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This article is about some different types of clinical thermometers found in clinical areas. It should be noted that due to the toxic effects of mercury fumes, mercury thermometers are quickly being replaced by electronic ones. Finally, it must be noted that the axillary temperature is about 0.5 of a degree lower than the tympanic temperature.
A clinical thermometer is a specialized instrument to measure the temperature of a patient. Clinical thermometers contain mercury or alcohol which expands when heated to give an accurate temperature of the patient within a specified range. A more specialized thermometer should be used when taking the temperature of an individual who is hypothermic.
Until very recently mercury and/or alcohol thermometers were the most common. These were easy to make, cheap, accurate and were portable. Further they were easy to use. However, over the last two to three decade society has become more aware of the toxic side effects of mercury. Mercury fumes which can be inhaled by staff and patients have toxic effects to those exposed. So mercury thermometers are being replaced by electronic thermometers.
Look the pictures of the two mercury thermometers. One is red and the other is blue. In most clinical situations both of these are present. Can you figure out why two thermometers of different colors are present beside each patient?
Industrial thermometers are generally graduated from about -5 to 105 degrees. Look at the clinical thermometers. Look at the lowest possible temperature and the highest possible temperature on these two thermometers. What are the lowest and highest temperatures which these thermometers can record?
Why do you need a more specialized thermometer to record the temperature of a patient who is hypothermic? Where are you likely to get a hypothermic patient in Darwin or in Toronto?
A Mercury Thermometer. Why is it Blue?
Answer: In most wards blue covered or blue labeled thermometers are for taking the temperature from the axilla of the patient.
A Mercury Thermometer. Why is it Red?
Answer: In most clinical areas red thermometers are for taking rectal temperatures.
Electronic thermometers are relatively cheap and easy to use. They do not carry the risks associated with mercury thermometers. However, there are very expensive electronic thermometers too. The "Industrial" electronic thermometer shown below is very expansive and can be damaged if it falls to the ground. Further, the protective ear pieces which must be changed whenever taking the patient's are expensive too.
Why must the ear pieces be changed when taking the temperature? There are two reasons for this. What are the two reasons?
Answers: Changing the ear pieces resets the thermometer to take a new temperature.
b. Changing the ear piece prevents the spread of infections.
Where are the ear pieces located on the clinical thermometer shown in figure 4?
Why are they disposable?
Answers: The ear pieces are located below the handset and are visible in this picture.
They are disposable to reduce the spread of infection.
What is the most significant difference the user will need to be aware of when using these two thermometers?
Answer: The thermometer is figure 3 will be used to take the temperature of the patient from between two folds of skin e.g. axilla. The thermometer in figure 4 will be used to take the temperature from the patient's tympanic membrane. There is a significant difference in axillary and tympanic temperatures.


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Roasted Corn and Shishito Pepper Pizza/
Another summer, another year to roast the heck out of shishito peppers.
Since my first introduction to these funny little peppers, I can't help but roast pints of them when they are in season. Usually I opt for some variation of this super simple method, and this year is no exception—they are best simply charred with a little bit of sea salt.
So why not top them on pizza? 1 in 10 of these peppers has a bit of a fire, although for the most recent basket I bought it was more like 1 in 3. As a person who is still working on being comfortable with spicy foods, I'll eat them like chips until I get a particularly spicy one. Luckily, the fire from shishito peppers quickly fades away. This spice lends a similar kick to topping your pizza with crushed red pepper flakes but with more of a fresh pepper taste.Read More

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text: I'm sort of obsessed with pink. Like pink flowers and pink umbrellas. I start the day with rose tea in my pale blush coffee mug. I tend towards pink salmon and pink grapefruit. I collect strawberry pink fireflies that exist only in my imagination when I'm sitting on my hot pink bean bag chair. I write with pink pens and I draw pink pig pens. I doodle with fuchsia markers while sipping pink raspberry lemonade. I thought I might get a cat named Pinky. And of course I'm writing this in my pink pajamas.


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Longwood Gardens opened the new Meadow Garden this year and it is putting on quite a show for fall! Planted both naturally and with the help of Longwood's staff and volunteers, this meadow garden is a native garden at its very best.
Entering the garden, stroll over a footbridge spanning two ponds alive with turtles and frogs. The meadow lies before you on rolling hills. Birds, butterflies, beneficial insects and pollinators are in wonderland here. A rustic path, reminiscent of a worn farm wagon trail, winds through this lush meadow.
Native plants and wildflowers' blooms attract wildlife and create a picturesque tableau against a clear blue autumn sky. Following the path, you encounter the cool shade of beechwoods by a trickling creek.
