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Flying Down to Rio
It seems that I cause trouble whenever I go to Brazil. On my trip in August 1996, I said that the government's fiscal and monetary policies were insufficiently serious. Especially problematic was the slow pace of reform in privatization and social security. There had also been no basic changes in monetary institutions, including a failure to create an Argentine-style currency board. This combination of fiscal and monetary weakness led me to predict that the Brazilian real would eventually be devalued. It took a bit longer than I expected, but it happened last January.
Finance Minister Pedro Sampaio Malan reacted to my comments in 1996 by saying that Brazil did not need nonserious American academics coming to Brazil to say that its policies were not serious. After his remarks appeared in a newspaper, I told a reporter that Domingo Cavallo had recently been fired as Argentina's economic minister and was available to replace Malan as Brazilian finance minister. This suggestion appeared in several newspapers and caused considerable distress. Apparently, an Argentinian running the Brazilian economy would be a national disgrace.
On my return for another conference a couple of weeks ago, I saw that not much had changed in Brazil. Fiscal and monetary reforms are still insufficiently serious, and prospects are for more exchange-rate crises and continued volatility in interest rates and inflation. The financial system is temporarily propped up by International Monetary Fund cash, and people are unreasonably optimistic based on short-term favorable moves in exchange and interest rates. Malan is still in charge at the Finance Ministry, and, worse yet, Cavallo is probably no longer available. He seems busy as a senator and presidential candidate in Argentina.
I argued at the conference that the Americas were witnessing the start of a favorable trend toward dollarization. The adoption of the U.S. dollar as a means of payment would eventually create the monetary discipline and stability that has escaped many countries in Latin America, including Brazil. My prediction was that this process would begin in Argentina, a considerable irony because Argentina already had Cavallo's currency board and therefore needed external discipline the least. After Argentina, dollarization would likely spread to Peru and Central America. Then the two most critical places would be Mexico, which might move next, and Brazil, which would likely be among the last countries to act.
A fellow panelist, Aloizio Mercadante, who is vice-president of the Labor Party, reacted angrily to my proposals. He said that following Cavallo's ideas about currency boards was more like following a donkey than a horse (apparently a play on the Portuguese word cavalo for horse). He also said that Brazil was a great country and therefore must always have its own money and monetary policy. I suggested renaming the dollar as the America if this would assuage national pride. I also expressed puzzlement about why it was OK for countries to export cars and wheat but not currencies and monetary policies, even though some countries were much better than others at producing monetary services. I argued that the world was moving toward three currency zones—the euro and something in Asia in addition to the dollar—and that Brazil ought to be making plans to join one of these zones.
I was not surprised to learn that Brazil had made little progress in tackling its fiscal and monetary problems. But I was astounded to discover that the state in which the conference took place—Rio Grande do Sul—had joined Cuba and North Korea as one of the world's few remaining Marxist economies. The local governor, Olivio Dutra, was even a dead ringer for Josef Stalin. His economic program seemed to have been inspired by the Soviet Union of the 1950s: an end to privatization, creation of new state companies, coercive agrarian reform, governmental repudiation of contracts with General Motors and Ford, curtailment of foreign investment, and the cessation of payments on debts to the federal government.This local program actually made Brazil's national economic policies look pretty good.
To add to the strangeness, Brazil also appears to be the only major country in the world that imposes cumbersome entry requirements on U.S. citizens. I almost did not make the trip in 1996 because of difficulty in obtaining a visa. Brazilians say the United States requires them to get visas to visit, too. So it's just a matter of Brazilian pride. But perhaps in this area, as well as in monetary matters, Brazilians ought to worry more about sound policy and less about nationalism.


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The Importance of proper exercise for Karate.
By Sensei Lorne Bruch, 2nd dan (http://www.elitechitoryu.ca/)
Article Commentary by Sensei Jason Armstrong:
Fitness: Is it necessary for a real fight?
If one does encounter a real fight should fitness be an issue? The answer is no - as we train in karate to end any encounter within seconds to 1 minute. If the fight lasts longer than that we have not performed well. Despite this, fitness is a key part of mind and body development, and it allows one to push the body, and hence the mind, in training to develop technique and determination under physical hardship. Therefore, despite having little relevance to most street fight scenarios it is an important part of our training as Sensei Lorne describes below.
Main Article by Sensei Lorne Bunch follows....
Conditioning exercises play an important role in all styles of Martial Arts, and yet are often disregarded in many dojos in an effort to make more time for basic training. Many modern day schools have eliminated exercise from their training regiment completely. As well as being a huge fundamental error in Karate training, this is dangerous to the student and over time will most likely cause serious injury. Conditioning the body before karate training is an absolute necessity, and each exercise should have a direct correlation to the motions in practice.
There are four basic fundamentals in respect to executing proper form in exercise - breathing, technique, relaxation and tension. If all basic fundamentals do not enter harmoniously into the exercise, the necessary elements of speed and force in all motions will suffer.
Although often overlooked as an essential part of any exercise, breathing plays an important role to those who study Karate do. Not only does proper breathing technique help relax and focus the students efforts but it also plays a key role in timing the oxygenation of cells and the expulsion of carbon dioxide. This factor alone aids in the minimization of fatigue and undue stress on the body. Controlled breathing helps regulate the heart as the intensity of the exercise increases, helping to increase stamina.
Each exercise begins with the body in a relaxed state yet upright and alert. Before the stretch is executed a quick breath in through the nose taking in as much air as possible is required and simultaneously a slight tightening of the abdominal area occurs. As the stretch begins, air is forced out by the diaphragm in a controlled manner. When dynamic tension is required at the end of the stretch the air is expelled "almost" completely at the exact moment of tension. It is this principle of timing breathing, relaxation and tension with proper technique that enables a student to develop extremely fast and powerful motions.
Proper technique begins first and foremost with proper instruction and continuous effort on the part of the student. As well as maximizing the positive effects of an exercise a commitment to proper form maintains the integrity of the motions involved. Because of the direct correlation of exercise to motions preformed during practice, if the integrity of a stretch relating directly to the form of a side kick is compromised, then the form required for the kick is also compromised. There are no exceptions to this basic rule of martial art exercise. In Karate no motion is useless, wasted or without purpose, and all have a logical relation to practical training.
Relaxation and tension are the most important training elements utilized to produce both tremendous speed and force. Stretching the bodies muscles over time leads to relaxation of the muscle tissue. A relaxed muscle carries with it no resistance when performing a motion thus, resulting in speed. Proper timing of dynamic tension at the end (or impact point) of the motion results in tremendous power. Motions are practiced diligently using fast relaxed execution until the impact point. By tensing the body at impact and relaxing immediately after, the force of the entire body is delivered through the weapon (hand foot etc.) into the target. It is important to note that delivering the motion in this manner causes the target to receive all the force, the deliverer receives very little.
In Karate, most schools of thought follow the premise that during an altercation, the attackers motion is blocked and an opportunity for a counter attack is created by the defender. Combining force as outlined above personifies the idea that only one counter attack is necessary to end the altercation.
If both exercise routines and motions are practiced in this manner, the effectiveness of all training is maximized, brining out the full potential of the students skill.

