers aren’t always clear to her. She finishes putting in her demographics and starts to answer questions about how much health care her family uses.
“This allows me to browse plans and they are going to help me to compare insurance health plans,” she explains. “So they're going to estimate our costs.”
Betsy Imholz is the Director of Special Projects at the Consumer’s Union, a non-profit which lobbied for the Affordable Care Act. She has advice for people like Jennifer.
“In most places around the Bay Area, for example, there are about 5 different plan companies and then within that there will be multiple policies as well available,” she says. She suggests that Jennifer “go in with a provider in mind if they have a specific doctor or other provider that they want to stay with or have a particular drug that they need. Have that all right in front of you and then go explore and see what’s available in your area and how much it may cost.”
Jennifer has that information ready as she navigates the system.
“Okay, find your doctor,” she says. “Yes, I do have a doctor that I prefer. I just typed in my doctor's name but it didn't find the record so I am going to have to go back and try and type her name in differently. I'm going to type in her full name. Here we go. No matching records found.”
Eventually, the data entry into a slow website overwhelm Jennifer.
“I think I am going to wait for a couple days,” she says, “until the traffic has died down a little bit and then revisit.”
The enrollment part of the Covered California website was suspended later that day to make improvements, so Jennifer had to wait at least another day. She has time before her health insurance runs out December 31st, but for her and millions of other Californians, the clock is ticking.
NOTE: You can find California’s new health exchange online. If you need help you can reach a “navigator” at 800-300-1506.
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Taking great photos isn’t just about having a nice camera. I’m a firm believer that good photography comes from smart photographers who think creatively and know how to make the most of what they’ve got—whether they’re working with fancy DSLR or an iPhone.
On TED’s design team, where I manage TED’s Instagram account, we’re always on the lookout for beautiful, arresting images. Below are 8 non-technical, non-intimidating tips that I continue to refer to even after years of taking pictures.
- Keep your lens clean and your battery charged. Yes, both of these things are obvious, but they’re also very easy to forget. With my camera, I like to keep at least one extra fully-charged battery on hand, and I always keep my phone charger with me because it’s such a bummer when you want to take a photo but can’t. Phones can get especially dirty from riding around in…
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Leaked nudes have hurt the game more than the abundance of stretch “4’s” in the NBA.
For anyone not into basketball simply ignore that. But leaked nudes aren’t a new thing. When nudes of famous people were leaked in the past it was sort of special. Not in a sacred way, but it was more of a rarity. In this increasingly viral world, nude leaking is a norm. As we retweet this content, we might also be sending wrong messages to women. Women are probably thinking: “I ain’t sending n****s any nudes!” I get it. We can blame the cloud hacker for part of this. But fellas we have to hold ourselves accountable as well.
I can’t remember the first nude I ever received.
Over the course of receiving them over the years I realized that what I have in my possession can make or break me. This is true in the event I ever sent one as well. If it ever got in the wrong hands I’m liable to get a major tongue lashing. What might be worse? A woman simply saying she wasn’t going to send anymore. We can’t have that right? I really think most guys love receiving nudes from women. Women have so many dimensions and parts of themselves that make them as fine as they are. If a guy sends a woman something provocative it’s probably one of only two or three things. The ladies on the other hand are equipped with everything to take our money.
I say that to say that men haven’t really been responsible with the nudes they have received from women. They shouldn’t want to put that privilege in jeopardy. It’s hurting the game for us and I felt the need to speak up. I listened to a podcast recently that was done by @IamJayMayo where he had panelists express their like or disdain for sexting. To my surprise many of the men and women on the panel were pretty conservative on the subject. With the exception of one man and woman the other four panelists weren’t with it. There’s nothing wrong with this but it made me think. Maybe they’ve seen too much evidence of leaked photos to ever feel comfortable doing such a thing. I’d be pretty weary of it as well.
With the advent of Instagram and Snapchat, there seems to be increased leaking activity.
I think certain realistic distinctions need to be made. I think it’s fair to say that some people may show a nude that they received to a close friend. It’s also fair to say that the photo you may show to that one person isn’t someone you’re seriously dating. To me that is the only excuse to ever show a photo to another. I only say that because I know it happens with some people.
When it comes down to someone you’re taking seriously, they have to be able to trust you.
Sending sexy photos are a way to keep the spice in your relationship. Don’t kill the spice!! I urge the fellas reading this to share this. If you get a nude from a woman, don’t share it. People are more self conscious now more than ever because of all the leaking going on. I feel a way about this because I come from a time when a girl wouldn’t sweat to just throw you a little something to light up your eyes. I mean they wouldn’t even think twice! Where has the generosity gone?! This whole thing should be fun. The abundance of guys putting women on blast and cloud hackers running wild is killing this other dimension for us.
Sending nudes are cool just like most things are…in moderation. How do you all feel about sending nudes? Have any of you done it but don’t anymore? Let’s speak on it. Snap responsibly my friends.
These are my words and I make no apologies.
DamnPops is a writer on the staff at SBM: “I’m not a biter, I’m a writer for myself and others. ” Brooklyn born dude trying to figure out this life just like you. Come on this journey with me. Follow me on Twitter @DamnPOPS
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This project was submitted by Lezani Meyer who is a member of our Home Decorating, Upcycling and DIY Facebook group. These Dryer Vent Pumpkins are super easy to make and are a great addition to the inside of your home or porch this Fall (or Autumn as we call it here in the UK)!
What you need to make a dryer vent pumpkin:
- Dryer vent
- Spray Paint – (Your choice)
- Old branches
- Dried moss
- Leather man multi tool
- hot glue gun (optional)
Take a piece of dryer vent and put the two ends together to make a circle..it should end up looking like the shape of a pumpkin. Large vents make bigger looking pumpkins and smaller vents make smaller ones
I made them quite tight, that way your stem/stick doesn’t need to be glued, you can just press it in firmly and it holds as the product is very light weight. Fold edges over each other and secure.
I just pushed the one into the other and bent the top wire over a bit with a leatherman too
Spray with desired colour – I used Rustoleum spray paint but you can also keep them silver and put silver glitter over them. Stems are branches from the garden and I used dried out moss around stems. You can also use a cinnamon stick for a stem if you like.
If you make them looser, you can use it as a wreath and you can also wrap them with fabric or stack them on top of each other.
And VOILA your project is done and ready to go – easy peazy DIY dryer vent pumpkins!
I live in New Zealand, have 3 boys and work full time. I am our b-fit coordinator at work and organise events and fundraisers and love making stuff to decorate the office on themed days or fundraisers.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER EASY DIY DECOR IDEAS FOR FALL (AUTUMN), YOU MIGHT LIKE THESE PROJECTS BELOW!
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Lectionary resources for worship, faith formation, and service
The parable of the talents
“1% of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future”
“And that’s the way it is. The rich get richer, and the poor people get poorer.”
~ “An Upside Down Story” Based on Matthew 25:14-30 by Ralph Milton, Lectionary Story Bible, Year A
Two stories over 2,000 years apart and yet… It makes you think, doesn’t it!
The parable of the talents is open to multiple interpretations – as is the case with any parable. The biblical background for November 13 offers a subversive reading of the parable for consideration; the third servant is the true hero!
“This servant stood up to the demanding boss who encouraged his employees to increase his wealth and their own bank accounts by making loans or investments that charged exorbitant interest rates. Burying the funds kept them from being used for such corrupt purposes…the third servant embraces God’s reign of justice and equality” (page 136).
“An Upside Down Story,” a paraphrase of Matthew 25:14–30 by Ralph Milton (see page 145 SeasonsFUSION) also tells the story from the “underside” (or the 99%).
When Jesus had finished telling his story he smiled at his friends. They all looked worried.
“Did you like my story?” He asked
“No, I didn’t like your story,” said Andrew. “The third servant did the right thing. And it isn’t fair that rich people keep getting more money, and the poor people keep getting poorer.”
“Andrew,” said Jesus. “I’m glad you didn’t like my story. I didn’t like it either.”
“I get it,” said Mary. “…you were turning things upside down.”
“Yes! That’s right, Mary,” said Jesus. “…my story is about the way things are. But that’s not the way they should be. The third servant did the right thing, even though the rich man was very unkind and very unfair. The third servant was living God’s way!”
