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Trauma related conditions are increasingly being used to invoke the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with a disability. It defines a "disability" as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. [42 USC Section 12102(2).]
The EEOC Guidance on Psychiatric Disabilities, 8 FEP Manual (BNA) 405:7462(1997) identifies Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as an emotional or mental illness or impairment. Also included on this list are conditions which often accompany PTSD, including Major Depression and (other) anxiety disorders. According to the Guidance, traits or behavioral patterns, such as stress responses, irritability and poor judgment are not regarded as mental impairments in and of themselves and not covered by the ADA unless they are linked to mental impairments. Employers complain that this ambiguous criterion places an onerous burden on them to determine whether an individual is exhibiting a personality trait or a symptom of a mental disorder. Mental Disabilities and Employers' Obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 3 ACCA Docket 18,24 (May/June 1999).
According to EEOC regulations, to "substantially limited" means: "i)Unable to perform a major life activity that the average person in the general population can perform; or ii) Significantly restricted as to the condition, manner, or duration under which an individual can perform a particular life activity as compared to the condition, manner or duration under which the average person in the general population can perform the same major life activity."[29 C.F.R. Section 1630.2(j)(l)(i)(ii)]
The EEOC Guidelines, [29 C.F.R. Section 1630.2(I)], identify the following as major life activities: a) caring for oneself, b) performing manual tasks, c) walking, d) seeing, e) hearing, f) speaking, g) breathing, h) learning, and h) working.
To be substantially limited in the major life activity of working, a person has to be "significantly restricted in the ability to perform either a class of jobs or a broad range of jobs in various classes as compared to the average person having comparable training, skills and abilities." [29 C.F.R. Section 1630.2(j)(3)(i)] Being unable to perform a particular job for a particular manager is not sufficient. Rather, an individual must in general be substantially unable to work. See, for example, Hetreed v. Allstate Ins. Co. , 1999 WL 311728 (N.D. Illinois 1999), where the diagnoses of PTSD and major depression were not a disability because there was no evidence that the disorders substantially limited the plaintiff's ability to work. In another example, Hoeller v. Eaton Corp. , 149 F.3d 621, 625 (7th Cir. 1998) a diagnosed Bipolar Affective Disorder was not considered a disability because there was no substantial limitation on employment generally.
Mustafa v. Clark County School District , 157 F.3d 1169 (9th Cir. 1998) illustrates a court's analysis of the applicability of the ADA to a common combination of anxiety and depressive disorders. The appellate court in this matter reversed and remanded the lower court's decision for the purpose of determining whether a teacher diagnosed with PTSD, depression and panic attacks was "in general" substantially unable to work. After a disability leave, Mr. Mustafa's employer asked him to see a physician it chose. Though his psychiatrist and psychologist released him to return to work only for non-classroom duties, the psychiatrist retained by his employer concluded that he could return to classroom work as well. Over Mr. Mustafa's objections, his employer directed him to return to the classroom or be fired. When he did so, he suffered further physical and mental difficulties, and required another leave after only two months. Mr. Mustafa sued under the ADA claiming that his employer failed to accommodate his mental disabilities. His employer claimed that Mr. Mustafa did not have an ADA disability because he was restricted from the job of classroom teacher only, and not from a class or broad range of jobs.
The appellate court agreed with Mr. Mustafa. It found that since the evidence showed that teaching caused him to experience physical and mental difficulties, he was arguably disqualified by his disability from all teaching positions in the Clark County area. The court was unwilling to enter judgment against Mr. Mustafa on his ADA claim until he had an opportunity to demonstrate at trial that as a practical matter, his disability foreclosed him most jobs available to others with his background and training.
Another example is found in Criado v. IBM Corporation , 145 F.3d 437, 441-43 (1st Cir. 1998). In this case, proof that the plaintiff was unable to perform some of the functions of her job, that sleep disturbance was affecting her ability to report to work on time, that she was experiencing difficulty relating to others and that overall she was unable to perform her job as well as she had in the past was sufficient to establish that she was substantially limited in performing the major life activity of working due to anxiety disorder and depression.
