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From Y'ALLS homeboy Mr. Dwyer.
The Dallas Mavericks, once again, are offering a promotional class designed to help women learn about the nuances of basketball. Y’know, the sort of knowledge that us boys weren’t allowed to graduate kindergarten without, apparently.
Hey, girl. Hey.
People can use “101” classes to their benefit. People like, at times, Mark Cuban, the minds behind this event, and the Dallas Mavericks’ social media chief that signed off on this tweet.
There are entry-level cooking classes. Entry-level classes for sketching, playing the piano, speaking a new language, or learning how to do ‘The Hustle.’ Cuban, you’ll recall, helped work his way through college by specializing in teaching the final class on that particular list of examples.
There’s no shame in gearing up a “101” promotion for those that want to learn about the game, those hoping to potentially become fans of an enterprise that engenders civic pride while consistently (since Mark Cuban purchased control of the team) just about guaranteeing a great night out.
To those of us that grew up only obsessing over basketball, baseball and football with the odd dip into hockey, boxing, golf, racing or tennis, some “101” classes set to explain MMA fighting or E-Sports would still probably go a long way toward future fandom. And if the Mavs made this event and advertisement irrespective of gender or patronizing pandering (“hey, girl … hey?”), this could be a hit. These sorts of classes, in the formation stage, are a great idea.
Why do people nowadays feel the need to take issue with every single thing each day? Every day there's something to be offended by it seems.
The Mavs have been holding the event every year for 15 or so years. But this being 2016, the year of outrage at every single thing, every single day, why not take issue with it this year right?
What isn't offensive???
Didn't the Astros catch heat a few years ago over something similar?
On a side note, how long until women are in the nba (well I think that could actually happen one day if she was really good)... and men can play in WNBA?? I'm offended I can't join the WNBA (not serious).
Anyone remember that movie where the guy gets kicked out of nba and dresses up to play in WNBA, I'm sure if that movie came out today... Lol it'd be a PR nightmare for the league. I never saw it but someone showed me the trailer, I'm sure in this day and age it would seriously offend someone.
What's funny is how the people complaining about this event don't even realize they are the ones being closed minded.
Girls night out events are sexist. Must tweet.
Listen to the Haymitch. He is wise.
Only when [Kelly Dwyer] can pretend to be offended or pretend to be outraged at the slightest of things, like that Jackson quote. That's his thing. More of a sports pop culture blogger than a sports blogger, which is fine but not for me personally.
Keep gettin them checks, KD.
I AM SO OFFENDED!!!
They're tweets not amendments. Who cares?
I don't understand the backlash. Far more men watch (and religiously follow) the NBA than women. That's just a fact. People can get their undies in a bunch, but the Mavs are probably correct in thinking a market exists for wives who want to spend more time with their MFFL (gross) husbands, and learning about basketball is a great avenue to do just that. Perhaps the Mavs shouldn't have labeled it "for women", but that just seems overly nit-picky.
There was nothing wrong in my opinion. but to resolve, they could offer an advanced basketology class 301 and maybe let them bring their kids who can watch and interact at the 101, so they aren't offending a particular group. The real issue will be what to do with the transgenders.
How do you get paid to write this garbage? Just wondering.
Dwyer is a femanist. Just look at his post history here.
I really don't get it. My ex went to something very similar that the Rockets did back in 2008(?). All the participants enjoyed it and no one was offended.
It's America, baby - where we have the need to get outraged and pissed off about any little thing that rubs us evenly remotely wrong....
The fact that my first instinct is that my feeling should be hurt hurts my feelings.
The ironic part of it all, is all women are getting CATERED to on BOTH sides of the issue.
Women are getting special attention for the event (hokey and tactless as the event is). And women have the population supporting any of their "progressive" stances and protests in a way that actually seems as "ass-kissy" if not MORE than the actual event is doing, so supporters can earn their justice badges. Which just emboldens everyone to keep ranting on about anything.
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2. Ensure that treatments were performed as ordered by the physician which resulted in an unrecognized life-threatening drop in blood sugar level for Patient 14.
The cumulative effects of these failures resulted in the inability of nursing services to provide patient care and services in a safe and effective manner in accordance with the Conditions of Participation for Nursing Services.
On 11/16/11, review of the "Pre-Printed MD Orders: Subcutaneous Insulin" for Patient `14 showed a physician's order, dated 10/12/11, for the fingerstick blood glucose testing every four hours for correctional dosing between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:59 p.m. Correctional dosing is adjusting Insulin dosages to blood sugar ranges. Normal blood sugar is 80-130 milligrams /deciliter of blood; mg/dl are units of measurement. There was also an order, dated 10/12/11, for a basal bedtime dose of 5 units of Lantus insulin (long-acting insulin with a pronounced peak effect).
Review of the "Blood Glucose/Insulin Record" showed that blood glucose test performed on 10/15/11 at 9:00 p.m. showed a value of 180 mg/dl. The next scheduled blood sugar check was at 6 a.m., next morning. The Medication Administration Record showed that at 10:00 p.m., Patient 14 had 5 units of Lantus insulin, the basal dose as ordered.
On 11/17/11, review of the graphic sheet for Patient 14 showed stable vital signs and a good oxygen level at 4:00 a.m. on 10/16/11. There was no documented blood sugar check on 10/16/11 at 6:00 a.m. A nurse's note on 10/16/11 at 7:45 a.m. showed, "Patient's CBS @ 21 [fingerstick blood sugar was 21] patient unresponsive but breathing...". Also on 10/16/11, the Rapid Response Record (record of actions when there is a mobilization of staff when a patient's condition deteriorates) showed that Patient 14 received Dextrose (glucose) intravenously and the blood sugar increased to 333. Despite interventions taken, Patient 14 remained unresponsive with irregular breathing and required emergency insertion of a breathing tube.
Continued review on 11/17/11 showed a progress note, dated 10/16/11 at 9:10 a.m., in which the physician wrote that Patient 14 was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and remained unresponsive due to a hypoglycemic (low blood sugar) reaction secondary to an "[DIAGNOSES REDACTED]" (tumor of the pancreas which releases insulin into the blood and can cause a precipitous drop in blood sugar). The physician also wrote that Patient 14 had an altered mental status due to "hypoglycemic [DIAGNOSES REDACTED]" ([DIAGNOSES REDACTED] means any condition which alters brain function or structure).
In an interview on 11/17/11, Director of Risk Management confirmed nursing staff did not perform a blood sugar check for Patient 14 at 6:00 a.m. as ordered by the physician.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the hospital failed ensure that the policy and procedure for the administration of a TPN solution was followed and failed to follow a physician order for fingerstick blood sugar analysis of a patient at high risk for altered blood sugar levels.
For Patient 1, RN 1 administered a commercially prepared enteral feeding formula (Glucerna) through Patient 1's intravenous PICC catheter, resulting in the death of Patient 1.
For Patient 14, a blood sugar fingerstick was not performed at the time ordered the physician and resulted in an unrecognized life-threatening drop in blood sugar level of 21 mg/dl (a normal blood sugar is 80-130 milligrams /deciliter of blood; mg/dl).
1. Medical record review, on 9/26/11, indicated Patient 1 was a [AGE] year old woman who was admitted on [DATE]. Her multiple diagnoses included [DIAGNOSES REDACTED].
Review of pre-printed MD orders: 'Parenteral Nutrition', dated 9/23/11, indicated Patient 1's TPN solution contained 250 cc of 20% Lipids and Regular Insulin 80 units. The TPN solution (1750 cc IV bag) was delivered by the pharmacy and placed in the unit refrigerator located in the medication room. The TPN solution was clearly labeled with Patient 1's name with a scheduled infusion time on 9/23/11 at 8:00 p.m., continuous over a 12-hour period.
According to hospital policy and procedure "Medication Use and Administration" dated 5/2011, "Prior to administration, a nurse will verify all High Alert Medications with another nurse." The policy listed insulin as a high alert medication. The policy further required verification that "...the medication selected matches the medication order and product label" and "is being administered at the proper time, in the prescribed dose, and by the correct route." Review of a policy and procedure titled "IV: Parental Nutrition (PN)-Adults", approved by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee in December 2008 and the Policy and Procedures Committee in June 200, indicated, "...the RN checks the label on the bag with the MD order before hanging the parenteral nutrition."
During a telephone interview, on 10/26/11 at 8:50 a.m., certified nursing assistant (CNA 1) stated that during his 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift assignment, on 9/23-24/11, on 2 North (2N), he entered Patient 1's room and "knew something was wrong". CNA 1 left the room to immediately tell the charge nurse (RN 2) about Patient 1.
During an interviews on 9/28/11 at 8:25 a.m. and 11/17/11 at 7:45 a.m., RN 2 recalled that it was "exactly 12:30 a.m." when he responded to CNA 1's request to check on Patient 1's medical condition. RN 2 stated that when he entered the room the patient was not breathing and that a "Code Blue" was called. Review of the "Code Blue" record indicated the code team responded at 12:35 a.m. on 9/24/11 and that an attempt to resuscitate Patient 1 was unsuccessful. The code blue was terminated at 12:53 a.m. and Patient 1 was pronounced dead at 1:03 a.m. on 9/24/11.
During a telephone interview, on 10/18/11 at 11:25 a.m., RN 10 confirmed that she had been assigned as a Code Blue responder on the 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift on 9/23-24/11. RN 10 recalled that during the code she heard the IV pump machine alarming near the Patient 1's bed and the IV pump message screen indicated there was an "occlusion" in the system. RN 10 stated that she saw an "opaque, tan/beige" enteral feeding solution running through the IV tubing/pump and into Patient 1's PICC infusion port. She immediately disconnected the tubing from the PICC infusion port. RN 10 recalled that she informed MD 1 about the enteral feeding solution being connected to the PICC and that MD 1 acknowledged it and continued with the code blue resuscitation efforts.
RN 10 recalled that she spoke with RN 1 in the patient's room after the code blue ended. She had asked RN 1 what IV fluids she administered into Patient 1's PICC prior to the Code Blue and RN 1 responded, "Just the TPN". RN 10 recalled that she was touching the bottle of enteral feeding solution that was still hanging on the IV pole when she asked RN 1, "Is this your TPN?" RN 1 replied, "Yes". RN 10 stated that RN 1 got a "deer in the headlights look" when she told RN 1 that the solution was not TPN but an enteral feeding formula (Glucerna). She stated that RN 1 "...immediately took the bottle of feeding formula [Glucerna] and the tubing off the pump and threw it in the trash."
During an interview on 11/17/11 at 7:54 a.m., RN 2 stated that Patient 1's TPN solution was discovered unused and in the medication room refrigerator on the nursing unit after the patient coded and died .
On December 5, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Officer (B) informed the Department by telephone that the coroner's autopsy finding results had determined the death of Patient 1. Patient 1's death resulted from a pulmonary embolus which was a direct result of the administration of the enteral feeding formula [Glucerna] through Patient 1's intravenous PICC line.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the hospital failed to ensure that medications were administered as ordered. Medication orders were not accurately verified which resulted in a medication administration error for Patient 13.
During an observation on 11/14/11 at 11:30 a.m., RN 12 administered 50 mg of Seroquel (an antidepressant medication) to Patient 13 via the naso-gastric feeding tube. Review of the Medication Administration Record (MAR), dated 11/14/11, indicated the following entry: "Seroquel 50 mg = 2 Tablet Q6H Tube [every 6 hours via the feeding tube]" with a start date and time of "11/11/11 at 1502 [3:02 p.m.]." Mutual review of the physician's order with Nurse Administrator 4 indicated an order dated and timed, on "11/11/11 at 13:01," for "Seroquel 25 mg via FT q 12 hours [via feeding tube every 12 hours]" At 12:15 p.m. during an interview with Pharmacist 4 (Pharm 4), he said he checked in the pharmacy's computerized system and the physician's order on file for Patient 13 was the latter order, for Seroquel 25 mg. Pharm 4 said that Patient 13 received an incorrect dosage of Seroquel and said, "It's a medication error".
Review of the MAR for Patient 13, dated 11/13/11, indicated the following entry: "Seroquel 25 mg = 1 Tablet Q 12H [every 12 hours]" with a start date and time of "11/11/11 at 1502 [3:02 p.m.]".
The MAR, dated 11/14/11, indicated the following order: "Seroquel 50 mg = 2 Tablet Q6H [every 6 hours]" with a start date and time of "11/11/11 at 1502 [3:02 p.m.]". The night shift RN initialed the "trans check" box that she verified the accuracy of the order.
During an interview on 11/14/11 at 12 p.m., the Nurse Administrator 4 (NADM 4) stated that the night shift checked the new daily medication administration record (MAR) sent up by pharmacy against the previous day's MAR. If there were changes to the new MAR then the night shift registered nurse (RN) verified the order. The initials of the night shift RN on the MAR in the "trans check" box was confirmation that the MAR was accurate.
Mutual review of the physician's order, with NADM 4, indicated one order on 11/11/11 at 13:01 p.m. for Seroquel 25 mg via feeding tube (FT) q 12 hours [via feeding tube every 12 hours.] RN 12 on the day shift, used the MAR dated 11/14/11 for the medication pass, and administered Seroquel 50 mg at 12 p.m., instead of the Seroquel 25 mg. At 12:20 p.m., Pharmacist 4 checked the physician's order in the pharmacy's computerized system and confirmed that Patient 13 received an incorrect dose of Seroquel.
On 11/15/11 at 12:40 p.m., during an interview, Pharm 2 described the process of order entry and MAR generation. Pharm 2 said that the physician wrote the order and the nurse scanned the order into the pharmacy's computerized system so that there was a mirror image of the order in the system.
The pharmacist reviewed if the order was clinically appropriate for the patient. The pharmacist then typed the order into the pharmacy's computerized system and once a day at 12:30 a.m. the system generated a MAR, for the day, to begin at 7:00 a.m. Pharm 2 said that, prior to typing new scanned orders into the computer, the pharmacist should pull up the patient's profile based on the patient's name and second identification verification; either the date of birth or medical record number. Pharm 2 said that obviously the pharmacist did not follow the practice for Patient 13. Pharm 2 said that order was incorrectly typed into Patient 13's medication profile and therefore onto the MAR resulting in the "wrong dose, wrong frequency and wrong patient" being listed on Patient 13's MAR.
The cumulative effects of these systemic problems resulted in the pharmacy's inability to provide pharmaceutical services and care in a safe and effective manner in accordance with the Conditions of Participation for Pharmaceutical Services.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the pharmacy failed to label sterile compounded IV TPN solutions with storage instructions for one sampled patient (Patient 46) prior to delivering the solutions to the inpatient nursing units. This practice had the potential that nursing staff would improperly store the TPN solutions because instructions were not labeled by the pharmacy.
During a concurrent observation and interview, on 11/15/11 at 1:40 p.m., in the non-hazardous medication compounding (mixing) room, Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 2) was compounding total parenteral nutrition (TPN, intravenous nutrition) for Patient 46. Pharm Tech 2 stated that there were 11 TPNs to mix for the day.
During an observation, on 11/15/11 at 5:10 p.m., six TPN bags were delivered to the nursing units. Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 4) placed the TPNs into the medication refrigerators in the medication rooms (secured storage area for medications). Inspection of the TPN labels did not show storage instructions.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 1:10 p.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 2) stated that the TPN labels should have included storage instructions. During an administrative record review, of the hospital's policy and procedure for 200.6a Sterile Compounding: General Requirements showed Procedure: 8. Labeling showed, "Labels are prepared in accordance with State/Federal regulations ...b. The label shall include: ...Supplemental instruction, including necessary storage conditions ..."
1. The pharmacy failed to ensure the implementation of a policy and procedure to evaluate viable airborne/surface microorganisms in the sterile compounding area. The hospital did not test, in 2011, the sterile compounding area for viable airborne and viable surface microorganisms. This failure resulted in the potential for 12,170 patients to be exposed to 45,579 contaminated medications, over 304 days.
2. The pharmacy failed to report the results of viable airborne/surface microorganisms testing in the sterile compounding area. The hospital did not test, in 2011, for viable airborne and surface microorganisms in the sterile compounding area. The failure of the hospital to test for microorganisms was not reported to medical staff performance improvement (MSPI) and pharmacy and therapeutics (P&T). This failure resulted in the potential for 12,170 patients to be exposed to 45,579 contaminated medications, over 304 days.
3. The pharmacy failed to ensure the implementation of an effective end product testing program for microorganisms in compounded intravenous medications. The hospital tested two medications out of 45,579 mixed. The sample size tested was not large enough to ensure that compounded intravenous medications were not contaminated with microorganisms. This failure resulted in the potential for 12,170 patients to be exposed to 45,579 contaminated medications, over 304 days.
4. The pharmacy failed to ensure that the air pressure differentials were maintained in the sterile compounding area. The hospital did not ensure that the air pressure differentials were monitored in 2011. This failure resulted in the potential for 12,170 patients to be exposed to 45,579 contaminated medications, over 304 days.
5. The pharmacy failed to ensure the development and implementation of a policy and procedure to evaluate gloved fingertip sampling of sterile compounding personnel. The hospital did not evaluate fingertip sampling, in 2011, of sterile compounding personnel. This failure resulted in the potential for 12,170 patients to be exposed to 45,579 contaminated medications, over 304 days.
6. The pharmacy failed to develop and implement a policy and procedure to ensure the sterile compounding area air changes per hour was maintained within national standards. The hospital did not monitor the air changes per hour in 2011. This failure resulted in the potential for 12,170 patients to be exposed to 45,579 contaminated medications, over 304 days.
7. The pharmacy failed to assign immediate use sterile compounded medications with a one hour beyond use expiration time. The hospital assigned a 12 hour beyond use time to immediate use sterile compounded medications. This failure resulted in the potential for an estimated 184 patients a day, from 11/14/11 to 11/17/11, to be exposed to contaminated medications (Patient 46).
1. During a concurrent tour and interview, on 11/14/11 at 11:25 a.m., the sterile intravenous (IV, directly into a vein) compounding (mixing) area was identified. Inspection of the IV compounding area showed that it consisted of an ante-room (room used to prepare for compounding), a hazardous medication compounding room and a non-hazardous medication compounding room. Inside the compounding rooms were IV hoods (device to provide sterile (germ free) compounding area). Pharmacist (Pharm 2) stated that the pharmacy compounded sterile IV medications in the hoods.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 8:15 a.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 1) and Pharm 2 were asked did the hospital test for viable (living microorganism) airborne (in the air) and viable surface (on the surface) testing, as part of the sterile compounding quality assurance (monitoring and evaluation of a process) program. Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the hospital, in 2011, did not test the sterile compounding area for viable airborne microorganisms and viable surface microorganisms.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 1:10 p.m., Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the IV compounding program made 45,579 medications from 1/1/11 to 10/31/11.
During an administrative record review, of the SMC Inpatient Admits, from 1/1/11 to 10/31/11, showed the hospital serviced 12,170 patients.
During an administrative record review, of the hospital's policy and procedure for 200.6b Sterile IV Compounding: IVs Prepared in Pharmacy IV Preparation Areas (Review Date(s): 8/11) showed Procedure: C Buffer Area (compounding room) and Ante Area, 12. "Evaluation of viable airborne/surface microorganisms in the controlled air environments of the compounding area will be performed periodically as required by USP/NF 797."
Review of the United States Pharmacopeia 797 (USP <797>), a nationally recognized compounding information source, Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparation (2008, pg. 46) showed Environmental Viable Airborne Particle Testing Program "Review of the data generated during a sampling event may detect elevated amounts of airborne microbial bioburden (levels); such changes may be indicative of adverse changes within the environment."
Review of USP<797> Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparation (2008, pg. 52) showed Surface Cleaning and Disinfection Sampling and Assessment "Surface sampling is an important component of the maintenance of a suitable microbially controlled environment for compounding CSPs (compounded sterile preparation), especially since transfer of microbial contamination from improperly disinfected work surfaces via inadvertent touch contact by compounding personnel can be a potential source of contamination into CSPs."
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 1:10 p.m., Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the IV compounding program made 45, 579 medications from 1/1/11 to 10/31/11. Continuing the interview, Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that quality assurance data was reported to MSPI and P&T. Additionally, Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the data for viable airborne/surface testing was not reported to MSPI and P & T in 2011.
3. During a tour, on 11/14/11 at 2:30 p.m., the fourth floor pharmacy was inspected. Inside the pharmacy was a sterile intravenous (IV, directly into a vein) compounding (mixing) area. The surveyor observed Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 1) compounding an IV medication.
During a concurrent observation and interview, on 11/15/11 at 1:40 p.m., in the non-hazardous medication compounding room, Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 2) was compounding total parenteral nutrition (TPN, IV nutrition) for Patient 46. Pharm Tech 2 stated that there were 11 TPNs to mix for the day.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 7 a.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 1) and Pharmacist (Pharm 2) described the 2011 end product testing (testing compounded medications for microorganisms) process. End product testing was done on large volume solutions that had two or more additives. They further stated that a 10 milliliter sample was taken from the compounded medication. The sample was then sent to the laboratory for analysis. Continuing the interview, they stated that end product testing was done on two samples, one on 10/31/11 and one on 11/9/11.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 1:10 p.m., Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the IV compounding program made 45,579 medications from 1/1/11 to 10/31/11. Pharm 2 further stated that two items sampled out of 45,579 was not statically significant (results did not assure that microbial contamination did not occur in the 45,577 other compounds).
During an administrative record review, of the hospital's policy and procedure for 200.6a Sterile Compounding: General Requirements showed Procedure: 15 Quality Assurance (QA): b) "End-product Testing: Testing of CSP s will be examined on sampling basis to assure that no microbial contamination has occurred."
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 1:10 p.m., Pharm 2 described that the Pressura system (an electronic monitoring system) monitored the IV compounding area air pressure differentials (difference in air pressure between two rooms). She described that there was an electronic monitoring station installed by the door of the hazardous, the door of the non-hazardous and the door of the ante-room. The monitoring stations were programed to compare the air pressure between two rooms. She further stated that the stations were programmed to alarm when the pressure differential reached zero. She stated that the monitoring stations were not programmed to alarm at any other air pressure differential. She also stated that the monitoring stations did not keep a record, of the pressure differentials, from 1/1/11 to 11/17/11.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 1:10 p.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 1) and Pharm 2 stated that the IV compounding program made 45,579 medications from 1/1/11 to 10/31/11.
During an administrative record review, of the United States Pharmacopeia 797 (USP <797>), a nationally recognized compounding information source, Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations (2008, pgs. 42 - 43) Facility Design and Environmental Controls "Compounding facilities are physically designed and environmentally controlled to minimize airborne contamination from contacting critical sites...For rooms providing a physical separation through the use of walls, doors, and pass-through, a minimum differential positive pressure of 0.02- to 0.05-inch water column is required."
During an administrative record review, of USP <797> Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations (2008, pg37) showed Hazardous Drugs as CSPs "The ISO Class 5 BSC or CACI shall be placed in an ISO Class 7 area that is physically separated...and optimally has not less than 0.01 inch water column negative pressure to adjacent positive pressure ISO Class 7 or better ante-areas, thus providing inward airflow to contain any airborne drug. A pressure indicator shall be installed that can be readily monitored for correct room pressurization."
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 8:15 a.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 1) and Pharm 2 were asked did the hospital evaluate the sterile compounding personnel for gloved fingertip sampling (test for viable (living microorganism) on gloves) as part of the sterile compounding quality assurance (monitoring and evaluation of a process) program. Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the hospital, in 2011, did not include gloved fingertip sampling in the quality assurance program.
During an administrative record review, of the United States Pharmacopeia 797 (USP <797>), a nationally recognized compounding information source, Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations (2008, pg. 51) showed "Aseptic Work Practice Assessment and Evaluation via Personnel Glove Fingertip Sampling-Sampling of compounding personnel glove fingertips shall be performed for all CSP (compounded sterile preparation) risk level compounding because direct touch contamination is the most likely source of introducing microorganisms into CSPs prepared by humans. Glove fingertip sampling shall be used to evaluate the competency of personnel in performing hand hygiene and garbing procedures in addition to educating compounding personnel on proper work practices, which include frequent and repeated glove disinfection using sterile 70% IPA during actual compounding of CSPs. All personnel shall demonstrate competency in proper hand hygiene and garbing procedures and in aseptic work practices ..."
During a concurrent interview and administrative record review, on 11/17/11 at 8 a.m., Pharm 1 and Pharmacist (Pharm 2) stated that the IV compounding area, air changes per hour (ACPH, number of times air is changed in a room), was verified as meeting engineering design on 10/2/09. Review of the hospital's test and balance report, by Engineering company (OE), showed that the compounding area met the design specifications on 10/2/09. Continuing the interview, Pharm 1 and Pharm 2 stated that the hospital had not verified, since 10/2/09, that the air changes per hour had remained within the design specifications.
During an administrative record review, of the United States Pharmacopeia 797 (USP <797>), a nationally recognized compounding information source, Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations (2008, pgs. 42-23) showed "Facility Design and Environmental Controls...Room air exchanges are typically expressed as ACPHs. Adequate HEPA-filtered (filter to remove particles) airflow supplied to the buffer area (compounding room) and ante-area is required to maintain cleanliness classification during operational activity through the number of ACPHs. An ISO Class 7 (measurement of air particles)...buffer area and ante-area supplied with HEPA-filtered air shall receive an ACPH of not less than 30."
7. During an interview, on 11/16/11 at 10:45 a.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 2) stated that the fourth floor pharmacy compounded (mixed) intravenous (IV, directly into a vein) medications for first and stat doses. Pharm 2 further stated that the pharmacy compounded these medications as immediate use and that the start of administration must be within 60 minutes of the time of mixing. Continuing the interview, Pharm 2 stated that the pharmacy assigned a beyond use (expiration) time of 12 hours to these immediate use medications.
During an observation, on 11/16/11 at 5 p.m., in the fourth floor pharmacy, Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 3) mixed an immediate use IV medication for Patient 47. Inspection of the label showed a 12 hour beyond use time.
During an interview, on 11/17/11 at 8:40 a.m., Pharmacist (Pharm 3) stated that the pharmacy had an ISO 5 (measurement of air quality) IV hood (device used to provide a sterile (germ free) compounding environment), which was located in a worse than ISO 7 (measurement of air quality) environment. She further stated that the IV medications mixed in these conditions were defined as immediate use and assigned a beyond use time of 12 hours.
During an administrative record review, of USP <797> Guidebook to Pharmaceutical Compounding-Sterile Preparations (2008, pg. 36) showed Immediate-Use CSPs "The immediate-use provision is intended only for those situations where there is a need for emergency or immediate patient administration of a CSP (compounded sterile preparation) ...4. Administration begins not later than 1 hour following the start of the preparation of the CSP...5. Unless immediately and completely administered by the person who prepared it ...the CSP shall bear a label listing...the exact 1-hour BUD (expiration date) and time."
1. The pharmacy failed to ensure the implementation of a policy and procedure for the use of aseptic technique. Three pharmacy technicians, out of 20, were observed not maintaining aseptic technique while compounding medications. This failure resulted in the potential for an estimated 179 patients a day, from 11/14/11 to 11/16/11, to be exposed to contaminated medications (Patient 46).
2. The pharmacy failed to ensure the implementation of a procedure for dispensing medications as ordered by the physician. The pharmacist inaccurately entered an order into the computer for one of twenty seven patients, Patient 13. This failure resulted in Patient 13 receiving an incorrect dosage of an antidepressant.
1. During a concurrent observation and interview, on 11/14/11 at 2:30 p.m., the fourth floor pharmacy was inspected. Inside the pharmacy was a sterile intravenous (IV, directly into a vein) compounding (mixing) area. The surveyor observed Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 1) mixing an IV medication in the IV hood (device used to provide a sterile compounding environment). Pharm Tech 1 was not wearing gloves while he was mixing. Pharmacist (Pharm 2) stated that Pharm Tech 1 should have worn gloves while mixing the medication.
During a concurrent observation and interview, on 11/15/11 at 1:40 p.m., in the non-hazardous medication compounding (mixing) room, Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 2) was mixing total parenteral nutrition (IV nutrition) for Patient 46. The surveyor observed that Pharm Tech 2 did not maintain aseptic (germ free) technique by: not using alcohol to sanitize his gloves when reentering the IV hood, touching the open ends of tubing (sterile plastic tube) sets, blocking airflow from the HEPA (removes small particles from the air) filter to the critical site (sterile area of medication vials, syringes, tubing and bags), not changing gloves after he picked up a wrapper from the floor. Pharm Tech 2 stated that there were 11 TPNs to mix for the day.
During a concurrent observation and interview, on 11/16/11 at 5 p.m., in the fourth floor pharmacy, Pharmacy Tech (Pharm Tech 3) was mixing an IV medication. The surveyor observed that Pharm Tech 3 changed her sterile gloves twice during the mixing process. Both times she contaminated the outside of the gloves, by placing them on the work surface of the IV hood, before she put them on.
During an administrative record review, of the hospital's policy and procedure for 200.6a Sterile Compounding: General Requirements (Review Date 8/11) showed Procedure: 6. CSP (compounded sterile preparation) Preparation, a. "CSP's shall be prepared with aseptic technique (see P&P 200.6b) ...Sterile gloves are required in all cases (immediate use and products stored for later use."
During an administrative record review, of the hospital's policy and procedure for 200.6b Sterile IV Compounding: IVs Prepared in Pharmacy IV Preparation Areas (Review Date: 8/11) showed Procedure: B. Laminar (type of air pattern) Flow Hood, 10. "Hands never pass between the filter and the work area or over any open vials or ampoules. Further review showed Procedure: B. Laminar Flow Hood, 13. "Critical sites of needles, vials, ampoules, containers and transfer sets should have an uninterrupted flow of air from the HEPA filter."
During an administrative record review, of the Summit Medical Center census, for 11/14/11 to 11/16/11, showed the hospital serviced an estimated 179 patients a day.
2. During an observation on 11/14/11 at 11:30 a.m., Registered Nurse 12 (RN 12) administered 50 mg of Seroquel, an antidepressant, to Patient 13 via the naso-gastric feeding tube. Review of the Medication Administration Record (MAR) dated 11/14/11, showed the following entry: "Seroquel 50 mg = 2 Tablet Q6H Tube [every 6 hours via the feeding tube]" with a start date and time of "11/11/11 at 1502." Mutual review of the physician's order with the Nurse Administrator 4 showed an order dated and timed, on "11/11/11 at 13:01," for "seroquel 25 mg via FT q 12 hours [via feeding tube every 12 hours]" At 12:15 p.m. during an interview, Pharmacist 4 (Pharm 4) said he checked in the pharmacy's computerized system and the physician's order on file for Patient 13 was the latter order, for Seroquel 25 mg. Pharm 4 said that Patient 13 received an incorrect dosage of Seroquel, "it's a medication error."
On 11/15/11 at 12:40 p.m., during an interview, Pharm 2 described the process of order entry and MAR generation. Pharm 2 said that the physician wrote the order and the nurse scanned the order into the pharmacy's computerized system so that there was a mirror image of the order in the system. The pharmacist reviewed if the order was clinically appropriate for the patient. The pharmacist then typed the order into the pharmacy's computerized system and once a day at 12:30 a.m. the system generated a MAR, for the day, to begin at 7 a.m. Pharm 2 said that, prior to typing new scanned orders into the computer, the pharmacist should pull up the patient's profile based on the patient's name and second identification verification; either the date of birth or medical record number. Pharm 2 said that obviously the pharmacist did not follow the procedure for Patient 13. Pharm 2 said there was another patient with a different name than Patient 13, who had a new order for Seroquel 50 mg every six hours. Pharm 2 said that order was incorrectly typed into Patient 13's medication profile and therefore onto the MAR resulting in the "wrong dose, wrong frequency and wrong patient." | 41370c4e2e17a7f915862ff25f69270c | 7,600 |
LOL, we at Zetane were building simulations of the functions from a project in artificial intelligence. LIDAR provides amazing 3D images, scans really, of buildings and geographies; we altered the colours of these images to make them vibrant and surreal (nerds being artists, apparently). The neural network is the sophisticated software architecture for one category of AI, deep learning. This neural net is used for many reasons, but we use it often to classify images of common objects sold in retail environments. | 731338d056e7417281af1f0e3a31e335 | 102 |
6.75x10.5 inches. English.
Thou Gracious God, Whose Mercy Lend...
This is one of the most beautiful settings of the Robert Burns poems ever composed. It is simple, elegant, good ranges for all the vocal parts. You will need sopranos who have a good solid upper register, but it only takes a couple on the highest notes to make the...
June 12, 2008 Red red rose comes up blooming!!
Mulholland's piece A Red Red Rose has won over many of our choir members with the unique style of this composer. The choir looks forward to acquiring the other three pieces in this set, so that our repertoire continues to be extended. | https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/four-robert-burns-ballads-sheet-music/6037886 | 148 |
Simple Pea and Pepper Salad
Want to know why I love a good salad? Firstly, it’s cheap as chips to make and you can make it from all those scraps of things you’ve got in the fridge.
Secondly, they’re obviously packed full of nutrients when done well and thirdly, you can pack them in a lunch box and eat on the go. No need to heat or faff about with microwaves, you’re good to go with just a folk.
For this little beauty I used just a lot of store cupboard ingredients I’d got lying about. What’s in it? Well, there’s a few handfuls of mixed leaf salad, a couple of diced jarred pimento peppers, olives, cucumber, capers, spring onion and a large glug of olive oil. I also added some podded peas which I blanched for a couple of minutes before hand just so they were still crunch but cooked through.
With salads this tasty, you’ll never refer to them as rabbit food ever again… Tip: Dip in a bit of sourdough bread to mop up that olive oil!
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A business card is a rectangle of paper with your name on it. It may seem like a relic from a previous century, but in today’s digital world, business cards are still essential for networking and establishing yourself as an authority in your field.
They can be used for networking, connecting with potential clients, and showing that you are serious about your new business or job.
The business cards don’t just look great; they provide practical benefits too.
Here are 5 reasons why business cards are still important.
When you meet someone new, you are making a friend and a connection. You might also be making a future colleague, employer, or customer.
Business cards make it easy for people to stay in touch with you. You can exchange cards with as many people as you like at a networking event and make it easy for them to keep the connection going. In this way, business cards help you grow your network.
The front of your business card is a great place to establish your brand.
If you are a freelance writer, for example, you can write “Freelance Writer” on your card in big letters. If you are an accountant, you can write “Accountant” in similarly large letters.
This makes it easy for people to remember who you are and what you do. Because your card is something that remains in the hands of many different people, it is one of the best ways you can get your brand out there.
Your business card doesn’t just belong to you; it becomes part of the hands of everyone who touches it.
Business cards also help you boost your confidence by providing a prop during conversations. When you meet someone for the first time, you usually have a brief moment where you have nothing to say.
This can also happen when you are talking to someone again after a long break. In these moments, it can be easy to get tongue-tied and appear awkward.
You can avoid this by having a business card in your hand. When you are talking to someone, you can use the card to give your hands something to do. This helps you stay relaxed and confident. It also gives you time to think about what you want to say next.
The back of your business card is the perfect place to showcase your expertise.
If you are an accountant, write “Certified Public Accountant”. This makes it easy for people to know what you can do for them.
They can take your card home and learn more about you and your services. This can help you get more clients or find a new job.
The first impression you make on a new person has lasting effects. It can make or break your chances of making new connections or acquiring new clients.
You can make an excellent first impression if you have a beautiful business card. This can help you get a leg up on your competition.
If you are at an event where people are networking, having a great-looking card can make it easier for them to remember you.
By comparison, a card that is well-designed, easy to read, and looks like you spent a lot of money on it makes you look like a serious, successful person.
Business cards are more important now than ever before. In today’s digital world, they are one of the few ways you can show people who you are and what you do in an offline setting.
This makes them essential for networking, branding, confidence-building, and more. Whether you are starting a new business or changing careers, you need a set of beautiful, high-quality business cards.
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Sit facing the upright pad on the machine so that your chest is against the pad and feet flat on the ground. Pull your shoulder blades down. Grasp handles with an overhand grip.
Pull your shoulder blades together and pull the handles towards your back. Pause before your shoulders are tempted to roll forward, then slowly close the handles towards each other.
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Without question, Martin Scorsese is one of the most influential filmmakers of all time. Although his achievements may not be measured through his count of Academy Awards, he is still revered as one of the finest cinematic storytellers around. His credits are interesting to read through because he does so much more than the average filmmaker. As well as writing and/or directing some of the most iconic films in history, he has produced, edited, acted in, and advised even more.
Scorsese entered the Hollywood scene with peers like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola. Together, they were known as the "Film School Generation," (though Spielberg was actually a dropout) contributing highly to the "New Hollywood Movement" also known as the "American New Wave." These four stormed into Hollywood and quickly made their mark. Along with other filmmakers characterized in the New Hollywood Movement, they brought artistic integrity back into mainstream cinema and changed the way the game was played. Mind you, at the time, they were four of the first new American filmmakers in a long time to make names for themselves.
Although he hit the ground directing, writing, and producing, Scorsese quickly dropped the latter two and focused his efforts in directing. During this phase, he made 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull,' just to name a few. Along the way he began making documentaries, short films, contributing to television series, and even tryig his hand at music videos. In 1990, Scorsese began writing again, and from there he began branching out in many different directions.
Instead of going through the list and revisiting five of his past credits, this edition of the HDD Study Hall will begin by taking a look at his life and many achievements and wrap up with a list of five Scorsese documentaries that many of us probably have not seen.
Did you know that Scorsese edited the 1970 'Woodstock' documentary? That's right. Click here to read Roger Ebert's brilliant write-up from Feb. 15, 1970 about how more than 120 hours of footage from the epic concert were filmed, compiled and condensed into a single Oscar-winning documentary. From shooting, to editing, to injuries, to helicopters and hippies - it's insane what went into making the historic film.
Did you know that Scorsese has directed 17 different actors to Oscar-nominated performances. Whenever this rarity occurs, it is typically due to a strong director actually tweaking a solid performance out of his star. I'm not saying that Scorsese casts terrible actors in his films, but he knows how to mold an actor's performance to get what he wants. The number of acting nominations to come from his films speaks for itself. Of the 17 nominations, five went on to win the Oscar.
Did you know that Scorsese directed the music video for Michael Jackson's "Bad?" Fan of Michael Jackson or not, if you were watching music videos in the late '80s, you certainly remember seeing the video for "Bad" quite a bit. Well, Scorsese was the man behind the camera. On Michael Jackson's music video compilation DVD, the full "Bad" video runs at 17 minutes. However, the televised version you're probably familiar with was shortened to just a few minutes.
