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Welcome to my website. Here you will find details of the musical services I can offer as a performer and teacher, including full contact details.
Please follow the links above to find out more.
A versatile and talented performer, Sam performs regularly with top-class ensembles throughout the UK and Europe. Based primarily in London, he is much in demand as a performer and teacher.
Sam studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with generous scholarships from the Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund, the Leverhulme Trust and the Guildhall School Trust. He was awarded MMus with Distinction in November 2012, following his BMus with First-Class Honours the year before. During this time he was a student of international soloist Alison Balsom; LPO Principal Trumpet Paul Beniston; former BBCSO 2nd Trumpet Paul Cosh and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Principal Trumpet Stephen Keavy. Sam was twice a finalist in the Guildhall Schools prestigious Armourers and Braziers competition for brass soloists and was selected to perform to visiting players including Philip Smith and Thierry Caens. Sam previously studied with RPO Principal Trumpet Brian Thomson and eminent jazz trumpeter Steve Waterman at Trinity College of Music.
Sam has worked alongside players such as Crispian Steele-Perkins and members of the London Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, performing under the batons of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Vladimir Ashkenazy andthe late Sir Colin Davis. Sams work has taken him across Europe both as a soloist and with a variety of orchestras and other ensembles. As well as orchestral performance Sam regularly works with big bands, brass bands, a number of chamber ensembles such as brass quintet and trumpet duo and as a soloist.
Sam is co-author of the Trumpet Sight-Reading book published by Schott Music Publications in late-2012. Having worked alongsideJohn Kemberto create a valuable teaching resource, Sam has thoroughly explored the challenge of mastering the trumpet and enjoys incorporating this knowledge in teaching his students.
Sam has been teaching the trumpet to students of all ages and abilities for a number of years. While still studying he took a number of teaching modules and workshop electives, leading to workshops and instrumental teaching in South and East London. Please see the teaching page for further details.


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You can say I'm over-sentimental but when I started to notice the leaves falling in September I made a mental note to savour it. Mostly because when I look back at this time last year I don't even remember Autumn or anything that happened during that time. I just remember the first few months of uni being horribly-hectic and overwhelmingly-new, and when the seasons started to change I probably thought to myself, 'Oh great, there's something else that's changed. I'll just add it to the list of everything else that's new'.
Thankfully the 'overwhelmingly-new' part has subsided, even if the 'horribly-hectic' part has definitely stuck around. I always tell myself I'll make sure to blog about the big days so I can look back on them in years to come. But after having my 'I don't remember a darn thing about last year' revelation, I wish I'd blogged about the small, mundane days too... like leaves falling, and Reuben getting his hand stuck in the wheel of the pram because he was bending down to look at said-leaves. So that's what this random little update is - a short blogpost about our very mundane, but very memorable Autumn Saturday.
At 7 am I gave him my phone to watch Fireman Sam. I can't tell you how long he watched it for but I can tell you that I eventually gave in and got up after he peed on me, my bed, and my phone... on purpose. And I'd love to say I took a super-cute photo of him at football in his little kit after he followed instructions and played nicely with his friends... But no. He didn't get that memo either. He didn't join in on any of the activities and he kicked a little boy in the face. So instead of a photo of super-cute Reuben, above is a photo of my super-cute boots and some crunchy leaves. I guess I could say this is a photo of me putting my foot down, but that didn't really work out for me, did it?
Not-surprisingly he konked out as soon as we got into the car. I headed for city centre and spent approx. 20 minutes battling in my mind whether to spend the nap-time productively browsing the shops for some much needed winter clothes for Reubs, ooooorrrrrrr to spend the nap-time resting, drinking a bowl of coffee, reading, praying, journalling, listening to music, staring out the window, staring at the wall, and drinking more coffee... As you can guess, I will owe Reuben an apology when he's still wearing shorts in Winter, but I have no regrets.
Excuse the very professional photo above which can only be truthfully captioned, 'He could have potentially suffocated but I didn't want to move the coat and risk wakening him'. In fact, I got so carried away with the alone time that I didn't realise an hour had passed when Reubs woke up, very groggy and very confused. But not confused enough to forget that I'd bribed him with a Saturday treat probably about 2 years ago.
So I sat for another hour listening to Reuben, with his hot-chocolate-and-cream-moustache, give a running commentary of every person who walked passed the window. I may not remember much about this time last year but I precisely remember not sitting in coffee shops with Reuben for more than 10 minutes. I also precisely remember having a lot of people around if we did brave a coffee shop, because that was easier than dealing with him on my own. So he just watched the world go by and I just watched him. Sure, I was anticipating the inevitable 'let's leave right now because sitting is absolutely not my thing' announcement, but I thanked God for how much we've both grown and I lapped up every moment of that coffee date for all it was worth.
My whole incentive for braving the city centre on halloween weekend was to visit the 'leaf-pod' at City Hall, organised by the Northern Ireland National Trust. As usual we arrived a little/very late to the party, but that just meant we got the pod aaaaalllll to ourselves. We waded through the leaves and threw them about to our heart's content... Or at least until Reuben decided he can give it but he can't take it, and shouted at me for throwing too many. I didn't know that a 'leaf pod' was a thing, but after today I'm seriously considering investing in one. Just imagine- Reuben and I could take it in turns to use it. He could be locked inside it anytime his excess toys are giving me palpitations, or when he feels the urge to cover himself in yogurt...which is pretty much all the time. And I could be locked inside it anytime I need some personal space but still need to be a responsible parent and watch my child...who just so happened to almost steal a CD and 3 umbrellas from the Faith Mission shop today.
We left with the cutest little gift bag which Reuben was very disappointed to realise was not for him. But to be fair I sat and watched/refereed him chasing pigeons for the rest for the afternoon so a gift bag is the least I deserve.
After going full on 'Home Alone 2 pigeon-lady' I managed to persuade Reuben to come home for dinner and a movie night. He tucked into a delicious feast of chicken and garlic bread because I couldn't be bothered fighting with him, whilst I tucked into a not-so-delicious but healthier bowl of dhal curry because, well, I don't own a metabolism. This week I've been choosing the 'sit at the table until we're finished eating' battle and it's no surprise that tonight was the first night he sat until all of his food was gone. I asked him if he enjoyed his day and he replied, 'I played with the airplane at creche'. Either this kid is a big fan of his weekday routine, or I'm not the only one with a bad memory.
Like all toddlers, Reuben watches the same movie for hours on end. At the minute it's The Jungle Book and Peter Pan, not forgetting his old faithful - 101 Dalmatians. But he seems to associate Disney Pixar's Cars with our special movie nights, and I secretly love it. The soundtrack never gets old and I'll take anything that isn't a spotty dog. Although to be fair, I'll take anything that allows me to sit on the sofa and have cuddles. We stay at my parents house some Saturday nights if there's something on at church or if I'm in desperate need of getting work done, but this weekend I was craving the alone time with Reubs. And it was all kinds of wonderful.
Recently things have been... how can I put this without sounding like a big moan... they've been the opposite of easy and carefree. I think uni took a big step up and then Reuben hopped on the bandwagon and took a massive step up too. Then my body took a step down because exhaustion is a real thing. But I'm learning more than I thought possible, and more than I can fit into a blogpost. And most of all I'm learning more than ever to lean on God for the supernatural strength to get through each day - one day at a time. It's messy, but it's exciting. And 'conventional' wouldn't suit me anyway.
I hope you've all had a memorable Autumn Saturday too!?

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In case you were wondering, my serial cover art was done by Beetiful Book Covers. I bought a pre-made cover for SPG because it was cheaper and the serial is up for free.
It was really fun to search through covers without any set idea in mind. I picked one that matched the feel I was going for in the story, and I feel lucky to have come across a cool cover like the one I found on Beetiful.
(One thing I definitely noticed was that it was hard to find a fantasy cover with POC on the cover. In the end I decided not to have people on the cover at all if it wasn't going to accurately represent the characters.)
For my forthcoming novel though, I was VERY particular and knew exactly what I wanted. It's going to be awesome! You can sign up for my newsletter to see it before anyone else!


