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Radioactive waste shall be without free liquid for storage or disposal to avoid chemical reactions and corrosion. A drum dryer removes moisture from solid waste, such as sludges. The drum dryer was especially developed for the conditioning of waste contained in drums, but also other special containers.
Westinghouse has designed drum dryers that can be delivered as standard 1-, 2-, 12- and 32-drum dryers. Each dryer consists of a drying chamber, air circulation system, condensation system, internal drum-handling system and safety devices, such as a gas-measuring system and an inertization system. By default, the solid waste is dried inside 160-liter or 200-liter drums, but other geometries are also possible. The 1, 2, 12 or 32 drums are loaded into the drying chamber using a manual or automatically operated handling device. The drums are heated by hot air that is provided by an air recirculation system. The airflow inside the drying chamber is optimized with regard to uniform air distribution and heating of the drums and their waste content.
During the drying process, the humidity is condensed inside the condensation system. The end of the drying process is determined automatically by a condensate measuring system. Besides solid waste, sludge and other wet solid waste can be dried. Because of the high tightness of the drying chamber and sub-pressure, no aerosols can exhaust to the environment. The gas-measuring and inertization systems prevent the accumulation of flammable gases. The drum dryer can be connected to a drum-handling system (drum conveyors, automated capping stations), if remote drum handling is required.
The dryer is operated from a separate control panel. System control is provided by a user-programmable logic controller. The entire drying process is permanently controlled and monitored in fully automatic operation. The floating contacts for process signals and centralized fault indications are available on a terminal strip in the control cubicle. A multi-channel recorder automatically records process variables.
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Westinghouse recently delivered a 32-drum dryer as an independent system in Austria, and all other dryer models to six different locations in China as a part of larger waste treatment centers.
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In 1992, George Anderson’s thirty-nine year old wife, Lois, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Little did he realize how profoundly her diagnosis would affect him both personally and professionally. As a registered nurse of twenty-five years, he was assaulted by complex emotions both at home and at his workplace, requiring him to brave these emotions on both fronts. His Seasons In Cancer is an extraordinary chronicle of human conflict and resolution and has won the Audie Award in 2001.
The author’s experience with the dread disease as it happened to his soul mate generated five short stories over a seven year period. This chronicle describes the author’s experiences as a man dealing with loss and grief at home and work in today’s society. Although this was a very volatile time for him, the lessons he learns and illustrates with these stories will help everyone who is confronting a life-changing experience-and everyone who has, or had, a friend or loved one undergoing such emotional turmoil.
Beautifully written and illustrated, sometimes painful, sometimes touching, often uplifting, the reader will experience emotions never thought possible in a book such as this. The author has likened this book to a message, a kite flown in the strong breezes of human thought to where “lies a spirit dreaming of hope.”
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George S. J. Anderson is the husband of the late Lois A. Anderson, an eighteen-year breast cancer survivor and advocate. He has worked as a registered nurse for thirty-seven years and has had many experiences with oncology patients during his career. He facilitated a support group for husbands/significant others of women with breast cancer for many years before his wife’s passing in 2011. He was awarded the “Nurse of the Year” in 2000 for his hospital and went on to receive the “Outstanding Clinical Nurse” award in 2000 for District 2 of the Maryland Nurses Association. He won his first award for poetry in 1974 with a poem entitled “The Cage.” Since that time he has published poems such as “The Hour of the Child,” “The Fly,” “Night Visions,” “Leaves,” “Old Friends,” “January,” and “Illusions.” He published Journeys with the Watermark Press in 2000. In 1994, he self-published the short story “Remember This.” “Twelve Roses” was published in 1997 in a collection of short stories called Silver Linings, The Other Side of Cancer. He has been published in Chicken Soup for the Volunteer Soul and the book Seasons In Cancer won the Audie Award in 2001. He does his own artwork for his writings and has been drawing in pencil, charcoal, and pastels since 1982.
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Activity Based Costing (ABC) analysis is a methodology for assigning costs to those activities that truly drive these costs. It is tangibly more accurate than traditional costing methods. Traditional costing methods overlook product-specific R&D, advertising, distribution/channel, and administration costs. As a result, there is no way to capture different behaviors tied to specific customers or products.
ABC costing analysis is a valuable costing technique to know for a number of key reasons:
• ABC allows you to develop a picture of the true profitability of product lines, customer segments, distribution channels, geographies, and other market segments.
• ABC aids in a number of strategic decisions, from determining target markets to selecting the optimal product mix to making informed pricing decisions.
Specifically, Activity Based Costing analysis leads to a more accurate assignment of costs to cost objects through a process of:
• Matching the logical flow of costs through the cost system to the economics of true cost flows.
• Mapping costs from "resources" (e.g. wages paid, supplies purchased) to activities performed (e.g. units manufactured) to cost objects (e.g. products, customers, distribution channels) that drive those costs.
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As a new mom I had trouble eating well while surviving on 2 hours of sleep and nursing twins every hour and a half. (Don’t worry, that schedule only lasted 4 months. They are 7 months old now. I sleep 8 hours a night and only nurse them every 2-3 hours during the day.) But,[…]
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Excited to share with you Borelli’s latest Active Performance scarf color, Classic White. White joins 2015’s lineup of: Founders Blue, Sea Glass and Black. What color should we introduce next? Check out the full collection here. On a mommy side note: This was my first shoot since the babies for Borelli. I was a bit[…]
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Taxpayers still inundated
Millions of people with property in flood zones cheered last week as the Senate effectively gutted a 2012 law that would have increased their rates for flood insurance to reflect actual risk.
Many more millions of other taxpayers should not be so thrilled, however, because if the Senate bill becomes law they will continue to bear most of the costs for flood damage. That will be the case regardless of whether developments continue to be placed in high-risk locations, and regardless of whether flood-prone jurisdictions act to mitigate the known threats.
The 2012 law, the Biggerts-Waters Act, was honest but impractical in application. It would have set actual risk and increased many flood insurance policy rates exponentially, making it impossible for some people to keep their insurance or properties.
Under the new Senate bill, which passed by a bipartisan vote of 67-32, the risk will revert almost entirely to taxpayers. It eliminated any premium increases for property owners for four years. And when those increases come due four years from now, the Senate likely again will pass those costs to taxpayers rather than property owners.
Over the last decade the flood insurance program has paid out massive claims following Hurricanes Katrina, Irene, Isaac and Sandy, creating a $24 billion deficit in the program. The Senate vote last week is a step toward maintaining that deficit and placing the payout burden on taxpayers.
The Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Pat Toomey that would have phased in the higher premiums over four years.
At some point, Congress is going to have to do something to mitigate the public costs of private property damage. The Senate's action provides no incentive for smarter development or remedial measures along coasts or inland flood zones.
The House and administration should agree to evisceration of the Biggert-Waters Act only if it includes measures to mandate less development in flood zones and remedial measures to reduce the risks that drive premiums.
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Mad Father: DioBack then, he didn’t have a name. He couldn’t even remember his own name! When he was alive - before he could only see through one eye - old memories escaped him. The strange man found ways to cloud his dirtied past. A dirty life he lived, but he would redeem himself.
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He felt his own parents took the form of the kind man; brooding dark eyes behind glasses. The woman, his mother, was the man’s assistant with the eerie, green eyes. True, he ran once, but he had forgotten how when that fateful winter came.
All of the other victims were housed here and nameless. They were just them. A boy was just a boy. A girl was just a girl. Some adapted to German and others used gestures to communicate.
What intrigued the youthful boy, what this one-eyed child came to be known as, was the Greek man always muttering about multiple gods. A culture of the Olympians, he would tell the boy. The storyteller told him many myths, but the main character he related to was Hephaestus. A god who
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Researchers discover reason for permanent vision loss after head injury
Research from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston has shed new light on what causes the permanent vision loss sometimes seen in the wake of a head injury. The findings are detained in The American Journal of Pathology.
When someone suffers a head trauma, sometimes there is damage to the optic nerve that is responsible for passing information between the eyes and the brain. When the optic nerve is injured, there are tears and swelling in the affected area that causes the nerve cells to die. This type of injury is called traumatic optic neuropathy, or TON, and results in irreversible vision loss.
At this point, there is no effective treatment for TON and the mechanisms of the optic nerve cell death have been largely unclear.
Wenbo Zhang, UTMB associate professor in the department of ophthalmology & visual sciences, and his team found that inflammation brought on by white blood cells play a role in head trauma-induced vision loss. Limiting inflammation could decrease nerve damage and preserve cell function, researchers discovered.
Inflammation is part of the body's defense system against injury and infection and is an important component of wound healing. White blood cells travel to injured areas to help repair the damaged tissue, causing inflammation in the process. Excessive or uncontrolled inflammation can actually make injuries worse and contribute to disease in a couple of different ways - by activating cell death processes, clogging and rupturing blood vessels and producing toxic molecules like free radicals.
"Our data clearly showed that one of the protein receptors on white blood cells called CXCR3 brings white blood cells to the optic nerve in response to production of its binding partner CXCL10 by damaged nerve tissue," said Zhang. "When we deleted CXCR3 or gave mice a drug that blocks the receptors following optic nerve damage, we observed fewer white blood cells on the scene by real-time noninvasive imaging, nerve damage was decreased and nerve cell function was preserved compared with mice that did not receive any intervention following injury."
Yonju Ha, a lead author of this article, said that further studies on this receptor and its role in white blood cell recruitment following tissue injury may aid in the development of new interventions for diseases associated with nerve injury, such as TON, stroke, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.
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Any good German chatrooms for learners?
Hi- Just thinking of adding chatting as another way of perfecting my German skills.
I wonder if there are any German chatrooms out there, the open public ones where everyone chats at the same time, and you don't necessarily have to chat one-on-one?
It would be good also if there were some specifically for german learners, with people of various levels of fluency.
They used to have them (like in the early 2000s), but I haven't seen any in a while. They would be very useful. I'm an introvert, so I'm not all that comfortable chatting with one random person.
I'm part of a Facebook group that chats only in German... Ilkin's Deutsche und spaßige Gruppe. It's a closed group, but you can ask to join. It's not exclusive or anything. They share jokes, sometimes post helpful charts, etc. I find it really helpful.
In the United States, there are many clubs for people from other countries, or speakers of that language. I belong to a German-American club, here in Florida. I would hazard to guess that other nations may have similar organizations. I have found that many members, once they determine your proficiency level, will adapt accordingly. However, by far, the best primary method of learning a foreign language is formal education, augmented by as many other methods as possible.
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Having a Pelvic Exam and Pap Test
Information from the National Cancer Institute about what to expect. Also includes advice from other women.
MedicineNet: Pam Smear
Doctor written consumer health information, includes what is a pap smear, who should have one, how it is done, treatments for abnormal pap smears and new technologies.
Medinfo: Smear Test (Cervical Smear)
Information from a United Kingdom general practitioner about procedure, results, and follow-up techniques.
The Pap Examination: It Can Save Your Life
Information from the College of American Pathologists about the value of the exam, when to have it, and how to determine if a laboratory is accredited.
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Do no harm
Before setting up any suicide prevention project, the most important thing is to look at what works. This means considering a range of issues including the timing of suicide prevention initiatives if there have been deaths by suicide in the community.
It also includes seeking advice from organisations such as Suicide Prevention Australia in relation to suicide prevention and the National StandBy Response Service in relation to a community's response to deaths by suicide.
Plan your activities
Emotions may spur communities to action but it’s better to take the time to consult the community and experts about how best to address needs. This involves considering whether the community action group has enough staff, volunteers and resources to undertake the activities planned.
Community readiness and capacity
For some people losing someone they love to suicide is emotionally devastating. The grieving process can be more complex than grieving for someone who died from natural causes. So if people with lived experience of suicide are members of the group and/or are volunteers with it, you need to discuss with them their readiness to participate and provide appropriate support for them to participate.
Don’t lose heart
Forming a group is difficult so don’t lose heart if things aren’t going as planned. The process of building a group can be as useful as what it does.
The benefits of a group are:
- meeting people you wouldn’t normally meet
- talking to others and sharing ideas.
This all helps to form a sense of community that can help protect against suicide.
It’s also important not to lose heart if, despite all your hard work, other suicides happen. It takes energy, enthusiasm and a lot of hard work to achieve your goals. Caring for yourself and others in your group is really important to prevent stress and burnout.
Suicide is complex and there can be as many different responses as there are people in your town. It may take time for a community to feel ready to respond to a call to action. Try to gauge when people are ready to join the effort to build a suicide-aware and safe community.
Don’t be discouraged if it takes time to get people on board. The stigma and taboos about suicide mean some people may say suicide doesn’t happen in your community so a plan isn’t needed. You can help improve understanding by sharing the myths and facts about suicide in your conversations with people.
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Red fruits and vegetables are commonly thought of as being high in sugar, starch, and calories. However, this is not the whole story. Red fruits and vegetables are loaded with nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. These make up for most of their caloric content and are also packed with dietary fiber which helps keep your hunger at bay. Red fruit and vegetables have been a staple of mankind for thousands of years and are now a popular part of every diet. Understanding how they help keep the heart healthy and reduce the risk of disease is important. So, how do you know if you are getting the right amount of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and sugar from red fruit and vegetables? Let’s take a look at the pros and cons of eating red fruit and vegetables.
Rich in antioxidants
Ricin, a naturally occurring red fruit and vegetable, has many health benefits, including a high concentration of antioxidants called anthocyanin and safflower carotenoid pigment. However, eating only one red fruit or vegetable per week will probably give you too much of these essential nutrients.
It May help fight inflammation
Chronic inflammation is a fancy term for biological aging. This is the state your body is in as it maintains its structure and functions. header *This means that your body is being stressed by all the things that happen around you, like breathing in and breathing out, walking and running, and eating. When it’s high levels of inflammation (urination, defecation, etc.) you’re at risk of getting wrinkles and sagging muscles. These inflammatory factors come in two flavors—steroid hormones and reactive oxygen radicals. In the case of the latter, your body is trying to neutralize (or “screw”) these radicals so that it doesn’t get stuck in an “arthralgia” (nausea) or “keto-diabetic” (fatty acid) cycle. But when inflammation is high, it makes these radicals harder to neutralize.
It May help reduce the risk of disease
Chronic inflammation is a common risk factor for many chronic diseases, like cancer, heart disease, and some types of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The good news is that eating foods that are low in inflammation and sugar, like fruits and vegetables, help reposition your body to get rid of these toxins.
It May help combat nausea
Gastroenteritis is a common health issue among people who are sick with the flu or no-see-um. It affects the stomach, liver, and bowel, so you’re likely to get it when you’re happening to eat red fruits and vegetables.
It May have other health benefits
Besides keeping your body healthy, red fruits and vegetables are a good source of antioxidants such as flavonols, resveratrol, and vitamin C. They also have a low level of sugar, fiber, and calories. And since they’re rich in antioxidants, and vitamins, they’re also a good source of B vitamins, iron, and manganese.
Where to buy red fruit and vegetables
When you’re looking for healthy, inexpensive red fruits and vegetables, there are a few things you should keep in mind.
What we eat with red fruit and vegetables
Topiaries: The nutritional differences between oranges, grapefruits, and kiwis Broccoli: The health benefits of broccoli Cabbages: The health benefits of cabbages Celery: The health benefits of cabbages
3 ways you can enjoy red fruit and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables are eaten fresh or canned or can be frozen. You can also order them frozen in a jar. There are many ways to enjoy red fruits and vegetables, including Make a coleslaw: Mix parts of these vegetables in a coleslaw. You can mix them in with your salad or use them as a side dish. Tories: Add carrots and potatoes to your salad while you’re still eating the vegetables. You can top them with various seasonings, such as seasoned rice, seasoned peas, seasoned sweet potato, or seasoned baked potato. Tories can also be eaten as a main course. They can even be made into a dessert.
Eating red fruits and vegetables is a great way to get the right amount of antioxidants and vitamins. They also provide fiber, which is great for your digestive system, and they have a low level of sugar. Eating red fruits and vegetables helps reduce your risk of certain diseases, like diabetes and cancer, by supporting healthy proteins and fats. And, because they’re low in calories, sodium, and sugar, they’re a great choice for meal replacements.
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|Satan from the History channel's mini-series "The Bible."|
I mean even somebody as disconnected from reality as Glen Beck, was able to put two and two together. (I assume he used a calculator.)
Anyone else think the Devil in #TheBible Sunday on HIstory Channel looks exactly like That Guy? twitter.com/glennbeck/stat…Yeah, when even the mentally challenged paste eaters in the corner pick up on it, then you know it is not just an accident.
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) March 17, 2013
After all Mark Burnett is the uber-Christian producer of numerous reality shows, including the one starring the aforementioned half term Governor.
And it is kind of hard to think "coincidence" when this is how he described the series even before it was broadcast:
"The Bible is the foundation of this nation, of our laws, of our society," Burnett said. "There wouldn't have been the Declaration of Independence. President Obama swore his allegiance to all of us not on one Bible, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible and Abraham Lincoln's bible last month. It's on our money: 'In God We Trust.'"
Hmm, interesting how he was already a little focused on our President, don't you think?
Of course since this whole thing blew up yesterday, the denials have already started:
Mark Burnett and Roma Burnett said Monday the Moroccan actor who played Satan in the History channel series, Mehdi Ouzaani, has played Satanic characters in other Biblical programs long before Obama was elected president. (No he hasn't.)
History said in a statement that the network has “the highest respect” for Obama, and that “it’s unfortunate that anyone made this false connection.”
“Both Mark and I have nothing but respect and love our president, who is a fellow Christian,” said Downey, the “Touched By an Angel” actress who is married to Burnett. “False statements such as these are just designed as a foolish distraction to try and discredit the beauty of the story of the Bible.”
Uh huh. Well hell if you can't believe an angel then who can your believe, right?
But let's, for the moment, put aside the idea that Mark Burnett purposefully used his program to equate the President of the United States, with Satan, and move on to another question.
Such as why, if indeed Burnett was trying to make a film worthy to be shown on a channel called "The History Channel," did he make his Jesus look like this?
I mean doesn't it bother anybody else that the devil is portrayed as a black man, while Jesus is portrayed by an actor who looks like he could be cast as an Aryan Gestapo agent in a film about Nazi Germany?
But hey, I am sure THAT does not make Mark Burnett, his angelic wife, or the History Channel racist either.
Update: Here is Mehdi Ouzaani, the actor who plays Satan, before his makeup.
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What terrible thing can happen if you malfunction with such a simple tool. How is a screwdriver? This is probably the first question that comes to mind. Yes, undoubtedly, this is not a chainsaw or a puncher, so what can be dangerous when working with such a not so complicated and at first glance harmless device?
For starters, if we are dealing with a power tool, this is a defeat. “decent” discharge of electric current. Further, if you often have to work with, say, concrete. It is dust and splinters that can cause serious damage to the eyes. And finally, poor fixation of the instrument in the hand, as well as an unstable position of the body, will easily provide you with physical damage, especially if the drilling function is involved. You will definitely agree that there is little good in the above list of troubles. So how can all this be avoided?
First of all, you should carefully read the instructions for the power tool. Most of them set forth rather detailed rules for both safety and working directly with the tool. Note that it is recommended to take the instructions not when “the fried rooster pecked somewhere,” but before starting all the work.
The workplace should be well lit and not cluttered with any unnecessary trash. If there is not enough light, then it is better to have a flashlight in your arsenal or use a backlit tool. Various fasteners should not interfere with the operator. For carrying and storing additional equipment, as well as consumables, it is better to use special cases. In order to always have the necessary equipment or improvised materials at hand, rationally store them in the pockets of special work clothes, and not at the object itself, where drilling or other actions take place. Be sure to remove the adjusting key after adjustment in special holders.
Hazardous area. The place where work should be done with extreme care. A screwdriver can spark, which in turn will provoke ignition, fires and detonation. Outsider at the place of work. Also a potential hazard. If the master is often distracted, his attention is not focused on the action being performed, so the chance of getting injured increases significantly.
Safe use of power tools
Electric shock can easily cause a variety of processes in the human body. From a sharp pain impulse to disorientation, as well as loss of consciousness. It is dangerous by the probability of cardiac arrest, breathing, as well as local burns of varying severity.
The following actions, which deserve mention, invariably lead to electric shock. Therefore, it is recommended to remember forever what exactly can become the source of a possible defeat, and to avoid this in the future.
For example, handicraft production of adapters or self-cutting of a plug, if it does not fit the outlet, is fraught with an increase in temperature in current-conducting metals. Do not withstand the load and household adapter plugs.
A common practice among many “especially experienced” masters: at the end of work, just pull the cord to disconnect from the outlet. After that, wind the power cable and use this makeshift “ring” to make it easier to carry the equipment. It’s comfortable. But is it safe? The electric cord is bent, the place of its fastening can be frayed, if not reinforced with special rubber pads. As a result, we get a bare wire. It is also worth protecting the cord from melting, accidental ingress of aggressive solutions, moving elements that can damage the coating or completely cut the power cable. It is worth noting that if the length of the standard cord is not enough, then the work is a stretch. It is also source of trouble. It is best to always have a spare extension cord.
Water. Wonderful conductor of electric charge. Therefore, working in a high humidity environment with a power tool is highly undesirable. At the same time, it is always necessary to protect the power tool from penetrating inside any liquids. The operation process in this case will be protected by an RCD (residual current device). Acting almost instantly, it quickly and easily blocks the movement of energy from the current source to the equipment.
Always try to correctly assess the nature and complexity of the work, do not overload your tool. Carefully check it before work for malfunctions, pay attention to the integrity of the power cord, the health of the switch. If breakages are found, they should be repaired immediately before starting work on the power tool. Before setting up and installing / replacing equipment, disconnect the tool from the power supply. Remember that an electric tool. This is not a toy for children, so keep it out of reach of them. It is also necessary to properly and timely care for the tool. Keep the equipment in a clean and sharpened (if required) state.
Always hold the screwdriver firmly by the insulated handle. Screwing and unscrewing screws often results in high returns. This is especially true for models with high speeds. The rubberized handle can become an element that will not allow electric shock to the user if the screw accidentally gets into the line of the wiring. However, the most reasonable option would be to use a special detector for hidden wiring before starting work.
