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"As the report states, the DOI was unable to track employees and get the quality of testimony it would like to have," Halloran said in a statement. "Disturbing questions remain about why plows went down streets with their blades up or sat unmoving for hours as the snow fell. I am hopeful that the city can move on and fix the many issues that plagued the snowstorm response. My constituents expect me to shed a light on problems and come up with solutions, and I am going to do that, even when it makes the powers that be uncomfortable."
The report, released last week, suggests that Halloran was on a mission to prove there was a work slowdown among city workers following the blizzard, which crippled Queens and the other boroughs.
The thorough investigation by the city Department of Investigation directly discredits Halloran's claims that a deliberate, concerted slowdown was behind the several days of uncleared roads in northeast Queens after the storm.
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The DOI said in the report that it interviewed two city Department of Transportation employees who contended they never said they had evidence of such a slowdown.
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One of the two workers told investigators that neither of them told Halloran they had been a part of, or had evidence of, such a labor action. The two also said it was "upsetting" to see in media reports after their conversations that he had "mischaracterized their words" in order to use their alleged admissions as evidence of such a scheme, according to the report.
"[DOT] Supervisor 2 said Mr. Halloran was trying to 'get information out of him' as well as [DOT] Supervisor 1, about the alleged slowdown, but he explained they did not have any knowledge of a slowdown," the report said. "Supervisor 2 said that the meeting was very uncomfortable and he felt like Mr. Halloran was 'annoyed' that they did not have any information that would confirm a slowdown."
One of the two supervisors said Halloran was brashly seeking evidence to back the alleged slowdown storyline, according to the investigation.
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Despite a discussion about possible conflict of interest issues related to his providing law services to them, Halloran refused to tell investigators the names of three city Sanitation Department workers he said also corroborated the slowdown narrative.
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Sotnikova, who won Russia's national championship at age 12, said: "It's competitive at every stage. All the girls watch each other."
The exceptional competition for places has raised the level of all the skaters, giving Russia a good chance for an Olympic medal. Although not expected to beat the favorites, South Korea's Kim Yu-na and Japan's Mao Asada, who are both 24, the young Russians are strong contenders for at least a bronze. Russia has won only two medals in the event at the Games, and never the gold.
"I think Lipnitskaia could be the surprise of the Olympics," said Tara Lipinski, the American who won the gold medal at age 15 in the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. Lipinski said that she saw a bit of herself in all five of the young Russian skaters. "They all have the goods," she added. "It's just who is also the competitor and has the mind-set for it."
The team of prodigies began to attract notice during the 2010-11 season, as podiums at international junior competitions suddenly started filling with Russian skaters. Since then, a Russian has won or placed second in every major international junior final. Now the Russians are breaking through at the senior level, with Sotnikova, Lipnitskaia and Tuktamysheva winning medals in their debuts at the senior European championships.
Lipnitskaia's gold at the event in Hungary in January was Russia's first in the women's competition since Irina Slutskaya won the last of her seven titles, in 2006.
Such a large number of elite skaters is all the more remarkable because Russian skating had seemingly been in crisis since 2010, when the country left the Vancouver Olympics without a gold medal.
"Until last year we didn't have anybody," Slutskaya said in a telephone interview. "But now we have all these young girls."
Slutskaya is Russia's most successful female skater, the winner of 40 gold medals in major competitions and the only Russian woman to win medals at the Olympics, with a silver in 2002 and a bronze in 2006. Since her retirement in 2006, the country has been without a top singles contender.
"We didn't have diamonds before," Slutskaya said. "Now we have some."
Until six months ago, few would have predicted that Lipnitskaia would go to Sochi, much less as a medal contender. Russian hopes had been fixed on Sotnikova, who improved noticeably during the latter part of the Grand Prix season. Trained since she was 8 at Moscow's CSKA skating school, Sotnikova was picked out for Sochi early on, working under one of Russia's most acclaimed coaches, her routines choreographed by a former Bolshoi ballerina. Taller and more powerful than Lipnitskaia, Sotnikova has moves that are generally more finished than the other skaters'.
"She's starting to be like a real professional," Slutskaya said. "She's grown up."
For the past two seasons, Sotnikova's chief rival had been Tuktamysheva. Dark-haired and with hooded eyes, Tuktamysheva radiates a peculiar calm, smiling faintly before her routines. Born in Glazov, a city more than 700 miles from Moscow and known for uranium production, she used to make a two-day journey to St. Petersburg every three weeks to train under a veteran coach, Alexei Mishin.
When asked what she liked about skating, she smiled simply and said, "To jump."
Mishin, 72, was more emphatic. "She jumps like a military torpedo," he said.
Tuktamysheva's chances for Sochi were derailed this year as her body matured and she lost some of the prepubescent straightness that allows skaters to complete complex jumps flawlessly. The timing of the Olympics also did not fall right for Radionova, the youngest of the new generation; she turned 15 in January, outside the minimum age requirement to compete at Sochi.
So many Russians being in contention for medals would have been unimaginable until recently. When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, its sports training system disintegrated as state financing dried up. That left rinks to rot and prompted many of the most experienced coaches to seek work abroad.
At the same time, the pool of amateur skaters shrank as parents, struggling to stay afloat financially amid economic chaos, stopped sending their children to train.
Russia's prominence in figure skating started to slip. As the last of the skaters who had trained under the Soviet system retired, none stepped forward to take their place.
The fallow period is over. A more stable economy has allowed parents to send their children to skate again. Many new municipal rinks have been opened in the past five years; most were intended for hockey teams, but they are also available to figure skaters. Stipends provided by the Russian federation are now enough to support skaters and their families.
"People started taking their children to classes again," said Tatiana Flade, a veteran skating commentator, who has watched the Russian girls grow up. "And there was just a bigger base. It's easier to find talented skaters now, and they are pushing each other."
Unlike so much with the Sochi Games, the rise of the teenage skaters is not the result of a Kremlin decree. Despite diverting huge resources to the construction of the Olympic facilities and to more popular sports like hockey, the Russian government turned its attention to figure skating only recently. A number of the Russian girls' coaches said that money had begun to flow significantly into the sport only in the past year and a half.
Instead, the process has been more organic. In 2008, coaches began to seek out girls independently. Mishin, who has trained four men's gold medalists — the most recent was Evgeni Plushenko, in 2006 — began traveling to Russia's provinces, visiting distant rinks.
Sotnikova's trainer, Elena G. Vodorezova, a former child champion and another institution of Russian skating, established a new team at the CSKA Olympic sports complex. Radionova and her trainer, Inna Goncharenko, joined her there.
"At the beginning we weren't thinking about the Olympics," Vodorezova said. "We just had this girl, who it was interesting for me to work with, who embodied all my ideas, who I wanted to have beautiful women's skating."
A new generation of lesser-known coaches also emerged, training girls from a young age to establish themselves.
Lipnitskaia's trainer, Eteri G. Tutberidze, 40, is among that group. One of the skaters who emigrated during the 1990s, Tutberidze returned to Moscow in 1998 after four years of skating and training in the United States. Perceived as an outsider, Tutberidze struggled initially, but she has created a group of skaters who are among the best in the country.
The creation of Russia's Olympic skating team is not a collaborative effort. The girls train at separate rinks, and the coaches can be ruthlessly competitive; just before she found Lipnitskaia, Tutberidze said, Mishin poached virtually her entire squad.
"They took a whole generation from me," she said, though she admitted, "Maybe I'd have done the same thing in that situation."
The large number of girls has itself pushed up the level of Russian skating, and the greater competition has pushed the skaters to excel individually. Although the girls are cordial toward one another, they are not close friends. Since each works with a different trainer, there is little sense of team spirit.
"I think a rivalry is always needed," Lipinski said. "I had one with Michelle Kwan, and I didn't slack off one day because I knew she was practicing hard somewhere. And I think these girls see that, and I think they know that someone could take their place in an instant and so they have to be better."
Lipnitskaia seems to have thrived the most on the competition. Childishly small but with heavily muscled shoulders, she is different from the other girls, more intense in conversation, worried about even a few minutes lost in training.
Her drive to be the best is probably best summed up by her mother, Daniela, who sat in the basement of a rink last month and shrugged, saying, "You can teach a bear to dance on ice if you train a lot."
While Tuktamysheva and Radionova prefer high-tempo, flamenco-style backing tracks, Lipnitskaia's signature piece is skated to John Williams's score from "Schindler's List."
Since Lipnitskaia's triumph at Skate Canada in September, her confidence has grown with each victory. She won two more events and was a close second at the Russian nationals before capturing the European title in Budapest.
"I changed in that my skating has changed," she said days before the Russian nationals. "It's got more mature, in my head, in my thoughts."
Her strength has been her technique and her elasticity — when she spins she becomes a perfectly upright top, her face vanishing into a blur — but she had been criticized for a lack of expression. That changed in Budapest.
"She set herself an adult's task as a child," Tutberidze, her trainer, said. "That's why she seems closed."
In Sochi, Lipnitskaia will face skaters who are much older, and most experts say she may need her competitors to make a mistake if she is to win the silver or better. But she will not be content with that.
In November, Lipnitskaia won the Moscow event of the International Grand Prix, beating the world champion, Carolina Kostner of Italy. Afterward, Lipnitskaia was distraught; she had botched two jumps in her win.
"I thought that was a sign," Lipinski said of the reaction. "I'm like, 'You are a little Olympic champion.' "