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So ... very ... tired ... - Nothing to See Here — LiveJournal
Mar. 9th, 2007
08:58 am - So ... very ... tired ...
Got to bed at 23:30 or so. This sounds like a nice early night, until you find out that I got up at 04:30. Did some work and general catch-up, and left to go to the office (because, well, why not beat the traffic?). Well, by the time I left, it was almost 06:00.
I drove a little off course (south an exit) to grab a Jamba Juice to start my day off somewhat healthily, but alas when I arrived at Jamba Juice, they were closed. They open at 06:30. Damn! I must try to remember that. So, futile attempt to get myself a smoothie thwarted, I headed north towards RWC.
As I headed up through Mountain View on 101, a Krispy Kreme coupon called out to me, so I exited at Donut Av^W^WRengstorff Avenue and went in to KK. Asked for a donut off the line, and showed the guy the coupon. When he handed me the bag, he told me that there were 2 in it -- 1 free sample. Pretty funny. A free "sample" as an extra when I went in to get a free donut. I thanked him and handed over the coupon!
I decided I really did still need a smoothie to start--ur, continue--my day, so I went to the RWC Jamba Juice, at Sequoia Stn (6.5mph! demon speed! Numnums'll know what I mean). Mmm, Jamba. That one, at least, was open, but by this point it was almost 07:00 anyway.
Got to the office just after 07:00, and resumed working. I'm so frickin' dead. I really need a weekend.


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New Book News! Very Lulu, from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky in September 2019
I'm delighted to announce that Annie Berger at Sourcebooks Jabberwocky has acquired my picture book Very Lulu, about a free-spirited black Lab who flunks (in the best possible way) out of the K9 Unit School. Jessica Gibson will illustrate.
Huge thanks to both Annie and my incredible agent Kira Watson for making it happen!


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For some time I have had excess hair on my breasts, which I have plucked.
Obviously the growth is now heavier and I am very embarrassed to ask for help and not sure where to turn.
In addition the plucking has made the area very red and it sometimes bleeds.
I would like to know if my actions have caused any permanent damage and what steps I can take to permanently get rid of this horrible unwanted hair.
I do not have excess hair anywhere else but the problem is affecting my confidence and my relationship with my long-term boyfriend.
This is a common problem, despite what you might think, and you have been dealing with it appropriately so far.
Most women either suffer from hair around the nipple region or in between the breasts.
If your hair is around the nipples, then it is usually best dealt with by plucking out the individual hairs when they are long enough.
It is theoretically possible to have electrolysis but some practitioners are not happy dealing with such a sensitive area, and it is not always effective.
If the hair is either on the breast itself (less common), or in between the breasts, then either simple plucking or waxing/sugaring could work.
Plucking seems less effective in this area as the hairs are usually finer and more numerous, but it won't do any long-term harm.
Seeing a recognised practitioner for waxing or sugaring is another good option.
An experienced practitioner will have seen it all before and they are used to dealing sensitively with what many people find is a very distressing problem.
Sugaring (using a small ball of special sugar paste to remove the hairs from deep in the follicles) may be slightly less painful, but it is really a matter of personal preference as to which therapy you choose.
Each treatment should last four to six weeks and the hair growth often becomes sparser and finer with successive treatments.
I would always advocate speaking to a therapist first to see what they offer, and also to see if you would feel comfortable seeing them.
Look in the Yellow Pages under 'beauty therapists' or ask friends – word of mouth is usually all the advertising that a good therapist working from home uses.
Alternatively, local beauty clinics may be able to help.
Depilatory creams can be used on non-sensitive areas but do try a 'patch' test first to make sure that you are not allergic to any of the ingredients.
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Northcutt Steele Gallery
Original Andy Warhol Photographic Exhibit
On Friday November 5th The MSU Billings Art Department along with the Northcutt Steele Gallery will celebrate a gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts with a lecture by Dr. Patricia Vettel-Becker, MSU Billings Art Historian, entitled Warhol 101, a public reception with a gallery talk by Dr. Connie M. Landis, and an Andy Warhol lookalike contest.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts based in New York City, 159 original photographs by Andy Warhol were presented to The MSU Billings Department of Art. Now part of the Permanent Collection in connection with the Northcutt Steele Gallery, This gift collection is one aspect of The Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program, an unprecedented opportunity available to educational institutions museums, galleries and art collections across the United States and the MSU Billings Department of Art is the only Montana educational institution to be accepted into the program.
Dr. Connie M. Landis and the MSU Billings Art Department worked with MSU Billings Reference Librarian/Archivist, Eileen Wright, to meet the display and storage archival requirements set by the Warhol Foundation. In addition, the MSU Billings Art Students' League, through funds from the Eric Robert Anderson Memorial Fund, approved and contributed the funds to cover the cost of meeting the faming requirements outlined by the Warhol Foundation.
Of the 159 total photographs, 105 are Polaroid images and 54 are 8" by 10" black and white silver gelatin photos. The Subject matter of these photographs includes: portraits and figure studies, landscapes, cityscapes, nature close-ups, still lives and loaves of bread and Famous people (Paloma Picasso, Calvin Klein, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jerry Zipkin, Rex Reed, Chris Evert, Robin Leach, Wayne Gretzky, Ron Gould, and Truman Capote) as well as obscure yet nonetheless interesting unidentified "folk" captured by Warhol as he took hundreds of photographs most days of his adult life.
Jenny Moore, curator of the Photographic Legacy Program, selected the photographs for the MSU Billings Special Collection. Moore stated "a wealth of information about Warhol's process and his interactions with his sitters is revealed in these images. Through his rigorous – though almost unconscious – consistency in shooting, the idiosyncrasies of his subjects were revealed. Often, he would shoot a person or event with cameras, cropping one in Polaroid color as a 'photograph' and snapping the other in black and white as a 'picture.' By presenting both kinds of images side by side, the Photographic Legacy Program allows viewers to move back and forth between moments of Warhol's 'art,' work,' and 'life' – inseparable parts of a whole."
Joel Wachs, President of the Warhol Foundation, indicated in the original letter request for institutional participation that the Photographic Legacy Program "will provide greater access to this important body of Warhol's work, allowing it to be viewed and studied by a broad, diverse public. We are pleased to offer educational institutions the opportunity to bring important Warhol artwork into their permanent collections, or to expand upon the Warhol holdings they might already have." Over $200 million in cash grants and art donations have been given away during the Foundation's 20-year lifespan.
As the Foundation looks to the future, Wachs further stated, "The Warhol Foundation will continue to be guided by the vision of its founder and benefactor, whose dying wish was to establish a foundation to advance the visual arts. We will devote our energy and resources to expanding support for artists and arts institutions throughout the country, and hope the Foundation's accomplishments will inspire others to follow Andy's visionary lead."


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Marion City Band was established in 1969 with support from the City of Marion Council to purchase the first set of instruments and uniforms for students from Mitchell Park Boys' Technical College to continue their musical education after graduating. This relationship with the City of Marion continues to be a strong component of the bands success, today.
The major turning point in the band's history came with the appointment of current Musical Director, Veronica Boulton, in August 2004. This appointment proved to be a catalyst for a number of changes in the band, perhaps most significant was the establishment of our then junior band, Warriparinga Brass, following Veronica's appointment. This period saw a major increase in the bands' efforts towards fundraising and recruitment which have been essential components in the band's efforts to create a positive, encouraging and inclusive environment for members of the community to discover and continue to develop their interest in brass bands.
Marion City Band commenced its education program in August, 2004 with the establishment of the junior band, Warriparinga Brass. Today, many of the pupils from this first cohort have progressed to become valued members of our senior bands, with some even continuing their studies at the Adelaide University Conservatorium of Music.
At present, the main focus of Marion City Band's education program is 'Heaven Brass':
The cost of Heaven Brass tuition and instrument hire is included in the quarterly fees charged by the band. Ensuring that tuition and instrument hire is affordable is a major focus of the band. If you are interested in finding out more information, please contact our Musical Director..