Whether the interpretation is about taking risks for the sake of following Jesus’ mission, or a warning against living one’s life of discipleship in a maintenance mode and not making the most of the gifts that God gives, we can mine from it a meaning of abundant possibilities for justice, love and compassion.
How do you imagine you and your church are being called to take part in God’s reign?
“We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we’re working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent.”
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It is, I suppose, de rigeur for teenage girls to become fixated on pop music icons who are manufactured and packaged to fill the need for just such a fixation. Today it's Bieber and Swift; in days of yore you had your Backstreet Boys, your New Kids on the Block, your Leif Garretts. I guess the OG teen pop icon was Sinatra, right?
In the early-mid 90's in the UK and Ireland there was a little outfit called Take That that was massively popular over there but never really made a big splash here. (Remember Robbie Williams? He was in the original lineup.)
Growing up in Ireland at that time, The Wife was not immune to Take That's charms. Well, let me rephrase that; according to The Wife, her interest in Take That was, um, life-defining, maybe even problematic. As she put it, "If I could have channeled the energy I spent thinking about Take That into something positive, I could have cured cancer by now."
ANYWAY, not an atypical story; I imagine you or someone you know has a similar one. She grew out of it and moved to the US and occasionally would mention Take That in recounting stories of her charmed youth in Ireland and still had all the CDs and whatever, but clearly a part of her past.
As it happens, Take That has reformed and begun putting out albums again. Quelle surprise! I have to grudgingly admit that some of the songs have an earwormy ELO-ish appeal. To my ear, it's a cut above most stuff of this ilk. Like so:
Not the worst thing in the world, huh? Amazingly enough, the lads write their own songs, a feature essentially unheard of in this genre.
So blah blah blah long story short something has clicked in The Wife's brain and although she hasn't started putting Take That posters up or anything, she has begun relating anecdotes about Mark Owen in casual conversation and watching a LOT of videos on YouTube and it's possible that Take That CDs are now arriving in our house via Amazon.com and so on and so forth.
And then yesterday she comes home from work and says "I need to tell you something" and I'm all "OK, what?" and she says "If Take That is touring this year, I'm going to go see them." And I go see shows all the time and I get the need for nostalgia; I'm going to see Pavement twice in 3 weeks later this summer. It's even kind of cute how she's rediscovering her Teenage Crush Band.
"Of course, sweetie!" I say. "So they're coming to America?"
And she says, "Nope."
I guess the difference between being a teenaged fan and an adult fan is that when you're an adult fan, you can go to, say, ANOTHER CONTINENT to see the band you like.
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NEW YORK — Yankees manager Aaron Boone thought for a moment and ran through is playing career: He played with Ken Griffey Jr. He also played with Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez. He remembered that playing against Barry Bonds was like witnessing talent “in another stratosphere.”
Then Boone considered Aaron Judge, who hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in Friday’s 11-5 win over the Royals at Yankee Stadium. Judge has 41 home runs. It’s not even August yet.
“I think in context, it’s in and amongst those great seasons,” Boone said.
A few stats to wrap your head around:
** Judge is hitting .297 with 89 RBI and a 1.046 OPS in 374 at-bats
** Judge’s nine multi-homer games this season are a Yankees single-season record.
** His 25 career multi-homer games are the sixth-most by a Yankee.
** He’s just the second Yankee and seventh major-leaguer to hit at least 41 home runs through his club’s first 101 games.
** He’s the first MLB player to reach 40 home runs before August since Bonds and Luis Gonzalez both did it in 2001.
** Judge has five home runs in his last five games, eight in his last eight games and 11 in his last 13 games.
** In the Yankees’ last eight games, Judge has driven in 19 of their 38 runs.
Judge is on pace to hit 66 home runs, which would top the franchise-best mark of 61 that Roger Maris hit in 1961.
“I’ve heard the number and I’m aware of it,” Boone said. “But it’s not something that’s in the front of the mind for me. Whatever it is, nobody’s better equipped to go through it and handle it.”
Judge said he doesn’t think about possibly hitting 60 home runs, but then paused.
“I’m not saying not at all,” he said. “Like I’ve said a thousand times, the focus is on winning baseball games right now. Stats and stuff like that, we can talk about that at the end of the year.”
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On Saturday, 1 December, scientists attending the Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop in College Park, Maryland, presented new results from the National Science Foundation’s LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) and the European- based VIRGO gravitational-wave detector regarding their searches for coalescing cosmic objects, such as pairs of black holes and pairs of neutron stars.
The LIGO and Virgo collaborations have now confidently detected gravitational waves from a total of 10 stellar-mass binary black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars, which are the dense, spherical remains of stellar explosions. Six of the black hole merger events had been reported before, while four are newly announced.
From 12 September 2015, to 19 January 2016, during the first LIGO observing run since undergoing upgrades in a program called Advanced LIGO, gravitational waves from three binary black hole mergers were detected. The second observing run, which lasted from 30 November 30 2016 to 25 August 2017, yielded one binary neutron star merger and seven additional binary black hole mergers, including the four new gravitational-wave events being reported now. The new events are known as GW170729, GW170809, GW170818, and GW170823, in reference to the dates they were detected.
All of the events are included in a new catalog, also released Saturday, with some of the events breaking records. For instance, the new event GW170729, detected in the second observing run on July 29, 2017, is the most massive and distant gravitational-wave source ever observed. In this coalescence, which happened roughly 5 billion years ago, an equivalent energy of almost five solar masses was converted into gravitational radiation.
GW170814 was the first binary black hole merger measured by the three-detector network, and allowed for the first tests of gravitational-wave polarization (analogous to light polarization).
The event GW170817, detected three days after GW170814, represented the first time that gravitational waves were ever observed from the merger of a binary neutron star system. What’s more, this collision was seen in gravitational waves and light, marking an exciting new chapter in multi-messenger astronomy, in which cosmic objects are observed simultaneously in different forms of radiation.
One of the new events, GW170818, which was detected by the global network formed by the LIGO and Virgo observatories, was very precisely pinpointed in the sky. The position of the binary black holes, located 2.5 billion light-years from Earth, was identified in the sky with a precision of 39 square degrees. That makes it the next best localized gravitational-wave source after the GW170817 neutron star merger.
Caltech’s Albert Lazzarini, Deputy Director of the LIGO Laboratory, says “The release of four additional binary black hole mergers further informs us of the nature of the population of these binary systems in the universe and better constrains the event rate for these types of events.”
“In just one year, LIGO and VIRGO working together have dramatically advanced gravitational- wave science, and the rate of discovery suggests the most spectacular findings are yet to come,” says Denise Caldwell, Director of NSF’s Division of Physics. “The accomplishments of NSF’s LIGO and its international partners are a source of pride for the agency, and we expect even greater advances as LIGO’s sensitivity becomes better and better in the coming year.”
“The next observing run, starting in Spring 2019, should yield many more gravitational-wave candidates, and the science the community can accomplish will grow accordingly,” says David Shoemaker, spokesperson for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and senior research scientist in MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. “It’s an incredibly exciting time.”
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Lebanon, PA (October 25, 2018) – Howard Hanna Krall Real Estate recently held a “re-branding” party to celebrate with the community their new affiliation with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, the 3rd largest real estate company in the United States.
“A special thank you to all who came out to support us and cheer us on,” said broker/owner Holly Krall-Heft. “We are so proud to be a part of the Hanna team!”
In town from the Hanna Corporate Office in Pittsburgh were Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Annie Hanna Cestra, President of Howard Hanna Pennsylvania Tom Ceponis, and Senior Vice President of Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions Tom Schoeller who were joined by Howard Hanna Krall Real Estate agents and staff along with hundreds of well-wishers and friends from the community.
Karen Groh, President of the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Bill Ames, Lebanon County Commissioner, both presented owner Holly Krall-Heft with certificates of recognition.
“We are very pleased to have Krall Real Estate as part of the Howard Hanna family,” said Annie Hanna Cestra. “Special thanks to Holly and to her team of sales professionals for their enthusiasm and reputation of excellence in helping home buyers and sellers achieve their goals.”
Founded in 1973 by Ronald W. Krall, Krall Real Estate is one of the leading real estate companies in Lebanon County, providing residential and commercial brokerage services. The firm offers extensive, in-house training, and touts a customer service rating over 98%. Formerly a Century-21 franchise, Krall made the change to Howard Hanna in March of 2018.