Gentle cutbacks in the trail lead up the hill to the Webb Farmhouse, a restored 300-year-old stone home. Now serving as an art gallery and educational center for the Meadow Garden, from the outside it is a step back in time.
Come along with me on the wagon trail through the meadow. It was a wonderful nature walk that I will look forward to taking every season of the year.
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Still want to visit in person one day but this was fun. Thanks for sharing.
Wowser dowsers! Those pics with the house would make great paintings! So beautiful.
Barb, fantastic photos! Love Longwood Gardens.
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In some ways, it's a trick question. When you build bikes one-at-a-time for the person who will ride them, every one of them is different. But asking how women, as a general category of rider, are significantly different than men is a good way of understanding the particular value of a custom Seven.
Again generalizing, women vary more in body proportion than men do. A woman of average height will have an inseam measurement that falls in a much wider range than a man of average height. Reach varies wildly, too, and those are just two of the more critical ways we think about fitting a person on a bike. It is also true that the industry doesn't make stock sizes small enough for a fairly large percentage of women.
In fact, most women who don't conform to the averages (and there are more of them than there are of men) have never ridden a bike that BOTH fits well and handles well. To make a stock size bike fit well, radical adjustments may need to be made to stem length and/or saddle position, and the result is overwhelmingly a bike that is too twitchy, not much fun to ride.
At Seven we control the variables. Bottom bracket drop, head tube angle, fork rake, not to mention seat tube length, stem length, etc., it all feeds into what will be a great riding bike for a rider of any proportions.
Women are not different in the sense that they want to feel confident on the bike. For far too many, a stock bike won't get them there, and their cycling experience will be compromised. We take great pride in being able to deliver exactly what they need, regardless of size, proportion, or preference.


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Incredibly proud to share with you all that my film "Land of The Wind" has been one of the few selected shorts for the Camerimage International Film Festival 2017!
Land of The Wind was shot almost entirely on a Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera with only a handful of shots made on a Pocket Cinema Camera and Nikon DSLRs.
For those that don't happen to know, Camerimage is basically the most prestigious cinematography film festival in the world and I have no words to describe how fantastic this is!
Can't share the whole film publicly yet but you may watch a short trailer and dig some other suff on the link below.
Have a look at the film Homepage
Check Camerimage's website
Looking forward to joining any of you who may wonder about for the festival in Bydgoszcz in Poland next month!


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Syd and Maureen Taylor, 72 and 59, are the latest couple to buy a new home in Shinfield at the successful Beaufort Grange by Thames Valley Housing. The popularity of these new homes has been high and there are now only four properties remaining, available through the New Build HomeBuy part-buy, part-rent family housing and house ownership government-led initiative.
Syd and Maureen bought their new apartment at Beaufort Grange to live near their young family. Their old house in Derbyshire had been on the market for over a year and during this time they were living with their daughter in Shinfield, but the house wasn't big enough for everyone. They realised they needed their own base close by so they could be on call whenever needed.
Maureen comments: "We had never been able to consider buying a new home closer to Reading because property prices get more and more expensive as you travel south from Derbyshire. We simply couldn't afford to move out of our daughter's house and into our own home nearby, even though we needed to be in the area to help my daughter with our two grandchildren."
However, after a little research on the internet, Syd and Maureen found out about shared ownership through Thames Valley Housing and discovered they could actually afford a home close to Reading. They have now been able to buy a 45% share in their two-bedroom ground-floor apartment at Beaufort Grange in Shinfield, which is down the road from their daughter's house and near a number of parks and playgrounds in the area to take their grandchildren to.
Syd, a retired pharmacy delivery driver, adds: "Beaufort Grange is perfect for us, as we are close to the centre of Reading and can easily travel into London or the south coast. The surrounding area is beautiful and we really enjoy taking walks in the countryside, either just us two or with the grandchildren."
"The Thames Valley team have been very helpful throughout the whole process and we are really looking forward to moving into our new home. It will make the world of difference to the whole family to be so close to each other, but not on top of each other, and we can even have the little ones to sleep over in our second bedroom to really give their parents a well-earned rest," concludes Syd.
All apartments at Beaufort Grange have a contemporary open plan kitchen with an integrated fridge-freezer and washer-dryer, modern bathroom suites, and carpet and flooring throughout. Each home has allocated parking.
Shinfield is a popular village, close to the historic town of Wokingham and metropolitan Reading. Beaufort Grange, situated on the leafy outskirts of Shinfield, offers good connections for road commuters, with access via the A329 and A33 and Junction 11 of the M4 motorway. Heathrow airport and the M25 are only 40 minutes away along the M4.
