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Moreover, Out-of-network Suppliers could cost you the distinction between their fees and the Plan's Allowance (balance billing). Comment: At any time when physicians refer a patient for a process to somebody they are not accustomed to, they understandably have some apprehension, particularly if the person they have referred the affected person to has not had formal medical coaching or practices an unfamiliar model of medication. The settlement supplied that $10,000 of the $45,000 was for future medical bills on your accidents.
If it is, you could cut back any future medical bills for these accidents till the amount you obtained has been utterly used. Medical consultants for the Plan will evaluation your Physician's report and the nursing notes. In the medical claims knowledge, a visit was outlined as one encounter to a particular supplier per day. Providers are required to indicate probably the most relevant ICD prognosis codes when billing acupuncture services.
The Plan will also take into account one preliminary medical examination per type of remedy for the Physician or therapist who's offering remedy. Limited to therapy performed to forestall, modify or alleviate the perception of extreme, persistent persistent pain ensuing from a generally recognized medical situation. All of those reactions are a very good sign that the medical acupuncture treatment is working.
Although currently contracted with the above insurance plans, it is crucial that you be sure that your specific plan does present coverage for naturopathic physicians. Selection of management technique: Placebo or sham" acupuncture in research of acupuncture usually use non-traditional acupuncture points, superficial puncturing of the skin, or for electroacupuncture, using electrical stimulators without connecting the cables.
The AAMA (American Academy of Medical Acupuncture) is working to tell insurance coverage companies and the general public with the intention to standardize cost practices and accessibility to such a treatment. So, when you're enrolled in Original Medicare, you will want to seek different methods to pay for acupuncture remedies, and you might have to pay for it out of pocket. You possibly can't embrace in medical expenses the price of nutritional dietary supplements, vitamins, natural supplements, natural medicines," and so forth.
If you want to know the the explanation why folks do something, you'll be able to select psychology as the most important department of your scientific career. Due to the philosophy of Occupational Therapy, we are able to contribute to people, companies and societies at giant in a generally big selection, including but not limited to: 1) improving the quality of general well being care, 2) enhance shopper and client satisfaction in every day activities and work processes, three) facilitating appropriate use of well being care providers and merchandise every time necessary.
This consists of setting up well being care proxies and superior directives, exploring their needs about resuscitation efforts, and discussing end-of-life care options resembling hospice. Environmental health officers work with many various people in a wide range of environments. High quality well being care shouldn't be a privilege of the rich, and if that's the system our country takes, then our nation just isn't led by a government for the individuals.
Edwin Chadwick , a Poor Legislation Commissioner, performed an inquiry into the causes of poverty which concluded that individuals often became poor due to ailing well being as a result of a foul environment. What an excellent and thorough refutation of a few of the primary arguments towards single payer/universal well being care! Addresses local and regional organizations or other applicable groups to advertise environmental public health programs and explain departmental policy.
The public well being inspector (environmental well being officer) also performs a significant position in community tasks resembling those concerning well being promotion, tobacco discount, wholesome built environments/healthy communities, meals safety, and emergency preparedness. It regulates the apply via the enforcement of state laws and guidelines so that the well being of the general public is protected from environmental hazards.
Additionally they personal and function the Three Tribes Museum, the Minne-Tohe Well being Center, the Tribal Day Care Center, the Tribal Radio Station KMHA 91.three, a newspaper, Four Bears Marina, and the MHA Cultural Interpretative Center. They promote wholesome workplaces through applications aimed toward protecting employees from occupational and environmental hazards, preventing injuries and diseases, and raising consciousness about healthy habits.


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(Ravenspire #2)
Publication Date: February 14, 2017
Hardcover, 432 pages, Balzer + Bray
Genres: YA, Fantasy, Fairytale Retellings
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The world has turned upside down for Thad and Ari Glavan, the bastard twins of Súndraille's king. Their mother was murdered. The royal family died mysteriously. And now Thad sits on the throne of a kingdom whose streets are suddenly overrun with violence he can't stop.
Growing up ignored by the nobility, Ari never wanted to be a proper princess. And when Thad suddenly starts training Ari to take his place, she realizes that her brother's ascension to the throne wasn't fate. It was the work of a Wish Granter named Alistair Teague who tricked Thad into wishing away both the safety of his people and his soul in exchange for the crown.
So Ari recruits the help of Thad's enigmatic new weapons master, Sebastian Vaughn, to teach her how to fight Teague. With secret ties to Teague's criminal empire, Sebastian might just hold the key to discovering Alistair's weaknesses, saving Ari's brother—and herself.
But Teague is ruthless and more than ready to destroy anyone who dares stand in his way—and now he has his sights set on the princess. And if Ari can't outwit him, she'll lose Sebastian, her brother…and her soul.
My Review
I've been reading C.J. Redwine's books since she first released Defiance oh-so-many-years ago. So, it's no surprise that I picked this one up. What is a surprise is why it took me so long to actually sit down and read it. I knew I was going to enjoy it, yet, I still kept putting it off.
What I liked about this book mainly had to do with the romance aspect of the storyline, not because the other aspects were bad, I just really enjoyed reading a fantasy/fairytale retelling that A) didn't involve a girl falling for a prince, and B) two young characters who grow to care about each other after having been friends first. It was so cute to see Ari the princess put Sebastian in his place, and vice versa. They have a good dynamic going.
While their relationship strongly carried the story, I also loved how each character had a well-written backstory. I very much enjoyed how complicated Sebastian's past was. His arc throughout the book feels so real. Ari, on the other hand, doesn't have as real of a backstory, but how complicated her family history is as the bastard daughter of the king was fascinating.
As for the plot of the book, that's where things went slightly downhill for me. And when I say slightly, I mean only enough to keep me from reading the entire book in one sitting. I just had to parcel my reading out in chunks of 50-100 pages versus binge-reading it all.
Alistair Teague, aka Rumpelstiltskin, wasn't the best villain. He was okay, but his overall schemes didn't pack as much wallop as I was hoping. Thus, the fight against him was a little less impactful than The Shadow Queen's. He's still terrible, but less terrible than I wished for.
All in all, if you're looking for a fairytale story to fill in some of your Once Upon a Time gaps, this book and its predecessor are definitely for you. You'll root for the main characters and curse C.J. Redwine for ever causing them harm.
*Note: I purchased a copy of this book for myself. This in no way affected my opinion/review.

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Fash on week in London. Today's personal highlight, Louise Amstrup, she's gotta be heading towards Burberry with those macs. Very intelligent Stella-esque wearability with a total McQueen grasp of panelling and form. Ladies will like. Pretty silk, lightening prints, denims and sweats with leather. Also saw the Joaquin Phoenix/Casey Affleck 'I'm Still Here' – right up my street, it catalogues disillusionment as Joaquin attempts to give it all up to launch himself as a hip-hop artist. Fuhnnnny. Apparently it's scripted, and the more you think about it, the more it is. I'm currently so into the theme of Fact and Fiction and where they intertwine, would like to write an essay on it…if I wasn't blogging, perhaps I'd find the time…but for now, back to the book.
Boots, as before. Skirt, a gift from the Himalayas, it's a leather skirt with zip pockets, superfly. The T-shirt is by Replay. The jacket, McQueen.


