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The protein encoded by MAOB belongs to the flavin monoamine oxidase family. Zusätzlich bieten wir Ihnen Monoamine Oxidase B Antikörper (122) und Monoamine Oxidase B Proteine (15) und viele weitere Produktgruppen zu diesem Protein an.
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Mouse (Murine) Monoamine Oxidase B ELISA Kit für Sandwich ELISA - ABIN425827
Palencia, Garcia, Osorio-Rico, Trejo-Solís, Escamilla-Ramírez, Sotelo: Neuroprotective effect of thalidomide on MPTP-induced toxicity. in Neurotoxicology 2015
Conspecific alarm substance acutely elicits fear-induced aggression and decreases brain Z-MAO activity in WT and leo zebrafish populations. However, the reduced aggressive behavior could be associated to a decreased locomotion following the chronic exposure, which did not change Z-MAO activity.
Zebrafish MAO (zMAO) exhibits functional properties similar to human hMAO A as well as exhibits its own unique behavior.
expression, purification & characterization of zebrafish monoamine oxidase (zMAO) using Pichia pastoris expression system is described; zMAO possesses little differential sensitivity to acetylenic inhibitors than exhibited by either human MAO A & MAO B
this study confirm the presence of functionally active MAO in zebrafish brain and other tissues and characterize the neural systems that express MAO and areas of intense activity in the brain.
The MAOB (rs1799836) polymorphism predicts putaminal dopamine turnover in early Parkinson's disease with the MAOB(TT) allele linked to high enzyme activity leading to higher intrinsic dopamine turnover, which has been demonstrated to constitute a risk factor for motor complications
elevated expression of MAOA and MAOB were found in epithelial and/or stromal components of human prostate hyperplasia samples compared with normal prostate tissues.
Study on the involvement of MAO-B in the constitutive expression of genes coding MAO, Bcl-2 and neurotrophic factors in human U118MG cell line. MAO-B might function as a repressor and MAO-A as a mediator in the constitutional expression of pro-survival genes, and that MAO-B and MAO-A might regulate different signal pathways for rasagiline and selegiline to induce neuroprotective genes.
levels of monoamine oxidase-B were, independently of gender, elevated in Alzheimer's disease patients (+52%; p=0.009) but unaltered in mild cognitive impairment compared to control subjects.
Resveratrol 4'-glucoside was the only compound which inhibited MAO-A, but itself, resveratrol 3-glucoside, and pterostilbene 4'-glucoside failed to inhibit MAO-B. Additional studies are needed to establish the effects of these compounds on MAO-A and/or MAO-B in humans
Our observations provide new information on the genotype-phenotype relations of MAOA/B and EFHC2 genes involved in the contiguous deletions of Norrie disease.Based on the case of our observation, contiguous deletion with only one of the MAO genes (MAOB) may not cause psychomotor disability, and deletion of EFHC2may not contribute to epilepsy.
the mean methylation values of the CpG sites studied in the MAOA gene were related to smoking behavior in women. Similarly, several methylation patterns in the MAOB gene were associated with a smoking history, with each CpG site showing a remarkable sex dependence. Smoking behavior seems to be related to the genetic and epigenetic profile of MAO genes, with considerable individual and sex-related differences
This study shows that MAO-B levels are increased not only in astrocytes but also in pyramidal neurons in Alzheimer disease brain and also suggests that MAO-B regulates Abeta production in neurons via gamma-secretase
The findings may suggest that MAO-B is an important sensor in iron-stressed neuronal cells.
Childhood trauma interacts with haplotypes in COMT, MAOA and MAOB, increasing risk for OCD.
brain protein levels of MAOB are normal or elevated in the three parkinsonian conditions-with MAOB increase generally associated with elevations in levels of astrocyte markers. Brain MAOA concentrations were, somewhat surprisingly, not decreased in Parkinson's disease, Progressive Supranuclear palsy or multiple system atrophy with the exception of the atrophic putamen in MSA, despite loss of dopamine neurons.
MAOA and MAOB variants may contribute to the etiology of Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the Indo-Caucasoid population and could be responsible for higher occurrence of ADHD in the boys.
MAOB gene variants are contributing to the etiology of ADHD in the Indo-Caucasoid population
This study suggests that MAOB increases ASD risk in males, possibly through its sex-specific regulatory effect on 5-HT metabolism and behavior.
These findings suggest an association of platelet MAO-B activity, but a lack of association of MAOB rs1799836 and MAOA-uVNTR, with selected psychotic symptoms in ethnically homogenous veterans with PTSD.
No significant association was found between severe agitation and MAOA uVNTR or MAOB rs1799836 polymorphism, revealing that these individual polymorphisms in MAO genes are not related to severe agitation in subjects with schizophrenia and conduct disorder. Higher platelet MAO-B activity was found in subjects with severe agitation vs. non-agitated subjects. Platelet MAO-B activity was not associated with MAOB rs1799836
we performed a meta-analysis in the Chinese population to provide comprehensive data on the association between the MAOB polymorphism and Parkinson's disease. Overall, no significant association was found between the MAOB A644G polymorphism and Parkinson's disease risk in the Chinese population.
inhibition of MAO-B using selegiline reversed the cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in bronchial epithelial cells.
Monoamine oxidase B levels are highly expressed in gliomas.
The results of this meta-analysis suggest that people in the Asian population with the MAOB intron 13 A allele have an increased risk of Parkinson disease, especially when combined with the COMT LL genotype.
cloning and characterization of monoamine oxidase A and B genes in pig
mice lacking both MAO isoforms, MAOA and MAOB, exhibit smaller prostate mass and develop epithelial atrophy in the ventral and dorsolateral prostates.
findings thus support that AEP-mediated cleavage of alpha-Syn at N103 is required for the association and activation of MAO-B, mediating Parkinson's disease pathogenesis.
Hydralazine (Hdz) abrogated the degradation of tele-methylhistamine (tMH) catalyzed by monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) in vitro.
Huntington disease neural cells exhibit increased Monoamine oxidase-A and Monoamine oxidases-B expression and activity
Activity of monoamine oxidase B in the striatum is reduced during the presymptomatic stage, but returns to the control level during the symptomatic stage of Parkinsonism in mice.
These findings demonstrate that regulation of monoamine levels by Mao activity in beta cells is pivotal for physiological insulin secretion and that loss of MaoB expression may contribute to the beta cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes.
Monoamine oxidase B deficiency (along with monoamine oxidase A) resulted in an array of abnormalities similar to autism-spectrum disorder.
chronic elevations of monoamines, because of the absence of MAO A and MAO B, cause functional alterations that are accompanied with changes in the cellular mechanisms underlying learning and memory.
MAO-B is involved in the acute neurotoxicity of MPTP in embryonic and newborn mice
Data suggest that both IR1 (imidazoline receptor 1) and IR2/Maob play roles in acquisition of behavioral responses in alcoholism; activation of IR1 and IR2/Maob may serve as molecular targets in prevention (and possibly treatment) of alcoholism.
The results of our study further confirms that the dox-inducible astrocytic MAO-B transgenic mouse displays similar age-related behavioral and neuropathological features to other models of Parkinson's disease
MAO-B seems to exert a critical role in the development of postoperative and neuropathic pain
The temporal sequence of events following MAO-B elevation initially involves increased oxidative stress followed by mitochondrial complex I inhibition and finally neurodegeneration.
Data indicate that the activity of MAOB could modulate the regular and amphetamine-perturbed expression of GAD(67) and pCREB, and suggest interactions among the MAOB activity, GABA content of OlfB, and olfaction.
The findings of this study revealed novel roles for MAO-b and serotonin in the regulation of intermediate progenitor cells proliferation in the developing brain.
a monoamine-oxidase epigenetic regulation is involved in effects of smoking
these results suggest that MAO B deficiency may lead to behavioral disinhibition and decreased anxiety-like responses partially through regional increases of Phenylethylamine levels.
Observed chase/escape and anxiety-like behavior in the MAO A/B KO mice, different from MAO A or B single KO mice, suggest that varying monoamine levels result in both a unique biochemical and behavioral phenotype.
Moreover, MAOB is region-dependently involved in responses of the brain to Amph and baclofen, supporting interactions between GABA and monoamines.
Elevated astrocytic MAO-B mimicking age related increase resulted in specific, selective and progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, accompanied by decreases in mt complex I activity and increased mt oxidative stress.