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Freetown Golf Club (FTG). Saturday, May 18th, 2:03 p.m. – I was finishing some interviews for a feature article about Sierra Leone's only golf club, when I saw something remarkable for a golf course; people running.
I had played the course a week before and enjoyed speaking with the friendly caddies and professionals. One young professional is about to head off the Senegal Open; his first competition outside of Sierra Leone, his first time abroad, his first opportunity to play a course other than FTG, and his first opportunity to putt on greens (FTG has "browns" rather than greens. They are flat surfaces made from sand and oil). A caddy also told me about how his father was shot in the back of the head during the war. He said it made him thankful for every day he could walk around a golf course, and be paid for it.
But my second visit to the club was proving to be less heart-warming, or inspirational. Players and caddies were running from the course, towards the clubhouse. A few hundred metres behind them, a group of young men followed with sticks and fire bombs. Caddies later told me that everyone ran after hearing gunshots, and they said the men had threatened to burn down the clubhouse.
A stand-off followed for a few minutes, with the the men and caddies at either side of a ditch. Some caddies told me they were glad that a friend was there to take pictures and make audio recordings. Armed with golf clubs, the caddies organised themselves and charged back, shouting "attack!" As I followed them down the fairway towards the other end of the course, all I could think of was the movie Braveheart. I thought it best not to be the William Wallace.
One caddy told me he could see a man with a gun, but my eyesight wasn't sharp enough. He told me where I could safely stand to take photos. Moments later there were two sharp pops. We all fled back towards the clubhouse. The caddies ran in zigzag lines, low to the ground. They encouraged me to do as they did.
Back beside the clubhouse another caddy came up to me and said "A-K." He had served in the army and said that the AK-47 has a distinct sound. He said he knew who was firing it too. Allegedly a member of the OSD – the paramilitary unit of the police force – who lives in the New Life City community, beside the course.
Around 50 police officers soon arrived and headed down to New Life City. We heard a series of gunshots from the community. When it calmed down, I went to New Life City, and saw that police made at least four arrests, including one man dressed in an army uniform. But by some accounts, the OSD officer had escaped.
Some newer houses were being torn down by men who appeared to be caddies. All in full view of the police. One of the arrested men was screaming and in tears. Residents showed me their ransacked houses and said police were to blame. Groups of young men took items from half-destroyed homes and brought them towards the golf course.
The club manager told me the situation arose because New Life City is built on golf club land. The houses had been ordered destroyed by a judge in March. Some were soon rebuilt. A surveyor had visited the site on Friday and had his equipment stolen. A subsequent visit by some police officers on Saturday seemed to have sparked the violence.
With the help of a colleague at Radio Democracy, I produced and co-wrote a radio report that he voiced in Krio. It aired that evening and again on Monday morning. On Monday night a caddy called me and complained about what the report had said about the alleged actions of some caddies. He said he thought we were friends.
One of the biggest problems for journalism in Sierra Leone is media ownership. Many media houses are funded by one of the two main political parties. Friends are not always criticized. I now understood how it felt to have to do so. I didn't enjoy it. But here's to more of that in Sierra Leone's future.
Note: Despite Sierra Leone's bloody past, gun violence like this is relatively rare in Freetown.


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I'm going to Lanzarote for working, hacking and a hopefully life-changing experience. If you're following me on Twitter, you probably know about the awkward situation I'm in. I suffer from depression, I have left my family and I'm semi-homeless since two months and staying with friends since then. I had much time to think about my situation and came to several conclusions. I'm not going to list them except for one:
Don't do what logic and society dictates – do what feels right.
I've listened to too many people giving too many false advices, simply because they believe that their lifestyle fits me. I mostly followed their advice without using my own brain. And believe me – that felt very very wrong. I was raised to follow other peoples advice, and I'm changing that since 2010 – since I joined RaumZeitLabor. I learned to accept that I am an individual, a thinker, maker and hacker. I also learned that I need to ask for help and to communicate with people to find creative solutions to problems.
As it's hard to host people for extended periods of time, I have to move out of my hosts in Berlin. One solution would be to continue couchsurfing, but thanks to Sam, I learned about projects which hosts hackers to hack, work and colaborate on projects and get new views on life and the future of humanity.
One of those projects is totalism.org and the CHT, who hosts a hacker community on Lanzarote. The upcoming season consists of building up an entire community, preferably off-the-grid with own power generators and a water treatment plant. This might sound quite as an adventure, and you're right: It will be. But I'm not scared anymore, and I want to learn on how to deal with new situations and challenges.
Right now I'm looking for flights and planning what I need to bring, including medication, clothes, solar panels and inverters etc. The flight costs somewhere between 60€ and 100€. The cost for CHT is estimated to be around 400€ per month, which can probably be reduced. If you are able to financially support the project, please donate here.
Stay tuned for hopefully regular updates.