“It is truly our pleasure to franchise with Howard Hanna. They are people who do what we do every day and understand our common challenges. Being a family owned and operated company, the Hannas and their management team make decisions based on the needs of their offices and sales associates. Howard Hanna also has a top notch IT department and an award winning, in-house advertising agency to help us sell more properties. This change has been embraced whole-heartedly by our buyers and sellers, and especially by our sales associates,” said Krall-Heft.
Howard Hanna has been helping people feel at home since 1957, when the real estate company was founded by Howard and Anne Hanna in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Through both organic growth and mergers/acquisitions, the company is the 3rd largest real estate company in the United States with 279 offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Maryland and more than $18 billion in closed sales volume last year. The full-service company provides residential and commercial brokerage, mortgage, insurance, closing and escrow, appraisal, relocation, and property management services.
The addition of Krall Real Estate continues Howard Hanna’s growth plan in the eastern United States and pairs the #1 home seller in Pennsylvania with one of the top real estate offices in Lebanon County. “Holly and her team have worked very hard to earn a leading position in the market, and we are thrilled that she has chosen to join our team,” said Tom Schoeller. “This transition has been received especially well by the agents and staff, as well as the entire community.”
Howard Hanna Krall Real Estate is located at 1640 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042. For more information, please call 717-273-1631.
Howard Hanna continues to look for strategic partnerships with market leading companies. For information on franchising with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, please contact Tom Schoeller at 570-460-0272 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Systems archetypes and their application
System archetypes are common and usually recurring patterns of behavior in organizations. These patterns almost always result in negative consequences.
In his popular 1990 book, “The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization,” author Peter Senge explored system archetypes and, along with Michael Goodman, Charles Kiefer, and Jenny Kemeny, documented the most common set of patterns of behavior in organizations that have a tendency of recurring. These systems-thinking researchers leveraged the annotations of John Sterman, a pioneer in system dynamics. The structures and graphical language of system dynamics allowed Senge and his colleges to document these common system archetypes and make them accessible to the average reader.
Eight system archetypes and their storylines
The eight most common system archetypes are:
- Fixes that fail—A solution is rapidly implemented to address the symptoms of an urgent problem. This quick fix sets into motion unintended consequences that are not evident at first but end up adding to the symptoms.
- Shifting the burden—A problem symptom is addressed by a short-term and a fundamental solution. The short-term solution produces side effects affecting the fundamental solution. As this occurs, the system’s attention shifts to the short-term solution or to the side effects.
- Limits to success—A given effort initially generates positive performance. However, over time the effort reaches a constraint that slows down the overall performance no matter how much energy is applied.
- Drifting goals—As a gap between goal and actual performance is realized, the conscious decision is to lower the goal. The effect of this decision is a gradual decline in the system performance.
- Growth and underinvestment—Growth approaches a limit potentially avoidable with investments in capacity. However, a decision is made to not invest resulting in performance degradation, which results in the decline in demand validating the decision not to invest.
- Success to the successful—Two or more efforts compete for the same finite resources. The more successful effort gets a disproportionately larger allocation of the resources to the detriment of the others.
- Escalation—Parties take mutually threatening actions, which escalate their retaliation attempting to “one-up” each other.
- Tragedy of the commons—Multiple parties enjoying the benefits of a common resource do not pay attention to the effects they are having on the common resource. Eventually, this resource is exhausted resulting in the shutdown of the activities of all parties in the system.
The set of common system archetypes have their own unique causal storyline. This storyline is universal and can be applied to the understanding of individual manifestations inside organizations. For instance, the “systems that fail” archetype has the “squeaky wheel” as its main storyline. In this archetype, a quick fix is applied to a pain point (or “squeaky wheel”) to reduce its symptom and the “noise” generated by it. The storyline gets complicated when the unintended effects of the quick fix become consequential. These effects start to add to the problem symptoms making the quick fix less or totally ineffective.
Aside from a storyline, system archetypes have a structure. This structure is comprised of a number of mostly endogenous variables and feedback loops—one or more of which contains a delay that usually contributes to the unintended consequences of the behavioral pattern. Endogenous variables are those that form part of the feedback loops that both modify and are modified by other variables.
Three of the common eight system archetypes—“limits to success,” “growth and underinvestment,” and “tragedy of the commons”—contain endogenous variables that act as external constraints to these systems. The structure of system archetypes is depicted through causal loop diagrams, a tool from the field of system dynamics.
This picture (left) shows the structure of the “fixes that fail” archetype. This structure has three variables: problem symptom, the quick fix, and the unintended consequence. The flow between the fix and the unintended consequence has a delay and the main reason for the existence of the archetype. Two feedback loops are present in this structure: A balancing loop for the quick fix and a detrimental reinforcing loop for the manifestation of the unintended consequence.
Applications for system archetypes
System archetypes can be used as a diagnostic tool to better understand the dynamics of a specific set of behaviors that have manifested an unwanted condition.
The theory behind system archetypes is that situations with unwanted results or side effects can be mapped to the common behavior models. Given the knowledge available about system archetypes, problem solvers, in general, can apply its principles and arrive at a rich diagnosis of a situation and plan a recovery. The knowledge base on system archetypes provides guidelines for determining what archetype is at play and, once identified, how to approach an intervention.
From a proactive perspective, system archetypes can be an important part of planning. A variety of strategies can be tested through the lens of archetypes to identify potential pitfalls and address them in the planning stages when they are easier to tackle. Additionally, system archetypes provide a language to communicate among members of an organization regarding how a particular system is expected to perform. Unintended consequences in system archetypes are well-known and can be translated into potential or realized consequences. Having a language to document, communicate, and analyze behaviors provides a useful and consequential framework for dealing with changes necessary to prevent or eliminate negative behavioral patterns. Moreover, once the particulars of system archetypes are mastered by members of an organization, their knowledge can be leveraged to build robust systems immune to their side effects.
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Kearns High School student group gathering donations for area food pantriesApr 19, 2021 11:22AM ● By Carl Fauver
Members of the Evidence2Success Kearns Youth Council include (L-R): Angel Balladares, Antonio Banuelos, Adrian Miranda, Emily Mendoza, Natalie Huerta, Esmeralda Higuera and Alyssa Sainsbury. (Becky Guertler)
By Carl Fauver | [email protected]
A group of energetic Kearns High School students is now in the midst of raising thousands of dollars to assist the food pantry that operates in their own school, along with five other school-based pantries throughout their community.
KHS sophomore Emily Rojo Mendoza is president of the Evidence2Success Kearns Youth Council, a group of about nine students who are trying to better their community. She has at least two goals: to assist the food pantries and to show adults that kids her age can take on issues and do something about them.
“I think a lot of people believe teenagers either don’t know what they are doing or aren’t committed to getting things done,” Mendoza said. “I think our [coalition] is important because we are making an impact. I got involved because I wanted to be a part of something that would serve people.”
The youth council is now in the midst of trying to raise $12,000 to serve six school-based food pantries throughout Kearns. It arrived at that goal after a Taylorsville business owner donated half that amount out of the blue.
“Complete Recovery donated $6,000 to our food pantry drive, and that’s when we decided to try to match that amount in other donations to get the total to $12,000,” Emily said. “We have raised an additional $550 so far (as of March 15), and we’re now putting up signs and reaching out through social media to raise the rest.”
That begs a couple of question then: how did Complete Recovery learn about the fledgling donation drive? And what motivated such a generous initial donation? For those answers you have to track down someone raised in Taylorsville, which now employees 200 people in the community.
Complete Recovery President and co-founder Aaron Meier attended Bennion Jr. High all three years, followed by one semester at Taylorsville High School. But back then, students in his neighborhood were being bussed to the much-less-crowded Cottonwood High School. So, he completed his high school career there, graduating in 1988.
“I grew up in Kearns and Taylorsville and now own businesses in both communities,” Meier said. “I know there are some challenges. There is a bit of blight in the area. When you hear about kids making an effort to help other kids, you have to help out. I have a soft spot when it comes to people helping others. I told them I was in and said this would not have to be a one-time donation.”
Technically, Meier explained, Complete Recovery donated $5,000 to the food pantry drive, while a real estate company he operates donated the additional $1,000. Meier learned about the donation drive through the “Nextdoor” phone app. On its website, Nextdoor claims it “connects neighbors to each other and to everything nearby: businesses, services, news updates and more.”