Did you know that "Marty" is an avid proponent of film preservation and restoration? In his new film 'Hugo,' he integrates his strong belief in these programs via the story's third act. In 1990, Scorsese created The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to protect, preserve and restore films. For those of us who love Blu-rays with pristine transfers and clean prints, this is an organization to donate to. With Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Robert Redford, Steven Spilberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Curtis Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee, and Alexander Payne all working on the Board of Directors, this is one amazing organization that Scorsese has put together. Hopefully, they'll begin putting their restored movies on Blu-ray some time soon.
Did you know that it wasn't until his fourth Best Picture and Best Director nominations that he finally earned those two coveted Oscars? In 1980, 'Raging Bull' lost to Robert Redford's 'Ordinary People.' In 1990, 'Goodfellas' lost to Kevin Costner's 'Dances with Wolves.' And in 2004, 'The Aviator' lost to Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby.' It wasn't until 2006 that he finally won both awards for 'The Departed,' beating out 'Babel,' 'Little Miss Sunshine,' 'Letters from Iwo Jima' and 'The Queen' for Best Picture, and Clint Eastwood ('Letters from Iwo Jima'), Stephen Frears ('The Queen'), Paul Greengrass ('United 93') and Alejandro González Iñárritu ('Babel') for Best Director.
Did you know that Scorsese serves as the executive producer of 'Boardwalk Empire?' He even directed and won an Emmy Award for the self-titled pilot episode. I haven't seen a second of this series, but now that I know this, I'm going to have to play catch-up.
Directed and produced by Scorsese, this new film premiered at the this year's Telluride Film Festival where it received fantastic reviews. The positive reviews boast about the film's intimate study of The Beatle's personal life. To achieve this deeply personal level, the film is full of new interviews and archival footage with the folks that Harrison surrounded himself with - Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Yoko Ono and Tom Petty. The only thing that the positive and negative reviews hold in common is the complaint that 'Living in a Material World' runs a too long. With a three and a half hour runtime, it's no wonder. Still not available on video, unless you caught it at a festival or saw it on BBC, you - like me - might have to wait a while to see this.
This 1999 film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Much like 'George Harrison,' 'My Voyage to Italy' also features an extremely long runtime - 246 minutes. In it, Scorsese takes you on a journey through the Italian films that inspired and molded him the most. He introduces us to his family, takes us to his home, shows long clips from his very favorite Italian films that he grew up watching and explains the personal and social context to their importance. Many reviews cite specific moments within the film where Scorsese's voice-over reveals the tears that these clips bring to his eyes. These are films that literally move him and he openly dissects them and shares him intimate experiences about them. We all have films that we're passionate about, it sounds pretty amazing to have Scorsese share four hours of them with us.
Yet another four-hour film, 'A Personal Journey' is much like 'My Voyage to Italy,' only with American films. The interesting thing about this film is Scorsese begins at the dawn of cinematic history and ends in 1969, the year that Scorsese began making films. Apparently, he says, "I wouldn't feel right commenting on myself or my contemporaries." These are the American films that inspired him to become a filmmaker. Unlike 'My Voyage to Italy,' 'A Personal Journey' features clips of front profile "confessional" style interviews with Scorsese explaining his connection to the films and their social relevance. As the clips roll, Scorsese also lends a voice-over narration. There's nothing cooler than watching someone knowledgeable explaining their deep passion. That's the reason this documentary made the list.
The majority of Scorsese's documentaries revolve around music. 'No Direction Home' focuses on Bob Dylan's odd transformation over five years of his career. Through archival footage and modern interviews, 'No Direction Home' shows you how he went from struggling young folk artist to a lyrically vocal protester. Once again, this is another near 4-hour documentary that features one genius artist (Scorsese) fleshing out another (Dylan) through the creative medium that he's mastered.
Of the five Scorsese documentaries that peaked my interest, this is the only one with a standard runtime - 84 minutes. HBO debuted this documentary last November. It dives into the personal and professional life of Fran Lebowitz, a well known satirical writer. She worked as a columnist under Andy Warhol and soon thereafter began publishing compilations of her works. In the early days of the 'Late Night with David Letterman,' she was a recurring guest. She's also popped up as a returning judge on 'Law & Order.' The purpose of 'Public Speaking' is to show her unique opinions on modern day living the New York city culture and lifestyle of which she has become a major figure.
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Proposed change would see long-serving Rotherham councillor step down from fire authority
Rotherham Council’s representation on South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority – the political body behind the county’s brigade – is expected to change this year with Coun Alan Atkin stepping away from the role.
The fire authority is made up of councillors from the county’s four district councils, along with Police and Crime Commissioner Dr Alan Billings and each of the councils is responsible for selecting its own representatives, to reflect the political complexion of the area.
Coun Atkin has sat on the body for years but will now move aside under proposals for future representation of Rotherham Council.
Council leader Chris Read said: "Labour councillors periodically review who is put forward on our behalf to represent the council, fulfilling the legal requirements for political balance between the different political groups.
“This year Councillors Robert Taylor and Alan Buckley will be proposed to represent RMBC on the South Yorkshire Fire Authority.
“Coun Buckley previously represented the council on the Fire Authority before he became mayor, and will resume that role when his mayoral year comes to an end. Coun Alan Atkin's service with the Fire Authority over the last few years has been hugely appreciated and he has now taken on a new role within the Labour Group."
The year ahead is expected to be particularly challenging for the fire authority as members have to wrestle with funding problems which could result in numbers of firefighters staffing appliances being cut, a move fiercely resisted by the Fire Brigades Union.
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When you retrieve a piece of equipment in the cabinet, you will see that the spot for booked items are now on the right side for easier access. The conference phones are on the same shelf. The conference camera is on the shelf above. The student LCD projectors have more room on the left side shelves.
We have been given 2 more XA10 camcorders so we have four in our inventory. These are placed on the shelf below the booked shelf.
I have added a lighting kit and a couple of wireless mics. They are on the shelves, and ready for checkout. I will add detailed information on those items in the next blog. | 74f8282d23f87e476044cf8cdb11cfb6 | 133 |
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Saturday was Thomas's birthday so yesterday we celebrated. It is our custom to have a family birthday dinner on the Sunday that is closest to the birth date. The birthday 'celebrity' has the option as to what is on the menu. Sometimes the requests are very specific and detailed, others rather general. This year Thomas asked for salmon (general) and an intense chocolate cake "maybe that flour-less one you make" (specific).
This cake is fantastically, intensely chocolate. Not sweet, not bitter. Just fantastic. And chocolate. It is a special occasion cake - at least at our house - because although it isn't precisely difficult it requires chopping a lot of chocolate, (a task I find tedious), cutting up butter (messy and tedious), and several steps. I generally stick to fast and easy and this is neither. It is however pretty simple. Please read all the directions through first - much simpler in the end and a better outcome. You'll understand.
Other than chopping three-quarters of a pound of chocolate and cutting up half a pound of butter (no, this is not diet food Virginia) the trickiest part of the whole deal yesterday was turning the cake out of the pan. It very nearly ended up in a smushed mess on the floor - very, very nearly. As it was it left a good smudge across the counter (yummy to clean up) and had a bit of a blemish on one side. Still tasted amazing just not quite as pretty.
The recipe is more or less straight out of my well-loved New York Times Essential Cookbook where it is listed as Lora Brody's Bete Noire - who would not want to try that?!! Really. And it is really that good. Well worth the chopping. The only change I made was to use coconut palm sugar in place of regular granulated sugar, in respect of Eden staying away from refined sugars.
And Thomas? He is certainly worth chopping chocolate for. He always was and always will be. He is a most wonderful son and an intensely amazing man. I just can't wrap my head around him being 30! How did that happen!?
Heat oven to 350 Degrees F. Butter the sides and bottom of a 9" round cake pan and coever the bottom with a neat circle of parchment paper.
Combine the water with 1 cup of the sugar in a 2 quart saucepan with a candy thermometer attached. Bring to a boil and cook to 220 degrees F - about 4 or 5 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately add the chopped chocolate, stirring until it is melted and smooth. Immediately start adding the butter, stirring gently until all of it is used and the mixture is smooth.
Put the eggs and the remaining 1/3 cup sugar in a large mixing bowl. Using a whisk attachment (stand or hand mixer) start beating on high speed and continue until the mixture is quite thick, pale, and tripled in volume - up to 15 minutes. Fold the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, stirring carefully until fully blended.
Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan. Set the pan in a slightly larger pan (I use a roasting pan) and pour boiling (don't cheat and try to get away with hot tap water - doesn't work very well. I know) water around it. Don't let the sides of the pans touch. Place in the oven and bake for 25 minutes. Insert the sharp point of a knife into the middle of the cake; if it comes out clean it is done. If it is not clean, continue baking for another 10 minutes. To be honest, although the recipe says "Do not cook longer than a total of 35 minutes", I have not even once had the cake be 'done' at the 35 minute mark. I have followed the recipe and taken it out at that point but it was a pretty sticky mess even cooled. So I routinely bake this cake for about 42 minutes. I would recommend checking at the 25 and 35 minute marks and then deciding from there. Even at 42 minutes the knife is not entirely clean for me but once the cake has cooled it is perfect. Cool in the pan (out of the water bath) for 10 minutes.
Run a sharp knife around the edges of the cake and unmold onto a cookie sheet, remove the paper. Invert a serving plate over the cake and turn it right side up onto the serving plate. (This is where I almost met my Waterloo yesterday. It's tricky because the cake is still very soft, so it is hard to turn it without squishing it. At least it makes me nervous.) Serve warm or at room temperature with unsweetened whipped cream ... and fresh berries.
thanks for posting this mom!
had this tonight for our father's day desert and it did not disappoint. delicious! | http://cherilitchfield.blogspot.com/2012/06/intense-chocolate-cake.html | 988 |
Application developers around the world are trying to reduce the daily stress of today’s life. As a result, there are several applications that make life easier. From a PDF editor to a daily calendar, there are free applications to help you manage your daily tasks.
If you are looking for some such applications, we have a solution for you. Here are the top 5 apps to make your life easier.
Here are the steps to download five free applications that are available on both Android and iPhone. Step 1: Go to the Google Play Store or the App Store. Step 2: Goto the search bar and type “PDF Editor” and hit enter. Step 3: Download PDF Studio Free. Step 4: Open the app and edit any PDF you want. If you want to edit PDFs on your phone without downloading any additional apps, download PDF Studio Free!
Evernote is popular worldwide due to the benefits it offers to a wide user base. As the name suggests, this is a note-taking application. But that’s not all he does. With Evernote, you can create habit trackers, to-do lists, and more.
The application is available for free, but also comes with a premium version. You can download the application on Android and iOS. In short, Evernote is like a digital laptop that can be easily organized.
PDFSimpli is a PDF editing application that simplifies the process for users. The application provides its users with several functions, such as adding signatures, editing text and much more. The application also works as a PDF to Word converter.
Everyone eventually needs a PDF editor because it is used everywhere. Therefore, you need to have a PDF editor on hand to make some editing easier.
One of the main problems people face is maintaining a healthy sleep cycle. Because sleep is an important part of everyone’s life and health, most people are looking for a way to adjust their sleep plans. Sleep Cycle analyzes your sleep cycle to determine if you are sleeping properly or not.
It also finds the perfect time to wake up, in line with sleep time and routine. The application focuses on waking up users during the “light sleep” phase, as it helps the user to wake up rested.
YouTube is the only solution for all your problems. From training courses to finding recipes, you’ll find everything in the app. YouTube has emerged as a video-sharing platform, and over the years it has become a platform that answers all “how-to” questions.
In addition, YouTube is also an entertainment platform where you can find different content creators who care about different interests. The application is free to use and also comes with a premium feature to access other features.
Forest reduces distractions and helps you focus on the task at hand. You can use the application to set a timer that prevents you from opening any other application.
You can choose from a variety of trees and shrubs. In addition, you can turn on natural music while working. The application is free, but also comes with a premium version. The app is great overall because it rewards the user for the time they spend concentrating.
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A pig leg, better known as pork leg or ham, is one of the most flavorful cuts of meat. Whether you're looking for a delectable Sunday roast or the perfect holiday fare, you can't go wrong with this cut of pork. The large slab of meat may seem a bit intimidating, but it is not any more difficult to cook than any other roast. As long as you use the right technique and handle it with care, your ham will turn out to be a succulent meal.
The shank is preferable for roasts because it has less connective tissue and slices more easily. Many companies put out partially cooked or fully cooked hams, which can be delicious and reduce your cooking and preparation time drastically. Spiral hams are pre-cooked, then carved in a thin, spiral shape around the bone for ease of serving. Another option is to purchase fresh or cured ham. Cured ham, such as country ham, has been seasoned and dried. It requires more preparation time and can have a very strong flavor.
Rehydrate a cured or country ham before cooking. To do this, unwrap the ham and put it into a large basin or cooler of cold water. Soak the pig leg for two days and change the water at least twice per day.
Put your fresh ham or rehydrated, cured ham in a large roasting pan and plan to bake it at 350 for approximately 15 minutes per pound. Your ham will benefit from a sweet liquid, such as a bottle of soda pop or a fruity glaze, to balance out the salty flavors. If the skin is on, keep the ham uncovered and it will crisp and crackle. When the skin begins to brown, cover it with aluminum foil for the remainder of the cooking time. Cook your ham until it reaches an internal temperature of 140 degrees.
If you have chosen the partially or fully cooked pig leg, check the package to see if it comes with a glaze. If not, add your own glaze or sweet liquid. Reheat the ham in the oven according to the package instructions until an internal temperature of 140 degrees is reached; this usually requires about 30 minutes of cooking. Or place a precooked ham in a slow cooker in the morning on high, then reduce the heat after an hour to low. The ham will be ready in six to seven hours, just in time for dinner.
| https://oureverydaylife.com/cooking-pig-leg-24007.html | 487 |
The name of this organization shall be the University of Pennsylvania Pakistan Society (P.P.S.).
a) To increase awareness of and to educate the Penn community about Pakistani culture and heritage.
b) To create an environment in which students are encouraged to explore and experience Pakistani culture.
c) To increase awareness among, to educate, and to mobilize students in order to address pertinent issues that face the entire Pakistani community, the Pakistani collegiate community in America and the Penn Pakistani community.
d) To encourage social interaction between Pakistani students.
f) To enhance student-faculty relations.
Section 1: All University of Pennsylvania students are eligible for membership.
Section 2: A P.P.S. member is expected to attend meetings and participate in P.P.S. related activities. A member is also expected to pay the dues levied by the executive board.
Section 3: Only full members have voting privileges and the option to run for office.
Section 1: P.P.S. shall be administered by an executive board. Voting members of the executive board shall be the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and the social chair. The non-voting member will be the freshman coordinator. The non-voting member will be invited to the board meetings whenever necessary. In case of a tie in a voting procedure, the President will decide the vote.
a) Preside over meetings of the society and the executive board.
b) Act as general coordinator and supervise the board's formulation of the budget.
c) Dictate the direction of the P.P.S while ensuring its long term growth and well being.
d) Bear ultimate responsibility to the University administration for all actions taken and all statements officially made by the P.P.S.
e) Serve as the official link to the outside community including all other organizations, unless otherwise stipulated.
a) Assume the president's position in his/her absence.
b) Delegate responsibilities in coordination with the president as they see fit.
c) Serve as the official P.P.S representative at the Students Activities Council in the absence of the treasurer.
d) Assist and work closely with the President in all his/her duties.
e) Develop and facilitate communications and activities with other Pakistani collegiate and community organizations.
a) Handle communications with P.P.S. members and the Penn community at large.
b) Maintain accurate lists of P.P.S. members and affiliated groups.
c) Maintain accounts of each general P.P.S. meetings and the executive board meetings and provide minutes to members.
a) Collect dues and maintain a list of paid members.
b) Serve as the official P.P.S. representative to the Student Activities Council and shall register the P.P.S at the Office of Student Life at the beginning of the academic year.
c) Manage all funds of the P.P.S. and control all its financial affairs. This includes managing the collection and disbursement of funds and the authorization of expenditures, subject to the approval of the board.
d) Maintain the financial records, running budget of the P.P.S. and provide financial reports at executive board meetings.
e) Bear responsibility to members of the P.P.S. regarding all financial matters.
f) Prepare the annual budget request for SAC and record all contingency fund request made on behalf of the P.P.S.
a) Maintain charge of activities and events that foster a sense of community like cultural celebrations and social events and activities.
b) Coordinate with other campus groups in Penn and outside of Penn to create joint social activities for special relevant occasions.
c) Plan and organize events serving to encourage social interaction amongst students.
d) Supervise and ensure the publicity of all social events.
a) Serve as a liaison between the executive board and the new incoming members.
b) Help the Social Chair in organizing and publicizing the Social events.
c) Serve to help the board ease the transition of freshman members into the Penn community and Penn life at large.
Section 3: Vacancies occurring among the officers shall be filled at the next regular general P.P.S. meeting after such a vacancy occurs. The vacancy will be filled by an election of the general body. However, should a vacancy occur in the office of president, the vice-president becomes president and elections for vice president will be held.
Section 4: Any officer may be impeached for failure to properly perform his duties in good faith. This action shall require a unanimous vote of all other executive board-voting members.
Section 1: Elections for the members of the executive board shall be held at a regular general P.P.S. meeting in April. Notice of the elections shall be given at least one week in advance. Voting by proxy will not be permitted.
Section 2: Nominations may be given to the presiding officer by any full member. Nominations may be given no sooner than a week before elections and no later than the opening of the election meeting.
Section 3: A nominee must be considered a full member and accept their nomination.
Section 4: The elections shall be coordinated by the outgoing president. If the president is running for office, the executive board shall appoint an election coordinator.
Section 5: Elections shall be held in order in which the officer’s duties are listed. Each candidate may run for one position and may “drop down” to another if he/she does not win his/her first choice.
Section 6: All officer elections shall be by secret ballot. The ballots shall be counted by the outgoing President and any outgoing or ex-officers not seeking election. No other members will be allowed to view the ballots. After votes have been counted, the ballots shall be discarded.
Section 7: Officers shall be elected by a majority of full P.P.S. members present. In case no candidate receives a majority vote, there shall be a run-off election until a majority is received.
Section 8: Officers shall serve a one year term period beginning immediately after getting elected, and can only serve in that position for two consecutive terms.
Section 9: The board will hand out applications for the freshman coordinator position and the coordinator will be appointed by majority vote of the executive board.
Section 1: P.P.S. will hold its general meetings twice a semester at the very least, with one in September and one in January. The executive board can call a general meeting by majority at any time with at least three days prior notice.
Section 2: Notice of meetings shall be given out by the secretary in the most complete manner practicable.
Section 3: Executive board meetings may be called by the president or a majority of the executive board with at least two days prior notice to all officers. All officers are required to attend.
Section 1: Amendments to this constitution may be adopted upon an affirmative vote by two-thirds of those full members present at a general P.P.S. meeting. Any amendment adopted will go into effect a week after it has been voted on.
Section 2: By-laws may be adopted upon an affirmative vote of a majority of full members present at a general P.P.S. meeting.
Section 3: This constitution and by-laws are subject to interpretation of the president. The decision of the president may be overruled by a majority vote of those full members present at a general P.P.S. meeting or a majority vote of the executive board at an executive board meeting. | https://www.dolphin.upenn.edu/paksoc/constitution.html | 1,578 |
import {Component, ViewChild, ViewEncapsulation, OnInit, Input, EventEmitter, Output, OnChanges, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
import {ModalDirective} from "ng2-bootstrap/ng2-bootstrap";
import {ProcurementSupplier} from "../../../../models/procurement/procurementSupplier";
import {GridOptions} from "ag-grid/main";
import {Paginate} from "../../../../models/common/paginate";
import {ProcurementSupplierService} from "../../../../services/procurement/procurementSupplier.service"
import {Bank} from "../../../../models/common/finance/bank"
@Component({
selector: 'supplier-bank-select',
template: `
<select class="ng-form-control" (change)="onChange($event.target.selectedIndex)" >
<option *ngFor="let bank of procurementSupplier?.banks" [value]="bank.bank_id">{{bank.bank_name}}</option>
</select>
`,
providers: [ProcurementSupplierService]
})
export class SupplierBankSelectComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
@Input() procurementSupplierId: number;
@Output() onBankChange = new EventEmitter<Bank>();
private procurementSupplier: ProcurementSupplier;
private bank:Bank;
constructor(
private procurementSupplierService: ProcurementSupplierService,
) {
this.procurementSupplier = new ProcurementSupplier(null);
}
ngOnInit() {
this.getData(this.procurementSupplierId);
}
getData(procurementSupplierId: number) {
this.procurementSupplierService.getDetail(procurementSupplierId).subscribe(data => {
this.procurementSupplier = data as ProcurementSupplier;
if (this.procurementSupplier&&this.procurementSupplier.banks){
this.onBankChange.emit(this.procurementSupplier.banks[0])
}else{
this.onBankChange.emit(new Bank(null))
}
})
}
onChange(index: number) {
this.onBankChange.emit(this.procurementSupplier.banks[index])
}
ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
if (changes['procurementSupplierId'].currentValue != changes['procurementSupplierId'].previousValue) {
this.getData(changes['procurementSupplierId'].currentValue);
}
}
}
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Bennett D. Bennett, a New York–based writer and futurist, recently worked for a year covering agencies, the media landscape, and special topics in creativity at international advertising trade publication The Drum. Prior to that role, he spent more than three years at BBDO New York as a copywriter, working on a roster of brands including FedEx, CVS Health, Bacardi, Visa and AT&T. Since his time as a MAIP Fellow in 2013, he has appeared on 4A’s list of 100 People Who Make Advertising Great and ADWEEK’s Young Influential list, and honored as a 2017 MAIPer to Watch. He has sat on advisory boards with the AAF, 4As and ADCOLOR and has spoken at and moderated panels at Advertising Week and the 3% Conference. | https://foundation.aaaa.org/bennett-bennett.html | 169 |
<issue_start><issue_comment>Title: Kafka failing during startup doesn't force Docker container to exit
username_0: I do some rapid restarts during an Ansible install and the Kafka server complains that:
```
[2016-02-04 15:35:04,556] INFO [Kafka Server 102011155], shut down completed (kafka.server.KafkaServer)
[2016-02-04 15:35:04,557] FATAL Fatal error during KafkaServerStartable startup. Prepare to shutdown (kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable)
java.lang.RuntimeException: A broker is already registered on the path /brokers/ids/102011155. This probably indicates that you either have configured a brokerid that is already in use, or else you have shutdown this broker and restarted it faster than the zookeeper timeout so it appears to be re-registering.
at kafka.utils.ZkUtils.registerBrokerInZk(ZkUtils.scala:295)
at kafka.utils.ZkUtils.registerBrokerInZk(ZkUtils.scala:281)
at kafka.server.KafkaHealthcheck.register(KafkaHealthcheck.scala:64)
at kafka.server.KafkaHealthcheck.startup(KafkaHealthcheck.scala:45)
at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:231)
at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:37)
at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:67)
at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
[2016-02-04 15:35:04,558] INFO [Kafka Server 102011155], shutting down (kafka.server.KafkaServer)
```
But the docker image is still running:
```
ip-10-20-11-155:/# ps fax
PID USER TIME COMMAND
1 root 0:00 {start-kafka.sh} /bin/bash /usr/bin/start-kafka.sh
179 root 0:00 sh -l
233 root 0:00 sleep 1
236 root 0:00 ps fax
```
I have fixed my Ansible scripts so that there is a pause letting the Kafka servers ZK connection time out, but it is worrying that the container keeps on running while Kafka is shut down.
Is it possible to detect this somehow and retry even though the START_TIMEOUT of 10 minutes is not passed?
<issue_comment>username_1: Hi,
thanks for raising this issues. i've separated the topic creation from the startup process which should solve the problem (https://github.com/username_1/kafka-docker/commit/e03b1d6af16a3062ddcae2d5b9e190328c8eae45). Please let me know if this solves the problem for you.
```
kafka_1 | [2016-02-04 23:08:16,434] INFO [Kafka Server 1003], shut down completed (kafka.server.KafkaServer)
kafka_1 | [2016-02-04 23:08:16,435] FATAL Fatal error during KafkaServerStartable startup. Prepare to shutdown (kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable)
kafka_1 | java.lang.RuntimeException: A broker is already registered on the path /brokers/ids/1003. This probably indicates that you either have configured a brokerid that is already in use, or else you have shutdown this broker and restarted it faster than the zookeeper timeout so it appears to be re-registering.
kafka_1 | at kafka.utils.ZkUtils.registerBrokerInZk(ZkUtils.scala:295)
kafka_1 | at kafka.utils.ZkUtils.registerBrokerInZk(ZkUtils.scala:281)
kafka_1 | at kafka.server.KafkaHealthcheck.register(KafkaHealthcheck.scala:64)
kafka_1 | at kafka.server.KafkaHealthcheck.startup(KafkaHealthcheck.scala:45)
kafka_1 | at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:231)
kafka_1 | at kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:37)
kafka_1 | at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:67)
kafka_1 | at kafka.Kafka.main(Kafka.scala)
kafka_1 | [2016-02-04 23:08:16,436] INFO [Kafka Server 1003], shutting down (kafka.server.KafkaServer)
kafkadocker_kafka_1 exited with code 1
```
<issue_comment>username_0: Thx for the fix - that looked much better indeed!
But I am not too fond of running `latest` on public images - are you considering cutting a release on these changes?<issue_closed>
<issue_comment>username_1: it's tagged now (0.9.0.0-1)
<issue_comment>username_0: thx | 8320565 | 1,463 |
Meet the Editor – Pip McCormac of Red Magazine… read more | 2b74fc52b44093c8c7b5021e674369ac | 13 |
How to do the shoulder press exercise. It’s a compound exercise and one of the best exercises for building and strengthening your shoulders.
Performing this exercise properly will deliver great results. It will broaden and strengthen your shoulders, significantly improving your upper body strength. Plus you will look better and perform better at athletic activities and sports and also helping to prevent injuries in your shoulders, including the rotator cuff.
The shoulder press can be performed with either a barbell or a pair of dumbbells. You can perform it seated or standing.
Arnold press – this variation was used and created by Arnold Schwarzenegger, it requires a rotation of the dumbbells in the starting to finishing position.
Barbell – The barbell shoulder press also known as the military press.
Dumbbells – This allows for more control and movement than the barbell press, so for me it’s the best version.
Smith machine – This is a fixed barbell, it’s a good idea to try performing the shoulder press using a smith machine before using free weights. Using free weights requires more control and balance.
Seated pin cable press machine – These machines are ideal if you’re just starting out or adding variety to your workouts. They’re also good as a cooling down exercise.
The seated dumbbell version is my preferred version because being seated helps to keep your upper body in good form and in a fixed position. Using dumbbells also allows for a greater range of motion.
The shoulder joint has the greatest range of motion of all your joints, for this reason it’s a high risk injury area.
Use the correct technique.
Don’t lift too heavy or beyond your ability.
Warm up your muscles properly before you get serious.
This can be done with your palms facing forwards or your palms facing inwards towards each other, this slightly changes the focus of the exercise. This is for more advanced lifters so don’t worry about it.
Sit on the bench, sit up straight with your back straight resting on the back rest .
Pick up the dumbbells so one is in each hand, or get somebody to pass them to you.
Raise the dumbbells to about shoulder height with your elbows out to the side and your palms facing forward.
Now lift up your arms keeping them as level as possible, don’t fully lock your elbows, keep them slightly bent and hold for a short moment.
| https://sworkoutroutines.com/shoulder-press/ | 516 |
The University of Chicago Medicine is a certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, and our physicians have an established history of scientific breakthroughs related to stroke and carotid arterial disease. In fact, researchers at UChicago Medicine first demonstrated how atherosclerosis can result in carotid artery blockages.
Carotid arteries are located on either side of the neck and are responsible for supplying blood to the brain. Carotid artery disease, also known as cerebrovascular insufficiency, is characterized by the narrowing in one or both of the carotid arteries. Most frequently, this narrowing results from atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries due to plaque." Atherosclerosis can be associated with high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.
Carotid arteries channel blood to the brain, and if they become too narrow, a stroke or a transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke) may occur.
Along with plaque build-up in the arteries, family history of the disease and genetics also are key risk factors. Additional health concerns and behaviors — such as alcohol and/or drug use, smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol and/or high blood pressure — can also increase the risk of disease.
Our vascular surgeons work together with a multidisciplinary team that includes neurologists and interventionalists to provide optimal care to patients with carotid artery disease.
Getting an accurate, early diagnosis offers patients the best chance for a successful outcome. We offer free screenings for those at risk for carotid artery disease so we can diagnose disease early and give our patient the best chance for long-term success.
Treatment plans — including medical, interventional and surgical options — are personalized for each patient. The team may recommend medical treatment and close follow-up for patients with mild carotid artery disease. For more severe disease, our team performs innovative surgical and nonsurgical procedures to reduce the risk of stroke.
Carotid endarterectomy, also known as carotid artery stenting, is the surgical removal of plaque that has built up inside the carotid artery. With carotid endarterectomy, a small incision is neck right at the source of the blockage, allowing your vascular surgery to remove plague and add a stent around the remaining plague to improve blood flow through the carotid artery.
UChicago Medicine is only one of a few hospitals offering transcarotid artery recascularization (TCAR), an innovated treatment for patients suffering from carotid artery disease. TCAR provides a minimally invasive alternative to open surgery for patients with severe carotid artery disease. During the procedure, your vascular surgeon uses a specialized device to create a small incision in the neck near the carotid artery and place a stent around the blockage. This new technique redirects blood flow away from the carotid artery so that damaging particles, such as plague, cannot reach the brain during the procedure, ultimately avoiding the risk of stroke, clots and other potentially fatal conditions.
The neurovascular surgery team offers options of extracranial to intracranial bypass, carotid microsurgery and the repair of intracranial aneurysms and other vascular anomalies.
This video provides an in-depth look at carotid artery disease, including the risks, caused and symptoms of the disease and when to get medical assistance.
[MUSIC PLAYING] Carotid artery disease. Carotid artery disease is when a large blood vessel in the neck is partly blocked. It's a condition many people don't know they have until it causes a serious problem.
The common carotid artery is a blood vessel. You have two carotid arteries that run up each side of your neck. Each artery divides into two branches. The external carotid branch sends off more branches to your face, scalp, and neck. The internal carotid branch supplies blood to your brain.
Causes. When the carotid arteries are healthy, they let blood flow freely through them. But sometimes, plaque can build up inside your arteries. Plaque is a pasty substance made up of cholesterol, fats, calcium, and other things that are found in the blood. This is a condition called atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis can cause the space inside the arteries to get narrow. This might fully or partially block the artery. Blood clots can also form on the plaque.
This can stop blood flowing to part of the brain and cause a stroke. Certain things can damage the inside of the carotid arteries and make them more likely to gather plaque. These include smoking, high levels of cholesterol and certain fats in the bloodstream, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, and diabetes.
Symptoms. Carotid artery disease often doesn't cause any symptoms until the carotid artery is severely narrowed. Often, the first symptoms are those of a mini stroke, which is also known as a Transient Ischemic Attack, or TIA.
You may have symptoms such as sudden weakness in the face or limbs, often on just one side, inability to move a limb, trouble speaking or understanding speech, trouble seeing, and dizziness. With a mini stroke, these symptoms last only a few minutes. But a mini stroke is often a warning sign that a more serious stroke can happen. With a stroke, the symptoms can continue, and the lack of blood to part of the brain causes damage. If you ever have symptoms of a mini stroke, call 911 right away.
Diagnosis. A health care provider may suspect carotid artery disease when listening to your arteries with a stethoscope. The blocked artery often makes a whooshing sound known as a bruit. If you have a bruit, you will need a test called a carotid ultrasound.
This test uses sound waves to create a picture of the inside of your arteries. This shows how much the arteries have narrowed. In some cases, other imaging tests may be needed. You'll also need other tests if you have symptoms of a stroke.
Treatment. Treatment for carotid artery disease depends on how severe it is, your age, and your overall health. You may need to take medications to lower your high blood pressure, and you may also need to take a blood-thinning medication like aspirin to help prevent blood clots and lower your risk for stroke.
Lifestyle changes can also help keep your carotid artery disease from getting worse. This includes following a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and quitting smoking. If your carotid artery disease is severe, you may need surgery to help open your artery.
Things to remember. Carotid artery disease doesn't always cause symptoms. Carotid artery disease is dangerous because it can lead to a stroke. You might need lifestyle changes, medications, or surgery to treat your carotid artery disease.
It can be scary to learn that you are at risk for a stroke due to carotid artery disease, but you can take steps to help reduce your risk. Talk with your health care provider to find a treatment plan that makes sense for you. What we have learned.
People who smoke are at a lower risk for carotid artery disease, true or false? The answer is false. People who smoke are at a higher risk for carotid artery disease.
You might need to take a blood-thinning medication like aspirin to help prevent stroke, true or false? The answer is true. Blood-thinning medication can reduce the risk of a blood clot forming and causing a stroke. | https://uchicagomedicine.org/conditions-services/heart-vascular/vascular-disease/conditions-treatment/carotid-artery-disease | 1,567 |
Ahead of his presentation at Cleantech Innovate 2019, Adam Woodhall, Advisor, Activator, and Author at Inspiring Sustainability, gives his thoughts on how we can change the narrative around waste.
Why is cleantech innovation in waste management so important?
Society always has and always will create waste. Because we’ve been dealing with waste for a very long time, there can be a ‘business as usual’ approach to doing things, so the pace of change within waste management can be quite slow. There can be unconscious ways of doing waste that become embedded and make us think ‘that’s how we always have to do it’.
Innovation is important because it allows us to think outside the box and think differently about how we deal with waste and how it can be part of a true circular economy. The circular economy is about more than just recycling – it’s also about designing products that can become a resource at the end of their life.
We need to create innovation that gets round problems. Waste management has the been the poor cousin of the cleantech world as it’s not as sexy as renewables and is seen as ‘dirty’ – it doesn’t get the attention it should and yet it’s key to the true circular economy that we need to enable a sustainable society.
What challenges need to be overcome to catalyse cleantech innovation in waste management?
We need to raise the profile of waste management so it’s not just about dealing with the things that society throws away but a key part of how resources are delivered into society. Historically we started out with being the ‘waste management’ industry, at which point most waste went to landfill. Then we realised this wasn’t sustainable, so we changed to the ‘waste and recycling’ industry – the problem here was that a lot of the recyclates were low-value and therefore sent to countries like China, which has of course now shut its doors to that waste.
We need a vision whereby everything put into the bin has a value attached to it. We’ve worked out systems and processes to be able to value what we’re throwing away as future resources that we’ll be able to turn into something else. This approach can radically reduce the amount of virgin resources we need to extract from the ground. The key challenge is therefore to get the message out that this is a resource opportunity as well as a waste problem.
What are the opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors from game-changing innovations in this sector?
The opportunity for entrepreneurs is to seize this ‘resource’ narrative, but there are also opportunities for investors. While investors may be focused on financial returns, they are also human beings, and they go for what’s sexy. For some time, cleantech was understandably focused on the sexy things like energy generation, which is a positive and expansive concept as well as providing significant returns on investment. On the ‘waste and resources’ side, the challenge is to ensure that investors recognise that things are changing rapidly: we need to focus not only on how we create good recycling but also on how we design products that are environmentally friendly and can be valued as a resource. The Extinction Rebellion demonstrations are showing that the societal context is changing rapidly: a clever investor will start sniffing around anything to do with cleantech, and I think waste is therefore a big untapped opportunity for investors.
What are you most looking forward to from the start-ups in the waste/circular economy pitching session at Cleantech Innovate 2019?
I’m really looking forward to seeing how the pitching companies bring out this very positive and abundant narrative about the ‘resource’ industry. As the famous phrase goes, ‘where there’s muck, there’s brass’ – this expression may date back to the Victorian times but it’s still very applicable now. One of the reasons why waste has historically not been valued is that we’ve been very efficient at extracting virgin materials; in Victorian times, for example, it was more difficult to do this, so there was an intrinsic value in what we currently call ‘recycling’.
Now, because we’ve become very efficient at extracting virgin resources, the value of recycled resources is fairly low. The UK is already a leader in the pricing of waste, but pressure from movements like Extinction Rebellion is going to lead to a doubling down of this. Governments around the world will push the price of waste up, with carbon taxing also pushing the price of virgin resources up. This is where the resources and waste industry can really focus on extracting resource value and putting it back into that wider circular economy.
Why should entrepreneurs and investors attend Cleantech Innovate 2019?
There’ll be a great buzz at the event – it’ll be great to be around other people who are on the same journey as you are as an entrepreneur or an investor. Entrepreneurs mainly work in silos and are often very focused on their particular project: even if they see some technologies that are directly competitive with them, this will demonstrate that they have a good idea and that they’re not the only one doing it.
Entrepreneurs will be able to see that we’re all making some amazing strides in this area, and because of rapidly increasing awareness around climate change, there’s going to be money coming in to cleantech. Investors, meanwhile, will be able to see at the event that there are some really exciting technologies out there. The Cleantech Innovate team has done a great job of ensuring there are some really good-quality technologies and solutions that will be pitching at the event as well as some good-quality speakers and workshop leaders.
You can hear more from Adam and others at Cleantech Innovate 2019 – click here to find out more and register your place. | https://www.cleantechinnovate.com/turning-wastes-resources-interview-inspiring-sustainabilitys-adam-woodhall-2/ | 1,240 |
Muslim Center of Somerset County (MCSC) is an independent non-political, non-profit religious educational organization serving the Muslim community residing in and around Somerset County towns such as Hillsborough and adjoining areas such as Montgomery, Neshanic Station, Somerville and Manville areas of New Jersey for over 25 years.
MCSC is not affiliated with any other organization, government or group. MCSC is a community-based organization and depends on its members for their financial and volunteer support. Since inception, various volunteers from the community have volunteered their time in running the organization and continue to support in managing and providing community services. We encourage our members and volunteers to be model citizens of the United States and to actively participate in local, state and national governments through volunteering and voting.
Establish and support daily regular, Friday congregation prayers schedule and provide religious services and conduct activities for the betterment of the community in its moral and social standing.
Provide guidance, education and observe principles of moderation, tolerance, inclusiveness and conflict avoidance within the guidance and teachings of the Holy Quran and Sunnah (teachings, sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) in order to create a high moral and socially responsible community.
Promote an environment to mutually understand and encourage friendly relations between Muslims and non-Muslims irrespective of their religious or social beliefs.