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Oh, I'm sure everyone's familiar with mythical aura of Wilt vs. Russell, but let's take a crash course lesson on the Boston Celtics vs. the Philadelphia Warriors, which was one of the great rivalries of the early NBA.
Philadelphia in 1956 had captured the NBA title behind the Hall of Fame trio of Neil Johnston, Paul Arizin, and Tom Gola. Johnston in 1953 had succeeded George Mikan as the pre-eminent NBA center. For 5 straight seasons (1953-1957) Johnston led the NBA in win shares and had a PER above 25.0 while also capturing 3 scoring titles, 3 FG% crowns and led the league in rebounding once.
Then along came Bill Russell in 1957.
The Celtics captured the NBA title in Russell's rookie season. Then in 1958, the Warriors met the Celtics in the Eastern Division Finals (EDF) in a showdown of the last two NBA champs. Paul Arizin played valiantly while Gola did his typical all-around game, but Johnston was stifled by Russell and the Celtics took the series in 5 games. Johnston would blow out his knee in the 1958-59 preseason and Philly was left to struggle without a pivot man. The Celtics meanwhile appeared to be on easy street, minus the loss of their big man Bill Russell during the 1958 Finals, which allowed the St. Louis Hawks, behind an unbelievable 50-point performance by Bob Pettit in the deciding Game 6, to capture the title. Boston returned to form and captured the 1959 title.
Then along came Wilt Chamberlain in 1960.
The Warriors returned to respectability and the playoffs. The Celtics chugged along as usual and the two teams collided in the 1960 EDF. This affair was much more furious than the 1958 dance. Slugging back and forth, the Celtics were finally able to stamp out the Warriors in Game 6 by a final score of 119-117. The Warriors, now coached by Neil Johnston, disappointed the next season getting swept in the first round by Syracuse while Boston won yet another title.
Then along came Frank McGuire in 1962.
McGuire replaced Johnston as coach and established a friendly rapport with Chamberlain based on mutual respect instead of the decided animosity between Johnston and Chamberlain. The Warriors finished 49-31. It was their best record in franchise history, but the Celtics had won 60 games that year, the best in NBA history up to that point. But the Warriors were not afraid or impressed. After a testy 3-2 series win over Syracuse where Wilt scored a then-playoff record 56 points to close out the series, the Warriors headed to Boston Garden for Game 1 of the EDF on Saturday, March 24, 1962.
Philadelphia featured Wilt at center with Tom Gola and Paul Arizin still hanging around at the forward spots. In the backcourt rookie Tom Meschery and dazzling point man Guy Rodgers presided. These five could produce a nearly unstoppable offensive juggernaut. The Celtics meanwhile had Russell in the pivot with Tom Heinsohn, who had a devastating hook shot, and defensive ace Tom "Satch" Sanders at forward. In their backcourt was Sam Jones and the hardwood Houdini, Bob Cousy. Slightly less effective on offense, these players could still put together a lot of points. The difference between the teams, which had a total of 10 Hall of Famers, was the bench. The Celtics could bring in 3 highly effective players from their bench with K.C. Jones, Jim Loscutoff, and Frank Ramsey while the Warriors could count on just Al Attles for any routine punch off the bench.
Nonetheless, Red Auerbach was concerned and was drilling his team hard in practice during their long layoff waiting for the Syracuse-Philly series to end:
"We're going to count on our speed and running tomorrow. Often a team loses its sharpness and timing in a first game waiting while another club is playing regularly. If we should lose the first game it would wipe out the home court advantage we worked all year to get."
For one game at least, Red's fears were unfounded. The Celtics blew the Warriors out in Game 1, 117 to 89. It was classic Celtics basketball as 8 players finished between 8 and 20 points. The embarrassing loss in Boston would be quickly avenged by Philadelphia, though.
Game 2 on the Warriors' home court (they alternated sites every game) was a demonstration of just how terrifying the Philly offense could become. Chamberlain finished with 42 points while Arizin had 27 and Rodgers 22 as the Warriors charged back from an 11-point 4th quarter deficit to win 113-106. Rookie York Larese provided a surprising injection of outside shooting in the 4th with 8 points to aid the victory.
There was no rest as the very next game was played the very next day in Boston. The lack of down time didn't harm Bill Russell who quickly put Game 3 out of reach. The big man had 21 points and 14 rebounds in the 1st half as Boston took a 76 – 55 lead into halftime. The final score was 129 to 114.
Again shifting to Philadelphia for Game 4, the home team again won. The Warriors outlasted Boston 110-106 in a see saw contest. Wilt Chamberlain was unstoppable in this game forcing Russell into 4 first half fouls while also getting Satch Sanders and Jim Loscutoff to foul out guarding him. The Dipper finished with an absurd 41 points and 34 rebounds.
Before the series, Boston's Frank Ramsey predicted that the matchup would go the full 7-game distance and he looked increasingly prophetic. With neither team able to penetrate the other and gain a decided advantage, tensions finally boiled over in Game 5 at the Boston Garden.
Boston was embarrassing Philly with a 25-point lead in the fourth quarter of the contest when , after colliding with Sam Jones, the typically non-confrontational Wilt Chamberlain exchanged words with Jones. Evidently not liking what was said back to him, the incensed Big Dipper pursued Sam. The Celtic guard grabbed a courtside stool and waived it to fend off the towering Goliath.
While this scene was unfurling, some 200 fans and players from both sides rushed the court. Celtic reserve Carl Braun was punched in the mouth by Rodgers who then somehow got his hands on the same stool Jones had used to curtail Chamberlain. It was a smart move as "Jungle" Jim Loscutoff tried to avenge the punch on his teammate and pursued Rodgers all over the court. After more punching, shoving and chasing, the police were finally able to round up the rowdy fans sending them back into the stands. Peacemakers from both clubs were finally able to simmer down their hot-headed teammates.
After the game, Commissioner Maurice Podoloff fined Sam Jones, Loscutoff, Heinsohn, Rodgers and Ted Luckenbill a whopping $50 each. As for the game result, Bill Russell's 29 points, 26 rebounds and 7 assists capped the Celtics victory, 119-104, and they took a 3-2 series lead.
Game 6, unsurprisingly, was won by Philadelphia as the home teams continued to hold serve. Veteran Paul Arizin scored a personal series high 28 points and rookie Tom Meschery dropped in 27 as the Warriors handled Boston 109 to 99.
Tied 3-3, Bob Cousy was optimistic but knew how dangerous it was to have your season come down to a single game:
"I think I would be lying if I said I was really apprehensive. On the other hand, when it gets down to one game you're concerned. The odds will be in our favor. If we play near our potential and hustle on defense they have to get a fantastic effort from everybody. We aren't a team that has two bad games back-to-back – even during the season when it doesn't count. All the odds are with us – on paper, bench strength, in every other way. We should win."
Back for this seventh game was Tom Gola, who'd been bothered all year by a bad back and had been out of action since Game 2 with a sprained ankle. The rest did him well as he had one of his best games of the postseason scoring 16 points.
Tom Meschery had his best game of the postseason , and maybe of his entire career, as well with 32 points to lead Philly as all five of their starters settled between 16 and 32 points. Boston, uncharacteristically, had only 4 players in double figures. Sam Jones led the way with 28.
The game was seemingly controlled by Boston who built a comfortable double-digit lead. But the Warriors plugged their way back into the contest. This went into a wash-rinse-repeat cycle as Boston would build a big lead only to have Philly charge back. In the fourth quarter, super sub Frank Ramsey came in for the Celtics and gave a quick four points pushing Boston's lead back up to 10 and finally it seemed the Celtics could rest easy.
But again the Warriors climbed back. With 50 seconds left, Boston had the lead at 107 to 102. Wilt Chamberlain, held largely in check (22 points) by Russell this night, connected on two foul shots and then finished a three-point play to tie the game. The notorious free throw shooter had hit 3 in the final minute and finished the game 8-9 from the line.
Just 16 seconds left. Score tied at 107. Boston, winners of 4 of the last 5 titles, was on the ropes. After getting the ball downcourt, guard K.C. Jones rose for a game-winning shot, but at the final moment decided against it and dished the ball to Sam Jones. With the hot potato in his hands, with little time left on the clock, with an open look and with everyone yelling at him to shoot, Sam Jones rose for a jumper.
The ball snapped through the net and put Boston up 109-107 with just a second left.
Or should it be three seconds?
Warriors coach Frank McGuire furiously pleaded with the ref to put two more seconds back on the clock. McGuire claimed the Boston scorekeeper had taken his sweet time stopping the clock after Jones had made his shot. McGuire's pleas went unheeded and Philadelphia was left with just that one second to respond. An entry pass to Wilt was deflected by Russell into the hands of, who else, Sam Jones. The game and the series was over and Boston had won.
Years later, Auerbach would slyly admit the clock had "malfunctioned."
"You remember at the beginning of the season, when you said we could beat Boston and I said we couldn't? Well, you were right, and I was wrong. We can beat them – and next year, we will!"
– Wilt Chamberlain after Game 7 to Coach McGuire, via The Rivalry
The Big Dipper was right. They could beat Boston, but in his career that only happened once (1967), which is still more than anyone during the 1960s can say.
But for the Philadelphia Warriors there would be no next year. This was the end of the line. The last game they would ever play. Team owner Ed Gottlieb was in rumored negotiations to sell the franchise and it proved true shortly after the season wrapped up. The Warriors were headed across the country to San Francisco to become the NBA's 2nd West Coast franchise. Chamberlain, Attles, Rodgers and Meschery followed, but Paul Arizin elected to leave the NBA for IBM and play for the Eastern Basketball League's Camden (NJ) franchise. Tom Gola stuck it out for half a season before demanding a trade back to the East Coast. The Philly native would spend the rest of this career with the New York Knicks.
The rivalry between the cities of Philadelphia and Boston would be put on hold for a couple of years until the Syracuse Nationals moved south and became the 76ers. Soon after they traded for Wilt and it was like old times again as Philadelphia and Boston pummeled each other in the postseason. But that lay in the future.
On the immediate horizon for the Celtics lay a strange new foe, as yet unseen and unknown in the postseason. This would be Boston's 1st encounter with that curious, lonesome NBA outpost on the West Coast: the Los Angeles Lakers.


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Early next month, ŠKODA are taking a fleet of their Yeti Outdoor models on an exciting expedition up the Bhutan Mountains in search of their mythological namesake.
The expedition will be led by famous British adventurer Alastair Humphreys who will guide the ŠKODA team through the 162,000 acre Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary where the Yeti is believed to inhabit. The team will be guided by a few local experts who will also show them where sightings of the Yeti have previously occurred. The Yeti, aka Abominable Snowman, has been a focal point of Bhutanese folklore for centuries now and many locals strongly believe that the Yeti exists.
Alastair Humphreys and the ŠKODA team will begin their epic journey in Samdrup Jonkhar in the South East of Bhutan. The expedition will then continue north for over 300 miles, reaching an altitude of 3,530 metres.
And what better vehicles to carry the team and their equipment across some of the most challenging roads in the country than a fleet of ŠKODA Yetis. Like its namesake, the ŠKODA Yeti can handle the harshest of conditions and is perfectly at home in mountainous locations.
About the adventure, Alastair Humphreys said: "I'm excited to be part of this expedition with ŠKODA. Bhutan's surroundings are some of the most beautiful in the world and we'll seek to uncover the stories of the Yeti within these communities. I'm pretty certain nowhere else on earth can claim to have a sanctuary for an apparently mythical creature, and that is a fascinating adventure to be part of.
"Whether the Yeti exists or not may always be a mystery, but what is true is the strong belief that the people of Bhutan have in the creature."
The team will drive ŠKODA's Yeti Outdoor models which are equipped with ŠKODA's optional off-road package to make the vehicles even more robust when driving through tricky terrain. Another incredibly useful element of the Yeti Outdoor model is its standard multi-plate four-wheel drive system that provides the perfect balance between on and off-road performance.
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Veterinary Office and Computer Skills covers the support skills needed in a veterinary office. Because veterinary office skills are critical in the success or failure of a practice, this course will emphasize the following: client communication, public relations, ethical and legal procedures, bookkeeping functions, scheduling, records management, and telephone skills. Students will be introduced to one or more industry-standard veterinary software programs as well as word processing and spreadsheet software. (3 hours lecture)
Pre-Requisite(s): Registration in or a grade ōCö or better in ANSC 142 and ANSC 142L. Credit for or placement in ENG 100 and MATH 101. Confirmed attendance to WCC veterinary technology information session.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:
For transfer information within the UH system, visit the System Transfer page