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the flavin monoamine oxidase family. It is a enzyme located in the mitochondrial outer membrane. It catalyzes the oxidative deamination of biogenic and xenobiotic amines and plays an important role in the metabolism of neuroactive and vasoactive amines in the central nervous sysytem and peripheral tissues. This protein preferentially degrades benzylamine and phenylethylamine.
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Sizeable increase retail turnover
According to the latest figures published by Statistics Netherlands, retail turnover improved 6.0 percent in March 2007 relative to the same period last year. The volume of retail sales increased by over 4 percent compared to one year previously. Retail prices increased by 2 percent. Non-food shops were performing particularly well. Mail-order companies and online shops realised a significant turnover increase of 12 percent in March compared to one year ago.
Retail turnover was affected positively by the shopping day pattern. After adjustment for the number of shopping days, a sizeable turnover increase of nearly 5 percent remains.
Turnover non-food shops more than 8 percent higher
Turnover in non-food shops was 8.2 percent higher in March 2007 than in the same month last year. The volume of sales increased by nearly 6 percent. Prices in the non-food sector increased by over 2 percent.
Retail turnover increased across the board relative to one year previously. Clothes shops performed exceptionally well and saw their turnover grow by more than 17 percent compared to one year ago. The sunny, warm weather during a fortnight in March might play a part in this respect.
Food sector also performs better
Shops selling food, drinks and tobacco achieved a 3.0 percent turnover increase in March relative to the same month last year. A volume growth of nearly 2 percent was achieved in this sector, prices were more than 1 percent higher. Supermarkets realised a turnover growth of 3.5 percent.

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Elora Ontario is one of the best-preserved heritage towns in Ontario and is home to the music-lovers' Elora Festival. Visit the Elora Gorge & the historic Elora Mill.
Elora is one of those places that naturally attracts visitors with an eye for beauty.
Photo Credit: molajen,
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Its exceptional setting along the Elora Gorge coupled with its well-preserved 19th century stone architecture combine to make it an irresistible subject for painters and photographers.
Visit any weekend in good weather, and you'll find hundreds of people with that creative gleam in their eyes roaming the streets and parks, and plenty more bent over their workshop tables in artists' studios lining the main streets of the old town.
The village is located 115 km southwest of Toronto, which makes it an easy daytrip destination for city-slickers wanting to escape temporarily to small-town Ontario. Its permanent population hovers around 4,000 but you'd guess it was twice that size on a busy summer afternoon.
The Elora Gorge Conservation area, with its walking trails, waterfalls and rock gorge has been attracting tourists for more than a century. Back in the 1860s with the opening of the railway, tourists began coming to the area on daytrips to see the magnificent natural formations. It's popular with hikers, cyclists, campers, canoers, swimmers and inner-tubers.
The numerous artists' workshops and galleries – including pottery, sculpture, glass, jewelry, painting, handmade furniture, quilts, etc. Elora Ontario is well-known as an artists' haven.
The village hosts annual events that bring in even more visitors. These include the Elora Festival (one of Canada's best-known musical events), the Elora-Fergus Studio Tour, and Art in the Yard (a weekend-long outdoor art show).
Between Elora and Fergus Ontario, on Rural Route #1, you'll also find the fascinating Wellington Country Museum & Archives, set in a former poorhouse -- a rare glimpse of the daily life of the impoverished in the past.
The architecture of Elora is memorable, particularly the Elora Mill Inn, the former grist mill. Much of the material used for the stone buildings in the village was quarried from the immediate area and shaped by 19th century stonemasons to last more than a few lifetimes. Don't spend all your time on Mill Street; wander off and explore the residential side streets too.
Elora wasn't always the "artsy" and touristy heritage town that it is today. Back in the 1800s, it was the main market centre for the surrounding farmland. It was a factory town as well. People in Elora worked in the gristmill, or the knitting mill, or in factories churning out furniture, brushes, carpets and organs.
The artistic transformation of Elora started in the 1970s, when developers began cleaning up the historic but distressed old buildings along Mill Street and creative townspeople began setting up boutiques and studios and putting on festivals and other cultural attractions such as theatre productions.
If you want to learn more about the history of Elora Ontario, check out Historical Walking Tours of Elora. You can buy tickets at the Elora Welcome Centre at 5 Mill Street East.
The most famous and most scenic spot to eat in town is the Elora Mill
Inn. This is the place you'll see on all the postcards and tourist
brochures.Try for a window seat near the water.
The main street has a few dining options. If you're looking for vegetarian meals, check out The Desert Rose
(you can't miss the rose-coloured building on Mill Street!).
Apart from the Elora Inn, you'll find about half-a-dozen Bed and Breakfasts located in heritage homes in town as well.
Ontario Travel Secrets > Cities and Towns > Elora


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I am making a movie maker for the ti-83/84 calculators. If you have any suggestions or if I need help with something, I/you will post it here.
In what format will each frame be stored? (I'm guessing string)
How many frames per second?
True video? Or more of a slideshow?
0 →xmin
94 →xmax
-62 →ymin
0 →ymax
The list is what all the dimensions are based off of. It stands for Component TYPe. In the list, a "1" represents a line, and a "0" represents a circle.
This lists contains the value for the first x coordinate in the "line" function. It is also the x coordinate for the center of the circle.
This lists contains the value for the first y coordinate in the "line" function. It is also the Y coordinate for the center of the circle.
This lists contains the value for the second x coordinate in the "line" function. It is also the x coordinate for some point on the edge of the circle.
This lists contains the value for the second y coordinate in the "line" function. It is also the y coordinate for some point on the edge of the circle.
What needs to be done?
I am making the part that allows it to rotate. The entire "component" will rotate around a single point. That point will be the first on inputted in the ∟C1XP and ∟C1YP. The rest of the components need to rotate around that pint without that point moving. Also, the entire thing needs to be able to move up, down, left, and right.
I have tried making this part of it with no success, please help me.
So is this in Basic? How would this relate to movies?
Also, rotation of points and translations and such are covered in great detail in the statistical sprites section of advanced graphics. It contains formulas for rotating, moving, and stretching points relative to a central position.
(I would say i wrote it, but nobody liked my version ;) )
And you didn't answer all of my questions, or do they apply?
Here are tho two forums that explain how I use it:
the asm program that recalls a string according to a number.
The start of the program that recalls the graph screen through str1.
Here is the code for the video
Repeat getkey
As for frame rate, I don't exactly know. However, It is not quite like a slideshow. In my "mac os for the ti" program, The Powerpoint can convert into a movie file.
Also, look at my window coordinates. Can you explain how the stat plot works with my lists and window coordinates.
You would keep your 4 coordinate lists C1xp- c2yp so that their center is always the origin, or point 0,0.
This is because rotations, and scaling and such always work about the origin. Meaning that when you rotate something, it will always rotates it around 0,0
By keeping your coordinate lists around the origin, you can use seperate variables to denote the center of your object. So when you display the lists after rotating, scaling, ect… you would do add the coordinate variables to your lists, and store those to a sepperate list that would be used to display the image.
The only thing that matters in your graphing window coordinates is that you have the correct digit to pxl ratio, which of coars, is 1:1. Meaning that for every number, you have 1 pxl. It dosn't matter if your window is way off down in the -10000s, because the ratio is all that matters in statistical plotting.
Did that make sense? I know i can understand it, but sometimes i find a hard time explaining what i know.
I know what you mean, but my coordinates must stay the same window dimensions. I know about Δx and Δy.
Since the center is (47,-31), I didn't know how to do it.
I will still try though, thanks anyway.
I'm not asking you to change your window dimensions, i am only saying that there is very little difference from your window screen, to a window screen with a center of 0,0.
All you have to adjust is the position variable accordingly.
That makes perfect sense.
P.s. how do I do that?
Well, since the center of your images would be placed over 0,0 by default, you would set your position variables (Say x and y) to 47 and -31. This way, when you add your position variables to your lists, their apparent position is in the center, while their actual position remains the same.
I wanna see it when your done!
It will be on ticalc.org
Oooh, that might take a while…
They currently have 148 files pending and its been that way for a while…
It's also not finished.
In that case there will probably be more files pending on TiCalc!
also, Is their anything that you want to see in it.
No, just follow the releasing your program page.
In which case I need your help.
I need a program that take two sets of lists (outer (x,y) and inner (x,y)) and shades everything in-between. The lists should be able to be able to be different lengths.
Please help.
Unfortunately, I don't have any free time available, but maybe DarkerLine or Weregoose can help.