Reading, less than 15 minutes' drive from Shinfield, is a vibrant town with excellent shopping, restaurants and sports facilities. There is also a 20-screen cinema and the popular Hexagon theatre, as well as the home of Reading football, the Madjeski Stadium.
Prices at Beaufort Grange start from £63,000 for a 45% share in a one-bedroom apartment priced at £140,000.
Following the success of Beaufort Grange, Thames Valley Housing has launched more new homes at Chatsworth Gate in nearby Winnersh, also in the borough of Wokingham. With just 11 spacious two-bedroom apartments in the centre of the village, Thames Valley Housing expects these homes to sell quickly.
Niki Turner, Assistant Director (Sales & Marketing) at Thames Valley Housing, comments: "Following the success of Beaufort Grange, it is great to be working with the local council on another project to provide residents of Wokingham the chance to buy a new home affordably atChatsworth Gate. Buying property in the areas surrounding Reading can be expensive, especially for first time buyers, so we are aiming to help people onto the property ladder and into spacious, high quality homes".
Prices at Chatsworth Gate start from £86,625 for a 45% share in a two-bedroom apartment priced at £192,500.
The new homes at Beaufort Grange and Chatsworth Gate are available through the New Build HomeBuy part-buy, part-rent government-led initiative, aimed at helping first time buyers, and those looking for help to buy their own home, get on the property ladder. To apply for this scheme, purchasers need to have an annual household income of between £18,000 and £60,000. Priority will be given to those living in the Wokingham local authority.
For more information on Beaufort Grange, Chatsworth Gate or any other HomeBuy schemes, please contact the Thames Valley Housing HomeBuy team on Tel: 0844 470 4645 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Related articles on shared ownership houses
- Government vows to increase housebuilding (independent.co.uk)
- Part-ownership isn't a stairway to home heaven (independent.co.uk)
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Morning Granola
Photo by Michael Piazza / Styled by Catrine Kelty
I've been making this granola for as long as I can remember to sprinkle on yogurt for an easy mid-week breakfast. It's very versatile, and lasts for weeks in a big glass jar. Using this basic recipe as a guide, feel free to substitute any of the dried fruit or nuts, or add unsweetened shredded coconut, quinoa, millet, or amaranth to boost your good fats/whole grains intake for the day. If I'm feeling decadent, I'll swap chunks of dark chocolate and salted pistachios for the fruit and nuts, then serve it over vanilla ice cream as an easy dessert, with an extra drizzle of maple syrup for good measure. The keys to the recipe are the tangy, reduced apple cider syrup and the bright fragrance of orange zest that glazes the oats, giving this granola an almost cookie-like flavor that my family adores, no matter what else we put in it.
Makes 1 huge batch
4 cups apple cider
4 cups organic oats
½ cup flax seeds
½ cup unhulled sesame seeds
2 cups mixed raw nuts: almonds, cashews, walnuts, hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
½ cup maple syrup
½ cup olive oil, melted coconut oil, or grapeseed oil
zest of 1 organic orange
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
½ cup golden raisins
½ cup organic Thompson raisins,
½ cup dried cherries
½ cup slivered crystallized ginger
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
In a saucepan, bring the apple cider to a boil; reduce the heat and skim the foam from the surface. Simmer, stirring and skimming occasionally, until reduced to about 1 cup of thickened syrup. Set aside to cool for a couple of minutes.
In a very large bowl, toss together the oats, seeds, and nuts so everything is evenly distributed. Pour the reduced cider syrup into a pitcher and whisk in the maple syrup, oil, zest, and spices, then pour over the oat mixture. Using your hands, toss the granola to coat every oat and nut with the liquid, then sprinkle in the salt and toss again.
Line 4 baking sheets with parchment paper and evenly distribute the granola among them. Bake 30–35 minutes, or until golden brown and your kitchen smells like heaven. Stir occasionally and rotate the pans halfway through baking to prevent the edges from getting too dark.
Allow to cool completely on the baking sheets, then pour back into the large bowl and add the dried fruit and ginger (and any other ingredients you wouldn't bake, like chocolate or any already-toasted nuts you might have on hand). Toss to combine, and pack in glass jars or in airtight zip-top bags. Keeps indefinitely at room temperature.
This story appeared in the Spring 2016 issue.


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Yesterday: A Brief History
In September of 2000, the vision of Horn of Africa Mission started in San Jose, California. The ministry started as a small missions department of a newly started Ethiopian church named Medhanealem Church of San Jose, California. The church was born with "Missions" at the core of its DNA and the call was to reach the people of Ethiopia and Eritrea with the gospel.