To assist the court, the forensic examiner must specify how an examinee's impairments affect his/her ability to perform employment tasks. For instance, in Hamilton v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 136 F.3d 1047 (5th Cir. 1998) Mr. Hamilton had been employed by Southwestern Bell for twenty years. Four months before he was fired, he rescued a drowning woman. For a time following the rescue, he experienced a wide variety of psychological symptoms, including extreme fatigue, crying when faced with stress, irritability, suicidal thoughts, impaired concentration and inability to deal with customer relations issues. Both his EAP counselor and treating psychiatrist diagnosed him with PTSD. However, he was fired when he verbally abused and struck a co-worker on the job, and expressed reluctance about participating at work in activities which exposed him to undue stress. He claimed that his employer fired him because of his disability and he sued under the ADA. At trial, he testified to various symptoms, but maintained that, notwithstanding his disability, these symptoms had dissipated and that his performance level until he was fired was "ahead of his peers." The court noted that though the plaintiff claimed stress exacerbated his PTSD symptoms and made him unable to deal with customer relations, he ran his own software distribution business for almost a year after his termination. Though the psychiatrist with whom he consulted diagnosed his condition as PTSD, she failed, the court particularly noted, "to identify specific activities within his work environment that would be substantially limited by PTSD." The court concluded that any work impairment he suffered was temporary and that there was no proof that he was impaired in performing any major life activity, including work. (See also Rogers v. International Marine Terminals , 87 F.3d 755, 759 [5th Cir. 1996]).
In addressing potential ADA excluding factors, the court may ask the forensic examiner to opine regarding the duration of a mental illness. He/she may also be asked to testify, as the court in Hamilton suggests, to the specific activities within the examinee's work environment that are substantially limited by PTSD, and to whether the disability is or could be fully corrected. In Sutton v. United Airlines , 527 U.S. 471(1999) the Supreme Court held that the determination of whether a disability is cognizable under the ADA must take into account any corrective measures undertaken by the disabled person. As a result, people with mental disorders that are substantially fully resolved or compensated by psychiatric treatment likely are not covered by the ADA.


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By Jim Hegarty, PE I'm always on the lookout for ways to help our clients secure financing for their projects, and the other day I saw an interesting proposal put forth by 39 Congressmen to create the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF). The fund would provide low-cost financing or loan guarantees to construct, maintain, improve, or […]Learn More >
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David Platt paid the price for failing to steer the England Under-21s to this summer's European Championship when he was relieved of his highly lucrative duties as the team's coach yesterday.
The announcement of Platt's sacking was made on a busy afternoon at Football Association headquarters when Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren was ushered back into the England fold as the stricken Brian Kidd's replacement on Sven-Goran Eriksson's Euro 2004 coaching staff.
Hull City manager, Peter Taylor, is understood to be among Soho Square's list of potential replacements for Platt, who took over the role from Howard Wilkinson in July 2001 and will be one of England's scouts at Euro 2004 after which he will leave the FA.
Platt, 38, was only able to mastermind 12 wins in 26 games during his reign as the Under-21 coach and that record prompted disquiet over his reported £400,000 salary.
According to sources close to Taylor, he would jump at the chance of returning to a position he filled with considerable success for three years before Wilkinson controversially replaced him in 1999, but would only consider a move away from promoted Hull should it be a full-time role.
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Sjögren's Syndrome Diagnosis
Early diagnosis is important to lessen the effect of Sjögrens on the eyes, mouth and other organs. The doctor will ask questions about the person's medical history and discuss symptoms. During the physical examination, the doctor will check for:
- Changes in the eyes, mouth and salivary glands
- Joint inflammation
- Muscle weakness
- Swelling of lymph nodes in the neck
The doctor may recommend an eye examination to be done by an ophthalmologist (eye specialist).
Several tests help the doctor make a diagnosis. They include:
- Blood tests. Some people have specific proteins in their blood called autoantibodies, which react to the body's own tissues. Certain blood tests can detect these. The anti-SSA (also called anti-Ro) or anti-SSB (also called anti-La) blood tests are the most specific ones for Sjögren's syndrome. Other autoantibody tests include antinuclear antibody (ANA) and rheumatoid factor (RF). Blood tests may also be done to look for signs of inflammation, such as increased levels of immunoglobulin or C-reactive proteins (CRP). These are both proteins that signal immune reactions. An erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate) test may also be done to check for general signs of increased inflammation.