Evidence2Success Kearns Community Coalition Chairwoman Becky Guertler says Nextdoor was one of the first places they posted the notice about the food pantry donation drive. The youth council operates under the coalition’s direction. And both groups were shocked when Meier made his companies’ donation so early in the process.
“There are about 30 members of the Kearns E2S Coalition, and last July I was elected chair,” Guertler said. “The coalition has been around about five years. But we’ve only had the youth council for a year, after receiving additional grant funding through the Utah State University Extension Teen Spheres of Influence Program.”
Since its inception in September 2015, one of the primary goals of the coalition has been to encourage Kearns-area students to steer clear of alcohol and marijuana. A recent survey reveals, those numbers have gone down slightly, although E-cigarette use is up. Guertler said her coalition members remain committed to improving those numbers, even as they also take up additional causes such as student hunger and food insecurity.
Like donor Aaron Meier, Guertler’s roots also run deep in Taylorsville and Kearns. After graduating from Taylorsville High in 1994, her career has now taken her to ChamberWest—which serves both communities—where she is the director of marketing, business development and sales. Her family also built its home in Kearns some 20 years ago.
“We have fabulous neighbors, and I never want to leave,” Guertler said. “From what I have seen, Kearns has kind of an unfair reputation. We are a small town in a big city. We have some of the best people living here, and I am proud to help with the coalition. I’m also proud of the work our youth council is doing.”
Guertler is also pleased to have connected with Meier and his successful businesses.
Complete Recovery (1065 West Levoy Drive, about 4530 South) is a 24-hour call center employing about 200 people. Meier and his business partner purchased their 43,000-square- foot headquarters building three years ago. Employees serve Amazon and other top companies by coordinating equipment (often cable television hardware) returns and arranging financial debt payments. Complete Recovery employs another 50 people some 3,400 miles southeast of Taylorsville, in Bogotá, Columbia.
Financial donations for the E2S Kearns Youth Council food pantry drive are now being accepted at all America First Credit Union branches. Proceeds will pass through the Granite School District Education Foundation to serve food pantries at: Beehive, David Gourley, South Kearns and West Kearns elementary schools, Kearns Junior High and Kearns High.
“We have been putting posters around Kearns High to solicit donations,” youth council Mendoza said. “Target and other stores have donated gift cards that we are using for weekly prize drawings. The more money people donate, the more chances they get to win a gift card. What I am most proud of is, 100% of the money we raise will go directly to the food pantries.”
E2S Kearns Youth Council members hope to complete their $12,000 donation drive before the end of the school year. Mendoza reports they will then hold periodic meetings through the summer and come up with a new community challenge to take on next.
All from a group of teenagers who know what they are doing and are committed to getting things done.
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“Discoverability” is the word on every author’s lips as they try to get their books into the spotlight, making readers aware of their new releases and hoping for reviews and of course sales. With so many books being released every day, getting noticed is a huge and sometimes seemingly insurmountable problem.
Since I released my first multi award winning Middle Grade adventure, The Secret of the Sacred Scarab in 2009, I have tried many and varied forms of marketing. I have wasted some money, gained some success, and learned lots of lessons in this journey. Just recently I have had great results with ‘teams.’ You may wonder how an author can use a team.
Well, doing all your own marketing is impossible, since it takes up so much time that the author finds they are doing more marketing than writing the next book. I tumbled to the idea of teams quite by accident, but patience, persistence and using teams is paying off. Here are the five team marketing methods that work for me:
1. Team Twitter: Although Twitter blasts are good and do have an effect, having a consistent Twitter presence thanks to someone who does it for you, and has their followers tweet your news, is really very useful. I use @bookboost, although there are many around, and I was surprised to find the price so reasonable and the Twitter reach so far. I also use AskDavid if I have special book news to announce.
2. Team Authors: A while ago I noticed two authors writing in Middle Grade with similar themes (Egyptian, Arthurian, Ancient World), but oddly enough, we did not overlap and therefore were not competition for each other. Besides, we figured that young readers who love Egyptian or Arthurian themes were going to read all the books they could find, so why not team up and offer lots of books under one roof. Wendy Leighton-Porter, Cheryl Carpinello and I formed The Quest Books, where we have grouped all our similarly themed books for young readers to enjoy. We have a newsletter and offer free downloads, so the site works for all of us.
3. Team Blog Hosts: Initially I went on loads of book tours, with definitely chequered results. Some tours were wildly successful, catering specifically to the parents of Middle Grade readers, while others were a mix masala and I found my book shoved in between other books, such as thrillers/detectives, fantasy and romances, that I felt did not give me a target market audience. Through trial and error I have now fine tuned my blog tours to very specific hosts who only deal with the children’s/juvenile fiction genre. Getting to a specific market offers better results because you are approaching an audience eager to find out more about your particular books.
4. Team Facebook: As in joining up with my fellow Quest authors, I also found myself part of a shared Facebook page based on a group of authors who produced an anthology of kids’ stories for fundraising purposes, Book Elves Anthology Volume 1. From the anthology, came the Facebook page and Book Elves has become a great way for the burden of marketing to be shared among other authors, who also post their news. It is just a click a day to share news with page followers and since other authors are doing the same, the marketing results benefit everyone.
5. Street Team: I had never heard of a street team in relation to book marketing, but have now engaged with a wonderful team where the news is shared on the various team members’ Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social sites. It is a reasonable fee and my only hard work is to keep the team leader up to date with anything I am doing, such as blog posts, book tours, award wins, anything newsworthy that the team members can share to their friends and followers.
There is no get rich and famous quick scheme, but rather a consistent presence reaps the right kind of results. Teaming up with the right people for the right fee spreads the burden of marketing and gives the author a chance to get back to what they are supposed to be doing … writing their next book!
Fiona Ingram was born and educated in South Africa, and has worked as a full-time journalist and editor. Her interest in ancient history, mystery, and legends, and her enjoyment of travel resulted in The Secret of the Sacred Scarab, the first in her exciting children’s adventure series—Chronicles of the Stone. Fiona has recently completed the second book entitled The Search for the Stone of Excalibur, a treat for young King Arthur fans. She is busy with Book 3 entitled The Temple of the Crystal Timekeeper. Visit Fiona’s website or follow her on Twitter @FionaRobyn.
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Analog Synth + Analog Rhythm + Step Sequencer = Analog Electribe
In a world seemingly ruled by digital, Korg created an analog sensation with the palm-sized monotron Analogue Ribbon Synthesizer. Today, Korg’s next analog innovation came in the form of the monotribe Analog Ribbon Station; a new form of synthesizer that packs an amazing array of features and technology. -monotribe shares the monotron’s analog DNA, yet quickly delves deeper into the rich, organic, and often chaotic world of analog synthesis. In addition to analog synthesis, monotribe brings together intuitive ease of use and a three-part discrete analog rhythm section, plus the proven appeal of Electribe-style step sequencing. Complete with built-in speakers and battery power, monotribe is self-contained and highly portable, able to deliver your ideas with style and personality.
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Visit Keighley and the surrounding villages and stay in bed & breakfast accommodation:
Keighley, West Yorkshire, to which the Brontë girls used to walk to shop and borrow books, is a pleasant, open 19th-century town with a variety of local industries. One mile East is East Riddlesden Hall, a National Trust property consisting of a 1692 manor house with l7th-century furnishings and one of the finest medieval barns in the North.
The Keighley and Worth Valley Light Railway has been preserved by enthusiasts and offers trips up and down its line from Keighley to Oxenhope.
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Floral is an instrumental two-piece math-rock duo from the CA South Bay Area. Ryan Fernandes sat down with Nate and Ty of Floral to talk about new music, doing it yourself, and making your own rules. You can hear some of their tunes at https://floral1.bandcamp.com/ and catch them at Slim’s in SF on 3/22/19.
Is incorporating vocals into the Floral sound something you’ve considered in the past? Or perhaps currently?
It’s something we have played around with a bit but not seriously by any means. I think the project is going to remain instrumental for the foreseeable future. Its an integral part of the aesthetic
I’ve seen you live many times and have been supremely impressed by your tasteful use of amps and pedals. Moreover, the guitarwork you pull off on the Daisy Rock guitar is utterly mind blowing.