In early 2002, the vision became an independent ministry. The ministry became a registered non-profit organization with a Board of Directors. Many individuals and churches became partners at this time and developed a vision of "planting 10,000 churches by 2010". Our mission field started to grow and included not only the countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia, but Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania.
The Horn of Africa Mission soon became a catalytic force behind launching thousands of new churches in the most difficult regions on earth! A church planting movement exploded across these nations that produced over 10,000 viable, reproducible and culturally relevant churches! Approximately 300,000 people, many never before engaged, or reached, received the good news of Jesus Christ, hope, and a future!
Today: Vision 2020!
Today, while we continue all of our other ministry assignments, we are intentionally focusing on finishing the task in Ethiopia through Vision 2020! It is our hope to reach the remaining 25 unreached people groups by the end of 2020.
We are currently conducting research about the remaining unreached. We are also training new CPs to enable Christ honoring and culture affirming churches and to raise new leaders to nurture these churches. No single organization can accomplish a task this big by itself. Knowing the magnitude of the task, we are working closely with our 96 partners in Ethiopia.
- Horn of Africa in existence in Ethiopia since 2002
- We have 198 national church planters reaching the unreached
- We have 96 partners in Ethiopia whom we support, train and coach
- We work in more than 40 people groups in Ethiopia alone
- More than 7,000 churches have been planted in Ethiopia alone
- More than 200,000 people have come to know and love Jesus Christ


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Sexism is rife in the world of academia, with men still enjoying a monopoly of the top jobs, according to a senior lecturer at Warwick University.
It has led to Dr Christina Hughes, of the Department of Continuing Education, to believe that the only way to female academics can succeed as researchers is to stay single, marry a colleague in the same field or work smarter.
In a bid to combat the situation, she is the joint founder and chairman of the Gender and Education Association (GEA).
The new group is aiming to help "level the playing field" for women in all areas of education, not just higher.
Dr Hughes points to the fact that more women traditionally dominate primary schools, whereas secondary schools, colleges and universities seem to be dominated by men.
"There is still a strong association with what is a woman's and man's job," she said.
"Women are associated with caring, nurturing and supporting, while men are considered to be more action-packed and go-getting."
To discuss the difficulties facing female academics in university, the GEA has organised a seminar with the Women's Studies Network and the Women in Higher Education Network.
The career development seminar will be held on March 19 at Warwick's Department of Continuing Education.
Dr Hughes said: "It is true to say that in higher education, the positions at the top such as professors, managers and vice chancellors tend to be male dominated.
"The higher proportion of women working in this sector tend to hold research posts on short-term contracts or are on the lower grade of the lecturing scale.
"Female academics who want to succeed as researchers have just three choices, stay single, marry a colleague in the same field or work smarter."
Anyone wanting to attend the lecture or would like more information about the GEA, should contact Dr Hughes on 024 7652 2247.


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Make Extra Money Six Unusual Ways← Back to homepage
I was young and wanted some way to make extra money - something other than another fast food job. A friend of the family owned a small insurance agency. The owner decided to get into the business of process serving, and I applied for the job. Tracking people down and handing them their court subpoenas sounded like fun.
It was more interesting than most of the jobs I have had. I had to find two defendants in a lawsuit stemming from a school football injury (they worked for the school). Both had moved to the area, leaving no forwarding address. After using my best phone pretexts to get information from the family, and doing a little investigating locally, I found them both working in the same place.
I walked up to each, asked their name and handed them the papers. They were served. The problem was that the company was billing by the hour, and I had found these two quickly, meaning little profit. They dropped the idea for the new service, and dropped my job along with it. So much for getting ahead by doing a good job.
I had a wide variety of unusual jobs and other ways to make extra money when I was younger. Sitting here reminiscing at the keyboard might be considered an unusual way to make money too, but hey, it works. Here are some of the other ways.
Make Extra Money By...
Stealing cars: At twenty-one I was willing to try almost anything to make extra money. My brother's towing business got a contract to repossess cars, and I became a "repo man." Prowling the night with my brother, looking for and legally "stealing" cars - this was fun. Don't expect to make too much money doing this though, unless you live in the right area. Oh, and it did involve getting chased, having a gun pulled on us, and other little adventures.
Making walking sticks: I sold hundreds of my own handmade walking stick alongside our other items at flea markets. I added handgrips made from recycled leather jackets, so they cost about 50 cents to make. I sold them for anywhere between $6 to $26. You may also want to make a hobby into a way to make money, but there isn't too much money involved most of the time.
Financing other peoples plans. I put up the cash to buy cars for a couple friends. They knew cars, I had cash. A friend needed $3200 to buy and fix a corvette, for example, and two weeks later sold it for $4200, netting us $500 profit each. Letting your money do the work to make extra money - this is one of the best ways.