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To the Finance team,
Good afternoon, everyone. It's been a fantastic morning. The market's are a little unsteady. But not our tastebuds! Terrific muffins from Carla who baked them at home. I've never had a cider vinegar, squash, sundried tomato, olive, brie cheese, cranberry, pineapple bran muffin before. I hope it sat well with you all.
Anyhow, I'd like to take a couple minutes to introduce two new additions to our team:
Jerry Mander
Jerry arrives on our shores from Tonga – a small island nation in the South Pacific. There he taught local fishermen how to establish a fishing economy of scale by bringing in trawlers and doing-away with simple pole-fishing using a single net. Incredible foresight! His favourite fish is a manta ray, which I'm told is not a fish, but comes from the species: ray.
Once he helped streamline the fishing industry, he set his sights on the Internet. Something, I think we've all had a look at.
Seeing an opportunity for website addresses he created the standard end of a website address as. GA based on "Tonga's" last two letters. To give you an example, under Jerry's web address, amazon.com would no longer be that. It would be amazon.ga. Currently it is not catching on in the market. But what innovation! Jerry's favourite website is: realdoll.com (NSFW).
I'm very pleased to welcome Jerry to our growing banking group. He's a great asset and, in him, we expect to yield an exceptionally profitable return on our investment! Please welcome him to the team when you see him. His favourite topics are fabric, the Caucasus, and radio-controlled cars. Also ask him about the condition OPHLANIFANIASM. He has it.
Mary Mee
Mary comes to us from China. My favourite take-out food! There she acted as senior comptroller for Microsofte development networks. Were you playing close attention? That's no typo. That's a uniquely Chinese spelling of Microsoft! Truly fascinating culture.
Mary provided her management oversight to make sure the accounting followed regulatory measures to give the global corporation the proper money it earned in China for Mr. Gates' next global efforts. Interestingly, after speaking with Mary's team at Microsofte, I was told no one had ever heard of Bill Gates. Quickly afterward people remained tight-lipped, staring at one another not to speak. It was a great show of respect, I think, to not invoke the name of any single one person as a "leader'. But to emphasize that a team leads.
I think this is a great lesson we can all learn from. A teachable moment! I appear to get credit for our work with a corner office, healthy fashion and food expense account, and company Lotus to drive, but there's no "I" in team. There is "me". Me looking at everyone and taking care that our team does the best we can. Me + You = Us.
With Mary on board – we'll make sure "Us" stays profitable for a good long while. Her favourite number is 9. Please welcome her to the team when you next see her in the hall. Some of her favourite topics include: the colour Green, two-ply toilet paper and Julio Iglesias. I encourage you also to explain to her the vending machine's been broken a long while, and no one pays for anything. No need to account for it on paper. It's on "Us".
Thanks everyone,
Look forward to seeing you at the All-Hands meeting Tuesday with the limbless motivational speaker, Nick Vujicic.
Steel Rogers
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PARIS — Octavius Seowtewa, an elder of the Native American Zuni tribe from New Mexico, was sitting in a Paris cafe late last month, scrolling through his iPhone pictures of Ahayuda, carved and decorated wooden poles that are considered sacred to the Zuni. They were taken at his recent meetings with representatives of major European museums, whom he is hoping he can persuade to return the artifacts.
Mr. Seowtewa, who exudes a quiet persistence and was dressed that day in a black leather blazer, dark slacks and a button-down shirt, acknowledged that he hadn't had much luck in his meetings at the Musée du Quai Branly here or at the Ethnological Museum in Berlin, among others. But he said he was just getting started.
Since 1978, the Zuni have been more proactive than other Native American tribes in reclaiming ceremonial objects: in their case, more than 100 Ahayuda, also called war gods, from institutions and collections in the United States. The Zuni have taken advantage of federal legislation that requires all United States institutions to return objects considered sacred by Native Americans to individual tribes or risk losing federal funding. But those laws do not apply in Europe. Here, the Zuni case is a moral one. "That's all there is," Mr. Seowtewa said. "We believe if you listen to us about the power these objects have to our community, that these are exemplars of sacred objects, of communally owned objects," then museums will consider sending them back, he added.
Mr. Seowtewa said the Zuni wanted back only the Ahayuda and are not asking for other artifacts, including pottery and beads.
But museum experts say that some European museums are concerned that sending objects back, especially if they were bought by museums from private owners, would set an unwelcome precedent that could call into question the legitimacy of other works in their collections: from artifacts acquired from Africa and Asia to even the Elgin marbles in the British Museum, whose return Greece has formally requested several times. Each year, on the winter solstice, the Zuni make two Ahayuda to protect the tribe from harm and to promote fertility. Only the tribe's special Bow priests are allowed to touch the Ahayuda, which are communally owned, Mr. Seowtewa said, so any that left the Zuni Pueblo over the years, by definition, left illegally.
There are hundreds of Ahayuda extant; they are also made whenever a new Bow priest is initiated, which hasn't happened in decades. But Mr. Seowtewa said it was impossible to determine when any particular statue had been made or when it had gone missing, because the Ahayuda had been secreted away for centuries, since the tribe's first contact with Europeans.
While some European museums have sent back a few individual items from their Native American collections to various tribes over the years — as well as human remains, which are governed by different laws — the Zuni are the first tribe to seek the return of objects from so many museums at once in a proactive way.
"My hope is that what we started in the States, being the first tribe to repatriate," will continue in Europe, Mr. Seowtewa said.
In a separate case last year, the Annenberg Foundation bought 24 items considered sacred to the Hopi Native American tribe at a private auction in Paris for $530,000, in order to return them. That sale was orchestrated with the help of the United States State Department, which has said it is fully supportive of the Zuni quest to reclaim their Ahayuda.
But these cases of repatriation are never simple.
"It's a culture clash, of museum culture and Zuni culture," said Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, the curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, who has been working with the Zuni tribe on repatriation issues since 2002 and secured grant funding for the European trip, on which he accompanied Mr. Seowtewa.
While Native American tribes want to preserve items sacred to their culture, museums in Europe take a more "colonial" attitude, Mr. Colwell-Chanthaphonh added. "They think it's their job to preserve culture."
Mr. Seowtewa said he had high hopes that the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, in the Netherlands, which removed Ahayuda from public view after requests from Zuni religious leaders, might be the first in Europe to return Ahayuda from its collection, largely because the curator of the museum's North American collection, Pieter Hovens, supported the idea. In an email, Mr. Hovens said he was also hopeful that the repatriation would take place.
But other European museums are reluctant to go down this road. Yves Le Fur, the director of heritage and the collections at the Musée du Quai Branly, which has 101 Zuni items, including one Ahayuda, in its collection, said it was up to France's Culture Ministry to decide how to proceed.
"In France, the national collections are the inalienable and imprescriptible property of the state," Mr. Le Fur wrote in an email.
The museum has just opened an exhibition of work by Plains Indians, which will travel later to the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
Hannah Boulton, a spokeswoman for the British Museum, said that the museum had a "cordial meeting" with Mr. Seowtewa and Mr. Colwell-Chanthaphonh last month, but that it could not comment until it had received a formal repatriation request from the Zuni leaders. She dismissed the idea that returning Ahayuda might set a precedent that would call into question the museum's claim on other works, including the Elgin marbles.
"It is not about the precedent set, but about the fundamental purpose of the British Museum and its collection," Ms. Boulton said. The museum exists "to tell the story of human cultural achievement from two million years ago to the present day," she said, and its trustees want the collection "to remain as a whole."
Richard Haas, the director of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin — which has come under fire for its vast collection of objects from former German colonies in Africa and from the Kingdom of Benin, in parts of what is now contemporary Nigeria — said that the museum had had "a very interesting and fruitful conversation" with Mr. Seowtewa and Mr. Colwell-Chanthaphonh.
But Mr. Haas said all repatriation decisions fell to the president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. "I am sure we will go on with these very important discussions," he wrote in an email.
Back at the cafe, Mr. Seowtewa said he was eager to continue the conversations. Also, he added, he had gone to the top of the Eiffel Tower that day. "Not many in Zuni have done that," he said.


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Morningside takes care of business in home town
Mar 09, 2018
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – (Box Score) The hometown team of Morningside (Iowa) took control of the reigns in the second quarter and never looked back against Rio Grande (Ohio) in the 2018 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship opening round. Senior guard Madison Braun led the way for the RedStorm with a total of 27 points.
- The second to last matchup of the last pins hometown Morningside and Rio Grande against each other. The RedStorm came out firing, shooting 50 percent from the field. The Mustangs from Morningside shot just 29 percent, but only trailed by one at the end of the first 23-22.
- Madison Braun scored 11 points in the first and tacked on another 9 in the second to total 20 for the half. Morningside flew out of the gate in the second, outscoring the RedStorm 26-15 in the second quarter. Both teams continued to shoot well, as the first half percentages had Morningside shooting 41 percent and Rio Grande shooting 47 percent.
- Into the third, the Mustangs get their foot on the gas as they continued to build their lead until a timeout was taken by Rio Grande with the difference at 18 points, the highest of the game to this point. The Mustangs continued to build that lead until the end of the third showed a 21-point lead on the scoreboard.
- The fourth started with the Mustangs leading 75-54. A three-pointer from Rachelle Housh to begin the fourth was all the Mustangs needed to ride away with the rest of the game, finishing with a score of 97-69.
- Morningside is playing in their 16th appearance all-time and have now accumulated a record of 36-12. During that time, the Mustangs have won four national championships.
- The Mustangs will play next against either Saint Xavier (Ill.) or Tabor (Kan.) on Friday, March 9th at 8:45 P.M.


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The European Union is providing € 5.5 million to Sierra Leone and Liberia to establish a new Trans-boundary Peace Park and to save the last intact rainforests in the Upper Guinea Area.
The vast Upper Guinean Rainforest, which once covered large parts of coastal West Africa between Togo and Sierra Leone, is one of the world's priority areas for biodiversity conservation due to the large variety of native species and its key ecological function. Centuries of human activity have, however, led to a loss of 70% of the original forest cover. The remaining 420 000 km² are highly fragmented, habitats are isolated and species unique to the forest are threatened.
The EU is supporting Sierra Leone and Liberia in their joint action to protect the last intact areas of rainforest in the Upper Guinea Area and to promote peace and security in the cross-border Mano River region. The joint 'Trans-boundary Peace Park' project, officially launched in May 2009 by the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, and the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, aims to secure the long-term conservation of the rain forest, its biodiversity and global carbon storage benefits and to contribute to improved cross-border forest governance between Sierra Leone and Liberia.
The Trans-boundary Peace Park unites the Gola Forest Reserve in Sierra Leone (75 000 ha) and the Lofa and Foya Forest Reserves in Liberia (80 000 ha and 100 000 ha respectively).
The rainforest provides important ecological services for the entire West African region: climatic conditions favourable for agricultural production (e.g. cocoa/coffee), continuous provision of water, protection against soil erosion, mitigation of climate change, and provision of wood and non-wood forest products to the local population.
- Establishment of effective project management (new Gola Forest project management office), monitoring and assessment of areas for strategic forest and wildlife corridors.
- Strengthened forest governance, management capacity of government, civil society organisations and local communities for cross-border conservation.
- Enforcement of policies ensuring implementation of forest law governance and trade action plan.
- Investigation and, when possible, establishment of mechanisms of carbon trading and sustainable financing options. EC contribution:
The project is being implemented by the Sierra Leone Forestry Division, the Liberia Forest Development Authority, the Sierra Leone Conservation Society, the Liberia Society for the Conservation of Nature, BirdLife International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (UK).