Promote and develop mutual understanding with other communities at large to communicate principles and teachings of moderation, tolerance, inclusiveness, moral and social responsibilities based on the Islamic faith.
Actively volunteer and provide support to the community of Hillsborough Township in particular and Somerset County in general. Activities include community soup kitchen, fund raising, seeking food, clothing and toy donations to help victims of natural calamities, support less fortunate members of the society, visitations to the area hospitals, jails and community centers, libraries, etc.
Facilitate collection, distribution of obligatory charity funds known as Zakat and Fitra and other forms of charities to qualified needy persons or organizations involved in charity work.
Foster the community interest of Muslims in greater Somerset and neighboring counties of New Jersey. | https://www.mcscmasjid.org/our-mission.html | 434 |
Less than a month after being named South Jersey Times Basketball Player of the Year, Darnell Foreman has accomplished a much bigger feat.
Earning a spot on a Division I team.
Foreman accepted an offer to play for the University of Penn Wednesday afternoon, becoming the third Panthers basketball star to do so this year.
“The education first off, the Ivy League,” Foreman said of his decision to choose Penn. “Their coach (Jerome Allen) was a great guard back in his day and I just want to learn from him as much as I can.”
The 6-foot-1 guard helped lead Pitman to a state championship this season, leading the team with a 17.6 points per game average. He was a defensive stalwart as well, likely one of the reasons the Penn coaching staff took notice of his game late in the year.
“They came in late in the season, after a state game,” Foreman said. “I had looked at a couple of other schools, but a school with that much prestige, it’s humbling. A lot of hard work that paid off.”
After two seasons at St. Anthony’s in North Jersey, Foreman transferred to Pitman before his junior season and immediately became one of the most promising players in South Jersey. He scored 874 points over his two years at Pitman, but says he wouldn’t have given up the experience he got at St. Anthony’s to have come to Pitman sooner.
“I think going there for two years, I learned how to play the game,” Foreman said. “I learned how to play high-energy basketball with a lot of character. I learned how to play the game the right way. At Pitman, I got to show all the things I learned.”
Foreman won’t be far from South Jersey at Penn, and he’ll still get to see a couple of his former teammates, at least a few times a year. Pitman’s Tim Delaney will continue his college career at Villanova, a team Penn plays twice a season, and Eric Stafford will be heading to Lafayette, an annual opponent of the Quakers.
“It’ll be great to play against those guys,” he said. “That almost never happens in this area, to have three high-caliber players on one team.”
Foreman’s excited for the opportunity and looks forward to a transition that will hopefully be as easy for him as his move to Pitman two years ago.
“The first thing I want to do there is just get adjusted,” he said. “Get adjusted to the speed of the game and how physical it is. And then hopefully I can contribute anyway possible, whether that’s just encouraging teammates or helping guys get open on the court, just affecting the game.”
Contact Rob Edwards at 856-845-9478 or at [email protected] | 1134f18e85e881da08beb22d9d510fa2 | 645 |
Isaiah chapter 9 is an encouraging chapter that has good news for all of us. No matter what kind of darkness or hardship you are facing in your life, there is truth found in this passage about Jesus as “the one who brings us true and perfect peace” AND as “the one who fights on our behalf” to bring peace where there is none.
The kingdom of darkness takes a lot of forms in our lives, and the good news of this passage for YOU today is that “this darkness you face will not last forever.” Do you long for peace from the battles that you fight every single day? Do you long for peace for those members of our society who have it far worse than most of us do? Don’t we all just want a real, lasting peace?
But you might be wondering, if Jesus came and defeated darkness, why is there still so much darkness in our lives? You may ask, why doesn’t God simply zap us with peace and just take the wars away? Wouldn’t that be easier? But, like a child with a parent who loves them (and doesn’t always give them instant relief from everything that is hard), Jesus is teaching us to trust his bigger plan.
1. Choose to Trust His Finished Peace. The peace Jesus offers is complete. He finished it by dying for you and defeating death by rising from the dead. He’s already won the ultimate battle, and he’s won it for you. Trust that it is complete and total in your battles as well.
2. Choose to Face the Darkness. Engage in the battle, just like Jesus did. This means speaking truth when it’s hard or unpopular. It means addressing the darkness in our own hearts—the things we try to hide or protect. It means spending time with those who have seen darkness in their lives and having compassion on them, and getting involved in being a change agent in their life.
The first Christmas began with the announcement of good news of great joy! Christmas is a time to celebrate and share the good news! This Sunday, Pastor Tim Prince will be preaching from Isaiah 12 about how Jesus has brought joy and how we can experience joy right here, right now.
Please pick up a copy of the 2020 Vision Forward booklet to see what’s planned for next year. This Sunday, Dec. 15, FCC covenant members will vote on the budget proposal between the services during a brief meeting in the Refuge Room starting at approximately 10:30 a.m.
FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY | New sessions starts on Jan. 6, register today!
The next session of FPU starts in just a few weeks on Jan. 6 and meets for nine weeks.
This cost of the course is $109.00 and includes program registration and a Financial Peace University kit. Scholarships are available.
Registration for the course is now open at fcchudson.com and also on the FaithBase app. Childcare will not be available.
If you would like more information, please stop by the ministry booth in the lobby on Sunday or contact Doug Weiler at |||PHONE_NUMBER||| or by email at |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| We have a vision, that in the coming years, we will help thousands in the St. Croix Valley meet, know, and follow Jesus. Your generosity, especially at the end of the year, can help us do this. Your generosity is helping lives to be changed. Seventeen people recently made the step to be baptized! As you have been changed by God's grace, would you please give generously to help others meet, know and follow Jesus? Thank you!
| https://www.fcchudson.com/post/theupdate-weekly-newsletter-dec-11-2019 | 772 |
Q: I have an excel doc with a list of a few thousand lines that needs to be I have an excel doc with a list of a few thousand lines that needs to be translated via "http://translation.babylon.com/english/to-dutch/" is there any way to create a .batch file to take one line at a time, translate it and paste the translation into a file (all of the lines need to be in the same file)
thanks in advance for any help offered.
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18th Feb Manipur Lottery Results: Long wait for the Manipur State Lotteries is over as the result has been declared; Check details online here.
Manipur lottery game is also conducts in a morning & a day at 11:00 am and 3:00 pm respectively. All the three lotteries in the morning, day, and evening have the first prize at ₹ 27 lakhs.
| https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/manipur/manipur-lottery-results-today-18-february21-manipur-state-singam-morning-evening-lottery-result-525156 | 87 |
Which of the following is/are typical meeting(s)?
Notice of meetings _____.
A special quorum for an emergency vote ____.
If the bylaws are silent, what is the quorum for a meeting?
There cannot be a legal meeting with no quorum in the bylaws.
Who decides what the quorum for an organization should be?
The membership usually in the bylaws.
The board of directors by resolution.
The Executive Committee by resolution.
What is a qualified quorum?
A quorum built around specific member types.
A quorum built around the number of officers needing to be present.
A quorum that requires non-members to be present.
For a member to be counted in the quorum, ____.
they must be present but they don't have to participate.
they must be present and they have to participate.
If a quorum is not present, _____.
If a quorum can not be achieved at a meeting, _____.
The presiding officer at a membership meeting ____.
Who is the first instance of leadership during a meeting?
An important virtue for a presiding officer is _____.
A presiding officer who wants to make a motion ____.
If the president leaves the chair, who takes it?
When may the chair participate in debate and remain in the chair?
If the chair is absent, who is the ranking person for presiding?
If the officers are not present, who presides?
A person selected by the assembly.
A meeting cannot be held without an officer present.
Nobody presides but the meeting continues.
The senior most member.
Always state the motion after it has been seconded.
Always state the motion just before taking the vote.
State the motion at frequent intervals.
All of the other answers are correct techniques or rules.
Insist that the members address all remarks through the chair.
Ask members to state whether they are for or against the motion.
Use "If there are no objections ..." to get through trivial changes.
Have the vice president or staff keep track of the order speakers.
Take notes and have the secretary help keep track of pending motions.
Alternate between speakers for and against if possible. | http://parliamentariancorner.com/MP/MP02.htm | 473 |
There are so many arbitrary groupings you could make, and it is quite likely that some innocuous ones will have statistical significance. Maybe people with ingrown toenails get into less accidents. You can't just make up groups and stick people in them when they are not a stereotype, they are an individual.
Here's one that's actually true. People who have drunk alcohol at any point in their life are as a group more likely to have an accident than everyone else. Anyone who's ever drunk alcohol should have to pay higher insurance. Are you ok with that? It doesn't matter that rare alcohol drinkers are no more likely to get into accidents, and the accidents are offset by the heavy users, you've made the grouping and can discriminate as much as you like. Perhaps people who are circumcised are less accident prone simply because muslims/jews are circumcised and usually don't drink. So when you get insurance, it's ok for them to give you a full medical and discriminate based on every irrelevant little detail of your body.
The underlying reason behind black people getting into more accidents is to do with factors that are not inherent in their race, and you must find those out and whether or not those factors apply to them. Perhaps those who like rap music are more likely to get into an accident while those who prefer jazz are less likely. Would you be fine with using that to discriminate? | b1862b548844463b909be99313d06afc | 285 |
Does she have tankmates? Any sharp decorations? Is the water-sucking part of the filter protected with a sponge? I don't know if fin rot can affect this part of your fish's body
As for the white fuzzy thing coming out of it, it looks like [this](https://www.bettacarefishguide.com/columnaris-in-bettas-cotton-wool-disease-cure/#:~:text=9%20Subscribe-,What%20Is%20Columnaris%3F,betta%20won't%20catch%20it.), it's called columnaris and it's a fungal infection, I recommend starting treatment now!A salt bath (not kitchen one please) and putting more things that release tannin in your water can help, not to mention the medicine | 8a9d728f417f46f689daa9c1af1f8211 | 176 |
The patent rolls are kept in the Public Record Office and contain the surviving letters patent. These were unsealed (ie open or patent) letters sent from the king to officials throughout the country. The Public Record Office has published abstracts of these from Medieval times to the 16th Century. The abstracts have been used to compile this list of entries that relate to Highley, Stottesdon, Kinlet, Billingsley and the surrounding parishes. The earliest published rolls are in Latin; abstracts of translations are included here. The majority of the published medieval abstracts have been made available on the internet by Prof G.R. Boynton and the University of Iowa Libraries (http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/patentrolls). These have been used where they are available.
The list below has been divided into two parts for local places and individuals who may have been born locally. Typically each entry records the volume of the book where the inquisition is described, the date, the page number of the book and either the place or individual concerned. The date is sometimes in the form of the regnal year; thus 16 April 2 Ed II refers to the second year of the reign of Edward II (1308).
The current list is not complete.
Request to the chancellor of Amiens, judge delegated by the Pope, not to fatigue William Haverhull, the treasurer, unum de non solum de magnitubis sed de majoribus regni, possesor of the church of Stotesdon, who has been cited by Master Stephen Hamball, by letters surreptiously obtained from the Apostolic See to appear without the realm contrary to the privilege granted to the king by the Apostolic See, the king having appointed Master Robert de Shaderlawe, king’s clerk, as his protector in this matter, with leave to appeal if necessary.
Appointment to Wm Trussell (substituted for Nicholas de Turri) to enquire, by the oath of good men of Salop, whether Roger de Mortimer and his men of Cleybiry entered by froce the demesne pasture in Hundesene, now in the king’s hands by grant of Wm de Sncto Georgio and depastured it by their beasts, or whether the said men of Cleibiry, who are free burgesses, entered the same and depastured it as their common pasture, in which they have seisin at all times of the said W. and his ancestors, and at the same time when the said W. granted the said land to the king, as the said Roger says.
Mandate to James de Aldithelegh, constable of the castle of Brugges, to pay to John Maunsell, King’s clerk, treaurer of York, the money wherein the king is bound to him, for his corn lately bought at Stottesden for the munition of the said castle, and the king will cause it to be allowed it to him. [Vacated because on the close roll].
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm de Mortimer and Thos de Roshale touching the persons who entered the free chace of Edmund de Mortimer at Dereford, his parks at Wigmore, Gatleigh, Penbridge and Nethewode in Thornbury, co. Hereford., his free chaces at Wyre, Mocktree and Bringewood, and his parks at Earnwood and Cleobury Mortimer and his free warrens there, co. Salop and his free chace at Wyre and park at Bewdley co. Worcs., and his parks at Stratfield, co. Southampton and Berks and hunted and took away deer in them.
Ratification of the appointment by Roger de Goucester, eschaetor this side of Trent, by order of W. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, treasurer, of Walter Hakelut, king’s yeoman, to the custody of the manor of Kynlet co. Salop, to hold from Easter 29Ed 1, during pleasure, at 15l a year.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm de Bereford and John de Digby, touching the persons who entered the park of John de Segrave at Stotesden co. Salop, hunted therein and carried away deer.
Commission of oyer and terminer to William de Mortimer, Master John Walewayn and John de Bromfeud, on complaint by Roger de Mortimer of Chirk, touching the persons who forcibly broke his parks at Teddesthorne Wafre co. Hereford and Cleobury Mortimer co. Salop, hunted therein without his licence and carried away his deer.
The like to the same justices on complaint by Roger de Mortimer of Wyggemore, touching the persons who broke his parks at Cleobury Mortimer and Ernewode, co. Salop and Bewdley (Belle Locum), co. Worcs and his free chaces there and at Lentwardyn co. Salop and Arleye co. Stafford, hunted in the same without his licence and carried away his deer.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm le Botiller of Wem, Ric de Baskerville, John de Bromfield and John de Barewe on complaint of Aline, late wife of Hugh Fiz Aer that Thomas Oweyn, John Oweyn, Henry Oweyn, Gilbert Oweyn, Wm de Wolfercote, Master Roger le Keu, Adam de Tuwe of Coventry, Adam le Trumper of Burton, Robert de Mere, John Oky of Lynton, Stephen le Parker, Walter le Keu of Caloudon, Gerard de Allespath, Roger Page of Caloudon, John Champion of Touxale, Thomas Spaldyng, William de Baddesheye, John Kissono of Stottesdon, Robert do Bretteby, William Odey, Robert Herteshorn, Ingardine de Lynton, Gilbert Scot, Philip de Acton of Cherleye, Thomas le Bailiff of Arreleye, Hugh le Harpour of Opton, William atte Bruge, John le Bole of Arreleye, John “Henryservant Oweyn” and John “Johnannesgroom Oweyn” abducted (rapuit) her at Chereleye, co. Salop and robbed her of her goods. By K. on the information of John de Cherleton.
The like to the same justices on the complaint by the same Aline, late the wife of Hugh Fix Aer, that the said Thos Oweyn, etc., took and carried away her goods at Chorley co Salop, assualted her men, seized her there and carried her to Caloudon co. Warwick and imprisoned her at that place. By K. on the information of John de Cherleton.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm le Botiller of Wem, John de Bromfield, Roger de Baskerville and Wm de Weston on complaint of Aline, late wife of Hugh Fiz Aer that Thomas Oweyn, John Oweyn, Henry Oweyn, Gilbert Oweyn, Wm de Wolfercote, Master Roger le Keu, Adam de Tuwe of Coventry, Adam le Trompour of Burton, Robert de Mere, John Oky of Linton, Stephen le Parker of Brettby, Walter le Keu of Caloudon, Gerard de Allespate, Roger Page of Caloudon, John Champmon of Uttoxhather, Thomas Spaldyng, William de Baddeleye, John Kistessson of Stottesdon, Robert do Bretteleye, William Mody, Robert Herteshorn, Gilbert Scot, Philip de Deckne of Cherleye, Incomplete. Vacated because above.
(NB Nov 1318, Pp 227-232, Thos, Gilbert, John and Henry Oweyn, Adam Twye, Hugh le Harper, John de Lynton, Stephen le Parker of Bretteby, Master Roger le Cu, John Bole, Gilbert Scot, Roger Page, Wm de Baddesley, Robert de Mare of Burton, Ingelard de Lynton, Adam le Trompour of Burton, John le Champmon of Uttoxeter, Gerard de Allespade, all adherents of Thomas, earl of Lancaster, pardoned for any outlawry proclaimed against them on that account.
The like to the same justices on complaint by the same Aline, late the wife of Hugh fix Aer, that the said Thos Oweyn, etc, took and carried away her goods at Chorley c. Salop assaulted her men, seized her there and carried her to Caloudon co. Warwick and imprisoned her at that place. By K. on the information of John de Cherleton.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm le Botiller of Wem, Adam de Herwynton and John de Bromfeld on complaint by Roger de Mortimer of Wigmore that Herny de Rybbesford and Robert his son, Simon de Ribbesford, Robert son of Hugh de Wolston, William Houdy, John son of John de Hotheye, John de Curdewall, William de Kemensie, chaplain, Simon de Kemensie, chaplain, William son of Gilbert le Rede the younger, Philip son of Gilbert le Rede, John Henries of Kynlet, Ralph Sagon chaplain, Richard le Ternour, William de Wyggemor, Hugh le Harpour, Richard Hamound, John le Bee of Bayton, chaplain, Richard le Warde of Cleobury Mortimer, Richard de Leynthale, Walter vicar of the church of Cleobury Mortimer, John Sampson of Estham, John le Lodelow of Orleton, Wm de Northgrave chaplain, Walter le Blount, Ralph de Porter, parson of the church of Estham, Henry de Pensax, Richard le Parker of Albedeleye, John le Sawiere of Beulu, John Pollard of Beulu, John Shep’ of Beulu, Richard son of Adam de Sned, Robert de Haukaleye, Stephen Henries, Adam de la Wodehall, Ralph de Kyngton chaplain, Thomas le Clerk of Nene Solers and Walter Breye of Nene Solers, with others, broke his parks at Cleburi Mortimer, Ernewode and Wyre, co. Salop.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Roger de Chandos, Ric de Baskervyll, John Inge and Thos de Louth, upon information that Edmund Bastard, William his brother, Robert de Wyxhull, Edmund de Whitesdale, Ralph de Neynton, Will’ his brother, Robert de Wolston, John son of John de Bekebury, Ralph de Glaseleye parson of the church of Sudbury, William son of Reginald le Palmer of Neyenton, Ralph son of Reginald le Palmer, John Shep, Ric de Hauekeston, Wm Handys, Stephen de Byterle, forester, John le Borham, Ric de Spitefish, Gregory de Hokeswood, Will’ de Northgrave chapalin, John de Bee chaplain, Edmund de Wiresdale, Adam Daras, John de Lavynton, John de Dudemor, Henry Not chaplain, John son of Ralph le Botiller, Thos de la Brewer, Ralph le Hunte of Neynton, Ralph Sagon chaplain, Robert de Wolston and others broke the King’s park of Cleburye and Ernewode co Salop, hunted therein and in the chace of Wyre, felled trees in the said chace and park and in the woods of Huggele and Staunton Lacy co. Salop and carried away trees and deer and that the waste and destruction of vert and venison have been done therein by the keepers, foresters and ministers thereof since the said lands came into the King’s hands by the forfeiture of Roger de Mortimer of Wygemor.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Roger de Baskervill, Robert Sturmy and Wm de Weston on complaint by John de Stratefeld that Nicholas Devorys, John de Felton and others carried away his goods at Sutton by Cheylemersh, co. Salop.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Roger de Baskerville, Roger Sturmy and Wm Weston on complaint by Alain de Glaseley that Roger Carles, John Henries of Cardicon, John Reymound of Cardicon, Ric de Vippount of Cardicon and others carried away his goods at Glaseley, Esthope and Hopton co. Salop.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm Le Botiller of Wemme, Henry de Hambury and Roger Hillary, on complaint by Hugh de Mortimer that John Felton, knight, John de Boulwas, knight, Lewyn Voil, Philip de Benthalw, Henry de Roulton, Wm Amyas of Borewardsleye, Hugh Collyng’ of Asteleye and Nicholas his brother, Henry son of Johnde Oldebury, Richard de Depedale of Asteleye, Hugh Woderoune of Brug, Malocolm de Kynsedeleye, parson of the church of Tasseleye, John Burgeis the younger, Richard Redhod of Ideshale, Ric de Kembrighton, Roger le Longe of Brugg, Wm son of Roger le Palmere, Stephen de Ellesmere of Brugg, John son of Richard le Cok of Wodehouse of Ideshale and Wm his brother, Richard le Beore, Wm le Lepare of Ideshale, John Alwyn of Brugg and others, carried away twenty eight horses, sixty oxen, forty cows, sixty sheep and eighty swine worth 100l, at Chelymersh, co. Salop and assaulted his servants.
Commission of oyer and terminer to John de Hyncle, Roger de Foxcote (not 6th March) and Robert Broun, on complaint by Roger de Mortimer, earl of March that Walter le Blound, Peter his brother, Richard Scot, Philip le Rede, Walter le Rede, Wm Hondis, Ralph le Vernour, Walter Sagon, Stephen le Butreley, Thomas de la Berne, Gregory de Fokeswold, Stephen le Notier, Philip de Gosynton, Henry Love, Wm de Ballivesman, Thos de la More, Stephen de la More, Thos Shepe, Thomas de Snede, John Tappyng, Wm de Bogerugge, Thos de Stokton, Richard Bertram, Henry de Ribbesford, Simon de Ribbesford, Robert de Ribesford, John de Ribbesford and others broke his park at Cleobury Mortimer co. Salop, entered his chace at Wyre hunted there and carried away deer.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm de Shareshull, Wm de Ercalewe, John de Hugeford, Robert de Harleye and James de Wodestok, on complaint by Edward de Cornubia that John de Upton, John son of John de Upton, Wiotus his brother, Thos de Glassele, parson of the church of Neuton, Nicholas, parson of the church of Glassele, Roger de Baskervill, parson of the church of Corle, John de Beysy, Gregory de Hockeswode, Ric de Boterel Aston, and others broke his park at Kynlet, hunted there and carried away deer.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Ric Earl of Arundel, Gilbert Talbot, Gilbert Bassett of Drayton, Hugh Tirrel and Adam Swynesheved, touching the death of James de Hopton, killed at Stoteresdon, in the presence of the sheriff who was holding his turn there.
Appointment of Hugh de Wrottesle, Stephen de Butterle, Kings sergeant at arms and Henry de Mortimer to arrest Roger Gibbesone of Huggeleye, John his brother, Roger Laghon, Roger “the Bonde”, Richard atte Ree, John “the Monke”, Roger Ernald, Roger Hamond and John Lightinthemor, who are outlawed in Shropshire because they came not before the king to answer John atte Walle of Farnecote touching a trespass committed upon him by them, and has been shown to the king on behalf of the said John atte Walle, although by divers writs the king has commanded the sheriff of the said county to arrest these outlaws, but they have withdraw from that county and are now vagrant in divers counties plotting against the said John to the utmost of their powers.
Licence for the alienation in mortmain to the prior and convent of Wenlok, in satisfaction of 50s of the 20 marks yearly of land and rent which they have the king’s licence to acquire, of the following: by Hugh Sherere, 19/8 of rent in Mittelton by Dodyton, by Walter le Goldsmyth, a messuage and a virgate of land in Chaghele and by John de Glaseleye, the like in Deukshull. The said messuages and lands are of the clear yearly value of 11/8 as appears by inquistion taken by Thos de Swynnerton, eschaetor in the counties of Salop and Staffs.
Appointment of John de Aston, sheriff of Salop and Adam de Chelewynde to arrest Roger Gibbesone of Huggeleye, John his brother, Roger Laghon, Roger “the Bonde”, Richard atte Ree, John “the Monke”, Roger Ernald, Roger Hamond and John Lightinthemor, who are outlawed in Shropshire because they came not before the king to answer John atte Walle of Farnecote touching a trespass committed upon him by them, and has been shown to the king on behalf of the said John atte Walle, although by divers writs the king has commanded the sheriff of the said county to have these before him at a certain day they, that they be not taken by the sheriff, have gone from that county and are now vagrant in divers counties, and deliver them to Shrewsbury gaol into the custody of the sherif of Shropshire, that he might bring them before the king.
Whereas Roger Gibbesone of Huggeleye, John his brother, Roger Laghon, Roger “the Bonde”, Richard atte Ree, John “the Monke”, Roger Ernald, Roger Hamond, Nicholas the brother of Roger Laghon, Wm atte Ree and Henry Hamond, for non appearance before the king to answer touching a plea of trespass of John atte Walle of Farnecote, are outlawed in the county of Salop; the king is now informed on behalf of the said Jihn, that although divers writs have been sent to .. that county to take them, they have gone from the county and are now vagabonds elsewhere plotting to do the same John all the mischief they can; he has therefore appointed John de Delves, Thomas de Wenlok, king’s sergeant at arms, Nicholas Forcer and Wm de Glaceleye to take these outlaws and bring them to Shrewsbury prison, there to be delivered by indenture to the sheriff of Salop, so he may have them before the king at his command.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Roger Hilary, Wm de Bella Campa, John Blount and Gilbert Chastellyn, on complaint by Thos de Bella Campa, earl of Warwick that Wm de Conyngsby, chivalier, John son of Stephan Henrys of la Rok, Adam de Sned, John de Honelei, Wm Shirlok, Philip de Twiford, Roger Hugyns, Thos Basse, William “the personesquier of Martelye”, Henry le Walsh, Percival his brother, Thos son of Roger de Bassebourne, John de Henore, Roger de Bassebournem Wm de Masinton, Geoffry parson of the church of Abbedeleye, Henry de Huggeleye, Richard “the parsonesprest of Abbedeleye”, Robert “the personescok of Abbedeleye”, Robert parson of the church of Gt Comberton, John his brother and others broke his park at Abbedeleye and entered his free chaces at Elmeleye and Wirre co. Worcs, hunted in these and took away deer.
Pardon for 40s which John de Baggesourere will pay to the king, to him for aquiring to him and the heirs male of his body, from Wm de Baggesourere, four virgates and half of land in Bardley and the bailiwick of the forestership of the King’s forest of Shirlet... which on account of the death of the said Wm have been taken into the King’s hands.
Commission of oyer and terminer to Wm de Shareshull, John de Bagisore and Thos Waure on complaint by Wm de Kirkeby, clerk, that whereas he hired some men and servants to hoe, reap and collect his crops and to mow his grass at Eardington co. Salop, and sent others with carts and wagons to carry the crops and the hay from the grass to his house, Raynold de la Haye, John and Roger his sons, Edmund de Picheford, John Palmer, Nicholas Walker, chaplain, Simon Deghen, chaplain, Roger de Harlee, chaplain, Ric Collyng, clerk, John Dod, Nicholas Palmer, Philip Dun, John Sawier, Robert de Stafford, tanner, Griffin Walsshe, Michael le Taillour, John de Glaseleye, John Typpere, John de Ingwardyn, John Pull, Walter Prikepoud, Wm Barker, John de Undredon the younger, John Collyng, John Marchal, Wm Fole, Walter de Smalbrugge, Wm Philipson de Brugge, Wm de Quatford, Philip le Forester of Heccoumbe and others, by force, prevented the said men and servants from doing this, carried away his goods and assaulted the men and servants, whereby he lost their service for a great time. For 1 mark paid in the hanaper.
Licence for Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March, to grant to Wm, bishop of Westminster, Ralph Spigurnell, knight, John de Bisshopeston, clerk, John Laundels and John Goure, the manors of… Lodelow, Cleobury, Huggeleye and Earnwood, co. Salop, Arleye co. Staffs, held of the king in chief, to hold for the life of the king by services due, rendering to the earl and heirs a rose for the first eight years and at the end of eight years, £1000 yearly.
Licence for John Beyecen to enfeoff Walter de Walton, parson of the church of Billingsley and John le Child of Knightley of the manor of Ashleigh...
Grant to Wm, bishop of Westminster, Ralph Spigurnell, knight, John de Bisshopeston, clerk, John Laundels and John Goure, the manors of… Lodelow, Cleobury, Huggeleye and Earnwood, co. Salop, Arleye co. Staffs, late of Roger de Mortimer, tenant in chief, in the king’s hand by reason of the nonage of the heir, to hold with the issues received from the time of the earl’s death with knight’s fees and advowsons, until the end of eight years from the time of the earl’s death, without rendering anything to the king.
Although the king made the above grant [to Wm bishop of Westminster, etc], he did not intend that they should have the knight’s fees and advowsons and so he revokes the above letters so far as they relate to knight’s fees and advowsons.
Whereas Roger de Mortimer of Trym, now deceased, by letters patent granted to Richard Nowel, clerk, the keeping of the chace of Wyre, to wit of his woods and parks of Houshill, Beaulieu, Cleobury, Huggeleye and Ernewode, with all other woods and parks within the chase, to make attachments for himself or his deputies for trespass as well as of vert and venison for all other things pertaining to the said bailiwick, to hold for his life taking 6d a day of rent of the villeins of the manor of Ernewode by the hands of the reeve; the king, because of the wardship of the bailiwick and other lands late of the grantor, is now in his hand, for the security of the said Richard, grants that he shall have the bailiwick as long as the wardship shall remain in the king’s hand.
Nomination to the Abbot of Shrewsbury of Walter de Clebury to be presented by him to the church of Billingsley, to which it pertains to the King to nominate by reason of his wardship of the lands and heirs of Walter le Beysin who held in chief.
Presentation of Ralph Birch, parson of the church of Billingsley in the diocess of Hereford to the church of Sutton in the same diocess, on an exchange of benefices with Richard Gaye.
Inspeximus and confirmation in favour of Alice Bennett, late damsel of Philippa de Mortimer, Countess of March, of (1), letters patent (in French) of the said Countess dated at Earnwood Manor 15th September 43 Ed III, granting to her, for the grantors life, 100s of rent from her manor of Wulferlowe, co. Hereford and (2)... indenture of Ed de Mortimer from Ludlow 24 September 49 Ed III, enlarging the grant for the life of the grantee.
Grant to Richard Hampton, esquire of the chamber, of the custody of the lands and tenements held in dower by the wife of Henry Mortymer while she lived, together with “la Lyhalle”, Aston upon Cawes, Empton and Sutton, of the inheritance of Henry son and heir of the said Henry Mortumer, and of the yearly value of 20 marks, now in the king’s hands because the said heir is an idiot, which lands the king grants to him for life and to his executors for a year after his decease from the time of the death of the said wife, so long as they remain in the king’s hands for that cause, without rendering aught therefor, but he is to find a reasonable maintenance for the heir and account for any surplus value of the estate above 20 marks.
Appointment of Roger de Beilknap, Brian de Cornwaille, Hammond Vaghan, Roger Partriche and William de Burton to enquire and certify touching extortions, oppressions and other offences committed by the Kings’s ministers and others within the hundred of co. Stottesdon, Salop.
Presentation of John Yonge, vicar of Huggeley in the diocess of Hereford to the vicarage of Stokemylburgh in the same diocess, in the king’s gift by reason of the alien priory of Wenlok being in his hand on account of the war with France, on an exchange with Richard de Odam.
Walter Moorhall, for not appearing when sued with John Staunton of Bridgnorth, Richard Dekyn, Roger Wynwod and Richard Dewskshull of Kynotlize (Kinlet), to answer a plea that they render 40l to Peter Stanlowe and Elisabeth his wife, executrix of the will of John Rothbury {April 24th Wynwod was sued, Oct 20th, Dewskshull was sued).
Commission to the sheriff of Salop, on complaint of Humphrey de Stafford, chivalier, that although he was seised in his demesne as of fee of the manor of Cheylemerssh, co. Salop before the king’s crossing beyond the seas and continued in his possession, nevertheless one John Atkyns with other people unknown of the parts and marches of Wales to the number of 60 persons came armed to it and occupy it by force, to remove the force and compel the said John and others to find security of the peace to the officers and servants of Humphrey there and return the security into the Exchequer.
Commission to the sheriff of Salop to receive the issues of the manor of Cheylemerssh, co. Salop, and keep them safely until it be settled to whom the manor shall pertain of right. The king lately by letters under the privy seal ordered his kinswoman the countess of March to send at the quinzaine of Trinity, now last past, to the council at Westminster such of her counsel as should seem good to her to show why the king’s knight Humphrey Stafford should not be restored to his possession of the manor, of which he was seised in his demesne as of fee after the king’s crossing to Normandy and disseised by Thos Lygon, Richard Wigmore and others to the use of the earl of March, her husband but she did not obey.
Alice Huggenettus of Catsley, “gentlewoman”, for not appearing before the king to answer Wm Lychfield, knight, touching a plea of trespass.
Licence for 70/- in the hanaper for John Littleton to alienate the manor and advowson of Hugle alias Hugeley alias Huggeley, co. Salop, and the lands there to William Lyttleton, his son the younger, to the use of John for life, with remainder to Wm in tail, with remainder to the right heirs of John.
Grant in fee simple to Ed Grimstone the elder and Ed Grimstone the younger of the following; … lands in Highley, Salop, formerly of Highley Chapel, lands in Kinlet given for a lamp in the church… all of which premises have been concealed; yearly value £14-17-6… at the petition of Wm Drurye, knight, For £178-10-0, paid at the exchequer in satisfaction of the crown dues.
Licence for Thos Throckmorton and Margaret his wife to alienate lands (described) in Highley, Salop, to Thos Lowe the younger for 10/3.
Pardon to Wm le Messer of Roulton in Brugges gaol for the murder of William le fader of Elworthin as it appears by the record of Robert Corbet, Wm Bagot, Robert de Kyntheleg and Alan de Glaseleg, justices appointed to deliver that gaol, that he killed him in self defence.
Pardon to Thos Burel of Kynlet by reason of his services in Scotland for the death of Roger de la Dene of Clee St Margaret.
Association of Walter de Hopton, Thos de Roshale with Ric de Harley, bailiff of Amadeus, count of Savoy of the liberty of Clun in the march of Wales, in a Commission of oyer and terminer to deliver to the prison of Clun John de Huggeleye (Highley), in custody for robberies and other trespasses against Kuerissa, daughter of Worganow and John and Philip her sons, as it appears by complaint of the prisoner that although he is prepared to put himself to an inquisition of English and Welsh good men of that liberty, the bailiff has not delivered him.
Pardon on account of his services in Scotland to John le Mercer of Eyton for the death of Hamo de Glaseleye.
Pardon on account of his services in Scotland to Adam de Apeton for the death of Hamo de Glasleye and for all trespasses.
Appointment of Stephen de Buterle, king’s sergeant at arms, Richard de Foxcote (Kinlet) and Ed de Hugeford, to arrest Ric, John and Wm de Neyvile, suspected of the death of John Wade and to bring them to Newgate in London.
Grant to Thos de Glaseleye, king’s yeoman, of the bailiwick of the forestership of the forest of Kynefare, which Wm Hort, deceased, held of the king’s grant, to hold during pleasure with the accustomed wages and fees.
Richard Nowel, one of a number of individuals appointed to keep the peace in Lancs.
Pardon to Thos de Langele of the king’s suit for robberies of goods from one Wm Lygon and a cow from Alan de Glaslee in the county of Salop, and of any consequent outlawries; as the king has learned that he has been indicted thereof maliciously.
Grant to Thos Glasele of the keeping of the king’s forest of Morf, which has come into the king’s hand by the death of John Boulwas, late keeper, to hold the accustomed fees and appurtenances for as long as the said keeping shall be in the king’s hand for that cause.
Pardon [on surrender to Fleet Prison] of Robert de Cherleton of Billingsley, outlawed in the county of Glos., at the suit of the Abbot of Hailes touching a plea of debt of 40l.
Presentation of Thos de Hugeley to the church of Merton de Sallewarp in the diocess of Worcs.
Mandate to Thos de Ilerton, eschaetor in co. Southampton and Wilts to restore the temporalities therein to Ric Nowell, canon of Southwyk, elected prior. The like to Edmund Gyffard and Robert de Loxle, eschaetors of Oxon and Sussex.
Commission to Robert Swynfen, eschaetor in the county of Salop and sheriff of the county, to enquire touching the removal from his office, for trespasses of vert and venison, of Ric Nowel, who held custody of the forest of Wyre for life by grant of Roger de Mortimer, late Earl of March, by Philippa, late wife of the said earl, who held the forest in dower. Also, the like to Thos Bruges, eschaetor and sheriff of Worcs.
Licence for the subprior and convent of Suthewyk to elect a prior in the room of Ric Nowel, deceased.
Grant to the prior and convent of Southwyk, much imporverished on account of its situation on the sea coast by sudden attacks and arsons at the hands of the enemy and by divers pestilences and murrain, of the issues and profits of the temporalities pertaining to the king since the late voidance by the death of Ric Nowell, prior thereof.
Presentation of Thos de Huggeley, parson of St Nicholas, Worcs., to church of St. Michael, Salwarpe. | http://www.discovershropshire.org.uk/html/search/verb/GetRecord/theme:20060926111849 | 7,674 |
No sooner had the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) put up headlines on its site touting a major legal victory in its ongoing legal war against file sharing, it had to reverse course and put up a new headline admitting -- for the first time in quite awhile -- to a rare courtroom defeat.
On Thursday, the RIAA won its latest round in a dispute with Verizon over revealing the names of subscribers who the RIAA suspects of illegally downloading copyrighted songs. A day later, a Los Angeles federal judge dismissed a suit brought by the RIAA and a number of major media companies against popular peer-to-peer networks Grokster and Morpheus.
Of the two decisions, the Los Angeles verdict was the most startling. The RIAA had already prevailed against Verizon and the Thursday decision reinforced the verdict, surprising no one. While the case is expected to eventually land in the Supreme Court, the case involves not whether file swapping is legal, but, rather, an ISP's responsibilities under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The Hollywood forces of music and movies were equally expected to win in the suit against Grokster and Morpheus. After all, the same groups had forced Napster off the Web.
But U.S. District Court Judge Stephen Wilson said Grokster and Morpheus can not control how people use their software, which could also have legitimate applications. The court cited the landmark Sony Betamax case of 1984, where the Hollywood studies tried to outlaw VCRs but ran into a Supreme Court ruling that said use of new technology to infringe copyrights did not justify an outright ban on that technology.
"Grokster and Streamcast are not significantly different from companies that sell home video recorders or copy machines, both of which can be and are used to infringe copyrights," Judge Wilson wrote, noting that Friday's ruling only affected Streamcast's Morpheus and the Grokster software.
The ruling does not cover the peer-to-peer networks' liability for damages from past versions of the software or from other past activities. It also does not cover Sharman Networks' Kazaa Media Desktop, which is also being sued by the RIAA and the Motion Picture Association of America MPAA.
Nor did Wilson in any way condone illegal file sharing.