You mean it takes two lines dictated by outer x y and inner x y?
Oh, i see now. Hmm that would be tricky.
What are you trying to do that needs this? Just curious.
Firstly, the problem needs to be simplified to figuring out how to fill a polygon in the first place. Are the ones we'll be encountering generally convex, or can they be concave (which calls for a different set of algorithms), and would it be more appropriate to draw the lines first and then fill them in, or to have it be done all at once (i.e., the shading is what builds the figure, which also requires a different approach)?
Or do you just want to fill in the gaps between two rectangles?
I want to will the gaps between two shapes, the shapes could be anywhere from 1 to 100 or more points.
It should also be able to handle circles. I thought if I wanted to shad the entire circle or shape, I could designate any point in the shape and it would shade everything in the circle.
about convex and concave, I could specify xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax and then the circle, and It would shade everything in-between. Or I could specify the circle and 1 point on the inside and it would shade the entire circle inward.
The lines and circles would be pre-drawn.


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When I launch Minecraft, I log in, it updates, and then the screen turns black.
When I launch Counter-Strike, it launches, shows the Valve screen, and then the screen turns black.
I'm really pissed off because ive been trying non stop for two days looking through a bunch of bullshit that doesn't work. I'm on Ubuntu 12.04. I tried finding my Intel HD graphics family driver for Linux but Acer doesn't provide one. How might I fix this problem?


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Hi there Crafty folks!
I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and are getting to relax and enjoy another day off today. I am so thankful to be off work today and I plan to spend some time being crafty!
I have another sneak peek for you from the upcoming Occasions catalog! I made this card for my Stepdaughter who will be turning 19 in January. Time sure does fly! It has beautiful soft colors and the pizzazz of a shaker card!
This card includes use of lots of new items coming up. The pretty washi tape is the from the Sweet Dreams collection and coordinates with the Sweet Dreams DSP I used on the front of the card. I also used the new Balloon framelits to cut out the shaker part of the card. The sentiment is from the new Stamp set called Celebrate today. It has a coordinating balloon stamp that I will be showing in another sneak peek soon. I have never used buttons in a shaker card before, but it worked out pretty well! I also added in some gold sequins but it is hard to see those in the photo. Here is a picture of the inside of the card as well:
The cute banner and the sentiment is part of the Celebrate Today as well!
Okay, I am off to do some crafty things!
Supplies used:
- Stamp Set: Celebrate Today (Available January 6, 2015)
- Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White and Sweet Dreams DSP (Available January 6, 2015)
- Ink: Lost Lagoon
- Embellishments: Gold Baker's Twine, Gold Sequins and Sweet Dreams Designer Buttons (Available January 6, 2015)
- Tools: Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder punch, Paper Snips, Paper Trimmer and Balloon Framelits (Available January 6, 2015)


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The internationally listed Sale Common wetlands offers freshwater marshes and red gum woodlands with an enormous variety of birdlife that you can see from the boardwalk. The boardwalk starts at the edge of the swamp, continues past deeper water, islands and through a small reed bed. At the eastern end of the boardwalk, relax and watch the pelicans, swans and ducks from the bird hide.
Location: Sale
Distance: 15km return, can be broken into sections
Grade: Level 1 – 2. Level 1 – No experience required. Flat even surface with no steps or steep sections. Suitable for wheelchair users with someone to assist them.
Level 2 – No experience required. The track is hardened gravel or compacted surface and may have a gentle hill section or sections and some steps.
Start/Finish: Multiple start points including the Port of Sale, Lake Guthridge and South Gippsland Highway near Cox's Bridge.
Getting there: Sale Common is on South Gippsland Highway (A440), just south of Sale. You can commence the walk from a number of points including the Port of Sale, Lake Guthridge and South Gippsland Highway near Cox's Bridge.
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You can pan the map with the keyboard arrows.
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Investigation Finds No Malicious Intent in Quran Case
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- Created: Monday, 27 August 2012 17:49
- Last Updated: Monday, 27 August 2012 17:49
- Written by Administrator
Six soldiers will receive nonjudicial punishment for their parts in the incident, which sparked protests throughout Afghanistan.
The report, written by Army Brig. Gen. Bryan G. Watson, found plenty of blame to go around. Still, he stressed time and again in his report that none of the personnel involved acted maliciously.
The report details how U.S. service members at the detention facility in Parwan began by looking through books in the facility library to stop messages from being transmitted among detainees. This grew into a project to get rid of books that a translator deemed extremist, according to the report.
In his investigation, Watson found that up to 100 Qurans and other religious texts were burned at the Bagram Airfield incinerator. Watson wrote that although U.S. service members did mishandle Qurans and other religious texts, "I absolutely reject any suggestion that those involved acted with any malicious intent to disrespect the Quran or defame the faith of Islam."
The general pointed to a lack of communication among leaders and commands. He also found that senior leaders at the facility did not give clear guidance, and that mid-level and junior leaders chose "the easy way instead of the right way to address a problem."
A contributing factor was ignorance among Americans on how to handle Qurans and other religious tracts. The general also found poor adherence to established operating procedures.
Afghan soldiers at the facility tried to make the American soldiers understand the gravity of the situation, but they were rebuffed. "That U.S. service members did not heed the warnings of their [Afghan army] partners is, perhaps, my biggest concern," the general wrote.
The U.S. Army took immediate corrective action and implemented many of the investigation's recommendations, along with re-emphasizing proper handling of religious materials to all soldiers during pre-deployment training to minimize the potential for reoccurrence, Army spokesman George Wright said today. "Training soldiers in the proper handling of religious material is a continual process to ensure they uphold their responsibilities," he said.
Investigation Finds No Malicious Intent in Quran Case [ http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=117655 ]


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The Uber chauffeur service has expanded into Africa, servicing the Gauteng region.
The chauffeur service connects you to a driver via your smartphone, and is cashless. Johannesburg was selected as the first African city due to the demand before launch, lack of safe options, as well as being an English-speaking nation.
EDIT: See below for new, cheaper rates
The service is currently in beta and will officially launch in September. When a user signs up, he/she has to link a credit card, therefore cashless, while drivers do not have to be tipped. The current fleet has a range of luxury vehicles including BMW 3 and 5 Series, Mercedes E and S Class and Audi A6s.
To hail a cab, you launch the app; pinpoint your pick-up location, as well as a final destination; get a quote and estimate arrival time. If you select it, you will receive a confirmation including a picture of your driver, who you can message via the app. Uber uses Google Maps, and you see exactly where the taxis are on the map. The app relies on user feedback, and you are prompted to rate your driver after each trip. Drivers are trained and rated on professionalism, and if they don't meet the average standard via user ratings, they are dropped.
The base fare is R60, and R10,90 is levied per km (above 18km/h) and for anything slower like if you are in traffic, is R3,90 per km. The minimum fare charge is R85. Each vehicle takes a maximum of 4 passengers.
EDIT: On Monday, 2 December, Uber Joburg announced new pricing.
Base fare in Johannesburg was R60, now R15.
Per km rate is now R11 (10c up)
If you are stuck in traffic, it's now R1,10 a minute.
Min fare is R50.
Cancellation fee is R70.
All my readers are entitled to R250 off each of your first 2 rides (a return trip worth R500)! Sign up as normal with your credit card details via the app (Android and iPhone). Under the menu, you will see "Promotions", select it and enter the following code: nafisa – limited to the first 1000 users. When you book a trip, by default, it will be charged to the promotional code. Anything above R250 each way, will be billed to your credit card.
So what are you waiting for? Try out this chauffeur service for yourself (or with 3 friends) and let me know how it goes!
Please note that this code is for new sign ups, not existing users.
EDIT: Uber has since launched in Cape Town and Durban.
More about Uber here, and the local Twitter account is here.


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Hey All,
I'm in the process of building a single frame OH. See the attached picture for progress to date. Anyway, one of my intended uses is to bring to a farmer's market that is quite close to my hive location. Couple of hundred yards in fact. So a couple of questions about that:
1. If I move my queen to the OH and have it on display at the farmer's market, is there any danger that the foragers out and about would scent her there and start to congregate around the outside, trying to get in?
2. If I have a frame out of the main hive early in the morning and have it back where it came from 8 hours later, I'm assuming I don't need to feed anything, but should I maybe provide a water source? Or maybe not worry about it for just a few hours?
Thanks for everyone's input.