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The Unsettling Situation Under Musharraf
By Theo O'Brien
President Musharraf, reacting to the current crisis in Pakistan, declared the nation to be in a state of emergency and installed martial law, suspending the country's constitution. The declaration incited mass protests—primarily by lawyers. The use of military force seems to have accomplished the opposite of its purpose by further contributed to the civil unrest it hoped to quiet.
"The move appeared to be an effort by General Musharraf to reassert his fading power in the face of growing opposition from the country's Supreme Court, civilian political parties and hard-line Islamists. Pakistan's Supreme Court was expected to rule within days on the legality of General Musharraf's re-election last month as the country's president, which opposition groups have said was improper." (1)
The president seems to be attempting to restore order and reclaim lost power but it may be his ultimate undoing as political opposition could finally grasp the public attention and support necessary to seize power—although this is currently just speculation.
The U.S. and Pakistan
The United States had insisted on free democratic elections and Musharraf's withdrawal as military chief but President Musharraf instead defied the American pressure by resorting to military rule—though he has said he planned to step down as the military leader. The United States has urged Pakistan's President Musharraf to restore civilian rule and to make steps toward a democracy.
"Press freedoms have been curbed and independent television stations taken off the air.
Bush said Monday he recognized the threat Musharraf faces from extremists, citing past attempts on Musharraf's life, but said the emergency measures 'undermine democracy.'
'We expect there to be elections as soon as possible and that the president should remove his military uniform,' Bush said." (2)
This recent tension between the two countries signifies a possible end to a close relationship founded primarily on a shared desire by both presidents to quell terrorism. Pakistan was considered a key ally in the United States' war on terror both geographically—Pakistan borders Afghanistan—and politically—many countries have opposed U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
[In light of this current instability in Pakistan—increasing violent Islamic extremists, a president struggling to maintain dominance, censorship of media and rising political opposition to the current regime—it is important to note that the country is currently a nuclear power.]
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Journalists at The Las Vegas Review-Journal described the newsroom as somber and confused on Monday, as a seemingly simple question remained unanswered: Who bought the newspaper for $140 million in cash last week?
Several of the paper's journalists used Twitter to offer protests against the new owner's lack of transparency, including a number who sent messages that linked to the Society of Professional Journalists' Code of Ethics, which includes a section on transparency.
One journalist from The Review-Journal, who spoke, like others, on the condition of anonymity in order to describe a tense situation, said it was difficult to demand transparency from the people and institutions the paper reported on when their organization was not being forthright itself.
Other reporters were working on uncovering the identity of the buyer; an article that sought to explore the paper's ownership was submitted but not published, according to two people familiar with the situation.
The mystery began late last week, when New Media Investment Group, the company that had bought The Review-Journal as part of a package of newspapers for $102 million this year, announced it had sold the paper. A company called News + Media Capital Group LLC paid $140 million for The Review-Journal, and some other assets, New Media said, a price seven times adjusted earnings and very generous for a newspaper that is fighting steep, industrywide declines.
A subsequent article on the website of The Review-Journal about the sale last week was edited after it was published to remove references to the buyer's identity being unknown. The paper's publisher, Jason Taylor, speaking to reporters in the break room on Friday, defended the decision, but his answers did not appear to placate the staff.
News + Media Capital Group was incorporated in Delaware on Sept. 21, according to its certificate of formation. Named on the documents is Michael Schroeder, described as a manager of the company. Schroeder, a Connecticut resident, is also chief executive, editor and publisher of The New Britain Herald and The Bristol Press, among other local publications.
Reached at his office Monday, he was willing to talk about the state of the newspaper industry, but declined to comment on the identity of the buyer or buyers, or to discuss anything else about the situation at The Review-Journal.
The paper will continue to be managed by Gatehouse Media, a subsidiary of New Media Investment Group. All but the company's most senior executives and those most directly involved with the paper are unaware of the new owner's identity, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
Both Taylor and the paper's editor, Michael Hengel, directed all inquiries to the chief executive of New Media Investment Group, Michael E. Reed. Reed declined to comment, and suggested calling Schroeder.
Because the newspaper is a prominent platform in a key electoral state, some wondered whether there could be a political motive behind its purchase. Some in political and media circles suggested that the casino magnate and billionaire political backer Sheldon Adelson could be behind the change in ownership, but representatives for Adelson did not respond to emails and calls seeking comment on Monday. (Through a spokesman, the Republican donors Charles and David Koch publicly denied to Fortune magazine that they had any role in the purchase.)
Even presidential contenders were left to wonder. Jeb Bush met for an hour with The Review-Journal's editorial board on Monday. The only question left unanswered after the meeting, he said in a Twitter message, was "Who owns the newspaper?" That message was then reposted by the newspaper's own Twitter account.
Sydney Ember and Susan C. Beachy contributed reporting.


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140.632.02 Introduction to the SAS Statistical Package
- Department:
- Biostatistics
- Term:
- 4th term
- Credits:
- 3 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2019 - 2020
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Class Times:
- Wednesday, 1:30 - 2:50pm
- Lab Times:
Friday, 1:30 - 2:50pm
- Auditors Allowed:
- Yes, with instructor consent
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Contact:
- Aidan McDermott
- Course Instructor :
- Resources:
- Prerequisite:
140.622 or 140.652 (may be taken concurrently), or former 140.602
- Description:
Designed for students with no experience with SAS.
Designed for students with no experience with SAS. Familiarizes them with the skills needed for effective data management and
data analysis. First covers performing exploratory analysis on data including the creation of tables and graphs. Proceeds
next to creating new datasets and altering old datasets. The final part of the course covers building regression models (linear,
logistic, and Poisson), interpreting results and criticizing such models and attempting to improve them.
- Learning Objectives:
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Use the SAS statistical package, mastering the skills needed for effective data management, data manipulation, and data analysis
- Write and execute programs using SAS syntax
- Read and transform data in preparation for statistical analysis
- Create tabular and graphical displays of data
- Perform simple statistical analyses such as linear and logistic regression
- Methods of Assessment:
Student evaluation is based on weekly labs
- Enrollment Restriction:
Limited to 25 people
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required
- Special Comments:
Both the lecture and lab will be held in one of the School's computer labs.


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Last few days has been the worst for our business and part of it is to do with a much-hated hosting provider – OVH. Some devs like it, and some don't! If you read the reviews about this hosting, you'd probably find a lot of bad things said about them and their network than good ones. – Read More-
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Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS)
Department management
The head of department is the overall manager of IKOS and the chair of the departmental board. The head of department is employed for a term of four years and appoints a head of research and a head of academic programmes for the period.
The administrative manager is in charge of the administrative aspects of running the department. The programme coordinator is responsible for academic-administrative issues in the department.
Head of Department
Bjørn Olav Utvik
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Tel: +47 22 85 68 08
Head of Research
Arild Engelsen Ruud
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Tel: +47 22 85 67 12
Head of Studies
Siren Leirvåg
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Administrativ Head of Department
Ragnhild Rebne
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Hanne Skramstad
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A new study has linked folic acid supplements in pregnancy with a 39% lower risk of autistic disorder in the offspring but experts have urged caution in interpreting the results.
Doctors have long recommended that women aiming to fall pregnant take folic acid supplements before they conceive and during pregnancy because they lower the risk of neural tube defects like spina bifida.
However, a new Norwegian study of 85,176 children published in the journal JAMA today found that maternal consumption of folic acid from four weeks before to eight weeks after conception was linked with a lower risk of the child developing autistic disorder.
Autism spectrum disorders include autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS).
The researchers analysed data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, tracking children born between 2002 and 2008.
Results were adjusted for maternal education level, year of birth and the number of live children the mother had delivered.
The authors found 0.1% of the children whose mothers took folic acid developed autistic disorder, compared to 0.21% of the children whose mothers did not take folic acid in pregnancy.
In other words, maternal folic acid supplementation was linked with 39% lower odds of autistic disorder in the offspring.
"No association was found with Asperger syndrome or PDD-NOS, but power was limited," the researchers said in their paper.
"Use of prenatal folic acid supplements around the time of conception was associated with a lower risk of autistic disorder in the MoBa cohort. Although these findings cannot establish causality, they do support prenatal folic acid supplementation."
Co-author of the study, Dr Pål Surén from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, said the women studied in this project were recruited from all 19 counties of Norway, and all categories of education and income levels were well represented.
"It is true that socially disadvantaged women were underrepresented, but the vast majority of Norwegian women are not socially disadvantaged," he said.
"Furthermore, we do not have reason to believe that the association between folic acid use and autism risk is considerably influenced by selection bias in the cohort. When we compared the MoBa population to the general Norwegian population, we obtained similar estimates of relative risk," he said.
"And if we were to speculate about the potential effects of folic acid in socially disadvantaged women, I would think it would be greater, given that they are likely to have poorer diets, with a lower intake of dietary folate."
Andrew Whitehouse an autism expert at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, said the study was well-conducted and showed that "mothers who took folic acid prior to conception and during the early stages of pregnancy had a reduced likelihood of having a child with autism."
"The findings only indicated a reduced-risk for Autistic Disorder, and not for the less severe forms of autism such as Asperger's Disorder or Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified," said Dr Whitehouse, who was not involved in the study.
"The main word of caution is that the researchers have only identified an association and they cannot determine whether folic acid causes a reduced risk of autism spectrum disorder."
A second, very important finding, is that folic acid supplementation did not lead to an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder diagnoses, he said.
"We know that folic acid is important for the reduction of neural-tube defects, and Australia has been fortifying flour since September 2009," said Dr Whitehouse.
"These findings indicate that this fortification doesn't lead to other un-forecast problems, such as increasing risk for autism spectrum disorder. This is very comforting."