Rent rooms. At one point I had almost $10,000 per year coming in from renting the rooms in my home. I owed nothing on the home at this point, so this was a nice income. I had decent renters, and I had built a efficiency apartment on the back of the place for privacy for my wife and I. Easy ways like this are my favorite ways to make extra money.
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The administrator or the quality controlling part on the Digital Handover sends the quality control report.
The quality control report is meant as an overall report of the entered data of the Objects, with the comments added from the quality controlling part. That way you can get an overview of the wanted corrections to the Objects while you correct and adjust your Objects.


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I am happy to announce that EduFeedr is finally launched at www.edufeedr.net. EduFeedr is a feed reader that is designed specifically for following and supporting learners in open blog-based courses. Some well-known examples of this kind of courses (also called MOOC's) include Introduction to Open Education course by David Wiley, and Connectivism and Connective Knowledge course by George Siemens and Stephen Downes.
My own first experience with open courses was in spring 2008 when I helped Teemu Leinonen to organize a course about composing free and open online educational resources. Each week the participants had to write a blog post based on the weekly readings or tasks. Following all these posts became quite a big task, because about 70 people signed up for the course. We tried various online aggregators (Jaiku, Bloglines) to create a shared and combined news feed, but none of these solutions worked really well for this kind of course. Later I have organized several open courses in Estonian Wikiversity, where we used Pageflakes and Netvibes to aggregate blog posts.
First ideas of EduFeedr were developed in spring 2009 when I participated the Mozilla EduCourse. We wrote six scenarios that described how people use EduFeedr. These scenarios received quite positive feedback and we decided to continue with the design process. Later we presented a short paper about the conceptual design of EduFeedr (PDF) at the MUPPLE09 workshop.
To get a quick idea about the possibilities of EduFeedr you can have a look at one of the courses where we tested EduFeedr this spring (unfortunately the blog posts are in Estonian) or have a look at the following video.
We started with the development in February 2010 and after four internal releases we have reached version 0.5. This release has several limitations but we want to try it out with real courses. I have to point out two limitations:
- Currently we support only blogs that are hosted in Blogger and WordPress.com (also any standard WordPress installation should work). We have this limitation because we have to be able to detect the location of the comments feed.
- Social network diagram displays only connections when a blog post by one participant contains a link to another participant's blog. In the current implementation connections are not created when one participant comments in another one's blog.
It is also important to note that only teachers/facilitators have to join EduFeedr to create a course. Students can enroll to the courses without having a user account in EduFeedr. You can read more details from EduFeedr FAQ.
Technically EduFeedr is built as Elgg plugin. We have also developed a separate web service called EduSuckr. This is used to aggregate blog posts and comments. You can find more information about the software development at our development website at www.edufeedr.org.
We are going to present EduFeedr in two conferences this fall. The first presentation at the MUPPLE10 workshop will focus on the technical implementation. The second presentation at The Open Education Conference will be a more general presentation about EduFeedr and its role in the open education ecosystem.
In this fall EduFeedr will be tested in several courses in Tallinn University. The next release is planned to the end of October. In the next release we are planning to improve the way how blog posts and comments can be browsed and read inside EduFeedr. One of the planned improvements is a participant profile, that will display all blog posts and comments made by that person.
I would like to thank all my colleagues in Tallinn University who have contributed for the EduFeedr project. The coding was done by our developers Pjotr Savitski and Meelis Mets. Graphical design was done by Priit Tammets. Our master student Heili Saia helped us with the scenarios and requirements analysis. My research group leaders Teemu Leinonen (in Aalto University) and Mart Laanpere (in Tallinn University) have shared their good ideas and helped me to promote EduFeedr.


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Treat Your Family to a Picnic in the Park (S'mores Included!)
Enjoy a fun evening around the campfire tonight.
Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Head out to Brandywine Creek State Park on Wednesdays through Aug. 22 for the Wilmington park's Cool Evening Picnic and Nature Program. Grab the family and some food, head to the park to enjoy a picnic dinner, and then gather around a campfire at 7 p.m. for an hour-long nature program.
Each week's program focuses on a different theme. The first of the season on Wednesday, June 13, is "S'mores & Stories"; guests will gather 'round the campfire, make s'mores, listen to campfire stories and make a pinecone bird feeder to take home.
The program itself is free, but s'mores are $1 each. Attendees can register beforehand by calling 655-5740, and should meet at the park's amphitheater. (Walk-ins are welcome as long as space is available.)
To learn more, visit Brandywine Creek State Park's Facebook page.
More information:
Brandywine Creek State Park
41 Adams Dam Road, Wilmington


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Woody Allen takes on American Apparel
, arguing that it can't have damaged his reputation by using his image because the film director has already ruined it himself.