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A friend just introduced the amazing band Snarky Puppy to me. The first time I heard the name I was reminded of another band and didn't pay attention.
You will not make the same mistake [hand wave in front of your face].
A friend just introduced the amazing band Snarky Puppy to me. The first time I heard the name I was reminded of another band and didn't pay attention.
You will not make the same mistake [hand wave in front of your face].
Filed under For Teachers, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 9, jazz
Long time no talk.
Filed under Earth Day, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 9, Neil Young
Students of fire (and music),
This is a 2D Ruben's tube with sound.
"Yes, I really want to light it up."
Mr. Kozak
You need to research and pretend you are a consultant for a famous music group that wants to green up their tour. Here is a list of organizations to start your research:
Organizations or initiatives working with musicians and industry to promote environmental issues:
– 10:10 Campaign (UK)
– All At Once/Jack Johnson Initiative (USA)
– Artful Change (UK)
– Artists Project Earth (UK)
– Climate Neutral Network (UNEP)
– Fieldcore (International)
– Greenpeace (UK)
– Green Train Project (USA)
– Hard Rain Project (Global)
– MUSE Musicians United to Sustain the Environment (USA)
– MUSE Musicians United for Safe Energy (USA)
– Music for Acton (USA)
– Music for Relief (USA)
– Rock the Earth (USA)
– Save the Earth Artrock Auction (USA)
– WWF (International)
– Musicians/Bands/Music Groups
– Record Companies/Record Labels
– Music Industry Organizations, including those focusing on the environment
– Festival and Live Music Event Producers
– Music venues
– Instrument and equipment manufacturers
– Audience
– Regulating, Licensing and Funding Bodies
– Solutions providers
– Tour Promoters and Managers
– Booking Agencies
– Sponsors
– Environmental campaigns and related NGOs
– Music Media Outlets
The following is a list of music festivals which have taken an active role in reducing the environmental impacts and/or in promoting environmental messages:
2000 Trees Festival, UK AIM Festival, Iceland Bestival, UK
Big Chill, UK
Big Day Out, Australia Big Green Gathering, UK BluesFest, Australia Bonnaroo, USA Boom Festival, Portugal Burning Man, USA Canal Street Festival, Norway Clearwater Festival, USA CO2PENHAGEN Festival, Denmark Corinbank Festival, Australia Croissant Neuf Summer Picnic, UK Das Fest, Germany Download, UK Electric Picnic, Ireland Falls Festival, Australia Frequency Festival, Austria Fuji Rock Festival, Japan Glastonbury Festival, UK Golden Plains Festival, Australia
Green Apple Festival, USA Greenfest, Australia Hanoi Sound Stuff, Vietnam High n Dry Festival, Australia Hove Festival, Norway Ilosaarirock Festival, Finland Kokua Festival, Hawaii
Lake of Stars Festival, Malawi Latitude Festival, UK Live Earth (international) Lollapalooza, USA
Lovebox Weekender, UK Lowlands Festival, Netherlands Meredith Music Festival, Australia Meredith Music Festival, Australia National Folk Festival, Australia Øya Festival, Norway Paleo Festival, Switzerland Peats Ridge Festival, Australia Phish Festival, USA Pink Pop, Netherlands Provinssi Rock, Finland Rainforest World Music Festival, Malaysia
Reeding/Leeds, UK Rheinkultur, Germany Rock Party, Sweden Roskilde Festival, Denmark Rothbury Festival, USA ROTHBURY Festival, USA Ruis Rock, Finland Sarawak Rainforest Festival, Malaysia
Shambala Festival, UK South by Southwest, USA Southbound Festival, Australia Splore Festival, New Zealand Summer Sundae Weekender, UK Sunrise Celebration, UK The Big Tent Festival, UK The Green Apple Festival, USA The Green Man Festival, UK Think Green-World Music Festival, USA Waverock Weekender, Australia WOMAD, UK Woodford Folk Festival, Australia York Green Festival, UK
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More than 200 years ago, there was a little boy who learned to play a musical instrument at the age of three.
By the time he was five, he was composing beautiful music all by himself.
Soon Wolfie was reading music.
Papa Leopold saw that his son had a rare gift.
He gave him special ruled sheets of music paper.
That way, Wolfie could write down the music he heard in his head.
Wolfie was writing music even before he learned to write words.
Vienna was a magical city, filled with palaces and castles.
It was a home to the University.
There were also many beautiful gardens and grand churches.
Musicians came for its concert halls.
Vienna was known as a center for music and art.
Grade 7 Students,
Title it (your name) "Jim – Cross Road Blues".
Mr. Kozak
This video is an amazing demonstration of how the environment affects reverb. Fantastic editing.
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Here's an article explaining how to find the BPM of a song.
Mr. Kozak
Students of music,
Making mashups is not easy, but the end result can be very, very cool.
Remember the basic rules:
1) The two songs have to be in the same tempo
2) The two songs have to be in the same meter
We listened to two examples (Radiohead with Dave Brubeck and James Brown with The Beatles)
If you use your BIG6 research skills, you can probably find a good tutorial to help you.
You can also find song banks listing songs with the same BPM (beats per minute)/tempo.
Good luck mashing up!
Mr. Kozak


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Patch and Repair JobsMay 9, 2012 by Duncan Crary in Gallery, Podcast / 0 Comments
Tim Dufel, the Margot's engineer, explains his latest project to repair the assembly around the boat's shaft and tail shaft. Even routine repair and patch jobs turn into big projects on the Margot, which is like a floating museum Tim explains. But there are a few of the old guys left that the current crew calls up for tips, like Charlie Tuna who used to be the engineer on the boat in the 1960s.
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When you stand on the tee, the green looks so close it seems you could underhand the ball Five feet from the pin. For the high-handicap golfer, the short par-3 offers his best chance to glory—one smooth swing can put him just as close as the club pro. But subtle dangers often convert the slightest mistake into a bogey, or worse. On the following pages Artist Donald Moss depicts six of the most attractive—and treacherous—short par-3s in the country, none of them longer than 150 yards, and Jack Nicklaus preaches what he practices.
The tee is some 60 feet above and 125 yards away from the green, so the trick is to finesse the shot—to get the ball up into the Hawaiian trade winds and let if float down onto the putting surface. The hole requires an eight-or nine-iron for the average player, and the correct choice is important. If you hit the ball short it will plop into a small lake or a trap. Hit it too far and it will wind up in a jungle of guava, lahala and plum.
From the tee one sees the rolling hills of central Tennessee (above), and about 145 yards away, a cloverleaf green interspersed with inlets of sand. The average player will choose an eight-iron, but because the winds are so variable here and because the hole plays shorter than if looks from the height of the tee, club selection can be difficult.
Across a New Jersey wasteland of scrub pine (top, opposite page), 145 yards from a raised tee, lies an undulating green, virtually surrounded by sand. At its right front is a ferocious little trap known to members euphemistically as the Devil's Aperture. No wonder—there is five feet of swinging space to lift the ball 10 feet onto the green.
The green hangs on the edge of the Pacific, surrounded by six traps, and from its elevated tee looks even smaller than it is, and that is small enough. Although only 110 yards away, the green is difficult to hit. On a calm day a good player probably would use a wedge, but when the onshore wind is blowing, the hole can require a three-iron.
Those familiar with this 129-yard hole call it subtle, deceptive and admirably old-fashioned. Its 5,000-square-foot green provides a good target, but the surface is slightly concave, a shallow dish that tilts to the right. Whether he is on the tee or recovering from one of the four traps, the golfer's problem is not so much getting on as getting close


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The Indians shelled Daisuke Matsuzaka and ended Boston�s season-high five-game winning streak with an 8-4 decision last night, but the Red Sox still finished May with a sparkling 20-8 record and, needless to say, maintained their huge lead in the AL East.
Cleveland clipped Dice-K for two runs in the fifth and chased him with a four-run sixth highlighted by Grady Sizemore�s two-run home run into the visitors� bullpen that gave the Indians a 6-2 lead.
Matsuzaka (7-3, 4.83) gave up six runs on 12 hits in 5-2/3 innings in absorbing his first loss since April 17. He blanked the Indians for four innings on four hits before losing his touch. The Japanese import struck out four and didn�t walk anyone, throwing 106 pitches. But the 12 hits were a season high for any Sox pitcher.
�I don�t think he located his fastball the way he has and the way you need to,� manager Terry Francona said. �He made a great pitch to get out of (fifth), but this lineup can hurt you. Even when he got outs, I thought he was misfiring.�
Asked about his fastball command, Matsuzaka � speaking through an interpreter � said it wasn�t only his fastball, but all his pitches that gave him trouble.
He said the stomach illness that forced him out of his last start after five innings in Texas (10-6 victory) wasn�t a factor. �I felt better right away, so it didn�t have any effect,� he said, smiling while saying he didn�t know what caused it.
�I knew they (Indians) had a good-hitting lineup, and I tried my best to avoid extra-base hits. I tried to make adjustments in the game, but wasn�t able to. It�s a challenge. I don�t want to be a burden to my teammates. I hope to achieve a level of consistency.�
Cleveland starter Paul Byrd (6-1, 3.57) earned the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on nine hits over six-plus innings. Byrd struck out only one batter, but threw 25 first-pitch strikes to 27 batters. Sixty-one of his 77 pitches were strikes. Byrd extended his streak of consecutive innings without walks to 43.
�He threw a ton of strikes, it was about 80 percent at one time,� Francona said of Byrd. �We knew he wouldn�t walk anyone. You have to hit him to beat him. He is not going to give you anything.�
Former Red Sox catcher Kelly Shoppach had a career-high four hits, including a solo home run, against his old teammates as Cleveland rattled 18 hits, tying Atlanta�s season high against Boston May 19.
Travis Hafner had three hits, while he and Sizemore had two RBIs apiece.
Mike Lowell, Dustin Pedroia and Jason Varitek had two hits each for Boston.
The Sox threatened mightily in the seventh, loading the bases with none out on singles by Varitek, Alex Cora and Pedroia against Byrd, but the Cleveland bullpen came on to snuff out the threat.
Right-hander Tom Mastny retired Coco Crisp when third baseman Casey Blake caught his foul pop at the edge of the visitors� dugout. Mastny then struck out the sizzling Kevin Youkilis.
Left-hander Aaron Fultz came on to retire David Ortiz on a soft liner to third after Big Papi brought the crowd of 37,091 to its feet with a blast down the right-field line that would have been a game-tying grand slam had it stayed fair.
Cleveland added a pair of runs off reliever J.C. Romero in the eighth to push its lead to 8-2. Shoppach greeted Romero with a first-pitch homer off the Sports Authority sign in left, and Travis Hafner doubled home another run.
Lowell belted a two-run homer off Roberto Hernandez in the eighth to cut Boston�s deficit to 8-4. The round-tripper was Lowell�s team-leading 10th of the season.
Trot Nixon�s ground-rule double started the four-run sixth. David Dellucci followed with a double and Josh Barfield and Shoppach singles before Sizemore unloaded his ninth homer of the season, prompting Francona to bring on Kyle Snyder.
Boston took the lead with an unearned run in the second inning. J.D. Drew reached on second baseman Barfield�s fielding error, scooted to third on Lowell�s wall double, and scored on a groundout to first by Varitek.
After almost taking out the cameraman atop the left-field grandstand with a loud foul, Manny Ramirez doubled to right and took third on a wild pitch by Byrd in the fourth.
He scored on Drew�s grounder to short, making it, 2-0, Boston.
The Indians finally broke through against Matsuzaka in the fifth, scoring twice to tie the game at 2-2. Doubles by Sizemore and Hafner following a single by Shoppach were the key hits. Dice-K whiffed Ryan Garko on a 3-2 slider to get out of the inning.
�We wanted to win that game, but we�ll take our nap (today�s off-day) and lace �em back up (tomorrow),� Francona said of the upcoming Yankee series.