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I love it. She played it when I saw her in September and seemed completely lost in the emotion of it.
We speak in the store
I'm a sensitive bore
and you're markedly more
and I'm oozing surprise.
But it's late in the day
and you're well on your way
what was golden went gray
and I'm suddenly shy.
And the gathering floozies
afford to be choosy
and all sneezing darkly
in the dimming divide.
I have read the right books
to interpret your looks
you were knocking me down
with the palm of your eye.
This was unlike the story
it was written to be
I was riding its back
when it used to ride me.
We were galloping manic
to the mouth of the source
we were swallowing panic
in the face of its force.
I was blue and unwell,
made me bolt like a horse.
Now it's done.
Watch it go.
You've changed some.
Water run from the snow.
Am I so dear?
Do I run rare?
You've changed some:
peach, plum, pear.
i got Ys sometime in 2007, and found that i couldn't get into it. three years later, this past spring, i by chance came across the "sprout and the bean" video on youtube, and promptly went out and bought the milk-eyed mender. i put it on and marvelled throughout at the greatness and beauty of the music. then, nine tracks in, "peach, plum, pear" started. vaguely remembering that i had heard it somewhere before (i have a friend who likes joanna's music), my body pulsated, jerked awake, and i was mesmerized. i love it when a song becomes a favourite upon first listen.
months later, "peach, plum, pear" still has a hold on me. it's so incredibly infectious. it's such a well-crafted song, from that totally catchy yet wistful chord progression to that affecting vocal melody to the emotive, evocative lyrics. so much is happening in this song, especially in the lyrics, with their tight, internal rhymes ("do i run rare? / you've changed some / peach, plum, pear / peach, plum") and incredibly profound and moving lines ("you were knocking me down with the palm of your eye"). this is some of the most beautiful poetry ever. it hits you hard with its beauty, yes, but moreso with its sheer emotional force.
i love the mood of this song. sometimes i feel it contains so much pain, so much tension and truly a feeling of running or galloping -- the musical equivalent of the narrator "bolting like a horse." i feel the song is chronicling the moment when it hits you that someone who you once knew through and through is now a completely different person -- which may be way after the actual devolution of the relationship. it seems like the narrator has run into the subject of the song by chance ("we speak in the store [...] and i'm oozing surprise / but it's late in the day / and you're well on your way") and has had the wind knocked out of her as memories appear to be flooding back in droves after the first "na na na na" interlude.
there is also a sense of bewilderment at the devolution of the relationship (songs like this always hit me the hardest), most apparent in the line "this is unlike the story it was written to be." the subject of the song still has a hold on the narrator ("suddenly shy", "knocking me down..."), and she is dizzied by all the memories and feelings and experiences associated with this one person whom she no longer really recognizes. by the end, she's asking if she even means anything to him anymore, if any of these lingering feelings she has towards him are reciprocated. and in a display of wry humour and wordplay particular to joanna, she compares his transformation to the differentiation between three different fruits. and the only thing that the fruits have in common (besides all being fruits) are their beginning letters, a surface detail, just as the only similarity that can be discerned between the person the narrator once knew and the person he is now is only on the surface, physical, tactile -- everything inside him has changed.
other times i feel like the wisdom of the world is contained in this song, as if it is viewing the entire breadth of the world from a great distance. it sounds almost relaxed, taken at a leisurely tempo, and the narrator is looking back, affected by this experience, but also interpreting it sagely.
i think, in the end, it's a bit of both. on walnut whales, this song sounds like a fresh wound, and some of the verb tenses which are in the past on MEM are in the present on WW. it's the same experience looked upon from two different points in time -- and on MEM especially, you can feel both sides, both emotional reactions -- one immediate, one reflective -- of the experience recounted in the song.
and this is the beauty of "peach, plum, pear" for me: it makes me feel so many different things, it is absolutely overflowing with emotion. the lyrics are in equal parts abstract and specific enough for you to feel a palpable emotional impact from its narrative, yet still draw your own personal interpretations. it's probably my favourite song. it's been weaving in and out of my consciousness ever since i first listened to MEM. every now and then, i'll feel like its hold on me has finally wavered, and that maybe i'll get back into it in a few months, and a week or two later it sounds as fresh as ever. thank the lord. i hope i never tire of it.
the words in this song combined with its poignant chord progression, particular tone of interwoven wisdom and despair, and her voice, completely uninhibited, emotionally bare -- it is a beauty which moves me deeply.
what do you guys think?
some PPP goodies:
piano version @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, April 2, 2005 (I have the whole show if anyone would like me to upload it):
2010 tour reincarnation, from Dublin this past September (always intense and joyous to hear):
and lastly, a classic performance in Seattle c. 2004:
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I love it. She played it when I saw her in September and seemed completely lost in the emotion of it.
I wrote a blog post on PPP a few months back, I've cut/pasted it below for anyone who's interested.
Here's the performance I talk about:
This is one of my favorite Joanna Newsom songs, and although it�s a fan favorite, I think its genius is often overlooked because, at least in studio form, it�s lacking some of the musical complexity of her later work, and like most of �The Milk-Eyed Mender� album, the vocals are painful to listen to. Luckily, the most recent live performances of the song showcase a much-improved vocal performance and a powerful new arrangement. The drums kicking in at :45 propel the song forward even more than Joanna�s nimble and skilled harp playing, while the strings and trumpet* provide a beauty and sadness that matches with the lyrics and serves as a nice counterpoint to the pound of the drums. The 2-minute instrumental that concludes the song allows Joanna�s stunning harp skills to take center stage and ending this song on such a quiet and delicate note after building the sound up for much of the song is an unusual choice but one that is entirely fitting.
Lyrically, I find this much easier to interpret than most of Joanna�s songs. At its core, it�s about a relationship gone wrong and reflecting on how and why that happened. The first two verses are fairly self-explanatory: She runs into an old flame in a store, and finds them oddly attractive again initially, but the guy gives her the brush-off (you�re well on your way) and it makes her self-conscious and upset. I�m less certain about my reading of the third verse:
And the gathering floozies
Afford to be choosy
And all sneezing darkly
In the dimming divide
But I can picture the scene she describes in the first two verses, and then add in some friend(s) of the man coming up, looking at her disdainfully (although that attitude is shared, as evidenced by the floozies line) and sneezing to get his attention and break up the conversation, even as he�s trying to get away from the situation. The next verse is my favorite, with simple but stunning lyrics:
And I have read the right books
To interpret your looks
You were knocking me down
With the palm of your eye
She�s smart, she knows he�s trying to get out of this encounter and to push her away and down, but just because she knows that�s what he�s doing doesn�t mean it doesn�t hurt or work. What an evocative and poetic way to express something simple. These lines are some of the most relatable and emotionally charged in the song, and that comes through in Joanna�s delivery.
The next verse begins her reflection on the relationship and what went wrong in earnest, using an extended metaphor comparing the two characters to horses. She lost control of her feelings and the relationship, unexpectedly going from wild horse to rider (I was riding its back when it used to ride me) and things began to get away from them as they rushed towards love or a deeper relationship (galloping manic to the mouth of the source) even as that freaked both of them out (swallowing panic in the face of its force)
As the song moves toward its conclusion, Joanna disarms the listener with lines (And I was blue, I am blue and unwell) that are completely direct, which are moving precisely because of that directness and simplicity. The following line made me bolt like a horse concludes the metaphor from earlier (although its actually a simile at this point) and reveals that it was she that ran away from the relationship after her issues got the better of her. In the next verse, she accepts that the relationship is finished though and gives up on the reignited hope she had upon seeing the man again (Now it�s done, watch it go), and acknowledges that he�s different now than he was then. The final verse is the one that carries the most weight in the song though, and serves as a melancholy conclusion to the entire story:
Am I so dear?
Do I run rare?
And you�ve changed so
Peach, plum, pear
Peach, plum
She questions herself, wondering if she�s as special as she thinks she is and if she�ll always be running away from intimacy or if it was just with that person. The repetition of you�ve changed so in this verse represents the narrator talking about herself, not the other person, and acts as a reassuring answer to the questions. Peach, plum, pear represents the stages of her sexual life and the relationship that�s the subject of the song. A peach is often used as a metaphor for a young, beautiful woman (Don�t tell me you�ve never heard some old man refer to a girl as �a peach� before.) and they�re juicy and fresh like a new relationship. Saying something is plum (a plum job, for example) is saying something is good, but doesn�t carry the same connotations of newness and innocence. She�s older and more mature, but still desirable, and the relationship was still good as it moved out of that initial phase where everything is exciting. Ultimately though we end up at pear, since everything�s gone pear-shaped, or awful. Pear-shaped is not a descriptor you want applied to you, and ending on pear shows that she feels used up and unattractive, but the repetition of the line that ends on plum reveals that she hasn�t hit that point yet and can regain the confidence lost in this encounter. There�s always hope for the future, even if that relationship is finished.
^ Fantastic write-ups, both. I never really noticed the internal rhymes before. It's deceptive; a lot of her "simpler"-looking songs still have a lot going on and this is no different. I find myself fascinated with how she constructs sentences and makes use of language. Even in an early song like this, what she's doing is quite remarkable.
Melodically it's one of her catchiest and would do well in an introduction list of songs for a new listener.
We speak in the store
I'm a sensitive bore
You seem markedly more
And I'm oozing surprise
part could be the best Joanna opener bar none.
I love this little song. If you're trying to convert anybody into a Joanna fan, this should def be on the compilation.
There's a lot of desperation, cynicism and disappointment mixed intermittently in this one.
It's interesting that she changed the lyrics. She hasn't done that to any other song in her catalogue.
And this part:
Am I so dear
Do I run rare
You've changed so
Peach, plum, pear
Peach, plum
always gets me.
Having loved Sprout and the Bean when I first heard it, this was the next song that really made me realise Joanna was truly a force to be reckoned with. It blew me away with the internalised ferocity of the performance and the rapid fire imagery of the lyrics.
And yet it was only today that I heard of this for the first time:
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It's kind of like Oprah's book club, but for apps.
Mark Zuckerberg, taking to the social network he founded, to praise a startup's product. Big deal? Just ask iGrill, which saw traffic to its website go so high, the thing briefly crashed.
Zuck posted (on his Facebook page, natch) about iGrill, an 80 dollar piece of hardware that, when paired with an app, lets you keep track of the food you're grilling via bluetooth. So you could be in the kitchen or by the pool, and not lose track of the meat you're grilling.
The reaction was swift. iGrill says it typically gets about 70,000 hits on its website a month. After Zuckerberg's posting, traffic zoomed to 1,000 hits A MINUTE. Enough to temporarily crash the server.
Tens of thousands of people quickly "liked" the Facebook posting, and now iGrill is in the spotlight.
According to iGrill CEO Christopher Allen, the Zuckerberg endorsement was a surprise, and there's no financial arrangement between the two. It looks to be a good week for sales of iGrill, and of Fred steaks, which Zuckerberg says he was cooking at the time.
Scott can be found grilling on Twitter: @scottbudman