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ABLE ACT – Thursday, December 7, 2017 – 6:30pm @ the disAbility Resource Center. This is a regional event hosted by the Parent Resource Centers of Caroline, Spotsylvania and Stafford and the disAbility Resource Center. The ABLE Act allows parents to create tax exempt savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. These accounts can be used for maintaining health, independence and quality of life.
- Everyone Has Stress – Friday, December 8, 2017 –
10 a.m.—12 p.m. @ the PTRC. Continuing the "Building Our Village" Series:
Stress is normal. Learn how to manage it successfully especially during the holidays. *Foodies Fridays include food demonstrations & taste sampling.
VA Cooperative Extension: 540-775-3062
PRC VCE Parent WorKshops 102017 (1)
- Pizza Hut Reading Night – Monday December 11, 2017
5:00-7:00pm @ the Bowling Green Pizza Hut.
Bring your Pizza Hut Book-It Coupon for a night of reading and pizza.
Sponsored by the PTRC.
- SEAC – Special Education Advisory Committee – next meeting Monday, December 18, 2017 –
4:30 pm – Parent Teacher Resource Center – 16261 Richmond Turnpike, Bowling Green, VA. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. For more info CLICK HERE or contact Susan Gayle at the PRC at 804-633-7083 firstname.lastname@example.com or email@example.com
Resources you need to know:
- Caroline County Schools Transition Program Check out the latest activities our students are participating in.
- Paragon Autism Services: 1st Saturday of each month from 10 to 12 p.m.Paragon's Lego/Train Club at our Chatham office. We provide Legos and trains for the children. Older individuals bring Lego Games and are provided a separate room. The children have fun and the parents exchange information, stories, and comradery.
- 2nd Tuesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. Paragon Autism Services and ASNV co-host a Support Group in our Princess Ann St. office Every other month a topic which has been requested by the group is presented by a local professional. February has free discussion on the agenda and March has a presentation scheduled for transition services.
- 3rd Wednesday of each month from 5-7 p.m Paragon's Special Needs Night at KD'z Kidz World where we rent the entire facility and limit attendance to 50 children to ensure safety. It proves to be a fun evening for both children and their parents!!!!
- 4th Thursday of each month from 12 to 1 p.m. Rappahannock Area Autism Council Lunch and Learn held at the dRC. This event is a unique opportunity for parents and caregivers of individuals with Autism to ask questions and seek information from local service providers.
- Autism Society-Central Virginia (AS-CV)
Whether you're new or have been involved in the ASD community for a while the AS-CV is the #1 resource for you and your family. They offer a wealth of information and resources, as well as, social, support and sibling opportunities. Becky Boswell, Bradford Hulcher, Tammy Burns and the rest of the team are committed, knowledgeable and passionate about helping you and your family. Be sure to check out their 'meetings and events' page.
- Community Services Board (CSB)
The Rappahannock Area Community Services Board (RACSB) provides prevention, treatment, employment and support services for Caroline citizens and families with mental health, substance use and intellectual disabilities. They work collaboratively with schools, law enforcement, and social services. They can also assist you with case management, counseling, crisis services, and general parenting education.
- Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired (DBVI)
The department offers a wide array of specialized services, supports, resources and programs for Virginia residents of all ages who are experiencing significant visual disabilities. The DBVI is committed to providing quality services to assist Virginia's citizens who are blind, deafblind or vision impaired in achieving their maximum level of employment, education, and personal independence.
- Department of Social Services (DSS)
and the CSB work very closely together to serve you, your child and your family. They help to ensure that thousands of Virginia's most vulnerable citizens have access to the best services and benefits available to them, such as: Financial Assistance, Medicaid Waivers, Health Financial Assistance, Family & Individual Services, Services for Children, and Services for Adults.
- disAbility Resource Center – 409 Progress St, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 540-373-2559
A Center for Independent Living working to enable people of all disabilities of all ages to reach their greatest potential of independent living.
- Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond (DSAGR)
DSAGR is a wonderful resource. They strive to improve the quality of life for individuals with Down syndrome and their families by providing access to current and accurate information on Down syndrome and by fostering programs that focus on education, community services, public awareness, medical issues, research, advocacy, legal issues and parenting.
- Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
DARS can assist you with many things. They collaborate with schools in providing Transition Services. They offer Employment Services help people with disabilities get ready for, find, and keep a job. We have a residential training and medical rehabilitation center known as Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center, and they process disability claims for benefits under the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Disability Programs.
For more information on any topics addressed in this email, please contact the Parent Teacher Resource Center.
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Is there such a thing as a divorce being a success? Well there really is and I don't mean who ends up with more bang for their buck in court or who walks away with less custody arrangement. I'm talking about a mature completion of a relationship.
I've always said that divorce does not screw up kids. Kids are very resourceful, they like two of everything, no problem; two houses, two sets of X-box, not a problem. It's really the maturity or lack of maturity between the parents that can potentially do the damage. So, if you've got two people who are really destructive, angry, resentful, bitter, talking crap about each other to the kids – all of the no-nos, clearly that's not going to be very successful.
See You In Court!
So what does it mean to be a success? I certainly don't mean to make light of this or minimize the impact of it but what it really comes down to is the honoring of that relationship. I've spent many years helping couples go through this process because, let's face it, we spend months or years developing trust in a relationship and building a foundation for it. So, to have it be over in some huge fight and "I'll see you in court!" is not exactly doing it justice and it's clearly not healthy.
One needs to take the time to undo a relationship, just as we put it together. Especially of course, when there are kids involved. What it looks like is a mature process of really honoring each other and taking all of the benefits, all of the lessons learned; what was the wisdom, how did we learn what we learned from the other person?
Obviously, one of the greatest gifts is the children. But I don't believe in mistakes, I really don't believe that you made the wrong decision or you were with the wrong person. If you discover you're really not compatible or that you've gone as far as you can go, then making a healthy, mutual decision to move on is great, but I don't think it is a mistake. I think there were great nuggets of wisdom that we took along the way that we can then implement, so that we don't have to carry the blame and the resentment or being a victim with anger and bitterness into all our other relationships.
Seamless Parenting
So, a successful divorce has to do with being clean and being complete so that we can establish what I call "seamless parenting"; you can work together, support each other to win, respect each other, accept the fact that there are going to be other people in your lives coming up, having agreements around when is the right time to introduce the kids to those people going forward, because it's inevitable that it is going to happen. And so, to me, there are a lot of misconceptions about divorce and for those of you who have struggled yourselves with guilt or regret around it, just make sure that the way you are holding it is from a place of maturity and getting to a place of really feeling complete. Then you are more likely to support your partner to win and have a mutually benefiting divorce.
That's what we call a successful divorce!