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Agility Accelerates the Delivery of Business Value
ATLANTA – April 6, 2017 – VersionOne, the leader in unified Agile and DevOps software solutions, today announced the release of the 11th annual State of Agile Report. Over the past eleven years, VersionOne has surveyed thousands of professionals practicing agile, making the State of Agile Report the largest, longest running, most widely cited agile survey in the world. The 11th annual report includes insights on the most used agile tools, agile maturity in organizations across the world, and challenges faced when scaling agile.
"The 11th annual State of Agile Report shows that enterprise agility is increasing throughout organizations and across almost all industries at an accelerated rate," said VersionOne CEO and Co-founder Robert Holler. "However, the survey also highlights that there is still a lot of opportunity for growth and that the momentum is far from slowing."
The 11th annual State of Agile Report reveals:
- Agile adoption is still growing – While 94% of respondents said their organizations practiced agile, they also stated that more than half (60%) of their organizations' teams are not yet practicing agile. 80% of respondents also said their organization was at or below a "still maturing" level with agile.
- Measuring enterprise agility with business value – Measuring how much business value an organization is delivering is an increasing focus. In this year's survey, business value was cited as the second most popular measure (46%) of an agile initiative's success, rising from fourth in the prior year.
- Organizations are investing in DevOps – The report states that 71% of respondents' organizations have current or planned DevOps initiatives.
The full 11th annual State of Agile Report is available for download at www.stateofagile.com.
About the State of Agile Survey
The 11th annual State of Agile survey was conducted between July and December, 2016.
Sponsored by VersionOne, the survey invited individuals from a broad range of industries in the global software development community and was promoted far beyond VersionOne's customer base at tradeshows and multiple digital channels. Thousands of responses were collected, analyzed, and prepared into a summary report by Analysis.Net Research, an independent
survey consultancy. Only 20% of the respondents were VersionOne customers, indicating the range and diversity of respondents.
About VersionOne
VersionOne is a recognized leader and visionary in agile ALM and DevOps software and services. Our mission is to help companies envision and deliver great software. Our promise is to promote and serve the best interests of the software development community with respect and humility. Every day, we work hard to make a difference in our community and with our customers.
Today, more than 50,000 teams at 1,000 companies, including 33 of the Fortune 100, use our solutions to help scale their agile and DevOps initiatives faster, easier and smarter. Whether a small team just starting out with agile or a global enterprise scaling agile, VersionOne customers get the best solutions in the industry backed by the pioneers in agile lifecycle management. VersionOne has offices in Atlanta and in Amsterdam. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and our blog.
VersionOne is a registered trademark and State of Agile is a trademark of VersionOne Inc.


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Nokia D1C Upcoming Smartphone Price and features Leaked Online :- The veteran smartphone manufacturer company, Nokia is all set to make his way back in the mobile market with their brand new Nokia D1C Smartphone. The price of this smartphone is expected to be around Rs. 9999 and the 3G version of the same will be launched with the price tag of Rs. 12999.
Check out below for the detailed specification of the new Nokia D1C Smartphone:
1. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm's 64-bit Snapdragon 430 processor MSM8937 and comes with a speed of 1.4GHz coupled with Adreno 505 GPU with 3GB RAM.
2. It will be equipped with a full HD resolution IPS display at 1080×1920 pixel resolution 401 ppi.
3. It has inbuilt storage of 32GB and is equipped with various connectivity supports like Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi as well as 4G LTE.
4. It will run on the Android 7.0 Nougat.
Meanwhile, the company has not announced about this smartphone, but it is believe that in the upcoming weeks, Nokia will launch every fact and detail about it. However, sources reveals that this smartphone of Nokia will carry every features that are available in any ideal smartphone especially the finger print sensor. Nokia D1C Smartphone will be available in numbers of color option including Silver, Gold and Black/Grey.
One can expect that this smartphone will be launched in 2017 globally and it will be in the neck to neck competition with the Xiaomi Redmi 3s / Xiaomi Redmi 3S Prime.
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Click here for Your Guide to Community Transport 2016
If you have not used our service before, welcome to Community Transport! Before we can get you going, you will need to register as a passenger with us.
If you are over 65 years old (50 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) you will need to register with My Aged Care by calling 1800 200 422. My Aged Care is a Commonwealth Government Agency which will determine your eligibility for services, and refer you back to Community Transport. You must be sure to ask specifically for The Community Transport Company. If you would like help with this, or require transport urgently please call our office on 1300 812 504.
If you are under 65 years old (50 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people) and have a disability or you are transport disadvantaged, you can register directly with your local Community Transport office. Before we transport you, we will ask you some questions in relation to your mobility, and other personal details for your registration with us to ensure that we can provide the right transport and vehicle for you.
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If you think you are pregnant and you are considering abortion, make sure to get the facts first. Be educated and informed. At ANH, after taking a pregnancy test, our client advocate will discuss the procedures with you for your stage of pregnancy as well as the risks involved.
Methods of Abortion
RU486, Mifepristone: (Abortion Pill) – Within 4 to 7 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP) This drug is only approved for use in women up to the 49th day after their last menstrual period. The procedure usually requires three office visits. On the first visit, the woman is given pills to cause the death of the fetus. Two days later, if the abortion has not occurred, she is given a second drug which causes cramps to expel the fetus. The last visit is a follow up ultrasound to determine if the procedure has been completed.
RU486 will not work in the case of an ectopic pregnancy. This is a potentially life-threatening condition in which the fetus lodges outside of the uterus, usually in the fallopian tube. If not diagnosed early, the tube may burst, causing internal bleeding and in some cases, the death of the woman.
Manual Vacuum Aspiration: up to 7 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP)
This surgical abortion is done early in the pregnancy until 7 weeks after the woman's last menstrual period. A long, thin tube is inserted into the uterus. A large syringe is attached to the tube and the fetus is suctioned out.
Suction Curettage: between 6 to 14 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP)
This is the most common surgical abortion procedure. Because the baby is larger, the doctor must first stretch open the cervix using metal rods. Opening the cervix may be painful, so local or general anesthesia is typically needed. After the cervix is stretched open, the doctor inserts a hard plastic tube into the uterus, and then connects this tube to a suction machine. The suction pulls the fetus' body apart and out of the uterus. The doctor may also use a loop-shaped knife called a curette to scrape the fetus and fetal parts out of the uterus. (The doctor may refer to the fetus and fetal parts as the "products of conception.").
Dilation and Evacuation (D&E): between 13 to 24 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP)
This surgical abortion is done during the second trimester of pregnancy. At this point in pregnancy, the fetus is too large to be broken up by suction alone and will not pass through the suction tubing. In this procedure, the cervix must be opened wider than in a first trimester abortion. This is done by inserting numerous thin rods made of seaweed a day or two before the abortion. Once the cervix is stretched open the doctor pulls out the fetal parts with forceps. The fetus' skull is crushed to ease removal. A sharp tool (called a curette) is also used to scrape out the contents of the uterus, removing any remaining tissue.
Dilation and Extraction (D&X) (partial-birth abortion): from 20 weeks after last menstrual period (LMP) to full-term
This procedure takes three days. During the first two days, the cervix is stretched open using thin rods made of seaweed, and medication is given for pain. On the third day, the abortion doctor uses ultrasound to locate the legs of the fetus. Grasping a leg with forceps, the doctor delivers the fetus up to the head. Next, scissors are inserted into the base of the skull to create an opening. A suction catheter is placed into the opening to remove the brain. The skull collapses and the fetus is removed. Our center offers peer counseling and accurate information about all pregnancy options; however we do not refer for or perform abortion services.
Post Abortions & Miscarriages
Pregnancy loss is an experience involving grief and pain. Such a loss, whatever the cause, miscarriage, still birth, infertility or an abortion is an ordeal which should not be ignored or denied. A New Hope provides resources to recovery to those struggling with healing through peer-counseling. For those who took part in their loss through elective abortion, the effects can be called Post-Abortion Stress Syndrome.
Post Abortion Stress Syndrome (PAS) is similar to post-traumatic stress disorder. The process of making an abortion choice, experiencing the procedure and living with the grief, pain and regret is certainly, at its very core, traumatic. As with any trauma, individuals often try to "forget" the ordeal and deny or ignore any pain that may result.
ANH provides resources to aid in the after-abortion process
The symptoms of post abortion syndrome will not necessarily appear at the same time, nor is it likely that any woman will experience the entire list. Some may occur immediately after an abortion and others much later. If you can identify with more than two of the symptoms below, it could be that you are experiencing post-abortion syndrome:
- Guilt
- Anxiety
- Psychological "numbing"
- Depression and thoughts of suicide
- Sad mood
- Sudden and uncontrollable crying episodes
- Deterioration of self-concept
- Reduced motivation
- Disruption in interpersonal relationships
- Thoughts of suicide
- Anniversary syndrome
- Re-experiencing the abortion
- Preoccupation with becoming pregnant again
- Anxiety over fertility and childbearing issues
- Interruption of the bonding process with present and/or future children
- Survival guilt
- Development of eating disorders
- Alcohol and drug abuse
- Other self-punishing or self-degrading behaviors