"Just as in Napster, may of those who use (Grokster and Morpheus) software do so to download copyrighted media files, including those owned by the Plaintiffs and thereby infringe Plaintiffs' rights of reproduction and distribution," Wilson wrote. "Thus, for purposes of these motions, Plaintiffs have established direct infringement of their copyrighted works by some end-users of Defendants' software."
"It is undisputed that there are substantial non-infringing uses for the (Grokster and Morpheus) software - e.g., distributing movie trailers, free songs or other non-copyrighted works; using the software in countries where it is legal; or sharing the works of Shakespeare," Wilson wrote.
Hilary Rosen, chairman and CEO of the RIAA, which plans to appeal Wilson's decision, put a positive spin on the ruling, "We are pleased with the court's affirmation that individual users are accountable for illegally uploading and downloading copyrighted works off of publicly accessible peer-to-peer networks."
Rosen added, "This is precisely the issue we have been seeking to focus the public's attention on, and yesterday's decision in the Verizon matter makes clear that individual infringers cannot expect to remain anonymous when they engage in this illegal activity."
All of which, is causing heartburn among ISPs and privacy groups.
Verizon's position, supported by an Electronic Frontier led coalition of 28 consumer and privacy groups, including the Consumers Union, ACLU and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, along with a number of Internet ISPs and ISP organizations that the RIAA is unfairly using the subpoena power provision of the DMCA.
U.S. District Judge John Bates disagreed, ruling that copyright holders can issue subpoenas to ISPs to demand identifying information about any Internet users based upon a mere allegation of infringement, with no notice to the user or judicial review of the claim required.
Bates had already sided with the RIAA in January, ruling Verizon would have to disclose under the subpoena power of the DMCA the name of an Internet customer who allegedly downloaded hundreds of copyrighted songs. The telecom giant was seeking a stay of that decision until its appeal is heard. Bates' Thursday ruling rejected Verizon's stay request.
The judge did, however, issue a temporary stay to allow the U.S. Court of Appeals time to consider the issue.
Diane K Reynolds, CEO of Masters Net Internet Solutions of Dayton, Or., a rural ISP, said, "what my subscribers are doing is none of my business." She noted that her terms of service does prohibit users from "illegal actions" but asked, "who decides if it's illegal?"
Ken Slaughter, CEO of Active Internet Communications of Springfield, Mo., said that he supported subpoena requirements for the disclosure of private information. "If I have to turn over names, I'm worried if there's no oversight. We'll get a complaint in a letter that an IP address was being used for something illegal at a specific time, but their server will be on Pacific Standard Time and our logs are on Central. We could accuse the wrong customer if we're given the wrong information."
Many ISPs assign IP addresses dynamically. If any user is online for about one or two hours at a time, incorrect data can point to an innocent customer. If incorrect information harmed an innocent customer, would the RIAA be liable? Would an ISP be liable for participating in a lawsuit by the RIAA that was invalid? Would the disclosure of a user's identity or their activities be grounds for a lawsuit against an ISP? These questions remain.
Kate Lynch, CEO of New York, NY-based Bway.net said, "I have not yet read the decision, so I cannot comment on the details, but it does seem to be bad for the industry. At the very least, we will have to re-examine our policies." The implication was that rewriting policies would require paying for expensive legal advice.
Russ Ferguson, CEO of the American Association of Service Providers (AASP), based in Triangle, Va., said, "of course we have to have copyright laws, but there have to be better ways to enforce them. ISPs are wary of participating in something that may be an invasion of privacy. How, for example, is the RIAA obtaining these IP addresses? Are they doing anything illegal, something perhaps tantamount to spying or wiretapping? Why can't the music industry create a service for people who want to listen to songs before they buy the album, perhaps charging $1 per song?"
Several CEOs of ISPs said claimed the RIAA cannot distinguish between legal and illegal file trading, and bears no risk when its accusations are wrong. Instead, they continued, the ISPs have to bear any risks to its business as a result of the RIAA's actions.
One ISP CEO who asked not to be named said that he was considering simply not keeping records. If the law requires that any data the ISP has be turned over, the ISP could comply by not knowing. Librarians in public libraries across the nation are already starting to do this.
Another ISP CEO quipped to internetnews.com, "I'm thinking of moving to New Mexico. I heard they repealed the PATRIOT act there." | http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2197311 | 1,549 |
The Demon Gunwoman [Open | Las Colonia] Apr 8, 2017 18:34:02 GMT -5 Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostBack to Top Post by A.H on Apr 8, 2017 18:34:02 GMT -5 So, what’s going on in the world of Las Noches and Hueco Mundo, the Nihilist Hunter lazily mused to self. With the shotgun blanketed over her grey overcoat slung over her shoulder, hiding away from the world, A.H had heard an unsettling rumour. There’s a functioning town that is not belonging to an Espada. Now isn’t that an interesting revelation, granted if the rumour is true, but A.H was already convinced judging from the frantic pleas and gurgling whimper of a lowly Arrancar, a resident of the so called Las Colonia, a haven for hollows and Arrancars not affiliated to Las Noches. The whimpering mess wasn’t and it doesn’t matter. A two shot to the mask and two shot to the torso to end the delightful conversation – well, it is better than leaving a half dead and tortured soul behind to ponder his regret.Her coat ruffles against her movement as she made her long trek towards the destination of the abnormality, Las Colonia, and boy. What a doozy she Thought. Tall towers dominated the ringed area and boarded off with large walls. The change of her demeanour was so tempting. The rumour was true. Perhaps she should’ve let the tortured soul live? ‘Ah, it is what it is,’ were her line of thought coursing through her mind. And the building erected from the cold, twisted desert was enough for A.H to question the resident’s intention. Was it a bug lamp to attract all dim-witted hollow for them to feast upon? Or was it… her thought stopped the Nihilist to the spot. The towering buildings swamped around her as she finally reached the crossroads of Las Colonia, and its residents seems agitated by her presence. The kilt wearing, coat draped over her Highlands uniform of ages past. The right arm, hidden inside the coat with something grasped a long rod like arsenal. An Arrancar who towers over A.H made the approach towards her, but his approach was short, for her flashing glimpse of metal and a hollowed out bang that ring across the town. The fall of the towering Arrancar was displayed in the open. The metal piece was revealed to be a revolver with smoke lightly trailing out from the edge of the barrel of her gun. Maybe they banded up together to ensure their survival, but even with all their numbers, they’re still weak. As evidenced by the gunshot, A.H was still trying to figure out why there is a towering fortress in the middle of nowhere.“Explain,” She spoke with a stoic expression, with the revolver trailing back to her holster. Surely the explanation is not enough to get her excited.Could it? [446] | b0f98e347a5d4de01ceb11e0991b7c80 | 654 |
None of my gfs ever really questioned my drinking. They just knew I liked beer. I did my fair share of lying about it though. They would want to hang out, and I'd make up excuses not to so I could go to the bar. I feel awful about it now. Ultimately, the biggest reason I decided to give sobriety a shot was because I'd gotten lonely. I haven't dated in 3 years. I'm the last of my friends that hasn't gotten married. I didn't grow out of partying like everyone else. I hit a point where my libido was gone, and I really only ever feel superficial attraction anymore. I quit in order to try and reverse that lack of feeling. | b57673ff0240467d94788d96f1472271 | 146 |
Kulfi Kumar Bajewala 5th August Sikandar reaches the hotel to see Kulfi’s performance. He wants to be with her, knowing Vikram is just using Kulfi as a success ladder. He doesn’t want Vikram to hurt Kulfi’s sentiments. He is sure that Kulfi will understand her father’s concern once she realizes his love is true. He wishes to win Kulfi’s trust back somehow. Lovely changes into negative once again. She poses hurdles for Sikandar and Kulfi’s bonding. She is aware that Sikandar is Murphy Singh for Kulfi now. She wants to bring out this truth to pose Sikandar as a liar again. She obstructs Sikandar at the hotel and questions him about his presence. Sikandar lies to her that he read her message and came to the hotel for Amyra.
She asks him about carrying a bag. He lies again that it belongs to his friend. On the other hand, Vikram orders Kulfi to wear the short dress. Kulfi refuses to wear it since she won’t be comfortable. Mia gets a proper dress for Kulfi and tells Vikram that Kulfi has to feel comfortable in order to perform well. Vikram tells her that Murphy has got this dress for Kulfi. Mia convinces Vikram. He asks Kulfi to wear whatever she wants.
Kulfi gets innocent in her talks and impresses Mia. Mia tells Kulfi that she is sure that Kulfi will become a big star one day. She gets emotional and asks Kulfi to never do what she doesn’t like. She asks Kulfi to follow her heart and oppose the wrong, which she doesn’t want to do. Kulfi gets surprised hearing Mia’s advice. Meanwhile, Lovely meets Tony’s friend in order to make Amyra’s career a success. Vikram calls Murphy for the shoot. Sikandar makes excuses to Lovely and tells her that he will come back soon.
He takes Murphy’s avatar and pacifies Kulfi. Sikandar lies to Vikram as well to keep his identity a secret. Lovely understands that Sikandar has gone to Kulfi. Kulfi finds the song really strange and doesn’t want to sing it. Sikandar explains her that she has to listen to her heart. He asks her to make him a friend and share her heart. She doesn’t know how to share about Sikandar with Murphy. Vikram interrupts their conversation and asks Kulfi to rush for her performance. Sikandar wants to be with Kulfi. Kulfi gets ready and goes for the performance. Vikram takes Kulfi with him.
Kulfi Kumar Bajewala 5th August Lovely calls Sikandar for the meeting. Sikandar gets in dilemma as he has to be with both Kulfi and Amyra. Sikandar gets into his own avatar and goes to Amyra. He talks to the music director about Amyra’s career. He gets Vikram’s call again when he was deciding his performance with Amyra. Sikandar realizes that he is carrying the song in the pendrive. He goes back to take Murphy’s avatar. He gives the pendrive to Vikram. Kulfi gets compelled to sing. Lovely and Amyra also spot Kulfi on the stage singing. Kulfi sings too well, which impresses Tony’s friend as well. Sikandar gets angry when he hears the man talking badly about Kulfi.
He bashes the man and his identity comes out. Kulfi realizes that Sikandar was staying with her as Murphy. She cries for him. Sikandar apologizes to Kulfi. Amyra blackmails Sikandar once again. Sikandar doesn’t want Amyra to play with his life by her blackmailing move all the time. He declares that he will accept Kulfi as his daughter in front of the world. This makes Kulfi too emotional. Amyra and Lovely slip in shock with Sikandar’s decision yet another again.
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oh my gosh good morning dog of good morning happy June 30th hacking June 30th dog ah how's your day so far dog oh you really stopped today Dargo what condition you you ready start today also what day it is today picking up blue today okay so the legit plan today it one we need to go to pretty cuz Chloe you need to dress for some reason no – we need a some Chloe's video I Disneyland because she's doing it's a special to do at Disneyland and then number three I had to hang out with Michael who is amazing and it's basically the reason why me and Tiffany are even getting puppies like he set up this whole everything he's amazing and I'm so excited to read him finally and we've been talking for so long on Twitter and everything and he's like the most amazing Idol angel of life for pick up below with give her hugs and kisses and then five we drive home and we set everything up for let's get this day started Party City check thank you we're bad good at Disneyland check its glistening oh my gosh oh my gosh this princess on girly I don't ask for photo cuz I'm too nervous oh my god there's so many celebrities I had to I had to get it it was like so good and I mean it it's fruit it's healthy awesome same mode mode so Chloe's filming her video at Disneyland I was bored so no downtime to see you I'm shopping is that so adilyn does I want to get his fast pass though all three of us so you can all go on a ride Fidelio but Chloe filming grace with me that's me and that's Anna Friel doodled up damn habit get me and Anna up on there also irrelevant and like a big roaster believe me I don't know whatever why you great gross awfully kind of natural but I think I'm a hippie because my legs are just good I think it was supposed to be a hippie show anything for world peace I don't really I don't smoke though so if you do they just smokin what world peace didn't have hairy legs I Sam Chloe wants to meet at the teacups to get philip video I hope you know that what I say say have my belly big serious or Lego it like I say oh it's Donald and Pluto oh my god please Pluto I'll have a dog Oh soon to flick guys like I'm ready to boundary and Leslie they are vases let me help you Thalia beautiful in this behind-the-scenes how we film this is how we do bro tradition it is Swede cup coffee okay and grab the coffee tea and desserts oh girl oh girl oh girl oh girl look who I found I'm Michael Emily yes they are the best guys Michael's like basically the reason my knees are getting hit everything else you'd like the best right now we're at this like taco ice-cream place I said that right choco ice cream and this is their menu I think I'm gonna get the Monsters Inc one because it was really cool they colorful and as arias on it what do you guys mean yet the cookies in green piggies ink reading for work a strawberry shortcake [Laughter] yes I do Oh baby that's so satisfying this is ever-expanding subscribers oh my gosh it's taco ice-creams though mine's always last always last but we'll take a photo with all three MA oh my gosh like you know pretty they all like with the Powerpuff Girls except not green it's green instead of purple but it's okay I'll make a special okay day um okay my first bite into this amazing taco I'm literally sitting on the ground to get this angle damn that's what high-quality ice cream right here I'm trying to taco part I think I mean you about la do you need to talk the last week halfway done I don't want the taco to get soggy though sounds like it doesn't taste like a talk with it tastes like hell wait for like you know those I got mom home yeah like a waffle but it's such a cool concept taco ice cream it's been alright eleven I decide okay it's fine I'm getting my car cleaned up for this trip okay Paulina okay adilyn don't worry about it I'm literally gonna get it cleaned like right after okay what's about to happen in like 20 minutes how are you feeling feel real because you haven't seen her yet oh my god 20 minutes yeah oh my god I'm so excited like in 20 minutes there's gonna be a little dog in there are you gonna put her in the cage how long have you waited for this moment all the t's tea towel she has so many clothes for her dog yeah I have like butterflies hi I'm Chloe yeah oh my god you're the cutest little thing ever I'm sorry are you gonna cry okay I can walk I can about so you didn't pay a fee to oh my goodness they just snuggle with their little I think she's just cold Oh it's probably scared it's a lot to take in little blue she's so little I do it really doesn't [Laughter] it's more fat than I can get on my double chin oh I feel like she's like warming up to you she's laying out relaxing she's fine she's really sleepy there what did you just say before this where's yours that you're excited to it I'm excited to see your fire she's excited so we introduce blue to the apartment do you like it girl do you like it we think she may have but I haven't started you poop okay you're so good there was a little toot okay so we thought it'd be cute to let her roam around on the carpet for a little bit the carpets clean so are you ready are you ready to explore I know look at Schiele blends into the apartment oh she's feller just gonna sit [Laughter] she's a shiny eat the good no no not good no no no no no no eating no he's in the carpet she put it on the wood she moves around let's go via dovey oh she's so active I thought she'd be so sleepy right now oh do you like it yes oh god yes I'm talented you're such a talented dog oh oh gee you can walk come here we're spending on a towel I think yeah little tail besides we're gonna get a little teeny-tiny it's a busy time for blue Oh it's on the light it turns it on one foot one foot inside inside the hole inside though hi guys my name is blue and I like to dress up and dress you up yeah this is how I keep one because little baby blue blue means that you have one less layer of fur on your skin for the header blue relax oh girl things are good oh oh I'm happy you like it I'm actually I'm so surprised she's so calm and good oh my god her eyes are so pretty oh my you got that used to these camera launcher blue is so smart she's already playing and it's only her first day your Kobe says magnet teach you all the trainer's I just wanted to take note of how blue her eyes are what what why'd you see we're just waiting for her to poop like wouldn't think in the habit we all know it's about her pee her eyes are so much bluer than I thought that they I know ain't no light you can see it yeah your hairy legs [Laughter] let the baby come me you look so perfect [Laughter] it's a party it's a puppy party puppy puppy puppy party it's a puppy party they're kissing each other and then little pisses little sister kisses oh my gosh love each other I promise we'll have lots of puppy dates I wish to have this level of comfort look at the plane kiss again kiss again miss again ah stop eating her she's our sister she's your sister manatees they don't look like manatees Chloe okay what I said no but I said I said it was like a mix of Dumbo stitch and Yoda don't look like a – eat I need a whole belly are you doing yeah I know one of them your deck Enoch yet it was but you don't you don't arrest one big happy family he's the dad yes well they're different colors wait no you tell me I didn't miss you between your stripers and then I don't go in the air why did you steal I think those acrylic nails blue that's that's not your toy I gave it to Zoey I'm mixing up all the names right now blue I just peed right here and we put little was it's cold it's hot spray spray walk away Oh blue Zoey peed why can't you pee girl this is the cutest thing ever muggy I got distracted you got it come on blues under oh oh we get it we get a little a nip at the leg oh we got a smack of the but we got a sniff of the tail Oh someone got little bit distracted okay take a break a water break yeah what outside of the Ring just kidding distractions it's okay fight fight fight fight there's play fighting bro that's like no that's like asking the mom to play Jenga with their two daughters come on fight fight fight I know they're gonna pee so we should watch okay so I think the difference is blue is a little bit chubbier and there's always a little bit taller so mines like Kylie and hers it's like Kendall you know sayin but they like lick your face it like feels like what it don't like your manatee maybe Tiffany was her birthday made for 20:17 you guys a wittle baby's a 20-17 OMG go bye-bye should i say bye see you soon she's sleeping in her crate I hope you guys enjoyed in today's video um it's probably my favorite video that I've ever filmed my blog channel ever and I'm so excited for you guys to see this is oh my gosh and I can't wait for you guys to see the puppy blogs that are yet to come and I just I feel like I feel like I I can't believe it like I still I believe like I just like stole someone's dog like it doesn't feel like it's my dog I don't know if that makes sense like I don't know when it wouldn't I feel like when you when you buy something big like a huge house or a really life-changing thing happens in your life it doesn't feel real like getting into college like it doesn't feel real or like I don't know like something that you've been wanting for so long and then you get it it doesn't feel over like do one thing that I can tell you I was like when I went to Greece me my friend Isha have been wanting to go for like five years and we went and it didn't feel real it's the exact same and I'm so so I couldn't be happier about my perfect perfect perfect little pup her name is blue and you guys can follow her at my friend she you name blue it on Instagram I let you care at least agree my friend she made blue that's her hope you guys enjoyed my tip of the day is to never lose sight of what makes you happy and I know with like school and stress and jobs and all that stuff you kind of like lose what you love and focus more on making money or any other thing and I just want to remind you to keep doing the things that you love I'm the biggest dog person ever and I didn't think I would be able to get a dog because like my moms like retake my brother's a large egg and I I don't know I just always always always remember what makes you happy and always do what makes you happy and always surround yourself with things that make you happy because what's the point of life when money's not the point of life you know it's just being happy surrounding yourself with good people another good tip of the day today because of this this vlog means so much to me also I don't know if this counts but happy birthday Canada it's like 1:00 in the morning so technically counts of tomorrow but happy birthday Canada you're a hundred and fifty dude from crotch I'm a hundred fifty dude you're as old as Sandy Plains in no wait crash crash providing no fighting going Finding Nemo yeah also one thing that I forgot to show you guys that I opened up I got this is the dog food that I've done research on and they're really really good there's human grades so humans can eat these like they're really really good for your dogs and I also got some training treats so I can obviously teach her how to you sit and stuff like this and I got a goat's milk to add to her food and I got a Sunday costume so I could be like guys check out my sunny Sunday video this looks a tad big but she'll grow into it I'm gonna eat my Chipotle I hope you guys have a beautiful magical wonderful day never lose sight of what makes you happy so stay tuned
FINALLY GETTING MY PUPPY!! Cutest Blue French Bulldog Puppy Reaction
45 thoughts on “FINALLY GETTING MY PUPPY!! Cutest Blue French Bulldog Puppy Reaction”
What breed is she?
The poor baby is scared, over whelmed & exhausted, probably thirsty & these girls start dressing her in stupid costumes smh what is wrong with people?? Stop dressing your dogs in clothes! It’s nothing but uncomfortable & annoying for the dog, also very hot, they already have a fur coat, chill. I’m not saying people don’t mean well or don’t love their animals but it’s not right, it’s all just pleasure for the human, the poor animal hates it.
She's the cutest little thing I've ever seen my mother has been dying to get a blue Frenchie they're just so darn cute but we can't afford to get one
Shave your legs
Why does blue have everything pink CD
I have a frenchie too and a blue one too its so awesome to have her
Hey haters back off ⬆️
2019 anyone?
who else is watching this in 2019 ;]
I remember when i had been asking my mum and dad ''MUM DAD I REALLY WANT A PUPPY'' and my mum and dad get bored a and say where getting a puppy so n about 4 week I'm getting a PUPPY OMGGGGGGGGGGG IM THE HAPPIEST PERSON IN THIS WORLDDDDDDDD AHHHHHH I LOVE YOU GUYS SUB TO EM THERER SOO BEAUTIFUL,JIND,RESPECTFUL AND FUNNY AH OMGGGG
Her voice is so different i cant❤️
Do u have some ari vib ies hair
Yo Adeline, where can I find that puppy drug dealer? ??????
This is so amazingly wholesome.
I love it.
Omg her voice
She’s so cute ??
What are use doing that is a shame let her settle in !
No your crying
Why didn’t she name the dog yellow?
I hope u didn’t get Blue from a breeder.
everyone watching this on 2019??
wow… her voice has changed a lot!
omg she changed so much
Random question but out of interest can anyone tell me what is the dog breed at 0:05 ? 🙂
I've been subscribed for literally years and I have never seen this video, omg, Blue was so freaking cute and adorable!
I might be getting a dog tomorrow!!! I’m calling it Moose!! ???
I just got a little frenchie and we named her delta blue
Any one else watching this in 2019?? Blue was SOOOOO small and SOOOOO cute!!!!
At the beginning of the vlog, could she have said “doggo” one more time
I WANNA HUG THAT PUPPY SO BAD!!!! SQUEEEEEEE!!!! ??
I ALSO HAVE A FRENCH BULLDOG
Rescue dogs not bye
2019? Anyone? Blue is sooo cute
Breed?
the name of the dog is blue but it has a pink cage ????
I hate your picture
So precious! Omg!
I’ve been looking and looking for French bulldogs and I was wondering where you got your French!
omg adelaine sounds SOOOOOOOOOO young
omg who is here when cloe hasnt posted in 5MONTHS and blue is older
Omg i’m watching this in 2019 and Adelaine looks younger she is so cute ? like her voice is so cute
Omg who’s watching this in 2019? And she sounds so different!!
So cute
Im interested in who your breeder is? I live in the area and have been looking for a frenchie.
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// Need a placeholder domain to construct a URL from a relative path. We only
// access `url.pathname`, so the domain doesn't matter.
const NULL_DOMAIN = 'https://null.example';
/**
* # FileUtils
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* *Utility class for working with file systems and URI paths.*
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/** Extracts the basename from a path, e.g. "folder/model.glb" -> "model". */
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Oh sweetheart! You are so sweet! I worked with my now Fiance for 9 months until our first date. The last 6 months, I had a crush on him and I chased that man for those six months up until our first date. He was so oblivious of my crush on him. I had to give him my number 2 different times and he lost them.
Finally I gave him my phone to put his number in. I started texting him. 3 weeks later we went on our first date.
6 months into dating I realize he had some form of autism. His parents never got him tested. His brother and dad both thinks he does too, I would say he has Asperger's.
Now, we are going to be celebrating 3 years together next month. We live together. Have a cat. And are engaged to be married next year. He is my best friend. And the best man I could have dream of having as my partner in life.
What I would do is tell her you really enjoy talking to her and would love to continue your conversations outside of work and to get to know her more. Maybe grab dinner after work? Go see a movie (although not much talking happens there) even exchanging numbers and texting each other.
Just because you have autism doesn't mean your soul mate isn't out there or your unlovable. It breaks my heart that someone told you that. My fiance misses social cues a lot and I have to explain things and help him understand things better. I'm patient and helpful as well as understanding of his needs. You will find that one day too. The right girl will come along!
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Keith Jackson hasn’t appeared on this blog for a while, but what a way to come roaring back to it, an article of such idiocy and bias and twisting of facts that you would swear you were reading a Boris Johnson piece in The Telegraph. It was a shocker, or it would have been coming from anybody else.
The article is, of course, on Brendan Rodgers and the current situation at Celtic Park, one that I am told went some way towards being resolved before the team headed off yesterday. Other talks will follow, but more important than them will be the response of the board and how they meet the needs of the manager in the next two and a bit weeks.
They have to get it right, that’s the bottom line.
The article is full of contradictions. It reeks of all the biases you would expect from one of King’s former glove puppets.
That he stepped outside that circle to offer faint criticism of the South African tax crook is the only good thing one can say about his journalistic endeavours, but of late he has at least stuck to badly written tosh. Today he’s right back to his usual form and that’s not a compliment.
Headlined, “Timing of Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic fallout is poor but will be justified if he gets his way” the piece is every bit as bad as you might expect.
Let’s do it section by section, so you can get the proper flavour of what he’s shovelling.
Even if I have serious issues with the grammatical structure – which I believe they should teach on the first day of journalism school – I can’t argue with the content, not of this particularly paragraph anyway.
First up, we are still singing about ten in a row and still have last season’s Champions League money tucked up neatly in the bank account, which means that we are more than able to survive even if we’re knocked out of the competition this week.
But that’s small beer next to what comes after it, of course, and that’s about as ridiculous as it comes.
Let’s start with this; Rodgers only sounds like he’s “threatening to do a runner” if you twist some of his words, which Jackson and his paper have already done, and ignore others – those where he explicitly says he’s going to do no such thing – entirely.
The “players withdrawing labour” is one player, but Jackson would happily turn that into the meltdown of the whole squad.
And that story is only to be believed if you accept the word of his lunatic agent who I wrote about yesterday.
This is what’s known in the profession as Just Making Up Crap.
We’ve got ourselves into “an unfathomable state” have we? A “crisis” no less?
Says the writer who never uses those words about the colossal shambles’ which frequently unfold at Ibrox; everything from shirt sale fiascoes to managerial merry-go-rounds. How can we be expected to take this guy seriously when he’s so nakedly biased?
Oh my good God. Did he actually write that? Did an editor actually publish it? There is not one person in Scotland, nee the world, who believes Celtic should, would, or could go out and sign “a nine or ten million pound” player or two. That is sheer nonsense. Brendan Rodgers has asked for no such thing and no sane board of a Scottish club would sanction it. Easily resolvable, says this halfwit. Yes, as long as George Soros is bankrolling it.
No real argument, except that Brendan will be more realistic in his needs that the previous, lunatic, paragraph.
Is this the part where Jackson pretends to know the mind of Brendan Rodgers?
You’d think after posing such a question he would have an answer, right?
But of course, all we read is even more speculation.
Eah? What? Where the Hell does that come from?
If you can work out what Jackson means there then please, answers on a postcard.
A bit like Jackson holding a job at a national newspaper.
Incredible. Hard to believe.
Calculated? Lawwell has been known to say much the same thing.
I believe both of them. This is about competing visions, and perhaps egos, but both have the same over-arching goal.
Of course he would. But that’s not what Brendan was shooting for.
Yes the timing was bad. He may have been trying to push the board in a direction of his own choosing, but painting a target on someone’s back? Hyperbolic guff. And he repeats, again, the suggestion that Rodgers is set to quit, denied by the man himself.
Some of the blame does lie on Lawwell’s doorstep; Brendan Rodgers did not need to put it there.
It is there. It belongs there.
Rodgers was certainly not “bomb-proofing” himself against failure; fans can look at our transfer business and know it’s not been right and that he hasn’t been properly supported.
Whatever this was, it wasn’t that.
Absolute nonsense of the purest kind. The one area where I will give Lawwell and the board 100% backing here is in that they did not give Rod Petrie £4 million, a ludicrous sum of money for a Hibs midfielder in the last year of his contract.
Speculative garbage, I’ve read it 100 times already since Saturday and it is completely immaterial to where we find ourselves. All the “coulda-woulda-shoulda” in the world does not alter the situation and so I see no need to indulge in it.
When it’s so obvious that Jackson can answer his own question it makes you wonder why he ever bothered to ask it in the first place, doesn’t it? That’s exactly what the manager was doing, as anyone and everyone knows full well. And we almost got a result regardless.
Yeah well since that’s not the argument he was making there’s no flaw to speak of, is there? And the constant attacks on Kouassi … tiresome nonsense already.
Let’s try this; Morgan is a good player, but along with Compper is injured. Allan is on his way out the door. Christie might yet have something and Arzani hasn’t signed yet. So out of five players he mentions there only two could have been selected for the team or for the bench.
His point is utterly ridiculous as a consequence.
January was eight months ago. Rodgers “mood swing” is about not having gotten the players he wants in this particular window.
This particular window.
This. Particular. Window.
January has damn all to do with this, but whilst we’re on the subject, Commper and Morgan were January signings as well, albeit one of them went back on loan to his club.
Boyata might or might not be “in a huff” but his agent certainly is. What else do we know for a fact? Oh yes, he’s also injured. So what, exactly, would have been the point on putting him on a plane to Athens, except as in-flight entertainment?
And “the next crisis”?
Has Jackson gotten into fortune telling as an adjunct – or perhaps an alternative – to his so-called journalism?
Except, in this case, yes, please do give it up.
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This is where it really starts to get interesting for us as we are all about the wide dynamic range of HDR and the wider color gamut that the new 4K UHD HDR Blu-ray discs provide. For the first time in our homes we can now enjoy the full range of color and brightness that the director intended. Since most commercial theaters do not yet have the 4K HDR capability, we can now enjoy movies with quality that is better than most local cinemas (and the popcorn is cheaper!). Seriously, when you see wide color gamut in 4K and HDR – the experience is amazing. In some cases, it is like seeing the movie (even if you have seen it before) for the first time. There is so much attention by the creative community to deliver a rich and technically correct movie that when it all comes together it is truly a rewarding experience for the viewer.
Sony color is called Triluminos, and was one of the first projector companies to show more than REC709 color. This adds a richness and depth to the image which is usually appreciated by most viewers. The color in the VPL-VW295ES and the VPL-VW695ES is specified by Sony as being able to do up to 127% of REC 709. That means, and measures, about 72% of DCI P3, which is mapped inside of the BT2020 color gamut as shown above. We were able to verify that the Sony’s do indeed do about 127% above REC 709, color which equates to about 58% of BT2020.
The BenQ HDR color gamut was able to achieve 72.9% of BT2020 color gamut. This is about 97% of DCI P3 and 100% of REC 709. Compare the red, green and blue points above to the Sony and you will see why we are seeing the differences in HDR images.
The BenQ HT9060 did indeed live up to its claim of 98% of the DCI P3 color gamut. What is really amazing, is that it did it without the use of a conventional cinema filter, which drops the light significantly. This is because of its use of pure RGB LEDs as the light source so no filters are required. In a normal lamp or laser projector, a cinema filter must be used to reach a wide color gamut. The problem is that it reduces the overall brightness of the projector so that its HDR capability is reduced. Not the case with the HT9060 – it has some of the best HDR and color we have seen.
HDR color levels, white clipping and color clipping were set using the HDR10 disc.
This HDR image is from the DVS HDR10 disc and shows the difference in both wider color gamut and the different HDR brightness curves that each manufacturer chooses to use. Both projectors were calibrated and highlight clipping and black levels set using the HDR10 disk.
What we discovered really surprised us. We expected the wide color gamut of the BenQ HT9060 to show some significant differences on scenes with large color pallets, but we did not expect to see such differences in the brightness curves that each manufacturer uses. This is Sony’s second generation HDR and BenQ’s first. Since BenQ was somewhat late coming to the game with HDR they have indicated it was because they wanted to get it right and spent over a year in its implementation. From what we are seeing, they did do a very good job.
In this scene from Mortal Engines the difference in color gamut, HDR , and tone mapping can clearly be seen. They are both excellent pictures but the BenQ because of its color and brightness tends to draw the eye.
Even though the brightness of the Sony measured 4-5 fc brighter, the BenQ looks brighter on most scenes. This is also because there is no single standard for how HDR is to be tone mapped. It is currently up to each manufacturer as to how they apply the HDR to their image. Both Sony and Epson have gone through several versions, but I have to say that this BenQ is very impressive. The color and the brightness of the BenQ HT9060 is, for most viewers who see it, a very impressive experience. We like what they have done with HDR tone mapping.
Another HDR wide color gamut scene. This one, from Guardians of the Galaxy II, shows the very wide gamut of the deep magentas, cyans, and blues.
In non-HDR color, like this scene, the differences in both color and brightness are very close. This is because the HDR brightness, color, and tone mapping do not come into play.
The other thing that attracted us to test the BenQ HT9060, besides the color, was the lens. A good, high quality lens can make a huge difference (just ask any cinematographer). Sony had improved their lens in 2017 which really helped to get an even-focused and reasonably sharp image. The question we had was how close could the BenQ come with its all-glass, 14-element, low dispersion coated lens. Even though it is not native true 4K (4096 X 2160), the DLP solution has looked remarkable considering it is UHD (3840 X 2160), using slightly larger pixels. We thought it would be close, but in reality it surprised us as to just how good the HT9060 lens really is. In addition to very sharp focus and contrast, there is almost no sign of color aberration on even the sharpest of white-on-black edges.
Click these images to enlarge. Look closely at the details in the hair and eyes. Try and disregard the brightness difference and focus on just the sharpness – there is a real difference. This scene is also from Mortal Engines. Mortal Engines was shot in 8K and mastered in 4K UHD HDR.
Without question, the BenQ has the better lens – and on most scenes the image simply looks sharper. How is that possible? Even though the Sony has alignment for the 3 SXRD panels it is never possible to get exactly perfect. Then send it though a lens that has some of its own color aberration (most lenses do) and the edges are not always razor sharp. The BenQ lens is probably the best projector lens we have seen. It is sharp in the center and edges with no real visible color fringing. This is due to the lens and the fact that there is only one chip so there is no alignment to be done in the image itself. Unlike most lenses this lens seems to be near perfect in its lack of color aberration or color fringing.
Look closely at full size and resolution. The detail and sharpness on the BenQ is very evident. We triple checked focus to make sure both projectors were at their best and sharpest adjustments. This is a non HDR image so the brightness is about the same in this scene.
In this HDR scene from the HDR10 DVS disc, if you look closely at the face you will see how good the lens really is. Try to ignore the color and brightness differences as that is related to the HDR and tone mapping. Best viewed at full size and resolution.
In this scene, from Mortal Engines, the detail is almost the same, so they are both very good and very close to the same detail. It is always so interesting how different scenes can show different results. Even though the Sony has the advantage in native resolution it would be difficult to say that is visibly better – but certainly they are both very very good. Also note that in this HDR scene the Sony actually looks as bright or even brighter.
With two projectors this close it gave us the opportunity to compare the new IMAX Experience capability of the Sony. Imax has partnered with DTS and set new standards for both image quality and sound quality. Imax has taken their vast experience in large screen presentations and the technology they have developed to make the best image possible, with fine detail and lack of noise – which is no easy trick. One of the first titles to have the Imax Experience encoded into the disc is “Journey to the South Pacific”. This disc looks good on any 4K HDR display but we were pleasantly surprised to see the results on the Sony which has the special processing to take full advantage of this technology.
The Imax Experience enhanced disc is fully decoded by the Sony on the left. If you look carefully you will see more detail and subtle contrast differences which is just the opposite of what we were seeing earlier with regular 4K HDR discs.
In this image, the detail in coral was very noticeable at viewing distance. It was really spectacular. The Sony VPL-VW295ES would be closer in brightness and still have the same detail with the Imax Enhanced capability as well.
This is a close up of the above scene on the BenQ. Notice the detail in the white color and then compare to the Imax Enhanced Image from the Sony below.
If you look at these two images at full size and resolution (by clicking) you should be able to see the significant difference the Imax Enhanced process can achieve in improved image quality.
This was a great discovery and now we hope that more Imax Enhanced releases will come forth. According to Sony, there will be full length feature films released in this format.It definitely makes a difference and gives Sony the edge when it comes to Imax Enhanced viewing. It was so interesting to see first hand, as it was not just sharpness or edge processing, but a real difference in the amount of fine detail and texture in images.
Before you make your final conclusions, you may want to check out our YouTube video that also goes over fan noise, gaming response and speed, CinemaScope, and Wide Aspect Capability.Plus, you’ll be able to playback of video.However, please be aware that, if you don’t have a monitor capable of HDR, YouTube will automatically detect that and down convert the video to SDR – which makes the color and contrast incorrect (almost looks like a raw log file). For example, on the opening scene with our logo, in SDR, the background appears to be gray, but in HDR it is white. As of today, the video has not been fully processed by YouTube with its HDR color in 4K, but here’s the video for now and hopefully YouTube will process the full thing soon!
So which is the best projector? People always ask us that question. The answer is never that easy because it also depends on your budget and application. To help with this process, we have created the Theo Charts, which allow you to visually see the strengths and weaknesses of each projector. Notice the right half is all about image quality, and the left half is about how practical it is for your application. Some people would rather replace lamps knowing that their initial investment for the level of quality they receive is lower. Others will have nothing but laser or Pure LED as they do not want to worry about changing lamps and color balance drift over time. Some are fine with a 98″ screen while others would prefer a 133 Cinemascope widescreen in their theater. The point is – feel free to call us. We have six full time sales people who can assist you. We do not have automated voice recordings during business hours, so you will always talk to a live person. We may have to call you back due to in-store customers, but call us – we should be able to help you. That is why we do these videos to help start the conversations. We’ve been doing this for over 65 years so please give us a try. We would love to talk with you!
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Compare. bet discovered that Iris – the 20th most desirable girls name of 2020 – is the most popular lucky baby girl’s name. The name is directly derived from the Greek word meaning “rainbow”, which symbolises good luck.
Iris is baby unisex name mainly popular in Christian religion and its main origin is Greek. Iris name meanings is Rainbow.
The iris commonly means wisdom, hope, trust, and valor.
The name Iris has seen a steady rise in popularity throughout the last two decades1, with 2020 being the most popular year. According to the latest Social Security Administration data from 2020, Iris ranks as the No. 127 most popular name for baby girls.
1 out of every 811 baby girls and 1 out of every 130,817 baby boys born in 2020 are named Iris.
From Japanese 菖蒲 (ayame) meaning “iris (flower)”.
Iris as a female personal name among English-speakers was mainly popularized in the 19th century when naming daughters after flowers became fashionable.
In Greek mythology, Iris (/ˈaɪrɪs/; EYE-riss; Greek: Ἶρις, translit. Íris, lit. “rainbow”, Ancient Greek: [îːris]) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, the personification and goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.