Safe use of cordless tools
For batteries, always use exclusively “native” chargers, and for the tool. Suitable batteries recommended by the manufacturer. Keep an unused battery away from metal objects that can short-circuit the poles, which may cause a fire. If the battery malfunctions, or if it is damaged, liquid and gas may be released, which cause skin irritation and burns. Dispose of the battery according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
In the event that you found any damage to the charger before turning it on, do not try to repair it yourself. There is a service center for this. Protect it from dampness and moisture. Do not leave the included charger on flammable materials (paper, textiles, etc.). Make sure that it is kept in good condition and clean.
Always use the tool for its intended purpose. There are separate devices for “hammering nails and chopping nuts”. As it was written above, correctly assess the severity of work, this applies not only to technology, but also directly to the user. At the end of a hard working day, you, for example, decided to screw a shelf at home, and the cornice mount was shaky, but will you be able to keep the tool in your hands in a tired state? Do not imitate plumbers from jokes, starting to work “under the fly”that is, completely in a state of intoxication. This will necessarily lead to sad consequences.
Never neglect protective equipment. Special equipment, glasses, gloves and shoes were not created as a tribute to fashion at the time, all this increases the personal safety of the employee. The screwdriver has a design with actively rotating elements, therefore everything that can catch or wrap. Jewelry, watch straps, long hair. Need to be removed under clothing or removed altogether.
If you have to work at height, then first you need to make sure that the layout of the master is as stable as possible. Anyone can step back.
Tool repair and maintenance
A power tool should not be repaired or remade on its own. Contact a qualified service technician. It is also worth mentioning that unauthorized actions, such as disassembling the equipment case or replacing components with non-certified analogs, lead to the cancellation of the warranty by the manufacturer and the refusal to consider further user complaints.
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Part of the Fiftyes Collection, this elegant chandelier is playful and modern, a one-of-a-kind decoration in a living room or large dining room, where it will provide lighting as well as a striking textural and colorful accent to a contemporary interior. The 120 cm long brass vertical element supports a V-shaped black metal rod from which hang a horizontal brass piece. From it, three pairs of bent brass arms project the lights from their ends, shaded by metal cones with a black lacquer. The timeless gold and black color combination adds a sophisticated accent to this enlivening light.
• Material: Brass Metal
• Dimensions (in): W 40.55 x D 32.28 x H 47.24
• Dimensions (cm): W 103 x D 82 x H 120
• Handmade In Italy
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Our board-certified Radiologists work with Registered Technologists who specialize in CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Special Procedures (Interventional Radiology), X-ray, and Ultrasound procedures. Methodist also provides CT, MRI, and X-ray services at our Cheyenne Outpatient Ambulatory Center.
Bone Density (DEXA): a bone density test is used to measure bone mineral content and density. This measurement tells whether there is decreased bone mass. This is a condition in which bones are more brittle and prone to break or fracture easily.
Commonly used for:
- Axial skeleton
- Appendicular skeleton
- Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA)
Computed Axial Tomography is also known as a CT or CAT scan. It is an imaging test that uses x-rays and computerized imagery to make detailed images of the body, including bones, muscles, fat, and organs.
Methodist also offers Lung Cancer Screening CT. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women worldwide, and accounts for more U.S. cancer deaths than those from breast cancer, colon cancer, and prostate cancer combined.
But now those at high risk have a new weapon in the fight against lung cancer. It’s called Low Dose CT screening and because of early detection, studies have shown it can lower the risk of death from lung cancer by 20% in people who are at high risk.
LDCT lung screening is one of the easiest screening exams you can have.
• The exam takes less than 10 seconds.
• No medications are given, and no needles are used.
• You can eat before and after the exam.
• You do not even need to get changed as long as the clothing on your chest does not contain metal.
And now, you can breathe even easier knowing Medicare covers the cost of the Low Dose CT lung cancer screening exam. Call your doctor today to see if you qualify for this life-saving exam.
All of Methodist’s CT Technologists are registered with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists® (ARRT), with advanced registry in Computed Tomography.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive procedure that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create detailed images of the body. MRI is often used to diagnose many types of sports injuries as well as provide clear pictures of the brain, abdomen, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines. Unlike conventional Radiography and CT, no radiation is used. Methodist has a 3T MRI magnet in the hospital and also a 1.5T MRI magnet at the Cheyenne Outpatient Center. The table weight limits are 350 pounds.
All MRI technologists at Methodist Medical Center are American Registry of Radiologic Technologists® with advanced registry in MRI.
Nuclear Medicine Technologists use radioactive material to access the function of organs or systems within the body. Nuclear Medicine uses small quantities of radioactive materials, called isotopes, which are targeted to specific organ systems or tissues within the body. These can be introduced into the body in different ways. Depending on the type of nuclear medicine exam you are undergoing, the radiotracer is either injected into a vein, which is most common, but can also be swallowed or inhaled as a gas and eventually accumulates in the organ or area of your body being examined. A small amount of radiation is then detected with the use of a nuclear medicine gamma camera. This safe and painless technique often spots abnormalities early in a disease’s progression. It also provides a way to gather information that otherwise would be unavailable or require surgery or more expensive diagnostic tests.
All Nuclear Medicine technologists at Methodist Medical Center are American Registry of Radiologic Technologists® (ARRT) and/or Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) registered.
Special Procedures (Interventional Radiology) is a subspecialty of Radiology where minimally invasive procedures are performed using image guidance. The concept behind IR is to diagnose or treat pathology with the most minimally invasive techniques possible. IR procedures can reduce infection rates, recovery times, and shorten hospital stays. As a result, many IR procedures are performed with conscious sedation. General anesthesia is not usually necessary. Most IR procedures are performed on an outpatient basis, and some may require a very short hospital stay.
All IR Technologists at Methodist Medical Center are registered with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists® and are registered in Vascular Interventional Radiography, and nurses are Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certified.
Ultrasound imaging, also called Sonography, uses high-frequency sound waves to obtain images of internal organs as they function and can also assess blood flow. Benefits of Ultrasound include more comprehensive and reliable exam data, faster tests, and improved patient comfort. Ultrasound exams do not use radiation. The Ultrasound for heart patients can perform stress echo tests. Doctors rely on these tests to detect decreases in the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart, as well as irregular heartbeats. ** Ultrasound services are only provided at the hospital at this time. **
X-rays are a type of radiation called electromagnetic waves. X-ray imaging creates pictures of the inside of your body. In the hospital-setting, x-rays are emitted by a machine as individual particles that pass through the body and then get detected. Radiation protection and minimizing patient exposure to be As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) is practiced to ensure patient safety. Methodist and Cheyenne both have digital x-ray equipment, which means an image is immediately available for viewing by technologists. This technology eliminates the time needed to process x-rays, which means faster exams and less waiting for the patient.
Fluoroscopy is a technique for obtaining “live” x-ray images of a patient. A dye that shows up on x-rays can be injected or swallowed, which allows the Radiologist to see blood vessels or organs as the contrast moves through the body. This process allows the physician to see images from inside the body real time on a TV monitor. Fluoroscopy is often used to see the digestive tract. It can also help doctors locate a foreign object in the body, position a catheter or needle for a procedure, or set a broken bone. ** Fluoroscopy is only provided at the hospital. **
All Radiologic Technologists at Methodist Medical Center are American Registry of Radiologic Technologists® registered.
An electrocardiogram (EKG) is one of the simplest and fastest tests used to evaluate the heart. An ECG records these impulses to show how fast the heart is beating, the rhythm of the heart beats (steady or irregular), and the strength and timing of the electrical impulses as they move through the different parts of the heart.
If there’s poor blood flow, an EKG may show abnormalities – especially during exercise. These often don’t appear on an EKG taken during rest.
An exercise EKG – a stress or treadmill test – is often better at signaling coronary artery disease. Exercise EKGs show how the heart responds to physical activity.
This technology allows images to be electronically captured, stored, and transmitted – all without film.
PACS makes high-quality MRI, CT, X-ray and Ultrasound pictures immediately available by computer. Doctors can readily view any images the patient has had taken at Methodist Medical Center and other locations in the Covenant Health system.
Patients no longer need to carry X-rays from place to place. In addition, PACS gives such clear images that doctors believe it results in better, more accurate diagnosis.
Lab tests collected at Cheyenne are performed in the hospital Laboratory. STAT tests are transported to the Laboratory immediately. Tolerance tests for Glucose, Lactose, and D-Xylose are performed in Same Day Surgery and must be scheduled.
944 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
- State-of-the-art technology
- Board-certified Radiologists
- Registered Technologists
- Fast, efficient and courteous service
- Free, convenient parking
Hours of Operation
Lab and EKG – 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday
Diagnostic X-ray – 9 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday
CT Scans – 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday by appointment
MRI – 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; 7 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
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Access to the complete content on Oxford Medicine Online requires a subscription or purchase. Public users are able to search the site and view the abstracts for each book and chapter without a subscription.
If you have purchased a print title that contains an access token, please see the token for information about how to register your code.
- Chapter 1 How screening started
- Chapter 2 What screening is, and is not
- Chapter 3 What screening does
- Chapter 4 Measuring what a screening programme does
- Chapter 5 Implementing screening programmes
- Chapter 6 Quality-assuring screening programmes
- Chapter 7 Day-to-day management of screening programmes for public health practitioners and managers
- Chapter 8 Making policy on screening programmes
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Developer Advocate at Fauna
Travel enthusiast and a mediocre dancer turned full-time software engineer. Shadid is on a mission to help developers build the next generation of apps with serverless and JamStack tech. He is a developer advocate at Fauna Inc. Say hi to Shadid on Twitter at @HaqueShadid and read his blog at dev.to/shadid12.
How to build a GraphQL API with Next.js and Vercel
In my talk, I would like to share how my team and I built a serverless GraphQL API with Next.js and Vercel. During my time on the stage, I will make a simple version of the application we shipped. So why would you want to build a GraphQL API with Next.js? Suppose you have a Next.js application interacting with many small microservices and third-party data sources. You might want to consider combining these into a single GraphQL service. Doing so will reduce complexity in your client-side code. You can build a GraphQL service inside your Next.js API layer. That way, you don't have to create and maintain an entirely new application. Your GraphQL code will live in the same repository as your Next.js client code, making it easier to develop common modules. Finally, when you deploy your application to Vercel, it turns your GraphQL API into a serverless function. You don't have to deal with scaling your application as it will auto-scale. As you deploy your GraphQL service through Vercel, you don't have to deal with any DevOps overhead. You can use the same CI/CD pipeline as your Next.js application. In my talk, I will demonstrate these concepts. I will also share the challenges my team faced and the solutions we came up with while building this application.
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Many folks have asked for a change in navigation; the Home Link in a Gallery just returns to the Gallery page, rather than the ShootProof Home or, in my case, to the main website. Visitors are "stuck" in the Gallery without being able to return to the main website.
I have integrated my galleries with a subdomain of my main website, using a CNAME addition in the DNS Zone to point to the subdomain.
I have made a note in the popup message for each gallery telling folks how to return to the main site, but unfortunately many don't read. I believe that SEO would benefit greatly also from having a proper Home link.
So...I hope someone can resolve this predicament. Having web visitors at a “dead end” is terrible customer experience and terrible for SEO. As much as I like the ShootProof Gallery presentation, having excellent site architecture and optimized SEO is essential in this highly competitive field.
Thanks for your time.
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I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'
I've never denied my sexual orientation. I just don't make a point of it. It isn't what I do. Clearly, I'm known for the work I've done on trade and Social Security.
I do favor guest workers, H1B visas and student visas.
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Firewalls are a necessary component in any network environment, especially in an enterprise. Take a look at your front door, would you remove it permanently? Firewalls have evolved over the years from simple gatekeepers to complex security solutions that integrate with the rest of the network. Imagine if you could program your front door to only allow people in who wore green shirts. Once inside they would only be able to walk into the living room…on a Tuesday. My own firewall journey started years back on Juniper SSG350s then onto ASA and Palo Alto. I am currently looking into Cisco’s Firepower Threat Defense (FTD). As a fan of most things Cisco (ASA CX anyone?), FTD adds visibility to the rest of the ecosystem that might include AMP, ISE and Stealthwatch. With an ASA 5512-X in hand, my mission is to replace its ASA image with FTD.
The following will be my experience with the easy replacement of the ASA image on a 5512-X. I by no means am making a discovery, but simply following Cisco’s thorough guide on image swapping. Check out https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/reimage/asa-ftd-reimage.html. The guide covers FTD to ASA and ASA to FTD image swaps.
Upon booting up the 5512-X and running a show inventory I did not see the SSD. The SSD is required on the 5512-X in order for it to run the FTD image. After about a minute of panic, I realized I did have the SSD installed. For some reason, the show inventory did not give any details on it. The same command on a 5545 or 5525 does yield info on the SSD. Either way, the requirement was met and I could proceed. In order to find out the version I could use on the ASA, I took a look at Cisco’s Firepower Compatibility Guide: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/compatibility/firepower-compatibility.html. A 5512-X can run version up to 6.2.3 of Firepower, which is the oldest version I could run on the Firepower Management Center 6.6 that I was also going to deploy. I logged in to Cisco’s site and grabbed the boot image and the install package I needed for Firepower 6.2.3.
- Enter ROMMON!
Usually, ROMMON is not the place I’d like to be. If I see ROMMON, either something bad happened or I’m trying to reset a password on a device. To proceed with the ASA to FTD image swap, you have to start in ROMMON. I booted up the ASA and hit <ESC> when I was prompted. So far so good.
- Once in ROMMON, the management interface needed to be configured. This would be the start to the process of transferring the downloaded files for the upgrade. I entered the most of the IP info (did not need a gateway) and the boot image file. The command set shows you the changes. The command sync locks those settings in.
- By this time, I had already given my laptop with the files an IP on the same subnet and had connected it to the ASA’s management interface. A ping test was suggested in the instructions and that was successful.
- The command tftpdnld grabs the file I made reference to in the previous config. I did not mention this earlier, but based on that command, you do need to use TFTP to download the file. I used MobaXTerm a terminal client that comes with TFTP Server capabilities.
- Once the download was complete, the FTD setup was next. On the screen below I typed setup.
- The management interface configuration was typed in. I thought I could get away without a gateway, but I ended up having to make one up. Keep in mind, I was still directly connected to the management interface with my laptop.
- I tried to get away with using TFTP again (unsecure simplicity), but of course for the next file that did not work out. The install package can be downloaded via HTTP, HTTPS or FTP. The command system install noconfirm ftp://<user:pass@IP>/<filename> grabbed the file from my MobaXTerm’s FTP Server. The noconfirm portion of the command took me through the install without having to worry about a prompt.
- Cisco’s guide says the process could take about 30 minutes or so and that is pretty much how long it took. Once the process is complete there is a reboot. Once the system initialized it was time to login with the default admin/Admin123 combo.
- In the next few prompts I accepted the EULA, changed the password.
- Done! The ASA image had been successfully changed to the FTD image. Now it was time to think about adding the firewall to the Firepower Management Center in order to have some real fun.
That was it! The whole process took about an hour as I read through Cisco’s guide, connected the laptop and went through the process. Overall, changing the image from ASA to FTD on a 5512-X was pretty simple. Keep in mind, you can have an ASA with the Firepower services running. This allows you to have a little of both worlds on the same box, but what I did was a complete jump from ASA to FTD using the ASA hardware.
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The following forms are designed to help us work together more easily:
Client Intake Form
If you are a first-time client, please print this form, complete it, and bring it along to our first session.
Intended Outcomes Form
This form will help you clarify your goals for your overall health and vitality, including our time together.
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Youth 21 was an experimental study that exclusively focused on pre-voters aged 15 to 18 to empirically test and measure the impact of multi-vote vs. one-vote election options on the decision-making process and election outcome. The study was conducted during the last stage of the 2018 presidential election in the Czech Republic using actual presidential candidates in its two-stage pseudo election exercises. Both stages were conducted at the participants’ schools with help of volunteers. In total 352 subjects from 12 high schools participated in the study. Since high schools in the Czech Republic are divided virtually equally into two categories, Gymnasiums and Vocations (schools with different professional orientation), researchers invited students from six of each to take part in the study. Data was collected in eight cities in three regions.
During each stage the participants were asked to cast preferences for the nine presidential candidates, first just with one vote, using the “One-Vote” method, and then with the “Multi-Vote” (MV) method. For research purposes, the Multi-Vote scheme used in the study was a modification of Janecek Method (D21), where a voter could use “plus” and “minus” votes. However, different from Janecek Method (D21), researchers limited the total number of votes to only three and allowed voters to use any distribution of plus and minus votes at their discretion.
During a two-day gap between the stages the subjects were exposed to a treatment, an intervention mechanism with a knowledge-based content delivery on the presidential candidates and MV method. This was meant to ensure that the participants’ votes accurately reflected their choices while the limitation of knowledge and awareness did not impact their voting behaviour.
To learn more about the study, please contact Tanya Gibbs, Chief Research Officer.
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Opening times for Card Factory in Liverpool
Liverpool Edge Lane is a shop belonging to Card Factory brand. It is open on: Monday 09:00 - 17:30, Tuesday 09:00 - 17:30, Wednesday 09:00 - 17:30, Thursday 09:00 - 17:30, Friday 09:00 - 17:30. At weekends its working hours are: on Saturday 09:00 - 17:30, on Sunday 11:00 - 17:00. This store's address is: Unit 51B, Liverpool Shopping Park, Edge Lane, , Liverpool, L13 1EW. To contact the customer service directly please dial the number 01512542699. Liverpool Edge Lane is visited by many people living in neighbouring towns like Clubmoor, Old Swan, Stoneycroft, Tuebrook.
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The hemodynamic comparison of the Jostra HL-20 and the Levitronix PediVAS blood pumps is the focus this study, where pressure-flow waveforms and hemodynamic energy values are analyzed in the confines of a pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass circuit.The pseudo pediatric patient was perfused with flow rates between 500 and 900 ml/min (100 ml/min increments) under pulsatile and nonpulsatile mode. The Levitronix continuous flow pump utilized a customized controller to engage in pulsatile perfusion with equivalent pulse settings to the Jostra HL-20 roller pump. Hemodynamic measurements and waveforms were recorded at the precannula location, while the mean arterial pressure was maintained at 40 mm Hg for each test. Glycerin water was used as the blood analog circuit perfusate. At each flow rate 24 trials were conducted yielding a total of 120 experiments (n = 60 pulsatile and n = 60 nonpulsatile).Under nonpulsatile perfusion the Jostra roller pump produced small values for surplus hemodynamic energy (SHE) due to its inherent pulsatility, while the Levitronix produced values of essentially zero for SHE. When switching to pulsatile perfusion, the SHE levels for both the Jostra and Levitronix pump made considerable increases. In comparing the two pumps under pulsatile perfusion, the Levitronix PediVAS produced significantly more surplus and total hemodynamic energy than did the Jostra roller pump each pump flow rate.The study suggests that the Levitronix PediVAS centrifugal pump has the capability of achieving quality pulsatile waveforms and delivering more SHE to the pseudo patient than the Jostra HL-20 roller pump. Further studies are warranted to investigate the Levitronix under bovine blood studies and with various pulsatile settings.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biomedical Engineering
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ATLANTA (AP) — Jeff Sims hardly looked like a freshman in his first college game.
Sure, there were a couple of early interceptions he’d like to have back, but no one was complaining after Sims rallied Georgia Tech to an upset at Florida State in the season opener.
Now, Sims is set to face an even stiffer challenge when the Yellow Jackets host No. 14 Central Florida on Saturday.
He’s quickly become a big man on campus, reveling in a wave of accolades after becoming the first true freshman quarterback in Georgia Tech history to lead the team to victory in a season opener.
Sims completed 23 of 34 passes for 277 yards — the most completions by a Yellow Jackets quarterback since 2005 — in a 16-13 victory over the Seminoles.
Don’t expect him to revel in the adulation. The day after the game, he was the first player to show up for meetings, according to coach Geoff Collins, and the first player to hit the practice field.
“My mom always taught me not to let anything get in my head,” Sims said. “After the game, she always told me to celebrate that night, but the next day you have to get back to work. That’s exactly what I did. I pushed off everything that happened (last) Saturday. Now I’m preparing for UCF. I want to be a leader on this team and do whatever I can to help this team win.”
Georgia Tech (1-0) will be facing a team that knows a lot about winning.
Over the last three years, UCF has won 35 of 39 games, becoming one of the best Group of Five programs in the country. The Knights’ opener is their only game against a Power Five opponent during the regular season, and they’re eager to shine before a national television audience.
“We’ve been good, I feel, for the last three to four years,” linebacker Eriq Gilyard said. “We’ve been playing with kind of a chip on our shoulder to prove everybody wrong. This year we’re not trying to prove anybody wrong, we’re trying to prove ourselves right. We know how good we are.”
The Knights are coming off a bit of a disappointing season by their lofty standards, losing three games — all on the road — by a total of seven points.
Dillon Gabriel, who seized the quarterback job early in his freshman season, said he’s far more prepared for those sort of tight games as a sophomore — despite the unusual offseason and a delayed start to the regular season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Now I know how to approach them,” said Gabriel, who threw for 3,653 yards and 29 touchdowns in 2019. “It feels a lot different. Even with all this uncertainty, I feel confident with our guys.”
Some things to watch for when Georgia Tech hosts UCF:
CONFUSING THE KID
The UCF defense hopes to take Sims out of his comfort zone.
While the Knights aren’t known for bringing a lot of blitzes, they do play press coverage and look to deny the short and intermediate throws that worked so well for Sims in the opener.
“It’s critical for us that we create negative plays, get him into third-and-long situations, and try to put him in uncomfortable situations,” UCF coach Josh Huepel said. “That’s true with every young quarterback that you play.”
The Yellow Jackets are looking to bounce back from a miserable performance in the kicking game.
Freshman Jude Kelley had three kicks blocked by Florida State — two field goals and an extra point — but gathered himself to boot a game-winning 32-yarder in the fourth quarter.
Collins blamed himself for not giving the special teams more work in preseason practice because he was so concerned about making sure the players followed coronavirus protocols.
“That’s completely on me,” he said. “Hats off to our guys for regrouping on that game-winning field goal.”
UCF is counting on another big season from Greg McCrae, who rushed for more than 1,000 yards two years ago.
An injury limited McCrae to 629 yards and seven touchdowns last season.
RUN TO THE BALL
The Knights are focused on creating more turnovers this season.
They had 21 a year ago — a significant drop from their average the previous two seasons (30) — and five of those came during a bowl win over Marshall.