I am curious to get a rough schematic of your current live setup. Please share!
My setup is rather minimal all things considered. From the guitar, I go through a standard Boss TU-3 chromatic tuner into a Boss CS-3 compression sustainer which stays on basically the whole time. Some people will disagree, but i find that compression really helps keep everything at a decent volume and allows me to play a bit more relaxed while still getting decent volume and clarity out of my tapped notes especially while switching from finger picking to tapping. From there, I go into a Radial ABY splitter which sends the signal out to an Orange TH 100 for my highs and a Mark bass 2×10 combo with an extra 1×15 cab which really helps hype up the low end. The only thing left is a Xotic Effects RC booster that I run through the orange FX loop just to give certain parts a bit more gain just on the highs.
Floral’s music is incredibly visual. Are there any blatant or intended imagery you wish Floral’s music to impart onto listeners?
I really like the idea of geometry in nature and the natural structures that living things take on. I think these structures and patterns also find there way into music on a macro and micro level. From song structure, to music theory, all the way down to simple oscillation of an object that produces sound. It’s all interconnected! While this isn’t necessarily what our music is about (in the sense that I don’t use mandelbrot sets or fibonacci sequences to write music) It’s just something that I find fascinating and I try to think about when writing (alongside just trying to write a good song). As far as a specific imagery goes, there isn’t much intention. I just think flowers and plant life lend there aesthetic well to the music we write.
Aside from your work in Floral, mmph, and Elaine the Singer, are there any past, current, or future projects we should look out for?
We are actually hoping to record an Elaine LP soon! All that music is written by Ty who is actually one of the most prolific songwriters I have ever had the pleasure of working with. He has a record coming out under the moniker, Winery, which is sort of akin to bands like Codeine, American Music Club, and Red House Painters. He has been sitting on it for a while now so i’m super stoked to start promoting it and for everyone to hear it.
MMPH is my roommate and good friend Sae Han’s music which I was lucky enough to play guitar for on tour. I had no involvement of the production or writing of either of his records but Sae has been a very important person in my life for the past 5 years and has influenced me as a musician and as a person in many ways.
I have a solo electronic project called nathanashersherman (you can follow me at @nathanashersherman twitter or insta) hopefully I’ll be dropping some stuff from that soon. I make a lot of electronic music and production is an art that I love very much. I’m hoping one day I can do that just as much as Floral.
Given the current DIY climate, do you foresee being able to pursue music as a full-time source of income?
Yes, but not just through one thing. I think having many income streams is pretty crucial for a DIY musician. I have been really lucky with amount of people that have supported us directly through bandcamp, shows or merch, as well as my parents who have helped me tremendously but it’s definitely still not taxable by any means. That being said, feel free to hit me up for guitar/ production lessons!
You have witnessed the technologically influenced boom in and around the Silicon Valley. Has this had any noticeable impact on the music/art scenes in that region?
Yes! While I feel as though there is a very strong Bay Area music scene there is definitely an uphill battle going on. A lot of the people that move here for business stuff aren’t really patrons of the scene which has some really negative effects. There are exceptions of course, as I have met some really wonderful people who work tech jobs in the Silicon Valley who love what we do and regularly see at shows, or even playing in bands. That being said, I have seen the demise of venus as well as musician that have to move farther and farther out as a result of rising rent. The scene always persits but even historical venues with regular attendees such as 924 Gilman have been affected by this. (Gilman actually has a patreon you can support them at https://www.patreon.com/helpgilman)
Have you dealt with performance anxiety? Or some other form of anxiety?
I always get a bit nervous before shows but for the most part I know what to do to deal with it. Being a musician in general causes me a lot of anxiety otherwise. I am sure I have a fairly mild case but i’m definitely always stressing about weather or not i’m doing enough or fully taking advantage of how lucky I am to be able to do this. I almost always feel guilty or depressed when I am not working on something or taking time to relax. It’s definitely something I need to work on.
I see you’ve been added onto a few of the Delta Sleep shows on their upcoming West Coast tour! That is awesome! Are there any other shows or releases we should look out for in the near future?
We are so stoked! Im hoping to have a new record out with a lengthy tour booked by next summer. On top of that, be on the lookout for the Winery release and nathanashersherman stuff!
Where does Floral plan on recording their new album? Do you have a particular studio, producer, engineer, label, etc you have in mind as of now?
The Second EP was done with Jack Shirley from the Atomic Garden. We would love to work with him again! His studio has such a wonderful vibe and is really conducive to a stress-free, yet productive workflow. We have also worked there on a number of different projects so the experience is really predictable which really helps keep the energy level up and a clear focus on the goal.
I’m not sure about labels yet but our friend Joe Scala at Choke artist helps us tremendously with our physicals and merch. We will most certainly be continuing to work with him!
What are you currently listening to? Recommendations please!
Burial’s self titled album as well as the classic, Untrue, have been in heavy rotation for me recently. The way he is able to make something that is rather repetitive continuously develop and stay fresh is nothing short of masterful; not to mention the undeniable vibe and ambience that his music casts over the listener It’s super different than the kind of stuff I used to listen to which was mostly metal and other math-type bands. His music really gave me a new perspective on songwriting and production. On the more “band” side of things, I keep coming back to the record, Variations on Swing, by Meet me in St. Louis since I saw them headline ArcTanGent in 2016. I feel like they took all the best parts of post-hardcore and math-rock and wove them together into a masterpiece before people were even able to navigate those genres to the extent they are today. The way they write songs and lock in together is so unique and self contained in this way that’s really attractive to me. I have also been listening to this awesome Bay Area cyber-punk-grind-rap-metal-skramz duo called Vantana Row. They have a very eclectic and polarizing aesthetic but their music is so undeniably well crafted. I love that duality!
Do you recall the “A-Ha!” moment or listening experience that truly defined and clarified the sonic routes you would pursue and be influenced by as a now-experienced musician?
Experience is all relative! I have been doing one thing for about half a decade and have only been doing it seriously for a fraction of that. There are people who have been doing many different things for five times that length! I still feel as though I am very new.
As far as a defining moment goes, it definitely has to be discovering the “floral tuning” or alt-tunings in general. I was at a point where I was getting really frustrated by the system set in place to learn guitar from a traditional standpoint, especially while growing up as a dyslexic kid. Once I opened up the possibility of circumventing that system, the definition of what it meant to be “good at guitar” shifted dramatically. I really love the idea of cultivating my own set of “rules” for making music (not to say that my music is devoid of outside influence; it isn’t by any means) Floral is all about playing to my strengths as a musician and writing music that I ultimately want to hear!
I understand you are very inspired by electronic music. Could you see elements of electronic music seep into aspects of Floral’s sound?
At the moment, not really. The aesthetic for Floral is so set in place in my brain. Just drums and guitar. If i were to incorporate it, it would definitely take a back seat. Not to say that I won’t be experimenting with effects or even some featured artists on the next release. Another reason for this separation is that the electronic music I am making is just so different than what I do as Floral; not just timbrally and texturally, but structurally as well. I think once I release some of it the separation will make sense.
In an ideal world, where do you see yourself in around one year’s time? What about five years?
I’m really hoping to release another record by this time next year as well as to gain more traction with our other projects. I would also love to do some more lengthy tours and play places we haven’t before. Five years feels like a really long time so all I can hope for is that we have a considerably bigger discography and to have as many people hear it as possible! I also really want to establish myself as an electronic artist cultivate that identity to a higher level.
Your technical skill is seemingly unsurpassed. Please give me an insight into your past and/or current practicing regimens!
Unsurpassed seems a little hyperbolic haha. The core of it all is this:
- Write stuff you can’t play
- Practice it until you can play it
I also just try to play as much as possible even if it isn’t serious practice. Just getting comfortable with your instrument like an extra limb or something. I think one good piece of advice is that when learning something very new or difficult to avoid passively practicing or practicing in a distracted environment. You end up getting half as much done in twice as long. At then end of they day though, playing is always better than not playing so do what you have to do! In the early days of Floral I would throw my guitar in the trunk of my car and be that annoying guy who would always play guitar at social gatherings.
Anything you’d like to add?
Advice for up-and-coming artists/musicians who feel hopeless and/or stifled due to the amount of saturation within music and/or the current DIY climate?