The 73-year-old Allen started the fight against American Apparel Inc. when he sued the company last year for using his image on the company's billboards in Hollywood and New York and on a Web site.
Allen, who does not endorse products in the United States, said he had not authorized the displays, which the Los Angeles-based company said were up for only a week.
Now the company plans to make Allen's relationships to actress
"Woody Allen expects $10 million for use of his image on billboards that were up and down in less than one week. I think Woody Allen overestimates the value of his image," Slotnick said.
"Certainly, our belief is that after the various sex scandals that Woody Allen has been associated with, corporate America's desire to have Woody Allen endorse their product is not what he may believe it is."
One billboard featured a frame from "Annie Hall," a film that won Allen a best-director Oscar. The image showed Allen dressed as a Hasidic Jew with a long beard and black hat and Yiddish text. The words "American Apparel" also were on the billboard.
Allen's lawsuit said the billboard falsely implied that Allen sponsored, endorsed or was associated with American Apparel.
Slotnick said it was not a cheap shot to bring up Allen's sex life in a lawsuit over the billboard and Internet ads.
"It's certainly relevant in assessing the value of an endorsement," he said, noting that Olympic swimmer
lost endorsement power after a photograph surfaced of him using marijuana.
Farrow starred in several of Allen's movies during a relationship with the director that ended in 1992, when she discovered he was having an affair with her oldest adopted daughter, then 22. Allen married Soon-Yi Previn in 1997.
During a bitter custody fight, Farrow accused Allen of sexually abusing their adopted daughter Dylan, 7. Allen was exonerated of the abuse charges, but Farrow won sole custody of the children.Leslee Dart
, a spokeswoman for Allen, said Friday that she does not believe Allen wants to comment on the litigation at this point.
Allen testified at a December deposition that he considered the company's advertising to be "sleazy" and "infantile."


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About Moles
Common Name: Eastern mole
Scientific Name: Scalopus aquaticus
Mole Biology
- Adult body length (without tail): 5 to 7 inches
- Adult body weight: 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 ounces
- Gestation period: 28 to 42 days
- Litters per year: 1
- Litter size: 2 to 5 (usually 3 to 4)
- Breeding season: February through March
- Birthing season: March through April
- Age at which young are weaned: 4 weeks
- Activity period: Anytime
- Range: 1/5 to 1/2 acre
- Primary foods: Earthworms, insect larvae, small animals in runs
Mole Pest Status
Moles are notorious for the damage they cause to sod nurseries, golf courses, parks, cemeteries, residential lawns, ornamental planting beds and gardens as a result of their digging and tunneling in search of turfgrass insects and earthworms upon which to feed. The eastern mole is the most common and damaging mole encountered in these habitats.
Mole Control
Barrier fences constructed of 1/2 inch mesh hardware cloth or sheet metal, buried to a depth of 12 to 18 inches and installed around gardens and small planting beds will protect the enclosed areas from surface tunneling but may not prevent moles from entering by way of a deep run.
Pit-fall traps can be constructed of large coffee cans or other similar containers and buried in planting beds along frequently-used surface runs. Traps must be deep and steep-sided enough to prevent escapeonce moles fall into them.
Two types of kill-traps are commonly available for professional use in controlling moles. Spear (a.k.a. harpoon or bayonet) traps and scissors (a.k.a. jaw) traps both work well for eliminating resident moles from a property, if properly set and maintained. Both traps are used by Varment Guard technicians and are designed to be anchored in the main (frequented) surface runways of moles. Incorrectly-positioned traps will be missed or deliberately avoided by moles as they continue to move through their surface runs. Traps ( 3 to 12 per property in most cases) are marked with fluorescent ribbon for ease in locating them and helping people on the premises avoid them. Sometimes traps are covered with inverted plastic buckets to mark their location and protect people and pets from tampering with traps and possible injury as a result. If no moles are being caught in traps after several days of waiting, the traps may need to be removed and repositioned in a surface runway that is clearly active. A simple way to find out which surface runs are in use is to flatten all the runs using a lawn roller. Those which reappear within the next few days are good runs in which to set traps. Traps are checked every 2 to 3 days.
Harassment / Intimidation
A variety of mechanical thumping devices and sonic pulse devices are marketed as being repellent to moles when installed in lawns; however, little scientific or practical evidence exists in support of their efficacy. Oily liquid repellents (e.g., castor oil) are commercially available for treating runways to repel moles. The result of such applications is one of temporary avoidance of treated runs by moles. They move into other areas of the lawn or landscape.