FANS IN THE STANDS
Georgia Tech is allowing a socially distanced crowd of about 11,000 for the game at 55,000-seat Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Fans will be required to wear masks except when their eating or drinking at their seats. Georgia Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury said ushers would be moving through the stands to make sure everyone abides by the mandate.
“A lot of people will be watching us to see if we can pull this off in a safe manner,” Stansbury said. “Our athletes know they must represent their teams in the right way at all times. We’re asking our fans to do the same.”
Follow Paul Newberry on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pnewberry1963. His work can be found at https://apnews.com/search/paulnewberry
AP Sports Writer Fred Goodall in Tampa, Florida contributed to this report.
More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25
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US Doctor With Ebola Arrives In Nebraska
Dr Rick Sacra, who contracted the deadly virus in Liberia, is flown back to the US and driven to a hospital in Nebraska.
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A doctor who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia has arrived at a Nebraska hospital for treatment.
Dr Rick Sacra was driven by ambulance to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha after landing in the early morning at Offutt Air Force Base just south of Omaha.
The 51-year-old will begin treatment in the hospital's 10-bed special isolation unit.
The first two American aid workers infected by ebola - Dr Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol - have recovered since being flown to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for treatment.
Meanwhile, experts have been looking into whether the blood of survivors can be used in treating ebola patients, the AP reported.
The possible treatment would look at using infection-fighting antibodies from survivors' blood and is under discussion at a two-day meeting that began on Thursday in Geneva.
"This is something that's fairly simple to do," Dr Peter Piot, director of London's School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the co-discoverer of the ebola virus, told the AP news agency.
There are no licenced drugs or vaccines for the disease, but about a half dozen are in development. None has been tested in humans, but an early trial of one vaccine began this week in the US.
Much attention has focused on the unproven drug ZMapp, which was given to seven patients, including the two Americans.
Two of the patients who received it died.
But the limited supply is now exhausted and its developer says it will take months to make even a modest amount.
In contrast, the World Health Organisation's blood network, an international group of blood regulators, noted there are thousands of survivors from past ebola outbreaks in Africa who could be tapped as a source of survivor blood.
They stress, however, that the evidence is mixed and that studying needs to be done, including during the outbreak.
"If possible The WHO Blood Regulators Network recommends that scientific studies on the feasibility and medical effectiveness for collection and use of convalescent plasma or serum be explored through clinical trials," the group said in a paper.
Blood from a 14-year-old boy who survived ebola was given in July to Mr Brantly, but it is unknown whether ZMapp or the boy's blood aided his recovery.
Mr Sacra went to Liberia after hearing that two other missionaries were sick.
He serves with the North Carolina-based charity SIM.
Mr Sacra was not involved in the treatment of ebola patients but delivered babies, so it is unclear how he got infected with the virus.
According to the UN health agency, 1,552 people of 3,069 confirmed ebola cases have died.
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- Type: Condominium
- Style: Apartment
- Bedrooms: 2
- Bathrooms: 2
- Size: 923 sq. ft.
- Development Level: Built
- Year Built: 2012 "Approx"
- Taxes: $3,877.00 (2020)
- Condo Fees: $453.00
- MLS ® #: 1214504
Welcome to Le Breton Flats with this charming 2 Bedroom, 2 full Bath unit featuring a 4 Piece en-suite with over sized tub and his/her sinks. Stunning Hard
wood floors, large windows from top to bottom that come with custom roller shades which is great for insulation and privacy when needed. Kitchen is fully
updated with granite counters, breakfast bar, updated back splash and stainless steel appliances. Our unit includes in-unit laundry, Covered Balcony , same
level storage locker, Indoor pool, Fitness room & Rec Room for your enjoyment. Le Breton Flats has some great features such as: Leed Silver Certified
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Meeting at Villa Quaranta
Easy access, technology and elegance, high-class banqueting. 4-star business.
Thanks to its Conference Centre, Villa Quaranta is a comfortable and convenient venue for conferences, conventions and business meetings. It can be easily reached from Verona Airport and also from motorways. Its wide green areas and the seventeenth-century Villa add a touch of class to events. The technology employed and its modular rooms together with its elegant coffee-break, cocktail and aperitif lounge allow creating high-quality events.
Among many business meeting facilities, Villa Quaranta provides:
- a 600 sq.m. area at the Conference Centre, with 8 modular, multi-purpose rooms that can be adjusted to the customer’s requirements
- 4 frescoed rooms in the Villa, 2 conference rooms in the Hotel and one conference room near the spa
- wide and elegant green areas, convenient also for outdoor exhibitions
- technological equipment including: Wi-Fi connection, direct/ISDN telephone line, audio-visual devices and much other
- bar hall at the Conference Centre, outside area for the summer and Loggia dell’Angelo, inside the Villa, for coffee-break and welcome cocktails
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Dziady was an ancient Slavic feast (celebrated mainly by Belarusians, Ukrainians and Poles) to commemorate the dead. Literally, the word is translated as “Grandfathers”. It was held twice every year (in the spring and autumn). During the feast the ancient Slavs organized libations and ritual meals. In local mythologies such feasts were organized both for the living and for the souls of the forefathers who joined the dziady after dark.
In the most original form of the rite Slavs used to leave honey, groat and eggs for the wandering souls. They also used to make bonfires, which were believed to show the spirits of the dead the way to their homes, so they could spend the night with their families (we can see the echo of this custom in modern grave lanterns, which are a common tradition in Poland, especially during the All Saints’ Day). However, the fire was also believed to prevent upyrs from coming to our World.
In Poland, the tradition prevailed in the form of Christian Zaduszki feast. In Belarus, Dziady (Дзяды) were usually held on the last Saturday before St. Dmitry’s day, end of October/beginning of November (Dźmitreuskija dziady, St.Dmitry’s Dziady). There were also ‘Trinity Day Dziady, 'Shrovetide Dziady, and some other dates.
Lithuanians also have similar feast day, called Ilgės. It has roots in pagan times, and differs slightly from the Slavic Dziady.
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Written by Deepa Sridhar on 14 September 2016
As a parent, we are always looking for avenues to let our children evolve to be successful and happy in life. Times have changed so much that performing arts which were once looked upon as a hobby have now become an important fabric of every child’s life. We want them to learn music, art, and dance as much as any academic subjects. Most of the times when I meet other parents the discussion revolves around classes they take their kids to, no matter the traffic or other logistical issues they have to overcome. The goal always seems to be exposing the child to more learning in the hope that it develops them into creative, happy people.
We at the Academy many a times receive queries on how early can we start music for children. A lot of times parents with young kids at the age below four want to start exposing the child to music. Research has proven that music helps in many areas of development of a child. Music is not just for the few who can afford or sing well. It is an art that brings joy to any individual just by listening. Many use it as a stress buster. People listen to music in bad traffic situations to calm themselves. It can be a spiritual experience for some, meditative for others. The JOY OF MUSIC is just having it around us. It is important hence as parents and facilitators that we present this art form to children so that it becomes a part of their lifestyle. They could be just listeners, or singers, or composers or players, it does not matter, what matters is the peace and well-being they feel when they involve themselves in this art form.
Music Appreciation for Children
Classical music learning is an art form which needs many years of dedication and commitment and many times it is not everyone’s cup of tea. We at the Academy feel that this should not keep children who love to sing away from music. We should provide an alternate path through which they can participate and enjoy. The idea for the program ‘Grow With Music’ was born to fill this void. Children when they are little love to sing and dance to music. They want to listen and learn different kinds of songs and experience the differences and similarities they come with. Also, what is music? and how is it created? We need to answer this inquiry from kids in a simple innovative manner that will help them demystify music, we need to make the music learning experience engaging and fun. Music learning be accompanied by understanding its roots. Simple questions like ‘Where did this piece or song originate and why?’ or ‘a little history, geography, language and culture’ can be intertwined when a child learns a particular song or piece. All these aspects are strung together in our program GROW WITH MUSIC.
In a simple way, it builds music appreciation and foundation. It builds the understanding of musical concepts in a structured, progressive, age relevant and fun manner in children. Every course is designed to address an age group or grade of a child. The course will expose the students to concepts activities to explore particular musical concepts like pitch, beat, rhythm, notes etc. The activities are planned to be engaging and fun filled, making the learning experience wholesome and joyful. Every course has songs that are hand picked to help the students enjoy music from various styles, languages, genres, and cultures. The teaching of the song involves teaching to sing with the right beat, pitch, dynamics, and inflections. The class starts with warm up exercises which are tailored to build:
This package of warm up, concept learning and singing song is comprehensive to systematically build skills in music and more importantly develops a desire and joy for music in every child.
The learning is achieved by addressing elements from both Indian and Western style of music. It also places before them a platter of musical choices that they can choose to pursue with more dedication and commitment. Creative exercises are used to assess the child. The students are encouraged to apply, analyse, evaluate and create in every class. Learning does not stop with understanding, we draw the understanding to where it is applied, how it is applied and what it is applied for. The child is asked to create simple patterns of musical elements that lead to finally helping them compose simple songs.
Coming back to the question on how early should we start music for a child, the answer is earlier the better. Children have music in them when they are born, all we need to do is nurture the musicality in them. Research has again shown that babies in womb respond to music and help in their development. Surround your child with good music as much as you can. Encourage them to use everyday items in the house to use as instruments. It is never too early to start with music.
We have developed a simple yet powerful series called Rhymes to Swaras. In this, we have used popular Rhymes like ‘Twinkle-Twinkle’ and added Indian notes or Swaras singing in parallel to the rhyme singing. This is a good way to have children get familiar with Indian notes and develop an ear to how each tune is created. This is a self-study course and can be started as early as two years and it can be a wonderful musical experience for parents to do with their child. Repeated listening and singing will make the child enjoy music in its simplest form.
Grow with Music
The child can then progress to our Grow With Music series, for children below five we would recommend to look for centers close to their house to start the learning. For children above five, they can join our online classes and start their journey.
The program is presented at schools and performing centers as a face to face experience and also as an online classes with an interactive teacher to guide and help them with the learning.
For centers and online the series is developed as levels. Starting at level one for two and half year to four-year-old, level two for four-plus to six, level three for six-plus to eight, level four to eight plus to ten and level five to ten plus to twelve. Each level will have three sets that they would have to complete before moving to the next level. At the centers, the program culminates with a showcase of the songs and concepts learnt. In online mode they will be assessed in the last class.
The Grow with music program is also developed for schools as an academic curriculum which is delivered for thirty-four weeks, in which twenty fives are dedicated to concept learning, warm ups and singing and nine weeks for annual day performance rehearsal and performance.
We have launched and delivered this program in some reputed schools across India. The program has been received well and has surely made a musical difference in the children’s life.
Contact us at info@shankarmahadevanacademy for any further questions on this program
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Bean Leaf Beetle, Ceratoma trifurcata: An adult bean leaf beetle with its typical coloration and markings. (Photo Marlin E. Rice)
The bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) is a member of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae and order Coleoptera. It has been known to science for more than 235 years since its description as a new species in 1771 (see Eddy and Nettles 1930). This beetle is typically dark yellow; however, it is often some hue between yellow, orange and red (Herzog 1968, 1973, and Smelser and Pedigo 1991) with black markings.
Adults are small insects about 5 mm (1/5 inch) in length. They often have four, large, quadrangular, black markings on the elytra (wing covers) and a black head (although the frons, or face, is often brown in males). Occasionally these four rectangular marks are reduced to two, or they may be completely absent. The most constant identifying character for this beetle is the presence of a black scutellum (the black triangle behind the pronotum or "neck" region). In addition to female beetles often having a black frons (the male frons is brown), sex can also be determined by examining a male's forelegs (Hammack and French 2007). That is, the base of a male beetle's first tarsal segment has a patch of dense setae (or hairs) that are thought to help the male cling to the back of a female beetle during mating. Female beetles lack this character.
The egg is orange and spindle-shaped. It is not much more than a few millimeters long and a couple millimeters wide.
Bean leaf beetle larvae: Bean leaf beetle larvae (Probably 1st instar) will feed on soybean tissue other than roots in the laboratory. Here they are feeding on soybean cotyledon tissue. The white globules are the fat bodies within the insects body cavity. The dark brown area along the midline of the body is actually food passing through the gut. (Photo Jeff Bradshaw)
The larva is a white and cylindrical insect with a dark brown head and brown sclerite (plate) on the top side of the last abdominal segment (see photo of larva).
As the larva matures it passes through successive stages and the larvae develop more sclerites on more segments. This gives it a somewhat speckled appearance under high magnification.
The pupa is white, immoble and slightly resembles the shape of the adult beetle.
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Photo by Shelley Grieshop
Fall on the farm
Summer Garrett, a first-grade student at Coldwater Elementary School, gets a little help from Sandy Marker after choosing the perfect pumpkin at the Menchhofer farm.
Additional pictures for this date
Copyright © 2015 Standard Printing Co. All Rights Reserved
The Standard Printing Co. publishes The Daily Standard, the daily newspaper covering the Grand Lake area in Mercer and Auglaize Counties.
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November is long-term care awareness month, in which we, and other organizations around the country, try to raise awareness of the need for long-term care and long-term care insurance. Most people will need long-term care at some point in their lives, but they either don’t know about long-term care insurance, or they don’t think they’ll need it. They assume their health insurance will cover the costs of long-term care, and while it might cover some of the costs, it won’t even begin to cover all of them. That leaves many people unable to pay for the long-term care they need, and unaware of how much financial trouble they’ll be in until it’s too late.
An Aging Population
Until 2030, 10,000 baby boomers will turn 65 each day, which means the need for long-term care and long-term care insurance are rising dramatically every day. Unfortunately, the number of people buying long-term care insurance is not going up at the same rate, even when people are aware of the need for it. Experts estimate that 7 out of 10 people will need long-term care at some point in their life, yet most of those people don’t have long-term care insurance.
The Costs of Long-Term Care
The costs of long-term care vary based on a variety of factors, including your geographic location and the level of care you require. To give you an idea of what you might need, the median cost for assisted living in 2019 is just over $4,000 per month.
According to a study conducted in 2018, almost 1/3 of respondents surveyed said that long-term care expenses were a top financial concern for them, and more than half (57%) said they needed long-term care insurance, yet only 15% of them had long-term care insurance.
An estimated 80% of long-term care is provided by unpaid caregivers who spend an average of 20 hours per week providing care. Most of the time, that means one of your children or grandchildren is taking care of you and sacrificing their career and/or personal life in order to do so.
It’s also less than ideal for you because your friends and family members are not professional caregivers, which means they’re more likely to make a mistake that could have serious consequences. By making sure you’re covered by long-term care insurance, you can hire a professional to give you the care you need and leave your friends and family members to spend more quality time with you when they visit, instead of worrying about a to-do list.
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare and Medicaid do cover some of the costs of long-term care, but not every long-term care provider accepts Medicare or Medicaid. Do your research ahead of time to figure out which long-term care providers you’d prefer to use if you end up needing it, and what forms of insurance they accept. Even if they do accept Medicare or Medicaid, chances are those programs will only cover part of your costs, which means you’ll still need long-term care insurance to cover the rest.
Here at Stillwater Senior Living, we treat our residents like family. Our apartments include studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom suites, and we are pet friendly. They are designed with security features, maximum accessibility, and include walk-out patois with a full range of amenities for the entire family.
CONTACT US today for more information and a tour of our beautiful state-of-the-art community.
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An ad hoc group of Bombardier noteholders has retained Evercore as a financial advisor, as the aircraft manufacturer pursues a consent solicitation process to clear it from a potential default, according to three sources familiar with the situation. The consortium has also tapped Milbank for legal representation, two of the sources added.
The committee held an informational call on Thursday (6 May), the first two sources continued. The group represents more than a majority of the USD 2bn 7.875% senior unsecured notes due 2027 and over 40% of the USD 1bn 7.5% senior unsecured notes due 2024, one of the sources said.
On 22 April, Bombardier received a letter from a holder of its 2034 notes, claiming that the company’s divestitures of non-core assets, including its transportation business, regional jet program and aerostructures division, constitute a breach of covenants under the bond’s indenture. In response, Bombardier launched consent solicitations on 3 May for its outstanding senior notes maturing between 2022 and 2034.
Under the process, the aircraft manufacturer seeks noteholder approval to clarify that the transactions are permitted under the indentures and, to avoid doubt, to waive any default that could have arisen as a result of the divestitures.
“The corporation believes that these allegations are without merit and that the corporation has not breached any covenant under the indenture,” Bombardier said in a statement last week.
In exchange for requisite support, Bombardier will pay a 12.5bps consent fee. The deadline for holders to agree is 11 May by 5pm ET.
Bombardier’s USD 2bn 7.875% senior unsecured notes due 2027 last traded today at 101.938 to yield 7.126%, up from trades at par to yield 7.872% on 30 April, according to MarketAxess.
Evercore and Milbank declined to comment. Bombardier did not respond to a request for comment.
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SELLING YOUR OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT
Bring your new or used equipment to Recycle Sports and we will add it to your existing account or set you up with a new account using your first and last name, mailing address, email address and phone number. We will take inventory of your gear and price it to sell and your work is done!
Interested In Becoming a Consignee?
- When Recycle Sports brings your gear into inventory we sell it at a 50/50 split.
- We request you leave the merchandise in the store for 30 days.
- The selling price decreases by 10% every 30 days capping off at 90 days.
- 15 days after the date of sale the money will post to your store account where you can use it towards a new purchase or we can send it to you by mail upon your request.
- If you’d like to receive your money as a check, please email us at [email protected] or call us on our automated line and leave a message at 970-668-5150
- Checks are sent out every Monday
- Merchandise not sold will be held in the store for 1 year. You may pick it up at this time or it will become property of Recycle Sports.
- Credits may be left in account for up to 2 years, at which time funds will become property of Recycle Sports.
- We do not accept damaged or broken items.
- Helmets must be 5 years or less from the manufacturing date on the helmet with no visible damage (dents, indentations, gouges, etc.). If there is no date of manufacture sticker found, we must assume it is too old.
- Ski bindings must be on the industry indemnification list. We will not accept any skis that have bindings mounted on them that are not on the indemnification list, even if the ski itself is still good. We will dispose of equipment that we cannot accept for $5 a pair.
- No climbing ropes, harnesses, or carabiners.
- Car toppers, roof racks, etc. must have all parts and keys to locks.
- Clothing and footwear must be clean. No socks or hats.
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We, the Billerica, MA locksmiths are now prepared to serve you skillfully with our reliable services that will do away with your door lock problems for good. Every time your door locks jam, do not destroy them. Instead, leave the work to the emergency locksmiths in Billerica, MA where we are only a call away, and we’ll fixed the issue as if it didn’t transpired in the first place. We have the latest gear we use to unlock jammed doors in houses and offices. Our reliable 24 hour locksmiths in Billerica, MA work twenty-four hours a day to unlock jammed locks. Our licensed cheap locksmiths in Billerica, MA get rid of damaged keys from ignitions at a reasonable and affordable cost. If you want to experience skilled and efficient locksmith services, give us a ring now.
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors and defense lawyers rested their cases Friday in the trial of a former University of Illinois student who could get the federal death penalty if convicted of killing a scholar from China.
Brendt Christensen told a judge that he understood his right to testify but would remain silent. The News-Gazette reports that closing arguments were set for Monday in federal court in Peoria, Illinois.
Christensen’s lawyers have told jurors that he killed Yingying Zhang in 2017, but they dispute some details about why he did it. They’re hoping they can persuade the jury to reject a death sentence if he’s convicted.
Defense lawyers called his ex-wife, Michelle Zortman, as a witness. She told jurors that Christensen showed her a blood stain on a mattress and claimed it was from a bloody nose.
Zortman acknowledged that she stays in contact with him because “he was the biggest person in my life for most of a decade.”
Jurors also watched a video of Christensen during a counseling session in March 2017, a few months before Zhang disappeared. He said he gets little sleep, doesn’t have friends and spend his time with his wife. He talked about his interest in serial killers, especially Ted Bundy.
“I do not see a path from where I’m in,” said Christensen, who didn’t get a doctorate degree. “Maybe it will appear one day.”
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Galfo, second tenor and one of the founding members of the original Mystics, is also the only original member that is heard
on all the recordings found on the 16 Golden Classics album.
Galfo looks back with pride as he continues a new chapter. In keeping the music alive, George has formed his own celebrated
group. Joining George are Mike Miller ( former lead singer of Harmonystreet), Joe Neary (former First tenor of
Reunion and Bits and Pieces and who can be heard as the first tenor on Dion's last two recordings), and Joel Starr (The Five
Sharks, The Excellents, Risky Business and Goodfellas). The sound of George Galfo's Mystics harbor the soft breezes
of harmony perfection.
will find more information on George, Joe, Mike and Joel along with the history of the original Mystics on their official web site.
2005 - I hope you all will join us in welcoming the newest addition to George Galfo's Mystics - Joel Starr. You can
find out more about Joel at George Galfo's Mystics website. We are sorry to see Shelly Brill leave (for personal reasons).
We'll miss you Shelly!
Track One Audio (go here to listen to audio interviews with George Galfo and others)
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After the Wentworth by-election, the Liberal Party's gender balance problems continue
Unchained from any ministerial responsibilities, former federal deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop recently declared it "not acceptable" that just 25 per cent of the party's federal MPs are women.
It was far from a call for gender quotas, but it was a clear acknowledgment of a problem that an increasing number in party ranks desperately believe needs to be addressed.
Ms Bishop would be acutely aware that in her home state of WA, the situation is even more dire.
After the WA Liberals' wipe-out at last year's state election, their number of female MPs could be counted on one hand, with a few fingers to spare.
A snap by-election this year delivered the Liberals one more female MP, and women now make up four of the 23 members the party has in both houses of State Parliament — just over 17 per cent.
It's a problem WA Liberal Leader Mike Nahan and Deputy Liza Harvey acknowledge is not a good look and unlikely to help them woo the 50 per cent of voters who are women.
Federal Labor has long had quotas in place and nearly half of all the party's MPs are women.
But both Dr Nahan and Ms Harvey this week again ruled out the adoption of quotas to help get more women into the WA Parliament.
Women snubbed in blue-ribbon seats
Dr Nahan argued having quotas would be difficult because of the Liberals' "grassroots" preselection system, which allows individual branches to select candidates.
Instead of adopting a systemic intervention, he has chosen a more coercive approach to fix the problem.
Dr Nahan said he, Ms Harvey and other party heavyweights continued to talk to every WA branch and division and "urged them, encouraged them and lobbied them to give a weight to gender balance in the selection of candidates" as they head towards to the next state poll in 2021.