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Umbrella Insurance
You have worked hard to create your wealth, but are you protected if someone takes you to court? Personal Umbrella Coverage can help fill the gaps between the limits of your existing home and auto policies, and financial judgments against you in case of a claim. Like an umbrella that protects you from the rain, a personal umbrella liability policy provides an extra layer of insurance coverage over your standard liability policies. It protects your personal assets by kicking in when your standard liability coverage is exhausted.
It's an unfortunate fact that accidents happen—and it's not uncommon for jury awards and out-of court settlements to run into the millions. While it's difficult to pinpoint the monetary consequences of the risks you and your family take each day, are you certain your current liability insurance offers you enough protection?
For example, what if...
- A babysitter is injured by your otherwise friendly dog?
- Your 14 year old is online making negative comments to his friends about a teacher and posting them on a Web site. The teacher discovers the site and sues? (You could have to pay up to $750,000)
- While driving a rental car on business, you miss a red light and strike a car doing 50 mph.? Your colleague is severely injured. Your company's business auto policy does not apply to your colleague's injuries because he is covered under worker's compensation coverage. (You could be sued for $1,500,000.)
- You have a small professional office in your home, and work out of that office, seeing clients on occasion - one of your elderly clients slips on some ice on your sidewalk, breaks a hip and later dies from complications? (You could be sued for $2,000,000 in a wrongful death action.)
- You have a candle burning in your bathroom. Your niece goes to wash her hands, her sleeve passes over the candle and is ignited. She suffers third degree burns and you are held liable. (You could pay up to $917,000)
If you are found to be legally responsible for injuring someone or damaging their property without a personal umbrella liability insurance policy, anything beyond the limits of your standard liability insurance coverage will come out of your own pocket. (Standard liability insurance generally includes homeowners, renters, auto and watercraft policies.)
Who Needs an Umbrella Liability Policy?
You do! Contrary to popular belief, umbrella liability policies are not just for the wealthy. We recommend that everyone should consider carrying an umbrella policy. If you engage in a high-risk activity or hobby that increases your odds of getting sued (such as having a teenage driver, owning a swimming pool or entertaining frequently), it is wise to supplement your insurance with a personal umbrella liability policy.
How Much Coverage Do You Need?
You'll want to take into consideration not only your total personal assets but also your potential personal risks. For example, do you operate a business in your home and have employees and clients to your home on a regular basis? Does your profession or location of your home make you an easy target for a big settlement? Determine your personal risks to evaluate the amount of additional liability coverage that makes the most sense for you.
Coverages start at $1 million, and can go as high as $10 million. When considering the value of the umbrella policy, discuss your personal needs with your agent.
How Much Does Coverage Cost?
Additional liability insurance is inexpensive when compared to the added coverage you gain. Depending on the policy value and your personal risk factors, such as recent auto tickets, your credit rating, etc., a $1 million umbrella policy typically costs about a dollar per day. Costs go up an additional $50 - $75 for each million thereafter.
Get the Best Rate
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- Jury verdicts have increased 240% in the past 10 years – with average awards from $418,000 to $3,000,000. This is in addition to defense and court costs, which can run to the hundreds of thousands of dollars, even when you win!
- One in eight serious auto accidents is caused by a driver without insurance. What if you and your family were hit by one of them? The medical costs, including hospital and rehabilitation services, could well exceed the uninsured motorists coverage on your personal auto policy.
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Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle was old school and stubborn. But after 20 straight losing seasons and his job on the line, he was ready to try anything. So when he met with GM Neal Huntington in October 2012, they decided to discard everything they knew about the game and instead take on drastic "big data" strategies.
Going well beyond the number-crunching of Moneyball, which used statistics found on the back of baseball cards to identify market inefficiencies, the data the Pirates employed was not easily observable. They collected millions of data points on pitches and balls in play, creating a tome of reports that revealed key insights for how to win more games without spending a dime. They discovered that most batters struggled to hit two-seam fastballs, that an aggressive defensive shift on the field could turn more batted balls into outs, and that a catcher's most valuable skill was hidden. Hurdle and Huntington got to work trying to convince the entire Pirates organization and disgruntled fans to embrace these unconventional yet groundbreaking methods. All this led to the end of the longest consecutive run of losing seasons in North American pro sports history.
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Pro tip: Google searches beginning with the words 'Is Paul Wall' will get auto-filled to ask the inquisitive mind manning the keyboard, 'Is Paul Wall dead?'
Hailey's received a firm answer in the negative Thursday when Wall — Da Iceman, The People's Champ the Po-Up Poet — descended upon Little D and blew minds from "nawf" to "souf" with his special blend of ratchet rap. It really was a shame his time in the Metroplex didn't overlap with Riff Raff's May 14 appearance at Rockin' Rodeo, which could have spawned either the most monster collabo Denton has ever seen or been the latest signifier of impending apocalypse.
If the perfect venue for a Paul Wall concert is a pawn shop parking lot along the frontage of I-45, Hailey's was a more-than-acceptable substitute. The "undisputed champion of parkin' lot pimpin'" took those willing to fork over a crisp $20 note on a field trip to da gutta.
Mr. Wall gave his Denton contingent a top-droppin, trunk-poppin, grain-grippin good time with verses from all the classic cuts, while peppering in some eloquent and exciting new material. It was a set that took us all there and back again to a time no one asked to revisit: 2006.
That's one of the things that the collaborative nature of ratchet rap has going for itself. You can fit 16 songs into a 40-minute set because the act can only do one verse from each of his own songs. It would be a logistical miracle for a promoter to get all the requisite verse-spitters in the same room to piece together a full song.
Wall weaved between old Color Changin' Click material, including the seminal "N Luv Wit My Money," and Swisha House jams like "They Don't Know," "Still Tippin'" and the timeless regional chart-topper "Sittin' Sideways." His grill (yea, he did that one, too) flashed in the hazily lit front room like the headlights of a '86 Cutlass, while one posse member's sole responsibility was apparently to keep hold of Wall's styrofoam cup of purple drank. No shit. He had to take a timeout midway through the set to get muddy with a sip of oil.
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Leanin' was a central theme to the night's festivities, as was Wall's penchant for finding that fan in the front row clicking a selfie and bombing the hell out of that pic at just the right moment. Days were made. Months maybe.
But in the end, we all had to chunk deuce for the evening, left to wonder when Mr. Wall would return, with a brand new nickname and a brand new mixtape in tow.
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Milena Ang received her doctorate from the University of Chicago, department of Political Science. Her book manuscript questions the assumption that democratic institutions improve judicial accountability of corrupt politicians. Using a game theoretical approach, she argues that incumbents in democracies are more likely to prosecute their challengers than autocrats. Contrary to what existing research has suggested, however, this can be attributed to the fact that democracies constrain executives in their use of extra-legal---and coercive---means to curb opposition, and not necessarily because democracies increase oversight of those in power. These theoretical implications are tested with an original dataset of judicial investigations of Mexican governors that exploits temporal and geographical variation of regime type at the subnational level. The evidence of politicized use of prosecution among governors in Mexico supports the formal model, suggesting that prosecuting corrupt politicians is always an instance of accountability. Milena also has an active research agenda in quantitative methodology, especially in the applications of hierarchical or multilevel models in comparative politics. Before coming to Chicago, Milena earned a BA in Political Science from CIDE in Mexico city.


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Welcome to the latest edition of #SmarketingWeekly, TechnologyAdvice's once-per-week roundup of the best sales/marketing content you may have otherwise missed. Check out our earlier editions here.
With a brief overview and direct link to each article, #SmarketingWeekly is the smarter way to catch up on the latest news, research, and opinions, whether you have a minute or an hour.
This week, we'll cover the allegedly burgeoning chat bot revolution, when to (not) trust automation, a study on mobile push notifications, sales enablement and the customer journey, and much more.
On to the headlines.
MarketingProfs: Mobile Push Notifications: Help or Hindrance? [Infographic]
Mobile marketing is a huge topic in the B2B and B2C realm, and with good reason: statistics show user consumer consumption of online media via a mobile device is continuing to grow. Push notifications are a surefire way to reach consumers, but risk annoying and causing them to uninstall your app or worse. Microsoft put together a helpful infographic to use when deciding whether or not to disseminate marketing messages via push notification.
Leanplum: How to Get 800 Percent More Push Notification Engagement
In an argument for using push notifications, mobile marketing firm Leanplum studied over 1.5 billion push notifications "to quantify the impact of personalization on app engagement." They found that certain tactics increased open rates by as much as 800 percent. Check out the link for a handy infographic summarizing their findings.