- Dry eye tests. The Schirmer test is used to determine how well the eyes produce tears. A slit-lamp test checks the surface of the eye (cornea) for dryness-related damage.
- Saliva tests. The doctor will measure saliva output, how well salivary glands function and whether there is inflammation.
- Chest X-ray. Because Sjögren's can affect the lungs, the doctor may order this test to check for inflammation.
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The Trust is delighted to announce the launch of the Rosneath Peninsula Heritage Trail.
The trail focuses on the West Coast of the Peninsula from Kilcreggan Pier to Peaton and guides you around some of the houses, churches and shops that continue to give Cove & Kilcreggan its enduring character.
The trail introduces you to 13 different locations of historic interest on the Peninsula providing a summary of its history. It also provides an interesting insight into the history of the area and an introduction to the notable architects whose buildings you will encounter on the trail including: Alexander Thomson, Campbell Douglas and James Chalmers.
You can download a copy of the trail leaflet to print by clicking Rosneath Peninsula West Heritage Trail or pick up a copy from a number of locations including Cove Shop, Cove Burgh Hall, Cove Library, Knockderry Hotel, Commodore Hotel (Helensburgh), Ardencaple Hotel (Rhu) , Helensburgh Railway Station or the Glasgow Tourist Office.
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Nidhaya dandam bhutesu tasesu thavaresu ca
Yo na hanti na ghateti tam aham brumi brahmanam.[405]
He who has laid aside the use of force towards all beings,1whether feeble or strong,
who neither harms nor kills, - him I call a brahmana. [405]
Once, a bhikkhu, after taking a proper subject went to a forest to practise meditation. After he had attained Arahanthood, he came back to the Buddha to offer his deep and profound gratitude. On his way, he passed through a village. Just as he was going through the village, a woman having quarrelled with her husband, ran out of her house. As she went along the road she saw the bhikkhu and followed close behind him. The husband coming after her saw her walking behind the bhikkhu. He wrongly thought that the bhikkhu was taking his wife away. So he shouted at the bhikkhu and threatened to beat him. His wife entreated him not to beat the bhikkhu, but that made him more furious and the husband beat the monk. After beating the bhikkhu, he took his wife away with him and the bhikkhu continued on his way.
On arrival at the Jetavana monastery, other bhikkhus saw bruises all over his body and they attended to him. When they asked him if he was angry with the man who had beaten him so sorely, he answered in the negative. The other bhikkhus reported to the Buddha, 'Venerable Sir, this bhikkhu claims he has no more anger. Is it true?' The Buddha replied, 'Bhikkhus! Arahants have laid aside the stick and the sword. They don't get angry even if they are beaten.' So the Buddha confirmed that the bhikkhu had indeed become an Arahant.
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Picturing the Past: Media, History, and Photography
This wide-ranging collection explores the relations between photojournalism and history, investigating how photographs shape both what we remember and how we remember. Contributors discuss dramatic changes in the press's coverage of presidential death from McKinley through Kennedy and examine the selective use of picture postcards in World War I to support the particular image of the war effort that the government wished to cultivate. Other essays examine divergent public reactions to Edward Steichen's Family of Man exhibition and the curious distillation of enormous collections of war photographs -- from the Civil War, the Holocaust, and other cataclysmic events -- into a handful of images that have become cultural icons.
Ranging from the rise of photojournalism in the 1930s and its idealization of American life to the issue of authenticity in documentary photography, Picturing the Past provides valuable insight into how photographs influence collective memory, generate a sense of national community, and reinforce prevailing social, cultural, and political values.
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Picturing the past: media, history, and photography
Bonnie Brennen,Hanno Hardt
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A Portrait of Missouri, 1935-1943: Photographs from the Farm Security ...
Paul E. Parker
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We work in cities throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area, and New Hope is no exception. New Hope is a fully built out city in the Minneapolis-St Paul area, located west of Minneapolis with and bordered by Crystal to the east and north, Golden Valley to the south, Maple Grove and Plymouth to the west . Brooklyn Center is a second-ring suburb of Minneapolis with a population of around 21,000. Because there is very little vacant land in the city, it is unlikely the population will increase by much in upcoming years. This one-time farming community now has a small land area of just over five square miles and over 21,000 residents. This number is stable.