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Over sixty percent of incoming freshmen will drop out of college before achieving a bachelor's degree, but ninety-five percent of all greek members graduate from college.
The founding fathers realized the need for a diverse fraternal organization to allow any man to experience a fraternal brotherhood while providing service to the community.
Race is a limiting concept that forces people of a nationality into preconceived roles & expectations. While other organizations focus on what they have been, ODPhi focuses on what it is becoming.
We must work to form an organization which not only challenges the traditional perception of fraternities, but also one with deals with the issues of culture & race for a completely new perspective.


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I am shipping my product from China by sea and have 42 pallets of units, what is the best shipping company to take them from the port to Amazon warehouse?
- KingKool asked 4 years ago
you have several things to work out before this becomes a factor.
Some would include the following.
Who is your customs broker who will handle storage and inspections?
Who does your broker recommend for a shipping partner?
Who is labeling your products for FBA unless you are commingling.
Are you aware of potential inspection and handling costs?
I suggest you search for Import Groups on Facebook for more detailed assistance.
- AmzDad answered 4 years ago
think you have to have a broker to handle these large shipments.
I suspect 42 pallets would be a full cargo container.
This is likely to be subjected to a full inspection as you are not a "trusted importer" with a track record in compliance.
This can cost thousands, so advance knowledge is important.
Here is a link to a behind the scenes peak at import inspections from a broker with a long history.
I do not import and therefore have no direct experience nor any relationship with this source, but it is a good read.
- AmzMom answered 4 years ago
few company also can send from china to fba usa,price depend on warehouse location
- AmzKicker answered 4 years ago
This company can help
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Beautiful Adele Cancels Show Via Make-Up Free Announcement – Stunning! (VIDEO)
Adele has canceled her show in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday night and she made the announcement in a make-up free message on social media.
OMG she looks so stunning!
She currently has a cold and cannot perform, but promises to make up for it in the future.
She's sick and she looks like this? She's a goddess.
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Sharing an anonymous email.
"I even asked my husband if he was maybe gay, in which case I just won't tell anyone about it…"
Dear IHM,
I'm in a very unhappy state and so confused with what to do..
I have been married for 7 years (known my husband 2 years before that when we "dated")… while we were dating, nothing sexual happened between us (not even a kiss, no heart racing stuff)… while I didn't give it much thought then, now I feel I should have!
Even after marriage, he shows absolutely zero interest in me. It's been SEVEN years and through these years, I have fought, cried, reasoned out, explained myself, allowed him to be the way he wants… basically everything that I could do.
I have told him openly I miss the "sex", not as a physical activity but more as an emotional one.
I have told him I'm okay with doing anything and that he needs to feel comfortable and rest assured I won't judge him incase he has weird tastes (I was thinking "fetish" or "role play").
I even asked him if he was maybe gay, in which case I just won't tell anyone about it, we would work on the pregnancy thing through alternatives.
But he just doesn't give me the input I need. There is zero cooperation from his side.
He keeps saying there is no problem (evidently there is!)… and he says "we will do this week", "we will have sex next week" etc
And SEVEN years have passed already.
I'm am at an extremely depressed stage. I do not know what to do.
I cry randomly, I feel sad… and I'm crying as I type this.
I'm scared that I'm getting into depression without me even realising it!
And I feel so worthless through it all. I feel like there is no one really for me (my parents are no more) and many a times I have thought about divorce.
Few things…
1. 98% he's not gay (saw some porn details on his mobile history. Regular porn, no fetish types or gay types)
2. I'm extremely hygienic and smell good
3. Our environment is sex friendly
4. I'm a good looker and quite attractive (not to sound vain, but wanted to clear certain basic questions that might pop up)
Can you PLEASE do a topic on this, I feel like I need to see things from a fresher perspective..
Thanks a ton!
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Can a woman marry and change an uninterested (in marrying her) man into a responsible, loving husband?
And what would have happened if this man had declared that he was gay and hence would not marry a woman?
Denying sex to spouse on first night ground for marriage annulment: Delhi high court
A comment- 'Reverse the gender, and it is marital rape.'Depriving wife of sex is cruelty, Mumbai court rules
Refusal to have sex during honeymoon is not cruelty: Bombay high courtQuestion about Sexuality in Indian Arranged Marriages
Romanticizing innocence, chastity and related taboos for women.
"There is so little conversation about a woman's desire for sex that a lot of people simply assume it doesn't exist."
A tag: But when a woman sees a hot man, nothing happens in her brain?
Gird Your Loins – Aarti Sethi, Kafila
"Porn is a discourse about sex and works like an educator about sex and gender."
An email: Also this is a genuine question and not a pornographic mail.
Girls morally bound not to have sex before marriage, says fast track court judge
'I'm now thoroughly convinced that the entire concept of virginity is used to control female sexuality.
Here's why I think the society should not obsess over a woman's virginity.


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Episode 90 - Social Validity
We behavior analysts work hard, right? We effect behavior change for our clients and feel pretty darn good about our efforts. But what happens if our clients don't actually like anything we've done? This week we're talking all about social validity, how to make sure we're paying attention to it, and why some BCBAs might be a bit wary about it.
Articles discussed this episode:
Wolf, M.M. (1978). Social validity: The case for subjective measurement or how applied behavior analysis is finding it's heart. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11, 203-214. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1978.11-203
Carr, J.E., Austin, J.L., Britton, L.N., Kellum, K.K., & Bailey, J.S. (1999). An assessment of social validity trends in applied behavior analysis. Behavioral Interventions, 14, 223-231. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-078X(199910/12)14:4<223::AID-BIN37>3.0.CO;2-Y
Hanley, G.P., Piazza, C.C., Fisher, W.W., & Maglieri, K.A. (2005). On the effectiveness of and preference for punishment and extinction components of function-based interventions. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 51-65. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2005.6-04
Gabor, A.M., Fritz, J.N., Roath, C.T., Rothe, B.R., Gourley, D.A. (2016). Caregiver preference for reinforcement-based interventions for problem behavior maintained by positive reinforcement. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 49, 215-227. doi: 10.1002/jaba.286
If you're interested in ordering CEs for listening to this episode, click here to go to the store page. You'll need to enter your name, BCBA #, and the two episode secret code words to complete the purchase. Email us at email@example.com for further assistance.