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Dear Church Family,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends, as we all give thanks for the bountiful gifts of God that He has given to us as our Creator and Redeemer.
In our sermon series on Sunday mornings, we're coming to the end of our series in the book of Ruth. This past Sunday, we made application from this Old Testament story of redemption by way of example. We examined Proverbs 31 – the man of nobility (vv 3-9) and the woman of valor (vv 10-31) – as what a man and woman look like when ensconsed in the wisdom of God. In the book of Ruth, Boaz and Ruth are examples of this man of nobility and woman of valor. They are examples for us to look to as we seek to make it our ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to our own business and work with our hands so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12).
This coming Sunday, we will be reviewing the book of Ruth and making application by way of typology. We will see how the people of Bethlehem viewed Ruth in a particular way, how Ruth viewed herself, and how Boaz viewed Ruth. In the end, we will see that just as Boaz's view of Ruth as her kinsman-redeemer is the most important perspective, Christ's view of us as our Redeemer is the most important perspective. For our true identity is shaped by the One who made us and the One who redeems us! In this way, Boaz is a type (or a shadow) of Jesus Christ – Boaz points us to, and illuminates for us, the person and work of Christ.
These two ways of looking to the Scriptures and making application are not arbitrary, but are actually grounded in God's Word itself, as well as in our confession. Of the Reformed confessions, the Westminster Confession of Faith is the most explicit in its description and explanation of the Word of God. The first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith ("Of the Holy Scripture") is viewed by theologians from many traditions as the most clear, definitive, and orthodox statement about the Bible and what it teaches. The Westminster Shorter Catechism summarizes the definition and usefulness of Scripture in the first three questions:
WSC 1 What is the chief end of man?
Answer: Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.
WSC 2 What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?
Answer: The word of God, which is contained in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.
WSC 3 What do the Scriptures principally teach?
Answer: The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man.
Notice the two-fold answer to question number three: The Scriptures principally teach, (1) what man is to believe concerning God, and (2) what duty God requires of man. Here we see a concise definition of what are the two main things that we learn from God's Word. First, from the Holy Scriptures we learn about God (the content of faith, theology, doctrine). Second, from the Holy Scriptures we learn about godliness (the righteousness of faith, morality, ethics).
Seeing as it is Thanksgiving weekend, here is something to be thankful for: the Bible – the Holy Scripture which is "inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). Praise God that He has not left us to figure out on our own who He is or what He requires of us! Thank God for revealing these things to us in His Holy Scripture!
The Lord be with you!
- Pastor Peter M. Dietsch


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Resources for LGBTQ Students
Career Development recognizes that LGBTQQIA students often have different challenges and specific questions relating to navigating their career exploration and planning, or internship and job searches. There are no hard or fast rules to deciding when, how, and if to come out at work or during the job search - it is a personal decision. Career Development is open to assisting with these questions. Call (507-933-7575) or stop in to schedule an appointment with a Career Development Specialist.
General Resources
HRC Coming Out at Work Toolkit
Legal Advocates and Defenders for the LGBTQ Community
National Center for Transgender Equality
By Career Interest Cluster
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- Historical Association: Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender History
- The Association of LGBTQ Journalists
Government and Social Services
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
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- Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
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Unlike the Burg Al Arab, where the starting price for a suite is $6,000 a night – yes, that is $6,000 US dollars (think of how many pairs of shoes you can buy with that!) our room at Jumierah Beach Hotel is a paltry $650 a night.
Is it worth it?
Now, I have stayed in some impressive hotels and villas that have been worth the green, these include Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo (around$600 a night), Banyan Tree Resort and villas in Phuket (starting at $700) and my ALL TIME favorite hotel experience ever! and Four Season in Budapest (starting at $400). Each of the hotels were beautifully designed with amenities like heated floors and private butlers, and when you drop that much cash for a bed and shower I expect thick, warm towels and original artwork in my room. It seems that art is not a top priority here at the Jumierah Beach Hotel (unless you count chrome trimming as art), nor is big cozy towels. I am sad to report that most of our towels have been riddled with holes and trimmed with ragged edges – yes really. You would think that if you are charging $650 a night, you could at least buy new towels once in a while.
Really, I wouldn't complain about towels except that the room cost is ridiculous. When you start charging people that much money, expectations start climbing. What I find interesting is that most of the guests are Russians. I have not met any Americans here yet (I guess they are spending $150 a night in Mexico). So, I'm thinking that the Russians aren't that concerned about the towels.
Would I come back? Nope. Because it is an Arab state, alcohol is ridiculously expensive. I'm not an alcoholic, but $20 for a cheap glass of sparkling wine is just crazy.
The flight from SFO is long – 17 hours direct flying Emirates. The tickets were only $1,000 round trip, but that was crammed in economy. I am pretty easy on flights, but I had a bit of an issue on this flight. I flew over with my husband Tim, and we bought 3 seats so we would have some space. Well, when dinner came around, all they had left for dinner was lamb curry. Ick. I hate lamb. Now, you would think that because we bought 3 seats, one of our seats would have an option of our meal choice. After a 30-minute search, they found me a left over chicken dish from business class. Lucky me.
We are scheduled to fly back on Saturday, but I think we are going to come back earlier. Dubai is a big city that feels like Las Vegas and Monte Carlo's tawdry love child. So far, I'm not impressed, so if you live in Dubai and want to change my view of this city. I'm all ears.


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Ruhr Valley
IN TERMS OF LENGTH and volume, the Ruhr River is not one of GERMANY's major rivers. But considered as a center of economic activity, the Ruhr is among the most prominent rivers in Europe. Starting in the early 19th century, the coal that was mined in this region was processed in factories all along the river's course, creating one of the world's largest industrial centers, notably for steel production, until coal ceased to be a dominant energy source in the second half of the 20th century.
The Ruhr Basin covers roughly 1,200 square mi (3,000 square km), from Arnsberg in the east to the river's confluence with the RHINE at Hamborn and Duisberg, overlying one of the largest coal deposits in the world. Today, the Ruhr area, or Ruhrgebeit (Ruhrpott in local slang), forms the largest conurbation in the state of Northrhine-Westphalia, consisting of ten major cities: Duisberg, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Mulheim, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Herne, Hagen, and Dortmund. Altogether, these cities contain about nine million people, the third-largest urban area in Europe. It is Germany's most densely populated region, stretching from the Lippe River in the north to the hills of the Bergisches Land to the south, and from the city of Hamm in the east to the Rhine River in the west.
The river itself begins in the uplands of the Sauerland, near Winterberg, and flows about 100 mi (160 km) to the Rhine. Formerly an area of small villages and pastures, far from the political and urban centers of Germany, the Industrial Revolution brought enormous changes to the area and large cities grew up nearly overnight. The area was a principal target for Allied troops in both world wars as the primary arsenal for German war machinery, the center of the "steel empires" of Krupp and Thyssen. Since the 1960s, the area has had to diversify, first toward manufacturing, then to the service and high-technology industries.
The Ruhr has been a model for eradicating air and water pollution and is today the site of numerous artificial lakes, parks, and bike trails, integrated within the highly populated residential areas. The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, for example, once the largest and most modern colliery in Europe, was converted from a decaying facility into a modern technology museum and a monument to industrial art. A side valley in the Ruhr region has also given its name to a major chapter in human prehistory, the Neanderthal.