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Product Description
The LabVIEW Physical Computing Kit includes the 32-bit version of LabVIEW Home and is compatible with Windows 10*/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP (32-bit and 64-bit). Not compatible with OS X.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming platform used for data acquisition & analysis, instrument control, prototyping and more. LabVIEW Home Bundle has made this powerful software affordable for makers and students. But what if you want to connect your LabVIEW projects to the physical world?
That's why we've created the Physical Computing Kits. This version of the kit includes the popular Raspberry Pi 2 platform, combined with LabVIEW Home Bundle, it provides an inexpensive yet versatile way to connect to the outside world.
*NI does not officially support LabVIEW Home on Windows 10 because Windows 10 was released after LabVIEW Home. Digilent uses LabVIEW Home on Windows 10 regularly and has not found any compatibility issues.
|What's in the kit?
The Raspberry Pi 2 Physical Computing Kit comes with:
Run LabVIEW beyond your computer!
The Raspberry Pi is capable of many of the same things your computer does all for under $100. What makes this board so powerful is a Broadcom BCM2836 and ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core processor SoC. It's great for processing applications and has connectivity for USB devices, like a mouse and keyboard. It requires a seperate SD card (8GB is recommended to store the Linux distribution) and a USB A to Micro-B cable for power.
The Raspberry Pi 2 is ideal for users who wish to learn how to program in multiple programming languages. Since it runs Linux, it allows users to deploy LabVIEW using LINX 3.0 and run the Rasperry Pi disconnected from the PC.
One application that we highly recommend would be to use the Raspberry Pi 2 to stream remote-sensing data to a LabVIEW front panel running on a PC, which requires the use of a WiFi dongle (Wi-Pi) or an Ethernet cable plugged into a router.
|With the Raspberry Pi 2, you'll have 4 USB ports, an HDMI port, 40 GPIO pins, an Ethernet port, combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video, and a microSD card slot all at your disposal.
You'll also be able to quickly create your own graphical user interfaces. Does your project need switches, buttons, dials, numeric displays, or more? You'll be able to choose from hundreds of controls, graphs, and 3D visualization tools, then simply drag-and-drop them into place.
In LabVIEW, you can design your project's block diagram & graphical interface, all at once.
Once you have your LabVIEW program, you are able to deploy it to the Raspberry Pi 2 and run it remotely!
Need help getting started?
You'll find a growing collection of tutorials and examples at LabVIEW MakerHub, including:
- A tutorial series for users new to LabVIEW and its interface
- A tutorial series specifically for the Rasperry Pi 2.
These tutorials can walk you through an introduction to the LabVIEW interface, programming examples, setting up your Raspberry Pi 2 for deployment and running your LabVIEW code.


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Volunteers from eight local churches turned out Wednesday to feed the hungry during Campbell Chapel AME Church's third annual Christmas dinner.
The dinner was part of Campbell Chapel's weekly soup kitchen, which feeds the hungry, homeless and homebound in the area. Hot meals are served every Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the church's fellowship hall on Boundary Street.
Organizers said an average of 25 people dine every week, but the volunteers also carry out meals to those who don't have the ability to leave their homes. More than 40 meals are delivered every week to Simmonsville and Buck Island roads.
Bluffton's first weekly soup kitchen in memory opened in January 2012, and organizers say it remains the only one in town. Linda Ellis, who attends First Presbyterian Church of Hilton Head, and Teddy McCracken, who attends Church of the Cross, developed the idea with the help of the late Ida Martin, who founded Bluffton Self Help.
In addition to Campbell Chapel, volunteers come from First Presbyterian Church of Hilton Head, Church of the Cross, Lowcountry Community Church, Lowcountry Presbyterian Church, Bluffton United Methodist, First Zion Baptist Church and Indian Hill Baptist Church.
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Every package of hazardous formulations must be legibly and permanently labeled with the following information:
Xn: Harmful and Xi: Irritating. The Cross of St. Andrew, is on the labels of products belonging to categories with Harmful Risk or Irritant. Certain products can cause temporary damage (irritant) or temporary (harmful) by inhalation, skin contact or ingestion. Avoid breathing these vapors, use these products in well ventilated areas, wear gloves and wash hands thoroughly with soap after use.
F + F: Highly flammable and extremely flammable. This symbol appears on products that are easily or extremely flammable (such as solvent-based varnish in bottles or cans). It is forbidden to smoke during the application of these products, which should only be used in well ventilated areas.
C: corrosive
For products that could cause chemical burns. Gloves and safety glasses must be worn.
N: Toxic Environment
For products that may have long-term, adverse effects on the environment.
Indication of danger detectable by touch
It is a raised brail triangle provided for the non-sighted to inform them of hazardous products. This symbol is transparent.
Every package of non-dangerous formulations are legibly and permanently labeled with the following information: business name or designation of the formulation, name, complete mailing address and telephone number of the party responsible for placing it on the market, nominal quantity.
All toys or products that are clearly intended for children under 14 are subject to the CE marking. The paints bearing the CE marking shall be in conformity with toy standard EN 71 as in the following:
- EN 71-1 : Mechanical and physical properties
- EN 71-2 : 2007 flammability
- EN 71-3 : Migration of certain elements
- EN 71-7 : finger painting
All toys that may be dangerous for children under the age of thirty-six months, are to contain a warning "Not suitable for children under the age of thirty-six months" or "not suitable for children under three years" and the graphic symbol for EN 71-6.
For small toys, such information may be given on the package label or package insert. In the latter case, the words "information to be retained" is added.
Green Point
It is provided with EU Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. In France, the green dot logo on the package of a household product, means that the producer of the product adheres to the recycle system for packaging and therefore complies with the requirements of the Environmental Code. This contribution will fund the organization for this waste in the municipalities.
Metrological sign "e"
With a size: ≥ 3 mm high, adding this letter means that the amount indicated has been carefully controlled, by the professional during manufacturing.
ACMI = Art & Creative Materials Institute
It is the international association of manufacturers of products for Art and Leisure, founded in 1936. It is responsible for ensuring compliance of labeling products according to U.S. rules and regulations (hazardous labeling function standard, ASTM D 4236, and Labeling of Hazardous Art Materials Act: LHAM). After reviewing the formulations, and testing the products, they are classified into two categories:
- AP (approved product) = not dangerous for children and adults.
- CL (caution labeling) = product with certain dangers, whose labeling requires certain statements (flammable, harmful ...).
Abbreviation of: Fællesrådet for Formnings- og Hobbymaterialer or joint committee for the supply of leisure and creative art. It is an organization that ranks Danish paints into in 4 classes (A, B, C & D) according to their level of dangerousness, and then, it is only for the Scandinavian market.
Products labeled "A" may be used by a child over 3 years.
Products marked "B" may be used by a child over 5 years under the supervision of an adult.
Products marked "C" may be used by a child over 15 years.
Products labeled "D" may be used by an adult.
Registry Classification of dyes developed in 1925 by the Society of Dyers and Colourists and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourist.
Each dye is represented by two sets of letters and two sets of figures:
1 or 2 letters:
1 or 2 letters:
1-3 figures: the serial number of registration of various dyes.
5 figures called "constitution": characterizing chemical formulas.
Adapted from ASTM D 5067, classification of colours for Artists is defined as follows:
Opaque hue: completely obscures the visibility of the lower layer.
Semi-transparent hue: allowing partial visibility of the lower layer.
Transparent hue: allowing complete visibility of the lower layer.