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A gift shop? A craft beer bar? A dog snack bakery? The Green Monkey is all of these and more. Get to know this Hillsborough Street retailer in our iheartretail.com profile of this fun Raleigh retailer.
iheartretail Profile: The Green Monkey
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Volunteers save lives in Vientiane, Laos, where road toll is among world's worst
Vientiane has been dubbed the most relaxed capital in the world, with its wide boulevards, low-rise buildings, and sleepy, colonial charm.
But come nightfall the streets in this laid-back city become extremely dangerous and lawless.
Speed limits in Laos are rarely enforced. There's not a single red-light camera, no roadside breath units, and underage and unlicensed driving is rife.
The high amount of drink driving and speeding at night is frightening. Add to this a national obsession with driving up the wrong side of the road, and it is little wonder Vientiane has arguably the worst road toll per capita in Asia, and one of the worst in the world.
It's 11:00pm in Vientiane. A motorcyclist flies along at breakneck speed with no helmet, several drinks under his belt, and little regard for the traffic light ahead.
Suddenly from nowhere, a truck ploughs through the intersection and impales him on a fence. He lies unconscious and bleeding at the side of the road, with spinal injuries.
I'd say as many as seven people a day die in Vientiane, on the roads or soon after.Vientiane Rescue volunteer Sebastien Perret
A passing pedestrian finds him but what can she do? This is not Australia or even the West, but impoverished Laos, where emergency services barely exist.
Her only option is to put the man in a tuk-tuk rickshaw and send him to a hospital. But the tuk-tuk driver refuses – he doesn't want blood on his seats.
The official ambulances are only used to transfer patients between hospitals. So without assistance from volunteers, serious accident victims would be – and often are – left to die on the side of the road.
"I would say between one to three people die on the roads here every day," says Sebastien Perret, a French paramedic who helped set up volunteer emergency service Vientiane Rescue.
"Of those we take to hospital about 50 per cent die. Even the hospitals have few skills, little training, and scant materials to save lives.
"I'd say as many as seven people a day die in Vientiane, on the roads or soon after."
Ordinary people to the rescue
Vientiane Rescue is made up of ordinary Lao people – teenagers, students, housewives, shop keepers. There's even a vet.
Most of the volunteers are impoverished, lucky to earn $100 a month in their day jobs. But they are all united in their passion to save lives. Most regularly volunteer 20-30 hours a week to the roadside rescue service.
"We're like a family," says Souphavanh Duangkhamphai, who recently celebrated her birthday at the Vientiane Rescue office on her day off.
"They're the most inspiring people – big hearts, they just love helping those in need, even if it means putting their own safety at risk for a stranger."
I'm invited to come along one night to see the volunteers in action. It's late on a Saturday night, the worst night for accidents.
Every accident in Vientiane is a blood bath.Vientiane Rescue volunteer Sebastien Perret
I find my way to the base – a dirty, rundown house that Vientiane Rescue rents for $US130 a month. There's not even a proper phone. Emergency calls come in on an old mobile to whoever is holding it at the time.
Suddenly the phone rings and we pile into the back of the rescue vehicle – a 4WD that was donated as a wreck, panel-beaten, and fashioned into something resembling an ambulance.
There is a flashing light on the roof and even a siren. But there is no proper stretcher or bed, few medicines, and little of the modern equipment that saves lives in ambulances in the West.
I'm sitting on the floor because without seatbelts or a proper seat it feels safer. Suddenly we're flying along, weaving dangerously through traffic. I'm praying the siren will warn other drivers to keep out of our way. All I can do is grip onto the seat and hope we don't have to brake in a hurry.
At the accident scene two motorcyclists have collided head-on. Neither rider was wearing a helmet. One man lies on the side of the road with head injuries. He's bleeding from the ears – it's a bad sign.
The volunteers check for vital signs, bandage his wounds, and lift him just enough to slip a plastic spinal board beneath him.
He's loaded into the vehicle and we head to the nearby Mittaphab (Friendship) Hospital – the only hospital in Vientiane that treats fractures.
The hospital is desperately under-resourced. At night only interns are on duty. The injured man is carried to a spartan room and placed on a bed where a medic is waiting.
Before the volunteers leave they remove his bloodied bandages for no other reason than that they need them again for the next emergency. They proceed to wash the bandages at the sink in soapy water.
These same bandages have already been used, then washed, then reused countless times. A single bandage might cost less than a dollar here but the volunteers can't afford to replace them or even cut them to size.
"Every accident in Vientiane is a blood bath," Mr Perret says.
"It would be better to use new bandages every time. They're cheap, maybe less than $1 each. But we can't afford to buy new ones so we have to use them again and again, washing them by hand with soap."
Likewise, a cervical collar covered in blood is removed from the man's neck and washed in the sink. Until recently, Vientiane Rescue had one cervical collar and only one suction kit for clearing a victim's airways. A second kit was bought after a young man choked to death on his own blood because the rescue team arrived at an accident without one. A single kit – simply a plastic bottle with a pump – costs about $30.
In fact, Vientiane Rescue can barely afford to operate at all. The volunteers rely entirely on private donations to keep the emergency service running.
Yet donations are typically small – as little as $1 to $2 – and mostly come from accident survivors or victims' relatives grateful the volunteers have saved a loved one's life. Most of the money never makes it to the bank – it is immediately spent on urgent supplies or petrol for the ambulance.
On the night I accompany the rescue team, one volunteer shows me Vientiane Rescue's bankbook. It has two deposits to its name. One is a donation of $1,000 from a French-Lao couple who run a boutique store for tourists. Without this donation,
Vientiane Rescue would have just $200 in the bank this month.
Mr Perret has done wonders to raise funds and publicity for Vientiane Rescue. He trained as a paramedic and fire fighter with the French Red Cross outside Paris, before moving to Laos four years ago.
He helped establish Vientiane Rescue after seeing an ambulance at a road accident near his own home.
"It was more like a taxi service to hospital," he says.
"There was one ambulance but no training, barely any equipment at all."
Mr Perrett's involvement began by giving the team training in first aid and raising funds for medical equipment and supplies.
There are now about 30 volunteers with skills in CPR, burns and wound management, and lifting patients who are unconscious or have spinal injuries.
He hopes to one day train the volunteers in firefighting, something virtually non-existent in Vientiane.
Japan has donated fire trucks and equipment to the Lao police force, but police still lack the skills or will to enter a burning building to rescue victims trapped inside.
"The police are scared to fight fires," he says.
"They won't go inside a burning building because they have no training. But often there's someone trapped inside. We could be useful if we had more equipment."
One local company supplies 300 litres of petrol a month to help keep the team's ambulance on the road.
Two more vehicles have been donated, but that means more fuel is needed to run them. And as Vientiane Rescue becomes more widely known, it is increasingly being inundated with emergency calls. There is still no proper stretcher bed in two vehicles.
Other donations have helped buy a second-hand 'jaws of life' to cut free victims trapped in a smashed vehicle.
But what the volunteers most need in order to save many more lives is hydraulic equipment to lift vehicles that are crushed together or upside down. This equipment is sadly in dire need. But even second-hand, the equipment is unaffordable.
The volunteers at Vientiane Rescue dream of expanding the service beyond the capital Vientiane.
"There are so many provinces in Laos with no rescue service, but they're just as needy," Ms Duangkhamphai says.
Mr Perret praised his team of volunteers, saying despite their youth, poverty, and lack of qualifications, they were doing an amazing job saving lives.
"They're the best people I've met in the world."
"So often they risk their lives to save people they don't even know. They're so dedicated. I love them so much," he says.
The motorcyclist impaled on the fence would almost certainly be a paraplegic now if he had gone to hospital in a tuk-tuk. But because the volunteers arrived in time to lift the man without moving his spine he stands a small chance of walking again.
Hundreds more victims also owe their lives to Vientiane Rescue.
By Anne Barker – 24 November 2014
Link to original article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-22/volunteers-save-lives-on-streets-of-vientiane/5910698
Download PDF version: Volunteers save lives in Vientiane Laos where road toll is among world's worst – ABC News – Australian Broadcasting Corporation