"As a leader I'm putting immense weight and effort into getting greater gender balance — it's a necessity, not an option," Dr Nahan said.
"When we move towards the next term I will be doing my best to ensure we have a greater range of women as our candidates, and including in winnable seats."
But most Liberals who want to address the problem agree this is not going to happen if women are only selected to contest marginal seats.
Earlier this year, the WA Liberals had the opportunity to preselect a woman for former premier Colin Barnett's blue-ribbon seat of Cottesloe.
Ahead of the preselection, Dr Nahan had publicly declared he wanted selectors to consider "youth, gender, diversity and ability" when picking the Cottesloe candidate.
Ms Harvey went further and personally endorsed 40-year-old BHP senior lawyer Emma Roberts, who was an early frontrunner for the seat.
But party members thumbed their noses at both leaders' wishes by endorsing 59-year-old David Honey, a senior Alcoa executive.
Liberal preselectors opt for men
A similar scenario played out this week in the federal arena, during the hotly contested preselection battle for former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's leafy blue-ribbon seat of Wentworth.
Former Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma emerged victorious, despite the fact Prime Minister Scott Morrison had publicly lobbied for a female candidate, and deputy mayor of Woollahra Katherine O'Regan was widely considered the frontrunner.
The result also came after former acting Liberal Party director Andrew Bragg — who had been considered a frontrunner to win Liberal preselection for the seat — had bowed out of the race, declaring the party needed to pick a woman.
Both the Cottesloe and Wentworth scenarios appear to show Liberal preselectors don't take kindly to being urged by their party leaders to consider women, and won't shy away from publicly slapping them down if they attempt to do so.
In the fallout from both Cottesloe and Wentworth, both Dr Nahan and Mr Morrison backed the final decisions of preselectors and talked up the quality of the triumphant male candidates.
An impassioned quota call ignored
For the Liberals, the timing of the Wentworth preselection could not have been worse.
The party is already fracturing on a number of fronts, including over claims from within about its poor treatment of women and concerns about gender imbalance.
Just hours before the selection of Mr Sharma, outgoing Liberal MP and former corporate lawyer Julia Banks had used a late-night speech in Federal Parliament to call for quotas, saying they were the only way to ensure equal representation in the party.
She said quotas would be a "reset mechanism" that "would create a level playing field."
"It seems that quotas are only resisted when they are related to gender," Ms Banks said.
"Quotas are not demeaning to women and nor will women be regarded as the 'quota girl'."
A 'flawed' meritocracy
Those in the Liberal Party who continue to oppose quotas — and they are the majority — argue candidates should be preselected on merit rather than gender.
The party has a target of reaching 50 per cent elected female MPs by 2025, but even federal president Nick Greiner has conceded that is unlikely to be reached.
Ms Banks argued targets did not work in politics, and the meritocracy argument was "completely and utterly flawed."
"There are an equal number of meritorious women out there in the real world as there are men, but they won't come if the barriers to entry and mountains to climb are too high," she said.
Recent experience shows that the coercion and lobbying of Liberal preselectors by the party's leaders is failing to get more women preselected into winnable seats.
The male and female Liberals calling for gender quotas are acutely aware that, until a more interventionist approach is taken, the party will remain out of step with community expectations about gender balance, and as such will struggle to increase its female vote.
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The park is a top UK site for ancient trees and supports a variety of rare species including fungi, birds, beetles, bats, grasses and wildflowers. Discover the woodland gardens of Isabella Plantation, refuel the tea rooms at Pembroke Lodge and enjoy distant views of St Paul's Cathedral from King Henry's Mound. Try your hand at power kiting, horse riding or golf, or hire a bike along the Tamsin Trail for some off-road cycling. Did you know that? Richmond Park has protected status as an important wildlife habitat and is a National Nature Reserve, London's largest Special Scientific Interest Site, and a European Special Conservation Area. Richmond Park is one of the eight Royal Parks in London, covering an area of 2,500 acres.
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When you’re with Barry Switzer you enjoy life…because he does.
With his warm personality and endless stories, coach Switzer knows how keep your attention.
Whether it’s stories about his bootlegger daddy or memento’s from a storied history coaching the Sooners, Barry knows how to entertain.
But some of his favorite moments these days are far away from the fast-paced hard charging memories of his famous football days or other life accomplishments.
Walking his dog, enjoying a cool fall morning on the campus where he became famous.
Just being able to walk without pain is like an 80-yard touchdown run for Barry because about a year ago, things were a lot different.
“I couldn’t walk 300 yards. I was bent over, crooked.” Switzer said. “I looked like a cripple.”
At first he thought it was his back that his given him trouble for years.
Doctors found that wasn’t the problem, it was his hip.
They had a suggestion.
“Really the best surgery is the one Linda Cavanaugh had, the anterior approach surgery,” Barry recalls the doctors saying.
That’s right: the same surgery Channel 4’s own Linda Cavanaugh had three years ago.
We chronicled Linda’s journey to California for, what was then, a ground-breaking hip surgery procedure that was less invasive and required a lot less recovery time.
Dr. Brad Reddick, a native Oklahoman, learned the operation and performed it on Switzer.
He was up and walking a mile just a week after the surgery.
He could stand straight, he felt good and looked good.
He dropped 15 pounds and had a new spring in his step.
Switzer is now telling everyone about the benefits of the anterior approach to hip surgery and hip replacement and is recommending it to all his friends who need hip surgery.
He said he feels like a new man.
So you could say, despite being 75 years old, Barry Switzer is hip!
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Early hopes of quick returns from General Motors' (NYSE:GM) November IPO have been dashed, other than for those who already sold at the right time. The post-bankruptcy shares debuted in November at $33, peaked at $39.48 on January 6, and are at $31.58 as of the July 8 closing. So are the shares, with an extraordinary low P/E ratio of 5.58, a bargain at a sub-IPO price? My view is that the shares represent strong long-term value, but with considerable risk that they won’t go much above current levels for a while.
Reconstitution of management team is still early
GM’s management team drove the company off a cliff in the late 2000s. Just how early the company is in transforming its leadership can be seen by comparison to perennial competitor Ford Motor (NYSE:F). When Alan Mulally came to Ford in 2006 after a 36-year career in aerospace, skepticism that someone from outside the auto industry could run a car company abounded. Five years later, Mulally is entrenched at the automotive giant he turned around, with Mark Fields, a career Ford executive tapped as executive vice president and president for the Americas just before Mulally arrived, now long established in a key turnaround role.
Though also from outside the auto industry, GM chairman/CEO Dan Akerson has had many stops in his career, working at MCI, Nextel (purchased by Sprint (NYSE:S) in 2005), XO Communications (OTC:XOHO), and then at noted private equity firm the Carlyle Group. Consequently, whether he intends to serve as a long-term CEO is not yet firmly established. Akerson is also at a much earlier stage in positioning key insiders to lead the turnaround, having just appointed Mary Barra as senior vice president, global product development, in January. This is not to say Akerson is doing anything wrong, but that the leadership turnaround at GM is still beginning.
The truck inventory problem
The new “bad story” at GM is that dealers have too many trucks hanging around their lots, namely an inventory of 122 days in June versus 79 days for Ford. This spooks analysts because it seems like earlier truck down-cycles from high gas prices, which eventually helped sink the company. The current overstocks occurred at least partially because GM intended to build up inventories to meet consumer demand, but it may also be because buyers don’t want the trucks.
Corporate Average Fuel Economy ("CAFE") statistics maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are illuminating. The average CAFE mileage of a light truck in the GM line up is 23.2 miles per gallon (mpg). For Ford it’s 24.3 mpg, Toyota (NYSE:TM) 24.7, and Honda (NYSE:HMC) 25.4. So it stands to reason that higher gas prices from the unrest in the Middle East, coupled with reduced consumer demand from the sputtering economic recovery, are to blame for the bloated inventories.
There are many good stories about GM. The Chevy Cruze compact has been a hit, topping U.S. sales in June, a major milestone for a U.S. carmaker. A sub-compact Chevy Sonic is on the way; favorable tax treatment of legacy issues may provide billions in windfalls; and a host of other legacy challenges — including excess dealers, over-branding, and various union issues — have been substantially addressed.
But the truck problem may be around for a while, and that could drag on GM’s overall performance because light trucks have historically been more profitable per unit than small cars. The company intends to issue a revamped Silverado in 2014, and both GM and Ford will be hustling to meet a new 2016 30 mpg CAFE standard for light trucks. But for now, it’s hard to see GM shedding its competitive disadvantage on the trucks until late 2013 when the 2014 line up comes out.
How much of an albatross the truck legacy will be is likely to depend on macroeconomic factors. Obviously, improved consumer demand and lower gas prices would help. But the bottom line is that the truck line up makes GM’s shares more vulnerable to rising oil prices than Ford’s.
Conclusion: Short-term uncertainty, good long-term theory
In the near term, the light truck factor makes GM a bet that good economic news is on the way. In the long-term, the shares are a wager that GM can complete its management turnaround to plug the remaining legacy vulnerabilities. There is no glaring reason to believe it can’t; accomplishments from the bankruptcy provide a head start, and the truck inventories have brought the shares down to value levels. But the truck problem may drag or recur until revamped models debut in two-plus years, so the shares are best suited for patient investors.
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Updating zone files on primary dns
To solve this dilemma, a system was developed whereby people can use "friendly" names that are then translated automatically into IP addresses that computers use to locate each other and to communicate. Before the advent of DNS, HOSTS files were used for name resolution, but as the Internet quickly grew in size and popularity, HOSTS files became impossible to maintain and keep current.
When the Internet community realized there was a need for a more manageable, scalable, and efficient name-resolution system, DNS was created.
Master Server will resolve the names for every hosts which we defined in the zone database and use UDP protocol, because UDP protocols never use the acknowledgement process while tcp uses acknowledgement.
DNS servers also use UDP protocols to resolve the query request at the earliest. (dot) at the end of the say to search the root server of namespace.
Zone transfers between the primary and secondary name servers will occur over TCP port 53. Zone files can be modified on the primary name servers.Having a thorough understanding of the topics presented here is important to both the exam and on-the-job success.Each machine on a computer network is assigned a unique network address.If they don’t have info about such requested query they will pass the request to the Top Level domain (TLD), if TLD say I don’t know the request, may be the authoritative server know your request, it will forward to authoritative servers, here only defined as address .56.In mean time authoritative server will give the answer to TLD and TLD will pass to root server and root will provide the info to browser, hence the browser will cache the DNS request for future use.
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Meteor storms, earthquakes and tidal waves devastate the Earth, causing 90 percent of the worlds population to perish. The sky has been blocked out by ash, yielding little sunlight. In a world ravaged by a domino effect of catastrophic events, those lucky enough to survive are divided into warring factions fighting to drive the direction of a new civilization.
As the CO of an army you must defeat the enemy army by either destroying all their units or taking over there HQ building, although dependant on the stage there could be further rules of victory. Each stage brings a new map, and challenge, as the CO of the army you will need to take control of your units and understand there strengths and weaknesses in order to attack the enemy efficiently.
Strategy fans will rejoice over the long-awaited inclusion of Wi-Fi play, which adds depth and re-playability. Use Nintendo WiFi Connection and battle against a friend halfway across the world, or use the map editor to create, trade and battle on your own custom maps.
More than 60 exciting single player missions.
Within Story Mode, players can play through an additional 38 Trial stages. Although independent of the Story Mode, the Trial stages add much to the game play challenge and depth.
New strategies also emerge by way of the Command one. For the first time, a Commanding Officer can enter one of the units, and by doing this, he or she creates a Command Zone.
Create your own maps and share them with your friends or upload them to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
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Youth Fall Retreat 2023
FALL RETREAT 2023
November 17 – November 19, 2023
We are so excited for our Annual United Youth Fall Retreat! This retreat is open to all 7th – 12th Graders, and we will be headed to Look Up Lodge!
We will meet at the church on Friday Nov. 17 at 5:30PM. We will return to the church at 3:30PM/4PM on Sunday, Nov. 19.
Registration for 2023 Fall Retreat, will open on October 1, 2023.
Registration Closes on Sunday, November 5, at midnight.
Cost? $185.00 for food, lodging, transportation, activities, etc. A youth is not considered to be registered until payment is made in full.
The 2023 Fall Retreat Packing List & 2023 Fall Retreat First Aid List is Coming SOON! (If your youth is allergic to any of the medication on our first aid list, and needs something different in case of emergency, please be sure to pack those items for your youth.)
Print, complete, and return these forms to a member of the youth staff for your registration to be finalized:
REMINDERS: We always try to accommodate youth and families as much as possible. Here are some reminders about our retreats.
- If your youth is going to need to arrive late or leave early for Fall Retreat, please notify Pastor Corey in advance and complete the necessary transportation paperwork.
- If your child has any special dietary needs or medications, please help us by letting us know in advance.
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WSU Pullman Community,
Your safety is important. Every year college and university communities across the country receive reports of students being drugged at social gatherings. Such conduct has no place within the WSU community.
We encourage any student who has information about this kind of behavior to contact WSU’s Compliance and Civil Rights (CCR) office or local law enforcement at 509-332-2521 or email email@example.com. If you are afraid to speak out, please know you can request a consultation with CCR during which you can learn about protections for reporters and university processes before deciding how much information you are willing to share. Information you are willing to share may help prevent future incidents. If you would like to share information anonymously, visit CCR’s Reporting Form and please provide as much detailed information as possible.
Cougs look out for Cougs. Help keep your community safe by supporting your friends:
- Stick together.
- Look out for signs of drugging which include dizziness, disorientation, amnesia, and loss of consciousness.
- Do not drink from open containers and avoid putting your drink down.
- If you suspect that you or a friend has been drugged, contact 911 or visit Pullman Regional Hospital and request a urine screening test.
- Report suspicious behavior aimed at the potential use of a drug to facilitate a sexual assault. If you see something, say something.
- Be a heroic bystander using tools you have learned in Coug Connect.
Keep in mind that the most used “drug” to facilitate rape is alcohol. To learn more about alcohol safety and drinking responsibly, participate in programming from Health Promotion. If you need help addressing alcohol or drug abuse, please reach out to Counseling and Psychological Services. You can also learn about violence prevention by participating in Count on Cougs at WSU. If you feel like you or any student needs additional care or support, you can refer them or request support for yourself through the Student Care Network.
Please Stay safe!
WSU Office of the Dean of Students
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SENECA CHIEF AND ORATOR OTETIANI, ALSO SAGOYEWATHA (RED JACKET) DIED
Born circa 1750-51, near current Branchport, New York (NY), his given name was Otetiani. As chief, he took the name Sagoyewatha, meaning “He keeps them awake.” The name “Red Jacket” came from a British coat given to him after the Revolutionary War. He was a splendid orator. Claiming publicly to be opposed to land sales, he secretly signed cessions in 1787, 1788 & 1790. In 1792, George Washington, finalizing a treaty with the Six Nations, gave him a silver medal which he wore until his death. Red Jacket, in 1810, alerted Indian agents to Tecumseh’s efforts to enlist the aid of the Senecas. In the War of 1812, the Senecas allied with the Americans. Accused by Chief Joseph Brant of cowardice before Gen. John Sullivan’s troops in 1779, Red Jacket allegedly showed bravery at Fort George in 1813. During the 1820s, he lost prestige due to drinking but was reinstated as a chief through U.S. intercession. He died at Seneca Village, Buffalo, NY.
Sources: “Red Jacket, Seneca Chief,” Britannica. Retrieved 2/24/2021, Red Jacket | Seneca chief | Britannica “Red Jacket,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Retrieved 2/24/2021, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Red-Jacket - Wikisource, the free online library Wikipedia Painting: C.B. King; 1835. Chromolithograph by Corbould; printed by C. Hallmandel. Public Domain. Source: Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.05086.
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Protecting the Canada Warbler at both ends of its epic journey
The Canada Warbler migrates more than 10,000 kilometres a year, from Canada and the United States to the forests of South America. Find out how our Colombian Partner is using a local grassroots approach to support an Americas-wide action plan to protect the species.
Each year, one of the biggest wonders of the natural world occurs: bird migration. You may be surprised to learn that of the 11,000+ species of birds that exist, one in five is considered migratory. Some of these species make really incredible trips. The Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis flies more than 10,000 kilometres every year from Canada and the United States to the humid cloud forests of South America, coming to rest across Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and northern Peru.
Eliana Fierro, a biologist at Asociación Calidris (BirdLife in Colombia), explains that the threats facing this tiny voyager are different at each end of its journey: “[At their breeding sites], agrochemicals are harming the insects they feed on. While here in their wintering area, the main problem is deforestation. When these birds arrive in South America, they rely on forests 500 – 2000 meters above sea level. But often they arrive to find that there is no forest anymore.”
Because of its wide distribution, all efforts to protect the Canada Warbler must cross borders. From 2004 – 2017, around 30 organisations from all over the Americas joined forces to develop the Canada Warbler Full Life Cycle Action Plan, bringing together research on threats the species faces in each country. Fierro explains: “The plan first started at the breeding sites, coordinated by Nature Canada and Birdlife. Then we decided to include the wintering grounds, and the construction of the complete cycle action plan for the species began.” As part of this process, Asociación Calidris became the Species Guardian in Colombia.
Their first step focused on raising awareness of the species; not only among birdwatchers, but also among the owners of farms that host the species every year. "We are currently working in the Western Cordillera in two very specific locations: Dapa [in the village of Chicoral] and Villa Carmelo," explains Eliana Fierro. Chicoral village is located at the highest part of the Bitaco district in the municipality of La Cumbre. Whereas Valle del Cauca can be found on the Pacific slope of the Western mountain range.
Asociación Calidris staff met with the owners of the two properties and explained what the Canada Warbler is, informing them about their life cycle, their migratory routes and why their lands are so important in conserving the species. Workshops and periodic meetings with the owners followed. "From these meetings, they decided what to do with their properties. They learned about where trees could be planted, how they could improve their lands, and the opportunity to plant ‘living fences’", says Eliana Fierro. In November 2019, both landowners agreed to plant around 800 trees on their farms, creating much-needed habitat for the species.
Over time, the Canada Warbler has become a firm friend of the landowners that receive it every year. Their epic journeys are an inspiration for the farmers, who now see beyond the bird’s small and shy exterior and understand where it has come from, how long will stay and when it will set off once again on its epic voyage.
“The Canada Warbler is an excellent ‘umbrella species’: protecting it will benefit the rest of the bird community. It seems very incredible to people that such a small bird can travel so much and still get there,” concludes Fierro.
Swarovski Optik is the BirdLife Species Champion for the Canada Warbler.
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Early MorningBack to Meetings
Friday, to 8:00 AM
This meeting is open and anyone may attend.
Weather Permitting. Bring own chair, coffee. Seasonal through Labor Day
***Note: No bathroom facilities.
- Updated Sunday, April 5th, 2020
4 other meetings at this location
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Address a Annual General Meeting, IATA Director General and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said "Recent reports from IATA has indicate that the carriers of the MENA have grown from 5 percent to 11 percent in the term of global traffic. Planned aircraft purchases will support this growth in future and also helps in the expansion of global aviation community."
"The financial situation of the MENA carriers is improving and we are expecting the region to make $40 million profits this year, " he added.
"A modern approach is helping in the growth of aviation community. While demand is in line for a 21 percent increase over last year, the capacity increase has been limited to 15.9 percent," said Bisignani.
"For 2011, IATA expects a fall in global profitability to $5.3 billion from the $8.9 billion that airlines are expected to make in 2010. IATA expects MENA carriers to follow the trend with a reduced 2011 regional profit of $300 million, " he added.
In the session Bisignani also highlighted the main challenges needed for the growth of the aviation community that is- Safety, Infrastructure, Technology for Simplifying the Business, Government Involvement and
IATA is an international industry trade group of airlines and its mission is to represent, lead, and serve the airline industry. IATA represents some 230 airlines comprising 93 percent of scheduled international air traffic.
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Before the pandemic, blood drives at businesses, churches and other sites were the biggest source of donated blood in the New York area. Now, blood drives have almost completely stopped.
In April alone, blood center officials point out that donations in the area it covers dwindled to 14,000. In a typical month, they will collect twice that many.
"Starting this past Thursday, we are going into communities and schedule some mobile events. So, we only had two last week - a far cry from the 600 a month when we are under normal operations," said Andrea Cafarelli.
They hope to schedule more in the coming weeks. In the meantime, they urge donors to visit one of the 19 permanent centers on their website.
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Manhattan, NY – Standing side-by-side, two New York state lawmakers announced their intention to propose a bill that would increase the penalties for gun owners who allow others to use their guns to commit crimes.
NYS Senator Eric Adams and State Assemblyman David Weprin said if this bill passes, those gun owners could face 25 years in prison if convicted.
Hours earlier, President Obama gave an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press, where he called the day of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, “The worst day of my presidency.”
Obama told NBC’s David Gregory that gun control is a priority. When asked his reaction to the National Rifle Association’s call for Congress to find funds to put an armed guard in every school across the nation, the President said, “I’m skeptical that the only answer is putting more guns in schools,” Obama said. “And I think the vast majority of the American people are skeptical that that somehow is going to solve our problem.”
Obama says he expects to pass new gun legislation within the first year of his second term.
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The Crowdfunding Revolution: Social Networking Meets Venture Financing
The Crowdfunding Revolution
Review and Analysis of Lawton and Marom's Book
The must-read summary of Kevin Lawton and Dan Marom’s book: “The Crowdfunding Revolution: Social Networking Meets Venture Financing”.
This complete summary of the ideas from Kevin Lawton and Dan Marom’s book “The Crowdfunding Revolution” shows that crowdfunding is an innovative, collaborative way to fund projects: it is the fusion of social networking and venture capitalism to obtain funding for worthy causes, get capital for companies in exchange for an equity stake or to pre-sell items to fund production costs. In their book, the authors suggest that crowdfunding has the potential to be even more successful than traditional methods. This summary explains how you can take advantage of collective IQ and wallets, and how to implement this new type of investment model.
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If This Be Error
Marrying the sister of a deceased wife was illegal in Victorian England.
In October 1875, the Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt asked the popular novelist Mrs Craik to chaperone his fiancée, Edith Waugh, to Switzerland for their impending nuptials. The groom was 48, the bride 27, both were upstanding citizens; why would they need to flee to the Continent to be married? The answer was that Hunt had been married to Edith’s sister, Fanny, who had died almost ten years earlier.