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Certainly everyone is aware that someone in the "fighter jet dispersement" department of our federal government has decided to gift 16 F-16s to Egypt. If you can figure out why anyone would think that's a good idea, I need to hear from you . . . but I digress!
In a seemingly unrelated matter, today it has been reported that Senator John Cornyn is threatening to hold up the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense due to his failure to make clear his position on selling F-16s to Taiwan. It seems that Taiwan wants to buy some F-16s, but there is opposition to such a sale from those who think that it would antagonize the Chinese.
So here's the deal. We are giving F-16s to Egypt, but we're really iffy about selling the same jet fighters to Taiwan.
The inmates really ARE running the asylum!
God, help us!


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One chilly autumn afternoon, Sir John and I set out to walk in a bit of urban greenbelt which we haven't visited in some time. The sky was grey, the trees were bare, the path was covered in dull brown leaves. Since this is an urban area, even when we appeared to be deep in the woods, we could still hear the roar of traffic at a distance, and since even the vines had lost their leaves, we could see houses and their back gardens through a fence. It was all very drab, chilly, and ordinary.
We walked about five miles, looping out on a paved path shared with runners and cyclists, and back on a once-gravelled trail used only by walkers and the occasional horse. When we were about half a mile from the parking lot we'd started from, the trail began to slant downhill, toward a branch of the river, and suddenly the undergrowth was bright green again. We saw a deer grazing, her tail a white flag. We walked on toward a gently arched bridge, passing a white deer skull balanced at the edge of the stream. I said, "You know if we cross that bridge, we've had enough signs that we shouldn't be surprised if we find ourselves in the middle of the War for the Oaks or the War of the Emerald Ash Borer or something."
We crossed. We reached a liminal space, where woods, prairie, and houses came together. We met only a mountain biker in a fluorescent vest, accompanied by two black Labradors each wearing a glowing collar, one green, one blue. And then when we were nearly back to our car, another group approached us: a silver-muzzled blond Lab leashed by a silver-haired man, and by his side a woman with an owl's head . . . .


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All aboard the Panda SEO rollercoaster – again
Just when it seemed like the dust had finally more or less settled from Google's rollout of its Panda SEO algorithm, the search engine giant has announced a new major update. Pierre Far shared the news on his Google+ account, having taken over from Matt Cutts during his current sabbatical from the role of Head… more »
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It's a question that will be asked countless times in the days to come, but just what does Panda 4.0 mean for SEO? The latest instalment of Google's headline-grabbing algorithm update was announced on May 21st (UK time) by Matt Cutts – "Google is rolling out our Panda 4.0 update starting today" via his Twitter… more »


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As a student and as a professional, I've read broadly and deeply, and I have a variety of interests. Here are a few of my favorite subjects and genres.
Areas of Expertise
I graduated from Bryn Mawr College with an Artium Baccalaureus in religion. My undergraduate thesis was on the Gospel of Mark, and I focused on women in the early church and the New Testament. I also studied Gnosticism, Anabaptists, and Jewish mysticism. I am, generally speaking, more interested in religious texts than religious practice, but I am reasonably knowledgeable in both for a fairly wide range of faiths. Please note that I tend to side with the heretics, the disssenters, and the outsiders.
My interest in myth began—as it often does—with Greece. By adolescence, I had developed an interest in Celtic gods and goddesses. My explorations into Norse mythology intensified when I discovered that my thirty-first-great-grandfather was a Norwegian polar bear. I'm serious about this stuff, and if I work with you on a myth-infused manuscript, you can count on me to steer you away from Joseph Campbell and New Age syncretism and into barely-charted depths.
Anyone who studies religion and myth is going to stumble into folklore eventually, and folklore has been a focus of my work as a graduate student. I am more knowledgeable about North Atlantic folklore than anything else, but my searches for weird variants have taken me to the United States, India, and elsewhere. I know a lot about selkies, and more than a little about fairies. If your fiction relies upon folkloric figures, I can certainly help you make them authentic.
Women's Spirituality
I'm interested in the ways in which contemporary women draw spiritual sustenance from ancient goddesses and traditional practices. I'm also interested in using concepts like shamanic journeys and mystery rites in crafting fiction.
Favorite Genres
I don't much care for horror, but I love Gothic. I love it in its earliest manifestations in the eighteenth century and I love many contemporary iterations. Gothic is a topic on which I have taught and written extensively. Please note: The explained supernatural makes me cranky; I want my ghosts to be real.
There's probable no other genre in which I have read more widely, and it will always be my first love. That said, I prefer intimacy over grandeur. Although I have enjoyed George R.R. Martin immensely, Ursula K. LeGuin has my heart, and The Once and Future King will always be my very favorite book. And, while I adored The Hobbit in adolescence and even more in middle age, The Lord of the Rings puts me to sleep. I say this not to start a riot, but merely to hint at what you might expect from me as an editor working with your fantasy manuscript.
Historical Fiction
I'm quite confident that I've learned more about history from historical fiction than from works purporting to offer a more authoritative kind of truth. This is, I suppose, because I'm interested in the human side of history. The big picture is only important to me because of what it means to individual lives, I admire authors who make the past strange and familiar at the same time, and I abhor an anachronism.
Historical Romance
I don't care at all about contemporary romance. If the main goal of a novel is the union between a man and a woman I might meet at the supermarket, I'm not interested. But put those characters in kilts or farthingales, and I'm hooked. Call it a weakness. I don't care.
Paranormal Romance
I may be the world's leading academic expert on selkies in paranormal romance. Is this because I'm the only academic writer ever to take an interest in selkies in paranormal romance? Possibly, but let's not dwell on that. My point is that I'm a sucker for a romance with a weird twist. I'm happy to work with you if you've got vampires or werewolves, but I'm going to push you to differentiate your monsters from those that have come before. Working with fairies? I will make you read folktales and ballads. If your heroine, your hero, or your antagonist is a creature long-known to folklore but new to contemporary fiction, I want very, very much to work with you. This includes strange beasts, but also gods and goddesses previously unexplored in contemporary fiction.