CMO: Beacons Beckon, But Are Retail Marketers Heeding the Call?
Beacons and location-based marketing are another mobile avenue we're excited about here at TechnologyAdvice. While most of the current applications are consumer-focused, Samuel Greengard offers several examples B2B marketers should consider. "The ultimate goal is to create greater engagement with the brand and introduce more meaningful and efficient interaction," he writes. That's something we can all get behind.
Vidyard: Building A Successful On-Demand Webinar Strategy
In past editions of #SmarketingWeekly, we've talked about planning production of webinars, ensuring a consistent consumer experience, and some case studies on how top digital marketers increased revenue with webinars. Webinars are a proven B2B marketing strategy you should be using today. Eric Vidal, chief content officer at The Marketing Scope, offers some best practices, demand generation strategies, and tells you when to un-gate your webinar content. If you use or are considering a webinar marketing strategy, check it out.
CMI: How To Build Buyer Personas That Build Sales
Buyer personas are an important part of any successful marketing strategy, key to engaging consumers via any channel. While they're not a new concept for most of us, it's important to revisit and refresh them from time to time. Marcia Riefer Johnston has put together one of the best guides we've seen on how to construct buyer personas that will help you grow sales. The guide draws from Ardath Albee's presentation at the Intelligent Content Conference, "How to Develop Audience Personas That You'll Actually Use."
TechnologyAdvice: How Sales Enablement Enhances the Customer Journey
While you're refreshing your buyer personas, Jillian Eyl of SAVO offers an insight that you'll need to consider (and that every sales manager needs to hear): "75 percent of buyers feel like they're way ahead of the salespeople who are supposed to be 'helping' them." Salespeople and marketers alike need to remember that buyers have completed 57 percent of the customer journey by the time they contact you; the customer experience should reflect that dynamic. The same survey found that 89 percent of B2B buyers conduct online research during the buying process, so maybe the last 43 percent of the journey that you control should focus on content: sales enablement content.
Act-On: Account-Based Marketing, By the Numbers
Speaking of sales enablement content, here's a great example from the Act-On blog. While it's a little further up the funnel than what some might consider sales enablement, the interactivity makes it likely to draw the attention of those who would be a good fit for Act-On's services, and the content download offered should create some good prospects. Check it out!
SocialTimes: Chat Bots Have Marketers Talking, and It's Not Why You Think
You probably haven't missed the "media swarm around chat bots" over the last few months, writes Scott Horn, CMO at [24]7. He cautions marketers to "carefully consider both the strengths and hurdles of bot technology," and provides examples of what he calls "intelligent bots" for marketers to consider when choosing or designing a customer chat bot experience.
VentureBeat: Facebook's Chat Bot Revolution Slowed By Problems With Search & Discovery
According to VB's Chris O'Brien, even if marketers decide to implement chat bot software as a new consumer interaction channel, "discovering ones that are actually useful is as hard now as it used to be to find a unicorn." Describing a "cumbersome process" researching the prophesied chat bot takeover and companies offering solutions, he opines that it's likely the revolution may "fizzle" before it begins if no marketplace (i.e. Apple's App Store) emerges to serve mainstream demand.
HBR: When to Trust Robots with Decisions, and When Not To
Vasant Dhar, data scientist and Professor of Information Systems at the NYU Stern School of Business, has developed a "risk-oriented framework for deciding when and how to allocate decision problems between humans and machine-based decision makers." Until now, one didn't exist. "That's surprising, given the high stakes involved," Dhar writes. While the stakes may pale in comparison to some of the applications he outlines in healthcare or finance, the cost of a poor customer interaction is high for B2B firms. Anyone considering implementing additional automation in their consumer interaction channels (cough, chat bots, cough) needs to read this one.
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The Integration of Social Media and SEO: How the Twain Meet For Nonprofits
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We're excited to have SEO maven Wil Reynolds present about the integration of social media and Search Engine Optimization (SEO), at the next Philly Net Tuesday on October 2. Doors open at 6:00 PM at the Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street. (Or follow the live Internet stream at http://phillynetsquared.org/live and participate in the conversation with the hashtag #phlnet2 on Twitter.)
Social media is having an ever-increasing influence on SEO, and this program will help you learn why this is so, and provide tips for how your nonprofit organization or cause can optimize its use of social media to help boost its rankings in search engine results. You'll hear all about it from Wil Reynolds, a nationally recognized SEO expert and in-demand presenter known for a dynamic and engaging approach. Even if you have knowledge of SEO, you're sure to learn something new when Wil shares his formidable insights, as well as from the diverse perspectives of fellow attendees.
This presentation will cover a variety of topics to include:
- Google search pages are changing (again)
- The impact of video on SEO
- Structured data and how it can get you more traffic
- Google+ – is it worth investing time into?
- Followerwonk / Twitter and finding your target audience
Plus, plenty of opportunity to discuss how these practices can apply to your own situation.
About our speaker: Wil Reynolds is the founder of SEER Interactive, a Philadelphia-based provider of services for search engine optimization, search engine marketing and web analytics. Wil has been involved with SEO for more than 13 years and he is dedicated to doing two things especially well: driving traffic to sites from search engines and analyzing the impact that traffic has on the bottom line of companies and organizations. He also likes to give back to the community and currently sits on the advisory board of Covenant House, an organization that works with runaway youth in the Philadelphia area.
Wil's passion for and knowledge of SEO make him a sought-after speaker and we are exceptionally pleased to have him present at our next Net Tuesday event. For more information about Wil, visit his Linked In profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/wilreynolds, or follow him on Twitter @wilreynolds.
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I have now completed three months of my 5 month commitment to lose 20 pounds. This morning I was down to 214.5. Technically, that is behind schedule as I need to average 4 pounds a month. However, I know that God can still make it happen. Just have to keep doing my part.
As long as I have been on my weight loss journey, you would think I would have learned everything I needed to learn about how it works. But, no, God still keeps teaching me things. Some things over and over.
I had been stuck on 216 for a long time. Finally, two days ago I was down to 215.5. Then, inexplicably, yesterday I was UP to 217. This is usually enough to make me angry. Even though I told myself it was just a fluke and it would be okay, I still was not happy about it. These kind of things can really ruin my day
Sure enough, this morning I was surprised to see the scale sitting at 214.5.
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Kix – Rock Your Face Off – Released August 5th, 2014
Kix is back in action and just as wild and fun as ever with their long-awaited release, Rock Your Face Off. If you've tried other recent releases from some 80s bands and found them a little flaccid, believe me when I tell you that Rock Your Face Off lives up to its name. Cracking Billboard's Top 50 out of the gate and receiving great reviews from fans and music writers alike, Kix will take you back to where you left off in 1989 and keep you shaking your ass through all 12 tracks.
Ask any 80s rock fan to name their favorite party bands, and undoubtedly they will name Kix in the lineup. Rock Your Face Off proves they haven't lost their drive to deliver power house, high energy rock and roll. Maine Music News saw Kix perform during the Monsters of Rock Cruise in April 2014, and the show was a highlight of the 20 plus shows we caught on the ship. Steve Whiteman and the rest of the band thrilled the crowd and had them wanting more. Featured in the set list were two new songs, "Can't Stop the Show" and new single, "Love Me With Your Top Down." Both songs were immediately well-received by fans, and we couldn't wait to get our hands on the new release.
Kix, who reunited in 2003, has maintained nearly all the original members with Steve Whiteman on vocals, Brian Forsythe and Ronnie Younkins on guitars, and Jimmy Chalfant on drums. Mark Schenker, on bass, joined up in 2003 to replace Donnie Purnell. With all members having a hand in the writing of the new songs, and joined by songwriter and producer Taylor Rhodes, Kix found their lucky charm once again.
Rock Your Face Off is thick with influence from AC/DC and good old bluesy rock and roll. This new music is certainly familiar and the flavor is straight up Kix. We had to go back and dig out the old Kix to make sure we weren't imagining things, and we were right – Whiteman's vocals are great, maybe even better than ever. Production methods, a lot has changed in nineteen years, this time around create a wonderful, crisp feel that pops each band member's performance and layers the compositions without creating fuzz. I suggest you grab a copy of Rock Your Face Off, go for a drive, sit back, and float through the music – pick out the bass lines, fall into the guitar riffs, and then get caught up in the determined, but never overpowering, drum work.