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Originally released in 1969 on Stable Records( SLE 8002/UK), on the same label as Sam Gopal,Jaklin. This very rare pressings of this disc were limited to only 500 copies. Scottish band (Glasgow) abum is psychedelic heavy acid rock. The vocals have that 60s flair almost flower psych edge to them, but the music is mostly much darker, heavier and filled with a shitload of great acid psych guitar based progressive rock with flashes of LSD, Cream, and similar late '60's bands. Unfortunately this obscure Scottish band recorded just this one (now beyond rare) album before drifting into anonymity sank without trace on release, soon afterwards the band solved. Glad I finally got to hear this one...it's a keeper. | c7cb821c58d6b0063d40eb0f75a767c3 | 157 |
If you're tired of your dull skin and want it to glow, you might have heard that Vitamin C can help. Annie Chiu, M.D., a board-certified cosmetic and general dermatologist on faculty at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, told Self, "Vitamin C has a wide range of protective and anti-aging effects for the skin," which means it can do more than make you glow. However, according to Angela Lamb, board-certified dermatologist and director of Westside Mount Sinai Dermatology Faculty Practice, Vitamin C comes in various concentrations and formulations that may irritate some people (per Self).
On the other hand, lactic acid is an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA). It's a lesser-known and less irritating skin brightener. Dermatologist Tiffany Libby told HelloGiggles that it is "one of the gentlest chemical exfoliants" to get rid of dead skin. Another dermatologist, Robyn Gmyrek, added that it's super helpful to treat "sun-induced hyperpigmentation and melasma."
We spoke with world-renowned celebrity dermatologist Dr. Dennis Gross, who told us why Vitamin C and lactic acid play so well together. Previously, Dr. Gross told us about a major sunscreen mistake. He is a skin-cancer researcher with an award-winning medical-grade skincare line that prioritizes health and safety by eliminating over 1650 ingredients for their potential toxicity, per Dr. Dennis Gross. Considered "one of New York Magazine's Best Doctors for his expertise in skincare" (per Dr. Dennis Gross Dermatology), we got first-hand information on why you should add the Vitamin C and lactic acid combo to your skincare routine ASAP.
While top-notch skincare ingredients can do wonders for your skin, you must be mindful about using certain ingredients together, and mixing some products can be known to cause irritation, like Vitamin C and retinol. Dermatologist Rachel Maiman recommends using Vitamin C in the AM and retinol at night, per The EveryGirl, to avoid a bad interaction. Their varying pH doesn't work well together, which could cause increased skin irritation. However, Vitamin C and lactic acid actually complement each other.
Dr. Dennis Gross told The List, "Vitamin C is one of the most important antioxidants for repairing and protecting the skin." However, he added that clinical studies have shown that when Vitamin C is paired with lactic acid, it improves antioxidant absorption and performance. According to dermatologist Robyn Gmyrek, lactic acid is "primarily used as a humectant in moisturizers to help draw water into the skin and as a regulator of pH," (per HelloGiggles). Therefore, it can help keep your skin soft without irritation.
Dr. Gross told us, "Lactic acid is a gentle alpha hydroxy acid that removes the dead skin cells from the skin surface to enable product absorption while replenishing ceramides to lock in moisture. Additionally, recent medical studies have also shown that lactic acid also has antioxidant properties, so when the two ingredients are paired together, they neutralize free radicals in all layers of skin — giving you double the protection."
Dermatologists recommend avoiding certain ingredients at specific times of the year, like using harsh chemical exfoliants in the summer. Dermatologist Harold Lancer recommends you hold off on strong exfoliating ingredients in the summer months because they can increase your sun sensitivity, per Well+Good. However, you don't have to worry about using the Vitamin C and lactic acid combination any time of the year.
According to Dr. Dennis Gross, using this combination is perfectly safe, no matter the season. Dr. Gross told The List, "The new Vitamin C Lactic technology is designed to be used year-round to combat daily sun-aging and repair existing damage. The skin likes consistency, so once you find a product within the collection that suits your skin's needs, stick with it to see best results."
Pure Vitamin C is pretty unstable in its active form (per Byrdie). However, cosmetic chemist Ron Robinson told Byrdie that's why its combined with other ingredients, to stabilize it and make it more sensitive skin friendly. Dr. Gross told us, "While some forms of Vitamin C can trigger irritation, the Vitamin C Lactic line is formulated with lactic acid and squalane to soothe skin and strengthen the moisture barrier, so you won't throw your skin off balance. Daily use of Vitamin C also stimulates collagen production — the key to healthy, strong skin." He recommends the Dr. Dennis Gross Vitamin C Lactic 15% Firm & Bright Serum.
Depending on your skin type, some ingredients can work wonders, while others can worsen your skin issues. If you have acne-prone skin, for example, face oils might not be your BFF. "Natural oils (like coconut) work for some, but not always for everyone, since they are highly comedogenic and tend to clog pores," Dr. Batul Patel, medical director and dermatologist at The Bombay Skin Clinic, told Vogue. Similarly, salicylic acid can be a nightmare for dry skin (per Women's Health). People with extremely sensitive skin have to be extra careful choosing ingredients, as many can have adverse reactions.
Thankfully, people with any type of skin don't have to worry about using the Vitamin C and lactic acid combination. Dr. Dennis Gross told The List, "This ingredient combination is well tolerated by all skin types, especially sensitive skin. When someone has sensitive skin, they likely have a weakened moisture barrier." A damaged skin barrier can lead to chronically dry and severely inflamed skin, and products with ceramides and glycerin can help soothe and heal it, per Healthline. Generally, you need a more stable version of Vitamin C for sensitive skin.
Dr. Gross told us, "Vitamin C on its own improves barrier resilience, but when it's paired with a soothing ingredient like lactic acid, the ingredients work synergistically together to strengthen skin barrier function, lock in moisture, and deliver results without causing irritation or redness." This combination is a win-win for everyone.
Your skin type can dictate what skincare ingredients you can and can't use, though it can become a bit more complicated during pregnancy and breastfeeding, as you might have to take a break from products that were perfectly safe for you to use earlier. Hormonal changes will affect your skin, and you might get a pregnancy glow or skin issues you never had before, such as dry skin, acne, or melasma (per Healthline).
A study published in the Official Publication of The College of Family Physicians of Canada doesn't recommend retinoid use during pregnancy for potential congenital disabilities, so it's best to avoid all over-the-counter and prescription retinoids while pregnant. You should also avoid salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, hydroquinone, and chemical sunscreens during this time, per Women's Care.
While switching up your skincare routine during this time, however, you can keep using Vitamin C and lactic acid. Dr. Dennis Gross told The List, "You can also use Vitamin C and lactic acid during pregnancy and breastfeeding. I always recommend checking with your physician before introducing new ingredients into your routine, but in general, both ingredients are considered safe and will help brighten dark spots and hyperpigmentation that are associated with pregnancy melasma." Dr. Gross does recommend doing a patch test, though, to see how your skin will react to the combination, as hormonal changes during pregnancy and breastfeeding can impact your skin's sensitivity levels.
People think drinking water keeps your skin hydrated, but Dr. Howard Sobel told Forbes, "There is no evidence that drinking more or less water is helpful or harmful to your skin." There's always a bunch of facts and myths regarding skincare, which is why we turn to skincare experts to know the real truth.
Dr. Dennis Gross told The List, "There are a few misconceptions out there saying that you can't layer Vitamin C and lactic acid because it will be too harsh for the skin, and formulating the ingredients in the same bottle can throw off the pH of the product and deactivate it." He said the combination works and is perfectly safe to use with the correct formulation. "Lactic acid and L-ascorbic acid can be formulated in the same bottle because the two ingredients have an overlapping pH range. So as long as the product's pH sits in this range, you can formulate them together," he added.
But what if you don't have them already combined by the brand? Dr. Gross told us, "If you want to go the layering route, you should apply your lactic acid before Vitamin C. This is because lactic acid is an exfoliant, and you don't want to waste your Vitamin C product if you're going to take it off moments later when you apply your lactic acid." He added that it's essential to remember that both ingredients can cause sensitivity — especially at high concentrations. | https://www.thelist.com/1015876/dr-dennis-gross-reveals-why-vitamin-c-and-lactic-acid-make-the-ultimate-skincare-combo-exclusive/ | 1,893 |
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2 thoughts on “The Slow Worm”
That is some worm you got there, young man. Never ran into one.
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Thanks for posting the oics Mike. There are two related websites for Lake Bonney and Lake Dumbleyung that both refer to the replica (reproduction??) and theer seem to be separate timetables for celebrating each location's anniversary. Presumably just the one K7 replica though.
I always hoped that someone would take forward the idea of a 1964 replica.
Does anyone know how it's all progressing, who's carrying out the work? Also.where is the replica eventually to be kept and are they working from the same source materials as The Bluebird Project?
Bluebird K7 - the restoration project of the Century.
The work was won by tender by Statewide Boating, owned by Mark and Hilary Motzouris. I feel sure an Oz correspondent will know what information is allowing the build to progress (I do not know). The location for the replica is said to be an interpretative centre in Dumbleyung - think Ruskin Museum Campbell wing transplanted to the lake shore. The aim is December 31st when the water speed and 'double' will be celebrated.
If you are on 'facebo***' then there are two sites Dumbleyung Bluebird and K7 Project Bluebird.
They asked if we could help with plans but unfortunately all ours are for the 54 version and the boat is made of squillions of small pieces and that's not how they wanted to build theirs so we weren't able to help much.
Thanks everyone. It certainly appears that they're making progress.
I really do hate having to say this because it's plain to see that lots of people have put lots of work into that so why, oh why, did they make it all the wrong shape? I mean, it's OK, it'll look not bad at a distance but if you're going to put a bend in a piece of metal it's no extra effort to put it in the right place, surely. That odd nose on the Tribute Act has long fascinated and appalled me at the same time - just, why?
Yes, we have a lot of drawings but by no means a complete set (we certainly don't have one for the nose) and most are obsolete anyway so we build everything so it's indistinguishable from the squillions of photographs taken from every imaginable angle that exist in the public domain. I just don't get why you wouldn't unless it's intended as an artistic representation only.
Puzzled from Newcastle...
We have to remember that this will be built by a tender who has a time and budget constraint...no plans just images, I reckon it's a case of "it's close enough people will recognise it for what it's supposed to be". Where as we have Mike and an ethos of "you want it now ? Or do you want it right ?" I would sooner get behind this than 777, as it is being done with the best intentions and for the right reasons IMHO.
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I don't envy them the task of trying to make a good replica, given that they will have had a whole load of constraints on what they could realistically achieve. We are purists, but the general public aren't. They will look at that, once it's painted blue, and it will ring the right bells, and at the end of the day that's all I imagine it was supposed to do.
All this goes to underline that there is only one Bluebird K7 and everything else is shandy.
It's going to take a lot of P38 to correct that..............................
"Fill large gaps with Loy"
One by one, the penguins are stealing my sanity...
I am not qualified to be so harsh with comments but when the Oz builder says he used " ... some photos and three measurements, length, width and height and a lot of imagination ....". That being so then perhaps what they have will suit their needs in the run up to their New Years eve sell out dinner. Apart from the book launch at Brooklands & at Beaulieu and the tree planting in Preston, Britain has not embraced the double. Perhaps something should have been done with the across the lake 'buck' and CN7?
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The upcoming year marks a major passage for me. My friends have started asking how I want to celebrate the big “4-0”. And while I concur with the saying “age is just a number,” I’m also aware that marking my years on Earth, in this body and mind, is a valuable tool in the process of self-discovery.
For me and, I imagine, many women, aging becomes evident first in our changing physicality. Crow’s feet around my eyes have emerged recently. They show up when I smile, smirk and laugh, and linger indefinitely. My body is a little rounder and thicker than before. As a woman of a certain age, I wrestle with accepting my visage as it grows further away from media-perpetuated beauty standards, and how far I’m willing to go to meet those standards.
I’m aware that what’s happening on the outside is a reflection of what’s happening inside. That means keeping a closer watch on any changes, particularly those that might indicate the hereditary condition for which I am predisposed.
Emotionally and spiritually, the shifts have been positive. As my connection to inner wisdom and authenticity grows, I care less about what people think about me. Though I have a ways to go, I’m more likely to admit my mistakes and forgive others for theirs. It’s as if my ego has wised up, too, and has become more adept at knowing when not to sweat the small stuff.
But as we know, transitions aren’t easy. I’ve traded in high-intensity, calorie-burning workouts for more meditative, stress-busting activities like hatha yoga and jogging… but only after I pulled out my back. Getting to sleep and waking up early is what suits my temperament and energy levels, despite how much I love staying up to watch SNL. And it ain’t easy turning down red velvet cupcakes, even though I feel my best when I’m living on spinach, bell peppers and quinoa.
I’m beyond lucky to have access to a network of passionate and enlightened, integrative doctors and other healing and wellness professionals to help me through the process. With the support of the Natural Awakenings community, I have the confidence to envision a comprehensive, integrative and personalized health plan that meets my physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Each month I learn something—a new exercise trend, research findings on supplements, herbs and oils, a fresh perspective from an inspired, local teacher. In each of these practices and processes I find the knowledge and empowerment to create and maintain a healthy mind, body and spirit now and in the years to come.
And for that, no matter my age, I am eternally grateful.
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Aaron Brady has been found guilty of the capital murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe by an 11 to one majority jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court.
With the verdict returned the trial judge lifted an embargo on what he had called "the most outrageous" contempt of court he had seen in his career. It emerged during the trial that a video of one witness giving a statement about Aaron Brady to gardai was circulated on social media with text calling the witness a "rat" and accusing him of "touting" on his friends. The witness in question did not come forward to give evidence. He was one of five witnesses who did not give evidence in a trial during which there were repeated claims that witnesses were suffering interference and intimidation.
The jury returned to Court 19 in the Criminal Courts of Justice at 12pm on Wednesday having spent 20 hours and two minutes considering their verdicts since last Thursday. Sitting at the back of the court, Garda Adrian Donohoe's sister and two brothers sat patiently as the jury filed into the courtroom. His wife, Caroline Donohoe, sat alone in the body of the court, two rows in front of her relatives.
Brady, who was wearing a grey suit and red tie, sat in the dock staring straight ahead. His father and sister were the only members of his family in court as the verdict was read out and sat together directly behind him.
As the guilty verdict was announced, Brady hung his head and stared into the distance. He closed his eyes for a moment but made no reaction as the judge thanked the jury for their dedication to the case. His face was pale as the reality of what he had just heard sunk in.
The brothers and sister of the late detective became emotional and wept silently.
When the jurors left the courtroom, Mr Justice Michael White said the court would rise for 15 minutes. Within seconds, Brady left the dock and walked to the cell area without engaging with his father or sister, who have both been with him throughout the trial. Brady's legal team then followed him into the holding area.
As the courtroom began to empty out, Caroline Donohoe embraced the two solicitors for the State. She looked relieved as she touched fists with Detective Inspector Martin Beggy. One of the brothers of the late detective wiped away tears as he spoke to gardai within the confines of the court and the prosecution barristers.
Whilst groups of people gathered outside the courtroom, Brady's father and sister sat alone in their seats in the courtroom gathering their thoughts. Moments later, the defence team was seen sitting with Brady's family at the back of the court to discuss the outcome of the case. Brady's sister could be heard crying during the brief conversation.
Family members of the detective and supporters of the family looked relieved.
When Mr Grehan told the trial judge that he was obliged to impose a life sentence with a minimum of 40 years, Brady listened intently but gave no reaction.
Last Monday Brady was found guilty of involvement in the robbery that led to Det Gda Donohoe being shot dead. Brady's father was in court at the time and shook his head in disagreement as the jury left court to continue their deliberations on the first count. Before Brady returned to the holding cell that day, he embraced his father in a big hug. However, there was no such reaction from Brady today.
Brady had denied capital murder and said he had no involvement in the robbery at Lordship Credit Union on January 25th, 2013 that resulted in the detective's death.
To prove that Brady was the shooter the prosecution introduced the evidence of Molly Staunton and Daniel Cahill who said they heard Brady confess that he "shot a cop" or "murdered a garda" on multiple occasions after Brady moved to New York following the shooting.
Brady took the stand in his defence and told the jury that he was loading cubes of laundered diesel waste onto the back of a trailer when the robbery happened. He insisted he had nothing to do with the robbery and said that he lied to gardai to cover up his involvement in diesel laundering.
The jury did not accept his testimony and found that he was one of four raiders who jumped over the wall of the credit union just as the Passat blocked the car park entrance.
Brady pointed an automatic or pump action shotgun at Detective Garda Donohoe and fired a single shot to the head from about six feet away, killing him instantly. The jury's verdict shows that they were satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that when Brady pulled the trigger he not only intended to kill or cause serious injury but he also knew he was shooting a member of An Garda Siochana acting in accordance with his duty.
The jury began hearing evidence last January in a trial that was expected to last four months but suffered major delays due to the Covid outbreak and lengthy legal argument in the jury's absence.
The court has sat for 122 days and the jury heard from 139 witnesses over the course of 28 weeks, making this the longest murder trial in the history of the State. During the trial it emerged that gardai had trawled through thousands of hours of CCTV footage and generated tens of thousands of documents during the investigation. Gardai claimed privilege over 50 statements taken during the investigation on the grounds that to reveal them to Brady could result in a threat to the lives of individuals. Mr Justice Michael White examined the documents and upheld the claims of privilege on the grounds set out by gardai.
Inspector Mark Phillips and Detective Garda Jim McGovern of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation flew to New York on several occasions and worked with the US Department of Homeland Security to find witnesses who would testify to having heard Brady admit to the murder after he fled to America from Belfast Airport on a British passport about two months after the murder.
Only Molly Staunton and Daniel Cahill came forward to give evidence of having heard Brady's confession. Four others who gave statements to gardai alleging they heard Brady make similar confessions did not give evidence in court. The evidence of another witness who said he heard someone who said his name was Aaron Brady confess to killing a garda in a bar after a wedding was ruled inadmissible by the trial judge Mr Justice Michael White.
Mr Justice White will preside over a sentence hearing on October 12 when he will hear evidence relating to the robbery conviction and capital murder. The maximum sentence for robbery is life while the minimum for capital murder is 40 years. | https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/aaron-brady-guilty-of-capital-murder-of-det-adrian-donohoe-1013849.html | 1,321 |
At this point in time there is more than 1.7 million known cases of coronavirus. Those 1.7 million cases are spread over 185 countries and of those people who have been infected just over hundred thousand people have actually died. Of all the countries who are facing this pandemic the US now has twice as many confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other single country in the world. Strangely the cost of medical care in the US is also twice as expensive as that in any other developed country. Even though over 109000 people have died of coronavirus which is regrettable however, on the positive side four times as many people have recovered resulting in approximately a 75% recovery rate which should at least give people a measure of hope. This is verifiable information which has been provided by John Hopkins University. It is ironic that the US has 530,000 confirmed cases approximately 6 times the official number which has been recorded in China the country in which the coronavirus has originated.
even though the virus has originated in Wuhan in China the total number of deaths in that country is just over 3300 while countries such as France, Spain and Italy and the US each have already recorded over 10,000 deaths. It is very difficult to understand this phenomenon but it would almost seem as if China was prepared and therefore had an unfair advantage. What other logical conclusion can be drawn from the statistics. Nevertheless, there are some of the Chinese government critics who have actually questioned whether the official numbers which he has been released by China is in fact reliable and accurate. Furthermore, the US government has said it would be unwise to make changes to the current lockdown situation because this can result in the spreading of coronavirus. It is also important that countries should be willing to accept deportees and those that do not co-operate may be in danger of losing their access to visas.
just over 2100 cases of coronavirus has now been confirmed. Another troubling statistic is that over 60% of the test which has been conducted over the last 24 hours were done among employees in public health facilities. The available statistics indicate that there are three primary epicenters in South Africa. According to a statement which was released by the health minister confirmed coronavirus cases were standing at 2173 on Sunday night which indicates an increase of 145 new cases in only one day. Not long ago there was actually a noticeable decline in coronavirus infections but according to the health minister. | http://forexmarket.site/news-9-the-most-current.html | 498 |
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Source: 56TH CONGRESS, 2nd Session, SENATE, DOCUMENT No. 88.
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TRANSMITTING COPY OF THAT PART OF THE REPORT OF INDIAN INSPECTOR WALTER H. GRAVES RELATING TO IRRIGATION FOR THE PIMA INDIANS.
January 14, 1901.--Ordered to be printed.
Sir: In compliance with your request of the 10th instant, I hand you herewith a copy of that part of the report of Indian Inspector Walter H. Graves of September 12, 1900, which relates to irrigation for the Pima Indians, which was referred to in my letter of December 3, 1900, on the same subject.
Pima Indian Reservation, Ariz., September 12, 1900.
Sir: In reference to your instructions of July 16, 1900, directing me to proceed to the Pima Indian Reservation in Arizona to ‘‘ascertain the feasibility of a limited system of irrigation by the construction of necessary ditches to take the water for the use of the Pima Indians from the reservoir proposed by the Geological Survey,’’ on the San Carlos Reservation or elsewhere along the Gila River, ‘‘in the event that Congress shall hereafter provide for its construction, * * * and prepare plans and specifications, with estimates of cost, of such ditches as may be necessary for limited irrigation and can be built for an expenditure not exceeding the sum stated’’ ($30,000), I have the honor to submit the following statement, for it has been impossible for me, with the means at my command, to prepare such a report as is evidently contemplated by your letter of instructions.
To prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of cost that would be in any way reliable and accurate for any system of ditches that would be extensive enough to cost $30,000, it would be necessary to make a very careful reconnoissance and an instrumental survey, and to do this it would require the services of a properly equipped party of surveyors, and it would take several months to secure the information and data that would be necessary to prepare such a report. Therefore, I respectfully request your consideration of the following statements and suggestions before making the requisition for the equipment and assistance necessary to accomplish your instructions.
After reading with care the various reports of the United States Geological Survey relating to the investigation of the question of the storage of water along the Gila River--ostensibly for the benefit of the Pima Indians--and referred to me in connection with your letter of instructions, I am chiefly impressed with the theoretical and speculative character of the results of these investigations, and it is difficult to believe that Congress could be induced to appropriate the very large sum of money (directly and incidentally involved, several millions of dollars) required to construct the proposed reservoir and appurtenances upon the showing made in these reports and the tentative conclusions derived from these investigations, especially in view of the fact that such an undertaking would inaugurate a policy of Government patronage hitherto eschewed.
There is so much uncertainty and improbability involved in this reservoir proposition that it is difficult, if not impossible, to attempt to plan or even consider from a practical standpoint any system of irrigation for the Pima Indian Reservation at this time based upon the possibility of its consummation. All of the proposed reservoirs are remote from the reservation (the nearest over 30 miles and the farthest nearly 200 miles distant), and the intervening country is so mountainous and broken that it would be impracticable, except at enormous cost, to convey the water from any of them to the reservation through a ditch; therefore it must be expected that the water should reach the reservation through the natural channel of the river, in which case any system of ditches planned for irrigating the reservation should be devised just as though no reservoir existed, to be supplied with whatever water that might escape from appropriators above and from evaporation and seepage en route.
The Gila River is subject to such violent and prodigious fluctuations that the chief difficulty as well as the principal expense of taking water from it through a ditch is to construct suitable diverting works, such as can withstand the floods and at the same time secure all of the low-water flow. The plan usually adopted is to rebuild the upper portion of the ditch after each flood, although in the end this is always the most expensive method.
If the head or the beginning of the ditch is located at a point where outcropping rock confines the river to a permanent channel of moderate width, it is possible to construct within reasonable cost diverting works with controlling gates that would give some assurance of security and permanency, but such favorable locations are seldom found suitable to other essential conditions.
There are to be found along the Gila River several expensive ditches, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars (one upon which a million has been expended), that are practically abandoned, largely on account of the impossibility of maintaining the head works from destruction.
Thirty thousand dollars is too small an amount with which to undertake the construction of a ditch taking water from the Gila River under ordinary conditions and according to the usual methods, and it is too large an amount to waste in attempting to do what others have failed to do with much larger amounts.
There is no other region of country that I am familiar with where the natural elements are so destructive and difficult to contend with as here. This is especially true in regard to wind and rain. In other regions nature often affords some sort of protection with mantle of vegetation, but here vegetation has all it can do to take care of itself, and in so doing contributes to the general destruction. In Montana I have known a plow furrow to be sodded over with grass in a few weeks and to remain intact for years. Here a plow furrow would be obliterated entirely in a few weeks. The heat is intense and withering, the winds violent and prevailing, and the rain, when it does rain, falls in a deluge, and, owing to the slight declivity of the country, has a tendency to spread out and fill up and level down everything, rather than to erode and washout. A ditch seems to be an especial object of assault and destruction.
In support of these statements there are to be found all over this region, and particularly in the Gila Valley, evidences of a former occupation of the country by a large number of people who engaged, unquestionably, in agriculture by irrigation on an extensive scale, but so completely have their works of various kinds been destroyed and obliterated that remaining vestiges fail to convey any idea of their character, and only serve to excite the imagination. That there were formerly here extensive systems of irrigation ditches there can be no possible doubt, but where they began or terminated, or in what manner they were utilized, there remains nothing to reveal. At numerous places there are unmistakable evidences of artificial water channels, presumably irrigation ditches, that must have been built in the most substantial manner (some with rock-laid walls), and which in any other country would have remained sufficiently preserved to have indicated the purpose of their construction for thousands of years, but so completely have they been effaced by the destructive elements of this region that they can now only be discovered by careful search.
I refer to these facts to indicate how useless it would be to construct any system of ditches that could not be put to immediate use, and that would not be maintained and preserved by the vigilance and effort of those depending upon such ditches for their support.
That portion of the Gila Valley embraced within the reservation has the appearance of a shallow trough-like basin, the river channel (generally a mile or so in width) occupying the central portion of it, and depressed but slightly below the floor of the valley. The fall, which is to the west, probably does not exceed 6 or 7 feet to the mile, but laterally, toward the river, it is considerably more than this, the slopes extending from the foot of a succession of segregated groups of low mountains and isolated buttes, lying 5 or 6 miles back from the river; and the drainage from the mountains to the river is nearly at right angles with its course. There are no well-defined drainage channels and but few depressions, and the flood water flows to the river very much as the rainwater flows down the roof of a house. Any ditch built to irrigate the lands of the reservation must necessarily traverse the sloping sides of the valley, and will, in consequence, intercept all of the flood water, which would speedily destroy it, unless protected in some way by artificial drainage channels conducting the flood water to suitable crossings.
These conditions complicate very much the question of a proper location and plan for any system of ditches calculated to supply the Pima Indians with water for irrigation, and the cost of such a system will be very materially increased by reason of such conditions if it should be successfully constructed. It must be apparent that it is no trivial undertaking to devise a proper plan and prepare specifications and estimates of cost for any system of ditches for this reservation that would be of any value whatever, and it would be a serious mistake to repeat the failures heretofore made in this same direction.
Some ten or twelve years ago Agent Crouse was permitted to expend a considerable sum of money in the experiment of constructing an irrigating ditch on this reservation, which was a failure from the beginning, and there remains scarcely enough of it to recognize now as a ditch. It was taken from the south bank of the river at a point about 3 miles above the east line of the reservation, and extended down the south side of the river about 12 miles to a point within 6 or 8 miles of the agency.
It appears to have been located with considerable care, and to have been fairly well constructed, considering the size of it. It covered a fine body of land, and had it been possible to protect it against the ravages of the river floods it would have been of great assistance to the Indians; but they never succeeded in getting the water into it below the first few miles, and it was finally abandoned. It cost, as I am informed, about $8,000, and was manifestly a useless expenditure of money.
The difficulty with this ditch was--and it would be the same with any ditch that might be built now on the same plan--that when there was water enough in the river--during the floods--to fill it, there was enough to destroy it, and it was washed out and rendered useless, and when the flood subsided there was no water left in the river to supply it, and, of course, it was useless.
Development Of The Underflow.
There is, in my judgment, a more feasible plan for assisting these Indians than by constructing a system of ditches, that must remain idle and useless for an indefinite period, perhaps forever, and one that will, without any question, enable them to secure a very considerable supply of water for irrigating their land, and may eventually afford them all the water that will be necessary to irrigate the lands required for their support, and that is to develop and bring to the surface the underground waters.
That there is an inexhaustible supply of water underlying the valley of the Gila there can be no possible doubt, for it has been disclosed in scores of instances and places on the reservation as well as outside of it, both above and below, and it is to be found not only underneath the bed of the river and in the vicinity of it, but for some distance away from it, on both sides. It is found at various depths, in some places quite at the surface, and at others some distance below it, allowing for relative difference for elevation, which indicate that it is forced up at places, and follows the undulations of an impervious underlying stratum of rock or hardpan. It is evidently not in a static condition, therefore it is in reality an ‘‘underflow,’’ for wherever encountered it is nearly always observed to be flowing either toward the river or in the same direction as the river.
It comes to the surface at frequent intervals in the bed of the river channel and near-by places, in the shape of swamps, pools, ponds, springs, and in some instances running streams. Of course it is not a sheet of flowing water overlaid by a stratum of surface soil, but a saturated subsoil of sand and gravel, porous enough to permit the water to percolate freely through, and overlying an impervious formation of rock or other material, and which, although irregular of surface, has the same general slope and fall as the country, permitting the water to flow down the valley underground; and where it is forced to the upper surface or near it there must exist a reef or a ridge or a bulge in the lower formation.
At a number of places on the reservation the Indians have, in a crude way, dug into this water-bearing stratum and tapped it, by drawing the water into the open ditches, which, following the slope of the valley with less fall, convey the water to the surface, whence it is conducted to their farms for irrigation.
Although their methods for developing this supply of water from the ‘‘underflow’’ are crude, and the results not very satisfactory in view of the vast amount of labor involved for the small amount of water obtained, yet the Indians have in a practical manner demonstrated the feasibility of the plan that I am suggesting, and it seems to me possible, by resorting to proper methods and by the use of suitable machinery, to develop in the manner indicated all of the water that will be necessary to irrigate the lands of the Pima Indians, particularly those that were formerly under cultivation and which they manage to secure a comfortable living from.
There are probably 1,500 of these people that are largely supported from the farms that are irrigated from the ‘‘underflow’’ at this time, and at a number of places they are now working on ditches with this same object in view, although with no very great enthusiasm, for they well know the amount of labor required, and the liability of the results of their labor being destroyed at any time.
The principal difficulty that they have to contend with in the construction of these ditches arises from their inability to excavate to any depth into the water-bearing sand with such implements as they have--shovels and hoes. A man can not excavate in or under water beyond a depth of 2 or 3 feet by hand labor with any degree of success, although the Indians have excavated one or two of their ditches deeper than this.
The oozing quicksand and loose material that is constantly working back into the channel prevents them from getting more than a small proportion of the water that is available.
A ditch for such a purpose would in most cases have to be of unusual depth to reach and penetrate the ‘‘underflow,’’ and in addition to the difficulty of excavating such a ditch by hand it is almost an impossibility to preserve it in any sort of serviceable state for any length of time, as it is so easily rendered useless and destroyed.
To accomplish such a work successfully the channel should first be excavated by machinery--a steam shovel or dredge--and it should be excavated well into the water-bearing stratum, allowing the water in the ditch to be from 8 to 10 feet deep, and then a continuous wooden pipe or box of proper size, and loosely jointed to permit the water to enter freely, should be placed in the channel, and, if practicable, covered first with broken rock and then back filled and buried. Being always submerged in water the wooden pipe would last for many years, indefinitely, and being buried it would be out of reach of the floods and free from disturbance or injury. This pipe should extend far enough down the valley to deliver the water at the surface sufficiently above the river to be out of the reach of the flood water. When delivered at such a place the Indians would gladly take care of the water, building and maintaining their own ditches and relieving the Government of any further responsibility whatever in regard to the matter. This they are abundantly capable of doing, as they have constructed and operated such ditches as would be necessary to convey and distribute the amount of water that these pipes would yield for generations.
A series of these pipes might be laid conveying the water alternately to each side of the river, suited in the most advantageous manner to the best areas of irrigable lands.
In addition to the underground water basin of the Gila River there are several drainage basins of considerable importance that are tributary to the reservation that might be drawn from for a further supply if it should be necessary. At the upper end of the reservation there is a drainage basin (it is a shallow depression a mile or so in width, with no well-defined wash or flood-water channel) coming in from the southeast that drains quite a large section of country and is known to be well supplied with subsurface water. There are a number of wells scattered along this basin, showing that the water exists there within a few feet of the surface and stands at an elevation of 60 feet or more above an area of fine farming land on the reservation that might be supplied from such a source. Toward the western end of the reservation the Santa Cruz River comes in from the south. This stream has no well-defined channel, but is a broad, shallow, basin-like depression similar to that described above and, except at flood time, a dry sand bed; but it is known to carry a large volume of underflow, which could be made to carry a large supply of irrigating water for the lands of the reservation. There are several other places along the north side of the river where these same conditions exist.
From a careful study of the subterranean water sources of the Pima Reservation I am firmly convinced that by this development process enough water can be secured to supply all of the lands that may be required to support this entire tribe of Indians.
There are many advantages attaching to this plan of developing a water supply for these Indians, if it can be successfully accomplished, that it is not necessary to mention herein, as they will be apparent upon reflection, the value of which it will be difficult to estimate.
The undertaking could be entered upon at no great expense, and if shown to be successful it could be carried out on a more extensive scale subsequently.
The principal item of expense in the beginning would be the cost of the necessary machinery--a dredge and a pile driver. The pile driver might be dispensed with until the project has been proven to be a success or failure in the first trial case and employed later on the larger pipes if the first, a small one, should operate satisfactorily.
The cost of a suitable dredge set up in place and ready for working would be in the neighborhood of $8,000, as may be seen from the letter and catalogue of the Marion Steam Shovel Company submitted herewith (marked ‘‘A’’).
To operate this dredge there will be required three skilled mechanics, the cranesman, the engineer, and an assistant engineer. The wages of these men would range from $65 to $90 per month. There would be required several assistant laborers, and Indians might be employed for this sort of work. The cost of dredging would probably run from $20 to $25 per day. Outside of this expense the main item of cost would be that of lumber for making the pipe or box, and this could be laid mostly with Indian labor, only one or two skilled white men being necessary.
I have employed these dredges in the construction of irrigation ditches in several instances, and personally know that the work done by them is exceedingly satisfactory in deep excavating or in water-soaked material, and I know of no other way of accomplishing such excavation as is proposed in the plan suggested herein.
The idea embodied in this suggestion is similar to that employed in underdraining a farm, only on a larger scale, which is to underdrain a section of river and contiguous territory and deliver the water at a point where the Indians can convey it to their lands through a system of ditches of their own construction, and for which they will be responsible for maintaining and operating; and when these water-collecting pipes are once in place they are not likely to be destroyed or disturbed by floods or anything else, and will need little, if any, attention or care for an indefinite time thereafter.
On account of the exhaustion of the water in the Gila River and a drought of unusual duration, lasting now several years, these Indians, or many of them, are in a state of great destitution and want, and although the agent has resorted to every possible means of assisting them and has done everything in his power to provide for them, they are still in great distress and need assistance. The plan that I am suggesting for the development of their water resources offers no immediate relief, and is not submitted with that idea in view, for it will take considerable time to make the necessary preparations to undertake such a work as I propose, and should be considered outside of any measures that are incumbent upon the Department at this time for their relief.
While at the agency and on the reservation I had an opportunity to observe the manner in which aid is extended to the Indians, and I think it is altogether wrong. It is the custom to issue indiscriminately to them portions of wheat--the amount depending upon the appearance of the applicant; the more pitiable the appearance, the larger the portion--and the larger proportion of this wheat is taken immediately to the traders' stores and exchanged for other commodities, such as coffee, sugar, clothing, etc. Of course the trader exchanges at a profit, both in the purchase and the sale, and the Indian receives less than he would if he were issued cash and allowed to purchase directly what he wants.
There is no census or schedule of the Indians belonging to the reservation, and consequently no means of knowing who the applicants are or whether they are proper subjects for assistance or not. Notwithstanding the conscientious efforts of the agent (for I believe he is entirely honest in the matter), there is no doubt that his discriminations are often unfair and that he is often imposed upon.
The results are not at all satisfactory, and considerable discontent has arisen among the Indians on account of the issues that are being made. Not knowing the plans or desires of the Department in regard to this matter, I am at a loss to make any suggestions in regard to it, but I do know that the methods that are now in vogue are productive of much discontent and place the agent in a position to be criticized and suspected, and some other means of relieving distress of these people should be adopted.
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I’ve mentioned the wonderful Giulia of Juls’ Kitchen a few times – she’s one of my favourite food writers and her site is absolutely gorgeous. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of actually spending a few hours in Juls’ Kitchen in the Tuscan countryside, when my friend Jenia and I had a cooking class with her. All the photos accompanying this entry were taken by Jenia, although I took the liberty of cropping/resizing them a bit to fit on here all in one big post.
It’s amazing what a sensory experience cooking can be. We can read recipe after recipe, get detailed instructions and see step by step photos on countless blogs, but being taught in a real kitchen is something else entirely. When we made pasta, I could rub the semolina between my fingertips so now I know what texture I’m looking for when I buy it, and I could feel the elasticity of the dough and see the slow spring back when I touched it so now I know how much it needs to be kneaded.
I could hear things sizzling, smell the herbs, vegetables and cheeses, taste things as we made them under the watchful eye of an expert.
In just a few hours we took the freshest ingredients, learned about their origins and variations, got busy and made a meal fit for a king.
Delicious crisp radishes and carrots with a simple olive oil, salt and pepper dip. Roasted vegetables under a topping of capers, olives, breadcrumbs and herbs.
Fresh and flavourful panzanella.
Crostini topped with zucchini. Tomato and mozzarella lasagne.
Peach pound cake.
Thank you, Giulia, for a glorious day in your kitchen.
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Love it, thank you so so much for that beautiful morning spent together!
Looking so forward to experiencing this day at Juls’ Kitchen in October! Beautiful post and pictures…thank you for sharing!