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Glasgow Travel Information
Glasgow is a really buzzing city with a rich artistic heritage and several excellent galleries and collections. One of Scotland's most creative designers, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was a Glasgow boy. You will probably recognize his distinctive style in a variety of places. Ironically, having died almost as an unknown, his work now fetches huge sums at auction and is exhibited in museums around the globe. He is regarded by many as one of the founders of modern architecture. There are many places to witness his architecture in the city including the Mackintosh House. Glasgow is also home to the famous Burrell Collection housed in an award winning building and home to an amazing array of exhibits from around the world including art from Egypt and Greece as well as ceramics and sculptures from medieval Europe. And with some great cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs, Glasgow is a top place to party.  Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and royal burgh, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century. From the 18th century, the city also grew as one of Great Britain's main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America and the West Indies. Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Glasgow is also well known in the sporting world for the football rivalry of the Old Firm between Celtic and Rangers. Glasgow is also known for Glasgow patter, a distinct dialect that is noted for being difficult to understand for most.


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The category theoretic notions of
on the one hand and of
on the other have been suggested (Lawvere) to usefully formalize, respectively, the heuristic notions
as well as
We have:
a (syntactic category of a) Lawvere theory (or the equivalent in any doctrine) is an abstract general or abstract universal (abstraktes Allgemeines)
the category of -models/algebras in any context is a concrete general or concrete universal
an object of any is a particular.
That seems to be roughly what is suggested in Lawvere. Of course one could play with this further and consider further refinement such as
The syntactic category of the theory of groups is the "general abstract" of groups. Its essentially unique generating object is the abstract particular group.
The category Grp of all groups is the concrete general of groups.
An object in there is some group: a concrete particular.
The category-theoretic formalization of these notions as proposed by Bill Lawvere is disussed in print for instance in
See also an email comment recorded here.
For discussion of "particular" and related in philosophy see also
The terminology is inspired by
for instance
EL§61 If we are to believe the Critical philosophy, thought is subjective, and its ultimate and invincible mode is abstract universality or formal identity. Thought is thus set in opposition to Truth, which is no abstraction, but concrete universality. In this highest mode of thought, which is entitled Reason, the Categories are left out of account. The extreme theory on the opposite side holds thought to be an act of the particular only, and on that ground declares it incapable of apprehending the Truth. This is the Intuitional theory.
§71 It is only after profounder acquaintance with the other sciences that logic ceases to be for subjective spirit a merely abstract universal and reveals itself as the universal which embraces within itself the wealth of the particular
§1323 This universal Notion, which we have now to consider here, contains the three moments: universality, particularity and individuality.
§1337b When people talk of the determinate Notion, what is usually meant is merely such an abstract universal.
§1599 Such a universal which merely subsumes, is an abstraction which only becomes concrete in something else, in the particular. End, on the contrary, is the concrete universal, which possesses in its own self the moment of particularity
PS§456b This common element is either any one particular side of the object raised to the form of universality, such as, for example, in the rose, the red colour; or the concrete universal, the genus, for example, in the rose, the plant;
See also in and around the section The genus
Survey of thes Hegelian ideas includes
where on p. 143 it says about the Shorter Logic:
Particularity and individuality are related as "abstract" and "concrete", respectively. The particular is the "abstract individual". The individual is the "concrete particular". The universal is their union, and may be either "abstract" or "concrete". The so-called "concrete universal" is Hegel's gold standard for conceptual thought ….
as well as
For general related discussion see also
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A fairly objective news report has arrived from Norway in relation to the process.
If you by any chance don't know Norwegian you can always try Google translate.
As stated in the news report I did not want to comment, but I was allowed to read through it and point out errors, which Mr. Skjærli, the journalist, kindly removed.
PS. I am sorry for troubling you with these annoying egocentric and non-mythology related posts, but since I am under attack I use whatever legal means I have available to defend myself. Bear with me. Better times will come.
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The Davidoff Special Series marks the renaissance of emblematic classic Vitolas (shapes). Handcrafted in the Dominican Republic, these beautiful shapes contain one of the most complex blends created by our Master Blenders. This blend of aged Dominican binder and filler tobaccos has made the Special Series one the most sought-after cigars by aficionados, but also laid a foundation for other cigar blends like the Davidoff Colorado Claro.
The popular Robusto shape Special "R", constructed of three different filler tobaccos, a Piloto Seco binder and finished with a Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper delivers a slightly spicy and earthy taste from the beginning. A balance between rich woody, earthy aromas and the hearty notes of pepper, nuts and cedar produce a light to medium-bodied cigar thats a must in your humidor.