The proposed marriage was illegal in England under the Marriage Act of 1835, which had the support of the established Anglican church. It prohibited a widower from marrying his wife’s sister on the grounds of a passage in Leviticus, which suggested that such a relationship was incestuous (the same biblical extract Henry VIII had used to cast doubt on his marriage to Catherine of Aragon). If husband and wife were made one flesh upon marriage, then sleeping with your sister-in-law was incestuous, or so the reasoning went. The statute did not annul previous marriages: simply, a type of marriage that was legal in 1834 became illegal in 1835 and was to remain so throughout Victoria’s reign.
The law came up for repeal in Parliament in 1856, 1858, 1859, 1870 and 1871 and a decades-long controversy was fuelled by endless pamphlets and speeches. Matthew Arnold found marriage to one’s deceased wife’s sister repugnant. In Culture and Anarchy (1869) he wrote that the man who sought to ignore the law sacrificed ‘for the satisfaction of his ordinary self, his spiritual and intellectual life and liberty’. In the US, however, the eminent lawyer Joseph Story claimed that these unions between in-laws were ‘the very best sort of marriages’ and that nothing was more common in America. On the whole, public opinion supported these marriages, which were legal in the US, in Europe and even accepted by non-Anglicans in England.
Those who fought for repeal pointed out that it was natural that a woman might help her sister’s widower bring up any children and that marriage was likely to ensue from such arrangements. In fact, marriage would make the fact of a young woman living with a widower more respectable, while an aunt was likely to be an ideal, loving stepmother. The law, reformers argued, was most harmful to the poor, as a working-class widower who could not afford a servant was likely to have his sister-in-law help with the children. Unlike the Hunts, working-class couples could not afford to go to the Continent to marry, but could, and did, go to London or a parish where their story was unknown and perjure themselves in order to be wed.
Mrs Craik was a particularly good candidate to chaperone a young woman to such a controversial marriage. Not only did she have a spotless reputation herself as the author of novels suitable for the whole family to read (such as John Halifax, Gentleman in 1856), but she had also written a didactic novel, Hannah (1871), about the bill four years earlier, the last time it had come up in Parliament. Craik was attuned to the political urgency of her subject and hoped her novel would make help sway popular opinion. She pleaded with her publisher, Hurst and Blackett, to publish the novel by May to catch the session in Parliament. She thought the reformers had a chance: ‘I was told last night by the solicitor to the Society for promoting the bill that they mean this session to make a great struggle – as Gladstone, Bright the Archbishop – & Bishop Temple – are all on their side.’ The statute was not repealed, but Craik’s novel was well received by the public.
The Hunts were not alone in their wish to marry. A survey of 1847, which did not include London, found more than 1,100 cases of such marriages. Some legal experts estimated that there must be 13 times as many marriages as this survey suggested and that 40,000 children resulting from such marriages could be deemed illegitimate by law.
Like many men who sought to marry their deceased wife’s sister, Hunt was not in the throes of youthful passion, but a 48-year-old widower with a young son. Hunt and Edith’s older sister, Fanny, had been married for just a week short of a year when she died of miliary fever following childbirth on 20 December 1866. The pair had been en route to the East; she died in Florence, far away from family and friends. Hunt was heartbroken and plunged himself into work. Seven years later he became engaged to her younger sister Edith.
The situation had been years in the making when Hunt wrote to Mrs Craik begging her assistance in this delicate matter. The engagement had at first been a secret, Hunt explained, because of all the trouble the pair experienced ‘from the prejudices of people who are pleased to confound morals and fashion’. He hoped that Mrs Craik would be sympathetic, having ‘full confidence’ in her ‘kind feeling’. Hunt wrote to her not only as an author but as a friend; the pair had first met when her brother Tom had studied with Hunt at the Royal Academy.
The marriage was by all accounts a success, as Craik had foreseen when she watched the couple interact with her young daughter, Dorothy, on the passage overseas: ‘He is so gentle – wonderful – wonderful – and good. She admirably practical and kind. & loves him so. They’ll do.’ Such a marriage seemed proof of the injustice of the prohibition against marrying your deceased wife’s sister. The statute was repealed in 1907, at which point the Hunts had been married for more than 30 years. Previous bills had passed the Commons but failed in the Lords. The scholar Margaret Rose Gullette suggests that, during Victoria’s reign, there were simply too many bishops in the House of Lords who stood to lose face if they backed down from their interpretation of Leviticus. By 1907, it seems, the public was ready to have the legality of marriage determined by Parliament rather than the Anglican Church.
Karen Bourrier is assistant professor of English at the University of Calgary.
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(Click to enlarge photo of Srila Prabhupada)
"Real religion is love, how to love God. That is real religion. Dharma, what is that? Yato bhaktir... Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo (SB 1.2.6). There are different kinds of dharma, or religious system. But real religious system means how we have learned to love God. That's all. Nothing more. No ritualistic ceremony, no formula, nothing. If your heart is always crying for God, that is perfect religion. That is perfect religion. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvam: 'Oh, without Kṛṣṇa, I am feeling the whole world is vacant.' Vacant, yes. So we have to come to that stage. Of course, it is not possible for all of us, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu showed us how to become highest religious person. That is to feel always, 'Oh, without Kṛṣṇa, everything is vacant. Śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvaṁ govinda viraheṇa me. That is dharma, that is dharma."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Los Angeles, June 5, 1976)
"There are so many stages. But here is the highest status: govinda-viraheṇa me. Yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa. 'For want of Govinda, I am thinking one moment as twelve years.' Yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣāyitam. 'I'm crying like torrents of rain from my eyes.' This is the highest necessity. This is also necessity. Yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛ..., śūnyāyitaṁ jagat sarvam. 'I don't see anything. Everything is vacant.' And that we have experience. If somebody whom you love very much, he dies, you think, 'I don't want anything. World is vacant.' I've no necessity but Kṛṣṇa. This is also necessity. So we have to see first of all necessity, then quality of necessity. This is knowledge. There is no necessity, means dull matter. Similarly, when there is no necessity of God, one is in the lowest stage of life, narādhama, animals, less than animal, narādhama, at least, lowest of mankind. If he does not feel the necessity of God, that means lowest of the mankind. Necessity of Caitanya Mahāprabhu also... Yugāyitaṁ nimeṣeṇa cakṣuṣā prāvṛṣay... A Vaiṣṇava says that 'I have no more necessity.' But he has no more necessity of this false necessities, material world."
(Srila Prabhupada Morning Walk, Honolulu, May 28, 1976)
"Love means, 'I enjoy or not enjoy, I love you.' That is love. Just like Cowper said, 'England, with all thy faults, I love you.' That is love. There is no return. Just like Rādhārāṇī's love to Kṛṣṇa. She does not require any return. You see? Kṛṣṇa left Vṛndāvana, Rādhārāṇī, and their whole life remained simply crying for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa never returned. But still, they loved Kṛṣṇa. That is love. That love is being shown by Caitanya Mahāprabhu: 'Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is Kṛṣṇa?' That's Rādhārāṇī's separation, love in separation. So love means without any return, without any sense gratification, without any consideration. That is love. Āśliṣya. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's... Āśliṣya vā pāda-ratāṁ pinaṣṭu mām adarśanān marma-hatāṁ karotu vā (CC Antya 20.47). The lover is saying to the beloved, 'Either you embrace me with love or you kick me, trample me down under Your feet. And if You make me brokenhearted without meeting me, so whatever You like, You can do. Still I love You.' That is love. That is only possible to love Kṛṣṇa. That is not materially possible."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Boston, May 4, 1968)
"Lord Caitanya taught people in general the method of vipralambha-sevā, which is the method of rendering service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the feeling of separation. The six Gosvāmīs also taught worship of Kṛṣṇa in the feeling of the gopīs in separation. The prayers composed by Śrīnivāsācārya about the Gosvāmīs explain these matters very clearly. Śrīnivāsācārya said that the Gosvāmīs were always absorbed in the ocean of transcendental feelings in the mood of the gopīs. When they lived in Vṛndāvana they were searching for Kṛṣṇa, crying, 'Where are You, Kṛṣṇa? O gopīs, where are You? Where are You, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?' They never said, 'We have now seen Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and therefore our mission is fulfilled.' Their mission remained always unfulfilled; they never met Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa."
(Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 47)
"When the gopīs were talking in this way, their feelings for Kṛṣṇa became more and more intense, and they were experiencing Kṛṣṇa’s smiling, Kṛṣṇa’s words of love, Kṛṣṇa’s attractive features, Kṛṣṇa’s characteristics and Kṛṣṇa’s embraces. By the force of their ecstatic feelings, it appeared to them that Kṛṣṇa was personally present and dancing before them. Because of their sweet remembrance of Kṛṣṇa, they could not check their tears, and they cried without consideration."
(Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 65)
"That is another bliss, to feel separation from Kṛṣṇa. Everything, either you meet or you separate, the bliss is there. Crying for Kṛṣṇa is better bliss."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Gorakhpur, February 6, 1971)
"He rādhe vraja-devike ca lalite he nanda-sūno kutaḥ (Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka 8): 'Oh, where is Rādhārāṇī? Where You are? Where are Your friends, Lalitā and Viśākhā? Where is Nanda, son of Mahārāja Nanda, Kṛṣṇa?' Śrī-govardhana-kalpa-pādapa-tale kālindī-vane kutaḥ: 'Where are You? Are You near the Govardhana Hill or in the forest on the bank of the Yamunā?' Ghoṣantāv iti khedair mahā-vihvalau. They are crying, 'Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is Kṛṣṇa? Where is Rādhārāṇī? Where is...?' They're crying: ghoṣantāv iti sarvato vraja-pure khedair mahā-vihvalau. Mad. Mad after. Vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau. This is the process of kṛṣṇa-bhajana. Not that 'I've seen just last night Kṛṣṇa dancing with the gopīs.' It is not so easy."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Vrindavan, August 12, 1974)
"In the beginning, sādhana-bhakti must be there. Then when you get attachment for Kṛṣṇa, that is called rāga-bhakti. And the more you increase your attachment for Kṛṣṇa, then it will come to the stage of prema-bhakti. You don't become kṛṣṇa-premī all of a sudden. 'Now I have become kṛṣṇa-premī. Let me cry.' And then, after crying, 'Oh, my throat is now dried up. Give me cigarette.' This kind of bhakti has no value. You'll see so many sahajiyās, professionals: they can cry, but they have no love for Kṛṣṇa."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, Calcutta, January 25, 1973)
"Devotees, having no shelter other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, naturally cry to Him for help, exactly like children who do not know anything but the protection of their parents."
(Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 28)
"By chanting without offenses, the devotee cries to Radharani and Krsna to please lift him out of the material energy and put him into the spiritual energy, which is devotional service."
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, July 20, 1973)
"Lord Caitanya also desired that 'a moment will appear unto me as twelve years of time, and the whole world will appear to me as vacant on account of not seeing You, my dear Lord.' One should feelingly pray and become eager to render his particular type of service to the Lord. This is the teaching of all great devotees, especially Lord Caitanya.
In other words, one should learn how to cry for the Lord. One should learn this small technique, and he should be very eager and actually cry to become engaged in some particular type of service. This is called laulyam, and such tears are the price for the highest perfection. If one develops this laulyam, or excessive eagerness for meeting and serving the Lord in a particular way, that is the price to enter into the kingdom of God. Otherwise, there is no material calculation for the value of the ticket by which one can enter the kingdom of God. The only price for such entrance is this laulyam lālasā-mayī, or desire and great eagerness."
(Nectar of Devotion, Chapter 9)
"Actually, the perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness can be culminated in the shedding of tears from the eyes."
(Kṛṣṇa Book, Chapter 21)
"This crying is the last word in the progressive path of devotional service. One who can cry for the Lord in love is certainly successful in the line of devotional service."
(Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.4.35, Purport)
"The three words, namely Hara, Krishna and Rama, are transcendental seeds of the maha-mantra, and the chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His internal energy, Hara, for giving protection to the conditioned soul. The chanting is exactly like a genuine cry by the child for the mother. Mother Hara helps in achieving the grace of the supreme father, Hari, or Krishna, and the Lord reveals Himself to such a sincere devotee.
No other means, therefore, of spiritual realization is as effective in this age, as chanting the maha-mantra:
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare "
(Happening Album, 1966)
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The Art of Programming
And what better way to apply that skill than by actually creating! Yes, programmers create code; we imagine, design and develop a solution for a problem or request.
The programmers’ misunderstood world is a huge environment of variables going through processes to get a result. But that’s not all. There are many ways to get there and each programmer has their own way. Not to mention, there are a lot of programming paradigms and languages to use to design a solution.
But that doesn’t mean all developers are programmers, just like not all linguists are writers. It’s not the same to just use code to solve a problem as it is to use your very own style to analyze all possible solutions and recreate what you visualized in your mind.
“First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.” — John Johnson
Even though we don’t create it to be a visual visual delight for others to admire, we can find the beauty in the awesome way code works — on its functionality, on its efficiency. Each part of the code assembled together creates a whole engine that processes information in many ways until we get what is needed.
In my experience, when I understand other programmers’ code, it’s like getting into their minds and seeing the world as they do. It’s like changing my point of view.
Programming is so magical that you even dream about it. Sometimes, when there seems not to be a solution, when you think you tried everything, late in the night the answer suddenly pops up, and you know just what you have to do. And then everything is just fine.
So let’s do magic! Let’s program…
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Myanmar is rich in natural resources, including metal ores to oil and natural gas. But in some areas, oil is still being extracted in buckets, and almost three-quarters of the population is without electricity.
Clearly, Myanmar is at a critical point in its economic development. With the 2015 presidential elections ahead, and a concrete commitment to social reform and economic transformation in place, the country has the potential to become one of Southeast Asia’s breakthrough success stories.
The government hopes eventually to achieve an annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 7.7 percent. If it succeeds, GDP per capita could reach $2,000 to $3,000 by 2030, which would place Myanmar solidly in the ranks of middle-income countries and put its 60 million inhabitants on the path to future prosperity.
Development of the energy infrastructure will be key to Myanmar’s future growth. Natural gas is already the country’s principal source of income; exploitation of its vast supplies of oil is awaiting completion of this infrastructure. To help the country capitalize on these resources in a way that will support domestic energy demands and wider economic development, the World Economic Forum and Accenture recently collaborated with the Asian Development Bank to produce a wide-ranging report, ”New Energy Architecture: Myanmar.” Based on in-depth consultation with the public and private sectors and civil society, the report outlines national strategies and frameworks that could help the country achieve and balance its goals of economic growth, sustainability, and energy access and security.
March 7, 2014
Historically a primary driver of the domestic economy, Myanmar’s energy sector has also assumed critical strategic importance for the surrounding region. Gas pipelines now link the country to both China and Thailand, with China planning to extend its $2.5 billion project to enable crude oil supply.
However, despite its critical role in the social and economic transformation planned to precede the upcoming presidential elections, Myanmar’s domestic energy infrastructure is stalled at a basic stage of development.
In some areas, oil is still being extracted from the ground in buckets, and its three outdated refineries have utilization rates as low as 41 percent.
Meanwhile, insufficient maintenance and an antiquated pipeline network mean gas supplies cannot keep up with demand.
The power sector also needs a major upgrade. The country continues to rely on biomass sources, mainly fuel wood from natural forests, for three-quarters of its primary energy supply. For the quarter of the population with access to power, inadequate distribution and transmission mean that blackouts are commonplace.
Major obstacles remain to completion of an affordable, secure and sustainable energy architecture for Myanmar. But these obstacles also create opportunities for embracing new technologies and leading-practice approaches. A high priority from now on will be to move away from previous export-led energy policies to focus on local oil and gas exploration, production and supply, with downstream facilities, currently underdeveloped, targeted for major overhaul and investment.
International investors are willing to make upstream investments, but first they need a dependable price point. And they will only invest in downstream assets when a viable infrastructure is in place. Underpinning the drive toward increased foreign investment will be a commitment to greater transparency, with the government clearly demonstrating how oil and gas revenues are being used.
Next, energy supply and rural electrification. Solutions to this challenge include constructing new sources of generation, transmission and distribution. Gas turbines can be used to provide centralized power to large cities, with fuel sourced from local production. For rural areas, hybrid, off-grid and renewable systems will help to transform communities and drive economic growth.
Third, a robust institutional environment will play a vital role, providing investors with the certainty they need to commit to Myanmar’s energy sector. This will likely require a number of important reforms. The local monetary system must be modernized, for example. And investment laws need further attention. While recent steps in this direction have gone a long way toward reassuring the international investment community, stringent local content obligations for the oil and gas sector are viewed as a brake on cost-effective growth and an obstacle to delivery efficiency. In short, the government will need to tread carefully as it seeks to strike a healthy balance between the right investment climate and sustainable, long-term development. Click through to read the full Myanmar report.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
When I was a teenager, my friend Kathy and I would make this dip that we used to dunk our potato chips in. It was equal parts of ketchup and mayo mixed together. We thought we were culinary geniuses, really we did.
It was our special dip.
We also had another specialty....white rice and butter. Yea we were rebels in the kitchen I tell ya, but we were young and hungry so we did what we had to do. Most of the time we'd sleep over her Meme's house. While Meme was out line dancing with her friends, we'd call boys on the phone, write elaborate stories, listen to music and make white rice and dip.
Just a few months ago that dip popped into my head and I was telling my youngest son about it. He wanted to make it, so we did. It was a hit. He happily dipped chips into it and it really brought back a flood of memories for me. I told Kathy about it via Facebook and I think it brought back from memories for her too.
When I saw this recipe for Special Sauce, I just knew I had to make. My oldest son is a mayo and ketchup freak, so I knew this sauce would be something he would love.
I omitted the adobo sauce, cause as we all know, I am a wimp when it comes to heat. If you're not a wimp like me, please leave it in!
This is really like a thousand island dressing, but just a little better. We're already dunking everything in it.
½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon finely grated onion
1 tablespoon sweet or dill pickle relish
2 teaspoons adobo sauce from canned chipotle chilies in adobo
1/8 teaspoon celery salt
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt.
Combine all ingredients and serve on burgers or whatever you like!
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
This recipe is from my friend Ken's Mom, Marion.
I first time I had this cake was probably more than 15 years ago.
You do need a special pan to bake it, which is why I had never blogged it before until now, but this cake is too good not to share. Marion is Swedish, so this is the real thing people. I just love it. It's one of my most favorite cakes. It's not fluffy or frosted, it doesn't have a page full of ingredients, it's just simple good cake with a fantastic almond flavor.
The pan I bake this in is called a Half Roll Bake pan. My friend Eva (Ken's wife) bought me ones ages ago. Mine is marked on the bottom "Made in West Germany". Huh? Doesn't sound too Swedish to me!
I had never seen another pan like it until last week so I picked up 2 to give away, cause I think a few more people should be able to experience this delicious cake.
Here's the recipe. Scroll down for the giveaway(s)
Swedish Almond Cake
recipe from Marion Bird
Spray a half roll pan with Bakers Joy or use cooking spray. I like Bakers Joy cause the cake never sticks.
In a large bowl beat:
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons PURE almond extract (Imitation just won't do in this recipe)
2/3 cup milk
Beat until combined. Then add in:
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Again, beat until combined, scrapping up any flour that sticks to the side of the bowl.
Finally add in:
1 stick melted butter.
If you'd like the top to be almond covered (I think it looks pretty) then sprinkle some slivered almonds into the bottom of the pan. Pour in the batter and carefully smooth the top. Bake at 350 for 40 - 50 minutes of until the edges are nicely browned and the cake tests done. It will puff up over the top of the pan, don't worry.
Cool completely in the pan. If you don't, the cake will break while you are trying to get it out.
Invert onto a plate, sprinkle with powered sugar and serve!
So since the baking season is upon us, I put together 2 baking gifts for you to win. Both contain the same items, but one also includes a 9 cup brownie pan. You get 9 perfect little individual brownies from one pan. Pretty cool huh?
So what up for grabs?
- The half roll bake pan
- Wilton green & white sparkling sugar
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- Cupcake Plunger - you can easily make filled cupcakes or muffins.
- Here's all the loot! Remember one person will win what is pictured above. Another will be chosen for the additional items. So here's the brownie pan..... And here is the half roll pan..... The A cupcake plunger. I picked one up for myself. I need to get plunging!
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Monday, November 14, 2011
I grow my own garlic every year.
After is harvested in the fall, it hangs from one of the rafters in the garage.
I love that I can grab a pair of scissors and just snip away at whatever I need.
We are a garlic lovin' family. Some people might think I love it a little too much. I can go overboard with it at times.
I remember saying to John one day that I was so happy that he loved it to cause I honestly don't think I could have married anyone who didn't like it. I would have to compromise my cooking too much. I really can't live without it. No joke.
So we have a lot of garlic, and we use it all the time.
One of my favorite ways is to roast it. Roasting garlic makes it so creamy and nutty that you will be tempted to hold a whole head over your mouth and just squeeze out every clove directly into your pie hole (or garlic hole in this case). Wait, maybe that's just me?
Anyway roasting garlic is super easy and so delicious. If you've never done it....YOU NEED TO!
Here's how I do it.
Get one or two heads of garlic. Try and pick heads that are on the larger size. I always roast at least two at a time.
Pull away the outer papery layers. Don't peel them completely. You want the cloves inside to say together. Then chop off a quarter of a section with a sharp knife. You want to cut off just the tips of the cloves.
Then get a double layer of foil and place the garlic in the middle. You want enough foil to wrap it up tightly. Now drizzle each clove with olive oil.
Wrap the heads up and seal the foil tightly.
I use my toaster oven to roast my garlic. You certainly can use your oven. Heat to 400 and roast for 35 - 45 minutes. Times vary depending on how big your garlic is. Mine are very large.
Open the foil up carefully in case there is some steam trapped inside. Now poke it with a knife to see if the cloves are all mushy and creamy. If they are...CONGRATS...you just successfully roasted garlic, if they aren't stick them back in for a few more minutes.
Once you can handle the garlic, just squeeze out the cloves. You just spread it on bread, you can add it to soups, heck there really are endless uses for it.
One of our favorite ways to eat it is as a dipping sauce. We heat up some good olive oil on low in a sauce pan loaded with cloves. As soon as the oil is warm, we pour it into dipping bowls. Grab a hunk of bread and start dipping.
It's one of my favorite ways to eat it.
Now go make some roasted garlic!
Friday, November 11, 2011
I know Halloween just past.