There is no right or wrong way to navigate this landscape. Find something that is true to you and stick to it even if there seems like there is not an audience or you aren’t getting the same kind of reception others get. There’s always an audience and they can tell if something is genuine.The only thing that will always cause you to fail is to stop.
Also, in this time of over-saturation it really helps to know what you want to sound like. It allows an audience to gravitate towards to you for a specific kind of sound or aesthetic and gives you a clearer path to a goal.
What is your motto in times of grave despair, and in times of succulent joy?
When i’m not doing so hot I always try and move forward and not to dwell. A light-hearted example: If I mess up during a show I try to just forget about it and move on. If I think about it too hard, It will just take me out of the zone and I will mess up more. I can analyze my mistake later. When I feel as though I am in a good place I try to take it and appreciate it but again, move forward.
Congrats on selling out your vinyl-run of Floral EPs! Best of luck with all of your future endeavors and thank you for taking the time out of your awesome schedule to answer these questions.
Floral can be found at https://floral1.bandcamp.com/.
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Zimei Fan has joined Stinson LLP’s New York office as a member of the Energy, Environmental, Mining & Transportation Division. Fan focuses his practice on corporate and transactional matters with an emphasis on energy, electric power and energy finance.
Class of 2019
Eric Halpern has joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Dallas office as an associate in the Litigation Practice Group.
Travis Maples is the newest associate attorney at Soltero Sapire Murrell PLLC in Austin. During his time at Texas Law, Maples served as associate editor of the Texas Law Review.
Joshua Kelly has joined Austin’s Wittliff | Cutter as an associate in the firm’s commercial litigation group, handling business, intellectual property, and employment disputes. While at UT Law, Josh was an editor for the Texas Environmental Law Journal, a research assistant, a student attorney in the Domestic Violence Clinic, and a judicial intern in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Hayley Ostrin has joined innovation and technology firm Merchant & Gould as a partner in the D.C. area office. Ostrin will specialize in Section 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which involve unfair and injurious competition in trade. She has extensive knowledge of ITC procedural and substantive issues, discovery and trial strategies, and other nuances of this unique practice area.
Kara L. Karcher has joined Bourland, Wall & Wenzel as associate attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. Her practice focuses on commercial relate estate and general business transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate.
Dallas, Dec. 20, 2019 – International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has added a new associate in its Dallas office: Chris Perkins, Corporate.
Dallas, Dec. 20, 2019 – International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has a new associate in its Dallas office: Niko Lane, Corporate.
Ross Sutherland joined litigation firm Scott Douglass & McConnico. Sutherland began his career as an entrepreneur servicing South Texas oil-field companies and brings that experience to his legal practice focused in the oil and gas industry.
Adi Sirkes has joined Houston litigation firm Reynolds Frizzell LLP as an associate. As a trial attorney, his practice focuses on advising clients across a wide array of industries to protect their legal rights and provide strategic remedies.
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For Rent 27 sqm 1BR with balcony in Jazz Residences, Bel Air, Makati City Makati
Condominium (Item ID: 49488)
Located: Tower C, Jazz Residences, Nicanor Garcia, Cor. Jupiter St., Bel Air, Makati City near RCBC, Salcedo village, Legaspi village and Ayala Triangle.
*1BR unit with balcony
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Tower C, Jazz Residences, Nicanor Garcia, Cor. Jupiter St., Bel Air, Makati City
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Door Guards and Door Security Bolts
Surface Door Bolts | Door Chains | Security Guards | Flush Bolts
We offer a large selection of door security bolts and guards. Most door security guards are easy to install and come in a variety of finishes. We also offer other security products such as hinge pins, Door Security Guard Plates, and door bars.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Lilly Pulitzer for Target
One of the favorite brand of ladies who do lunch crowd at Palm Beach has decided to go mass market... for a limited time anyway. Lilly Pulitzer is known for fun tropical prints with lots of gold accents and this target collaboration does not disappoint; lots of prints and lots of gold accents! Unfortunately there is nothing for guys so I'm safe there. However, LP for T does have a home collection which I'm excited about. I love the glass carafe with a tinge of fuchsia on the bottom. I think it'll look very good at night. Those gold plated swizzle sticks and charms are perfect for parties so I'll picking those up. White ceramic garden stools are great for outdoors and can easily keep clean. Love that! The hammock can be cool although I'm not so sure about the busy pattern and the fringes. If I get that, I'll chop off those fringes for sure. I like the Boom Boom teak beach chair but those pompoms will be lopped off for sure. Lastly those cocktail glasses are so perfect for dinner parties. They are a fun must haves.
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// Installation and Window Repair in Middletown, RI
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The process of Public Policy Formulation is filled with paradoxical relations between democracy and bureaucracy. This paper starts by illustrating the paradoxical relations between democratic values and bureaucratic values. Then the author suggests a mechanism for reconciliation between these two values. The first precondition for the success of the mechanism is the positioning of the relationship between government and society in the formulation of public policy. The government role should be changed into its previous role as agent, while the role of the society should replace the government as the principle. The second precondition is the dialogical democratic atmosphere which is the dialogical process between policy maker and policy stakeholder. Conceptual reconciliation will succeed if the bureaucracy and society are mature and independent. Furthermore empirically reconciliation must be supported by reciprocal and equal communication between public administrations and the public, mechanisms for checks and balances, strong civil society and responsive and dynamic beureaucracy. Pluralism is important in Public Policy Study. When democracy is strongly incorporated into public policy formulation, pluralism could potentially cause conflict or form the basis for democratic processes. The next important issues are social justice and gender justice. Both are important, especially in public policy study which is developed in the framework of democratization with the values of freedom, egalitarianism and justice.
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Keeping the Protein Bar High
Sales of high-protein bars continue to climb as others stall.
Based on numbers that indicate the category enjoyed an 18.8% jump in average weekly shipments per store, high-protein bars aren’t just for the gym anymore.
But in a category full of niches, the energy/diet/granola bar segment better resembles a snowflake, in that no two nutrition bars are alike. Within the alternative-snack segment, the nutrition bar itself can be divided into four distinct subsegments: high-protein, energy, healthy snack and weight management/diet. And within those parameters, high-protein is king.
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MANHASSET, New York-
Current criteria for correcting anemia
in older cancer patients are not stringent
enough, recent findings suggest.
However, clinical trials will be needed
to show that using erythropoietic
agents to correct anemia beyond the
generally accepted hemoglobin (Hb)
threshold of 12 g/dL will provide an
added patient benefit, according to
Stuart Lichtman, MD.
"We have the means to correct these
measures," said Dr. Lichtman, associate
professor of clinical medicine, NYU
School of Medicine, Division of Oncology,
North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, New York. "The
question is, can we prove the benefit in
a prospective manner?" Dr. Lichtman
spoke at a satellite symposium sponsored
by Amgen and held in conjunction
with the first annual Geriatric
Oncology Consortium multidisciplinary
National Comprehensive Cancer
Network (NCCN) guidelines describe
how to minimize anemia toxicity in
elderly patients undergoing chemotherapy.
The guidelines recommend
using hematopoietic growth factors
prophylactically in patients aged 70
years or older undergoing chemother-apy that has a dose intensity comparable
with CHOP (cyclophosphamide
The guidelines also state that erythropoietic
agents should be used to maintain
Hb levels at greater than 12 g/dL.
Adhering to those guidelines will
ensure that chemotherapy effectiveness
and quality of life are maintained,
according to Dr. Lichtman. However,
emerging data suggest that the cutoffof ≤ 12 g/dL as criteria for defining
anemia in older people should be reevaluated.
In a recent study that raised this
question, investigators showed that
incremental rises in Hb above 12 g/dL
may decrease the incidence of functional
disability in older women (J AmGeriatr Soc 50:1257-1264, 2002).
The study was a cross-sectional
analysis of two population-based studies
(Women's Health and Aging Studies
I and II, Baltimore, Maryland) including
633 community dwellingwomen aged 70 to 80 years. Investigators
measured Hb levels and assessed
difficulty with mobility, as shown by
either walking one-quarter mile or
climbing 10 steps.
Investigators found that mobility
varied within the "normal" Hb range
of 12 to 16 g/dL. For example, an Hb
level of 12 g/dL was associated with
more mobility difficulty vs an Hb level
of 13.5 g/dL. Performance-based
scores improved with increasing Hb
categories, from less than 12, to 12-
13, to 13-14 g/dL.