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You can't be special, distinctive and compelling in the marketplace unless you create something special, distinctive and compelling in the workplace. Your brand may shape your culture, but it's your people who make your culture and ultimately bring your brand to life.
We've found that when people care about and believe in the brand, they're motivated to work harder and their loyalty to the company increases. Employees are unified and inspired by a common sense of purpose and identity.
Unfortunately, in most companies, internal marketing is done poorly, if at all. While executives recognize the need to keep people informed about the company's strategy and direction, few understand the need to convince employees of the brand's power—they take it as a given.
A company's culture is determined by the pace of the organisation, its leadership, the quality and depth of its decision-making process, the flexibility of its infrastructure, its strategy and how closely the HR and marketing teams work together.
At Square One Law our culture is all about teamwork, open communication and embracing change. It's about being professional and working hard, in a smart way, but also not forgetting how to have fun!
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Novak Djokovic wins memorable season finale over Roger Federer
By Melissa Boyd
Novak Djokovic followed up his historic 2011 season with another stellar campaign in 2012 which he capped on Monday with a 7-6(6), 7-5 victory over Roger Federer to capture his second title at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 in London and finish as the World No. 1 for the second consecutive year.
In a fitting season finale between the top two players in the world, Djokovic and Federer both had moments of brilliance throughout the tightly contested affair including a brilliant backhand down the line winner from the Serbian on match point. The Swiss, who was looking for a record seventh title in eight final appearances at the Final Showdown, led by a break in both sets and appeared to be on his way to a comfortable win. However, Djokovic once again showcased his trademark resiliency and mental toughness to earn a straight sets triumph.
With his 13th career victory over Federer, Djokovic collects his sixth title of the season as well as his ATP-leading 75th match win. He also appeared in 11 finals this year at 14 of the top events on Tour and went undefeated for the first time at the Final Showdown which warranted him a $1,760,000 winner's cheque and a 2,000 point lead over Federer in the world rankings.
This concludes another memorable season on the ATP World Tour. Just when it seemed like they couldn't raise the excellence bar any higher, the "big four" of men's tennis once again out did themselves. Despite coming up short in London, Federer added to his legendary legacy and proved that age is just a number, reviving his career with one his best seasons at the age of 31. He won his 17th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, an Olympic silver medal, and broke Pete Sampras' record for number of weeks at no. 1, a milestone many felt was out of his reach. Andy Murray finally broke through in 2012, re-wrote the British tennis history books, and took the proverbial monkey off his back. He became the first British man in 76 years to win a Grand Slam singles title when he was crowned champion at the U.S. Open. The Scot also won the Olympic gold medal on his home court in London. Rafael Nadal may have only played the first half of the year, but the Spaniard still broke Bjorn Borg's record by winning his seventh Roland-Garros crown. The game will be that much better when he returns healthy and rejuvenated in 2013. The "big four" won 14 of the 15 biggest tournaments this season with the exception being world no. 5 David Ferrer capturing his maiden Masters 1000 title in Paris. Add in names like Juan Martin Del Potro, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Milos Raonic, and Kei Nishikori and 2012 will be remembered as unforgettable.
With so much excitement surrounding 2013 before the dust even has time to settle on the season that was, the good news for tennis fans is that the Australian Open is only 50 days away.
It's true what they say: A picture is a 1000 words. And with our photographer Ralf Reinecke still running around in Madrid to send us pics, I am left wondering how many words I won't have to write. Ralf possesses the uncanny talent to capture world's finest at their best!
Roger Federer beat David Ferrer 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to set up the dream finale against archnemesis Rafael Nadal.
Now on with the pics, this is after all a pictorial.
Oh and please do check out Lisa's Fan Watch on Rafael Nadal.
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Lamborghini Huracan
So I said that I love all things cars and sports, and I've just been reading up about one of my favourite cars, one that I would love to drive one day; the Lamborghini Huracan LP580-2.
Now everyone has played Need For Speed and been quite into the drifting aspect of it! It's all I play to be honest, and just upon my reading of the Lamborghini it seems that they have bought this to life in the form of the Huracan. From a quote of the Research and Development manager, the car will make even slightly good drivers seem like Vin Diesel in the Fast and the Furious!
The car does not only drift like a beast it looks mean as hell. The trademark Lambo design that has been brought into the 2010s with a huge bang. A bit like the Batmobile if it wasn't driven by Batman and it was red and Italian and couldn't turn into a flying machine at the touch of a button.
Inside the car there is a 5.2 liter V-10 super beast of an engine. Just delivering the old 572bhp after being downtuned, rumour has it so that it doesn't go faster than the more expensive model that is the LP610-4. Lambo reckon it was downtuned though so it could sideways better! I don't that reason at all. The 0-60 time is a modest 2 and a half seconds, so it seems a bit sluggish in my eyes! But then my eyes are blinded by the love and light that I have for this car.
I can't imagine what the roar of that engine would sound like, and if there is a big man in the sky, then please make it happen for me that I will at least for one day own one of these beasts.


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2016 Environmental Film Festival — DCView Event →
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2016 Melbourne International Film Festival
July 28th – August 14th Melbourne, Australia
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2016 New Zealand International Film Festival
July 14th – 31st Auckland, New Zealand
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July 16th 4:00 PM Academy, Auckland
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July 22nd 6:30 PM Te Papa, Wellington
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2016 Big Sky Documentary Film SeriesView Event →
2016 Biografilm Festival
June 10th - 20th Bologna, Italy
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Cinema Lumiere, Sala Scorsese
Thursday, June 16th 5:30 PM
2016 Sheffield Doc/Fest
June 10th — 15th Sheffield, United Kingdom
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2016 Docaviv International Film Festival
May 19th – 28th Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Brussels Interdependent Symposium
Tuesday, May 10th 7:00 PM Cinéma Vendôme, Waversesteenweg
2016 Green Film Festival in Seoul
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2016 Montclair Film Festival
April 29th — May 8th Montclair, New Jersey
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Saturday, May 7th 2:30 PM
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April 28th – May 8th Toronto, Canada
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Monday, May 2nd 3:30 PM
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April 15th – 23rd Nyon, Switzerland
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April 14th – 21st Madison, Wisconsin
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Saturday, April 16th 9:00 PM
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April 7 — 10 Durham, North Carolina
Center Frame Screening of Unlocking The Cage
Friday April 8, at 1:30 at Fletcher Hall
Directors Hegedus and Pennebaker with Animal Rights lawyer Steven Wise from the film will be there afterwards for a Q&A.
Additional Films by Pennebaker & Hegedus will be shown as part of RJ Cutler's 2016 Thematic Program "Perfect and Otherwise: Documenting American Politics" The War Room (1993), Campaign Manager (1964) and Jingle Bells (1964).
For additional information please go to PHFilms.com.
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April 7th – 23rd St. Paul , Minnesota
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Saturday, April 9th 1:10 PM
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Saturday, April 23rd 11:30 AM
2016 Sarasota Film Festival
April 1st — 10th
Unlocking the Cage with a Q&A afterwards with Hegedus and Pennebaker and Animal Rights lawyer Steven Wise from the film.
Also discussion with Hegedus & Pennebaker: "The Changing Face of Documentary Film" on Sunday April 3rd 5:00 PM | Florida Studio Theatre | 1241 South North Palm Ave.
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World Premiere of Unlocking The Cage at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Travelling to Walt Disney World last summer with 3 girls under 6 we knew that the princess would be featuring quite high on our list of requested things to do and from my point of view T has two favourite princess – in fact they are so much her favourites that she asks to have her hair done like one or the other every morning since she first saw their movie. You guessed it Elsa and Anna from Frozen. Now these two princesses are hard to see – fast track tickets go as soon as they become available and a couple of times we walked passed the entrance to see them – there was a 120-minute wait.
Staying off site that means that we have a disadvantage over those staying on site when booking our fast pass tickets so much so that on any day and at any time during our two weeks in Florida last summer there wasn't any availability to see the princess – but as you can see we did manage it and it wasn't a 120-minute wait. I don't think that J would have stood still that long just to see a princess, in fact, all we waited was around 15 minutes from when we joined the queue and here's how you do it.
How to see Elsa and Anna in Magic Kingdom when you don't have Fast Passes – Up to June 13th 2016
First check out when the extra Magic Hours are on – you don't want to do this on a day when the Extra Magic Hours are before the park opens and also best not to do this on a Saturday or Sunday when the park may open early because it's looking like it's going to be an extra busy day.
Step one – is get up really early and drive into the park so that you can be there before the gates open. We got to Magic Kingdom Car Park around 8am and there were already people parked there although we were within easy walking distance of the transport centre.
Catch the monorail – the boat does take much longer to get across and although the boat is fun and a must do it's not for seeing Elsa and Anna without FastPasses.
Get through the checkout and then find a great spot – because you get to see the rope drop. This is a tradition at Magic Kingdom that myself and my husband didn't know happened even though we had been there a number of times before it's great fun and the kids got their first glimpse of their favourite Disney characters as we were welcomed into the park for the day.
Now get in – do not stop and collect any badges, and set your fastest walker to collect some park maps if you don't want to just use your apps (we love the maps!) and head straight to the castle and to the Fairy Tale Hall.
We got there even stopping for a picture midway down Main Street and there was less than 10 minutes on the queue timer and the Fastpass line was also empty. The kids enjoyed an uncrowded time in the queue and then headed into see their two favourite princesses.
So it's not all lost when you don't get your FastPass tickets just follow our plan and you can make it.
- Check it's not Extra Magic Hours
- Wake Up Extra Early
- Get to Magic Kingdom Car Park for around 8am
- Catch the Mono Rail
- Watch the Rope Drop
- Head straight to Fairy Tale Hall
- Leave with very happy children after they have seen their favourite Princesses in real life.
How to see Elsa and Anna at Epcot from June 21st 2016
Up until June 13th 2016, this is for the Magic Kingdom. From June 21st 2016, Elsa and Anna will not be found in the Magic Kingdom instead they will be in Epcot at Norway in the Royal Sommerhus – the same applies there as you will need FastPasses to see the princesses so if you can't get them.
- Check it's not Extra Magic Hours
- Wake up Early
- Park and Walk to the entrance of Epcot
- Get in and head straight to Norway walking around to World Show Case.
- Norway is on your left as you face the lake coming from the entrance so head that way straight away and wait to see the Princess.
Some more of our Walt Disney World Travel Tips
Dates you need to know to plan your Walt Disney World Trip in Advance
Why a Villa is a great choice for your Orlando Vacation with young kids
How to make birthday's extra Magical at Walt Disney World
Get Mum in the Picture at Walt Disney World
Make your own Family Walt Disney World T-shirts
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My smile is white-toothed in that image, the description of me that is world-wide lingering and me gone, the black stumps here, coals and black red blood still coating my ankles, my fingertips…"
by j.a. taylor
They show them to me, these men and women, they place their hands on mine and guide. They are my guides, mentoring in this dark, this black. I have never known a black as deep, as explosive in its subtlety.
Palms and pine move in wind.
I wait, have waited, this is what I have waited for.
On the back of the photo I have written my name, pen black ink and cursive, the scribble.
And the back of it, this last image of me, this picture, it is white, engendered snow, what I have become in this brutal lasting, this place. How the lack of definition defines it, the white its proper and constant contrast.
Shift, I shift my body in darkness, in black, my ribs out today and the feeling of not holding up, less posture than falling, having fallen, my body crumpling at a breath, at breathing. Ribs made to shape, function now as more than a protection of my heart.
The hands that are my hands in this dark they shake when they move, guided by the people, this village. Their fingers filled with meat and bones, sewage and renderings. I cut and paste the images in this black, no outlines showing, no way to trace.
I have become. I am an endangered species.
The hands they place on my hands guide me to spheres, hollow globes, small and rough as raised fingerprints. I finger down the line, the hundreds of these, the banging spacious sound they make, palming them, these objects, black sutured over my eyes, blind.
And the world plummets, their voices, calling in deafening noise, the laughter. They laugh. I listen and feel the roundness, the bouncing lines of them.
My fingers find the string, strung through the sockets with cable or twine, the unrefined bone polish of children's skulls, hung and dried, rattling together in warm wind.
Decorations strung between trees, layered. A wall of skin free heads, bones.
My hands, their hands on my hands, they guide me from the string strung to the stump, stretch my fingers in black that is insides, that turns to lakes around the roots of this tree, my feet, sticking to the base of new ugliness, the experience.
My sincerest apologies, I would never have smiled in that picture, for that photograph taken of me, if I had known.
And inside inside inside there is a place I both hear and understand, these are babies crying, children crying.
This inside is dark, moon-less as outside but without wind, hot instead of warm.
There are people in this.
My smile is white-toothed in that image, the description of me that is world-wide lingering and me gone, the black stumps here, coals and black red blood still coating my ankles, my fingertips.
I have searched the limbs for fruit but there is none.
Were there coconuts here we would place them on rocks or stumps and use the tools that are everywhere here, that I trip on as I walk, open them with tooling and eat the candy innards, the sweet guts. But there are not shells of fruit, hanging tree limbs, there is no ripe. There is meat. Meat. There is only meat.
Skulls dangle and the wind, warm, blows through the holes, makes sound.
I wish myself deafness and neutrality, to learn of them, this village and these people, my own hands, without unwinding entirely.
In a lesser world where I existed the staples held me together. Long ago with paper-cuts in the webs between my fingers. How time and its concerns, the constant going, how it goes. I have gone. I am gone.
I go.
I mimic instead.
I went to observe. I came and this is the find, the findings, what I will find.
Cultures, and I have existed around some in all the places, all but this center, where my hands no longer light. Seashell societies where ocean sand taints the words. Insect cultures and those who mud worship, monkey banter and sun gods, the metal houses of stone goddesses.
I have witnessed.
I witness.
And here on this expanse, where the trees change and morph, the sun complete in its lack, the skin of me glowing but no longer giving off light, here it is.
A woman maybe waits for me, fingering my image.
I fold and am undressed, my legs sticky in children, the bone-clatter of their empty useless heads, the noises a shroud, a way.
Naked, spurned into further centers, further darkness, I go. My written word disappearing, charcoal letters on black-thick canvas. I make notes but am, this time only, entrenched.
I have fallen into them. I am falling. I fall.
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Issue Fifty-Seven
March 2010
(illustration: kurt eisenlohr)
J. A. Tyler's work has appeared in numerous online & print publications including Diagram, Sleepingfish, elimae, Caketrain, Hobart, Hotel St. George, Action, Yes, & many others. He has been nominated for Best of the Web, Best of the Net, & the Pushcart Prize & has won honors in recent contests with The StorySouth Million Writers Award, The Emprise Review, PANK, & Prick of the Spindle.