Toxic Baits
Until recently, no toxic baits registered for use against moles (e.g., poison peanuts) proved to be effective. A metabolic toxicant, Talpirid TM, has demonstrated efficacy based on field trials by a number of pest and wildlife control professionals. This worm-mimic product is placed in the main surface runs of moles. Its placement should be marked and monitored in lawns and landscaping, to ensure efficacy of the baiting program. One popular home remedy purported to kill moles is to insert rolled-up bits of chewing gum into surface runs.Supposedly the moles consume the gum and soon die of constipation. This method has never been proved effective but has likely gained a measure of credibility due to the fact that moles will temporarily abandon anarea if the food supply (earthworms and insect larvae) is inadequate or soil climatic and moisture conditions arenot favorable.
Smoke Cartridges and Fumigants
Smoke cartridges are registered for use in controlling moles; however, this method is not always reliable because the odor-sensitive moles can quickly wall-off treated tunnels with soil and escape to other runs where the air is breathable. Furthermore, asphyxicants ventilate from dry soils quickly and may not penetrate or persist at a lethal concentration in the runways long enough to kill moles. Moist soil conditions are best suited to mole asphyxiation efforts because gasses will be retained in the runs for a longer period of time than if performed under dry conditions.
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Ministry Innovations
As the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta we challenge ourselves and the world to love like Jesus as we worship joyfully, serve compassionately, and grow spiritually. In order to grow the ways in which we serve compassionately, we've established the Innovations in Ministry Fund.
Thanks to some generous worshipping communities around the Diocese who are contributing above their 10% Fair Share assessment, we have seed money in the form of matching grants for innovations in ministry and missional initiatives.
What Makes a Ministry Innovation?
1) The undertaking of a non-traditional ministry enterprise
2) by members of the Diocese of Atlanta (convocation(s), parish(es), or other worshipping community(ies), or individuals)
3) in partnership with others both inside and outside the diocese (who say it with cash and in-kind contributions)
4) for the express purpose of engaging with people and communities in order to equip, serve, and heal the world
5) among people not presently members of any parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
6) introducing concepts and practices that are new to a community, new to the diocese, or some combination thereof and
7) with the potential to become sustainable (i.e., self-supporting) within three years.
So, a ministry innovation can be new work in a familiar place or new work in a new-to-us place.
And it's work that some folks agree together needs to be done and that they are willing to do.
It's also work that requires Episcopalians to serve alongside non-Episcopalian neighbors for the common good.
A ministry innovation is not an idea--even a good idea--that Episcopalians have dreamed up to deliver to their community without consulting with the community.
It's service alongside community members and ministry partners, not "charity" and not "help."
It should have the potential for mutual transformation and growth--of all involved.
It doesn't have to reach huge numbers of people, but it does need to connect us to people who are not currently served by any ministry connected to the Diocese of Atlanta.
It isn't a liturgical offering (such as a worship service) unless it's a liturgical offering connecting us to new-to-us people.
It's a well-designed experiment in ministry that has built-in ways of measuring (metrics) how we will know if the experiment is successful.
It has a detailed budget for all expenses and firm commitment from other individuals and groups for cash and in-kind contributions that can be matched by Innovations in Ministry Fund grants.
The Diocese of Atlanta is the Episcopal branch of the Jesus movement in Middle and North Georgia. There are 56,000 of of us, and the geographic area we are particularly responsible for and to comprises 75.5 counties.
Of those 75.5 counties, there are 29 where we have no consistent Episcopal presence or witness. That's 39% of our territory where we are conspicuous by our absence.
Is God calling you to a new thing in one of those 29 counties?
Or is the Holy Spirit whispering to you an idea about something new in the context where you currently live and serve?
What's your idea for getting the church (the people of God) outside the building(s)?


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How do I lay my grass?
Grass is laid green side up
I have decided to re-turf my lawn, what do I require to do this?
We have some great value packages which will supply what you require to re-turf your lawn.
Do I need fertiliser?
Turf does not need fertiliser when being laid, you should fertilise your Lawn every 4-6 weeks through the growing season.
When do I cut my lawn?
After laying a new lawn you, can cut it after two weeks then every week through the growing season.
How much water should I put on Turf?
Once turf is laid we recommend 1 hour of water from sprinkler for every 25m2 of Turf. In dry conditions it may take more water than this. Keep watering for the first two weeks until roots have established.
How do I measure in square meters?
Measure the length and width of the area using a metric tape measure or a metre stick. Multiply the length in metres times the width in metres and that will give you the area in square metres.
How much bark do I need?
One bag of bark covers 12m2 to 50mm (2 inches)
How much gravel do I need?
One tonne of gravel covers 12m2 to 50mm (2 inches)
How much soil do I need?