I know Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Yeah!
I realize that some of you may even have candy leftover! How'd you manage that? Oh the willpower you must have!
Well we are plumb outta candy at our house. With teenage boys, and teenage boys friends visiting our candy bowl is pretty near empty. Whoppers and black licorice seem to be the last to go.
In homage to my favorite candy bar the Almond Joy, I give you Almond Joy Brownie Bite.
Brownie base, crunchy coconut topping, melted chocolate and almonds.
These little suckers are filling and this recipe makes 24 of them. A recipe with lots to share. I like that.
Almond Joy Brownie Bites
Adapted from a recipe at Flour Me with Love
1 box (family size) chocolate fudge brownie mix, plus ingredients for making
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (14oz) bag coconut
¼ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chocolate chips
¼ cup crushed almonds
Oven to 350.
Line a cupcake pan with paper liners. Don’t skip this step!
Prepare the brownies according to the package directions. Pour the batter ½ way up the cupcake liners. Bake for 12 minutes.
While the brownies are baking, mix the coconut, sweetened condensed milk, milk & vanilla extract together.
Remove the brownies from the oven and spoon on about a teaspoon full of the sweetened coconut. Return to the oven for an additional 14 – 16 minutes.
Remove and allow to cool completely. Melt the chocolate chips on low power in the microwave for 1 - 2 minutes. Stirring every 30 seconds. Drizzle on the chocolate and top with chopped almonds.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Did you hear that there is supposed to be a pumpkin storage this year?There was talk about it, but when I went to the store, I saw plenty of pumpkin on the shelves. I do a lot of my shopping at BJ’s Wholesale Club, and they sell pumpkin by the 3 pack. I bought two three packs. Then I went to the grocery store and I saw the 15oz size cans of pumpkin for under a dollar, so I bought 3 more. I’m so ready for all things pumpkin.
I found this cake on my beloved Pinterest. It’s also called a “dump cake” because basically you are throwing everything in the dish and baking it. I think crunch cake sounds nicer than dump cake don’t you?
If you like pumpkin pie with a crunchy topping, this is a dessert for you. The bottom layer is like creamy pumpkin pie, and the top layer is nutty and crunchy. I used spice cake for this recipe, but yellow, butter or even white would work too.
It literally took minutes to throw together.
Pumpkin Crunch Cake
15 oz can pumpkin; or 2 cups fresh pumpkin puree
1-12 oz can evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 box cake mix (I used spice cake, but yellow, butter or white would work too)
1 cup melted butter (yup that’s 2 sticks)
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Mix the pumpkin, evaporated milk, sugar, eggs, and cinnamon.
Spread mixture evenly in a lightly greased 9 x 13 baking pan.
Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle the nuts over the top of the cake mix. Pour the melted butter evenly over the top of everything. Do not stir.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes or until top is browned. Let cool before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.
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Wild cherry (Prunus avium L, syn. Cerasus avium L. Moench.) is a widely spread forest tree that has ecological and economical importance. However, the genetic diversity of this species is threatened for many reasons. Therefore, a breeding and conservation program should be established in order to minimise the loss of genetic diversity. In this study, we aimed to understand the genetic structure of 440 individual wild cherries sampled from 22 different populations in Turkey using 10 SSR molecular markers. With the molecular variance analysis, we found that the genetic diversity within the population is approximately 88.5% and the genetic diversity among the populations is approximately 9.8%. Thus, wild cherry genetic diversity within populations is high whereas it is moderate between tested populations (FST values 0.02-0.16). Phylogeny, principal component, and genetic STRUCTURE analysis showed that populations are divided according to their geographical locations. Moreover, Veliköy and Kemerköprü populations that are located at higher altitudes, Macara population which is the closest sample to Europe, and the Tota population that is sampled from the Mediterranean Region; were found genetically different from the others. Hence, we suggest in-situ conservation to Veliköy, Kemerköprü, Macara, and Tota populations. Our results will contribute to in-situ and ex-situ conservation and breeding programmes to conserve genetic resources of the wild cherries in Turkey
EKEN, BURCU UZAN; KIRDÖK, EMRAH; VELİOĞLU, ERCAN; and ÇİFTÇİ, YELDA ÖZDEN
"Assessment of genetic variation of natural populations of wild cherry (Prunus avium L.)via SSR markers,"
Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 46:
1, Article 2.
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol46/iss1/2
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An Amateur Birdwatcher's tally
“Ooh.” The excitement in my voice was clear. I tugged at my seatbelt and almost turned completely in my seat.” Katie was already hanging out the window, but she wasn’t looking at what I saw. My sister was driving and she was definitely distracted. “You need to turn around.” My tone was demanding. “If you don’t turn around you will be sorry.” This was not a threat but a promise. I had seen some wild birds amongst a flock of gulls. But these were different.
They were trumpeter swans. We had seen a pair on Green Valley road the week after Christmas. We didn’t expect to see them again this year. Now we passed a meadow full of gulls and these swans. What a coup in our bird watching adventure! I got a few pictures and we turned back toward Flaming Geyser Park.
We had already seen scrub jay in our yard, gulls, crows, pigeons, 2 blue herons, starlings, and a kestrel. Now we had a rare, at least to us, species. Farm country was pretty on the way to the park. The temperatures were in the 50s and there was no fog. We saw a hawk but only could guess it was a red tail.
At the park a pair of stellar jays played love songs to each other. A red wing black bird sang cheerily. And a flock of varied thrush flew away before I could get their picture. All in all, a good birding day.
The water was running hard and loud, and Maggie lunged happily along in the company of her cousin Sammy dog, who was visiting for the weekend. Take a look at my birding gallery for some pictures of pretty birds…
I didn’t get to go birdwatching this past weekend. But I made up for by parking lot birding over lunch. What, pray tell, is parking lot birding? Just like it sounds, I walked around my job’s parking lot and looked for birds. No dogs joined me since my dogs stay at home on work days. So I gave the hobby my full attention.
Parking lot birding astonishes me. Here is a whole parallel society living with humans, right amongst us. But where we are rushing around, with jobs and classes and all the tasks people set for themselves, birds just exist naturally. Their lives are focused on food, fun, flying, and communing amongst themselves. No worries, man. Birds are amazing.
Of course crows are everywhere in my birding world. They are intelligent and have individual personalities. Some are shy, some are friendly. Some are pleasant, others are raucous. They seem to get along with most other birds. I can’t help but like crows.
One particular crow caught my attention. He walked along a sidewalk with a purpose, then stopped in front of a big black pickup truck. He backed up and scanned the front of the vehicle, then moved around to the driver’s side. He looked that over, too. Then he bowed his head and carefully viewed under the vehicle. It was clear this bird was on a mission. Unfortunately, his prey was not underneath the truck. So he moved on.
Seagulls are big guys trying to fit in with the little folks. They are often useful in opening bags of chips so the crows let them hang out with them. Gulls are gorgeous in flight, or sleeping on top of light poles. There are several families in the northwest, including glaucous, ring billed, and California. In my research for this blog article I found a fabulous website that I plan to use quite often to build my expertise on gulls.
Checkout https:// www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/birds/identification-of-pacific-nort/ . I’d love to make up a cool chart like this for songbirds, focusing on sparrows.
Brewers blackbirds are sweet little guys. I love watching them, but they maintain their distance with people despite being amongst us. I found them, along with the gulls and crows, in my parking lot bird experience. Sometimes I hear Killdeer but no luck in this brief half hour. A chickadee sang in a birch tree and junco’s flirted with each other. Pigeons perched on wires over the railroad tracks nearby.
So I saw 7 species in less than 30 minutes, just by eating lunch in my car. It’s great birdwatching in the Northwest. You can see birds almost anywhere.
I love birdwatching. It's relaxing and fun. Even though I've been birding for over 10 years I classify myself as an amateur birder. I plan to write a blog a week about my experiences. Hope you enjoy them!
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Do coyotes affect deer populations? That’s about as obvious as asking “do coyotes eat fawns?” Dumb questions, right? Not really, because it’s a topic that all deer hunters should know inside out. Coyotes affect deer hunting, and this year’s fawning season is almost upon us. After all, when coyotes attack deer, they invariably affect everything we do to improve our hunting properties for this year … and the years to come.
How Coyotes Affect Deer Hunting
In his doctoral dissertation, “Predator –avoidance behaviors of white-tailed deer that favor fawn survival” for Iowa State University, Craig Norman Huegel reported on a study that examined fawn behavior from birth to six months. The results showed a distinct correlation between coyotes and heavy fawn losses, but it also showed the resilient nature of newborn fawns.
In this area of the Midwest, whitetail fawns are born each year between May 19 and June 19 with peak fawning times occurring from May 28 to June 1.
In the Iowa State study, 55 newborn fawns were captured, tagged and then tracked throughout the year. Thirteen fawns died during the first 180 days of the study. Of those, three died within the first 30 days due to non-predator circumstances. One of the fawns died from abandonment. Does abandon their fawns for myriad reasons. Human interaction is seldom a cause — unless the human removes the fawn from the fawning area and does not return it in a timely fashion. The abandonment death in this study was later determined (via necropsy) to be caused by an injury the fawn sustained while being hit by a landowner’s lawnmower, causing internal injuries. Natural cases of a fawn abandonment sometime include birth defects, parasitic organisms and health problems related to the mother. These cases oftentimes can also affect deer populations on a local level.
How Many Fawns are Killed by Coyotes?
Studies on how coyotes affect deer across the U.S. on a larger scale have shown an overall increase in fawn mortality. In fact, the two — high deer densities and coyote populations — usually go hand in hand. In the Iowa State study, coyotes were responsible for 54 percent of all fawn deaths. Surprisingly, domestic dogs caused 23 percent of the fawn deaths. This is all the more reason to keep your dog on a literal short leash during the months of May and June.
Predator-induced mortality occurred during all 30-day periods to 150 days, and predator-induced mortality rates were relatively constant among periods, according to the researchers. Although no predator-induced deaths occurred between 151 and 180 days, coyotes did kill one deer at the 195-day mark. The bowhunting season coincided with the last two 30-day periods of study; however, no radioed-collared fawns were harvested. By comparison, 3 of 14 fawns (21.4 percent) older than 180 days were killed (two legally and one probably illegally) by hunters during the 11-day shotgun deer season in early December.
“The sex ratio of radio-collared fawns was skewed — 39 of 58 were males,” Huegel reported. However, buck fawns were as likely to be killed by coyotes as were doe fawns during the first 30 days. “Overall, buck and doe fawns had similar mortality rates. Only two of 14 pre-hunting season deaths, however, were does. No doe fawn was killed by coyotes, and only one (aged 85 days) was killed by dogs.”
How Many Fawns Does a Coyote Eat?
According to researchers, fawn mortality in excess of 50 percent within 90 days postpartum is reportedly common among white-tailed deer in semiarid areas of Texas and Oklahoma. Coyotes affect deer in this semi-arid region on very high levels. In these studies, nearly all mortality occurred 30 days postpartum, and more than 50 percent of the losses were caused by coyotes.
In contrast, reduced fawn mortality has been reported for mixed agricultural and forested habitats of the East and Midwest. McGinnes and Downing (1969) reported an 8 percent rate, and Deer & Deer Hunting’s John Ozoga reported rates of 23 percent in Michigan. Other states report losses ranging from 2 percent to 15 percent.
In the Huegel study, coyotes affect deer to the tune of a 21 percent loss of annual whitetail fawn production at 180 days, and fawn mortality was not restricted to the first 30 to 45 days postpartum. Similar predator-induced mortality patterns were reported by other Midwest researchers, but fawns are seemingly less vulnerable during the neonatal period than in semiarid Western areas.
Researchers Beasom (1974) and Stout (1982) showed that predator density has substantial influence on whitetail fawn survival, but comparison of predator densities between our study and others is impossible because predator densities have not been reported. We also did not measure coyote densities, but commonly observed coyotes during all years of the study.
Regional differences in fawn survival may be largely influenced by the vegetation structure at the fawn bedsite.
How Much a Fawn Weighs at Birth Matters
The average Midwest whitetail fawn weighs anywhere from 5 to 8 pounds at birth. The heavier the fawns are, the better their chances of surviving predation during those critical firth few months of life.
Research on whitetail fawn birth weights are crucial to the overall survival chances of these deer in summer. Birth weight and date are greatly influenced by maternal condition, and the absence of a relationship between summer fawn survival and birth weight or date in the Huegel study is likely the result of the typically high nutritional plane in Iowa white-tailed does. It is important to note that fawn weight at birth can be greatly influenced by severe winter weather.
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Following DDH TV, you can watch Destination Whitetail, The Given Right with Kenneth Lancaster and then Land of Whitetail. These four shows make Saturday Night Deer Camp your must-watch viewing this year.
Check your local listings for Pursuit Channel. It’s also available now on AT&T U-Verse, Channel 1644, among other networks.
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Colour six pages of different part of the body and trace the Spanish words for each. Use crayons or markers to make the pictures look great while you practice saying the words: brazo, mano, dedo, pierna, pie y dedo del pie.
Spanish Body – Colouring 2
Skills: Art Listening Reading Speaking Writing
Topics: Body parts
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Hi there, I built this website with HTML and CSS in notepad. It's for my mother's bed and breakfast business. In this day and age, I'm conscious that websites need to look really good - I'm fairly happy with this one, but it doesn't look as professional or as good as I would like. Could anyone give me some pointers on how to improve it, or even better, what tools/software (preferably on the cheaper end of the scale) I could use to make it look sleeker. Tankerfield house bed and breakfast St. Albans Thanks a lot!
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Did the process of taking out Osama bin Laden have to include an insult to a native American considered a hero by many? That's what CBS News is wondering, after it emerged that bin Laden was code-named "Geronimo." Apparently, the "code namers thought of bin Laden as a 21st-century equivalent" of the fearless Apache leader who waged war to protect tribal Indian lands from the US and Mexico. Geronimo was once "considered the greatest terrorist in America," notes the Independent. "These days, he's feted as a fearless guerrilla fighter, whose famously brave troops were the last American Indian force to hold out against the US."
Geronimo took up arms when his family was massacred by Mexicans in 1851 and spent decades on the run. And, like bin Laden, he was a slippery target to capture: More than 5,000 soldiers set out to do so around 1885. But, notes CBS News, bin Laden "was a mass murderer, out to destroy Western civilization, not primarily to protect his lands." Other differences: Geronimo converted to Christianity later in life and urged all his followers to do so. He was captured alive, and became a celebrity who appeared in the St. Louis World's Fair, and in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade. He died as a US prisoner of war and was never allowed to return to his New Mexico birthplace.
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Today, the book that comedian Jon Stewart called "the most sweeping and detailed work about humanity yet put to paper" will be published by Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group. And the book Stewart praises? His own: "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race."
What would a guide book to Earth for traveling aliens look like? Assuming that we're going to leave a destroyed and deserted planet, Stewart boils down human history and civilization into less than 300 pages. Since we can't print them all (that would be stealing), we're bringing you an even briefer account of humanity, in five slides and several hundred words. So what do you think? Are these fair impressions to leave aliens with?
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Making Evidence-Based Claims ELA/Literacy Units empower students with a critical reading and writing skill at the heart of the Common Core: making evidence-based claims about complex texts. These units are part of the Developing Core Proficiencies Program. This unit develops students' abilities to make evidence-based claims through activities based on a close reading of the Commencement Address Steve Jobs delivered at Stanford University on June, 2005.
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on picking out details from informational texts, selecting viable options that meet requirements for a solution, comparing and contrasting these options to reach a final decision to solve a specific problem. The target audience for this lesson is adults in Adult Basic Education courses at a CCRS Anchor 2, Grade D. This lesson will help learners to effectively review information, and assess the costs and benefits of a final decision they make.
This lesson guides students in an examination of a poet's use of figurative language and word choice to convey themes of belonging and identity. Students will delve into the concept of the unit theme, “Belonging” and the essential question, "In what ways does our need to feel a sense of belonging conflict with our individuality?" Students will write a short essay analyzing the ways in which a poet uses figurative language and word choice to convey the speaker's sense of him/herself as an individual and as someone who feels he/she is not accepted. Image source: "Attain" by Nick Youngson from TheBlueDiamondGallery.com at http://thebluediamondgallery.com/tablet-dictionary/a/attain.html Creative Commons 3 - CC BY-SA 3.0
This lesson focuses on the chapter “Chinatown” from Laurence Yep’s memoir, The Lost Garden. Students will consider the factors that contributed to Yep’s struggle to find a sense of belonging with his peers and in his community. Students will determine in what ways the essential question (In what ways does our need to feel a sense of belonging conflict with our individuality?) is relevant to Laurence Yep’s experience as he describes it in “Chinatown”.
In this module, students are involved in a deep study of mythology, its purposes, and elements. Students will read Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief (780L), a high-interest novel about a sixth-grade boy on a hero’s journey. Some students may be familiar with this popular fantasy book; in this module, students will read with a focus on the archetypal journey and close reading of the many mythical allusions. As they begin the novel, students also will read a complex informational text that explains the archetypal storyline of the hero’s journey which has been repeated in literature throughout the centuries. Through the close reading of literary and informational texts, students will learn multiple strategies for acquiring and using academic vocabulary. Students will also build routines and expectations of discussion as they work in small groups. At the end of Unit 1, having read half of the novel, students will explain, with text-based evidence, how Percy is an archetypal hero. In Unit 2, students will continue reading The Lightning Thief (more independently): in class, they will focus on the novel’s many allusions to classic myths; those allusions will serve as an entry point into a deeper study of Greek mythology. They also will continue to build their informational reading skills through the close reading of texts about the close reading of texts about the elements of myths. This will create a conceptual framework to support students’ reading of mythology. As a whole class, students will closely read several complex Greek myths. They then will work in small groups to build expertise on one of those myths. In Unit 3, students shift their focus to narrative writing skills. This series of writing lessons will scaffold students to their final performance task in which they will apply their knowledge about the hero’s journey and the elements of mythology to create their own hero’s journey stories.
What are “rules to live by”? How do people formulate and use “rules” to improve their lives? How do people communicate these “rules” to others? In this module, students consider these questions as they read the novel Bud, Not Buddy, Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, President Barack Obama’s Back-to-School Speech, “If” by Rudyard Kipling, and informational research texts. At the start of Unit 1, students launch their study of Bud, Not Buddy, establishing a set of routines for thinking, writing, and talking about Bud’s rules to live by. They read the novel closely for its figurative language and word choice, analyzing how these affect the tone and meaning of the text. In the second half of the unit, students engage in a close reading of the Steve Jobs speech, focusing on how Jobs develops his ideas at the paragraph, sentence, and word level. Students use details from the speech to develop claims about a larger theme. During Unit 2, students continue to explore the theme of “rules to live by” in the novel as well as through close reading of the poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling. Students analyze how the structure of a poem contributes to its meaning and theme. In a mid-unit assessment, students compare and contrast how Bud, Not Buddy and “If” address a similar theme. Unit 2 culminates with students writing a literary argument essay in which they establish a claim about how Bud uses his “rules”: to survive or to thrive. Students substantiate their claim using specific text-based evidence including relevant details and direct quotations from the novel. In Unit 3, students shift their focus to their own rules to live by and conduct a short research project. Students work in expert groups (research teams) to use multiple informational sources to research that topic. As a final performance task, students use their research to write an essay to inform about one important “rule to live by” supported with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and examples.
This lesson is designed for adult learners who are pursuing a career in farming. It focuses on reading scientific and technical texts (Grade 6) related to farming and farm loans. This lesson will help learners identify and define technical words specific to farming and borrowing money. The learners will have the opportunity to apply their acquired knowledge in class activities such as reading and analyzing case studies.
This 18 day unit explicitly teaches text structures, summary, text features, reading informational text about Mesopotamia, and writing a book about Mesopotamia. Instruction moves from high scaffolding to moderate scaffolding to independent practice as students become familiar with the various text structures, how to identify them, what graphic organizer will work with each text structure, how to use notes recorded in graphic organizers to write summaries, and how to compile an informational book. Mesopotamia is the content used as an anchor.
Students will have to solve the real world problem of locker smell leakage by building an air filter that will cover the vents on the top of a locker. This project goes well with a curriculum on the particle nature of gases and phase changes.
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Your Love Horoscope for February 2020
Here is my latest Love Horoscope for 2020.
Aries (March 21 to April 20)
This month could see you falling in love once again. This time, it will seem different from your past relationships because the new love of your life will appear to possess many of the qualities you look for in a romantic partner. For single Aries, you might have an encounter with a person who will lift up your spirit and make you feel special. However, it would be better to play coy and wait for some more time to determine whether this is real love or mere infatuation.
Taurus (April 21 to May 21)
For single Taurus, this month is bound to give you the best opportunity to express your romantic feelings towards a person you’ve long been eyeing from a distance. You may be surprised by their reaction. For married people, this is a time for exerting more effort to strengthen your relationship, as work and personal circumstances are putting a strain on it. Make your sweetheart fall in love with you once again by showering him or her with affection.
Gemini (May 22 to June 21)
You may need to provide your partner with some privacy and space if you want to heal the rift that could happen in your relationship this month. You may have to take the first step to clear the misunderstandings between the two of you. If you are single, the chances of falling in love with a new co-worker seem high this month. Be careful though, this could lead to complications in your working relationship.
Cancer (June 22 to July 22)
If you’re single, a close friend could introduce you to someone who could make your heart beat a little faster. It would be wise to get to know this person better before making any commitment. If you’ve just broken up with your partner, you need to wait a while before rushing into a new relationship. For married couples, this month could be a good one because past tensions are likely to ease up as you get closer to each other again.
Leo (July 23 to August 21)
Wedding bells may ring for Leo lovers this month as you take your relationship to the next level. For singles looking for love, this might be another dry month. Don’t try to rush things and force people to like you, as this could only increase your frustration. Couples might need to make some compromises and adjustments in their attitude towards one another if they want to sustain their relationship.
Virgo (August 22 to September 23)
This promises to be a good month for singles who are looking for romance. You are likely to meet someone who you will fall in love with - instantly. Be discreet in showing your feelings though since your impulsiveness could scare off this person. For sweethearts, this is an auspicious month for getting married or at least starting your preparations for that grand day.
Libra (September 24 to October 23)
This month fares well for divorcees because conditions are ripe for starting a new and much more fulfilling relationship with someone you’ve grown fond of over the years. Grab the chance! For married couples, your relationship might not need some fresh air. Go on a romantic trip outside the city and rekindle that romance that once brought immense joy into your lives. For singles, this might be another frustrating month where searching for love is concerned.