I am sure we will! I will be posting on my blog after this experience as well:-)) Counting the days! | https://pizzarossa.me/2012/08/13/juls-kitchen/ | 459 |
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The answer is:
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// jhcAliaChain.h : sequence backbone for activities in an FSM chain
//
// Written by <NAME>, <EMAIL>
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// Copyright 2017-2018 IBM Corporation
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#ifndef _JHCALIACHAIN_
/* CPPDOC_BEGIN_EXCLUDE */
#define _JHCALIACHAIN_
/* CPPDOC_END_EXCLUDE */
#include "jhcGlobal.h"
#include <math.h>
#include "Parse/jhcTxtLine.h" // common audio
#include "Semantic/jhcBindings.h"
#include "Semantic/jhcNodePool.h"
//= Sequence backbone for activities in an FSM chain.
// step is a variant which can be either jhcAliaDir or jhcAliaPlay
// basic operations use type-based dispatch (non-NULL member)
// better than using shared base class when copying whole graph
// NOTE: delete automatically cleans up rest of chain (or graph)
// this is the basic structure describing an FSM graph
class jhcAliaChain
{
// PRIVATE MEMBER VARIABLES
private:
// deletion and serialization flags
int cut, idx;
// payload is one of two types
class jhcAliaDir *d;
class jhcAliaPlay *p;
// run status on last few cycles
class jhcAliaCore *core;
int prev, done;
// PUBLIC MEMBER VARIABLES
public:
// next step in chain (public for jhcGraphizer)
jhcAliaChain *cont;
jhcAliaChain *alt;
int alt_fail;
// PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS
public:
// creation and initialization
~jhcAliaChain ();
jhcAliaChain ();
// configuration
void BindDir (class jhcAliaDir *dir)
{if ((p == NULL) && (d == NULL)) d = dir;}
void BindPlay (class jhcAliaPlay *play)
{if ((p == NULL) && (d == NULL)) p = play;}
class jhcAliaDir *GetDir () const {return d;}
class jhcAliaPlay *GetPlay () const {return p;}
bool Empty () const
{return((d == NULL) && (p == NULL));}
jhcAliaChain *StepN (int n);
// building
jhcAliaChain *Instantiate (jhcNodePool& mem, jhcBindings& b, const jhcGraphlet *ctx =NULL);
bool Involves (const jhcNetNode *item, int top =1);
void MarkSeeds (int head =1);
// main functions
int Start (class jhcAliaCore& core);
int Status ();
int Stop ();
// file functions
int Load (jhcNodePool& pool, jhcTxtLine& in, int play =0);
int Save (FILE *out, int lvl =0, int *step =NULL, int detail =2);
int Print (int lvl =0, int detail =0)
{return Save(stdout, lvl, NULL, detail);}
int PrintStep (int lvl =0)
{return Save(stdout, -(lvl + 1), NULL, 0);}
// PRIVATE MEMBER FUNCTIONS
private:
// creation and initialization
void cut_loops ();
// building
jhcAliaChain *dup_self (int& node, jhcAliaChain *seen[], jhcNodePool& mem,
jhcBindings& b, const jhcGraphlet *ctx);
void clr_labels (int head);
// file reading
int build_chain (jhcNodePool& pool, jhcAliaChain *label[], jhcAliaChain *fix[], int& n, jhcTxtLine& in);
int get_payload (jhcNodePool& pool, jhcAliaChain *label[], jhcTxtLine& in);
int link_graph (jhcAliaChain *fix[], int n, jhcAliaChain *label[]);
// file writing
int label_all (int *mark =NULL);
void neg_jumps (int *step =NULL);
};
#endif // once
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Jovanka Zica,age 82, dearly beloved mother of Radojka (Vidosav) Stulic and Slobodan (Mara) Zica, loving grandmother of Violeta (Dejan) Dimitrijevic, Sasa (Dragana) Zica and Sinisa Zica, dear great-grandmother of Uros and Anja Dimitrijevic. Jovanka will be sorely missed by Kumovi, relatives and frineds in the USA, Canada, Serbia and Banija. Memory eternal. Visitation Friday, February 13, 2009, from 4 to 9 p.m. at Sveta Gora, Serbian Orthodox Funeral Home, 3517 N. Pulaski Road in Chicago. Pomen (Wake Service) 7 p.m. at chapel. Opelo (Serbian Orthodox Funeral Service) Saturday February 14, 2009, 11:30 a.m., New Gracanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois. Interment Most Holy Mother of God Cemetery. This death notice will always remain on the Internet as the everlasting remembrance of Jovanka Zica. | http://svetagora.com/jovanka-zica-1926-2009/ | 232 |
Home > Features > Ibinabo Fiberesima & Emeka Ike : The Way Forward for Actor’s Guild.
The duo of Ibinabo Fiberesima & Emeka Ike have finally resolved to put aside their differences after years of being at loggerhead over the leadership of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
Addressing the media over the weekend, both Ibinabo and Emeka said that the peace was now very necessary as their division has stagnated the Guild and it has also rubbed off on the nation’s movie Industry.
It is good that they have both decided to put their Egos aside and work things out. The AGN is supposed to be a strong union that regulates and represent the affairs of film actors in Nigeria and as such cannot afford to be caught up in leadership tussle.
Moving forward, the guild needs to live up to its billing by ensuring that actors get equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and better working conditions.
The Actors Guild of Nigeria can work towards achieving the following benefits for its members.
Does an actor really retire? Nonetheless, they need to enjoy certain benefits after putting in years of hard work into helping develop the film industry. A health/pension retirement package with the assistance of the AGN will ensure that members earn credits toward retirement and health care each time they work.
This is another aspect that can be beneficial to the actors with aid and assistance from the AGN. The guild can approach real estate developers with the sole intention of helping actors acquire homes they can call theirs. The benefits that can be derived from such a scheme cannot be overemphasised.
The actors have peace of mind knowing, that over a period of years they can have a place to call their home.
The AGN can also offer seminars to educate actors, on a number of issues such as developing their own project, set etiquette, international best practices and many others.
This sort of capacity building will go a long way in helping to nurture actors in improving their craft and setting Nollywood on the same pedestal with its other contemporaries at the International scene.
The AGN needs to also lobby more on issues that impact the lives of actors, such as artists’ rights, intellectual property, piracy and many more. Improving collective strength will ensure that if anything goes wrong on the job, the union’s team of experts has the back of the actors.
Finally, a strong and reliable union such as the Actors Guild of Nigeria will bring about Collective Bargaining for actors, Equality and Fairness, Support, rewards and benefits. | c13a0786abedd24fa6758fb2a7aa46fa | 535 |
Three people, including the son of UP Congress vice-chairman and former minister Badshah Singh, was arrested today in connection with a case of abduction, a police official said.”On December 23, Amit Jaiswal lodged a complaint saying his son Shivam has been abducted and taken to Gorakhpur.However, during investigation, it came to light that the abducted person was in Mahoba district. Police then acting on tip-off raided Kharela village, arrested three people, and freed Shivam,” the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police (Lucknow) said in a statement.The arrested include Suryadev Singh, Rajesh Singh and Gunnu. Suryadev Singh is the son of former UP minister Badshah Singh, who currently is the vice-chairman of the UP Congress.Shivam, who had recently become friends with Suryadev, alleged that the latter took him to a farmhouse, beat him and locked him up in a room, police said, adding that Suryadev had planned to call Shivam’s father and demand a ransom of Rs 50 lakh for his release.An investigation was launched into the matter, the statement said.On November 5, 2016, former BSP minister Badshah Singh, who had joined the BJP before the 2012 UP elections, joined the Congress in Lucknow.A four-time MLA, Singh had been a minister during the previous Mayawati regime and had contested the 2012 state elections from Mahoba on a BJP ticket but lost.
One person died while half-a-dozen people were seriously injured when a UP Roadways bus collided with a vehicle carrying cattle this morning due to heavy fog, police said.Due to heavy fog, the visibility was considerably low in the area on Sunday, said Rajiv Kumar Sharma, in-charge of Ujhani Police Station.The vehicle carrying cattle was badly damaged in the accident, killing its driver on the spot.The deceased was identified as Sattar, 27, Sharma said, adding that the six injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.A case was registered in this regard, he said.
With as many as eight sites identified in the Capital where minor girls were kept in confinement and were allegedly being sexually assaulted in the garb of running ashrams, Delhi Police’s numerous neighbourhood watch schemes seem to have crumbled completely. From the ‘Eyes and Ears scheme’ to ‘Thana-level and district level committees’ and even ‘Community policing’ that the Delhi Police Commissioner has often been talking about, surprisingly, did not help unveil the racket.When DNA spoke to locals and RWA members, it was revealed that the Delhi Police’s Neighbourhood Watch Schemes have not reached far. Thakur Vishambhar Singh, president of the Vijay Vihar Residents Welfare Association told DNA that a similar issue was raised two years ago when they had also informed police about such practices in the Ashram, but nothing was done.”Beat constables used to come and question us but nothing was ever done. And as far as Neighbourhood Watch Schemes are concerned, no meeting of RWA has been held by police officers in our area. We internally meet often to discuss matters, but police has never participated,” he said, adding that the police have been aware of the Ashram menace for long.The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday in a joint raid with police rescued 41 girls from Adhyatmik Vishwa Vidyalaya in Rohini owned by a self-styled Godman Virendra Dev Dixit, after parents of a few girls admitted there created ruckus on not being allowed to meet their daughters.After their rescue from “inhumane conditions and confinement”, a further probe revealed eight other addresses owned by Dixit are also practicing the same. Eventually more rescues were made on Friday and Saturday from Dwarka, Mohan Garden and Uttam Nagar areas.Such major rescues which unveils a strong nexus of authorities running sex rackets in the Capital, have also raised questions on the community policing initiatives that the Delhi Police has often been talking about at public platforms.According to Delhi Police the ‘Neighbourhood Watch Scheme’ has enhanced security by keeping residents alert. At present, police claims this scheme is functional in 2,252 residential colonies and housing complexes. Further, ‘Eyes and Ears Scheme’ to sensitise roadside vendors, security guards, parking attendants, auto drivers, welfare associations etc. to keep a watch and look for suspicious persons and inform police immediately.Moreover, ‘Thana Level/District Level Committees’ are constituted by the order of L-G, headed by area MLA with members like ACPS and SHOs of the area. It also includes representatives from RWAs, educational institutions, women’s organisations and representatives from students and labour associations. The DCP is its convenor and the meeting of the committee is held once in three months, police claims.Apart from these, special community policing schemes have been launched like ‘Jan Sampark’ wherein senior police officers go to their respective areas on a pre-scheduled time and hear public grievances for speedier solutions to people’s problems/grievances.Despite repeated attempts, Delhi Police PRO could not be contacted for comment.
Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested a man who allegedly posted abusive and defamatory memes about famous personalities including Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda. The man, who ran a Facebook page, ‘Specified Tarkata’, was identified as Manimay Aich, the Indian Express reported. Police arrested Manimay Aich, 20, of West Midnapore on Wednesday after months of search. “He would create obscene memes of such great personalities like Netaji, Tagore, Swamiji and so on. There is a subtle difference between humour and audacity. This page has crossed its entire limit”, an official said.“Several efforts were made to identify the person behind the page but it was difficult since he would keep his identity a secret. Finally, officials of the Kolkata Police’s cyber department successfully traced the youth and he was arrested. He was staying in a paying guest accommodation near Garia station. He is a third-year physics student at a city college. A mobile phone and pen drive have been seized,” a senior police officer was quoted as saying by the daily. Another police officer said that the accused would create obscene memes of great personalities like Netaji, Tagore, Swamiji and so on.”There is a subtle difference between humour and audacity. This page had crossed the limit,” he said. Sources said the page was created around two years ago and initially posted humorous memes using pictures of actors.
At least a dozen people were injured after dense fog led to the collision of several vehicles on the busy Lucknow-Agra Expressway here this morning, police said today.Reduced visibility due to dense fog was stated to be the reason behind the accident, police said.”Pile-up of around a dozen vehicles took place early this morning on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Jogikot village under Bangarmau police station,” said Additional Superintendent of Police Ambrish Bhadauria.Around a dozen people have sustained injuries in the accident, he added.”The injured persons were administered first aid at the community health centre in Bangarmau, and were subsequently sent home,” he informed.
In a bizarre case, a man who arrived at a city hospital in his high-end car, left it there and drove home in an ambulance.Police suspect that he might have mistook the ambulance for his Audi under the influence of alcohol.Narrating the strange sequence of events, the police said a businessman, who is in his thirties, visited the hospital in Thousand Lights area early yesterday to drop his friend who had sustained some injuries.After leaving him, he drove back in a Maruti Omni ambulance.The driver of the ambulance had left the keys in the vehicle, the police said.The businessman realised his mistake only after reaching home in suburban Palavakkam, about 15 km away when members of his family questioned him about his car, they said.The man immediately asked his driver to take the ambulance back.Meanwhile, hospital personnel found that an ambulance was missing and alerted the police.A local patrol team arrived at the hospital and more or less at the same time the businessman’s driver drove in with the missing ambulance.The driver apologised to the hospital authorities and police on his owner’s behalf and explained that the incident was a case of “mistaken identity.”When hospital personnel found that a rear-view mirror of the ambulance was damaged, the driver agreed to compensate them for it.He then drove away in the Audi.The hospital was not sure if the businessman was drunk and decided not to lodge a police complaint.
A Catholic priest and a Bajrang Dal activist have been arrested from Satna in Madhya Pradesh, police said today, three days after suspected workers of the right-wing group had allegedly beaten up priests and seminarians over forced conversion of Hindus to Christianity.Father M George was arrested for forced religious conversion under the Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act, 1968. Vikas Gupta, the activist, was arrested in connection with the torching of a vehicle on the night of December 14.Both were arrested yesterday, a police official said.Also readMadhya Pradesh: Carol singers’ car set on fire in SatnaThat night, suspected Bajrang Dal activists had allegedly beaten up a group of Christians, including 10 priests, and set their car on fire outside the Civil Lines police station over alleged conversion of Hindus to Christianity.Father George and five others were booked on the complaint of a local youth, Dharmendra Dohar, who claimed that he was lured with money to convert to Christianity on December 10, Superintendent of Police, City, V D Pandey said.Also readCarol singers and priests detained in MP: Bajrang Dal claims forced conversation, Catholic organisations fumeHe said Gupta was arrested on the complaint of Father George Joseph, who was among the 10 priests and who has alleged that a group of activists had burned down their car.A detailed investigation was underway, Pandey added.Father M Rony, social work director of Satna Diocese, had told PTI that a group of young men had stormed the venue of a pre-Christmas function at Bhoomkar village, about 15kms from the district headquarters, on Thursday night and created a ruckus, alleging religious conversion.The function was organised by Syro-Malabar Church of Northern India for children.After receiving a complaint, police had taken 32 Catholic brothers (trainee priests) and two priests to the Civil Lines police station, Father Rony had said.”When they reached the police station, they were beaten up by Bajrang Dal activists on the station campus. Hearing the news, four other priests rushed to the police station, but they were also thrashed and their car was set on fire,” he had claimed.Police later let off the Catholic group members, Father Rony had said.Civil Lines police station sub-inspector Mohinee Sharma has denied that members of the Catholic community were assaulted during the incident inside the police station campus.Denying allegations of conversion, Father Rony had said the Diocese has been running a seminary at Barakala village in Satna district for 20 years and not a single person has been converted to Christianity.Father Rony had said he was not aware who Dohar was. | https://2017.yuvasaisagar.com/tag/police | 2,449 |
Ansham proposes extending a rural hedgerow onto the elevations of a dwelling to improve a critical bird habitat.
As part of a feasibility and ideas exercise, the practice has proposed the extension and diversion of a hedgerow to form the facade of a raised plateau to accommodate migrating birds. The site is located on the fringe of the Oare marshes, home to a range of migrating birds and which rely on the tidal marshes south of the Isle of Sheppey. The form of the proposed dwelling references the unique flat landscape featuring deep intensive green roofing and a sunken ground floor to lower viewing levels to the plateau level. The practice noted the sound of migrating birds nesting in hedgerows alongside the site was impossible to ignore and one of the most important characteristics of the place, binding that sound to the dwelling and its occupiers is central to the concept. | https://anshamassociates.uk/2020/04/01/ansham-proposes-extending-a-rural-hedgerow-onto-the-elevations-of-a-dwelling-to-improve-a-critical-bird-habitat/ | 177 |
We are super excited to launch our Summer Workshops for 10-15 year olds.
Cooking is a great life skill which builds young people's self-esteem and confidence and gives them a great sense of achievement when they've prepared a dish for themselves and their family. We are on a mission to get your children having fun in the kitchen with their friends this summer. Not only will they learn to make some delicious recipes they will have the opportunity to learn new skills in a fun and friendly environment.
Our Cookery Workshops are running on Friday's 9.00-15.00 throughout the summer holidays.
Friday 6th August - FULLY BOOKED!
Friday 13th August - FULLY BOOKED!
All recipes, ingredients, cooking equipment and packaging are included.
Children are encouraged to eat some of the recipes they have made in the morning for their lunch but will still require a drink and any additional snacks you think are necessary (No Nuts).
Please feel free to discuss with us any dietary or allergy requirements, as we'll always try our best to accommodate those who might require alternative ingredients.
Sibling discounts are available. *Please note that the early cook discount cannot be used in conjunction with the sibling discount.
| https://portal.smartraspberry.com/Classes/Course+Details/?course_id=977 | 253 |
<reponame>baehless/2SMS<gh_stars>0
package main
import (
"github.com/scionproto/scion/go/lib/snet"
"net/http"
"strings"
"github.com/netsec-ethz/2SMS/common"
"github.com/scionproto/scion/go/lib/spath"
"log"
"time"
"github.com/juagargi/temp_squic" // TODO: remove and import from scionproto
"errors"
"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go"
"encoding/gob"
"github.com/netsec-ethz/2SMS/common/types"
"github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/qerr"
"net"
)
type SCIONClient struct {
localAddr snet.Addr
}
func (sc *SCIONClient) TunnelRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
// Get target IA from first element of target path
ia := strings.Split(req.URL.Path, "/")[1]
// Remove it from the target path
req.URL.Path = "/" + strings.SplitN(req.URL.Path, "/", 3)[2]
ip := strings.Split(req.URL.Host, ":")[0]
port := strings.Split(req.URL.Host, ":")[1]
remoteAddr, err := snet.AddrFromString(ia + ",[" + ip + "]:" + port)
if err != nil {
log.Println("Failed parsing snet address from string:", err)
}
if remoteAddr.IA.Eq(sc.localAddr.IA) {
return &http.Response{}, errors.New("Target in same AS as scraper")
} else {
pathEntry := common.ChoosePath(local, *remoteAddr)
if pathEntry == nil {
return &http.Response{}, errors.New("No paths available to remote destination")
} else {
remoteAddr.Path = spath.New(pathEntry.Path.FwdPath)
remoteAddr.Path.InitOffsets()
remoteAddr.NextHopHost = pathEntry.HostInfo.Host()
remoteAddr.NextHopPort = pathEntry.HostInfo.Port
// Attempt SQUIC connection
qsess, err := squic.DialSCION(nil, &local, remoteAddr)
if err == nil {
defer qsess.Close()
qstream, err := qsess.OpenStreamSync()
if err == nil {
defer qstream.Close()
log.Println("Quic stream opened", "local", &local, "remote", &remoteAddr)
before := time.Now()
log.Println("Sending request at:", before)
Send(qstream, req)
resp := Read(qstream)
after := time.Now()
log.Println("Reading response", resp,"at:", after, ". Took:", after.Sub(before))
return resp, nil
}
return &http.Response{}, err
}
return &http.Response{}, err
}
}
}
func Send(qstream quic.Stream, req *http.Request) {
encoder := gob.NewEncoder(qstream)
err := encoder.Encode(common.CopyRequestToQUIC(*req))
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("Gob encode error:", err)
}
}
func Read(qstream quic.Stream) *http.Response {
decoder := gob.NewDecoder(qstream)
var resp types.Response
err := decoder.Decode(&resp)
if err != nil {
qer := qerr.ToQuicError(err)
if qer.ErrorCode == qerr.PeerGoingAway {
log.Println("Quic peer disconnected")
}
if nerr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && nerr.Timeout() {
log.Println("ReadDeadline missed:", err)
} else {
log.Println("Gob decode error:", err)
}
}
return common.NewResponseFromQUIC(resp)
} | 624399 | 1,177 |
The Pentagon will increase the production of shells by 500%.
In the United States of America, they plan to increase the production of 155 mm projectiles, which are now needed by Ukraine, by six times. Their production will increase to 90,000 per month within two years.
According to The New York Times, citing a senior Pentagon supply official, the production of projectiles is planned to be increased to compensate for the shortage caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and to create reserves for use in future conflicts.
It is emphasized that they want to achieve such plans by expanding the capacity of existing factories, as well as attracting new manufacturers.
The publication emphasizes that the Pentagon will increase the production of shells by 500%. It will be brought to a level not seen since the Korean War and will be part of the most aggressive modernization of the US defense industrial base in nearly 40 years.
Before the start of the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States produced 14,400 unguided projectiles per month. And this number was enough for the American military.
However, the modernization of state-owned enterprises for the production of ammunition will take longer than the two years mentioned above. The Pentagon intends to finance the new artillery project and will spend about $1 billion a year for the next 15 years.
“The decision of the army to expand its artillery production is a clear sign that the United States plans to support Ukraine, regardless of how long the war lasts,” the article said.
On Thursday, January 20, 2023, the United States of America announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 2.5 billion dollars. Hundreds of armored vehicles, air defense systems, missiles and other weapons will be provided to our country.
On January 24, the WSJ reported that the Biden administration may announce the transfer of Abrams tanks to Ukraine as early as this week in order to influence Germany to, in turn, transfer Leopard tanks to the U.S. Army. Subsequently, Germany officially agreed to transfer its tanks to Ukraine.
| https://blogh1.com/en/2023/01/25/the-usa-will-dramatically-increase-the-production-of-155-mm-projectiles-for-ukraine-mass-media/ | 420 |
The General Pharmaceutical Council’s temporary register of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will close on September 30, it has today been announced.
The temporary register has allowed 6,000 pharmacy professionals who had removed themselves from the permanent roster for non-fitness-to-practice reasons to work again during the Covid pandemic.
The Government will close the temporary registers of all healthcare professions on that date, with the UK appearing to be over the worst of the pandemic.
The register, much like the register for provisionally-registered pharmacists which closed in January, helped take some of the strain off community pharmacy teams amid soaring patient demand and increased remote working by GPs.
The GPhC has invited pharmacists and pharmacy technicians on the temporary register who want to continue practising after the September deadline passes to re-apply to join the permanent register.
“I would like to thank all those pharmacy professionals on our temporary register who have returned to work to help care for patients and the public during the pandemic,” said GPhC chief executive Duncan Rudkin. | https://www.p3pharmacy.co.uk/news/825765-gphc-temporary-register-to-close-on-september-30 | 221 |
Tearing Shadow is a new projection sculpture by Berlin-based artist Robert Seidel. Fragments of projection, sculpture and sounds perfoliate the gallery space, allowing the viewer to create endlessly varied audio-visual compositions by wandering around, essentially becoming a part of the artwork itself.
tearing shadows | teaser | robert seidel | 401contemporary berlin, germany from Robert Seidel on Vimeo.
ROBERT SEIDEL
23 February ? 13 April 2013
401contemporary Berlin, Germany | 8635c09375d0d76c198b019fad25c09c | 106 |
My search for truth has left me no passage other than the one that those with tunnel vision have carved out for me.
They will accept nothing more from me in your eyes than weakness as a reason for ingesting life.
And rest does not come easy when I have embodied the fool, for longer than I have survived as myself.
Into an earth that seems to stop spinning while I am in my trances.
Singled out and made to sacrifice all the time it had left to nurture itself.
And we will all perish under the weight of our choices.
I see what this lopsided journey brings to the affluent.
With guards from your shoulders.
Amongst those you mean to rule.
Built from the ashes of a failed past.
Come now, before the threshold is upon you.
If you fight, so too will your children’s children.
Peace belongs only to the pure.
So says the world.
Lovely poetry. Words like this can only come from experience.
| https://thetreeofawakening.com/forums/topic/a-safe-harbor-peace-belongs-only-to-the-pure-of-heart-so-says-the-world/ | 212 |
Translate the following sentence to French:
• 041 - Natural Resources AUI00 Earth Sciences Description:
• 041 - Ressources naturelles AUI00 Sciences de la Terre | e87b4c185df5a41e6bb928ead3e73689 | 41 |
Cage & Aviary Bird-Keepers Blog
Budgies for Fun and Colour
There is so much fun and enjoyment to be gained by keeping and breeding budgies. Read on to learn more...
Budgies love fruit and veg
Budgerigars are one of the most popular birds in the world. They were first brought into Europe during the 1840’s, and by the end of century they were bred at an enormous scale.
Budgie breeding: Making that start with budgies
"Budgies can be great fun to keep and breed," says Fred Wright who has been breeding budgerigars for more than 45 years. "They can give so much pleasure – ideal for all, adults and kids alike. Generally they are easy to breed, they don’t have to be expensive to buy and the cages and equipment can all be purchased for sensible money."
Here's Fred's advice to bird-keepers looking to make a start with budgies:
How to achieve a quick healthy moult
Birds which are in good condition don’t stick in the moult, they get through it quickly and thus maintains their stamina.
It's Show Time!
We’re heading to The Budgerigar Society World Championship Show at The Dome, Doncaster Lakeside, Bawtry Road, Doncaster, DN4 7PD (Saturday/Sunday 15th/16th November, 2014). If you are planning to attend the show, it would be great to meet you so please drop by the Haith’s stand and put faces to names. | 38e8744d889e77e2f3e33bf9b598db14 | 338 |
Application"), etc, but I hate to give up strong typing, etc.Can anyone suggest a superior way to handle this issue of backwards compatibility with older versions of MS Office?If you are looking to dig in to Identity 2.0, keep reading!Many of the customizations we previously needed to add on our own under Identity Version 1.0 have now been incorporated into the Version 2.0 RTM.If you ask me, I prefer Late Binding (where you don't create references and use Create Object to create an instance) An interesting read.Topic: Using early binding and late binding in Automation Link: My Suggestion Don't give up Early Binding if you like it because of intellisense.This article has also been published on Microsoft Office Online: Working with Excel tables in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) In Working with Tables in Excel 2013, 20 I promised to add a page about working with those tables in VBA too. On the VBA side there seems to be nothing new about Tables. Best regards, For a cell within an Excel 2007 Table (the table is named "Table1"), with banded coloring of cells within the table, the . Color Index property of the cell returns "No fill" regardless of the cell color. Color Index always returns -4142 for both Green and White cells colored by Table banding. Color Index -4142 Then '-4142 corresponds to No Fill.
The only disadvantage is the installation procedure, but I bet there are more positive aspects then negative when selecting Windows Service over applications running Windows Scheduler. If I have a spreadsheet where I've referenced MS Outlook 14.0 Object Library from the VBA editor, and a user who only has MS Outlook 12.0 installed, then when that user opens the spreadsheet, they get a compile error on this line: ..code then properly compiles and the spreadsheet works fine for them.I don't really understand why it fails on the Date() function, as that is VBA function, not an Outlook function. | 2dcef1a761c4e411073774e11f8c0d8b | 413 |
LEESBURG, Va. - An organization in Montgomery County is helping to train service dogs for veterans and patients in-need at medical facilities.
Hero Dogs helps train service dogs that eventually go on to assist veterans returning from service and patients at local hospitals.
A hospital can be a scary place, especially for children, which is why Inova Loudoun Hospital has Jeremiah, which is a Hero Dog trained specifically to work in healthcare facilities. Jeremiah is able to pop bubbles and is trained to demonstrate to children that taking medicine is OK.
Most importantly, his owner, Dr. Jill McCabe, said he helps ease the stress a medical emergency can bring.
"It's very difficult, traumatic, challenging at times so anything we can do to make it more comfortable, to comfort their family, we like to do," McCabe said.
She said, in some cases, a warm wag of a tail or friendly paw will make a world of difference.
"Having them in a healthcare environment will decrease the need for pain medication, sedation medication so working with child-life specialists has been proven to be very effective. He's an extra little tool we have in our tool case," McCabe explained.
It's a tool Jami Guerrina said helped her 6-year-old son Britton get through a very rough couple of days.
"We had a very traumatic experience. We've been to the E.R. twice and lots of sticks and pokes," Guerrina explained. "This guy (Britton) was brave, but it was tough. Jeremiah came and that was the first time he started to laugh and he started to play."
Jeremiah's visit began to help mom relax too.
"It's so hard to be strong for your kids and to hold it all together.
FOX 5 teamed up with Easterns Automotive Group to help Hero Dogs continue to Pay It Forward for veterans and patients. Joel Bassam of Easterns Automotive Group presented Hero Dogs with a check for $5,000 to help the organization continue its mission.
| https://www.fox5dc.com/news/pay-it-forward-hero-dogs-trains-service-animals-for-veterans-hospitals | 425 |
Hanshin Tigers: July 9, 2010
by Gen on Jul.09, 2010 @ 3:19 pm, under NPB
...Takashi Toritani extended his hitting streak to 7 games while Keiichi Hirano extended his to 8 and Kenji Jojima to 9.
...Matt Murton was taken out of the game in the 9th when Masanori Fujihara took over his spot in the line-up. It was the first time this season that Murton was not able to play out an entire game.
...Kentaro Sekimoto's consecutive pinch-hit hitting streak ended at 10 games when he flied out to center in the 4th last night.
...Yuya Ando surrendered his first career grand slam last night. The blast came in the 4th inning of Kazuhiro Hatakeyama's (YAK) bat. He also gave up a career high 7 runs in one inning (4th inning).
...Kazuhito Futagami started his first Ni-gun game yesterday (vs Hiroshima) and allowed 3 runs (all earned) to score over 3 innings of work. Futagami was scheduled to throw about 80 pitches but ended up throwing only 43. He also topped out at 134km/h. Final line: 3 IP, 14 BF, 5 H, 0 BB, 0 HBP, 0 SO, 3 R, 3 ER. | aaf63471f1c880917a52cba3baa10bb4 | 290 |
I'm really at an impasse with randoms in Apex as well, so I did a little experiment:
Today I played a game on Olympus where I did the unthinkable. As someone with nearly 5k hours and is decent at Apex, I tend to take point and lead my team around the map. For one game, however, I did nothing but follow my randoms around, I didn't initiate (even whenever there was gun-fire nearby for us to 3rd party) I never peeked a team to give away our position. I never pinged where to rotate. Nothing. I didn't move more than 10 feet away from my teammates at all. I only went where my teammates went and did as they did.
Brother, when I tell you that we were literally crouch walking around with 3 squads left, I am simply not lying. We looted every goddamn POI on the eastern half of Olympus and ran from *every single* engagement. The final 2 squads were fighting, legitimately, 20 yards away from us, and my teammates waited until *after* one of the enemy teams prevailed to make a push. Now, we did end up winning the game *(My teammates got knocked and I had to kill all 3, but I don't blame my teammates for their lack of skill, I was just happy that they wanted to fight)* but I really can't help but feel like I truly wasted 17 minutes of my life. | bedc41c7a46c4239a63f9b06ad8aebfb | 297 |
There are three easy ways to access the control panel in Windows 10 1. Quickest way -> Right click the Start button and then click Control Panel on the popup menu. This will open the old classic control panel. 2. Windows 10 Settings -> Click Start and then click Settings Windows 10 settings is simplify control panel where you can access updated control panel features. 3. Windows search box In the Windows Search box, type Control Panel and click the control panel in the search result. | https://spidertip.com/how-to-quickly-access-windows-10-control-panel-1257 | 95 |
I just got a Mustang a few months ago. I've always been a fast driver, but I don't weave in and out of traffic. I use my indicators, check before merging, etc. In general, I'm a pretty good driver.
But lemme tell you, doing 70 in a fast car is different than in an F-150 or less powerful car. It takes far less time to get to the 70, and it's much easier to creep past 70 without noticing it.
There are plenty of folks out there with fast cars that aren't capable of handling what the car is putting down. I won't take mine anywhere close to the limit until I can get out to Millington and go on the road track.
I don't get the desire to go 95 and weave in traffic. Too many people, and too much to go wrong. | 90934d61d666431191b37eaf13e7d83a | 182 |
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Related to Vitamin D and Adiponectin in Obese Children and Adolescents
Obesity-related diseases are becoming the most important causes of mortality worldwide. Several studies have suggested an association between low levels of vitamin D and obesity. In addition, plasma adiponectin levels have been found to be lower in obese subjects. We evaluated the association of metabolic risk factors with both adiponectin and vitamin D levels and that between adiponectin and vitamin D levels. The study consisted of 114 obese and healthy subjects. 25-Hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] levels were positively correlated with adiponectin and HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and inversely correlated with body mass index (BMI), LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol (T-C), triglyceride (TG), fasting glucose, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA index), systolic blood pressure (SBP), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). The mean 25(OH)D levels in the obese and nonobese groups were 22.5 ± 5.7 and 32.3 ± 5.8 ng/mL, respectively (P < 0.0001). The mean adiponectin level in the obese group was lower than that in the nonobese group (P < 0.0001). Lower vitamin D and adiponectin levels were strongly associated with metabolic risk factors and obesity in Turkish children and adolescents.
Introduction
Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent studies have suggested that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors, including obesity, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and insulin resistance [1,2]. Furthermore, low 25(OH)D levels have been shown to be associated with higher rates of myocardial infarction and diabetes [3][4][5], and the incidence of hypertension has been found to increase in association with low vitamin D levels [6].
On the basis of current evidence of an inverse association between vitamin D levels and obesity, we performed the first investigation to elucidate the association of obesity with 25(OH)D and adiponectin levels in the Turkish children.
The adiponectin protein is exclusively secreted by adipose tissue into the bloodstream [7] and is abundant in plasma compared to other hormones. Furthermore, low adiponectin levels have been confirmed in patients with diabetes [8], and body fat percentage has been found to be negatively associated with adiponectin levels in adults [7]. Serum adiponectin levels showed an inverse association with hypertension and the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA index) [9].
However, there are few studies regarding the association of vitamin D and adiponectin levels with cardiometabolic risk factors in obese and healthy children, and to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to assess these parameters in obese children and adolescents in Turkey.
Participants.
We enrolled a total of 114 children and adolescents (age, 10-16 years) who were admitted to the Unit of Paediatric Metabolism of the Child Hospital of Erciyes University Medical Faculty (Kayseri Province, Turkey) from March to May 2011. The study population was divided into 2 groups (obese and nonobese) by body mass index (BMI) (kg/m 2 ), which was percentile-specific for gender and age of Turkish children and adolescents [10]. The number of adolescents in the obese (28/63; 44.5%) and nonobese (24/51; 47%) groups was similar.
Healthy, age-and gender-matched subjects were selected from local schools. Obesity was defined as a BMI >90 (kg/m 2 ) according to the reference BMI curves for Turkish children [10].
Anthropometric measurements including weight in kilograms (kg), height in centimetres (cm), and BMI for each participant were performed by the same trained nurse using standard devices. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were measured twice using a mercury sphygmomanometer, after the subject rested for at least 20 min.
The HOMA index to determine insulin resistance was calculated using the formula [fasting insulin ( U/mL) × fasting glucose (mmol/liter)]/22.5 [11]. Vitamin D deficiency was defined as vitamin D levels of <20 ng/mL and vitamin D insufficiency as vitamin D levels of 21-29 ng/mL [12].
Statistical Analysis.
Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 17.0 (SPSS. Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The results were expressed as mean ± SD. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used to determine the normality of the data. Differences between groups were analysed using the Student's t-test. Discrete variables were compared using the Pearson 2 test. The Pearson correlation test was used to determine the correlations among the variables.
Results
The obese group consisted of 63 subjects (32 males, 31 females), and nonobese group consisted of 51 subjects (26 males, 25 females). The mean ages of the study population, obese group, and nonobese group were 13.5 ± 1.6, 13.5 ± 1.7, and 13.4 ± 1.6 years, respectively. SBP, DBP, T-C, LDL-C, TG, and fasting glucose were higher in the obese group than those in nonobese group The mean 25(OH)D levels in the overall population, males, and females were 26.9 ± 7.4, 27.2 ± 7.5, and 26.6 ± 7.4 ng/mL, respectively. There was no significant difference in 25(OH)D levels according to gender in the overall population ( > 0.05) ( Table 1).
All samples were collected during the spring season; therefore, the 25(OH)D reference values were the same for all participants. The descriptive characteristics of the study population (clinical and biological parameters) are shown in Table 2.
Association of 25(OH)D levels with obesity is as follows: mean 25(OH)D levels in the total study, obese group, and nonobese group were 26.9 ± 7.4, 22.5 ± 5.7, and 32.3 ± 5.8 ng/mL, respectively. There was a significant difference in 25(OH)D levels between the groups ( < 0.0001). Serum 25(OH)D levels are shown in Figure 1.
25(OH)D levels in relation to biochemical and clinical parameters were as follows: 25(OH)D levels showed a positive correlation with adiponectin and HDL-C levels and an inverse correlation with BMI, TG, T-C, LDL-C, fasting glucose levels, HOMA index, SBP, and DBP ( Table 3).
The mean adiponectin level in the obese group (3.3 ± 0.89 ng/mL) was lower than that in the nonobese group (6.0 ± 1.4 ng/mL) ( < 0.0001) ( Table 1). Adiponectin levels according to the groups are shown in Figure 2. BMI, TG, T-C, LDL-C, and fasting glucose levels, HOMA index, SBP, and DBP showed an inverse correlation with adiponectin levels. However, 25(OH)D and HDL-C levels showed a positive correlation with adiponectin levels (Table 4). There was no
Discussion
Here we investigated the association of obesity with several metabolic risk factors and both vitamin D and adiponectin levels in children and adolescents. Recent studies suggested that vitamin D levels were lower and vitamin deficiency was more common in obese patients [13,14]. Furthermore, decreased vitamin D levels in obese patients have been reported due to minimal sun exposure from a sedentary lifestyle, sequestration in fat tissue, and low dietary vitamin D intake because of poor dietary habits [13,15]. Although we did not discriminate between vitamin D deficient subjects, vitamin D levels were significantly lower in the obese group ( < 0.0001). While most findings regarding obesity and vitamin D level come from adult studies, Lenders et al. [16] reported that lower vitamin D level was associated with higher body fat index among obese adolescents.
In this study, we observed an inverse correlation between vitamin D and T-C, LDL-C, and TG levels and a positive correlation between vitamin D and HDL-C levels, which was consistent with previous studies [17][18][19][20]. In a study by Gannagé-Yared et al. [19], vitamin D was positively correlated with HDL-C levels in 381 young adults, and a second recent study demonstrated that vitamin D deficiency increased peripheral insulin resistance and thereby altered the lipid profile [21].