One tonne of soil covers 25m2 to 25mm (1 inch)
How much does a "bulk bag" hold?
A bulk bag holds approximately one tonne (1000kg)
What are mixes used for?
Cement mix is used for brick laying and Ballast and gravel sand mix are used for making concrete
What are the reccomended ratio for mixes?
Cement mix is 4 parts sand :1 part cement
Ballast mix is 5 parts ballast : 1 part cement
Gravel Sand mix is 3 parts gravel : 2 parts sand : 1 part cement
What is the difference between dense blocks and mono blocks?
Dense blocks are used for making a wall and mono block is used for paving and driveways
How many dense block do I need to cover a square metre?
10 dense block is needed to cover a square metre
How many mono block do I need to cover a square metre?
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Should We Talk to Our Kids About Politics?
by Jen Holman
When it comes to kids, the adage "all politics is local" is definitely true. And when they come home repeating views heard at school or a friend's house, it can sometimes hit a little too close to home. Last November, my middle child came home crying after hearing a presidential candidate was going to take away Oreo cookies. Oreo cookies!
He's 5, so concern about a favorite food instead of the economy or foreign policy is understandable. But what about older kids? Their little ears home in on adult conversations and news segments. In hot political climates, how do we talk to them about what they hear? How do we assure them they are safe, and help discern the truth in a world full of "alternative facts?" Should we parents discuss politics and news with our kids, or should we shield them from it entirely?
In my house, the kids seem to hear everything, especially the things they aren't supposed to. Maybe in generations past, children were excluded from "grown-up" conversations, but now, with ever-present access to television and social media, keeping them in the dark is nearly impossible. Kids ask questions. Besides blatantly ignoring answers, it's what they do best. Why? Yeah, but why? Whyyyy? It's so easy to say, "Don't worry about that now," or "You'll understand when you're older." But, parenting experts say, kids do worry. They are influenced by us, by their friends, by the news and even by advertising. They may not understand some of the things they've heard (Oreo import ban), and have questions. And as much as we would like them to, worries and concerns don't just disappear.
What should we do, then, with alert kids who need answers to their questions about the world around them? The short answer: talk to them. But how? How much is too much? What if we don't have all the answers? What if they disagree with us?
This seems a good time to offer a disclaimer: I'm no parenting expert or child psychologist. But I am a parent of three kids in middle America. I stumble my way over Legos and through parenting every day. It helps to talk about our struggles, to know we are not alone. "It takes a village," you know.
One suggestion I have read to help kids understand the difficult topics they encounter is to talk about issues rather than politics. More meaningful discussions can come from fleshing out issues than name-calling and generalizations. Who knows, we parents might even learn something along the way.
We know too well that kids parrot what they see and hear, so it's important for us to set the tone. My kids are very far from angels, and I definitely slip up, but we do talk a lot about kindness and empathy and respect.
Another suggestion is to make laws and issues relatable to kids' lives—a local angle. Talk on the news about national public education can inspire discussions about central Arkansas schools. Travel bans seem to me an excellent catalyst for lessons on loving our neighbors.
Of course, attention span and comprehension will vary. Experts say to offer reassurance of specific fears and answer questions as best you can, and then let kids lead discussions. We can gauge how much detail to offer by reading their interest levels—if they change the subject or stop listening, let it go.
In my house, we save the more difficult topics for when the kids are out of earshot. They tend to think in black and white. They can't understand nuances, and issues that have no moral black and white are confusing and distressing.
I love the spirit and urgency with which kids approach life's problems. If they don't like the way something's done, they want to change it. Now. That same Oreo-deprived child raced breathless into the kitchen a few months back. "Elephants are dying! Mom, we have to do something right now. Right now!" A fundraising plea on an animal or Discovery Channel had broken his little heart. I was speechless for a moment. Navigating around squashing his enthusiasm and exposing him to cynicism was difficult, I admit it.
So what can kids do if they resolve to change the world? What can families do? The best way to change something, of course, is to get involved. Does that mean we're moving to Africa to combat poaching? Ah, no. But I tried to make it relatable to his life, to bring it closer to home. We talked about being kind to pets and supporting local animal shelters.
Though we haven't tried it yet, I do know some families who hold family meetings about hot issues or special concerns. It makes the kids feel involved and that they have a say in what's going on around them. Family votes help them understand the democratic process and, just maybe, worry less.
This parenting thing is hard, right? Sometimes I envy the days before television and internet. But, I truly believe we are raising well-informed and compassionate kids who absolutely have the power to make the world a better place. Until they do, though, we can do our part to help them understand the world's challenges, the hard topics, and the best way to make a difference.