Here's a quick track by track run down:
Without a doubt, the music on Rock Your Face Off caters to the live show, a Kix specialty, and they waste no time easing fans into the CD with "Wheels in Motion," ultimately the first new music heard from the band in nearly 20 years. This song rattles every nerve in your head, in a nice way, and confirms there is no rust here – it's all chrome. Down shifting slightly for "You're Gone," we get to dive into Whiteman's vocals and go for a bluesy ride of regrettable love – "… I wish I could erase you instead…" Catchy, playful lyrics, a Kix specialty, are in no short supply here. The anthemic "Can't Stop the Show," a song I can't seem to get enough of, is a humorous list of clichés cleverly stacked one on top of another beside a great, driving beat. I love it. The innuendo filled "Rollin' in Honey" leaves no doubt that the naughty boys of Baltimore are back!
Full of variety, "Rock Your Face Off" features a crashing, almost punk beat, and "All The Right Things" takes us down to the Delta and right back into smooth 80s pop rock. "Dirty Girls," a follow up for their fan favorite "Dirty Boys," could have been written 25 years ago and will still make fans put their fists in the air. "Inside Outside Inn," an acoustic-flavored heart-felt break in the pace before the crashing "Mean Miss Adventure" takes off for another round of energized rock.
Musically, the innuendo saturated "Love Me With Your Top Down" makes use of everything that was good about this genre and maintains that fine line between naughty and rude. Closing down the twelve song line up with "Tail on the Wag" and "Rock and Roll Showdown," the band stays strong through to the very end with groovy rhythm, effects, and riffs to keep fans air guitaring all night long.
Here's hoping that the release of Rock Your Face Off means that fans will be treated to a nation-wide Kix tour coming to a venue near you. These songs are great from the studio, but they are going to be even better from the stage. Welcome back, Kix. It's been far, far too long but well worth the wait.


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When one knows nothing about a topic, it is not necessarily a bad idea to jump in head first – as long as one is willing to put up with all the mistakes one is invariably going to make. In my case all the things that I could do wrong I have done wrong. The process of putting this rather large format book together has been a process of screw it up and fix it.
My Iaido teacher, sensei Ken Manecker, always talked about the importance of the beginner's mind: One can only learn when one is in the embrace of the beginner's mind. I wonder if, as in zen, the practise is not so much getting to the point that one does things perfectly, but rather one gets faster and faster at figuring out solutions to the problem of the mistake at hand.
The book is now sewn and glued. Next I will finish the spine and make the case.
The picture above is of the end papers, done with acrylic paint, that keep sticking together whenever I put the book into a press. Then I repair the paper. Why can't I remember to put waxed paper between the pages? The solution: I thought to write a reminder on each press: "Wax Paper". I wonder if I will pay any attention.


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Sgt. Greg Moore wore the uniform of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department for 16 years. He was a husband and a father who, like all of those who make a career of public safety, protected and served his community. Like most of us one year ago, I was home sleeping while Sgt. Moore and his fellow officers throughout the county were patrolling neighborhoods with a watchful eye. But one year ago a senseless act of violence took Sgt. Moore�s life and future.
That life will be honored Thursday at 3 p.m. at the Fallen Heroes Memorial Ceremony at Cherry Hill Park. Throughout the community, blue porch lights will burn in memory of Sgt. Moore. Perhaps we should leave those blue lights burning indefinitely, as long as there are officers who take the oath to keep the peace and know that on any day, any shift, in any community such a senseless act of violence can happen, but they put on the uniform despite that knowledge.
Matthew 5:9 � Blessed are the peacemakers.
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On Monday the community turned out to celebrate the new location of Newby-Ginnings in Riverbend Commerce Park. The 3-year-old nonprofit has been a labor of love by Gold Star mother Theresa Hart to honor the life and sacrifice of her son, Nick Newby, KIA in Iraq on July 7, 2011. She turned her profound grief into a uplifting organization that serves the most basic needs of veterans in our community. Her team of volunteers is passionate and hardworking. They are doers and the community has responded in kind.
So on Monday, a sunshiny 80-degree day, as the generosity of so many was recognized before the ribbon was officially cut, Theresa came to the microphone. Just then a beautiful hawk circled several times overhead, swooping and tipping its wing. The rest of the story is that in 1996 when Theresa and her family moved from Alaska to North Idaho she and her then 5-year-old Nick were fascinated by seeing hawks over the prairie. It became a favorite shared mother-son pastime to watch hawks. After Nick was killed in Iraq and Theresa was formulating what would become Newby-Ginnings, quite by chance she heard a TV host talking about hawks being a bird of war. If a hawk passes your line of sight left to right it signifies victory, right to left signifies defeat. So the logo of Newby-Ginnings features a beautiful hawk facing to the right in victory.
You will never convince Theresa or any of us who witnessed the appearance of the hawk at that exact moment on Monday that it was mere coincidence.
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Thursday at The Village at Orchard Ridge (formerly Coeur d�Alene Homes) the Idaho Gives! Start Strong Breakfast will feature Mayors Steve Widmyer, Ron Jacobson, Steve Griffitts and Steve Roberge taking a turn in the money machine. They will choose a charity to receive the Idaho Central Credit Union Idaho Gives donation. 8-9 a.m., open to the public.
Also on Thursday, from 5-7 p.m. the Post Falls Food Bank will hold a ribbon cutting and open house for its new market concept remodel.
On Friday it�s Bras on Dudes at the Coeur d�Alene Inn to support North Idaho cancer patients. Doors open at 6 p.m., fashion show starts at 7 p.m. Must be 21 to attend.
The annual North Idaho Veterans Stand Down is Saturday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds and will celebrate all veterans and their families. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m there will be service providers, employers and games for the kids. For more information on the Stand Down or veteran assistance call Eric Swanbeck, St. Vincent de Paul veteran services coordinator, at (208) 704-0548.
The Distinguished Young Woman of Post Falls program is Saturday at 7 p.m. at Westridge Elementary School with 16 incredible young women participating.
Sunday is Mother�s Day and the Post Falls Lions Club will host its annual Mother�s Day Breakfast at the Post Falls Senior Center from 7 to 11 a.m. Moms are treated to breakfast, others are $5. American Legion Post 143 on Poleline and Syringa will also treat mothers to breakfast on Sunday from 8-11 a.m., others $7. The Coeur d�Alene Eagles are treating mothers to breakfast on Sunday, 9 to 11 a.m., others $7. All of these Sunday breakfasts are open to the public.
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In my world, Tuesdays are always an uphill climb. Wouldn't it be great if when we walked in the door at the end of a challenging day there would be a roaring crowd giving high fives and an announcer with a loudspeaker, "Kerri Thoreson YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!" Okay, maybe it's not so much like an Ironman but every day should have a finish line moment.
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Happy birthday today to Kenley Link, Kay Poland, Jeanette Bangs, Garrett Brown, Scott Hayden, Rand Wichman, Brittany Smith and Scott Jacobson.
Happy Cinco de Mayo birthdays to Robert Cliff, Ben Miller, Joni McCroury, Carol Toomy, Lisa Peterson, Teri Farr, Angela Erickson and Andy Fischbacher.
On Friday, Dusty Flamand, Tamatha Dougal, Kristi Pope, Connie Clark, Steve Eachon, Jeff Rhodes, Meagan Guerreo (30!), Dave Tester, Jerry Shriner, Karen Ouren and Kathy Sims celebrate another year.
Chris Moore, Randy Williams, Pete Shepperd, Kathie Brack, Lisa Aitken, Rob Rinard, Jr., Rena Pruitt, Ramona Kaiser, David Dasher and Phil Pyseky blow out the candles on May 7.
Wish Olivia Backs, Matt Barkley, Julie Adamchak, Tiffany Teal, Dave Walker, Lindsey Sales, Nic Riorden, Jared Raynor and Mary Rednour a happy birthday on Mother�s Day.
On Monday, Tara Dagastine, Carrie Holdren, Valerie Emery, Bonnie Clark, George Larsen and Carla Noonan are putting on their party hats.
Coltan and Cadan Virgil, Shelly Servick, Don Smock, Shelly Matthews, Pearl Bouchard, David Dickinson, Margie Adams, Zena Baltzell, Bonnie McDowell and Ginger Cutler take another trip around the sun on Tuesday.
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Kerri Rankin Thoreson is a member of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the former publisher of the Post Falls Tribune. Main Street appears every Wednesday in The Press and Kerri can be contacted on Facebook or via email firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @kerrithoreson.