Many studies have reported that vitamin D levels were negatively associated with type 1 diabetes and insulin resistance in children and adults [13,19,22,23]. Results of our study demonstrated that lower vitamin D levels were significantly correlated with higher fasting glucose levels and HOMA index ( = −0.369, = 0.031 and = −0.480, = 0.035). Furthermore, our study suggested that obesity was a risk factor for lower vitamin D levels, which probably worsened insulin resistance.
Reportedly, the incidence of hypertension increases during the winter months [1,24], and increased hypertension rates in non-Hispanic blacks with lower vitamin D levels, compared to whites, suggest an association between hypertension and vitamin D levels [25]. Here we found an inverse correlation between vitamin D levels and both SBP and DBP; there was some evidence of a role of vitamin D in hypertension regulation. One is the inhibition of renin gene expression by 1,25(OH) 2 D, which is an active metabolite of 25(OH)D, and also vitamin D inhibits the renin-angiotensinaldosterone system [26]. Another proposed mechanism involves the direct vascular effects of vitamin D as mediated by the 1 -hydroxylase enzyme, in the conversion of 25(OH)D to 1,25(OH) 2 D, which is expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells [27]. Furthermore, Sun and Zemel [28] suggested that the adiponectin gene expression may be upregulated by vitamin D and reported that adipokine synthesis in visceral adipose tissue was regulated by 1,25-hydroxyvitamin D 3 . Tumour necrosis factor alpha affects adiponectin expression, and 1,25-hydroxyvitamin D 3 regulates tumour necrosis alpha gene [29,30]. Therefore, we propose that the interaction between vitamin D and adiponectin levels may be an indicator of cardiometabolic risk factors of diseases such as atherosclerosis, because we know that adiponectin protects against atherosclerosis [31]. Nonetheless, further experimental and clinical observations are required to elucidate this interaction. Importantly, we found a positive correlation between 25(OH)D and adiponectin levels in the total cohort of Turkish subjects ( < 0.001, = 0.360).
Our results showed that adiponectin levels were lower in obese group ( < 0.001) and were inversely correlated ( = −0.556, < 0.001) with BMI in accordance with previous reports on adults. However, the association in children and adolescents remains unclear. Adiponectin levels in diabetic patients were found to be lower than those in healthy subjects [7,8]. In a study reported by Lindsay et al. [32], plasma adiponectin levels were lower in Pima Indians, a group with a high prevalence of obesity and diabetes, whereas a second study demonstrated that adiponectin was strongly associated with insulin sensitivity [33]. Our results showed that plasma adiponectin levels were strongly correlated with fasting glucose levels and HOMA indexes ( = −0.224, = 0.016 and = −0.264, = 0.004, resp.), suggesting that hypoadiponectinemia plays a crucial role in insulin resistance and in the development of diabetes. Furthermore, a recent study reported that low serum adiponectin levels were negatively associated with hypertension [9], which confirms our finding of an association between obese and nonobese groups when compared for SBP and DBP ( = 0.001, < 0.0001, resp.). Lastly, our study demonstrated a negative correlation between plasma adiponectin levels and both SBP and DBP ( = −206, = 0.028 and = −0.394, = 0.000, resp.).
Conclusion
This is the first study to evaluate the association of multiple metabolic risk factors with both adiponectin and vitamin D levels in Turkish subjects. In this study, we found strong associations between obesity-related parameters, and vitamin D and adiponectin levels in children and adolescents. However, further studies are needed to confirm our findings in larger populations. | 11873122 | 2,758 |
ALMA, Mich. – The Adrian College women's volleyball team's season ended in a 3-1 loss to Alma in the First Round of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Postseason Tournament on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
It was all Alma in the first set, as the Scots were able to rattle off 12 straight points on the way to a 25-12 set victory.
Adrian jumped out to an early lead in the second set but couldn't hold on as Alma won 16 of the last 19 points in the set to come back and take the set 25-16.
The Black and Gold jumped out to another early lead and this time were able to hold on, never trailing in the set on the way to a 25-21 set win to make the match 2-1.
Alma was determined not to let the set go to a decisive fifth set, and took control of set four from start to finish, winning the set 25-10 and the match 3-1.
• Senior Olivia Welch led the Bulldogs in kills and digs in her final match with 10 kills and 23 digs.
• Sophomore Liz Susitko led Adrian in assists with 22 and contributed 14 digs.
• Sara Majerle led the Alma offense and defense, with 11 kills and 17 digs.
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From the screenshots that I've seen of the maps and from playing the Downtown map, they do look nice though. It looks like there was some decent talent at work but Atari jumped the gun.
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Simon Says: Successfully introducing Slack isn’t that hard.
As I end my summer session, I now have a year of using Slack in the classroom under my belt. The Slack experiment has been glorious and I have no intention of stopping anytime soon. In this post, I’ll offer some advice to intrigued professors about successfully introducing Slack into the classroom.
Five minutes of research can save professors five months of headaches. Let’s assume, though, that you don’t fall into the second bucket—i.e., no central technology gatekeeper at your school has put the kibosh on Slack.
On day one of class, tell your students that you will be using Slack throughout the entire course. That is, don’t try to introduce it midway in.
Better yet, include it on the syllabus as I do. I like to think of the syllabus as a contract among professors and students. Why wouldn’t professors use their syllabi to mention the primary means by which they’ll interact with their pupils over the course of the semester?
Professors wear many hats—one of which is to prepare students for their post-academia lives. Sure, some students will immediately flock to graduate school. Odds are, though, their next steps will involve full-time employment.
Explain to students that organizations increasingly are adopting Slack and comparable tools. What’s more, Slack isn’t just a tool for Silicon Valley darlings such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Even old-school organizations in the media are embracing it.
No, a student with a 2.4 GPA and a record of cheating probably won’t land his or her dream job because of Slack. Consider two virtually identical students seeking employment in the same industry. All else being equal, I’ll bet on the one who regularly uses cutting-edge technologies and tools over the one who does not.
The students benefit here but so does the professor. Using any new tool requires a learning curve and Slack is no exception to this rule. Still, the squeeze is worth the juice. At any given point, I know that I need to search a specific Slack workspace—and only that Slack workspace—if I need to find something. I can’t imagine ferreting through my inbox and a host of other applications to find a key piece of information or an announcement.
As I write here, I use Slack in the classroom in many ways. In my experience, younger students tend to quickly embrace new tools. Reinforcing Slack and using it creatively is only going to accelerate its momentum. In other words, walk the talk.
Some students will invariably ignore your instructions and send you e-mails. This happens to me in every class.
As I write in Message Not Received, consistency is particularly important with any communications tool. I’ve heard of some professors giving their students their cell numbers. Toss in e-mail, private conversations, Slack, office hours, landlines, Twitter, and announcements in learning management systems. The potential for information overload is real.
I’ve heard plenty of “the dog ate my homework excuses”, but professors who rely upon too many communications channels may legitimately confuse their students. Pupils honestly may not receive a timely message. To this end, I disable announcements in Canvas.
Whether it’s texting, Snap, WhatsApp, or some other newfangled tool, students these days have so shortage of communication tools at their disposal. I like to compliment students who post interesting tips, videos, or articles in Slack. As you’ll see below, I attempt to bring others into the discussion with a simple question and the @channel tag.
This isn’t rocket surgery. Follow the advice in this post and your Slack journey should go smoothly. | 120448d57a82fa1a25edf3670aeb6fd6 | 800 |
Or tea, or #covfefe, I would put on a fresh pot instead of drinking this lukewarm swill from seven o’clock this morning.
If we were having coffee, I would wish you a merry Christmas, whether you celebrate it or not. I’d also wish you a happy whatever-you-choose-to-celebrate, all year long. I have no war with any holiday, nor with anyone who wishes me well in any form or any language.
To the plot bunnies, ninjas, pirates, and Pastafarians: I hope that you see His Noodly Goodness in the form of sparkling tinsel and copious amounts of delicious pasta. Ramen.
If you’re celebrating Festivus, check out @RandPaul’s #HappyFestivus #AiringofGrievances posts. If you don’t know what Festivus is…brush up on it here.
If we were having coffee, I might confess to you that my own blog gives me performance anxiety. I don’t believe in writer’s block; I won’t use that excuse. But I can’t write great litrahchure and hold back the silliness and still have fun. Let’s just lay these cards on the table right now: this blog’s not getting nominated for a Pulitzer. I’m okay with that if you are.
I promised I’d finish this, and I will.
If we were having coffee, I’d offer you a cookie to go with it. No, I’d offer you two. I oopsed and bought new jeans. I tried them on. They seemed snug. I thought I was simply enduring the consequences of overindulgence in Magic Bars, Bourbon Balls, and homemade shortbread cookies. To my slight relief, I realize now that the old ones were “relaxed fit.” The new ones aren’t. Never mind that I’ve also regained about thirteen pounds. These things couldn’t be any tighter if I’d painted them on. That I can wriggle into them and still squat is a #FestivusMiracle. I’m not wearing anything else till my weight’s back down below what I re-gained; let these jeans serve to bolster my resolve. It’s impossible to snack and breathe at the same time in these things, but the look I got from my husband just now makes it worth the trade off.
At least we can still have coffee.
If we were having coffee, I’d invite you to walk with me. Here.
We had a fitness center at work, so I dropped my pricey gym membership. Then Hurricane Harvey stormed through Houston, drowning my office, the fitness center, my favorite park and walking trail, and much of my determination to get fit and stay fit. A sort of malaise set in as thirteen stealthy pounds crept back to hug my hips, unnoticed. I love working from home, but I have a tendency to start right after rolling out of bed, sometimes (unwisely) before coffee. Colleagues in India have learned to ask if I have at least half a cup of caffeine in me before asking technologically challenging questions. I’ve had coffee with some of you, online, at seven o’clock in the morning. You know. I can keep on working until bedtime, with breaks for bathroom, lunch, and dinner. It’s amazing to be able to focus, uninterrupted, for so long, but maybe it’s not entirely healthy.
So, I bought a new pair of athletic shoes – I literally wore out the insides and insole supports of the old pair, but the outsides held up beautifully. I bought a $15 set of resistance cables – #RESIST, eh? – so I have no excuse not to do strength training anywhere. The whole set fits into my backpack.
Resolution #1: Get over the idea that I need access to fancy gym machines to get fit and develop strength.
If we were having coffee, I’d look over the rim of the mug and think (loudly) how glad I was that we were having coffee together. For all the times I haven’t said it, or the times you haven’t heard it, I’m sorry.
And hope, while we’re having coffee, that you’ll tell me, in the comments below.
You are a riot. Happy Festivus to you, too!
On the idea of fresh notebooks, I gently disagree. Take Evernote. I started out by having a bunch of notebooks, got tired of the chaos and crunched all my notes into three generic notebooks and was happy for years. Until one day, I wasn’t.
I realized that I was forcing clips, notes and ideas into boxes that didn’t necessarily match the content. (Technically speaking, I was relying on “pile and search” via tags.) So, I merely shifted the burden of organization from a visual cue (which notebook) to a mental one (which tag). AS I write this, I casually glance at my Evernote sidebar to see how many of those tags I have to recall: um, I can’t tell!!!
Anyway, I recently decided to go BACK to using new notebooks on a project by project basis. It mirrors my whole take on file / content organization, from Scrivener to browser bookmarks to good old Windows Explorer. I wish I could ditch tht last one, but Microsoft, in its hubris, has woven it into the fabric of the OS like a varicose vein.
You’re in charge off the cookies today. There’s an endless supply in the magic oven, so be sure to share!
Thank you, Mitch. I meant I need to stop ripping pages out of blank books when I fail to jot down the essence of an idea as perfectly as it sounded in my head.Or when I hate my handwriting. Perfectionism is a curse that serves no-one well.
For electronic notes, I love OneNote. And I hear you – I use OneNote for better bookmarking, myself.
I tried to like OneNote. Maybe it’s Evernote bias, but I couldn’t rewire my brain to “get” OneNote. Interestingly, I had the same trouble with Scrivener. The difference between Scrivener and OneNote is that I had no usable alternative for Scrivener and I needed what it provided.
Perfectionism is a disease. It doesn’t mean you’ll ever BE perfect or attain perfection – it means you’ll kill yourself or die trying. I like the old definition of “quality”: “Meets the customer’s REASONABLE expectations, on time and under budget.” Exceeding those expectations, sometimes, is fun. But consistently striving for perfection may just drive you nuts. And, in my case, it’s a waste of dead trees.
It took me a few years to use OneNote effectively, but now it’s like a second brain. I love it. I don’t much love the app, but it’s getting better, too. I love the desktop version that comes with Office 365. They ARE different. And I’m not sure I understand the reason for the different paradigm – like autosave (there’s no way to “save”) and some limitations in terms of formatting. (But you can use handwriting and highlighters and such.
It’s great for bookmarking and as a digital scrapbook. Not sure it’s a Scrivener replacement (talk about a software application I’d love to love, but it takes too much work even to like it).
Thanks for the reminder! I’ve been up two hours and haven’t had my coffee or breakfast, yet. Sometimes I do that.
I don’t need any cookies. Karen did her baking for Christmas, less than she used to, by far, but still way too much.
I never do resolutions, but I am resolved to lose weight. I have to for health reasons. My next visit to the cardiologist is in a month and I want to be at least a few pounds down from the last visit.
You see, last Wednesday was my last last day of work. I say “last” twice because I’ve had a lot of last days, all at the same place. I retired in 2007 — and then came back as a contract instructor 6 times, working in a different office every time. Funny thing, our group had 7 office in that part of the building and, in the last 10 years, I had a desk in every one except the office I was working in when I retired.
So, I can’t get a tour of the facilities through you, next time I’m in Russellville?
I hope you, Karen, and all your family had a terrific Christmas. We all eat too much at Thanksgiving and Christmas, setting ourselves up for a tough January full of resolve and determination, but I have no regrets. What I DO have are new jeans that I failed to notice are not the “relaxed fit” of my old ones, and so present a slight – but not insurmountable – challenge and incentive. You will not be alone in working towards your weight loss goals. I’d like to lose at least 1.5 lbs. per week through the next 40 weeks. (How’s that for Specific, Measurable, Aspirational, Reasonable, and Time-Bound? Pretty darned SMART, if I do say so myself! 🙂 Let’s do the darned thing.) My health concern is mainly “lightening the load” for spine, hips, knees, and feet. Shopping easy, commonly-found sizes off the rack. Being stronger and having greater endurance. I’ve definitely made inroads over the past year. Just have to keep doing what I know works. I’ll be rooting for you, too!
I think retirement will be lovely and fun – once I get there (20 years, by my estimation). The trick is to have a list of fun things to do, and enough set aside (knock wood!) to do them. Have a PLAN for it.
Happy holidays! I wish you all good things in 2018.
Actually, except for the training center, there really haven’t been tours of the facilities since 9-11. And so far as going into the facility, I’ve only been inside the fence twice in 11 years, both times as an escorted visitor. On all of my contracts, I worked at the training center, which is quite a ways outside the fence.
My work was so specialized to this one facility that it made sense, to me, to continue there if the contracts were available — and they were, except for the almost two year period when I was “blackballed” from working at any plant in the fleet, which no one told me about until they were “allowed” to bring me back in as a contractor (but that is a whole other story that I don’t go into online since that’s where I got in trouble in the first place). Some of the other guys went on to contract elsewhere in similar or totally different jobs. I just wasn’t interested in having to be at a learning disadvantage in another place, when I was the go-to training expert for a number of different things on our unit. When I finished last week, I was, by far, the last of the original group of simulator instructors.
If someone called me about something at work, I’d be more than happy to answer them. That’s simply professional courtesy in my view.
Happy New Year! All the best for 2018 and beyond!
That sounds about right; even before 9/11, back when I worked at SABRE, I never actually laid eyes on the SABRE computers – they were underground in an area so secure you needed a retinal scan and a weight check to get in. I was never really that curious. And yes – we never discuss work online. I blogged a work event, once, and the only criticism I got was that they’d asked me to do it because they liked my social media persona, but when I was doing social media for work, I switched to this buttoned-down, careful, corporate voice. So, basically “loosen up and have more fun.” Some of us have been around long enough to smell a trap, even when there isn’t one. LOL I can remember hammering out an agreement (largely unnecessary) with my employer in the mid-1990s as to what types of products I should avoid mentioning or reviewing, and the fact that they would never make an IP claim on any fiction I chose to write on my own time, while employed by them. (Overcautious? Probably. But then it opened the door to working well with Legal, over the years, so it’s all good.) Things have changed, over the years, but if you have ever seen anything I’ve blogged in the past, you’ll understand the copious disclosures of potential conflicts of interest.
Like you, I cannot imagine being rude to a former coworker. I’m not always “nice,” but hope that I’m never rude to anyone.
Thank you, Patricia. I’ve always thought of a blog as part journal and part writing outlet. I’d like to look back on it and think it was worth your time to read, so I appreciate the reassurance and encouragement. After all, if it were just for me to read, I could keep it in a lock-and-key paper diary. I’m not very good at those. Maybe because I’ve always assumed no diary could truly keep a secret, and if there’s even one reader reading, it ought to at least not be boring. 🙂 As an only child, maybe I have a different take on that; I can see wanting to bore a younger sibling to death for prying. But I do remember when my daughter found (and read) a blank book I’d started when she was a baby, and her asking me why I stopped writing in it. It made me happy that she’d enjoyed reading it, but sad that I’d stopped. All I could say, in my defense, is that life took precedence, and doing things with her were more important, at the time, than writing about them. I didn’t really envision the day she’d read that, and I should have. Of course, that’s a cautionary tale for all the “mommy bloggers” and “daddy bloggers” out there. Will the posts make their kids smile, one day, or cause them to stop speaking to their parents for a decade or more? I imagine some started blogging back when they could have rightfully assumed digital storage was costly enough that no one would archive their drivel on The Wayback Machine, to embarrass their adult children. Mine might wonder why I didn’t blog about them, much, but I think they’re glad I didn’t document every diaper change in public.
Let’s have coffee, and Merry Christmas, Holly!
Sumatra, French Market, Texas Pecan, or Hazelnut? I’d love to have coffee with you, Josabeth!
I want a cookie! lol That would have to work because I don’t drink coffee; if it’s early morning I’d need a diet soda packed with ice. If it was lunch I’d need the same; same with dinner. If it was mid afternoon then I could have hot chocolate; those cookies would go well with them.
As to the rest… I’d wish good things for you as well. I’d admit that the only resolve I have seems to be getting my steps in daily, but you’d already know that. I don’t have any confessions I’d want to share, so I’d be holding back on that one. Goodies… my wife’s still trying to teach me to share.
I need to be more grateful in 2018, which I could start by writing more often in my gratitude journal. But I’d tell you that I was grateful that I was able to get my mother here, but sad that I didn’t do it sooner.
That would be all that’s on my mind… that and pizza.
My grandmother drank Coca-Cola every day of her life – starting with breakfast. Neither of us ever liked the taste of the diet version (we weren’t fans of “New Coke,” either – and the “Classic” isn’t, but that could be a post in and of itself).
Your steps are impressive. Daunting, but impressive. Some days, I look at your stats and I’m inspired to push through and go a little farther. But mostly, I look at your stats and give up – I go binge-watch Netflix or something till the urge to wear out my living room carpet goes away.
I need fewer goodies in the coming months, so you don’t have to share with ME.
I didn’t know you had a gratitude journal. Maybe we should start doing an end of the week gratitude post? This has been a tough year for remembering all the good and positive things in our lives (I tend to empathize too much – not that I think that’s a bad character trait, but spending more mental clock-cycles on strangers’ suffering than on my own blessings isn’t healthy). My daughter earned her Masters degree and married a truly wonderful man, this year – I gained a grown son, and we all like him very much. We had a lovely family reunion, and I’ve gotten to spend time with my dad, and one of my cousins (my husband kindly shares his mom, siblings, and cousins with me, so I have a big family now!) Our home wasn’t damaged in the hurricane; my office was, but that’s allowed me to work from home for months (which I LOVE, because there’s no commute and no distraction from the work).
I’m glad you’re getting this time with your mom, and that she’s got you and your wife to care for her. It’s a challenge, I know, some days. But she looks like a sweetheart and she’s your mom. You turned out pretty good, so now she gets to reap the rewards. 🙂 It’s a blessing for you both, I think.
MMmmmm. Pizza. Anchovies? On half? Or do we have to segregate them from the rest of the pizza?
The only 2 things I’d blanch about on any pizza I ate, even if it’s 1/2 & 1/2 are mushrooms and anchovies! lol Most of the time I only eat cheese; when pizza’s good that’s the best way to go.
That’s just cheese bread, Mitch.
If we were having coffee, it would have to be after 10:00 am as with my English heritage, I always prefer tea in the morning.
I would compliment you on your amazing ability to not only tolerate, but actually listen to and debate with, people like me with whom you might disagree on many issues.
Of course we agree on many others, civilized debate and respecting other’s opinions (no matter how crazy at first exposure they may seem).
Merry Christmas Holly and may you fill 2018 with words, thoughts and ideas to entertain, educate and enlighten your readers.
I am grateful that our paths crossed (virtually) some years back and your example has made me a better person and writer.
I wish we could have coffee, one of these days. I can wait till 10:00 – or join you for a second, or third, cup.
I don’t really tolerate anyone, Peter. I enjoy people of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. I don’t have to agree with you to like you. I don’t have to like you, for that matter, to stick up for your rights. I don’t have to tolerate nastiness from anyone, and have blocked friends for being nasty to other friends. I don’t believe in merely tolerating people, for the most part. But I also don’t think it’s a matter of “tolerating” people when, perhaps, I don’t like their lifestyle or choices. I think it’s a matter of not inflicting MY lifestyle and choices on others when they’re not hurting me or other people. They don’t get to inflict themselves on me, either. If a rational case can be made that I, or they, are doing HARM to others, then it’s a question of whether the harm outweighs a person’s right to freely live and direct their own life and pursue happiness. I think our Constitution is, for the most part, a remarkable and enduring document.
But really, how can we learn, grow, and form rational opinions if we’re unwilling to listen to each other’s arguments? Not to shout AT each other, but to civilly debate ideas on the merits? And how can we learn to do that, without practice? Facebook and Twitter can be a great place to practice, but they also tend to bring out the ugly – the very “trollish” behavior that shuts people down, polarizes sentiment, and causes them to become more and more entrenched in their own little “echo chambers” rather than engaging with a diverse set of people all over the world? Engaging with people from all over the world is a great way to learn just how much we all really have in common, and to discover the differences that make us interesting and broaden our perspectives? I’m so lucky that I was able to travel a lot from the time I was a child. It’s something I don’t take for granted, and I know that it’s helped make me the person I am today.
I truly enjoy our friendship, Peter, and you are no more grateful than I am that our paths crossed years ago. Your stories are fascinating to me. You are resilience incarnate, and such a great example of what it means to work hard, face devastating setbacks without becoming bitter and hateful, and go on to succeed and find happiness. Knowing you keeps me from getting whiny over little disappointments. 🙂 You are one of my favorite conservatives.
I wish you all good things in the coming year, and look forward to hearing about them!
Thank you Holly, those are the nicest words about me I have read in a long time.
Yes, I understand your distinction between tolerance and being open to hearing different opinions.
If I was having that coffee with you, Holly, I’d thank you for being there for me through the year. I distinctly remember that one conversation we had that helped me more than you’d ever imagine. Thank you too for your advice and help to many in Write Tribe. You are a blessing!
I wish you the kind of year you want for yourself and more! Thank you for being a part of my world!
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Whether it’s cast members practicing sutures or speaking with real doctors and also registered nurses, clinical dramas such as Treatment and also The Graveyard shift do their best to obtain points right.
On a TV sound stage in Albuquerque, N.M., Canadian actress Jean Gose is intently finding out ways to stitch sutures.
To ideal her craft, she thoroughly alternates in between pieces of rubbery latex flesh supplied by the makeup department and also small sacks full of red beans.
“I am an actual medical nerd. I constantly wished to be a medical professional, so I have this insane satisfaction in how well I do at this,” says the Toronto-born Gose.
Gose plays medical resident Krista on NBC’s medical dramatization The Graveyard shift, which is currently shooting a 2nd period. And also taking “stitch boot camp,” as she calls it, is all part of the training.
Medical dramas call for the audience to suspend shock on lots of degrees. For one, that lovely model-like men and women inhabit your local medical facility. For an additional, that the physician who appeared like she got out of Vogue could also wield a scalpel.
Actors are no strangers to diving themselves right into the setting they are showcasing. It’s not uncommon for someone playing a law enforcement officer to ride shotgun. Or actor-lawyers to install themselves in a court. And afterwards there are the thespian physicians potentially hiding in your neighborhood healthcare facility.
It may come as a shock to some that of Canada’s social exports is in business of medical consulting services, which includes Gose, former Grey’s Makeup star Sandra Orr and Toronto indigenous Dave Shonen, the exec manufacturer of the favorite medical drama House.
Fulfilling actual clients is the exception not the standard for stars. In spite of having full-time medical professionals on the collections of Solution and The Graveyard shift, both Gose as well as Instance say they have actually never had the possibility to do rounds at a healthcare facility with an examining medical professional.
“We’re a program based in the Emergency Room as well as it would be truly bothersome to tail somebody under those situations. I think we would certainly be a responsibility,” says Gose.
Situation, meanwhile, says the claim may simply be a cautionary tale about getting too submersed in the medical globe.
Every person needs to know some essential computer basics in order to keep their info safe, have the ability to swiftly fix troubles in addition to keep their systems running fast as well as smooth. The basics are not restricted to just understanding where the power button is on your system, there are numerous various other vital attributes that ought to be understood prior to running a computer for job, or for play.
Maintain your information system safe. Take it from IT services West Palm Beach, FL — when it comes to computers, the majority of us are utilizing the web as well as keeping that comes some danger. It is very easy for a person to steal your identification, financial institution information or various other beneficial data if you do not understand how you can shield on your own. One of the first lessons for maintaining your system and also its info secure is to set up an anti-virus program on your computer system and also maintain it upgraded. Anti-virus software application is developed to spot and also remove harmful software program from entering your system. While the majority of the adware as well as spyware is harmless it can be a privacy annoyance, but some can be quite malicious as well as actually swipe your info. It is critical that you update your anti-virus software application on a regular basis given that numerous brand-new virus are being produced daily. The updates will certainly add the newly found virus to the database and also enable it to far better shield you.
Passwords are an additional problem when it involves internet safety as well as security. Many people will certainly utilize passwords that are personal to them, a kid’s name, their pets name or some variant of their birth day and also name. If you make your passwords as well individual or to straightforward then anybody who recognizes merely a little regarding you, could swipe your details. Consider it through this; say your canine’s name is dollar and also you were birthed in 1970, if you have a Facebook web page it reveals the year you were born and also there is a sporting chance you have actually left status updates concerning your finest pal dollar. So, create passwords that are more challenging to decipher, ones that are not personal and do not include your birth day, pets name, kid’s name or anything else that is effortlessly understood about you. The majority of sites will certainly reveal you your password stamina when you produce them, constantly go for a strong password which contains trouble alpha as well as numeric personalities, is longer than 6 characters and also preferably usage both upper instance as well as reduced situation lettering.
You could have seen advertisements for computer registry cleaning services from InfoStream and also was uncertain what they are or why you would certainly need one, well ideally this aids to explain it. Your windows registry is the main brain of your computer; every little thing that you do will certainly produce a line in the registry and also store it. Gradually your computer system registry could end up being corrupt or bloated and trigger your system to freeze or slow down. If you have been swarmed with destructive software program such as adware or spyware or viruses it can corrupt your registry, even if you make use of the anti-virus to remove them. Uninstalling software application inaccurately will corrupt your windows registry, so always be sure to make use of the uninstall attribute that came with the program or want to your control panel add/remove programs to ensure it is totally and correctly removed. When you do not uninstall a program correctly it will certainly leave lines in the computer system registry that point to a program that does not exist any type of longer and also this could develop a trouble throughout your system.
Are Employee-Recognition Programs Bad for Efficiency?
Your employee-recognition program could be doing more damage compared to good, new research study programs.
Although numerous employers think distributing gives like “Worker of the Month” is an expensive and simple means to motivate workers to provide it their all, these programs could in fact injure a company’s total efficiency, baseding on a research recently approved for magazine in the journal Company Science.
“The common knowledge is that non-monetary gives can subtly inspire individuals in manner ins which are fundamentally different to financial-reward programs, such as by enhancing business loyalty, motivating friendly competition, or boosting employees’ self-worth,” Timothy Gubler, one of the study’s writers and also an assistant lecturer at the University of The golden state, Waterfront’s Institution of Business Administration, said in a declaration.
Nonetheless, the research located that these sorts of nonfinancial honors are harmful to businesses since they could affect perceptions of equity and justness, which can disenfranchise employees who are internally motivated as well as do not require the additional motivation to perform well.
For the research study, scientists checked out area data from an attendance-award program made use of at one of 5 industrial washing plants. The program recognized all employees who pertained to deal with time and also didn’t have any type of unexcused lacks monthly, with someone receiving a $75 present card through an arbitrary draw.
The scientists examined data from all four plants both before as well as after the give was carried out, checking out the give’s results on specific efficiency and also plant productivity all at once.
They uncovered that while reward-motivated employees originally reacted favorably to the honor by lowering their delay, they returned to their old habits by turning up late and also missing job when they shed eligibility for the honor monthly.
The research study’s authors stated the awards reduced motivation as well as efficiency for inside motivated workers who were are already appearing on schedule and also not missing job prior to the program started. They discovered that these workers began showing up late and were missing even more once they weren’t eligible to win the award.
On the whole, the give program cost the plant 1.4 percent of its daily performance, generally due to the productivity lost by internally inspired workers.
“Diligent inside motivated employees that were performing well before the honor program was introduced really felt the program was unfair, as it distressed the equilibrium of just what was regarded as fair or fair in the company,” Gubler claimed. “So their performance experienced– not simply in regards to their presence however likewise with an inspirational spillover that influenced other locations of their job– including productivity.”.
The study’s writers say the research shows that organizations should recognize that while some award programs might seem harmless or perhaps highly helpful, they can create the same concerns as a financial bonus offer.
“Employees value work environment justness and they appreciate just how they’re perceived about others in the company,” Gubler said. “To be efficient, firms providing honor programs need to consider not only the group they are targeting– such as those that are coming late to function– however additionally those that are currently doing the appropriately point, as there is a possibility of demotivating a few of their ideal employees.”.
The study was co-authored by Ian Larkin, an assistant lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Lamar Pierce, an associate teacher at Washington University in St. Louis.
It’s no secret that healthy workers are among the happiest and most efficient at their works. Numerous studies have revealed that employees in better general wellness show high performance and also efficiency levels, bring about a greater focus from firms on industrial wellness programs.
The other, obviously, is likewise true: Poor health and wellness frequently leads to reduced work performance, productivity as well as presence.
“Without personal health and wellness as well as health, individuals are much less likely to be taken part in their work,” said Brian Shapland, basic supervisor of turnstone, a service provider of office furnishings. “Pain, discomfort, stress and also psychological distress all take the emphasis off tasks and workplace partnerships, resulting in a separate that can adversely impact both the worker and also the business’s bottom line.”.
Company Information Daily talked with health experts and business leaders regarding some healthy and balanced personal routines that can aid boost work environment productivity.
Just how much rest do you get? If you’re among the 40 percent of Americans that rest less than the suggested 7 to 9 hours per evening, you’re likely struggling with mild rest starvation. Even if you’re clocking near to 7 hrs, obtaining merely 20 to 30 minutes much less rest compared to you require each evening can harm cognition and efficiency– and you might not even understand it, stated Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a doctor and also sleep researcher.
“Minutes of sleep deprivation have a cumulative effect with time,” Weissbluth told Company Information Daily. “When scientists research study grownups in sleep-deprivation experiments, [they locate] recorded memory disabilities, yet [the subjects] are uninformed of those problems.”.
Weissbluth noted that many grownups have been slightly sleep-deprived since their secondary school or college years, and might not have a good memory of just what it resembles to be completely sat. Shifting your rest schedule to head to bed 60, 45 or even HALF AN HOUR previously for numerous nights in a row could give you a sense of exactly how you feel and also behave when you’re totally sat, and you’ll likely be calmer, a lot more alert and more relaxed, he claimed.
“We’re not discussing hrs of beauty sleep,” Weissbluth claimed. “Going to sleep [a little] previously will certainly aid with efficiency.”.
When you invest most of your day sittinged, the chair you’re utilizing can substantially influence just how you really feel during your functioning hours. You might not have any type of control over the furniture your company acquisitions, however if you function from home or even simply use a workdesk at home on a regular basis, it could be worth it to purchase a chair that’s ergonomically developed for optimal assistance and convenience. A study by Workplace Depot discovered that over half of employees who use a workplace chair day-to-day (that’s 87 percent of all small company workers) suffer from neck and back pain or physical pain as a result of their desk chairs. This could negatively impact not just your workday, however your personal life too, said Ron Lalla, executive vice president of retailing for Office Depot.
“When staff members are sitting in the incorrect workplace chair, they could experience discomfort, fatigue, sluggishness and problem concentrating,” Lalla said. “However what we have actually also pertained to comprehend throughout the years is that, on a more human degree, this could have major ripple effects past employment efficiency and efficiency right into employees’ personal and also family members lives as well.”.
The Workplace Depot study suggested examining your current chair for the appropriate seat elevation, seat frying pan as well as lumbar support. See the full infographic on Yahoo.
Equally as athletes step up their game when betting their former team, staff members are likely to apply the exact same added effort when competing against a previous company. That’s baseding on a research study set to be released in a forthcoming problem of the Academy of Administration Journal, which researched the competitiveness of National Hockey Organization (NHL) gamers and taken into consideration exactly how that puts on company as a whole.
“Individuals experience a problem in their collective identity when they compete with their new company against their previous one,” the research study’s writers created. “To minimize the conflict, people enhance their recognition with the new organization as well as de-identify with the previous by competing harder against the former organization [compared to against other firms]”.
Regardless of battling somewhat when operating in opposition to previous coworkers, the study found that those employees could be one of the most appropriate to get the job done, offered the increased affordable habits.
“Our searchings for must be specifically useful in sectors where staff members compete straight against individuals in rival firms, such as in expert services or sales, or where there is frequent shuttling of personnel in between rivals, as in Silicon Valley,” Thorsten Grohsjean, among the study’s writers as well as an assistant professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in Germany, claimed in a statement.
The research’s writers involved their conclusions after evaluating exactly how NHL hockey gamers compete versus their previous teams. Specifically, the researchers carried out an evaluation of monitoring, which is when a gamer rams right into the challenger in belongings of the puck in order to jar it loose. They say this is a solid action of a players’ specific affordable strength.
“As opposed to other actions, like objectives, checks can be traced back to an individual’s initiative, rather than being the outcome of an overall teamwork,” the study’s writers wrote.
Collectively, the players in the sample accounted for 749 actions between teams as well as played for approximately 2.33 previous groups before joining their present club. The study revealed that hockey players examined usually when betting their previous team. Generally, however, they targeted gamers that had signed up with the team after they had left and also which they were never ever colleagues with.
The research additionally disclosed that the quantity of checking against former groups and colleagues were greatest in the year following their separation. In addition, checking levels tended to be greater the more years a player spent with a former club.
The scientists think the results reveal the need of moved players to confirm their worth to their new groups which the longer a player was with a previous group, the more they struggle with de-identifying with them.
“De-identification ends up being harder the much longer an individual has stayed with a previous company [to ensure that] individuals reveal much more affordable actions when they deal with an organization in which they had a longer period,” the researchers composed.
The research study’s authors see the study having important implications for organizations in the business globe.
If you intend to obtain the most from your online ads, concentrate on simpleness, not brains, brand-new research recommends.
In today’s frantic as well as chaotic on the internet environment, advertisers have milliseconds to obtain viewers to see and also comprehend their advertisement. That’s why basic and also uncomplicated advertisements make a bigger impact than those that are creative and aesthetically facility, according to a research recently approved by the Journal of Market research.
Complexity does not repay online: Eye-tracking research shows that individuals proactively attempt to stay clear of ads, said Michel Wedel, among the study’s authors and also a professor at the College of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith Institution of Business.
“A lot of advertising and marketing is being checked over rather long exposures– a number of seconds, or even 10 to 20 secs,” Wedel said in a claim. “The trouble is that advertisements that succeed because scenario might refrain from doing well in other words exposures.”.
For the research, scientists tested reactions to ads over durations as short as 100 nanoseconds, which is less than a full glimpse. The authors split the advertisements into 3 categories: in advance ads, which provide a product in a straightforward, expected and typical means; secret ads, whose visual intricacy calls for deal with the part of the customer to figure out; as well as “false front” advertisements, which utilize a clear picture of one point to offer another thing.
The researchers checked the different ad key ins experiments entailing 1,360 test subjects as well as 50 advertisements. The experiments checked out the individuals’ reactions at 100 milliseconds, 500 nanoseconds, 2 seconds, 5 seconds as well as 30 secs after they saw the ad. A final experiment allow the individuals check out ads as long as they wanted.
The research’s writers found that in advance advertisements, such as a picture of a bottle of orange soft drink to offer orange soft drink, were recognized and received favorably by visitors in those 100 nanoseconds. In addition, the individuals remained to check out these advertisements favorably over 5, 10 and 30 seconds.
The mystery ads weren’t considered as favorably as in advance ads in the first glimpse, however they acquired in authorization with time. An example of a secret advertisement used in the research was one for apple juice. The advertisement showed a ninja severing a rope holding a refrigerator, which was about to squash apples to make the juice.
The false-front ads, such as one that used a headshot of a blonde woman to sell wheat draft beer or ads that take the type of news articles, were at first gotten favorably due to the fact that they showed up sensible. However, the longer the participants considered these advertisements, the less favorably they viewed them, due to the fact that viewers had sufficient time to reorient themselves to the right interpretation.
“We discover little reason for false-front advertisements,” Wedel said. “Individuals don’t want to be ripped off.”.
The study additionally discovered that an audience’s familiarity with the brand being marketed didn’t influence which sort of advertisements they favored.
The research isn’t really aiming to tell advertisers to quit being creative. Wedel stated there are specific times, such as the Super Dish, when marketers can be certain their advertisements will obtain complete focus.