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Welcome to Creative Mobile Support Center Need Help? No Worries! Our Support Team has you covered Our office hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 - 17:00 EET (Eastern European Time) that's 2:00am - 10:00am EST (Eastern Standard Time). We strive for excellence in our communication with our players and the community, you can expect to get a response on your ticket within 2 working days (48 hours).
Knowledgebase: Drag Racing: Bike Edition
Can I transfer my data between devices?
Posted by Jevgenia Bohhan, Last modified by Brandon Marsh on 04 October 2016 02:02 PM
Unfortunately, no. User data is stored on a device memory; therefore, it is impossible to transfer data between devices. Many players use backup tools such as Titanium to backup and transfer data; however, we do not encourage this and will not be able to help you if anything goes wrong. We are planning to address this issue in the future iterations of Drag Racing.


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MU Alumni Association
Visit the Alumni Association's official website.
Benefits to you for joining the Alumni Association include:
- Automatic chapter membership
- Automatic school/college membership
- Career services
- Free annual wall calendar
- Discounts on MANY items including transportation, lodging, entertainment, health care, relocation services, etc.
- 10% discount with your membership card at the Mizzou Store, The Tiger's Den, and The Tiger Teamstore
Go to How MUAA Membership Benefits You for more information.
Benefits to MIZZOU for joining the Alumni Association include:
- Alumni Association Student Board
- Alumni athletic events
- Diversity programs
- Faculty & alumni awards program
- Faculty development incentive grants
- Homecoming
- Leaders weekend
- Legislative Information Network
- MIZZOU Magazine
- Reunions
Go to How MUAA Membership Benefits Mizzou for more information.


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Rosacea is a chronic skin problem that makes your face turn red. It may also cause swelling and skin sores that look like acne.
Acne rosacea
The cause is not known. You may be more likely to have this if you are:
Rosacea involves swelling of the blood vessels just under the skin. It may be linked with other skin disorders (acne vulgaris, seborrhea) or eye disorders (blepharitis, keratitis).
Symptoms may include:
The condition is less common in men, but the symptoms tend to be more severe.
Your health care provider can often diagnose rosacea by doing a physical exam and asking questions about your medical history.
There is no known cure for rosacea.
Your provider will help you identify the things that make your symptoms worse. These are called triggers. Triggers vary from person to person. Avoiding your triggers may help you prevent or reduce flare-ups.
Some things you can do to help ease or prevent symptoms include:
Other triggers may include wind, hot baths, cold weather, specific skin products, exercise, or other factors.
In very bad cases, laser surgery may help reduce the redness. Surgery to remove some swollen nose tissue may also improve your appearance.
Rosacea is a harmless condition, but it may cause you to be self-conscious or embarrassed. It cannot be cured, but may be controlled with treatment.
Complications may include:
Habif TP. Acne, rosacea, and related disorders. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 6th ed. St Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 7.
Korman NJ. Macular, papular, vesiculobullous, and pustular diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 439.
van Zuuren EJ, Fedorowicz Z, Carter B, van der Linden MMD, Charland L. Interventions for rosacea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;(4):CD003262. PMID: 25919144 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25919144.


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The Rockland Home Plan has an appealing exterior that starts with an elevated covered entry, which is enhanced by a bumped out clerestory Foyer window. Inside — the two-story Foyer's stepped ceiling makes a luxury statement. The dramatic second-story Bridge dissects the view to the Great Room beyond.
The second story houses three Guest Bedrooms, two baths and a spacious Loft overlooking the dynamic Great Room and Foyer below.
An open concept Kitchen and Nook offers wide-open views of the Great Room and the extensive Covered Lanai. Meanwhile the expansive Great Room completely opens to the Lanai thru a wall of glass sliders, bringing the outside in.
In the Kitchen, the Pantry hugs the eat-at-bar and is easily accessed from the Garage where groceries can be dropped off. A Powder bath accommodates family and guests from the public spaces.
The master suite extends the entire length of the plan and offers dual walk-in closets, an amenity rich Bath and thru a pair of French doors access to the Lanai.
A generous sized Utility Room makes space for a sink and counter top work area.
The Garage access steps down from a Valet Drop-Off area — convenient for purse and keys.
Designed into the Rockland Home Plan, are exclusive energy-saving techniques that when built to specs, can result in a 50% savings when compared to other new homes, 60-70% when compared to older homes.