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|Exercise-induced cardiac troponin T release: a meta-analysis.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 18046180 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|PURPOSE: Cardiac troponin T (cTnT) is a highly specific marker of myocardial damage and used clinically in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Release of cTnT has been demonstrated in several small studies after endurance exercise. The purpose of this study was to explore, using a meta-analytic approach, the incidence of postexercise cTnT release after endurance exercise. METHODS: Articles identified via Pubmed, SportDiscus, and Embase (1997-2006) searches using the key words cardiac troponin T, cTnT, cardiac biomarkers, and exercise; a search of bibliographies; and consultation with experts in the field were entered into a random-effects meta-analysis. We identified 26 relevant studies (1120 cases). Age, gender, and body mass of participants, as well as exercise mode and duration, were explored as possible moderator variables with meta-regressions. RESULTS: Postexercise cTnT levels exceeded the assay detection limit in 47% of participants (95% CI = 39-56%). The detection of postexercise cTnT after cycling events was approximately half that of running events (27 vs 52%, P = 0.042). The detection of postexercise cTnT decreased slightly as event duration increased (P = 0.022) and mean body mass decreased (P = 0.0033). Postexercise detection of cTnT was not affected by age (P= 0.309) and was only slightly higher for studies with more males in the sample (P = 0.028). CONCLUSIONS: Exercise-induced cTnT release is apparent in almost half of the endurance athletes who have been studied to date. Relatively heavy individuals competing in shorter endurance events, primarily running marathons, are slightly more likely to demonstrate elevated cTnT postexercise than other athletes. These data are useful for clinicians evaluating athletes with cTnT elevations after competitive endurance exercise events.
|Robert Shave; Keith P George; Greg Atkinson; Emma Hart; Natalie Middleton; Greg Whyte; David Gaze; Paul O Collinson
Publication Detail:
|Type: Journal Article; Meta-Analysis
Journal Detail:
|Title: Medicine and science in sports and exercise Volume: 39 ISSN: 0195-9131 ISO Abbreviation: Med Sci Sports Exerc Publication Date: 2007 Dec
Date Detail:
|Created Date: 2007-11-29 Completed Date: 2008-02-25 Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8005433 Medline TA: Med Sci Sports Exerc Country: United States
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|Languages: eng Pagination: 2099-106 Citation Subset: IM; S
|Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom. email@example.com
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Biological Markers / blood*
Body Mass Index
Exercise / physiology*
Physical Endurance / physiology
Sports / physiology
Time Factors
Troponin T / blood*
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A popular golf course and tourist detsination near Pocklington has launched its new gym and fitness centre with the help of a boxing champion.
The KP Club, in Kilnwick Percy, opened the doors of its new health and fitness studio 'The Box' on Sunday (10 May).
The Box has state-of-the-art equipment and a unique outdoor Nordic relaxation area which includes two sauna huts, hot tub, swim spa, and spa pool, all overlooking the Yorkshire Wolds.
It was officially opened at the weekend by boxer Tommy Coyle.
One of The KP's Directors Simon Dixon said: "We are thrilled and excited about our new fitness suite and Nordic relaxation area, which we believe is a one-off in the area.
"We are already firmly established as a top tourist destination, attracting visitors from several bordering counties, as well as from our own doorstep. But this adds to our appeal enormously, as it will give guests and members the chance to really unwind from the stresses of modern life.
"With so much emphasis on healthy living, we wanted to make sure we gave our visitors the whole package, so they can now golf, walk miles on our nature trail, or work-out with our state-of-the-art equipment.
"The addition of the gym and studio will mean we will be offering more comprehensive facilities and we also hope the local community will also come and make use of the gym and the range of fitness classes we will be running."


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Governors Island is just a short ferry ride away from the Isle of Manhattan, and definitely a summer destination (as well as a spring and early fall place to visit). It has an absolutely incredible view of the Statue of Liberty!
There is a lot of nature there, particularly birds and flowers, but good bugs, too! The island has very few cars (only official and vendor motorized vehicles allowed), lots of bicycles, and many pedestrians. Slowly but surely, more and more touristy places to spend your money are popping up on the small island. But in advance of the total commercialization that will probably deprive Governors Island of its charm, I've been visiting and documenting the nature there. On August 6, I walked around the island photographing wildlife and avoiding people. I offer here An August Nature Walk on Governors Island.
For the last two years, a pair of yellow-crowned night herons have been nesting on the island. The babies this year are so delightful.
The first stop of my walk was just west of the castle, where I saw a banded common tern. I watched it for a while, and you can see the flight in the video.
On a building across from the Harbor School, a mother herring gull watched over her kids, occasionally squawking at them. Below, on the ground, two youngsters ran around, stretched or slept. I shifted my focus between the gulls and the heron nest.
After leaving the Harbor School area, I walked south along the west shore and found least sandpipers exploring the rocks.
There are flowers to be found everywhere you look on the island, not only in the Urban Garden (which I didn't visit on this trip) or the garden in front of the Harbor School.
And I saw lots of bugs, but focused on the butterflies, including a very beautiful skipper, a monarch butterfly, a cabbage butterfly, a painted lady and a battle-scarred spicebush butterfly (I think, but am not sure).
The island will remain accessible through the end of October. I will go back, I hope several times, and hope to have lunch those days at Little Eva's.


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Erbil Hub
The Erbil Hub is made up of young volunteered and talented Kurdish people, who are able to design and make a better future for our community. This Hub has got benefit from the diversity of Shapers' background including Law, Public affairs, Information Technology, Environment, Art, Health and Medicine. In addition, we have been able to make a launch of relations with Academic Institutions Including Middle East Research Institute (MERI) and with the Government such as Department of Foreign Relations. We Initiated in introducing a Panel regarding the importance of coexistence, tolerance, collaborating entrepreneurship program, developing new policy on cleaning environment, helping refugee and Internal Displaced People.