Scorpio (October 24 to November 22)
Married couples might be tempted to indulge in extramarital affairs this month. You must avoid falling into this trap at all costs since this could ruin your life. Some unexpected problems could crop up involving your partner that could test your commitment to each other. For singles, this could be the month when you’ll finally meet that special someone in your life.
Sagittarius (November 23 to December 22)
Long-time couples may need to pay more attention to their partner if they want to hold on to their relationship. The withering plant needs some watering. You may have to make some attitude adjustments to once again capture the heart of your beloved. For singles waiting to fall in love, a person who could be interested in you appears nearby but may not yet interested in a serious relationship.
Capricorn (December 23 to January 20)
This month, you are likely to develop a romantic feeling for a co-worker who could respond the same way. This could be the start of an exciting period in your life. Enjoy the moment but don’t expect too much from this as things are still fluid. Married couples might need to devote some special time to their spouse who could be feeling uncared for at this time.
Aquarius (January 21 to February 19)
This month seems perfect for lovers to plan their wedding day and their future life together. It might be a good idea to introduce your sweetheart to your parents now. For singles, you might meet someone you’d really like and find interesting. Get to know the person better. Chances are good that you are a good match for each other.
Pisces (February 20 to March 20)
If you are in a relationship, avoid getting into any arguments with your partner as tempers could easily flare this month. For married couples, there may also be strong temptations to engage in an extramarital affair, which you need to resist with all your might. For singles, you could meet someone who could try and force you to do something you don’t really want. This doesn’t seem to be the right person for you.
Do you need answers about your love life and relationships? A psychic reading can help you find any answers to the love you need and help you solve any love problem. You can click here right now to schedule your Psychic Love Reading!
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Three Different Ways to Compost
There are several ways to compost. Here are three standard methods: Vermicomposting, Anaerobic, and windrow composting. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, so you should choose the best method that suits your needs. You can also combine two or more strategies if you like. Direct composting is the easiest way to compost. You dig a hole or a trench and bury your food materials. While this method is easy, it is also the slowest and requires the most time to decompose.
You can recycle your organic waste in two ways: using red wigglers or vermicomposting—these worms, like rotting organic material, thrive in small living spaces. You can find red wigglers at local worm farms or in fishing stores. Make sure the substrate is moist, so the worms are comfortable. Red wigglers do not like to live in a cold environment, but they will do just fine in a warm climate.
The finished vermicompost is rich in nutrients and can be used as a potting soil mix for house plants and as a top dressing for lawns. Vermicompost can also be used as a starting medium for seeds. A 2008 study published in Bioresource Technology found that plants grown in vermicompost soil had better growth in growth and root formation than those grown in soil without the vermicompost. An Ohio State University study published in BioCycle found that tomato plants grown in soil enriched with vermicompost had significantly higher yields than plants grown in conventional soil.
Anaerobic composting is a method of decomposing organic waste in which oxygen is not present in the bin. The absence of oxygen in the container results in fermentation, in which organic compounds break down. Anaerobic organisms consume nutrients in their protoplasm to break down organic matter. This process also produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The resulting slimy mass has a pungent odor.
While anaerobic composting is the quickest way to decompose food scraps, you may find that it takes a while before you get the desired results. For best results, use a bin that is at least three-quarters full. A container that is too full will not result in high-quality compost. This process can take two months or even a whole year. You should also avoid adding twigs or leaves to your compost bin.
The process of windrow composting requires elongated piles, which can be three to ten feet in height. The windrow must be regularly turned, as air cannot quickly move through wet or low-porosity materials. During its active phase, the windrow may require daily attention, such as keeping the compost pile watered. Windrow composting is more expensive than other methods, as it requires a larger piece of land and a way to turn the pile source regularly.
Windrow composting is most common in large communities and organizations. Piles formed in windrow style are four to eight feet high and fourteen to sixteen feet wide. The size allows them to maintain an internal temperature while allowing natural airflow.
This method produces a large amount of compost and can be used in colder climates. However, windrow composting requires a large area, dedicated equipment, and consistent labor to turn the piles.
Summary: Three Different Ways to Compost
Try a compost pile if you’re looking for a quick way to produce your organic material. Depending on your system, producing finished compost can take as little as three weeks. It does require some care, however, as you should keep an eye on the temperature and moisture level of the compost pile.
The ideal compost pile contains 30 parts carbon to one part nitrogen. However, this doesn’t mean that there should be 30 times more brown materials than greens, as each material has a unique Carbon: Nitrogen ratio. A ratio of two-thirds browns to one-third greens is ideal. You can add natural compost accelerants to the pile if you wish. Once the pile is established, keep it moist and turn it regularly.
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Kansas City Royals vs. Chicago White Sox MLB Pick, Odds, Prediction 4/6/14
Chicago White Sox (2-2) at Kansas City Royals (1-2)
MLB Baseball: Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 2:10 pm (Kauffman Stadium)
Chris Sale (L) (1-0) (3.683) vs. James Shields (R) (0-0) (4.265)
The Line: Kansas City Royals -127 / Chicago White Sox +117 --- Over/Under: 7.5 See the Latest Odds
TV: CSN-Chicago, FS-Kansas City
The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox close out their weekend series on Sunday in Kansas City.
The Kansas City Royals didn’t make it easy but they did what it took to win on Saturday for their second time in two games against the White Sox. Salvador Perez had a hit and knocked in the game winning run, Billy Butler had a hit and two RBI’s, and Alex Gordon had two hits as the Royals scored four runs on seven hits. Starting pitcher Bruce Chen allowed six hits and an unearned run while striking out seven over 6.1 innings to get a no decision as Wade Davis got the win after he also blew the save and Greg Holland earned the save. For Sunday’s game the Royals start James Shields who had a no decision in his first start allowing five hits and three runs while striking out three over 6.1 innings in Detroit.
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The Chicago White Sox won their first two games this season but they have now lost their last three including the one run loss on Saturday. Conor Gillaspie and Alexei Ramirez each had two hits and Jose Abreu, Dayan Viciedo, and Adam Eaton all had hits as the White Sox scored three runs on eight hits. Starting pitcher John Danks allowed five hits and three runs while striking out six over 7.0 innings for a no decision as Scott Downs took the loss. For Sunday’s game the White Sox start Chris Sale who had a win in his first start. In his first outing Sale allowed five hits and three runs while striking out eight over 7.1 innings for a 3.68 ERA.
Kansas City is 5-1 in their last six home games, 7-1 against a left-handed starter, and 18-6 in Shields’ last 24 starts. Chicago is 19-41 against the AL Central, 9-26 in their last 35 games, and 2-7 in Sale’s last nine road starts. Chicago is 1-5 in the last six meetings against the Royals.
This is going to be a good one and while both of these pitchers can deal, I don’t think either factors in the decision and I like the White Sox to avoid the sweep.
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Look GREAT During Your Workout… on US!
DYLN Inspired is a cool new fitness apparel company geared towards the yoga and wellness enthusiast, the athlete, and the health-conscious. I’ve recently teamed up with them to give one of my lucky readers a $150 gift card to try out their awesome products, but to also offer 40% off their Yoga pants to everyone! All you have to do is shop at DYLN here, and use coupon code SAVINGS at check out to get 40% off Yoga pants. This deal and giveaway is valid through November 15, 2014 only.
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Weather permitting, a project to repair pavement on U.S. 75 in Collin County will begin this weekend at U.S. 75 and the President George Bush Turnpike.
The full-depth concrete repair at this location will necessitate the closure of several ramps from the turnpike to northbound U.S. 75.
Beginning at 10 p.m. Saturday, August 11, 2012 through 7 a.m. Sunday, August 12, the east and westbound exits from the Bush Turnpike to northbound U.S. 75 will be closed. One right mainlane on U.S. 75 between the turnpike and Plano Parkway will also be closed.
Once again, from 8 p.m. Sunday, August 12, 2012 through 5 a.m. Monday, August 13, the same exit ramps from both directions of the turnpike to U.S. 75 northbound will be closed. One right mainlane on U.S. 75 between the turnpike and Plano Parkway will also be closed.
This is the beginning of a $670,000.00 project to repair and repave locations on and adjacent to U.S. 75 from the Bush Turnpike to SH 121/Spur 399; U.S. 380 from U.S. 75 to Farm-to-Market 75 in Princeton and F.M. 3038 from Hardin Boulevard to U.S. 75.
Message boards have been strategically placed on the highway to alert the public to this weekend’s closures.
TxDOT would like to thank area drivers for their patience and cooperation as crews work diligently to complete this vital project as soon, and as safely, as possible.
For additional transportation related information please visit the TxDOT website www.txdot.gov or follow them on Twitter @txdotdallaspio.
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Garrison Mosques, Islamic Centers, Masjid and Islamic Schools –Garrison, Texas
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About Garrison, Texas, USA
Garrison is a city in Nacogdoches County, Texas, United States. The population was 844 at the 2000 census. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison,_Texas )
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Model ASR550 - Stationary ISO Readers
The new stationary ISO readersASR550 is much less sensitive against electrical interference and metal in the environment due to the state of the art technology. In combination with the patented Autotuning function it offers easy installation and integration in all types of applications. In addition to the standard RS232 and RS485 interfaces there are optional Ethernet, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules which offering the whole range of modern communication.
Stationary readers are needed when permanent automatic identification or a greater reading range is required. AGRIDENT provides a range of stationary readers and antennas for different applications. They can be integrated into feeding stations or scales for process control. Other applications are raceways, trucks and slaughterhouses. The flexible system design makes is easy to adapt Agrident products to the various applications. The readers and antennas are specially designed for the adverse environment in these applications.
An outstanding new feature is multiplexing in the ISO Mode with the optional multiplexing units AAS100 (4 channels) and AAS200 (8 channels). Multiplexing offers an economic solution for all application that does not need high speed reading
Another outstanding feature is the patent pending Integrated Diagnosis Function IDF, which allows on-site diagnosis for evaluating the noise situation without additional hardware like oscilloscopes or spectrum analyzers.
The ASR550 is especially designed for continuous operation in feeding stations, scales or sorting gates – even under worse conditions. The wide operating voltage range from 12 to 24 Volt provides more flexibility regarding the power supply. The wireless Synchronization ensures the best HDX reading performance in multi-reader applications. The optional Wired-Synchronisation module ensures the best possible HDX performance even under worse conditions.
In combination with the APR500 reader the ASR550 offers a flexible stationary solution with display and memory for very economic cost.
The 134.2 kHz RFID is compatible to the ISO Standard 11784/5 and therefore reads all FDX-B and HDX transponders with a very good reading range. RFID Transponders with 125 kHz and widespread H4102 Format can be read optionally.
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Category Archives: Learning
COTTON: Global Threads inspired two-week project, by Steven Roper A performance by children from Cheshire Primary Schools for their COTTON: Global Threads project. The movement and dance event was performed in front of invited guests, parents and their teachers. The… Continue reading
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Living Catholic in Kerala
I wonder if there is a more important news story just now than this one from yesterday: India: parishes establish fund to promote large families. Yes, I’m annoyed by Cardinal Shönborn’s abysmal failure to meet his dissident Austrian priests head-on; and yes, I find the give-and-take on who did what to whom between the Vatican and the Irish government fascinating; and no, I don’t particularly recommend paying people to have a fifth child as a matter of universal parish policy.
But what some parishes in India are doing is thinking outside the box. They aren’t letting the state government set the terms of engagement with their culture. So when the state government presses people to have fewer children, these parishes are pressing in the opposite direction, and not just with cheap talk.
From time to time over the past couple of years I’ve tried to make a similar point, particularly in relation to health care and education. If Catholics don’t want life controlled by the dominant secular forces represented by contemporary government, then Catholics have to be willing to offer alternative paths to the goods government tends to invoke in order to justify its own secularized intervention. In other words, if we want truly Christian health care, then we have to be willing to provide it, and some of it pro bono. If we want people to have access to an education based on sound values and a deep respect for truth, then we have to be willing to establish and run schools, complete with financial aid.
This goes back to what I’ve said before about the need to pay twice. In the modern world, we Catholics will be taxed for many things and, according to the way of the world, our money will often be used badly. This means we have to pay those taxes and then step right outside the box, roll up our sleeves, and make the sacrifices necessary to provide a truly alternative way of both envisioning and actualizing the very same things—health, education, family relationships, community support, business, even life itself.
Some parishes in the Indian State of Kerala are doing just that. By offering families $225 if they have a fifth child, they’re saying that they love large families, that they don’t appreciate State efforts to minimize family size, and that they intend to help those who are willing and able to make the sacrifice of raising more children for the glory of God and the benefit of the social order. They’re saying, “We’re Catholics, and we have another way of living.”
This particular effort may not be what is most necessary in our own countries and communities. The demands of each place, time and culture vary. But our Indian brothers and sisters are showing us that there is more to being a Catholic than articulating political positions and then acquiescing when we lose the popular vote. True communities are built only by those who not only know how to live, but are not afraid to expend their resources in realistically helping others to do the same. Indeed, the authentic Catholic life ought to breed its own set of networked institutions, its own support systems, its own specific patterns of life and love.
But this does not happen automatically. No. It takes the kind of imagination and effort that, in India, have led some poor parishes to give $225 to any family that has a fifth child.
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Dealmaking spiked to record levels in April as Covid-19 triggered a fever of partnering. But what happens to collaborations in a new world seen through Zoom?
Partnering has never been hotter. M&A not surprisingly turned cold. And venture investing showed signs of cooling.
Reduce the latest monthly numbers on April down to the basics, and that’s the bottom line from DealForma chief Chris Dokomajilar as we take the industry’s temperature for the second big month of an earth-shaking pandemic.
Paint by the numbers and you’ll see an industry that has a collective mind split between the longterm pacts in the works for months and the Covid-19 now.
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When you visit a health provider, the top priority is to get healthy or stay healthy. The last thing you want to worry about is mounting medical bills or the logistics of your medical insurance plan. Understanding how the medical insurance claims process works is essential to know what to expect when it comes to claims coverage.
Today we’re going to look at what happens to the claim and how to successfully submit your claim, so you receive the best reimbursement for your medical bills.
What is a Medical Insurance Claim?
Simply put, a medical insurance claim is what the doctor submits to your insurance so they can get paid. It shows what medical services and treatments were provided to you or the other beneficiaries on your policy. When claims are denied or not fully covered, the policyholder is held liable for the medical costs associated with treatment.
How Does Claims Processing Work?
- After your visit, either your doctor submits a bill to your insurance provider for any charges you didn’t pay in the office, or you submit the claim for any services you received.
- An insurance claims processor will review the submitted claim and check it for completeness. They will determine if the services provided were covered under your plan.
- The claims processor will verify important information, such as your copay and how much of your annual deductible and out-of-pocket maximum you’ve paid on the medical policy this far.
- If it’s determined service is covered by your medical insurance plan, the insurance company will pay the claim on your behalf. Coverage can range from partial to complete (depending on your benefits). You will be required to pay any remaining balance.
What Happens After a Medical Claim is Processed?
After your claim is processed, you will receive an explanation of benefits (EOB) that details how your medical insurance is covering your recently submitted claim. Your doctor may send you a final bill for services outlining what you owe. Make sure you do not mistake this for your EOB. Make sure you pay your healthcare provider as soon as possible. If you believe an error was made on your EOB, contact your insurance provider directly.
Tips for Submitting a Successful Claim
The first step to submitting a successful medical insurance claim starts with preauthorization. Preauthorization is when you or your doctor call the insurance company to verify a specific medical service is covered under your plan. Preauthorization will also tell you how much, if any, your out-of-pocket cost will be.
Typically, your provider will submit your preauthorization and subsequent claim after services are provided. In rare cases, when you visit a doctor outside of your plan, you may be required to submit the claim yourself. Here are some steps to ensure your claim is processed smoothly:
- Verify your treatment claim is covered by your insurance plan
- Use the claim form from your benefits plan
- When filing by hand, be sure to write legibly
- Include all necessary information, including procedure codes (you can ask your doctor for these codes)
- Include pre approval (when necessary)
- Review all the information before filing
- File your paperwork promptly, and preferably online for faster processing (if applicable)
- Make a copy for your personal records
- All the original documents including Bills, reports to keep ready in hand as it may be requested in the future by the Insurance company for any further investigation.
Filing a claim with your insurance provider can be a frustrating process, but it doesn’t have to be. At Petra, we understand all things medical insurance. Whether you are looking for a new medical insurance policy or looking to add more coverage to your existing policy, we can help you determine which services are covered under your medical insurance policy.
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For sailors and sea lovers. For breakfast or dinner. On board or at home.
The clou of these boards is the production process. Each engraving is positioned according to the unique wood grain of each single board. The experienced engraver decides where to place the image. This procedure makes each board unique.
Our sailing boat is designed after an artwork by Paul Signac “The Port at Sunset, Opus 236”.
One of the masterpieces at the Museum Barberini.
Designed and produced exclusively for the Barberini Shop. Made in Germany
Each piece is unique . item photo may differ from the original
- AUTOR: mu.se
- TITEL: Auf dem Wasser . Frühstücksbrett mit Gravur inspiriert von Paul Signac
- NO: 1216103903
- DETAIL: Ash wood from sustainable cultivation in Germany, oiled, laser-engraved . Care instructions: Oil before first use and afterwards at regular intervals (e.g. with olive oil) . Not suitable for dishwashers.
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For Honor20 Sep 2019
For Honor - Weekly Content Update for the Week of September 19, 2019 Trailer
This week's For Honor content update brings the Wrath of the Jormungandr Illustrious Outfits: Ao Qin, Scylla, Shachihoko and World Serpent. Additionally, players can get the Rampage of Ragnarok execution which is available until October 3, 2019.
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While some advocate reinstating the individual income tax or tapping Alaska Permanent Fund earnings to cover the state's fiscal gap, candidate for governor, Sen. Frank Murkowski, says he will seek more business. His plan is to build roads, railroads, ferries and power interties to attract business and provide good jobs for Alaskans. It provides more revenue for the state general fund and the Permanent Fund because there still is an income tax and other taxes upon corporations, large and small.
Receipts of the corporate income tax measures the health of Alaska businesses on which Alaskans depend for jobs and revenue. In fiscal 1991, corporations, except those in oil and gas, paid the state $37.9 million in income taxes. That rose to $53.3 million five years later, an increase of 41 percent. That indicated more and healthier businesses. Going ahead four more years to '01, the state received $59.5 million in corporate income taxes, an increase of only 12 percent from '96. That indicates a slowdown in the growth and health of businesses - the economy. What happened?
One thing that happened is that the timber industry was killed off.
Lost, too, has been income of oil service companies as oil production dropped, the income of fish processors as competition beat down prices, and income from visitor industry businesses. (The only visitor businesses to increase were tour ships that pay no federal or state taxes.)
Murkowski proposes building infrastructure to attract new businesses and make Alaska businesses more competitive using cheaper transportation and power.
How to pay for the construction program? The same way Alaskans buy a car, home or go into business. Borrow the money. When the government borrows it sells bonds. The state Legislature appropriates more than $100 a million for capital projects each year. If that money was used to finance bonds for 20 years it would cover $10 billion in bonds for a whale of a lot of capital projects. Murkowski says his program will need only $30 million a year, leaving the governor and Legislature more than $70 million to dole out to other capital projects or use to partially cover the fiscal gap.
There won't be enough increase in corporate income tax to cover any fiscal gap. There are tax receipts aside from income that increase if infrastructure is improved and if government regulation and permitting encourages development. Start with the oil and gas industry, which paid $338 million in corporate income tax in '01. It also paid $45 million in state property taxes, $800 million in royalties and $700 million in production taxes. More oil and gas development and encouraging a petro-chemical industry is advocated by Murkowski. He will seek independent drillers, citing only 12 oil and gas wells drilled in Alaska in 2001, compared with 19,933 in western Canada. He will encourage gas production at Cape Thompson by 2006 using gas-to-liquid technology that will get natural gas to market before the pipeline to the Lower 48 is completed.
Building roads to mineral deposits increases income from the state's mineral licensing tax on coal and hard rock mining, including sand and gravel. That tax is based on volume and value. Receipts between $500,000 and $2 million a year, plus the industry's corporate income tax, could use a big boost
New and improved roads, such as better access to Southeast Alaska, mean an increase in the visitor business, and boosts the ferry system. That means more fuel, liquor, corporate and other taxes.
Next to oil and gas, the fishing industry is the biggest taxpayer. Better infrastructure - cheaper power and transportation costs - increases its volume, competitiveness, and state revenue.
Murkowski hasn't given up on the timber industry, proposing land trades with the federal government to create a commercial state forest of a million acres to harvest on a sustainable basis to support education. He also is pushing the land grant for the University of Alaska that could net the institution up to 750,000 acres of state and federal land, revenue from which would help funds its operations.
Murkowski advocates more cuts in the cost of government to balance the state's ledger. Even in Juneau, whose major industry is consuming tax dollars, a poll found 35 percent favor cutting costs over 30 percent favoring an individual income tax and 13 percent favoring tapping the Permanent Fund.
Voters have a choice: the same old way or the Murkowski way.
Williams is retired publisher of the Ketchikan Daily News and a former member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents.
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Evansville has a sensory deprivation tank center. Here's what you need to know.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Like many people, Josh Gray and his wife Andi Hall discovered float tanks through podcasts and other alternative media.
"It's something I've known about for about 10 years," Gray said. "But it was never really accessible here."
So when a float tank center opened up in Louisville, Kentucky about a year ago, the couple made a late night trip to check it out.
"(Josh) joked on the way home, 'I should quit my job and open a float center,'" Hall said. "We laughed about it at first. Shortly after, we were looking for business spaces."
She said her husband was never a risk-taker. He had been working as an IT manager for a local law firm since he graduated.
"I felt like I was always on call," Gray said. "I was the only (IT) person there. Anytime a PC or server went down, I got a call."
After spending four hours remotely resolving an IT problem in an airport terminal —almost missing a cruise — Gray asked himself, "Do I really want to walk away from a career that I've had for 15 years?"
He took the risk, walked away from his IT job and on July 13, ISO Float Center was open for business.
What is a float tank?
Sometimes referred to as a sensory deprivation or isolation tank, a float tank is a lightless, soundproof tub filled with salt water.