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Lower Merion Township, PAHome Menu
We will begin accepting police officer applications, online and in person at the Public Safety Building, starting Monday, December 16, 2019, through March 20, 2020.
Want to stay informed on the latest LMPD recruiting events? We strongly suggest future applicants complete an electronic interest card by clicking here.
Downloadable Forms and Resource Links:
- Application
- Benefits Sheet
- Physical Agility Requirements
- Police Recruiting Brochure
- McCann Associates Written Test Study Guide
- Recruitment Video (Coming Soon)
If you have any questions or need additional information you can contact the Staff & Inspections Unit at 610-645-6250 or via email at: email@example.com.
For up-to-date information regarding the recruitment and selection process follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - We Value Diversity!
The Township of Lower Merion, a suburb of Philadelphia, is comprised of sixteen individual communities, which include residential, commercial, and corporate office centers. The Township, often in conjunction with numerous community groups, offers a multitude of family oriented activities, an extensive parks and recreation program, libraries, and various cultural events. There are numerous institutions of higher learning located throughout the Township, two hospitals, and numerous public and private schools. The Township of Lower Merion Police Department has an authorized strength of 136 sworn personnel who are responsible for the safety and well being of approximately 60,000 residents living in a twenty-four square mile area.
- All applicants must have reached their 21st birthday before the deadline for submitting completed applications.
- Good moral character (please see disqualifying factors on the application).
- Must have completed sixty college credits from an accredited institution of higher learning or five years fulltime experience as a state or municipal police officer at time of application.
- Applicants must agree in writing to establish permanent residence within the five county metropolitan area, including Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks, Philadelphia, and Chester counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within six months following regular appointment.
- Applicants must pass all written, oral, and physical agility examinations (MPOETC Standards).
- Veterans' preference will be given to those eligible claimants who successfully pass all written, oral, and physical agility examinations.
- Applicants must be physically and mentally capable of performing the essential duties of a police officer.
- Must have a valid operator's license.
- Must be a United States citizen.
- Tattooing or body art of any kind shall not be visible while in uniform or in other required attire.
- Qualifying examinations (Written, Physical Agility and Oral)
- Polygraph examination
- Background investigation
- Medical evaluation
- Psychological evaluation
- Competitive salary.
- $62,612 during Act 120 Training.
- $70,192 upon successful completion of Act 120 Training.
- Educational reimbursement.
- Health care benefits including medical, dental, prescription and vision.
- Life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance.
- Generous vacation, and holiday leave benefits.
- Night differential pay.
- Longevity pay.
- Department issued uniforms, equipment and cleaning allowance.
- Pension plan.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Uniformed patrol
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Though the German press reported that Obama gave permission to the NSA in 2010 to continue spying on Angela Merkel, Obama is denying the story. US officials are claiming that he didn't know anything about the NSA's spying on heads of state until recently.
In the midst of the controversy over U.S. surveillance this summer, top intelligence officials held a briefing for President Obama at the White House – one that would provide him with a broad inventory of programs being carried out by the National Security Agency.
Some of those programs, including the collection of e-mails and other communications from overseas, had already been disclosed because of leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. But Obama was also informed of at least one program whose scope surprised him: "head of state collection."
That program, whose targets included the communications of U.S. allies such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, began in 2002, according to administration officials. The president never knew that the program targeted American allies, administration officials said…
Okay, let's add some information to that timeline. You may remember that back in 2008 and then in 2012 there were nationwide controversies. We have such a controversy in our nation every four years. They are called "Presidential elections."
Because I'm so old I remember that in 2008, Obama was the Democrat candidate running against the Republican John McCain. Obama claimed to be different from McCain and from the incumbent president, George W. Bush. People voted for or against Obama on the assumption that he was a candidate who could become the elected leader of the US Federal Government. Then in 2012 we went through the motions again in choosing between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
Elections are supposed to matter. The President is supposed to have some say in how the government is run—especially on foreign policy. The President is supposed to represent the American people to the world. Yet, we are told, the President was never informed about what his National Security Agency was doing all during his first term and into his second.
So is the NSA the real President of the United States? They don't seem to have to go to any higher authority to spy on the heads of allied governments. They seem to be an autonomous authority making decisions about how to treat our allies.
In fact, this makes all the rhetoric about how Edward Snowden is guilty of exposing government secrets seem all the more bizarre. If this story is true, it means that Edward Snowden is responsible for getting the President of the United States informed that the NSA was spying on allied world leaders. Without Snowden's heroic efforts, our President would still be ignorant of the secret Federal Government programs.
So again: Who is really President? Who is in charge of our government?
Will we ever be asked to vote for them?


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Illuminating the Creative Spirit through the Symbol of the Circle
To enter the world of visual artist CJ Shelton is to experience a magical blend of nature, art and spirit. CJ's beautiful studio and gallery with its mystical approach to living "life in the round" is a hidden gem nestled within the tranquil environment of the historic Alton Mill Arts Centre.
Visitors to Studio 206 consistently comment on it being a sensory oasis of peace and inspiration. Earthy mystical images of intertwined Celtic trees are mixed amongst luminous and colourful visionary works, fascinatingly complex mandala designs and dramatic white-on-black horse paintings, fondly referred to as the "Grace Collection". With the scent of white sage burning, soft music and Shaw's Creek tumbling right outside the enormous sunlit windows, all who enter respond to the welcoming atmosphere and CJ's warm personality.
As CJ says, "Nature and its infinite wisdom is my number one inspiration. Most of my work is done in a format known as a "mandala" (which means circle) and features the circular or spiraling patterns found in nature. Nature's cyclical ways, its geometry and the spirit underlying it, resonates on some level with all humans. I love exploring different qualities of light and dark as an expression of that spirit and its manifestation in the physical world – in the trees, the animals and the landscape itself. Many of my images are based on visions I see within my own soul, so my work often has a surreal or mystical feeling to it".
Drawing since she could hold a pencil, CJ is a Sheridan College Illustration graduate whose professional career spanned 30 years in technical and commercial art. "I did mechanical drawings, then wall paper design and finally graphic design. I also freelanced doing architectural renderings. When I developed a severe repetitive stress injury to both hands and was told I would probably never paint or draw again, I was forced to take a few years off. Determined not to give up on my passion, I used the down-time to study psychology and spirituality. My own healing process eventually led me to the more expressive style of mandala art. Once I saw the restorative benefits of working 'in the round', my art underwent a huge shift. I then started drawing and painting again in earnest, only this time it was subject matter I really wanted to do. For the first time I began creating from the heart and soul. Soon after, I discovered the joy of teaching and how to share this magic with others".
Now in her sixth year at the Alton Mill, CJ is expanding into reproducing her work on a variety of unique products under her studio's name "Dancing Moon Designs". CJ Shelton also offers a number of unique art experiences and self-development learning opportunities for small groups or 1-to-1. So whether it is purchasing an original art piece or reproduction, taking a relaxing and meditative mandala workshop, learning to "see with new eyes" during a drawing or painting session, or exploring your own spiritual and artistic journeys under CJ's gentle mentorship, you too can experience the magic of letting the creative spirit and your own true self shine.
"I believe it is vitally important as an artist and a human to always be curious and discover what you are passionate about. When you have passion that is when dreams come true. I know … I am living my dream and my greatest joy is to be sharing it with others".