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Words that should be banned: Talent
Until I worked for an investment bank, I'd only ever heard the word "talent" used of the likes of David Beckham, Bryn Terfel or hot-looking boys on a night out. But as soon as I arrived in the world of finance, I discovered that everyone was talented. Traders. Managers. HR people. Heck, even me.
There had been, it seemed, a quantitative easing of talent in the City. (Quite fitting, I guess, given the word's origins as a unit of currency.) More than that. There was a whole "war for talent" raging in the City.
What I don't like about the word "talent" is the way it confers a sense of entitlement on those it describes. It reflects a belief in your innate superiority and validates your claims to wealth and power.
Yep, the City's faith in its own talent isn't down to a touchy-feely, no-one's-allowed-to-fail diversity stance (though all those white men in suits do talk a lot about diversity, too). It's a declaration that bankers represent the very best of the human gene pool.
But I think the economist J. K. Galbraith got it right in his small but brilliant book A Short History of Financial Euphoria. In this must-read for our times, Galbraith points out that financial bubbles are partly fuelled by a general (and mistaken) association of the world of finance with intelligence.
And doesn't that just ring so true of our own times? Think about all those SIVs and CDOs and ABSs that the bankers created, thinking they'd reinvented the laws of physics.
No one (bar a feisty little blonde woman at the FT) dared challenge the bankers on their AHF (Acronym Heavy Finance), because that would have meant admitting we weren't smart enough to understand what they were doing. That we didn't have the bankers' talent.
Turns out, of course, that neither did the bankers. And their financial alchemy was about as effective as, well, alchemy.
And now? Well, apparently, the CEO of one of the world's most well-known investment banks, has been telling his staff not to flash their money around too much, for fear of attracting attention (isn't that what Mafia bosses always tell their henchmen to do after a successful heist?).
And I suspect the bankers will be toning down the talent talk too, given their new status as the guys who made you realise that that pointy-shoed, slavebox-touting estate agent wasn't so bad after all. You know, in the grand scheme of things.
So the City will be a talent-free zone for a while yet. But the moment the talent craze starts up again, you'll know the bust is over and we're back in bubble territory.
"A government of all the talents" However, I've noticed that it's no longer just bankers who've got talent. On being appointed the UK prime minister, Gordon Brown announced that he wanted to create a "government of all the talents".
This phrase has always annoyed me. What grates about it isn't so much its ugly noun-heaviness, which is typical of so much of our leader's language (parodied beautifully as Stalinist in Private Eye).
It's not even the illiterate pluralisation and concretisation of an uncountable abstract noun, a practice that until then I'd assumed was the preserve of Swiss colleagues with a shaky grasp of English.
It's the implication that these "talents" are genetically destined to have a say in the way our country is being run, not because they've been given a mandate by the people, but, well, because they're just so much smarter than the rest of us. People like our glorious new Enterprise Tsar, Alan Sugar, who unbeknownst to the electorate had been auditioning for this government role on his TV show, The Apprentice.
In other words, for "government of all the talents", read "government of the unelected". Heck, let's not beat around the bush here: just read "government of all the bankers".
Britain's got talent? Really? Surely, then, it's only a matter of time before Simon Cowell is put in charge of our education system and named the UK's Talent Tsar. For who has done more for the UK in these dark, depressing times than the man who's told us that the whole country is talented?
Britain's got talent? C'mon guys, I think we can come up with some ideas for a TV show that better reflects our true place in the world. Something that captures more accurately the great British character. How about:
Britain's got a chip on its shoulder about its neighbour's car
Britain's got a problem talking to people until it's got a few drinks inside it
Britain's got a bastard of a mortgage keeping it awake at night and isn't feeling like such a clever investor now, is it?
Britain's got good curry houses, I'll give it that
Or how about this, from Twitterer umisenyamasen:
Britain's got about a month, according to the IMF
Nope, for me, nothing quite sums up the general griminess and grubbiness of life in the UK today – not to mention the mundanity and mediocrity of its people – better or more succinctly than:
Britain's Got Clamydia
Are you talented enough to come up with something better?
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Choreographer and Director Melanie Stewart collaborates with Eun Jung Choi and Guillermo Ortega Tanus of Da·Da·Dance Project to produce STICKY, a work of visual theatre that explores identity, power, and the desire for intimacy in a long-term romantic relationship. Thriving on the manipulation of dance, language, film animation, and 3-D imaging created in Rowan University's Virtual Reality Center, STICKY revels in making the familiar unconventional.
For more information, visit www.stickyredux.com.
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Do you remember your 1st day of Kindergarten, or your child's? Today is my baby's 1st day. Boy they grow up fast! *SNIFF* The harsh reality of life!
Over the summer I was looking for a way to start documenting my lil' guys grade school years, and I came across a great idea on Pinterest to help document this. Simple to copy! Get a large adult T-shirt and print your Kindergarteners graduation date on it. I ordered the personalized baseball T from Etsy. Every year take a photo of them in the T-shirt and the final photo on high school graduation day. It's going to be a great memory to look back on and will be interesting to see the progression of how he starts to fill out the shirt over the next 12 years. Fingers crossed there's no hiccups and he graduates on time!
Don't you think it's a fab idea? I wish I had thought of this 5 years ago with my older son. Never too late! I've started the annual photo op with him too!
Now I can't wait for my two monkeys to come home from school to hear about their first day of Kindergarten and 5th grade! Lets see how much they tell me. Probably just the usual one word answer 'Good' or 'OK'. Do they not realize I've been waiting hours to get a full on minute by minute report about their day? HA - Pyscho Mom! Do you have the same problem? Well today I'm going to try these tips from an article I read in Huffington Post on 25 Ways to Ask Your Kids 'So How Was School Today?' It's all about tricking them and being creative in how you word your questions! Give it a go!
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Stephen Comstock's remarks at press briefing teleconference on tax polling
As prepared for deliveryPress briefing teleconference on tax polling
Stephen Comstock, API director of tax and accounting policy
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Opening statement as prepared for delivery:
Good morning everyone, and thanks for calling in.
New polling conducted for API by Harris Interactive shows that American voters see great value in a strong domestic energy sector. Nine out of ten respondents said that developing more domestic energy here in the U.S. is important, and 73 percent support increased access to domestic oil and natural gas resources.
Unfortunately, discussions taking place in the nation's capital could threaten to put the strength of American energy at risk.
Whenever the debate in Washington turns to spending and debt, a few politicians repeatedly haul out proposals for punitive tax increases on oil and natural gas. This is not a popular idea, according to our polling, which found that 81 percent of voters nationwide believe politicians in Washington should solve the country's budget issues without raising energy taxes.
This may be because Americans naturally see a connection between energy taxes and energy prices. According to the poll, 69 percent of voters agree that increasing energy taxes, such as taxes on oil and natural gas companies, hurts everyone because those tax increases could drive up energy costs for consumers.
Many Americans are also likely aware that oil and natural gas have been a bright spot in an otherwise slow growth economy. After all, the domestic oil and natural gas industry created jobs 40 times faster than the broader economy from 2007 to 2012, according to the Energy Information Agency.
Tax reform is another area where voters are wary of the potential for harm to U.S. energy production and energy security.
When asked about tax reform, 56 percent of voters said they oppose changes to the tax code that could decrease investment in energy production and reduce energy development in the U.S. versus just 30 percent who said they would support such actions.
At API, we believe tax reform could help keep America competitive in a global marketplace, but we also know it must be done carefully.
Cost recovery measures, like the deduction for intangible drilling costs or IDCs, are available to every business in America. The IDC deduction allows oil and natural gas companies to recoup labor and other costs spent on drilling a well. By improving cash flow, the deduction allows companies to invest more money into creating jobs and producing the energy that keeps our economy running.
For some companies in the retail and service sectors, reduced marginal tax rates might outweigh the loss of deductions that allow a business to recover costs. But for capital-intensive industries like energy and manufacturing, cash flow and cost recovery will typically be very important factors in how they decide to invest in their operations.
A study released this summer by Wood Mackenzie shows that repealing IDC would result in fewer wells drilled, fewer Americans employed, and less energy produced here in the U.S. This impact is both significant and immediate.
190,000 Americans would be unemployed next year if the IDC deduction is repealed, growing to 265,000 jobs lost over a decade, according to the study. With nearly 10,000 fewer wells drilled and $407 billion in decreased investment, domestic oil and natural gas production would fall 14 percent below current expectations after 10 years.
That kind of impact would be almost impossible to offset just by lowering marginal tax rates.
It's no secret that policymaking in Washington can sometimes be a mess, with unwelcome consequences that were never intended. In the same way, tax reform that damages cost recovery measures like IDC in order to pay for lower rates could unintentionally hit the brakes on America's energy and manufacturing renaissance.
Energy is working in America, and API and our 15 million strong and growing network of grassroots activists are encouraging policymakers to keep that in mind.
Just by allowing our industry to do what we do best, government collects average revenues of $85 million a day. We pay our fair share and then some while providing energy to families and businesses and supporting millions of jobs throughout the economy.
If the federal government allowed greater access to domestic oil and natural gas resources – which our polling shows Americans strongly support – it could lead to even more revenue for the government and more energy and good-paying jobs for American workers.
That's the kind of bipartisan solution that's needed in Washington today.
Thank you again for calling in, and now I'll be happy to take your questions.