New Hope is a quiet bedroom community that is mostly single-family homes. There are also 20 parks within the city limits. These parks are strategically spaced throughout the town so that nearly every home in New Hope is within a quarter mile of green space. The crown jewel is the 65-acre Northwood Park, located on Boone and 38th avenues.
There is no traditional downtown area, but there are a number of small retail nodes in the city. For more serious shopping, Arbor Lakes development is seven miles away in Maple Grove, and Ridgedale Mall is seven miles to the southwest. Of course, downtown Minneapolis is an easy 15-minute drive away, and downtown Robbinsdale is close by, too. Robbinsdale has a traditional center that now is seeing something of a resurgence in its culinary scene.
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Welcome to Perlmutter Photography. I'm a New England-based photographer with a passion for creating and sharing my images. I have two main photographic interests - the beautiful landscapes and seascapes of New England, and the mills and factories that can be found near my home in northeastern Massachusetts. I try to always have my camera with me, and I really enjoy the contemplative nature of being out somewhere where my only company is my camera and tripod.
I live just outside Boston with my wife and two boys, and am eternally grateful for their love and support as I continually feed my passion for photography. And despite my previous comment about being alone with my camera, the best days are the ones where my sons come with me on a shoot toting one of my old cameras.
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Summer fruits are bursting with juice and flavor this time of year and I am always looking for seasonal desserts that will showcase this simple but profound truth. Growing up in Ireland, the 'go to' fruit show off dessert was a baked pavlova meringue that made the Irish summer strawberries shine, however, I wanted to try something a little different so I've plumed for an Italian classic Panna cotta – which means cooked cream. This creamy delight is made by simmering together milk, cream and sugar and then mixing it with gelatin.(oh, and you could also swap out buttermilk for the milk to give it that extra tang)
Tomorrow I head back to Ireland for my last Shamrock and Peach tour of 2014 and it will be no surprise to see Panna cotta making it on to the menus as this dessert is hot at the moment on hip menus…
Next week we will be dining with some of Ireland top chefs including Chef Michael Dean from Deans, Chef Danny Miller from Balloo House, Chef Ryan from the Beechill, Chef Ian Orr from Browns, and our finale with Chef Noel McMeel from the Lough Erne and in my next blog I will let you know how many of these chefs showcased Panna cota for us in our menu. But for now, here is my Georgia Peach Panna cotta version. Sweet Georgia peaches, ripe, juicy and scrumptious with locally grown blueberries. Now, it don't get much better than that!
So, get creative and let this summer fruits delight the senses with Panna cotta. Simplicity at it's very best!
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I recently came across the Reformed Reader, a WordPress site dedicated to encourage people who have an interest in solid Christian theology. I'd like to commend it to my readers here.
It is stewarded by a professor at Mid-America Reformed Seminary (Andrew Compton), and a minister in the United Reformed Church (Shane Lems) and has a good sampling of texts and quotes which are both old and still applicable to our modern situation as Christians in a quickly changing world.
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There are some nasty facts that are convenient to ignore when we want a quick fix for a clogged drain pipe. It is too easy to go to the nearest supermarket or hardware store and grab one of those chemical drain plumbers. But the toxic ingredients they contain can be a danger to you, your children, your pipes, our waterways and wildlife. The unpleasant truth about traditional drain cleaners is that they are potent because they are made of corrosive, harmful and caustic base ingredients such as sodium hydroxide (lye), potassium hydroxide or sodium hypochlorite (bleach).
The acid drain cleaners contain dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride or sulfuric acid. These various different chemicals can cause skin, eye, nose, throat, sinus and lung irritation. Some can eat right through skin! In addition, they can damage the kidneys, liver, and central nervous system. If swallowed, they can be deadly. Even though most sulfuric acid cleaners are primarily used by professionals they still pose a hazard. According to NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration): "The colorless oily liquid is corrosive to metals and tissue.
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Harmful to lungs, skin and eyes
According to Science Lab, the substances may be toxic to upper respiratory tract, skin, eyes. Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage. Some of these chemicals have smells that are somewhat unpleasant. "Masking" fragrances are added to cover up these smells. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has found that "one-third of the substances used in the fragrance industry are toxic." Companies aren't required to list their ingredients because the chemical formulas are considered trade secrets, so they only have to label them as containing "fragrance." They are almost always synthetic and as a result may produce acute effects such as headache, sneezing, respiratory irritation, and watery eyes in sensitive individuals or allergy and asthma sufferers. Dyes are used to make the mucky-colored chemicals more pleasing to the eye, making the products more marketable. Due to the 'trade secret' nature of these chemical drain cleaners it is nearly impossible to determine the exact chemicals used in these dyes.