Based on these findings, investigators
said Hb ≤ 12 g/dL "might be a
suboptimal criterion for defining anemia
in older women," because even
Hb levels considered "low normal" by
today's standards were associated with
an adverse effect on mobility.
"The maximum optimal hemoglobin
in this study was approximately 13
to 14 [g/dL]," Dr. Lichtman said. "A
hemoglobin of 11 is not good enough,
and a hemoglobin of 12 g/dL might
even be a suboptimal criterion for defining
anemia. These researchers have
shown that older patients with a hemoglobin
level of 14 had an improved
degree of function."
These hypotheses must be formally
tested, however, in clinical trials uti-lizing erythropoietic agents, ideally in
studies that specifically include elderly
individuals with cancer.
Erythropoietic growth factors that
are available to treat anemia include
epoetin alfa (Procrit) and darbepoetin
(Aranesp). Dr. Lichtman noted that
data on file with Amgen, the manufacturer
of Aranesp, show that this particularagent yields similar efficacy in
younger and older cancer patients.
Correcting anemia with erythropoietic
agents can alleviate fatigue,
tiredness, and other symptoms in older
cancer patients. More importantly,
however, correcting anemia may ensure
elderly patients receive the appropriate
chemotherapy dose and schedule.
"It's easy to minimize toxicity by
giving less-effective therapy, but if you
do have a responsive disease (such as
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), you really
do have to stick to the dosing schedule
that we know can be effective," Dr.
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Digital scans of items from the Historical Society’s collection are available for sale as high-quality archival prints. There are more than 60,000 historic images to choose from in the online Digital Library.
HSP has many collections that require organization, improved descriptions, and preservation in order to ensure that they are properly cared for and accessible to researchers. Adopt a collection today and help preserve a piece of history.
HSP serves many audiences with its two publications: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, our quarterly scholarly journal; and Pennsylvania Legacies, our semi-annual illustrated history magazine. The Society occasionally publishes books, guides, and indexes as well.
The Historical of Pennsylvania offers a number of online services to researchers - from photocopying to research. To learn more about all of our services, visit Library Services in the Collections section.
Treasures of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania collection are now available as note cards. This current line of cards represent some of the beautiful winter scenes painted by David Johnson Kennedy.
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There are quite a few reasons why someone should try to find Northside Dental Implants experts. The oral health of a person impinges on every other area of the body. People who have missing teeth are frequently too embarrassed to smile, and so do not generate a good first impression.
The teeth on either side of the missing tooth will begin to move because they have lost an important part of their foundation. They might lose yet more teeth in a sort of domino effect. Oral hygiene is far more difficult. Eating certain kinds of food can become difficult. And not to mention eating and enjoying food are hampered if one is missing one tooth or several.
They will support dentures, crowns and bridges. These implanted roots will also help to preserve the facial appearance of a person, which can sometimes change shape when there are teeth missing. This change in facial structure is largely caused by shrinkage of the jawbone caused be the missing roots.
To replace all of the teeth in a jaw then five or six posts will usually be required. These are able to slow down the process of jawbone shrinkage which will help to preserve the facial features. The technique will generally only be carried out on patients with relatively healthy gums, and in most cases, smokers will not be allowed to have this procedure because they pose a high risk of getting adverse effects.
There can be a whole host of reasons why a person would decide to have dental implants in the region rather than choose any of the other options available. One reason could be because the patient is finding their dentures problematic. Dentures are known to move around in the mouth and aggravate the gums. Teeth that are attached to an implanted root will not pose this problem.
Most healthy people will be able to seek for these remedies; however, there can be a few medical conditions that some individuals have that make it impracticable. Someone who has uncontrolled diabetes, or cancer, a variety of other medical issues cannot always be accepted for such treatment, because in these cases the implant is unable to fuse properly with the bone.
Having Northside Dental Implants has a reputation of being highly successful and is generally known as a safe procedure to have. It can also last for many years but it is important to care for the new set of teeth and ensure good mouth hygiene. This is the next generation in teeth replacement but caution should always be taken before committing to a procedure.
Northside Dental Implants are a marvelous, resilient answer for women and men who are now having difficulties with cracked, weakened, and corroded or perhaps absent teeth. This remedy leads to a lovely grin, but there are numerous actions associated with taking individuals to this level. Due to this, it is strongly recommended that individuals learn all there may be to learn concerning teeth implantation ahead of going through the procedure.
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The state transition diagram is a graphical representation of a finite state machine in an executable UML model. The states are the rounded boxes; transitions are the arrows between. Events label the transitions, and activities can be expressed as action language in the states or on the transitions.
A state event matrix (or state transition table) represents the same information in tabular form. The states are the rows; events are the columns. The transitions are expressed in the cells of the table. Note that the SEM also allows the modeler to ignore (Event Ignored) or note an error (Can’t Happen) in the non-transitional cells (state/event combinations).
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Tonight’s featured artist is Suburban Noize Records newest member Obnoxious. We listen to his latest track “Kill Shot”.
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Geared toward the dream team of music and Cannabis, this store has a unique mix of awesome products that you won’t find at a typical smoke shop!
- Bowls and pipes
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Surat International Airport Community [SIAC] is an Intiative for International Connectivity; a citizen's platform to voice it's demand and to strive for better Domestic & International Air Connectivity.
The City of Textile & Diamonds, Surat, with more than 6 million residents, is the commercial capital of South Gujarat, comprising of more than 12 million people, yet it serves just as a Domestic Airport with limited Air Connectivity and no International flights
The Aim of this Community is to be a Citizen's Group to create awareness about advantages of having Air connectivity and fully functional Airport and the disadvantages of it in its absence. To voice the need for more Domestic connectivity and Direct International flights, through the use of various modes of Social Media. To Promote frequent utilisation of this mode of travel, Encourage Airlines to provide connectivity and simultaneously Empower the local & Airport Administration to provide suitable facilities, for an all round growth and development of the city.
The Goal of the Community is to remain committed to the cause, and continue to contribute as a catalyst to make this a reality to have Direct International connectivity from a full-fledged Surat International Airport with World Class Terminal & Passenger Facilities.
The Website - www.suratinternationalairport.com is a part of an endeavor by Surat International Airport (SIA) Community in its continued effort to provide relevant & reliable information about Surat Airport at one source; for the benefit and convenience of flyers traveling to & from Surat city.
This Website provides the following information about
• Surat Airport
• Passenger Facilities
• Flight Schedules
• Flight Booking
• Flight Tracking
• Vistor's Guide, with information about Transport, Hotel, Restaurants, Shopping, Entertainment & Places to visit in Surat
It also features Local Weather, Calendar, Currency Rates, Hot Deals, Images & Video Gallery and more.
We sincerely hope you find the Website Informative, Useful as well as User friendly.
Kindly take a moment to fill in the Feedback form with your opnions & suggestions about this website.
We will be glad to hear from you.
We also encourage users to Interact with us through various Social Media Forums to support and contibute to the community initiative as a citizen's movement, for the betterment of Surat city and for the larger benefit of entire South Gujarat region.
Surat International Airport Community [SIAC]
A Community Initiative for Air Connectivity
Surat International Airport[STV] - Connecting the World with Surat, Gujarat - India
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How to Choose a Medical Assistant Classes in Elm Springs Arkansas
Once you have made a decision to become a part of the gratifying profession of health care and enroll in a medical assistant course in Elm Springs AR, it’s time to select a school that will furnish the right training. But just how do you undertake comparing and evaluating schools so that you ultimately enroll in the best one? Most potential students start by researching the medical assistant schools that are nearest to their residences and then gravitate toward those that have the cheapest tuition. While location and cost are very important, such things as accreditation, job assistance and internship programs are critical factors also. You may decide to take a look at some online medical assistant programs as an alternative as well (more about that later). The bottom line is that prior to selecting a program you need to complete your due diligence and compare all relevant aspects of the colleges you are assessing. And to assist you with that process, we have furnished some questions that you should ask each of the schools on your short list. But before we start that review, let’s talk a little bit about the role of a medical assistant and the kind of training and credentials that are available.