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TNA held tapings for Impact Wrestling on 11/23 in Orlando. Here are the results.
11/23 TNA Impact Wrestling tapings:
* Xplosion: Velvet Sky def. Brooke.
* Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian) come out as they want to reveal something about Joseph Park. Park runs out and tries to get them to stop. They air a video from Chicago at Park, Park and Park revealing it closed 13 years ago. Daniels and Kazarian call Park a liar and attack him. Eric Young runs out to make the save. Young warned them that if they continue to knock on the devil's door he will come out.
* TNA Tag Team Champions The BroMans def. James Storm and Gunner via DQ. Gunner hit the referee causing the DQ when Storm had a pinfall ready to go.
* EC3 is out and announces his next opponent is referee Earl Hebner. Hebner refuses. EC3 reminds him what can happen if he doesn't follow the rules. They bring out referee Brian Hebner and Earl takes the pinfall.
* Jeremy Borash introduces the returning Madison Rayne.
* Austin Aries def. Chris Sabin to become the new TNA X Division Champion.
* Gail Kim Open Challenge featured ODB accepting. ODB wants to fight Lei'd Tapa. Madison Rayne comes out to help ODB.
* Joseph Park and Eric Young def. Christopher Daniels and Kazarian. After the match, Young says the reason Park hasn't been able to find Abyss is because Park is Abyss.
* EC3 announces his next opponent will be Jeremy Borash. Sting comes out and proposes Carter face him instead or enter the "Feast or Famine" competition for briefcases. Carter at first agrees to face Sting, but changes his mind and will enter Feast or Famine.
* Bully Ray attacks Mr. Anderson on the ramp giving him a piledriver.
* Feast or Famine: EC3 gets briefcase No. 3, Zema Ion gets briefcase No. 2, Chavo Guerrero gets briefcast No. 4 and Gunner gets briefcase No. 1. The briefcases will contact a World Title contract, Tag Team Title contract, X Division Title contract and a pink slip.
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Fishermen and more.
Alright, so let me start with yesterday….. maybe the previous day.. yea the previous day.
Thursday around 2 o'clock, I started getting super dizzy, we still don't know why. But, it happened.
Friday, I had to be put in a cabin on deck to sleep. I was not doing well, dizzy and a bit nauseous, they were teasing I'm pregnant. Hahahaha, nopers. NO chance that is the case. Anyway, I started feeling a bit better, still a little less than my normal self, but I kept trucking along later that evening.
I had an African dinner at the team house with a head honcho person from Mercy Ships (not going to mention his name), but it was an enjoyable night with an enjoyable conversation guiding most of the night. Jen had to come back to the team house with me and she laid in bed all night and watched movies because she was not feeling well either… she was doing worse about it than I was though. I went to bed around 11. Annie, Prof., and Steena got back around 12 from the Jesus movie thing that was going on at a local small church.
I woke up around 7 this morning, read my books, journaled a scosh, showered (got eaten by mosquitos), and then made Steena an anklet.
Eliphaz took all of us out (minus Jen cause she laid in bed feeling sick and watched movies today again). We went to the village of the Old Man (it's name in French I do not remember). We watched boats come in and out the ocean. They would just sail up on land, drop off their fish, and then go down elsewhere to catch more fish I think. Eliphaz then took us to some gardens because he is helping them better their crops. We had to run across the crazy road ( a little crazier even then in Liberia) to go pee behind some building… hahhah.
Man, the more I am here the more I realize I do belong here. Each time we are with the locals, the villagers, I just love speaking with them, talking to them, and jesting with them. How hard they work here, what they do, and how they live… these people just earn my respect through and through. They live through so much but keep on smiling. I can't wait to work on the wards next week with the Togolese and other people who have traveled for help.
I do enjoy being out with the people way more than being on the ship though, but the ship sure does have a certain appeal. It is relaxing and you can be with people who all speak English (so at least I don't always need Eliphaz to translate). I love learning and having someone show me things about the country and the nation.
I don't have a lot to say at the moment… I suppose I will tell you more as it comes. I just feel so happy to be here, I am missing some plantains though! We eat on the ship, and last night I got spoiled with an African dinner and I want more! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Life is great, everything works out in the end. No matter what is going on, I will not be distracted from my calling– to do mission work in Africa. Nobody can steal that from me. Jerks.


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I'm sad to report that this Saturday will bring the last showing of this year's Second Saturday Drive-In at the Belcourt. I'm really freaking excited to announce that the movie they're showing is Monty Python and the Holy Grail!
I don't even know where to start. I adore this movie. I think it's one of the funniest films ever. Disagree with me if you wish, but you'd be wrong. Straight up wrong. Actually I just asked my roommates what they thought about The Holy Grail and they responded "eh, it was alright, Spamalot was better" so maybe my beliefs aren't as universal as I thought…
But I digress! I don't think I really need to write anything about this movie to pique your interest. Apparently you either love this movie or you don't, but that's to be expected with British Comedy. Whatever, I'll post the event description anyway:
The Monty Python comedy clan skewers King Arthur and his knights of the round table as they quest far and wide for the Holy Grail in this inspired piece of lunacy. We'll spare you the ever quotable quotes for now, as no doubt you'll hear them scattered about on our final evening outdoors this year.
So there you have it. Be there or don't be there. If you don't like hearing people quote movies then you probably don't want to be there. If you love laughing then go go go go go! This event is this Saturday, September 11th at the Belcourt. It'll start at sundown. Also, bring a small lawn chair or pillow to sit on. That pavement is not forgiving.


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Digging through my knife drawer yesterday, I noticed that almost all my knives had one thing in common that couldn't possibly be a coincidence: none of my favorite knives have serrated blades. I hardly own any serrated knives, and I almost never use the few that I do own.
It's time to Ask The Audience: do you like your chips regular, or rippled?
Most modern knife designs are available with plain or serrated blades, but it's always the plain edge that appeals to me. Why is this, and am I alone in this bias?
Maybe my preference isn't totally illogical. After all, plain edges are better suited to the majority of my cutting tasks, because I don't cut a lot of straps or rope. And I do open a lot of letters and blister packs. I even use pocketknives in the kitchen (yes I'm a geek) just to stay in practice, and cleaning raw meat chunks out of aggressive serrations is almost as much hassle as sharpening them.
Sharpening serrated edges is a laborious pain in the ass. They're almost impossible to repair if they get really trashed, and of course they're impossible to strop for that final edge polish.
In the end, maybe I just prefer the elegance and beauty of a plain-edged blade. A serrated-edged blade is essentially a very sharp saw, but a plain-edged blade is a real knife.
Your thoughts?