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Something Good.
Every once in a while a day comes along that changes things. Perhaps it's subtle, tragic, unexpected, joyful, or severe, but your soul reacts to it and your person hood is altered a few degrees and for a moment you can feel the massive cogs of the Universe moving.
My fingers comb valleys into the warm, fluid sand. Deeper, the earth turns cool and viscous and thousands of grains of sand gather and pack beneath my fingernails. My children's voices, just several feet away, are nearly swallowed by the angry rush of vehicles crossing the bridge overhead. My skin drinks the October sunlight like a sponge, savoring the unseasonable warmth of the day. Time drifts, warps, then becomes irrelevant. My mind's eye turns inward and finds glimpses of the future. With such clarity I see the desires of my heart, I see my aspirations reached, my goals achieved. I taste gladness and I see my son and daughter grown. I want only happiness for them. I want hurt to stay so far away but I know I will witness the sting of pain in their lives and that it must happen. Joy and sorrow both will sculpt them. Sounds of the ocean's song and of footsteps growing slower with age echo in my ears, the richness of love abounds and memories are filed away to accumulate dust over years that pass like drops of rain. And just as swiftly as this rare moment has engulfed my consciousness, the tide lowers and I surface. Back to today, back to the sun and my new home and our Sunday walk. Back to toddlers searching for the biggest stick and begging not to go. Back to one day among so many, but one set apart, bookmarked by a photograph taken by my husband of me lying on a colorful scarf spread on the sand, my mind many years away being filled with a beautiful understanding that everything is just as it should be.


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The Supreme Court recently quoted the iconic singer and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, in its judgment banning BS-III vehicles
I usually get excited whenever I come across words of wisdom from great personalities who could either be a philosopher, poet, leader or songwriter. Famous lines, written in few words, establish a rationale that needs no detailed story or background.
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"Marte hain aarzoo mein marne ki, Maut aati hai par nahin aati" (One dies longing for death/but death, despite being around, is elusive). This Urdu couplet by the 18th-century poet, Mirza Ghalib, was quoted by Justice Markandey Katju to convey the Supreme Court's dilemma in rejecting a petition to allow Euthanasia—a practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering— to nurse Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug in his 141-page judgment in 2011.
Time and again, the courtrooms in India witnessed poets and thinkers being referred in major judgments. The very recent instance was when the Supreme Court quoted, the iconic singer, songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, in its judgment banning Bharat Stage III (BS-III) vehicles from April 1, 2017.
How Dylan settled the literal vs purposive interpretation debate in the Supreme Court?
From March 20 to 29, 2017, I witnessed courtroom wars between the automobile industry (backed by the central government) and the Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA).
The country's top counsels, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi and K K Venugopal, representing the automobile industry, harped on the fact that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notification for BS-IV vehicles in India clearly mentioned the word "manufacture" not the "sale or registration". They urged the court to read the literal interpretation of the notification rather than purposive.
After listening to all the arguments, the court, on March 29, 2017, banned the sale of BS-III vehicles in India from April 1, 2017. The detailed 32-page judgment was delivered on April 13, which made it clear that when health of millions of people in India is involved, notification related to commercial activities cannot be interpreted in a literal manner.
Justice Madan B Lokur emphasised this idea by referring Dylan in his judgment, "The various notifications do not deserve to be given a literal meaning but a purposeful interpretation. What is the mischief sought to be remedied and how best is it possible to remedy that mischief? To recall what lyricist and singer Bob Dylan had to say – the answer is blowing in the wind."
Other instances when Dylan stole the show
This was certainly not the first time when Dylan was quoted by any judge in India. In January 2017, the Kerala High Court, while rejecting a petition challenging the state's liquor policy, said in its 46-page judgment that "what is today morally reprehensible and socially unacceptable may not be so tomorrow". It referred to Bob Dylan's song, "The times they are a-changing".
Dylan is not only limited to courtrooms. In 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the Global Citizen Festival concert overshadowed the Coldplay's gig as he quoted the iconic refrain from the song, "The times they are a-changing".
Dylan may again be quoted in future
After lobbying unsuccessfully for BS-III vehicles, the industry is trying very hard to delay the introduction of BS-VI vehicles in the country. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the body of the automobile industry, has hinted that introducing BS-VI vehicles from April 2020 is next to impossible. The SIAM is scheduled to be ready with its side of the argument in the coming weeks. As of now, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has assured that BS-VI fuel will be available in the country from April 1, 2020.
Meanwhile, Dylan must be "a worried man with a worried mind" as he tells himself, "people are crazy and times are strange".
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While there should be no two opinions about better emission standards with better fuel and better vehicle engine technology; those who wish to forcefully, forcibly impose the restrictions...including Supreme Court and Environment connected enthusiasts SHOULD also talk about and suggest ways out of millions of vehicles plying on the roads TODAY...even for quite some span ahead. While mercilessly, adhering to new standards; can a poor country like us can bar/order to dispose off these million vehicles off the roads !? What would be the entire picture with passenger vehicles, commercial transport vehicles being discarded/thrown off the roads, in millions !?
Let's hear...what they all have to say... suggest. Rich countries can afford the sudden, time-bound transition but poor countries like ours !?
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I came across her story last year while watching TV. I asked her if I could share her story with you, and she so graciously agreed (thanks again!). There are so many young people out there who feel like they have to wait until they're older before they can make an impact on their communities. If you're one of them – hopefully, hearing her story will encourage you.
As a part of 4-H Club, Kenzie gave a speech on childhood hunger. When she realized how hunger was affecting her community, she decided to do something to help. She wanted her own food bank, and started the Make A Difference Food Pantry when she was just 10 years old. That was a few years ago.
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For the indication of the 4 to 20 mA signal or the HART values in the field or in the panel
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( dpa ) - A German court jailed a couple Thursday for repeated cruelty to a 13-year-old girl from Mongolia while she was being trained for a circus act.
The girl, who now lives in a children's home, said she could not do the difficult contortionist tricks prescribed by her cousin, 36, a former top acrobat from Mongolia, and the woman's circus-loving German husband, 44.
The couple, who were training a troupe of Mongolian girls in their house in Mainz, western Germany, beat and poked the 13-year-old with a bamboo rod and hung her by her wrists from a hook on the wall using adhesive tape.
The woman received five years in prison and her husband three-and- a-half years for assault, cruelty and kidnap.
"You believed you had imported a sports device from Asia, but it didn't work, because it was a human being with human feelings," the judge told the couple. "You kept her like a dog in a kennel."
Covered with cuts and bruises, the girl escaped from the couple's home after the beatings from April to July last year and spent two weeks in hospital. Witnesses said she was accused of a "lack of discipline and obedience."
The judge told the woman, "You were a world-class artiste. But you are not competent as a trainer of girls."
The couple agreed to pay the girl 40,000 euros (58,400 dollars) in damages. The judge, who described the victim as a "very nice, smart little girl," said she believed she would get over her nightmares after the ordeal.
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