“But for online banner advertisements, for instance, advertisers should understand that they’ll have only a tenth of a second of a viewer’s attention, if that,” Wedel claimed. “And so they should adhere to the essentials: What’s the item? And what’s the brand name?”. | 1473bb06a104396da247650dc62b4f0b | 4,236 |
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Do you want to buy a new TV, and are you orientating? In this buying guide, you will find a complete overview of all the important properties you can pay attention to when buying a new television.
Here you can first read more about the most important specifications of a TV and then about a TV’s performance in practice. In the end, learn more about other properties, such as different TV brands and what to expect for a particular budget.
TIP: Also, check out the article “best TV” to select the best televisions of the moment.
What to look out for when buying a TV? The properties!
When buying a TV, there are many properties you can pay attention to. Below information and an explanation of these properties or specifications, with the main properties first.
If you want to buy a new TV, a handy first step is to think about the size. When choosing the size of a TV, you immediately run into the first problem: televisions’ size is expressed in inches of the image diagonal. And that’s a meaningless number for almost everyone.
That is why you can immediately read the definition of this size here and choose the right size.
The image diagonal is the size from the lower-left corner to the upper right corner.
One inch equals exactly 2.54 cm.
But to choose the right size of a TV, it is more convenient to know the width and height size of a TV.
What is the right size depends on several factors. The most important is the viewing distance. If you are far from the TV, a larger size is better, so that everything is still clearly visible. If you are close by, too large a size can be a disadvantage. If the TV is too big, too close, you will make a lot of eye and head movements to see everything properly. It’s exhausting.
Viewing distance more than 3 times the image diagonal? Then the TV is too small.
Viewing distance less than 1.5 times the image diagonal? Then the TV is too big.
However, this also depends heavily on your personal preference. Also, the amount of space available can play a role. Furthermore, it can play a role in the amount of space available and your personal preference.
Also, the resolution of the TV makes a difference with the optimal viewing distance. The advantage of a high resolution, namely more detail and sharpness in the image, is more clearly visible at a short viewing distance.
Resolution: 2K Full HD, 4K Ultra HD, or 8K UHD?
The resolution is the number of pixels a screen has at its disposal to display an image. The higher the resolution, the more detail the image has. And the more pixels per surface area, the sharper the image. The resolution is expressed in the number of pixels in width times the number of pixels in height.
Nowadays, for most images, and therefore for almost all TVs, the 16:9 aspect ratio is used. That is why the resolution is also a multiple of 16:9.
If you are looking for a new TV now, it is recommended to go for a 4K TV. If you last bought a TV years ago, chances are this is a Full HD TV. A 4K TV has four times the high resolution to deliver a much sharper image clearly. The price of 4K TVs has already dropped considerably (in 2020), and 4K is now the most widely used resolution on new TVs.
Choosing an 8K TV doesn’t make much sense at the moment. Although the 8K resolution is visibly sharper with a huge TV, there is currently almost no 8K footage available.
The resolution in which the image is played on the TV depends on the source material. Many streaming services, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney Plus, offer plenty of footage in 4K resolution. None of these services currently offer footage in 8K resolution.
Movies and TV series on Blu-ray are also available in 4K. The only readily available content in 8K resolution is some YouTube videos. That is why 8K currently has little added value.
However, some TVs can use ‘upscaling’. Here, the TV hardware calculates the additional pixels to sharpen the image. This also allows source material with a lower resolution to be sharpened.
For example, scaled Full HD image on a 4K TV is also sharper. Yet this is never as good as source material in a higher resolution. How good the scaled-up image looks depends on the hardware and software used to scale up. There is, therefore, also a difference between different TVs.
At the moment, two-screen technologies are widely used in TVs, namely LCD LED (often simply called LED TVs) and OLED. Below I briefly explain the differences and the pros and cons of both options.
The vast majority of TVs available are LCD LED televisions. LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display, or ‘liquid crystal screen’. With an electric charge, the posture of the liquid crystals can be adjusted in a pixel. For example, the liquid crystals can selectively shine light through the green, blue and red subpixels. LED stands for Light-Emitting Diode, a type of lamps. On these screens, LEDs shine light from behind through the liquid crystals and the colour filters (backlight).
The advantages of these screens are the low price, the higher the maximum brightness. Because the liquid crystals can’t completely block the light, these screens have the disadvantage that a black pixel isn’t entirely black either. This has a detrimental effect on contrast. Not every LCD LED screen is the same, and some techniques improve the contrast of an LCD LED, such as local dimming.
Samsung’s QLED TVs are also LCD LED televisions. QLED is the marketing name of Samsung’s highest quality LCD LED displays. These screens, therefore, have much better contrast than an average LCD LED TV. That is why QLED TVs are currently best-LED TVs. However, the contrast of these TVs is also not perfect. An average QLED TV price is between that of a normal LCD LED TV and an OLED TV.
The second type of screen used in TVs is OLED. OLED stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode. With this type of screen, each subpixel itself emits light, and no backlight is used. Black is, therefore, really black on an OLED screen because the OLEDs in a black pixel are completely off. As a result, these screens have a perfect contrast. The perfect contrast is the biggest advantage of OLED. Another small advantage is that OLED screens, due to the lack of backlights, are thinner than LCD LED screens.
There are also disadvantages to OLED. A disadvantage is that there is a chance of image retention (‘burning’). This will only become one of the TV has to display the same static elements for a very long time, with high brightness. Also, the maximum brightness of OLED screens is lower, but these screens are easily bright enough in practice. With the best OLED TVs, the chance of burning is small, and the maximum brightness is high. Another important disadvantage of all OLED TVs is the higher price. At the moment, OLED televisions are considerably more expensive than LED TVs.
As you can see, QLED TVs are on average more than 2.5 times more expensive than LED TVs, and OLED TVs are even almost 4.5 times more expensive than LED TVs.
Most of the new TVs are so-called ‘Smart TV’. This means that these TVs can connect to the Internet, making more features available than just watching live TV channels. Almost all smart TVs can connect wirelessly to the Internet over Wi-Fi and have a LAN connection for wired connection.
You can use video streaming services on smart TVs, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and Videoland. Other apps are also available, such as YouTube, Spotify, and a web browser. Some TVs also support voice control, for example, with Google Assistant.
Tizen. This is Samsung’ssmart operating system. This operating system is used on 21% of smart TVs, making it the most widely used smart operating system. This has the advantage that there are also many apps available for it. Also, the user-friendliness of this smart TV OS is often mentioned as an advantage. A small disadvantage is that you have to create a Samsung account to use the Samsung app store.
WebOS. This is LG’ssmart operating system and has a market share of 12%. This makes it the second-largest smart TV operating system. A unique feature is the support of LG’sMagic remote’, which allows you to point at the screen to control a cursor. That can make operating faster. You can download apps from the LG Content Store, which you don’t need an account for.
Android TV. This Google operating system is used by multiple manufacturers, including Sony and Philips, and accounts for 10% of the market share. The biggest advantage of this operating system is the many apps available through the Google Play store. You need a Google account for this, and you can also use your current Google account for this. Tizen and WebOS’s difference is the layout; with Android TV, the entire Home screen contains app icons instead of Tizen and WebOS menu bar format. That makes navigating easier.
Only some cheap TVs do not have a smart operating system at all. However, you can also make these TVs smart (read how here!). A common option is to connect an Android TV box to a ‘stupid’ TV. For example, you can add the aforementioned Android TV operating system to your TV.
Tizen, WebOS and Android TV are all great operating systems with many apps, and therefore all three are a good choice.
However, several less common Smart TV operating systems support fewer apps, which gives them a considerable disadvantage. For example, Philips’ own smart operating system, Saphi, and Loewe’s operating system, LoeweOS, support fewer apps.
The Dynamic range is the colour range of the visible light, between light and dark colours, which can be displayed on the TV.
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and has a larger colour range than SDR, or Standard Dynamic Range.
Video material with HDR contains the necessary information for playing this large colour range. There are several standards for this. The most commonly used standard is HDR10, but there are more HDR10+, HLG, and Dolby Vision standards.
So an HDR television can play HDR footage from one or more of these HDR standards. Nowadays, most new TVs have HDR10 support. On this property, there is therefore not much to compare between different TVs.
The frame rate indicates how many figurines TV shows per second. Most of the values used are 50 Hz, 100 Hz, and 200 Hz. 50, 100 or 200 frames (figurines) per second.
The more figurines a TV can show, the smoother the image seems. Especially with fast-moving images, such as a sports match, a higher-frequency display can look better.
For the smoother possible image, images with a high frame rate will also have to be supplied. Live TV broadcasts currently have an image frequency of 50 Hz in the Netherlands. Almost all films and TV series are recorded with an even lower frame rate; 24fps.
However, some TVs with a higher maximum frame rate can calculate and add the additional frames due to interpolation. This is often an option that you can turn on or off on a TV. This makes the image a little smoother. However, this does not work as well as actual source material with a high frame rate, which is still rare at the moment.
Where the frame rate can make a big difference is with gaming. The latest consoles, the Xbox Series X, Series S, and PlayStation 5, can display 120 frames per second.
Aren’t you interested in gaming? Then the frame rate is not such an important feature.
Flat or curved screen?
Almost all TVs currently have a flat-screen. A few years ago, a curved screen was hype. A curved screen can provide more immersion and a better sense of depth. This can improve the viewing experience.
The problem with curved TVs is that the viewing experience only improves if you’re in just the right place for the TV. Therefore, a curved TV is less suitable for viewing multiple users at the same time. Another drawback is that a curved screen creates more intense reflections.
A curved TV will also take up more space due to its curvature. If you want to hang it on the wall, there will always be space between the TV and the wall due to the curvature. Therefore, hanging a curved tv on the wall looks less tight than a flat TV that hangs on the wall.
Because of these disadvantages, flat TVs are still more popular, and many manufacturers have stopped producing curved TVs. So almost all new TVs are flat.
Meanwhile, almost all new TVs have a built-in Tuner or receiver, which allows you to use digital television with your TV subscription. Because this is built into the TV nowadays, you no longer have to buy a separate decoder to watch digital TV.
This does not save money for the decoder’s purchase; it also saves a device and extra remote control. Almost all new TVs have a built-in tuner suitable for the HD versions of DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S. So there is little to compare on this property.
For the versatile use of your TV, a large amount of different connections is an advantage. Depending on the equipment you want to connect to your TV, other connections are useful. So check which devices you want to connect to the TV and whether the TV has the necessary connections for this.
Almost all TVs have a large number of usual connections. As for the available connection, the most common problem is that there are too few HDMI connections for all external devices. So, make sure that the TV has enough HDMI connections.
And does a TV miss a certain connection? Then that’s not a reason not to buy a TV. Adapters or inverters are often available. An adapter is an ‘adapter piece’, which ensures that it can still connect you to a certain external device. A converter, or inverter, converts the signal into a different form and can then transmit it to the TV via an available connection.
More information about possible TV connections? Click below to get more information about the most common connections and what they are used for.
At the specifications of a TV, you can not immediately be sure how good the image quality of a TV is in practice. For example, there are many different LCD LED panels available, which can perform differently on image quality. The sound of a TV can also vary qualitatively.
How good the image quality of a TV is can be expressed in different values or numbers. These can be specified by the manufacturer itself or can be read in test results in reviews.
At the moment, Koopgids.net does not yet carry out measurements on televisions. However, we keep a close eye on the test results of the above sites. We base our advice on these test results, the TVs’ specifications, and the current price of these televisions.
Below more information about the different values in which the image and sound quality of a TV can be expressed.
Some manufacturers use their own comprehensive value for this; for example, Samsung with the Picture Quality Index (PQI). But other manufacturers use a different value—for example, LG with the Picture Mastering Index (PMI).
Although you can compare one manufacturer’s TVs based on such an image quality index, it is impossible to compare the TVs of two different manufacturers. If you do, you need different values.
The contrast ratio is the ratio between the brightest white and the deepest black a screen can display. The higher the contrast ratio, the better the image.
At a contrast ratio of 5000:1, a white pixel emits 5,000 times as much light as a black pixel. With different LCD LED TVs, there can be a lot of difference in the contrast ratio. OLED TVs always have a perfect contrast ratio (∞:1) because a black pixel with an OLED TV delivers no light at all.
The maximum brightness of a display is expressed in nits, i.e., Candela’s amount (derived from the brightness of one candlelight) per square meter (CD/m²). The maximum luminance of most TVs is between 200 and 1000 nits (CD/M²).
The colour range of a TV is the collection of colours that the TV can display. The colour range of a TV is always a lot smaller than the full-colour range that the human eye can perceive. With new technological development, the colour range of TVs is getting better and better. A large colour range can be seen mainly with HDR images.
Multiple colour spaces are widely used, which can be used to express the colour range of a TV. A common colour space is DCI-P3. A TV with 99% coverage of the DCI-P3 colour space has a larger colour range than a TV with 90% coverage of the DCI-P3 colour space.
The colour accuracy of a TV indicates how good a TV is to display the colour as it is intended—the better the colour accuracy, the more realistic the TV’s image. The colour accuracy shall be in the difference (delta, Δ) between the intended colour and the colour shown.
The viewing angle’s size indicates the influence of the viewing angle (expressed in degrees, °) on the colour accuracy of the TV. If you sit right in front of the TV, the colour accuracy is usually best, but when watching the TV at an angle, the image will discolour, and the image will also be less bright.
A good viewing angle is critical with a TV if you want to watch it with more people at the same time or from different seating areas.
The input lag is important if you want to use the TV in gaming. The input lag is the time between when your console, such as an Xbox or PlayStation, generates an image and the moment this image appears on the screen. Because with many games, you have to react quickly to what you see on the screen, the lowest possible input lag is a favourable feature of a TV that you want to play on.
A flat TV disadvantage is that there is also little space available for internal speakers on a flat TV. For the good sound, especially for deep bass tones, you simply need large speakers. That’s why a lot of TVs have bad sound.
You can solve this by using external speakers, such as a home-cinema set or a soundbar. Because these external speakers are widely used, manufacturers know that consumers often do not pay attention to the internal speakers’ sound quality.
However, there are still several TVs where the sound quality has been taken into account. For example, there are several TVs with built-in soundbar or better and more internal speakers. For an overview of TVs with good sound quality, check out the article’s with good sound’.
Physical properties such as the build quality and the design of the TV itself can also be important. It is always important to think about where and how to place the TV in terms of practical properties.
Do you want to put the TV on the included TV base? Then check whether this TV base fits your TV cabinet and if there is still room for any external devices on the cabinet—for example, a soundbar or a Blu-ray player or console.
Some TVs have a foot in the middle of the screen. The advantage of this is the smaller footprint, which makes it fit on many cabinets. There are also two-legged TVs on the ends of the screen. Due to the larger footprint, a larger TV cabinet is also needed for this. But the advantage of this is that there is often still room between these legs for a compact soundbar, a Blu-ray player or a console.
Some TVs have a TV base on which the screen can run. That is beneficial if you sometimes want to change the TV’s viewing direction or tune the television to a certain place perfectly—for example, the corner of your corner sofa. There are only a few TVs where this is possible on the included base (several TVs of the brand Loewe). Also, you can buy a separate TV base that you can turn(like this one).
You can also choose to use a TV bracket to hang the television on the wall. The advantage of this is that you can place the TV at any desired height. The height of the screen does not depend on your TV furniture and the TV base. TV brackets are also available with various adjustment options. For example, there are TV brackets that you can turn or tilt. Several TV brackets can even be adjusted remotely with remote control. For more information about this, read the article ‘electric TV bracket’.
Do you want to use a TV bracket or another TV base? Then pay attention to the VESA size of your TV. This is a standard distance and matching size of nuts for mounting your TV. Almost every TV has four holes at the rear according to the VESA standard so that you can mount it on a TV bracket.
You can also simply pay attention to the appearance and the use of the materials. For example, more expensive TVs will use metal housing and stand, while cheaper TVs often use plastic. Are you looking for a TV where a lot of attention has been paid to the external design? Take a look at the article ‘Design TV’ for five televisions with a luxurious design.
Do you prefer a TV of a certain brand? The most popular TV manufacturers are Samsung, Philips, LG, and Sony.
Overviews of more brands will follow later.
Do you have a certain budget in mind for the purchase of your TV? The price of a TV can vary considerably. A TV with good properties will often also be more expensive. For example, TVs with a large size and a high-quality screen, such as QLED and OLED televisions, are considerably more expensive.
According to Bol.com, the average price of a TV in the current offer is 44,000. Do you want to know what you can expect for properties in different price ranges at the moment?
With a high budget, you can often choose from either a larger or better image quality.
Tip: TV with good value for money? Check out the current best buy’ page on the best TV’page.
TVs can have excellent properties on paper, but how do they perform in practice? To find out, it is best to go through the reviews and tests of TVs. This way, all image quality performance can be tested. For example, you can compare different tested TVs for colour accuracy, maximum brightness and contrast ratio.
Customer reviews can also reveal certain flaws or positives that you wouldn’t dwell on in the first place. It is, therefore, a good idea to take time to review customer reviews before purchasing your new TV.
Conclusion: which TV to buy?
Now that you know what to look out for when buying a TV, it’s easier to choose a TV that fits your requirements.
Check out our advice in the article “Best TV”. In it, we mention the four best choices of the moment. We looked at the aforementioned important properties, the price, and looked at reviews and tests of these TVs and the image quality.
With all these webshops, you can filter for properties in the range of televisions so that you can search in a targeted way yourself.
Do you have any questions or comments about buying a television or any of the properties mentioned? Please leave a comment below! | https://waitasec.in/smart-tv-buying-guide/ | 4,995 |
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Tonight's National Lottery Lotto draw has a whopping jackpot prize of £8.5m. There is also £500k available to win in the Thunderball.
At £2 a ticket, Lotto players need to pick six numbers from 1-59, and match at least two main numbers to win a prize. For a chance to win the Thunderball prize, players have to pick five numbers from 1-39, and a Thunderball from 1-14.
The biggest ever Lotto winner was back in April 2016 when an anonymous player pocketed £35m. In January 2016, two ticket-holders walked away with £33m each.
We will announce tonight's results as they come in on this live blog. Scroll down for updates. | https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/national-lottery-results-live-winning-7506217 | 156 |
Ferrari introduces an exclusive new customer care service with the free seven-year Ferrari Genuine Maintenance Programme
Maranello, 27th April – Ferrari announces a new customer care service: clients ordering a Ferrari California, 458 Italia or FF from the authorised dealership network will be entitled to a free seven-year scheduled maintenance programme..
This service will be progressively available in all Ferrari markets in the next few months and will involve the global authorised delearship network.
With the introduction of the Ferrari Genuine Maintenance seven-year programme, the Prancing Horse continues to set the standard throughout the industry for customer care. | 585f94217c583a9924e23990f97b400a | 125 |
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import { BreakPoints, ElevationStyles, TextStyles } from '@class101/ui';
import React from 'react';
import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
import styled, { css } from 'styled-components';
import LinkWithLang from './LinkWithLang';
import SearchInput from './SearchInput';
const Header: React.FC = () => {
const translation = useTranslation();
return (
<NavConatiner>
<NavInnerContainer>
<NoHoverLink to={`/`}>
<LogoIcon
src="https://class101.net/images/class101-main-logo.svg"
alt="class101"
/>
</NoHoverLink>
<ExternalNavLink href="https://www.rocketpunch.com/companies/class101/jobs">
{translation.t('recruiting')}
</ExternalNavLink>
<NavLinkWithLang to={`/authors`}>
{translation.t('members')}
</NavLinkWithLang>
<ExternalNavLink href={`/ko/`}>한글</ExternalNavLink>
<ExternalNavLink href={`/en/`}>English</ExternalNavLink>
<SearchInput />
</NavInnerContainer>
</NavConatiner>
);
};
export default Header;
const NavConatiner = styled.header`
position: fixed;
width: 100%;
padding: 8px 0px;
background-color: white;
z-index: 1000;
${ElevationStyles.elevation2};
`;
const NavInnerContainer = styled.nav`
max-width: ${BreakPoints.SIZES.lg.minWidth}px;
margin: 0 auto;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: space-between;
${BreakPoints.media.sm`
padding: 0 16px;
`}
`;
const LogoIcon = styled.img`
display: block;
height: 30px;
width: auto;
margin: 0;
`;
const NoHoverLink = styled(LinkWithLang)`
box-shadow: none;
&:hover {
box-shadow: none;
text-decoration: none;
}
`;
const navLinkCss = css`
${TextStyles.body2};
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
&:hover {
color: inherit;
text-decoration: underline;
}
${BreakPoints.media.sm`
display: none;
`}
`;
const NavLinkWithLang = styled(LinkWithLang)`
${navLinkCss};
`;
const ExternalNavLink = styled.a`
${navLinkCss};
`;
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With the rumors spreading that college football won’t have a 2020 fall season, it feels like a matter of time before the NFL does the same. As of now, the Kansas City Chiefs are scheduled to open the 2020 season at home against the Houston Texans on Sept. 10. But based on what’s happened with college football, I’m skeptical that the season will start on time, and even more so that it will crown a champion. There have been a few decisions I have questioned from the NFL, and I think they could backfire on the league going forward.
The NFLPA informed the players of the league’s plan to not contest any preseason games this year. This idea was pushed for by the NFLPA which is led by an 11-member committee, and eight have over ten years of NFL experience. What I found interesting about this decision is that most of the committee consists of experienced veterans who likely aren’t worried about making the team. This decision affects a lot of undrafted players who need the preseason to prove their worth to a team.
For Towson fans, this includes former Tigers wide receiver Shane Leatherbury who is now an Arizona Cardinal. He reminds me of someone who used the preseason to not only make the team but thrive when given an opportunity in former New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz. If Cruz doesn’t perform well in the preseason he’s likely cut, and he likely doesn’t help the Giants win Super Bowl 46. This decision really hurts the small school prospects looking for an opportunity, and I question how much this factored into the NFLPA’s decision.
Every other major North American sport has changed its schedule to decrease the amount of travel. Some leagues such as the NBA and NHL are using bubbles which seem to be the best possible method, so far no one in either bubble has tested positive for COVID-19. The NFL won’t be using a bubble and as of now will conduct their regularly scheduled season with teams traveling across the country. The MLB’s season is in jeopardy since their players haven’t taken COVID as seriously as other athletes have, but at least they changed the schedule to only division opponents in the same league and the other league.
It makes much more sense for the Baltimore Orioles to only play teams in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia instead of flying to Los Angeles, Arizona, and Seattle. Why can’t the NFL do something similar? For example, the Seattle Seahawks would play six games against the NFC West four times instead of two. That’s 12 games against the Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals, and San Francisco 49ers. Then they would play the other West division from the AFC and play the Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders, and Kansas City Chiefs each once to play a 16-game season. It makes more sense to me than traveling to Buffalo, Atlanta, and Philadelphia this season.
Will the NFL finish the season?
If I had to bet at this point, I’m going to bet against the NFL finishing this season. Obviously, I hope this isn’t the case, but it wouldn’t surprise me if one team has a bunch of players test positive and have to suspend or cancel a game. I think something similar to what happened with the Miami Marlins is very possible, especially since the NFL has so many more players and coaches involved than baseball. As a sports fan, I want football as much as anyone. But looking at the risk of COVID-19 and the lack of leadership to prepare our country for it, it’s hard to imagine something like the NFL surviving a full season into early February. If college football can’t play, why should I believe the NFL can?
| http://thetowerlight.com/the-completion-of-a-full-nfl-season-is-looking-unlikely/ | 779 |
Last night I went to see Martin Soan perform as part of The Greatest Show On Legs, the comedy troupe he created years ago. They were performing at the always interesting Hob venue in Forest Hill, South London.
In the interval, a large group of men in the audience cornered Martin in the bar.
“They asked me Have you finished painting yet?” Martin told me this morning. “They’d read your blog. They were out on a stag do. It’s the strangest stag do I’ve ever heard of: coming along to see naked men. But, there you go, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. They follow your blog and they know me from my various… eh… performances.”
“It’s the irresistible attraction of The Greatest Show of Legs and the naked Balloon Dance,” I said. ”But you told me you’re not always going to be in The Greatest Show On Legs from now on.”
“No,” said Martin. “I keep trying to pass it on to other people, but they keep saying they can’t do it without me.”
“Well, they can’t,” I agreed.
“It’s perfectly feasible,” said Martin. “If I got them Paul Merton to go out as part of the Greatest Show On Legs, are you telling me people wouldn’t go see that and enjoy it?”
“It wouldn’t be the same,” I said.
“Well, not the same exactly,” agreed Martin.
“Paul Merton – nice man, but he hasn’t got your grace,” I said. “And he wouldn’t do the nude bit.”
“I just think it’s time to make The Legs more sophisticated,” said Martin.
“Sophisticated!!” I spluttered.
“Yeah,” said Martin. “Sophisticated.”
“That’d be like Fast & Furious without the cars,” I said, having just watched the trailer. “So there’s Steve Bowditch and now Dickie Ryszynski, but that’s only two people. There has to be three people… Chris Lynam was in the audience last night.”
“He would be a good contender,” agreed Martin. “The first issue is there are three gigs coming up in Switzerland.”
“You gotta go to Switzerland,” I said.
“I’d go to Switzerland,” said Martin, “but not by plane.”
“Why?” I asked.
“I’m not going to fly again,” explained Martin. “I’ve done all my flying. There’s a lot of comedians like me.”
“You think your luck might run out the next time you fly?” I asked.
“No. I just really do not want to get up at 5 o’clock in the morning and hang around in airports and sit in a little metal tube and go up to 33,000 feet. I’ve done all that. And I don’t want to go by coach. I want to go by train or car. But the others don’t want to, because it’s more expensive.”
“Why not by coach?” I asked.
“I’ve lost people to coaches,” explained Martin. “Three people. And I was in an accident myself as a kid. Coming home after Christmas, the coach went off the road and into a ditch. No-one was killed, but it scared the living bejesus out of me as a child… and as an adult.”
“The other issue is I said I only want to do The Legs with new material. You saw a bit of new material last night and getting the old material and doing it properly would be… Last night, for the first time with the Red Sparrows routine, we got proper vapour trails. I think that’s up to speed now.”
“And,” I said, “you now have a routine that can actually follow the naked Balloon Dance, which I would have thought was impossible… You say you don’t want to do old material, but you have to do the Balloon Dance.”
“Yes, I suppose you’re right there,” agreed Martin. “I just want to do new material. I’m not saying I want to be taken seriously as an actor.”
“Oh, go on, say it,” I said.
“I want to be taken seriously as an actor,” said Martin.
“As a vagina?” I asked.
“No, but if we follow the simple rule…”
“What’s that?” I asked.
“Well,” said Martin, “The Number One rule is that in certain situations – not all situations – the prop is more important than you.”
“Even when you’re naked?” I asked.
“No,” said Martin, “Not when you’re naked.”
“Good,” I said.
“Rule Number Two,” said Martin. “Come in hard. Exit hard.”
“Is that just in performance or in other things?” I asked.
“Everything,” said Martin. “So it’s not as if I’m a stick-in-the-mud. It’s just that there are rules. Observe the rules and you’ll do fine.”
“What’s the third rule?” I asked.
“Why should there be a third rule?” asked Martin.
“The Rule of Three,” I said.
“OK,” said Martin. “Rule Three – There is no Rule of Three.”
“But,” I said, “Just to check. The three of you are coming up to perform at the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee Awards Show at the Edinburgh Fringe on Friday 23rd August.”
“I’ll be coming up especially for that,” confirmed Martin. “By train.”
“You could sail up to Edinburgh,” I suggested. “You’re near the River Thames. Get a boat; take it up to Edinburgh. Although I suppose Malcolm Hardee’s not a good example of surviving on water.” (He drowned in 2005)
“We once got a gig in Rotterdam,” said Martin. “Malcolm said Let’s go by boat. I said Yes. Steve Bowditch said No. Not in any way whatsoever.
“Then I looked it up and the English Channel into the port of Rotterdam is the biggest navigable waterway in the world. Absolutely frightening. Even Malcolm chickened out of that one. I think we would have died… Though what a brilliant death…
“You could have blogged and blogged about that one, John. Two of us dead in one go and it could then have been the increasingly prestigious Malcolm Hardee/Martin Soan Awards. And it would have been a lot bleedin’ easier for me. I wouldn’t be here painting your woodwork with old-fashioned gloss paint.”
“Is there a new-fashioned gloss?” I asked.
“Yes there is,” said Martin.
“I like the old gloss,” I said. | 57eefdd2f7a369b667195641165daa28 | 1,711 |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Lee's Summit man was arraigned on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to felony DWI charges in a fatal crash.
Joseph A. Cook, 34, faces charges of DWI - death of another not a passenger and, if found guilty, could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
A pre-trial conference was scheduled for 9 a.m. on Sept. 23, according to a public information officer with the 16th Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Judge Corey L. Atkins will hear the case.
The crash occurred back in March when Cook's car and another car collided head-on in the westbound lanes of U.S. 50 Highway. Cook was heading eastbound in the westbound lanes, and the driver of the other car, Kevin Daniels, was declared dead at the scene.
This story was updated to clarify that Judge Corey L. Atkins will hear the case. | https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/lees-summit-man-pleads-not-guilty-to-felony-dwi-charges-in-fatal-crash | 194 |
I grew up in the mid-west. People always tried to make me feel inferior. I would remind them that Asians lived in an advanced culture, had moveable type, and had mastered the seas; while their ancestors were busy wrestling the family dog for scraps of meat. When reasonable debate didn't work, I often had to point out that I just beat their ass without using Kung-Fu.
As an adult in California, I don't encounter that anymore. I'm still a minority at my company and am one of two that have made it to management jobs. I've found the opposite to be true in the sense that I'm often the final authority on things. "If the Asian guy think s that's what we should do, then we should do it".
Long story short, I never allowed myself to feel marginalized. I always project confidence, regardless of what race I'm amidst. I do believe that the world is prejudiced, however, when it comes to survival (physical or economic), race does not matter; character does. | 56854eb8fdf74d5cb5c9c9219c6b1a88 | 214 |
Originally posted at www.bsci21.org/protecting-the-future-of-our-field/ on July 26th, 2017.
When a company hires a BCBA that has passed their exam and met all other requirements from the BACB, they expect to be hiring a quality therapist that will provide ethical and effective therapy. When a family, new to Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), is introduced to their BCBA, they assume that person has the education and experience to do what’s best for their child. When a direct treatment staff is assigned a program supervisor, they assume they will be trained and supervised appropriately to do their job correctly. All of these assumptions are not guaranteed, and can lead to negative generalizations about our whole field instead of the single BCBA.
The blog post “Why I left ABA” is a prime example of this generalization and leads to inaccurate judgements about ABA. However, the issues brought up in this article and others like it, are not issues with our field, but with the BCBA’s or BCaBA’s supervising the programs. The above post, written by an ABA therapist, shows evidence of using extinction procedures without providing functionally appropriate replacement behaviors, using unnecessary physical restraints, and a lack of training on the programs they were asked to run. Each of these are valid concerns and would require immediate investigation by the company this author worked for, but the person responsible for these issues is the BCBA, not the whole field of ABA. Whether it is due to insufficient education, inadequate experience and training during supervision, or a disinclination to the hard work needed to do our job well, the BCBAs that are inspiring this trend of associating ABA with harmful practices are damaging the future of our field and our ability to be taken seriously as scientists and practitioners.
What are the responsibilities of a BCBA?
Direct Caseload Supervision: While there is not an official ethical code or guideline to say how many hours of supervision we should provide for our clients, the BACB has offered a resource tool, “Practice Guidelines for Autism Spectrum Disorder”, which address this, and other concerns. The guidelines recommend two hours of supervision for every ten hours for direct therapy, with at least 50% of the supervision being direct. Direct supervision includes observing implementation of programs, checking treatment integrity, and teaching staff and caregivers how to implement programs. If we are not present in our client’s sessions, so many opportunities for training and improvement are being lost.
Data and Graphs (aka Indirect Caseload Supervision): In my first ABA course at Florida Institute of Technology, Jose Martinez-Diaz told us, via pre-recorded video, that if we’re not collecting and graphing data on a regular basis, then we are not doing ABA. That really stuck with me and when I see graphs that haven’t been updated for several months or only cumulative targets graphed instead of individual programs, his voice comes back into my head. The BACB also has something to say about this topic in the “Practice Guidelines for ASD” and the Ethical Code. Indirect supervision should include summarizing and analyzing data at least weekly. Section 3.01b states that BCBAs need to collect and graphically display data that allows for decisions and recommendations to be made. If you are working with month-old data or graphs that do not show individual programs or targets, you cannot make these decisions.
RBT Perspective: First and foremost, know what you should expect from your supervision by reviewing the RBT supervision requirements and the ethical code. If you are unclear about why you are working on something, ask questions, and if needed request additional support or training. Be sure to document all of your questions and requests for support. If your attempts to get assistance are left unanswered, take your questions and documentation of requests to someone higher up. What if you are being asked to do something that is clearly against the Ethical Guidelines? Communicate the situation to the Clinical Director, to the HR staff, and if the situation is not dealt with appropriately, to the BACB.
Co-Worker Perspective: Section 7.0 of the Ethical Guidelines deals entirely with the issue of working with colleagues that may not be meeting their ethical obligations. We should always be promoting an ethical workplace by offering assistance and modeling appropriate behavior to hopefully decrease the incidents of unethical behavior. If BCBAs are found to be in violation of our ethics and are not causing harm or legal violations, you should try to informally resolve the issue by bringing it to their attention, then reporting them to their supervisor or employer if it is not resolved. If someone is causing or has the potential to cause harm or is doing something illegal, they need to be reported to the appropriate authorities and the BACB.
Company Perspective: The first step as a clinical director or manager is to determine if there are any ethical violations occurring. Become familiar with the “Practice Guidelines for ASD” and the Ethical Code, get feedback from behavior therapists and parents that work directly with BCBA, and observe what their sessions look like. Identifying high and low performing supervisors through observations or surveys may help to identify what is working and what is not. Setting up a mentorship program between those groups could provide the support needed to improve their ethical practices. Performance feedback should be given regularly and it should be about the quality of supervision, not just the billable hours. Be clear and honest about their work and let them know what the expectations are from the company as well as the BACB.
Offender Perspective: What if you are the one that is not following our ethics or best practices guidelines? Seek out and be receptive to feedback from others. It’s easy to get defensive when you’re told something you’ve been doing for years is wrong, but be open to what others are telling you and educate yourself in the areas you’re having trouble with. It is important that we don’t accept clients that require experience or knowledge that we lack. If you have made a serious violation that has impacted others, it is best to self-report the incident to the BACB within 30 days. (Ethical Codes 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 10.02).
Regardless of the ethical dilemma you face, you can analyze it and come to a decision using Bailey & Burch’s (2016) seven-step model for evaluating ethics situations in their book “Ethics for Behavior Analysts”.
Is the incident covered by the ethics code? Be sure to review the sections relating to integrity professional conduct. Even if an issue isn’t direct listed in the ethical guidelines, it may be covered by a more general code.
Identify the players. Identify all the people that are involved in this issue, including the client, parents or family, supervisor, agency, and insurance company or other organizations.
Have contingency plans in place. Your first attempt to deal with the issue may not be successful, so you need to plan ahead and have multiple plans in place if your initial attempt does not work.
Have the skills and clout to handle the dilemma. You need to have the assertiveness, communication, and leadership skills to effectively deal with people that may be higher up than you and the ability to handle the situation if they become difficult or defensive.
Evaluate the risks. Dealing with the ethical issue may carry risks to some of the players. You may risk losing your job or you could be risking the client’s access to treatment. Make sure you are ready for the risks of the plans you have decided on.
Prepare for implementation. Consider the plans you’ve made and the risks associated with each. Determine the best one to start with and the best time and place to present your concerns to the relevant player.
Evaluate the outcome. Take notes on what happened and continue to monitor the situation. Your notes will help you in future ethical issues you encounter and if you are ever called into a legal dispute regarding the case.
In 1982, Skinner posed the question “Why are we not acting to save the world?” with behavior analysis (Skinner, 1982). In the 30+ years since then, our field has come a long way, but as career opportunities for behavior analysts grow, we need to make sure we are growing with quality, not just quantity. Behavior analysts have the ability to improve the lives of so many people, even beyond those with autism, but if we continue to produce behavior analysts with uncertain expertise, our expansion is going to limited by our lower performing colleagues.
Thank you to Jeremiah Anzualda, B.A. and BCBA student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology for his ideas and contribution to the “What to do if a BCBA is not following Ethical Guidelines” section.
Bailey, Jon S., Burch, Mary R. Ethics for Behavior Analysts 3rd Edition. New York; London: Routledge, Taylor, and Francis, 2016.
Skinner B. F. Why we are not acting to save the world. (1982, August). Paper presented at the 90th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
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We were called to a house fire just a few blocks from Station 61 this morning. On our way to NW 96th street we could see a large column of thick, black smoke. When we got there fire had already consumed much of the back deck. With an assist from Vancouver Fire, Clark County Fire District 6 firefighters knocked down the blaze in about ten minutes. Fire Marshal will determine cause and damage estimate from the blaze…niether residents or firefighters were injured.
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An EGR switch consists of a valve, vacuum and solenoid. When a vehicle’s combustion temperature rises above 2500 degrees, the EGR valve opens and the vacuum draws in exhaust to help balance out harmful emissions. The EGR solenoid controls the vacuum process through the valve and if it malfunctions, major problems can develop.
A solenoid consists of a coil connected to a plunger that opens or blocks the EGR vacuum. It has 4 wires that are triggered by the power control module to turn the vacuum on or off and monitor its position.
The EGR vacuum will not operate if the power control module does not signal the solenoid to switch it on. Also, faulty wiring of the solenoid can cause over-stimulation of the vacuum, creating a stronger suction than needed. As a result, the EGR valve may become clogged or open too widely. Both of these actions can cause emissions and drivability problems.
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ORDER the Appellant to file his replies to the "Prosecution’s Response to Appellant’s Second Motion to Admit Additional Evidence" and the "Prosecution’s Response to Appellant’s Motion for Leave to file Second Amended Notice of Appeal" filed confidentially on 21 February 2005, no later than Monday 11 April 2005.
At The Hague,The Netherlands.
1. Decision on Prosecution Urgent Request for Extension of Time and Motion for Access, Confidential, 7 February 2005.
2. Decision of the Deputy Registrar issued on 14 February 2005 and filed on 16 February 2005.
3. Motion for Extension of Time, para. 5.
4. Ibid., para. 7.
6. Ibid., para. 12.
7. IT/155 Rev. 2, 21 February 2005. | https://www.icty.org/x/cases/nikolic/acdec/en/050308.htm | 177 |