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Monday, 30 May 2011
making the caterpillar part 2
caterpillar body covered in cloth tape
rolling pin make model magic smooth
feet covered in model maic over plasticine to make them firm
put thin layer of plasticine on bottom half of model so he wouldnt tip over
until entirely covered
when i looked at 3d sculpture of caterpillar models to help with the design.
i found an example that i found particularly inspiring that had small bristles pushed into it to make hair,
it also had a nice colour to it and had segments which went along with my original intentions.
i experimented with this idea.
I used platic bristles from an old sweeping brush.
this is what it looked like from behind
i covered the feet in plastic before i painted the bottom half of the model so i wouldnt get any paint on the feet.
i painted the model, but i didnt think that the paint looked great on its own so i applied a texturee to it using a brush i placed loads of dark green dots over the light green, making the appearence loads better.
i used the same painting techniques for the caterpillars body.(top half)
i stuck the spikes on this model in the same way that i did for the other part of the caterpillar.
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A man who operates two BMX bicycle tracks in the San Diego area is proposing to open North County's first track in Escondido's Kit Carson Park.
"I've been trying for 22 years to get one of these in North County," said Vincent McCurdy, who operates BMX tracks in Kearny Mesa and Lakeside. "It's a proven idea and it would be great for the community."
The proposal, which is in its early stages, calls for the city to pay for construction of the park and then receive lease revenue, McCurdy said.
Escondido would also see a boost in sales tax revenue because the roughly 2-acre track would draw people from across the region to local businesses near the park, McCurdy said.
Estimates of how much the city would pay for construction range from $113,000 to significantly more, said Loretta McKinney, the city's community services director.
Escondido residents have historically been skeptical of proposals for new developments in 300-acre Kit Carson Park, located just east of Interstate 15 at the city's southern edge.
Public outcry last spring prompted the city to reject a 9-acre water slide park proposed for the park's east side. And Stone Brewing Co. backed away last year from plans to sell beer at the park's adult softball complex based partly on negative feedback from some residents.
Based on that history, city officials have scheduled a Nov. 13 public forum about the BMX proposal. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 201 N. Broadway.
"It's for the community to discuss the idea," McKinney said. "We know there is significant demand for a BMX facility and we have plenty of outdoor space in Escondido."
The proposed project would include an oval dirt track surrounded by viewing bleachers as large as a typical high school football stadium where spectators could watch races, said McCurdy, the BMX operator. There could also be a snack bar and pro shop, he said.
McKinney said city officials will also present residents with other options, such as locating the track in Jesmond Dene or Mountain View parks.
Ruth Weber, a member of Friends of Kit Carson Park, said her group plans to oppose the project because the park already has too much development and activity. Weber's group was formed this summer in the wake of the water slide park proposal.
City Councilman Mike Morasco, who lives near Kit Carson and strongly opposed the water slide park proposal, said he plans to support the BMX track.
He said it would be much smaller than the water park and would be built on land south of the park's fire station that was previously used by trapeze artists.
"The land has a history of use," he said, noting that the water park would have been built on previously undisturbed vegetation. "And the size of the events would be similar to the softball tournaments we already have in the park."
Morasco also said the track would fit well in Escondido.
"It's good for people age 5 to 50 and will get people outdoors more," he said. "The amount of people in our city who participate in this sport is astronomical."
Councilwoman Olga Diaz said she plans to oppose adding a BMX track at Kit Carson — and probably any other park — but that she needs more details.
"I don't know anything about the sport but I picture it as destructive to habitat, sort of a dirt-dust facility," she said.
McCurdy said the track wouldn't create noise, traffic or parking problems. He stressed that the bikes have no motors and that attendance would be less than 125 people at typical events because the participants would include mostly local residents.
He said the park would probably have BMX events two or three times per week, with birthday parties or special events possible on other days.
McCurdy said his two tracks and a third at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista have been quite successful. But he said he's failed in attempts over the years to open tracks in Oceanside, Encinitas, Poway and Del Mar.
Nick Adams, who works for the sport's sanctioning body, the American Bicycle Association, said he visited the Kit Carson site in late August and was impressed.
"I think it would be a great place for a track," he said.


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Author: Tim Birkhead
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Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
- 2013 Royal Society-General shortlist
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What is it like to be a swift, flying at over one hundred kilometres an hour? Or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among the humid undergrowth in the pitch dark of a New Zealand night? And what is going on inside the head of a nightingale as it sings, and how does its brain improvise?
Bird Sense addresses questions like these and many more, by describing the senses of birds that enable them to interpret their environment and to interact with each other. Our affinity for birds is often said to be the result of shared senses—vision and hearing—but how exactly do their senses compare with our own? And what about a bird's sense of taste, or smell, or touch, or the ability to detect the earth's magnetic field? Or the extraordinary ability of desert birds to detect rain hundreds of kilometres away—how do they do it? …[more]


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IT was a Thursday morning, and Robert Treat, the chief technology officer for an Internet company, was looking forward to some uninterrupted time to get work done on the train from
Was it just him? He glanced up to see the woman across from him looking around too, with a similar expression of annoyed concern. "Death by a thousand cuts," he said resignedly. Another commute. Another agonizing attempt to use the Internet on
For rail travelers of the Northeast Corridor, the promise of Wi-Fi has become an infuriating tease.
First introduced on the Acela amid a heavily promoted marketing campaign two years ago, its press release promising "fast, reliable and consistent connectivity," Amtrak's wireless service has instead turned into a source of mockery on blogs and a daily source of angry messages on
"Couldn't get enough signal on my laptop to complain how bad the Wi-Fi is on my train," wrote MattSullivan101 on Twitter last month. "Well played, #amtrak," he continued, "but you missed my phone."
In late October Amtrak extended wireless service to non-Acela trains as well, promising the perk of long hours of productivity to non-Acela riders along the Northeast Corridor. But rather than provide the competitive edge that Amtrak officials hoped would lure customers away from planes and buses, the wireless service has become a symbol of the problematic state of train travel in the Internet era.Continue reading the main story
Customers complain that it either doesn't work at all or is unbearably slow. "It's like dial-up pretending to be Wi-Fi," said Carrie Strine, an artist in New York, who frequently rides the train to Lancaster, Pa. "You almost expect to hear that sound that
And in a cruel but irresistible irony, those who want to send e-mails or update their
"I can't believe it's even marketed as Wi-Fi," said Erin Gates, an interior decorator and fashion blogger who lives in Boston. Ms. Gates, a regular train rider, initially expected the service to work as smoothly as Wi-Fi on
Amtrak officials have heard the silent, hash-tagged screams and say that they are updating equipment on most trains and that passengers should see improvement by the end of the year. But they also point out that some of the biggest problems with the service are beyond their control, like the placement of cellular towers and the fact that so many users are all vying for the same service.
All of which leaves riders wondering why Amtrak has spent so much effort advertising its free Wi-Fi as a reason to take the train when the service is so unreliable. "They oversold the service, and now customers feel like they are not getting what they were promised," said Jean-Pierre Dubé, a professor of marketing at the
Amtrak's well-traveled and tech-addicted customers, unfortunately, don't seem to care whether this is a case of poorly managed expectations. They just want the Wi-Fi to work.
Tony Fratto, a former spokesman for President
"The Wi-Fi is so bad as to be more of a nuisance than a help," Mr. Fratto said. By contrast, he said, he recently found the wireless Internet service on the Métro system in
To their
But they point out that their challenges are unusual. Buses, for example, have many fewer riders than an Amtrak train does, while planes have the benefit of being thousands of feet in the sky, where there is relatively little competition for bandwidth.
Amtrak's Wi-Fi comes from cellular towers along the tracks that transmit signals to a router in the cafe cars, Mr. Hardison said. As the trains move, they travel in and out of different mobile carriers' cellular coverage areas.
In some cases the handoff between cell towers and carriers is smooth, and users continue to get service. And in some cases, well, the handoff stutters. (This can happen on buses, too, by the way.)
With so many travelers toting laptops, smartphones and iPads around,
Airlines with Wi-Fi generally limit users by charging a fee to connect to the Web, a step Amtrak has resisted because it wanted to use the free service as part of a marketing campaign. Amtrak does restrict the use of data-intensive activities like streaming
Mr. Hardison said the company is updating software and equipment on its Acela trains, which make up 25 percent of ridership. The work should be completed by the end of the year and improvements to other trains will be made when financing becomes available. The plan is to upgrade to the faster so-called 4G networks, which will increase bandwidth available through its Wi-Fi system by five times its current capacity.
Still, these steps will not completely solve the problem, Amtrak concedes. Not all areas will have 4G. And there are still gaps in the cellular network along Amtrak's northeast route, particularly between Baltimore and
Stephen Rayment, chief technology officer at the telecom giant
"It would be nice if
Mr. Rayment said Amtrak could put wireless equipment closer to the tracks or buy dedicated service from the wireless carriers that only it could use, but both options would be costly.
Still, Amtrak's Wi-Fi service has its defenders. Senator
"Sure there are some areas where the service is spotty, but I have the same problem with my phone," Mr. Coons said. "I think Amtrak has done a great job."
And passengers have found ways to cope. Many congregate in the cafe cars of regular trains where the wireless router is located and the signal is strongest. For others, a portable wireless device like an air card from Sprint, Verizon or AT&T solves the problem.
Then there are those who see the glass as half full, like Ryan Whitaker, who works in real estate in
"It's a mandatory break from work, since I can't connect," Mr. Whitaker said. "Maybe they are doing me a favor."Continue reading the main story