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Capilano University's first student housing closer to reality
Capilano University is pleased to announce that its first phase of student housing will begin operation in September 2017, in time for the 2017-2018 school year. "We are listening to our students: the housing challenge on the North Shore is real and it is urgent," says Paul Dangerfield, president of Capilano University. "We worked on an ambitious timeline to prepare CapU Residence, offering our students an engaging, safe and convenient living environment." Read more.. .


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I never thought that I would be thrilled by the appearance of Ray LaHood at a podium being announced for an appointment.
In the past, "forming a bipartisan administration" and "choosing the best person for the job" was typically a verbal signifier for being less viciously and openly partisan than prior Administrations, appointing members of your own party to your Administration while being willing at least to appear to hear some of the positions of the other side--a slightly more centrist position, while remaining firmly based in partisan self-interest. Any movement whatsoever from such self-interest was greeted with a momentary surprise, quickly followed by the recognition that this was a change of relatively meaningless degree, more game than qualitative shift.
This time, it's different.
A central--perhaps the central--foundation of Obama's approach is one of uniting people across philosophies and towards action. It was imbued within him from his earliest days as a guiding principle. He learned how to implement this, along with many of its difficulties, in his years as a community organizer. he was able to implement it within what is a typically fractious and bitterly polarized environment at the leading law review in the nation. And he is doing it now.
It will be difficult to contain the egos and ideologies; there will be sharp bursts and tangents of positioning, attempts to gain power, and narcissism in the name of policy that are characteristic of all Administrations. I believe Obama is aware of this, having experienced it in the past, which is why such an emphasis was placed on a campaign team without drama. There will also be elements of self interest throughout, as there should be--if one believes in what they are doing, they should act to protect it.
The problem in the past is that this last rationale has too often become the leading one--power for its own sake has been the goal, with action and ideology the supporting rationale for continuing power. I believe that, for the first time in recent memory, the reverse is finally, actually the case.
We see this perhaps most strongly in the choice of Rick Warren–who I disagree with on most issues–to give the invocation at the Inaugural. Obama is making the issue clear, not merely in soothing platitudes, but in action–we will have to face and work with those with whom we differ in the days ahead. In soundbite form–in the past–that has provided a moment's self-satisfaction, before a return to the status quo. Today, the time calls for exactly such cooperative effort, and difficulties inherent within it.
There will be efforts to chip away at this by degrees, to stain and mar. Americans recognize genuine action, and they certainly recognize the self-serving pose. Obama is building a team that is aimed towards constructive change. As he moves forward amidst what hopefully will begin to seem anachronistic methods of twisting and distortion, let us hope that we--and he--remember and stay upon this path.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
He Means It
I never thought that I would be thrilled by the appearance of Ray LaHood at a podium being announced for an appointment.


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Office 365 presents a compelling opportunity for oil and gas companies to offload time consuming and resource hungry services like email and client-side application maintenance to a heavy weight service provider for a predictable, recurring monthly cost and delivered to SLA's which most organisations would be hard pushed to meet.
The Office 365 suite comprises of:
- Office applications
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- Conferencing
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Thankfully, as a subscription service Office 365 means no more licensing headaches or complicated software agreements. It also removes concerns over DR, data storage and compute to drive critical environments like email. Finally, it enables users with the latest tools to be more productive and enhance collaboration across the company.
Office 365 is not however, all things to all people. ISN can help you evaluate how best to implement it and identify where it is appropriate for your business:
- Impact analysis to understand where benefits can be realised
- Creation of a migration strategy
- Recommendations when Office 365 is not a suitable option
- Training for using new productivity tools such as Lync, presence and instant messaging
If you would like to understand more about Office 365 or investigate the potential benefits for your business get in touch.


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Welcome to our family - Ss. Peter and Paul Orthodox Church located in Bayonne, NJ. Our church is a parish of the Orthodox Church in America, Diocese of New York and New Jersey. It was founded in December 1922 by our Slavic ancestors from different parts of Eastern Europe. The Divine Services are in English.
Over the past 97 years, thousands of people have called Ss. Peter and Paul their home. Maybe this parish is the kind of spiritual home you have been searching for as well – please come and see, we would love to have you pray with us.
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Holy Apostles Peter and Paul are traditionally regarded as the leaders of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
Both St. Peter and
St Peter, the brother of St Andrew, was a fisherman on the sea of Galilee. He was married, and Christ healed his mother-in-law of a fever (Mt.8:14). He, with James and John, witnessed the most important miracles of the Savior's earthly life.
Despite his earlier recognition of Christ as the Son of God, he denied Him three times on the night before the Crucifixion. Therefore, after His Resurrection, the Lord asked Peter three times if he loved Him. Then He told Peter to feed His sheep (John 21:15-17).
After the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, St. Peter addressed the crowd (Acts 2:14), and performed many miracles in Christ's name. He baptized Cornelius, the first Gentile convert (Acts 10:48). He was cast into prison, but escaped with the help of an angel (Acts 5:19). St. Peter also traveled to many places in order to proclaim the Gospel message. He wrote two Epistles, which are part of the New Testament.
St. Peter was put to death in
At first, he was called Saul, and had persecuted the Church. He was present at the stoning of St. Stephen (Acts 7: 58). Then, on the road to