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We invented a teeth whitening treatment which is without hydrogen peroxide but even more efficient, based on a unique FCC (Filmocrystallized Calcium)-technology.
Small white bio-active crystals are used in combination with a strong film forming polymeric agent. Thanks to this innovative technology, the white bio-active crystals will be physically fixed on the tooth surface. The physical fixation of the white crystals leads to an optical whitening effect. This FCC-technology is reinforced by an innovative teeth whitening novelty: P.A.P. which is a strong stain-removing molecule that breaks down discolorations on the teeth in little pieces without affecting the teeth structure.
Clinical studies proved that iWhite Instant is 100% dental safe and gives you an immediate whitening effect after the first application. Some patients had up to 8 shades improvement after one treatment. However, every person is different and results can vary per person.
1. Clinical in-vivo study
Instant results
A randomized double blind clinical study was conducted by independent, well-respected dental expert. This dental professional was the former president of the Belgian Academy of Esthetic Dentistry (BAED) and member of several academies of esthetic investigatory and has been performing whitening procedures for more than 20 years.
Results from this study on the effectiveness of iWhite Instant showed an average of 4.4 shades, while some patients had results of 8 shades after one 20 minute treatment.
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|Table 1: Distribution of shade improvement
100% safe
None of the patients suffered from gum problems or sensitivity after the treatment and all of them were satisfied about the overall convenience of the easy-to-use trays.
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|Does the patient have aphthous ulcers?
|Does the patient have white spots on the soft tissues?
|Do you feel sensitivity to your teeth?
|Table 2: Distribution on acceptability data
Clinical test
Pictures of how the clinical test was done at the dental office.
This shade guide standard incorporates 16 shades, systematically arranged from light to dark into four color groups, and provides a universal tooth-color terminology. The positioning of the shade guide is: B1, A1, B2, D2, A2, C1, C2, D4, A3, D3, B3, A3.5, B4, C3, A4, C4 eventually the bleaching colors (OM1, OM2 & OM3) are added in front of the initial B1.
Some examples of test results.
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2. University study: Witten/Herdecke
The primary objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the teeth whitening effect of the OTC whitening device iWhite Instant with a placebo group.
The color measurements were performed by a calibrated investigator using Vita Classical Shadeguide (see study above)
At each examination (baseline (E_0), immediately after teeth whitening treatment (E_1) and 24h after teeth whitening treatment (E_2) a classification to the color values was made for the frontal teeth of upper and lower jaw. Within the whitening group, significant differences were seen at the baseline and immediately after the whitening treatment and at the baseline and 24h after teeth whitening treatment (figure below). No significant differences were detected between immediately after teeth whitening treatment and 24h after teeth whitening treatment as well as for all three examinations of the placebo groups. This demonstrates that the effect of one treatment is highly effective, not temporary and remains in time.
The tooth color assessments also showed that in the iWhite Instant group 85% of the subjects had a maximum shade improvement of 4 shades (Figure below). There were no subjects which showed a non-responsive.
All participants did not report any hypersensitivity and a majority of the patients saw visible whitening after using iWhite Instant (Figure below). These results were assessed 24 hours after the initial 20-minute application, which means that the whitening effects do not disappear after one treatment and are still noticeable even after a day.
3. University remineralization study: King's College London
The goal of the remineralization study, performed at King's College London Dental Institute, was to analyse remineralization data of iWhite Instant 2 against several controls: a placebo gel, a positive control and a negative control.
Caries-free enamel discs were cut from extracted human teeth. An air abrasion kit was used at a fixed distance to create reproducible lesion/damage to naturally-occuring whit spot lesions.
CE=control enamel
AE=air abraded enamel
White Instant2
The images show evidence of progressive infill of the lesion. At T2 and T3, the abraded enamel surface is comparable to that of the control surface, suggesting damage/lesion repair.
The images show little to no evidence of lesion infill. T0/T1 and T2 are similar in surface texture. Surface roughness decreases slightly in T3, however significant defects are still visible in the enamel at T3.
We can conclude that iWhite Instant 2 enhanced the repair and contributed to mineralization of damaged enamel.


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A little while ago I shared my ten favourite Ted Talks, and since then my obsession has grown (and grown) and here is another ten I think you will love.
Brian Dettmer Old Books Reborn as Intricate Art
Elizabeth Gilbert Your Elusive Creative Genius
Morgana Bailey The Danger of Hiding Who You Are
Julian Treasure How To Speak So That People Want To Listen
Amy Cuddy Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are
Andrew Solomon Depression, the Secret We Share
Carol Dweck The Power of Believing That You Can Improve
Debra Jarvis Yes, I Survived Cancer. But That Doesn't Define Me
Eve Ensler Happiness in Body and Soul
Parul Sehgal An Ode To Envy