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Ashleigh Grimshaw
Pro MMA Fighter & Personal Trainer
An immensely popular fighter with UK fans, regularly featured in a variety of MMA magazines and websites, Ashleigh has been in the MMA spot light for over 10 years., combining teaching in the last 4 years.
Ranked No. 4 in the UK featherweight rankings and current UCMMA FW Champion, Ashleigh holds significant victories over UFC veterans Vaughan Lee, Phil Harris and David Lee.
Known for his aggressive grappling, submissions and ground and pound, Ashleigh uses his Judo background to unleash a mix of powerful slams and takedowns, mixed with sharp stand-up skills and training with the likes of Kieran Keddle, (multiple muay thai champion) And Gary Logan working his conditioning with Mark Findlay and past training with the American Top Team, Miami. He has also recently been signed to SFL over in India.
Ashleigh brings these skills to Urban Kings for one reason, to get you ready for either your first or next step into the octagon.
- BJJ Black Belt under Jude Samuel
- Judo brown belt
- Former Cage Gladiators Champion (Show ended)
- Former OMMAC Champion
- Current UCMMA FW Champion
- British Open BJJ silver medal winner
- Medway Submission Championship Gold Medal winner
- MMA record 19 wins 10 losses 1 draw (With 10 TKO's and 4 Submission wins)


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LaFerrari gets seal of approval from Wall Street Journal
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Maranello, 5th July 2014
Not many people can claim to have driven the LaFerrari and only a handful of journalists have got behind its wheel. Anyone who has been lucky enough to drive it discovers that it never stops surprising with its attributes. It has seemingly infinite power, is easy to drive and also boasts the Hy-kers systems, which are never intrusive and always able to deliver the power to a car which, thanks to its incredible aerodynamics means the LaFerrari, on road or track always drives as though on rails.
The Wall Street Journal has tried the first hybrid car to come out of Maranello and its comments were very positive. Well known tester Dan Neil was impressed by the almost instinctive connection between man and machine, which comes from elements such as the fixed seat, not dissimilar to what can be found in a race car.


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The iconic Omotesando select shop Wut Berlin proved its ability once again to not only be a trend-setter for the Tokyo underground fashion scene, but also the industry as a whole in its A/W 2012-13 presentation held on the 23rd of June within the tiled walls of the shop itself. The show itself that was staged by the Dinner groud led by Balmung and Bodysong, and set to the sound stylings of Flash and Roxi (aka Banzai and ilil) may have been as camp as Christmas, and dare I say it, fun, but it was a serious indication of how Japanese fashion can remain strong no-matter what challenges it may face and how it should reinvent itself. As ever the proceedings were helmed by the charismatic director of the shop, Yann Le Goec who bucked the norm of serious shows that dominate Tokyo Fashion Week, and actually dared to put on a show that was in equal parts entertaining and promotional.
You will have to wait for tomorrow for the review of the show itself, but before we move on to that I thought we would take a look at the individual looks and see which brands have been weaved together by Yann to create a genuinely original and cohesive style.
We start with an unusually haughty look from the unique and genderless blogger Joey Ma wearing Starstyling which conveniently literally titled the show.
A wonderfully austere and sombre coat from Vladimir Karaleeve.
A Rene Guskov ensemble that reinvents the head to toe print look that is big this summer for winter through the introduction of heavy padding.
An elegantly asymmetrical dress from PLOTZ .
I love the combination of the minimalist Sise with the voluminous Balmung in the above look.
Another winner from Singchin Lo's brand PLOTZ.
Rene Guskov bringing a heavy dose of conventional masculinity to the proceedings.
The Mona Lisa dress from Daniel Palillo got a great response from the crowd on the night.
Bodysong looking as fabulous as ever on the catwalk – this is a brand for whom a dedicated catwalk show can't come soon enough.
Andrea Crews with his own brand of French street style.
A stunning vest from Hui-Hui in a classic, but futuristic ensemble.
More Hui-Hui paired this time with Bodysong.
A Hui-Hui ensemble – you must be a convert by now.
PLOTZ meets Hui-Hui.
The ever-popular Anntian proving that draped simplicity can be very masculine.
Henrik Vibskov's quintessentially deconstructed approach to conventional menswear paired with a scarf from Andrea Crews.
Nice to see the cassette cross being used as a nice reference to the interference prints in the Bodysong items.
Mikio Sakabe's gloriously subversive anime knit.
A digital interference piece from Anntian this time.
Another Anntian acolyte.
I am sold on this skirt from Anntian – perfect.
Head to toe in Anntian's next season core print.
Love this foil finished t-shirt from Starstyling
Jenny Fax meets Starstyling
Sioux looking brilliant as ever.
Starstyling matching the ruff in volume.
Simply fabulous.
The final look of the night… A fitting finale.
The only man who should be occupying the throne – Yann Le Goec.
Stay tuned for our review of the show itself tomorrow, but if something has caught your eye then you can pre-order most of the work directly through Wut Berlin here, and yes, they do ship internationally.


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The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to consider an appeal by Microsoft in a dispute over whether the company should be liable for damages overseas for infringing a software patent owned by AT&T.
The high court granted Microsoft's petition to review an appeals court ruling that held AT&T could seek royalties based on the foreign manufacture and sale of infringing software products.
Read the complete story here. (Computerworld)


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