How much salt? Depending on the tank, approximately 800 pounds of Epsom salt is dissolved into 200 gallons of water.
The salt allows individuals to float in the tank — weightless — for 60 or 90 minutes.
The salt water is also heated to skin temperature.
The experience reduces stimulation to all five senses.
Reduced sense stimulation combined with that feeling of weightlessness is said to provide a deep, relaxing experience similar to meditation.
Floating can also help achieve what's known as 'flow state.'
If you have ever felt 'in the zone' while working or exercising, that is what some psychologists refer to as the 'flow state.'
Limited clinical research claims floating is also beneficial to a wide variety of stress and pain-related symptoms including: generalized anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic disorder, agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, hypertension, chronic tension headaches, chronic muscle tension pain in the back and neck, and stress-related pain with “burnout depression.”
Several professional athletes say they float to increase focus. Some academics say they float to relax their mind and work through a difficult research topic or problem. Comedian, podcaster and UFC commentator Joe Rogan floats to continue "Joe Rogan-ing."
Other potential candidates include insomniacs, working professionals, stay-at-home parents, children and adults on the autism spectrum.
"Whatever meets your needs, whether it's mind, body or spirit, anyone can benefit from floating," Hall said.
What if I'm fearful or skeptical?
The couple said a lot of first-time floaters have fears and reservations about the experience.
"Fears are normal," Hall said. "Whatever makes you comfortable is key."
She said the center is willing to accommodate floaters anyway they can.
Floaters can throw LED light orbs in the tank or keep the tank door open with the lights on throughout the duration of their float.
"And then maybe try turning them off next time," Gray said. "It's all about helping people feel comfortable with the experience and making them true floaters."
Gray and Hall said they are starting to build a loyal, diverse group of customers.
"Everyone's experience is different," Gray said. "What one person gets out of it is completely different from what another person might get out of it.
"The whole point is to unplug and let go."
If you go
What: ISO Float Center
Where: North Park Shopping Center inside The Arcade (Directions)
Hours: Tues. through Sun. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Price: 60 minute float - $55, 90 minute float - $70
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- Water Balance
- Worked out from inputs (precipitation) and outputs (channel discharge)
- Water balance affects how much water is stored in the basin.
- In wet seasons, rain exceeds evaptrans creating water surplus. Ground stores fill so more SA, higher discharge, river levels rise
- In drier seasons, rain lower than evapotrans, ground stores depleted as some water used (plants+humans+flows in river channel) but isnt replaced by precipitation .
- Therefore at the end of a dry season theres a deficit (shortage) of water in the ground. Ground storage recharged next wet season.
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Rachel Matthew Development Receives Merit Award from NAIOP
The NAIOP, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, held its Eagle Awards ceremony on Friday, December 4th, at the Albuquerque Marriott. The Eagle Awards honor real estate projects that meet high standards in the local area. This year, 63 projects were entered into the competition. Among this field, Rachel Matthew Development was honored with the Merit Award for our work at the Wealth Management Group building in Rio Rancho.
As has become tradition at the annual event, the luncheon program featured a video of skits that spoofed different scenes from popular movies. The video was incorporated into the ceremony, and awards were handed out intermittently.
These days, renovations and remodels are the primary work for most companies working in commercial real estate. NAIOP president, Lynn Andersen, noted that two of the Eagle Awards’ nine categories this year emphasized upgrades to existing buildings.
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Since H&M launched its Garment Collecting initiative in 2013, customers from every corner of the world have helped recycle 25,000 tonnes of their unwanted clothes. To make that gigant volume more comprehendible, H&M's head of sustainability Anna Gedda compares it to collecting 125 million T-shirts in three years. On 18 April, one week dedicated to collecting at least 1,000 tonnes of unwanted garments starts.
"Seeing how much unwanted clothes we've collected since launching the garment collecting initiative, we know that there's a huge interest from our customers to be more conscious in how they enjoy fashion – and we want them to be a part of the solution," she says and continues:
"I'm positive we'll be able to collect 1,000 tonnes during World Recycle Week."
H&M has been on the sustainability forefront for years. After items are collected in any of the more than 3,600 H&M stores worldwide, they are shipped to one of seven sorting plants where they are sorted to become either re-worn and sold in second-hand stores, re-used as cloths or upholstery, or re-cycled to become new fabric and essentially new items.
"The planet's resources are limited. If we want to continue enjoying fashion, we have to find a way to make better use of the resources. H&M works for a sustainable fashion future which, among many things, means that we want to create a closed loop for fashion where old clothes can be turned into new ones without using additional materials. We still have more to do, but already today we make so-called closed-loop products from denim of recycled fabric from the garments you hand in," says Anna Gedda.
To make as many people as possible aware of World Recycle Week, and to collect as many unwanted garments as possible (regardless of condition or brand of course), H&M has teamed up with M.I.A and several other influencer working in fashion and music, all the while being devoted to reduce waste of the planet's resources.
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If you’re working on a new deck, patio or another outdoor project, finding the perfect materials is half the battle. Should you use treated, cedar or composite materials? Piers or posts on your deck? One of the most confusing areas to figure out is which deck screw or fastener provides the best strength and durability for your needs. Because the fasteners hold the entire project together, they can be a common failure point if you don’t choose the right one. Here’s a look at different available wood screws to help you make the right choice.
- Deck Screw Basics
- Generally speaking, you’ll want to use screws instead of nails because they are much less likely to work loose. This aspect of its performance means that it helps reduce warping in situations where a nail would just pull out. Composite PVC products should use a stainless steel screw for the best performance, but tend to be more expensive and can leave a pattern of shiny dots on the surface of your deck unless you choose to get painted screws or paint them following installation. Wood decking provides better performance with the less-expensive coated screws.
One material you should avoid is using indoor screws, such as drywall screws, for exterior use. Not only will they not hold up as well, they’ll stain your new project as they corrode, leaving unsightly marks behind. If you have the choice available, pass by the #2 Phillips drive screws. These screws can strip out easily, leading to serious aggravation when you’re driving or removing them. Square- or Torx-driven screws can be driven much more easily and are easy to use several times. For pressure-treated wood, either pre-drill your holes or use an impact driver to get your fasteners to drive more easily.
- Huttig-Grip Products
- To be able to drive your deck screws quickly and easily, Huttig-Grip’s assortment of Torx-head exterior screws deliver strong performance and easy installation. They feature a range of regular decking screws in 1-1/4″, 1-5/8″, 2″, 2-1/2″,3″, 3-1/2″ and 4″ lengths, which are available in one pound, five pound or bulk boxes. They also have stainless steel deck screws available in 2″, 2-1/2″ and 3″ lengths in one pound and five pound boxes, as well as a selection of 8D and 16D galvanized nails in one pound, five pound and bulk boxes.
- GRK Products
- GRK ‘s Climatek screws only come in white, but can be printed to match your project and are coated for use with treated wood. Available in both handi-packs and pro-packs, their Climatek and RSS structural screws are available in 2”R4, 2 ½”R4, 3 1/8”R4, 4”R4, 5”R4 and 6” R4 sizes, allowing you to get a solid connection for all of your project’s needs. Their trim head screws are available in a wide range of sizes for your trim and finish carpentry purposes. Their Trex composite decking screws are available in three colors to match common stock decking options. For the contractor, we also have these fasteners available in bulk packs, and can always place a special order for you that will typically arrive within just a few days.
By understanding your options in deck screws, you can quickly find the best choice for your project’s other materials and situation to ensure that your project provides years of enjoyable service. If you’re not quite sure exactly which option is best, the experienced associates at Poulin Lumber can help. Please feel free to contact us today with any questions.
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Integrating a Trauma-Informed Approach in Behavioral Health Settings
Over the past 20 years, a growing understanding of the pervasive and harmful impact of traumatic events on individuals, families, and communities has led to the emergence of research on the effects of trauma and treatment strategies to address mental health and substance use disorders. According to SAMSHA, trauma is a widespread, harmful, and costly public health problem, occurring because of violence, abuse, neglect, loss, disaster, war, and other emotionally harmful experiences. While many people who experience a traumatic event do not have lasting negative effects, others experience more difficulty with traumatic stress reactions. Research has documented the relationship between exposure to traumatic events and substance abuse. For example, approximately 20%-90% of individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) have a history of childhood trauma and 37% to 52% have a posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis (Mergler et al, 2018). When it comes to trauma, there are no boundaries regarding age, gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, geography, or sexual orientation.
This online learning series will increase the skill level of behavioral health professionals to define and recognize trauma in individuals. Helping individuals affected by trauma to manage their symptoms using a strength-based approach minimizes re-traumatization and enhances practitioners’ ability to provide trauma-informed support.
Every Thursday, April 21 – June 2, 2022 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm Mountain / 2:00 – 3:30 pm Central
- Identify initial and ongoing reactions to trauma
- Review Identity Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth (PTG)
- Explain the effects of trauma on various developmental stages
- Identify common experiences that produce traumatic impact
- Outline the Polyvagal Theory and brain/body responses to trauma
- Conceptualize the system-wide impact of trauma informed care
- Describe the core components of trauma and diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder
- Review the relationship between childhood trauma substance use and suicidal ideation
- Identify the key principles of a trauma-informed care in treating substance use and mental health disorders
Professionals in behavioral health, substance use disorders, mental health disorders, peer recovery support, and medical practitioners located in the Mountain Plains ATTC Region (HHS Region 8 includes CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY).
Participant Commitment & Expectations:
- Attend a live 1-hour orientation session on April 21 at 1:00 pm Mountain/2:00 pm Central
- Commit to 6-weeks of online training for 1.5 hours weekly from April 28 – June 2
- Complete weekly self-study learning activities
- Access to appropriate technology to utilize Zoom videoconferencing platform (i.e., internet connection, webcam, computer/tablet, speakers, and microphone)
- Be prepared and actively engage while on camera during the scheduled series time
- Kate Speck, Ph.D., MAC, LADC
There is No Cost to Participate:
The first 35 registrants will receive a waiver that covers the entire $250 cost of participation. Once the spots have been filled, registration will be closed. Due to limited enrollment, if you cannot commit to the full requirements, please defer this opportunity to others.
Registrants enrolled in this series are required to attend the orientation and Week 1 sessions. If you cannot attend these sessions, you will forfeit your attendance. In addition, it is expected that participants will have access to the appropriate technology by April 28 to be able fully participate and be on camera during the session. This is not a webinar series and active participation is required to gain/improve skills.
The series has been approved for a total of 16 contact hours (15-hours content instruction and 1-hour orientation session) through the National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC), International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC), and the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) ACEP No. 6492. CE credit will be awarded at the conclusion of the series for full-session participation. Make-up work will not be provided or accepted for missed sessions.
The knowledge and skills learned should be applied within the framework of any applicable Operating and/or Credentialing regulations in your State of practice.
Please contact the MPATTC Staff at firstname.lastname@example.org or by phone at 866-617-2816 (toll-free).
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Kohinoor or the Mountain of Light was the first word that escaped the mouth of Nadir Shah when he saw the diamond. In fact the Kohinoor has a spell binding aura and the Iranian invader could not avoid its charm. It is one of the heritages of India and it is a pity that our rare gem now decorates the crown of the Queen of England. The original shape and size of the Kohinoor have also been lost. The diamond was cut into two pieces – while one part is placed in the Queen’s crown, other part lies somewhere within the British treasury.
The history of Kohinoor is shrouded with deep veil of mystery. Kohinoor exchanged many hands before it landed up in the hands of the Brits. Though Kohinoor is known as Mughal Diamond, but one theory suggests it was found near River Godavari during the times of Lord Krishna. It belonged to the Mahabharata character, warrior Karna. But contradicting theories state that this diamond was found in the mines of Golconda while others feel Kohinoor came from the Kolar mines of Karnataka.
The story of the Kohinoor is very marvellous too. The Kohinoor was possessed by the Rajas of Malwa for many centuries through their lineage. It passed on to Allaudin Khilji when he became the Emperor of Delhi in 1304. Kohinoor belonged to the following rulers of the Tughlaq and Lodhi dynasty. After the heydays of Delhi Sultanate the diamond was grasped by Timur in 1339 who took it back with him to Samarkhand. It remained nestled there for three centuries, until it was brought back to India by Babur who was a descendant of Timur. Some other records from those times suggest that the diamond was with the Raja of Gwalior who had managed to get it from the Delhi Sultans. He presented it to Humayun in 1526 after the Battle of Panipat. Another set of documents suggest that Kohinoor was with a diamond merchant named Mir Jumla who had discovered it from the Kolar mines and later presented it to Shahjahan in 1639. Though this theory is largely debunked.
Whatever might have happened before, it is confirmed that Kahinoor was a part of the loot that Nadir Shah took to Iran from India in 1739. He gave the diamond to his son Ahmed Shah Abdali of Afghanistan. It remained out of the country till Shah Shuja, the king of Afghanistan passed it over to Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1813.
There is a whole new story about how Kohinoor got to Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Ahmed Shah Abdali had three grandsons – Shah Zaman, Shah Shuja and Shah Mahmud who dreamt of becoming the next Emperor. But upon Abdali’s death the reigns passed over to his Shief Minister Wazir Fateh Khan who favoured Shah Mahmud. Mahmud in his turn blinded his brother Shah Zaman. Shah Shuja took over his blinded brother’s responsibilities. Soon he ousted Shah Mahmud and became the king of Afghanistan. But Fateh Khan was able to regain power and put Shah Mahmud back upon the throne. Shah Shuja lost his power but kept the Kohinoor and gifted it to his wife Wafa Begam. But Mahmud wanted the diamond and Shah Shuja was imprisoned in Kashmir. In her bid to rescue her husband Wafa Begam sought help from the Sikhs. She promised Maharaja Ranjit Singh that she would present him with the Kohinoor if Shah Shuja was returned safely back to her. Sikhs managed to rescue Shah Shuja albeit at the loss of many lives. After a little reluctance Kohinoor was handed over to Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
After the annexation of Punjab following the second Anglo-Sikh war in 1849 Lord Dalhousie confiscated the property of the Sikh Empire. The Kohinoor fell in the hands of the British East India company. The diamond was sailed to Britain, never to return again, and presented to Queen Victoria.
Since then the Kohinoor has stayed in Britain despite of many claims by Indian government to hand over this rare diamond.
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Cambro 200BC Dual Seat Booster Chair - Navy Blue
You must buy a minimum of 4 at a time due to manufacturer packaging.
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Keep your little ones safe during meal time at your day care center, restaurant, or hotel with this Cambro 200BC navy blue dual seat booster chair. This seat features a comfortable, contoured seat design on both top and bottom, so it can be easily flipped to a new, clean surface, and high sides for additional safety.A wide, square base and non-skid surface ensure security when in use.
Width: 12 7/16"
Depth: 12 1/4"
Height: 9 3/8"
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This item can safely be cleaned in a commercial dishwasher.
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This is a really nice and durable seat, it can definitely stand up to whatever any young child has to offer. Cambro is always reliable!
Michael S. Posted on 07/16/2013
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The first stage of a multi-million pound housing development overlooking Kidwells Park has been officially launched by Maidenhead MP Theresa May.
The Home Secretary joined representatives from the Royal Borough, developer One Housing Group and contractor Wates Group at the launch of phase one of the Kidwells Close estate on Friday, praising the development as contributing to a 'real buzz' about the future of Maidenhead.
Mrs May officially launched the £29.7m development back in July 2011 which, once complete in 2015, will provide 204 homes made up of a mix of social rent, shared ownership and private sale properties.
The completed phase one of the scheme, which is broken up into four stages, has seen 72 homes completed, including 36 for social rent, nine for shared ownership and 27 for private sale.
The phase has prioritised redeveloping the apartments of the tenants of the old Kidwells Close development, built in the 1960s, which used to be the site of 84 homes but had become outdated and fell short of the Government's Decent Homes Standard.
Many of the residents had remained on site throughout the process, and were present at Friday's formal unveiling.
Addressing the crowd, Mrs May praised the appearance of the build and described the previous estate as 'not exactly the most attractive'.
"This is going to be a great addition to Maidenhead and I believe will provide homes which the residents will enjoy," she said.
Speaking to the Advertiser, she added: "I believe this is an important time for Maidenhead. I think there is a real growth in confidence for the future."
Mick Sweeney, chief executive of One Housing Group, added: "Creating aspirational and sustainable communities is at the core of One Housing Group and Kidwells is a great example of this."
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Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
“WHEN FLAMING ARROWS WERE THE SCOURGE OF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY! “
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe
Synopsis: Kern Shafter arrives at a Dakota army post to find it commanded by his old nemesis Edward Garnett.
WARNING! This review contains SPOILERS!
In Bugles in the Afternoon, Ray Milland plays a rather taciturn chap who most people unaccountably take a shine to, not least of whom is a young lass who just happens to have also caught the eye of Hugh Marlowe, Milland’s arch-rival. It seems Marlowe dallied with one of Milland’s previous squeezes (although we are only drip fed this information) for which Milland ran him through with a sabre (as you do). This understandable crime of passion resulted in Milland being drummed out of the cavalry. Having re-enlisted after struggling to adjust to civilian life, he finds himself at the same fort as his nemesis, and being given increasingly dangerous missions.
This is the kind of western I used to love when I was a kid: plenty of action, lots of Indians, cavalry, chases, and do of the derring variety. Near the end of the film, Milland races on horseback to a group of besieged soldiers under Indian attack, not to help them but to have it out with Marlowe. He’s pursued by a pack of bloodthirsty warriors whooping and hollering and, without breaking stride, Milland (or, more accurately, his stunt double) flips over so that he is hanging from the side of the horse and facing the Indians so that he can shoot it out with them face to face. This sort of film isn’t out to deliver any messages or to preach about how badly the Native Americans were treated by the white man, but seeks merely to provide kids (and kids at heart) with some Saturday matinee thrills. Look out, also, for the character Donovan’s death scene; mortally wounded, he hums calmly to himself as he leisurely picks off one or two of the mob of Indians descending on him. If I’m ever faced with angry marauding Indians closing in on my scalp, that’s how I want to go — after performing some horseback acrobatics first of course.
The story is crap, by the way.
(Reviewed 5th August 2009)
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Convert Redmine’s timesheets to iCalendar format.
If you’re required to fill timesheets on Redmine (logging spent time), but have to fill “holes” because you’re lazy and sometimes forgot to do it, this tool produces an iCal file for easy visualization of where are the “holes”.
It creates a calendar with a calendar event for each entry, with the date of the timesheet entry, and the duration of the entry. In redmine, time spent entries have no start time in a day, so, in the generated calendar, entries start at a certain time (10am by default). When multiple entries are on the same day, they follow each other so they don’t overlap.
Then the resulting .ics file can be imported in any calendar app (like Mozilla Thunderbird’s Lightning), and the “holes” in the timesheets are easy to notice visually.
redmine2ical uses Python 2 and is licensed under the WTFPLv2.
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Successfully Learning English: Year 2 Review
Posted by Thomas Whitehead
Vocabu-scary or the definition of fun?
After four entries in the Successfully Learning Mathematics WiiWare series, Tivola is now turning its attentions to studying English, and this time Freddy the Vampire flies – at night, of course – over to DSiWare instead. It’s time to start a new class, but will this help young gamers learn their ABCs?
Successfully Learning English: Year 2 follows the same basic principle as its WiiWare brethren. A number of exercises need to be completed by the pupil to gain the reward of some relaxing time with a bonus game. The concept of rewarding study with play-time is a good one, ensuring that children earn the right to access the fun on offer. It’s simple but effective.
The exercises themselves, as suggested by the title, target young children who are still learning the English language. Ten different themes are available to play through, each consisting of two sets of exercises with around thirty questions each. If an enthusiastic student completes every exercise they will answer in excess of six hundred questions. They are simple, quick queries, but that’s still quite a lot of content.
The themes available include subject matter divided into categories like "At School" and "Animals". The questions follow the same pattern in each exercise; a voice asks the student to identify an object, such as a rabbit, and once the correct picture is selected on the touch screen the student can move on. Questions also involve identifying the odd one out in five pictures, as well as colouring objects a specific hue. Although the same question types are used repeatedly, they encourage deductive skills as well as learning the language.
There is only one exercise where we feel the challenge is unfair on young learners, and that's the "At School" category. The book, folder and pencil case images all look very similar, meaning that even if you know the answer it’s difficult to get it right first time. Generally the pictures are clear enough to give the right answer, however. Hopefully Tivola will avoid instances like this will in follow-up titles.
In terms of challenge, this title finds a good balance. If the student's first three attempts are wrong, Freddy, on the top screen, will shake his head and show the answer. It’s a simple way for children to effectively learn the correct words for objects. The lack of a hint mechanism may bother some, but short of saying "furry animal with floppy ears," the system as it stands will indeed help young ones build their vocabularies. Like previous entries in the series, this awards up to three stars at the end of each exercise, also giving those who have done well more time in the bonus game – achieving thirty stars across all themes and exercises allows unlimited time here. It’s good incentive for the student to play through every theme and to achieve good scores.
There is only one bonus game, which is a letdown. Perhaps more disappointing is that it isn’t even a creative and fun way to continue learning. It is a clone of Snake – owners of some of the earliest mobile phones will recognise this immediately. You navigate the reptile around the screen to pick up, in this case, bags of fish and chips; each bag makes the snake longer, and you need to avoid hitting any walls or your own body. We don’t know why a snake would eat fish and chips, but that makes about as much sense as this choice of game. The main problem is that it controls far too stiffly to remain fun for long, and the experience is exacerbated by its overly simple execution and annoying background music. It seems out of place, gets old quick and is poorly executed.
Visually, the collection of simple images is for the most part well-drawn, though the overall presentation is bland and unexciting. We’ve highlighted the issue with some of the "school" pictures, but these are a minor blip. In terms of sound, the learner is treated to the patient voice of a female teacher during the exercises, the recordings generally clear and easy to understand. The voice does, however, make old Freddy the Vampire nothing but a picture in the top screen, rather than an actual educational aid. He plays no substantial role and you never hear him speak, which is a shame considering that a few messages of support from everyone’s favourite undead educator may have gone down well with young children. In our opinion, it’s an unfortunate oversight.
Successfully Learning English: Year 2, achieves its objective of teaching very young pupils the basics of the English language. It’s all simple and easy to follow, with lessons that teach vocabulary words as well as some skills in deduction. Unfortunately, the presentation is bland and the reward for doing well is a sloppily executed Snake mini-game. It may educate young learners but it'll likely fail to hold their attention.
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