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Recently, there was a suggestion to the Blogging101 class to write the first post that we would have written when we first thought about blogging. This isn't really that post, but it is in a way. There's a weasel for you!
By the way, if you feel like you need some help blogging, the wordpress Blogging101 class has really impressed me so far. I highly recommend joining a session and that's a pretty unusual thing for me to do.
Way back when I was a little weasel, my parents set a pretty good example of being outside the box thinkers. Both parents found ways to
bring in a little bit of cash in addition to their regular jobs. Mom did some embroidery on shirts that my aunt sewed, Dad made some flowers out of wire and a liquid film and they both did some rug making with yarn, burlap and a metal punching device. Mom also painted. She mostly did Pennsylvania Hex Signs, but also some painting on shirts and mailboxes. The two of them would bundled us into the car on Saturday mornings and we would go to a local craft market and they'd sell what they could. It wasn't a lot, but it did make a difference.
I always remember Mom painting, often taking classes or belonging to a national painting group. She entered county fairs and won in her categories, she sold her work often and really mastered many different mediums.
Both parents encouraged me to try different things – weaving, tatting, sewing, embroidery of many kinds, etc… Painting however was beyond me and drawing was a real stretch. The process of making something made all of us happy, even though none of us did the same things.
After a while though, Mom wasn't happy about painting anymore. She had run into that segment of the art world that has definite ideas about what Art is and they had informed her that she was not an artist. Mom quit painting for a while, but eventually she started again. Again, she ran into people who told her that her work was not art, but it was really well crafted. Even to this day, her art gets looked down on as Quality Craft.
I've encountered the same prejudice many times, in many places. So many times, in fact, that I got fed up and decided that I didn't want to make art; I wanted to make things that people use, things that people liked touching and wearing, things that people interacted with and felt good about doing so. And so I did just that.
Oddly, now I get critics who identify some of my work (usually things that I have to make for an actual class – things I put away and never look at again) as Art.
I started WeaselWerks with William Morris in mind. Art Historians identify Mr. Morris as a friend of the group of artists who labelled themselves The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood when they think to include him at all. Sometimes he is identified as part of the founding of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Actually, he's the man who created a business that brought the artistic endeavors of his friends into the homes of people as things to interact with, not just things that hang on walls and stand on tables or pedestals.
Morris felt that the things that are in your home should be beautiful and functional, well made and pleasing to see and use. This weasel couldn't agree more.
Craft is so important, so critical to the process of creating Art that without Craft, Art wouldn't be. Basic Craft is pretty identifiable, but as the creator persists, skill increases and the crafter masters the use of their tools, their perceptions, their medium and their bodies. Quality and Value are present in the crafted items of journeymen, while the items produce by a Master Craftsman are often breathtaking. Given the passage of time, those same masterfully crafted items get treated and displayed as Art, even if they are not actually labelled Art.
Without that first watercolor paint set in the hands of the child, without the sidewalk chalk drawings outside of family homes, artists never emerge. Every artist has to learn their Craft, even if it starts with gluing macaroni to construction paper to make a picture of a building.
I don't worry about the label anymore – Art or Craft – I aim to produce value, quality and pleasure in items that are used because they are satisfying and fulfilling to the owner. I know that the value and quality are because of the craft and the pleasure is the result of the art.
Someday , if something of mine ends up in a museum as Art, I'll probably be glad for the thought, but sad that the piece is just sitting there collecting dust instead of being used for its purpose and, in doing so, making someone a little happier.
After all, weasels hate dusting!


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Higi and Stayhealthy Combine to Create the Largest Connected Retail Health Kiosk Network
August 6, 2014, Chicago, IL – Higi and Stayhealthy today announced the companies have closed a transaction to come together, immediately creating the largest connected retail health kiosk network in the United States. The business will operate as higi.
The two companies have combined to execute upon their shared vision of helping people to take small but meaningful engagement steps in their health and wellness. A robust platform has been developed that makes it simple, fun, and rewarding to take control of one's health and wellness.
Both companies have successfully aligned with retail, provider, wellness, and corporate partners to roll out an interactive health engagement platform that features a nationwide self-service kiosk network which is convenient and free for consumers to use. Coming together immediately creates a nationwide footprint of over 6,000 kiosks and a contractually scheduled install base of nearly 10,000 by 2015.
Beyond offering consumers basic health screenings (blood pressure, pulse, body fat, weight and BMI), the platform also integrates with many of the most popular fitness tracking devices on the market. This allows users to seamlessly monitor both their fitness and health tracking activity while also being uniquely rewarded for their efforts via higi's wellness engagement incentive program. This burgeoning program, leveraged by individuals, corporations, brands, and retailers, both rewards users for their health and fitness engagement as well as motivates them with engagement competitions.
"Bringing the two companies together makes great strategic sense and expands our influence in the market," said John Collins, CEO of Stayhealthy. He added, "By combining our different technologies and resources, we can offer a best in class, next generation product. Higi's engagement platform makes tracking your health simple, fun and rewarding. This merged with our clinical-quality health measurement technology is a win-win for the end-user."
Jeff Bennett, CEO of higi remarks: "Our ultimate goal is to promote and develop a collaborative approach to healthcare between physicians, providers, payers, employers and individuals. By leveraging Stayhealthy's innovative algorithms, advanced testing methods, and screening technologies, we get one step closer to achieving this goal through access to high-tech data. There is a great synergy between our products, services and passion for providing quality healthcare screening and engaging individuals to take control of their health."
Bennett will serve as CEO while Collins will serve as Vice Chairman and Director of Innovation.
About higi:
Higi is a simple, interactive and rewarding way to take control of your health and wellness. Easily accessible in retail stores, corporate wellness sites, fitness clubs and medical providers across the country at higi and Stayhealthy Stations, as well as at home on the website and on-the-go with the mobile app, higi is proof that understanding and tracking your data is the key first step to improving your wellness. Based upon current contracted rollout plans, the combined higi/Stayhealthy network will bring interactive health engagement to users at nearly 10,000 physical locations with the completion of existing rollouts. To learn more,
visit higi.com or stayhealthy.com, and follow us on Twitter @higi.
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Then we'll take a quick look at Real-time Preview, and the integration of the two most popular CSS Preprocessors, Sass and Less. After that, it's onto changes introduced in CC 2017.1, the extensive overhaul of Dreamweaver's Find and Replace functionality as well as improved support for PHP. As new features are added, this course will be expanded so keep an eye out for updates.
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by Dave Hannon | insiderPROFILES
April 1, 2011
Novus International, a maker of animal nutrition products for over 20 years, has evolved from a fairly small company to a near-billion-dollar corporation doing business in 90 countries around the world. In 2010, the business went live with its first implementation of SAP software. This move, according to Novus' CIO, Dave Ploch, was a great one for the company — it enabled the IT organization to deliver information in such a way that everyone across the enterprise is using same data within the same processes.
"But immediately, our employees and management wanted to know when they could access the data on their iPhones, just like they saw in the commercials," Ploch says. "The whole commercialization of mobility and the consumerization of IT has really permeated our organization, and we're trying to understand how to build a strategy to deal with that."
Instead of constantly trying to avoid those questions and quell the curiosity of IT users, Ploch says that IT organizations should be channeling that enthusiasm and asking business users for input on their enterprise mobility strategy.
"Some of our business groups have been innovating with cloud technologies, buying new mobile devices, and doing things that IT organizations usually want to put a stop to — but those are the things that got our business users excited about mobility," says Ploch. "If we had given them those devices, they might have complained. But because they selected them, they are much more enthusiastic — and we can capitalize on that."
Novus is using this approach to help guide both its internal and customer-facing mobile strategies. But effectively tapping into that enthusiasm means truly listening to the business users and giving up some of the strict control IT usually wields.
"Mobility is teaching us that IT isn't the only place where the answers are all held," Ploch says. "Our users are going to start bringing more and more ideas, and they are going to be important ideas."
Novus' IT organization was introduced to mobility when employees began asking IT to support the latest mobile devices. For example, business users saw the iPad and wanted to use that instead of their laptops. So when the eMarketing team developed its own simple iPad app — that lets users search through pages of Novus product literature and request to receive documents via email — and unveiled it at an industry tradeshow, the level of mobile enthusiasm within Novus spiraled to a fever pitch.