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Privileged white boy from a trailer park; social disadvantage:
It was 2007 and I just started a commercial construction company in what became the beginning of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Seeking additional revenue streams, I sat at my desk reading the application for the Small Business Administrations 8(a) Business Development Program. As I searched for the program qualifications I found Section 124.103 which identifies "Who is Socially Disadvantaged." After reading the paragraph I concluded that the paragraph includes essentially every other group save one, white males. The SBA makes quite a general assumption to conclude that people in this county defined, as "white males" could not also be socially disadvantaged. After all, my Italian/Armenian father passed away when I was five, I spent much of my childhood and early teenage years in a trailer ripe with drug/alcohol abuse and domestic violence and I was essentially on my own by the age of 13. Did the mere fact that I had blonde hair, green eyes, and a male make my childhood any less of a "social disadvantage." Someone with a much more abundant upbringing than I, who was anything but a white male could qualify for this program. Is this the modern definition of patent fairness and equality? After all my invitation to the "old boys" club and my "privilege" card never came to my single wide trailer mailbox. And wait I live in Yuma, AZ aren't I technically a minority . . . all of this equality business is so confusing! Hold on is that the sound of a pendulum swinging after years of oppression and inequality in this country and has the pendulum shifted entirely? Does this mean my "privilege" card isn't ever coming?
Starting a CRE Business; Equality in CRE:
Flash forward to March of 2018 and now my wife and I own a commercial real estate company in Yuma, AZ. We are parents to two wonderful girls and actually as I type this are sitting in the hospital waiting for baby # 3 who through God's great blessing is also a girl #WemakeGirls! Before I continue I want to make this very clear: I FULLY SUPPORT EQUALITY IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE and in every other capacity. I'm from a community that is a melting pot of various cultures and despite some admitted biases and prejudices early in life (did I mention my upbringing), I truly respect and want everyone in this country to have a fair shot!
With respect to equality in commercial real estate, I want our girls if they choose, to have every opportunity afforded to them to pursue this amazing career/business. However, I do not want our girls to use any excuse as the reason for not reaching their goals. I won't create a story to tell my girls that the "The good old boys" in the "smoky room", that dirtball that says inappropriate things, won't exist in the world. Our girls will know that the "good old boys" and dirt balls are out there in this world, I will prepare them to be a ball of fire that is not deterred and only gains strength from setbacks, disappointments, and inequalities in this world. Personal responsibility, not a government program is what the world needs more of. I love seeing strong trailblazing women on the CRE scene like Diane Danielson, Barbi Reuter, Lisa TBL, and the list goes on! They're taking this issue head-on, writing about it, promoting women and blazing a trail for countless women who will undoubtedly benefit and take CRE to unimaginable levels.
Back to the pendulum. My wife and I own everything together 50/50 we are a team, no separate bank accounts, no this is mine type of setup in our marriage. That's how WE wanted it! Together united in life, marriage, business (not exactly see below), parenting, and everything else in the margins! When we formed the company we understood there are benefits associated with a "woman owned" business that requires a woman to own 51% of the entity to qualify for various programs. Ok, I get it, society benefits from the promotion of women-owned business, however, why does 50% ownership not qualify? Is it any less ownership than the other party involved? Are they not EQUAL partners? Ultimately we decided to pursue the designation and because we generally agree with the intent of the program it wasn't a big issue, however, yet another program created to help some and yet seemed to target me a white guy who grew up in a drug/alcohol infested trailer. I know, I had all the breaks!
As the pendulum swings further to the other extreme:
A March Bisnow Article asked various CRE brokers a series of questions including: "Has the #MeToo movement and increased focus on gender discrimination and sexual misconduct gone too far? Not far enough"?" Key the ominous pendulum swinging music! One response, in particular, carries with it the potential to create a very familiar situation, a situation similar to the 8(a) business development program noted above. The response in part was as follows: "In order to really understand the extent of gender inequality we need these movements to highlight the issue. "The pendulum needs to swing too far for people to take stock and change behaviors. . ." I believe these statements were made with good intentions and are well intended. But what exactly is the definition of "swinging too far" and how many other women CRE brokers believe that the pendulum needs to swing "too far?" Finally, what does this collectively mean? Does it mean the government should create a set-aside program that precludes white males that overcame "social disadvantages" such as parental death, drug and alcohol abuse, and domestic violence like in the federal construction arena? If so, are we not then creating the next "discriminated group?" That can't possibly be our collective end goal, is it?
Underdogs, Founders of this great country and destiny creators:
It was a group of stubborn rebels, lead and supported by American women and men who resisted and ultimately defeated the most powerful military in the world. In their resistance, they put their faith in a higher power and each other and ultimately concluded that in large part their destiny resided in their own hands. The defeats, stumbling blocks, and setbacks were all part of their grand experiment and they ultimately defeated a "good ol chaps" club if you will. In victory despite overwhelming odds, they established the very republic that as Americans we are all so blessed to be a part of. We are a country ripe with opportunity FOR ALL. I did not say that we are a PERFECT country and that we cannot improve.
In the same Biznow Article noted above another woman CRE broker responded to the following question: "How have your attitudes or behaviors changed this year as gender inequality and sexual harassment kick-started a national conversation?" The response is an example of a woman with a mindset I want my girls to emulate. Key the Rocky Music! "Actually my attitudes have changed very little. I've always approached the male-dominated commercial real estate field believing and knowing that I am the maker of my own destiny. . . I believe that being a woman is beneficial to this industry. We are better negotiators because we understand motivations and interests (even hidden ones) better than most men, and we're better at maintaining enduring relationships…It does me no good to make excuses for not succeeding because of someone else-my destiny is always in my own hands."
Yes, indeed this is the mindset I want our girls to adopt! After all isn't this mindset, that of the underdogs and the destiny creators who forged this great nation? Should we all not strive to emulate this mindset? What I fear is that this movement will turn into something much more than equality as those who want the "pendulum to swing too far" may contend. We're already telling men that to benefit from federal programs they cannot be equal owners with their wife. Maybe this is not the far end of the pendulum but it's definitely something to consider, as it most clearly resembles a punishment of sorts for men. I fear that the movement will turn into an excuse to expand programs like the "woman-owned" designation at the direct expense and punishment of men. What is worse and I fear for our girls that this movement could potentially expand into an excuse for not succeeding. Such expansion will invariably turn into the basis to further discriminate one group as an attempt to somehow make amends for the past. No, to make assumptions and punish a gender or race is not the solution to inequality, it's merely a new version of the same evil, and merely perpetuates the evil. We should strive for equality in every aspect of life including commercial real estate. However, the metric for equality should be one that does not factor race or gender. Good old fashioned, hard work, effort and the creation of value. That's how we should all be measured, and if we're seeking equality that metric is truly blind to gender and race.
I will encourage our girls to adopt the mindset of the underdog and destiny makers. I will teach them that the most important factor in their success isn't their gender or race, it's their effort, hustle, determination, commitment to their profession and the value they create in the economy that makes the difference. I will warn our girls about those who seek to use this amazing movement to punish an entire group of people setting the stage for future inequality. The way to bring lasting social change is that of the destiny creators, it's a path of personal responsibility and raising awareness to issues like gender inequality. Lasting social change is not created by pushing the pendulum to the extremes, no doing so is merely actions of discriminators promoting the evil we know as inequality.
Again, I SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT and the underdog destiny creators blazing a trail for women in CRE. As a father to two soon to be three girls I am eternally grateful for the hard work, effort, and sacrifices these women have and will continue to invest as they make the world a better place for our girls and all women who pursue this amazing career/business! We need to make sure that in blazing this trail we do not allow the pendulum to swing too far, because as I've noted above, doing so is not only extremely unfair but the extremes of this movement look much like past and present-day discrimination and inequality, an evil we all know too well, and evil that we do not need to repeat. It looks like #3 is on her way; time to go help welcome her into this amazing world! Andimao!
Jerry LoCoco Designated Broker at SVN | Velocity Commercial Real Estate
(Pictured from left: Jerry LoCoco, Denelle LoCoco, and their 3 beautiful daughters)


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The government yesterday cut its GDP growth forecast for Taiwan to 2.4 percent this year, down from its February estimate of 3.59 percent, citing weaker-than-expected momentum in exports and private consumption.
While the nation's economy has been losing momentum since the second half of last year, economic recovery is broadly on track, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said.
In line with the global trend, the nation's economy is "stuck in a soft expansion," DGBAS section chief Joshua Gau (高志祥) told a press conference, citing forecasts made by IHS Global Insight earlier this month.
Expansion in exports is expected to stand at 2.82 percent this year, far from the 6.21 percent forecast in February, the DGBAS said in its report.
As a result, the DGBAS yesterday revised downward the nation's output growth forecast to 5.15 percent this year, down from 6.35 percent estimated in February, which drags down the full-year GDP growth estimate by 0.89 percentage points.
The DGBAS also cut its growth forecast for private consumption this year to 1.46 percent from 1.86 percent, because of stagnant growth in real wages and uncertainties about pension reforms.
However, private investment is likely to increase by 7.21 percent this year from last year, on the back of strong investment in capital equipment by the nation's semiconductor and telecoms sectors, the report said.
DGBAS deputy director Beatrice Tsai (蔡美娜) said the economy would grow 1.98 percent this quarter after expanding 1.67 percent last quarter.
The economy is expected to grow by 2.86 percent next quarter and 2.98 percent in the final quarter of the year, she said.
Fubon Financial Holding Co (富邦金控) chief economist Rick Lo (羅瑋) said he is not pessimistic about Taiwan's economy this year, expecting GDP to grow about 3 percent.
Lo said the momentum of private consumption in Taiwan may further recover this year on the back of improving performance on the securities market, given that the government is proposing to revise the controversial capital gains tax on securities investments.
Moreover, the government's plan to provide cash subsidies to consumers in purchasing certain home appliances could boost near-term consumption, he said.
However, slowing economic momentum in China may drag Taiwan's output down this year, with the US expected to be the most important market to boost Taiwan's exports, he added.


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During my year in Zambia, I started to use camera traps to photograph nocturnal wildlife. A camera trap is a stationary camera that is trigged automatically when an animal is detected in a predetermined position. I usually positioned my traps on busy animal trails. In order to take high-quality images, I used a DSLR camera with one or more off-camera speedlights for lighting.
I was unable to find a camera trap sensor that gave me the freedom and functionality I needed, so I decided to create my own. Over the course of the year, I developed a device that was simple to use, quick to set up and very reliable.
My device employs a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor, similar to the sensors used on outdoor security lights. This type of sensor has two key benefits:
1. It is very quick and easy to set-up: just point it at the target area and it is ready to go. The field of view of the detector can be limited to precisely control the trigger zone.
2. Low power consumption: the sensor is powered by 6 x AA batteries, which results in a standby time of 4 weeks or more.
The sensor is enclosed in a tough, weatherproof housing, which can be mounted on a small tripod or strapped to a post. Find out more about it here: PIR Motion Sensor
In addition to the sensors, I also developed a strong metal camera housing to protect a DSLR camera from weather and wild animals. This housing can be disassembled and flat packed for easy transportation. The camera can be accessed via a convenient lockable hatch at the back. A sliding peak protects the lens from the sun and rain. Find out more about it here: Camera Housing
Now available in the Camtraptions Store!
I'm excited to announce that my PIR Motion Sensors and protective Camera Housings are now available to buy in the new Camtraptions Camera Trap Store!
These products are now shipping, just in time for Christmas!
BBC Wildlife Camera Trap Photographer of the Year
BBC Wildlife Magazine runs the most prestigious camera-trap photography contest in the world and the winners of this year's contest have recently been announced. I am delighted to reveal that my image of a black rhino at night was chosen as winner of the animal portraits category and overall winner of the photography categories!
My image of a hippo and bat was also runner-up in the portraits category and my porcupine image was commended.
All of my images were taken with a prototype PIR Motion Sensor in Zambia. You can view the other winning and commended images in this gallery.
You can view more of my camera trap images in my Camera Trap collection.
2 Comments
Anna-Mart Kruger said: December 5, 2014 at 11:40 am
Hallo please send ma price on the above
Kindest Regards
Warren Williams said: February 2, 2015 at 5:42 am
Wow!!! Great click in Zambia Will. Thanks for sharing 🙂


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Stephan's vehicle for this musical journey, the sitar, is one of the few instruments capable of playing shrutis in the proper intonation for this complex musical form. Its construction and technique embodies more than two and a half centuries of synthesis between West Asian and South Asian musical cultures. The type of sitar that Stephan plays is distinguished by the inclusion of two low-pitched "bass strings." Their use, especially during the most still and introspective moments of performance, reveals the legacy of another, more ancient Indian musical instrument, the bin. The bin (a stick-zither), although structurally distinct from the sitar (a lute), is one of the instruments from which sitar makers and players increasingly borrowed over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Ravi Shankar or Kharaj Pancham Sitar
Vilayat Khan or Ghandar Pancham Sitar
Gourds for Sitars and Tambouras
Logs of Tunwood aka Red Cedar just cut and ready for drying
The Gulu, the block of wood which joins thw neck of the sitar to the main resonating gourd.
Carving of decorations
Scraping the final finish off of the decorative pickguard
Artisan using a bow drill at the shop od Radha Krishna Sharma in Kolkata
Matched pair of female tambouras ready for finishing