The Responsibilities of Medical Assistants
The function of a medical assistant can be diverse as well as demanding. Essentially their duty is ensure that the Elm Springs AR clinics, hospitals and other healthcare institutions where they work run efficiently. Based on the size or type of facility, they may be more of a clinical assistant, an administrative assistant, or in smaller facilities both. They are tasked with providing direct support to the nurses, doctors and other medical practitioners but can also be found performing duties in an office or at the front desk. A few of the potential functions of a medical assistant include:
- Filling out insurance forms and submitting claims
- Setting and verifying appointments
- Weighing and taking patients vital signs
- Collecting blood and other tissue and fluid specimens
- Preparing instruments and rooms for physicians
- Providing general support during exams and procedures
Although Elm Springs AR medical assistants may carry out almost any duty they are authorized to under Arkansas law, some prefer to specialize in a specific area and earn certification. Two of the choices available are for the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) and the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) provided by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
Medical Assistant Training and Certification
In contrast to many other medical practitioners, medical assistants are not required to become certified, licensed, or to have a college degree. However, a number of Elm Springs AR employers choose to hire graduates of an accredited medical assistant training school (we’ll cover accreditation later ) that are certified. There are generally 2 options offered for a formal education. The first and quickest way to becoming a medical assistant is to acquire a certificate or diploma. These programs usually take about a year to finish, a few as little as six to nine months. They are created to teach the fundamentals of medical assisting and ready graduates for entry level positions. The second alternative is to attain an Associate Degree, which are usually 2 year programs provided at community and junior colleges in addition to technical and vocational schools. They are more expansive in nature than the certificate or diploma programs, and include liberal arts courses in addition to the medical assistant courses. They often have a practical component involving an internship with a local healthcare facility. Associate Degrees are routinely a pre-requisite for and credits can be transferred to a 4 year Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assistant Studies or a related field.
As previously mentioned, certification is not a legal mandate, but is an excellent idea for individuals who wish to advance their careers. Not only will it help in attaining a position after graduation, but it can also help with initial salary negotiations. Some possible Elm Springs AR employers just will not hire a medical assistant that has not received certification or accredited formal training. One of the most popular and perhaps the most respected certification is the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). In order to apply for the CMA examination, a candidate must have graduated or will be graduating within 30 days from an accredited medical assistant program. Additional certifications are available as well, including the CCMA and the CMAA that we previously mentioned which are offered by the NHA.
Medical Assistant Online Schools
There are a number of accredited medical assistant programs available online also. They are an excellent option for those who may not have the time to go to classes on campus but could work them in if attended at home. This is an especially good solution for students who continue working full time while pursuing their certificate or degree. As an extra benefit, a number of online programs have lower tuitions than the more traditional on-campus options. Ancillary costs such as for textbooks, commuting and school supplies may be reduced as well. Just bear in mind that all requirements for practical training or internships must still be satisfied, but they can often be completed in regional Arkansas healthcare facilities. If you can learn without the rigid structure of going to supervised classes on campus, then this mode of receiving your education might be the right choice for you. With the online lessons and the practical training, everything necessary to attain proficiency to work as a medical assistant in Elm Springs AR is provided.
What to Ask Medical Assistant Programs
Prior to assessing your medical assistant school options, you need to choose which kind of credential you want to earn, and if you would prefer attending classes on-campus near Elm Springs AR or online at home. Once those choices have been made, you can start the procedure of comparing colleges. As we covered at the opening of this article, a number of potential students confine their searches to the schools that are nearest to home with the cheapest tuitions. Although location and cost are important qualifications, they are by no means the only ones. There are several additional considerations that you must explore when researching Arkansas programs. To assist you with that task, below are some questions that you should ask about each of the schools you are considering before making your final selection.
Is the Medical Assistant Program Accredited? There are several great reasons to verify that the college you enroll in is accredited. To begin with, accreditation helps guarantee that the instruction you receive will be both extensive and of the highest quality. Second, if you plan on becoming certified, you must complete an accredited program. Two of the accepted organizations for accreditation are the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). If your school is not accredited by one of these agencies, you will not be qualified to take the CMA exam. Additionally, if you intend on applying for a student loan or financial aid, they are normally not offered for non-accredited programs. And finally, as mentioned previously, a number of potential Elm Springs AR employers will not hire a medical assistant who has not graduated from an accredited school.
What is the Program’s Passing Rate? The majority of accredited Elm Springs AR area medical assistant schools create their programs to prep students to pass one or more certification examinations. To begin with, you need to learn which of the certifications the programs you are looking at are preparing their students for. If you are planning on taking the CMA for instance, then obviously you will want to enroll in a program focused on that certification. Next, ask what the school’s passage rate is for the certification and compare it to the national average. Doing this is one of the ways to help evaluate the quality of a college’s program. Obviously schools with low rates are ones that you will want to avoid.
Which Credentials are Available? As we covered earlier, there are generally two routes to acquiring medical assistant training. You can choose a certificate or diploma program and obtain entry level training in the shortest amount of time, starting at just 6 months, however the average is about 1 year. Or you can decide to earn an Associate Degree and get a broader education that will require approximately two years to complete in a community college or trade school. Whichever program you elect to pursue, verify that the Elm Springs AR area colleges you are reviewing offer the type of program you are interested in.
Are Internships Provided? Many Arkansas medical assistant programs offer internship programs with regional medical providers. They are a great method to obtain hands-on practical training and experience. They may also assist students establish relationships within the Elm Springs AR healthcare community. And as an added perk, they are an advantage on resumes and for job interviews too.
Is Job Placement Assistance Offered? Finding that first job can be a challenging undertaking for medical assistant school graduates unless they receive a little help from a job placement program. Verify that the colleges you are interviewing provide job placement assistance and ask what their placement rate is. If a school has a higher job placement rate for its students, it indicates that it has a good reputation within the healthcare community. It also signifies that it has a broad network of employers in the Elm Springs AR area to help place students in positions.
How Big are the Classes? Class size may be an indication of how much personal instruction you will receive throughout your training. Small classes and classes with a higher teacher to student ratio are more prone to furnish greater access to teachers and face to face interaction. If possible, try to attend a couple of classes before selecting a school in the Elm Springs AR area to see what the teaching atmosphere is like and just how much attention the students get.
Is Class Scheduling Accommodating? If you plan on attending a medical assistant program while you continue working on a full time basis, it’s imperative that the school you choose provides classes that accommodate your schedule. If you have to attend classes in the evenings or on weekends in Elm Springs AR, confirm that those times are offered. You might be able to fit your classes in easier with an online program, but you will still need to schedule all internships or practical training that might be required. Also, ask what the protocol is for making up classes that you may have to miss because of illness, work or family emergencies.
Enroll in the Ideal Medical Assistant School in Elm Springs AR
It’s important to begin your new career on the right foot by picking a medical assistant program that will furnish the proper training. Regardless if you’re objective is to launch a career in healthcare starting out as a medical assistant or to pursue medical assistance as your lifetime career, you must acquire the right information on available programs prior to making your decision. There are such a large number of colleges offering training nowadays that you can make a decision based on your personal preferences and individual circumstances. And as we have addressed in this article, make sure that the program you decide on is accredited by an acknowledged organization, such as the CAAHEP. This is particularly important if you plan on taking the CMA certification exam. But irrespective of the type of credential that you plan to earn or if you have made a decision to attend either an online or on-campus school, don’t forget to ask the questions we have supplied so you can evaluate programs and make an informed decision. And by choosing the ideal program you can ultimately start a fulfilling career as a medical assistant in Elm Springs AR.
Why Did You Desire to Become a Certified Medical Assistant?When preparing to interview for a medical assistant position, it's helpful to reflect on questions you might be asked. One of the questions that recruiters frequently ask candidates is "What made you choose medical assistance as a profession?". What the interviewer is hoping to uncover is not only the private reasons you may have for being a Certified Medical Assistant, but also what attributes and abilities you possess that make you good at your profession. You will undoubtedly be asked questions relating specifically to medical assisting, along with a significant number of typical interview questions, so you must ready some strategies about how you would like to respond to them. Since there are several factors that go into choosing a career, you can address this fundamental question in a variety of ways. When readying an answer, try to include the reasons the work appeals to you as well as the talents you possess that make you an excellent medical assistant and the best candidate for the position. Don't attempt to memorize an answer, but take down a few ideas and anecdotes that pertain to your personal strengths and experiences. Reviewing sample answers can help you to develop your own concepts, and provide ideas of what to include to enthuse the interviewer.
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