"We used the app at our booth and generated a real buzz at the show," Ploch recalls. "When our executive VP of sales and marketing came back from the conference, he proudly showed the app on his iPad to everybody at the office."
Two days later, there were 10 more requests for apps from various parts of the company. And in the following weeks, many more requests came in for both internal and external apps. It was a fundamental shift in how the IT organization — and mobility — was viewed by users across the company.
Ploch certainly didn't want to say "No" to every request that came in, but he also knew it was the right time to take a step back and gather some input on the company's longer-term vision of enterprise mobility before moving forward.
"We are used to the internal-facing requests, but developing external-facing apps is more complicated from an IT perspective," he says. It's also more complex from a business process perspective because the goals and content of a customer-facing app extend well beyond the IT domain.
So Ploch will be putting out a call to senior leaders across the enterprise for their mobile projects, including both internal and external apps, which will be evaluated in terms of their value to the business. Novus' eMarketing team is taking part in the customer-facing app development process. External expertise will be brought in to help evaluate and prioritize the projects.
Much of the internal-facing excitement over mobility at Novus is geared toward mobilizing the functionality users have gained since the SAP ERP deployment. Almost immediately after go-live, Novus IT users were asking for the ERP system's reporting and business intelligence capabilities on their mobile devices.
"Compared to our old ERP system, we have an amazing amount of information about our business, transactions, customers, and costs," Ploch says. "Now, we have to provide those analysis tools to users on their portable devices."
Some mobile pilot projects that leverage SAP ERP are already underway at Novus. The first is tied to the deployment of SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) and will deliver account fact sheets to sales representatives in the field, so they can easily pull up all of the vital customer account information, including their most recent transactions, moments before walking into a sales call.
The second is a workflow app for product pricing approval. "This app will allow those individuals who are part of the business process to do their approvals directly from their mobile device," he says. "There are multiple steps in the process, and this should speed it up considerably."
Ploch says that, in the broader sense, mobility — and specifically the development of mobile apps — will challenge the resources and skill sets within most IT organizations. Where most IT organizations are set up to deploy and support existing software, the mobile trend could have more resources focused on developing apps and mobilizing solutions.
In many respects, Novus is doubling the infrastructure being supported since most users will have both a PC and a smart device. According to Ploch, this is another opportunity for IT to transform from a cost center to a profit driver. The key will be managing that transition smoothly.
"Our IT organization loves working with these new mobile devices and figuring out what these devices can do," Ploch says. "But at the same time, the team members don't see us taking anything off their plate."
Ploch hopes that by leveraging a combination of outsourcing and cloud computing, he can reduce the infrastructure support required at Novus to free up some of the IT organization to focus more on the rush of mobile projects coming down the pike.
"Then we can focus our resources on truly supporting end users and delivering real solutions to the organization," he says.
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Saving money hasn't always come easily to me. I used to be a big time spender, not a saver.
Now, I actually find saving money fun. I feel like it's a game – trying to see how much I can save each month.
Here are a few ways that our family easily saves money:
1. Cook at home, mostly from scratch.
I've always loved experimenting in the kitchen, so this was a definite no-brainer for me when we were paying off debt and saving money for our future. We cook from scratch all the time now.
We do go out to eat once or twice per month, because you have to allow yourself to indulge every so often if you don't want to go crazy – but to be honest, I much prefer eating at home. Food always seems to taste better when you make it yourself.
Now, if only I had a waitress and someone to clean my kitchen, I'd be set!
2. Use entire sheets of printer paper.
I print a ton of coupons and other things, so our printer sees a lot of use.
I don't like using one piece of paper for a single coupon (which often only takes up 1/3 of the page), so I will cut out the coupon and the put the paper back in the printer to print off another 1 or 2 coupons. This way no paper is wasted.
Also, if I am printing something other than a coupon, I always print something else on the other side of the paper when I am done with it (if possible). This makes our printer paper last twice as long.
3. Use coupons – a lot!
If you've been reading this site for any length of time, you know that I use coupons all the time. They have saved my family so much money over the years.
Not only have I been able to build up a pretty large stockpile by using coupons, but I have also been able to donate items to countless women's shelters, food banks and other charitable organizations. You can get so many things for free using coupons.
4. Allowances.
My husband and I both have an allowance line in our monthly budget that we use on splurges.
It's only a small amount, but knowing that we have this money that we can spend on whatever we want makes budgeting a lot easier.
We are currently saving for a down payment for our first home and sometimes all of the saving and cutting back on things can become a huge chore. Knowing that we have this fun money to play with every month is such a good thing for us.
5. Research before we buy.
Whenever we need to buy something, we do our research – and we do lots of it.
This can be anything from a pair of shorts to a new car. Whatever we plan to buy (that costs more than $10 or so), we will read reviews on it to make sure that the item we are thinking about buying is actually worth the money.
I remember when I bought our Samsung Laser Printer. I did research for DAYS on the best printer for printing tons of coupons.
By reading dozens of reviews online, I found that most printers were either too expensive, or they didn't last very long. The Samsung Laser Printer that I ended up buying has lasted us well over a year and I haven't had to change the cartridge once!
Doing my research saved me from buying a printer that probably wouldn't have lasted as long as our current one has.
6. Take advantage of rewards programs.
There are many rewards programs in Canada, and most are definitely worth your time to sign up to.
Rewards programs are great for earning points that you can redeem on items in the store, gift cards and even household items and electronics.
My favourite rewards program would have to be Shoppers Optimum, but I do use others as well (Air Miles, HBC Rewards, PC Points, etc.).
7. Avoid convenience foods.
When you buy things like shredded cheese and pre-cut fruit and vegetables from the grocery store, you are buying them at a premium.
It's not much work to shred some cheese and chop produce yourself, if you want to save some cash.
When I first lived on my own, I bought convenience foods all of the time. Mostly because I was lazy. Eventually I realized that those purchases were eating up over 25% of my grocery budget, so I eventually decided that enough was enough.
Ever since then I have been buying big blocks of cheese and grating them myself, and I have never bought another package of pre-cut fruits or veggies. I can't even get over how expensive those things are! I could never go back to paying those kinds of prices.
It feels good knowing that we have money in the bank at the end of the day because we practiced restraint and were disciplined with our money management.
Saving money is so very, very important. Don't wait – start right now!


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The Best Exercise for a Person With a Triple Bypass
Bypass surgery is serious business; it may take several months or more to recover from the operation. A triple bypass is not significantly different from a single or a quintuple bypass. The more bypasses you require, however, the longer the surgery, which can affect the time it takes you to recover. Exercise after bypass surgery sometimes starts while you are still in the hospital 2. Walking is the exercise of choice, at least in the initial stages of your recovery.
If you are experiencing serious medical symptoms, seek emergency treatment immediately.
Immediately After Surgery
Although you will be in intensive care for a day or two after surgery, you might be encouraged to get on your feet the day after bypass surgery 2. During your stint in the hospital, which might last a week, you likely will take short walks in your room and the hospital corridors. When you are released, your doctor will tell you if you can start a regular walking program. An outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program often is recommended. Such programs enable you to walk on a treadmill or ride an exercise bike several times per week under the supervision of rehab specialists. Patients in these programs are encouraged to exercise and often make rapid progress since therapists can challenge them without compromising patient safety.
Initial Walking Program
If it is OK for you to begin walking regularly, try to walk every day and gradually increase your distance. The USC Cardiothoracic Surgery patient guide advises you to initially walk around the block so you are always close to home 1. Ask someone to accompany you on your first few treks. If the weather is too hot or cold, a shopping mall is a good place to walk. Don't exercise too hard, especially at first. Stop and contact your doctor if you feel unwell, have chest pains or become dizzy or short of breath.
MayoClinic.com says it will take you about six to 12 weeks to recover from bypass surgery and be able to resume your regular activities. It takes about six to eight weeks for the incision down your breastbone, also known as the sternum, to heal. After about three months, you might be cleared for exercises ranging from cycling to golf to swimming to weightlifting.
As the Smart Heart Living website emphasizes, triple bypass surgery deals with a symptom -- three clogged arteries -- not the cause of your heart disease 2. Lifestyle changes are essential, and exercise and healthy eating top the list. Aerobic exercise, which can include walking, jogging, swimming and cycling, are necessary to keep your heart strong and your arteries free from cholesterol. Strength training is important, too. Find activities that you enjoy, so you will be motivated to stick with your exercise routine. Check with your heart doctor before doing anything extreme such as skydiving or scuba diving.
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