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Will Stone & Wood's Pacific Ale take the crown again or will two-time winner Little Creatures Pale Ale snatch back the title? Or will a new beer receive the honour for 2012?
The countdown last year saw a significant spike in visitor numbers to the websites of our supporters Australian Brews News and Crafty Pint where it provoked vigorous discussion and debate. Join in the conversation tomorrow via Facebook or Twitter (official hashtag is #h100beers).
The results will be revealed in the table below or on the Australian Brews News and Crafty Pint websites, Facebook and Twitter pages in lots of 10 beers from 12.40pm before counting down the final 10 beers at five minute intervals from 2.10pm. The #1 'hottest' Aussie craft beer of 2012 will be announced at 3pm!
Both Taphouses are also tapping the top ten beers as they are announced so come and join in the fun!


text: DiamondView East Village is a 15-story 315,000-square-foot Class A office tower in the East Village neighborhood of downtown San Diego. The property is located adjacent to PETCO Park, home of the San Diego Padres, and is the first Class A office tower to be developed as part of a Major League Baseball ballpark. The East Village is a burgeoning area for businesses and residents given its walkable location to the ballpark, restaurants, newly constructed high-rise residential buildings and educational facilities. DiamondView East Village features a dramatic two-story lobby. The project also benefits from a penthouse hospitality skybox on the entire 15th floor and street-level retail and restaurant space.


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Outdoor events will be successful if they are planned well. When it comes to selecting a suitable outdoor bar stool, you may have quite a range of different requirements: On the one hand, outdoor bar stools need to be functional and weatherproof, on the other hand they should also provide a high degree of comfort and convenience. Discover our range of outdoor bar stools for outdoor event. Renting outdoor bar stools is now very easy at the Party Rent online shop.
The bar stools from our outdoor collection are especially suitable for outdoor events because of the material they are made of. We have bar stools made of aluminum, plastic or flat braid. The bar stool Saba is a real classic stool with flat braid. The Stool One, on the other hand, is a true graphic artwork, an eye catcher at any event. Take a quick look at our webshop and find the outdoor bar stool that you are looking for. Would you like to get more inspiration before making a choice? Take a look at our event inspirations.
Outdoor furniture for garden parties, corporate events and other outdoor gatherings are always in demand, especially in the summer months. As the furniture is exposed to the weather, the materials used need to meet special requirements. When choosing the right weatherproof outdoor bar stool, seating comfort should not be neglected. At Party Rent, you will find a wide selection of comfortable outdoor bar stools. You are sure to find the right one for your event.
Not only for hiring outdoor bar stools, but also for renting other outdoor event furniture, you are welcome at Party Rent. Our outdoor furniture collection includes:
Thanks to the different designs of our outdoor bar stools, you will always find a bar stool that matches your event style. Rent the outdoor bar stools you want in our webshop. Would you rather receive advice about your concept from one of our colleagues? Please contact us for further information.


text: Top 12 collectible records in your attic Collectible records are even more valuable than ever With vinyl seemingly making a resurgence, collectible records are even more valuable than ever. We often hear about rare albums fetching a fortune - whether ultra-rare test-pressings, or long-forgotten flops by now-revered acts. So what are you likely to have in your loft? Inseparable gay penguins tie the knot at lavish wedding ceremony


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You can make an immediate difference in the lives of domestic violence survivors by making a financial contribution today.
Volunteers keep our organization moving forward. Your time spent at CASA is based on your schedule, your interest, and your expertise.
We can end domestic violence
Take a stand for survivors who need the support of their strongest community members. Help us build a foundation for the thousands in Pinellas County who may be suffering in silence. If we say it loud enough together, survivors will hear our voices and find safety in our services. Donate or volunteer to Stand Up to Silence today.
Donate to the Cause
Your donation helps CASA maintain services, outreach, counseling, and shelter. Our shelter served more than 200 victims of domestic violence in 2017.
Did You Know
Casa serves men and women of all genders, ages and ethnicities
Pinellas County had 6,829 reported domestic violence offenses, an average of 18.7 domestic violence offenses per day.
11 victims were killed by their abusers in Pinellas County in just 2015 alone.
Of the last 145 fatalities, only 14% of the victims had contact with a domestic violence center.
Pinellas County has a 51% higher rate of reported offenses than in Hillsborough…. and actually had 429 more offenses than Hillsborough even though that county has 400,000 more people. Whether due to better reporting or a more severe problem, there is more stress put on agencies working on domestic violence issues.


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The herb horehound has been used since Roman times as a treatment for coughs and other respiratory problems, as well as rabies. It was popular among Native North Americans as well. Teas and syrups of horehound continued to be used through the nineteenth century for coughs and lung complaints, as well as for menstrual problems. Although the herb itself has a strong bitter taste, horehound candy is considered pleasant by some, and it is still available in traditional candy stores.
Horehound is recommended by some current herbalists as a treatment for cough, asthma, and sore throat. In addition, like other bitter herbs, horehound is thought to enhance appetite, and Germany's Commission E has approved it for this use. However, there is no reliable scientific evidence to support these uses. Only double-blind, placebo-controlled studies can prove a treatment effective, and none have been performed on horehound. (For information on why such studies are essential, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies?)
It is commonly stated that horehound loosens bronchial mucous, but there is no meaningful evidence to support this claim. Very weak evidence (far too weak to be relied upon at all), hints that horehound or its constituents marrubenol and marrubiin might have smooth-muscle relaxant,1antidiabetic,2,3blood pressure–lowering,4 and nonnarcotic pain-reducing effects.5
A typical dose of horehound is 1.5 grams three times daily of the dry herb or 2–6 tablespoons daily of the pressed juice.
Horehound is thought to be relatively nontoxic, but it has not undergone any meaningful safety study. Horehound is traditionally not recommended for use by pregnant women. Safety in young children, nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been evaluated.
1. El Bardai S, Morel N, Wibo M, et al. The vasorelaxant activity of marrubenol and marrubiin from Marrubiumvulgare. Planta Med. 2003;69:75–7.
2. Roman Ramos R, Alarcon-Aguilar F, Lara-Lemus A, et al. Hypoglycemic effect of plants used in Mexico as antidiabetics. Arch Med Res. 1992;23:59–64.
3. Novaes AP, Rossi C, Poffo C, et al. Preliminary evaluation of the hypoglycemic effect of some Brazilian medicinal plants. Therapie. 2001;56:427–30.
4. El Bardai S, Lyoussi B, Wibo M, et al. Pharmacological evidence of hypotensive activity of Marrubium vulgare and Foeniculum vulgare in spontaneously hypertensive rat. Clin Exp Hypertens. 2001;23:329–43.
5. De Jesus RA, Cechinel-Filho V, Oliveira AE, et al. Analysis of the antinociceptive properties of marrubiin isolated from Marrubium vulgare. Phytomedicine. 2000;7:111–5.
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R 943 Apartment for rent in San Rafael Escazu
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City/Area: Escazu
Country: Costa Rica
Neighborhood: San rafael
Monthly Rental: $1,000
Levels: 3
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 2
|Furnished: Yes
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Garage Size: 1
Status: Active
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Two bedroom furnished apartment in upscale Escazu complex. This complex has 24/7 sewcurity and gated entrance, the complex has swimming pool and entertainment center and tennis courts.
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Listed by: Olga Salazar
: 506 2290 7667
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: Olga became interested in the real estate industry in Costa Rica after working in the residential construction side of the business for 3 years and two years in property administration. Using that experience, she moved on to specialize in the real estate side which has now made her an expert in the realty world from construction to selling, pre-sale, buying and renting properties in Costa Rica.
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University Square Stratford
- Developer / Owner: Birkbeck, University of London and University of East London
- Consultant: Make
This flagship building for the University of East London and Birkbeck University of London – who share an ambition to raise higher education participation rates in east London – transforms a backland site in the centre of Stratford. It now houses a diverse range of academic disciplines, organised to enable sharing of resources and spaces. Arranged around an atrium, the building is a flexible, creative and robust environment containing teaching and administrative rooms, two lecture theatres, three performance studios, music-recording spaces, advice centre, café and learning resource centre.
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- Borough: Newham
- Size: 8,875 sq m
- Type: Education


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Aya Brackett was born and raised in a traditionally built Japanese house in Nevada City, CA and is now based in Oakland, CA. She grew up with two wood stoves, a generator for electricity and a long dirt road. Aya received a Magna Cum Laude dual B.A. in Visual Arts and East Asian Studies from Brown University, and also studied photography at Rhode Island School of Design and the California College of the Arts. She worked for four years as a photo editor at Dwell Magazine where she contributed her own photography and styled food and props for many shoots. Her love of food and design informs her photography and fuels a constant search for the unusual and inspiring.
- Selected by Photo Distric News as one of "4 Forward Thinking Food Photographers" 2017
- James Beard Award for Bitter cookbook (Ten Speed Press) 2015
- First Place Award for Photo District News Taste Food Photography Contest, 2014
- Selected for the American Photography Annual Book in 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2014
- Photo District News 30 Top Photographer in 2008
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