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Liquid drain cleaners may cause plumbing problems
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If someone asked you to list some of the most dangerous cleaners in your home, would you think of chemical drain cleaners? More than 2,000 people were injured using them in the last year. Consumer Reports tested 15 chemical drain cleaners, as well as plungers and other mechanical devices. Testers clogged test drains with various problem substances, including fat, soap, hair, and toothpaste. The tests showed that most of the chemical drain cleaners, even though they contain strong chemicals, weren't very effective. One type, crystal drain cleaners, did better but the chemicals in those are even more dangerous and quite caustic. They produce a gas and a vapor and the pipes themselves actually get hot. Mechanical devices are much safer and quicker-acting. Top ratings go to a little device you hook up to a hose. It uses water pressure and works fast! It's the Drain King VIP1 for $20.Another good choice is a canister of compressed gas. You put it over the drain and release a burst of air. One that can be reused up to 15 times and costs about $20 is the CLR Power Plumber Pressurized Drain Opener Plunger Kit. Consumer Reports says the $6 Master Plunger is also a good tool to have on hand. Testers found its new accordion style even more effective than the conventional design. Consumer Reports says when it comes to drains, the old adage "an ounce of prevention is worth of pound of cure" definitely applies. Some of the best ways to keep drain clogs at a minimum is to use strainer covers in your sinks. And avoid pouring grease down the kitchen sink. It's one of the main causes of drain backups. Blue Eagle Drain Cleaner is specifically designed to maintain your drains and prevent clogs.


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Thirty-six in a series. Microsoft confirmed this week that the total Windows Store app count crossed the 100,000 apps threshold. That's a big milestone for the company and users of the system.
These 100,000 apps are not available to all users though, as localization limits app availability somewhat. The US Windows Store for instance crossed the 70,000 apps mark this week which in turn means that about 30,000 apps are not available to users from the United States.
While there are ways around that, by changing your location in the operating system's options for example, it still limits the number of apps available as each store is facing localization restrictions.
A total of 70,299 apps are listed in the US Windows Store at the time of writing. Of those apps, 54,924 are free to download and use, while 15,375 are paid applications with or without trials.
That's a total increase of 2,668 apps in total, 2,286 free apps and 382 paid apps.
App of the week
The name may imply otherwise but this is actually one of the best looking games in Windows Store right now.
It plays similar to popular games such as Temple Run and its clones, only that you are running around on cubes and cannot change the direction your character is taking.
That does not mean however that it is not entertaining, quite the contrary. One interesting game mechanic is your ability to rotate the cubes by 90 degrees so that you can change the path you are running on with a quick click of the left mouse button.
That's helpful to collect the coins and jewels that you find while you are running around, but also to avoid situations where you'd bounce into a wall or abyss if you are not using your rotation powers to avoid those situations.
There is one caveat though, you cannot rotate the cubes if you are running on brown cubes. It simply won't work and any attempt to do so will result in failure.
The developers have integrated a shop into the game that you can use to upgrade your character's powers, purchase other ragdolls or new themes.
New ragdoll characters get unlocked while you play the game. These new characters come with up to three traits or powers, some good, some bad. The Ninja Ragdoll for instance encounters 25% less traps in the level but is also unlucky at the same time, which means 10% less coins as well.
You earn so called Ragdollars when you play the game that you can use to buy items in the store. The amount is not enough however to make big purchases, unless you replay levels a lot.
What you may not like that much is the dynamic ad that is displayed on the top of the game screen.
Other apps
The official Microsoft application runs several benchmarks to test the network connection of the PC. This includes the response time as well as upload and download speeds.
What may be interesting to some is the chart that it displays afterwards highlighting if it can be used for high-quality and low-quality video streams, video calls or music streaming.
The test completes in less than a minute and a record of it is added to the history.
Golf Scores + Stats keeps track of the courses that you played and your scores on those courses. It requires quite some preparation before you can make use of it though.
The first thing that you need to do is add at least one golf course so that you can select it when you want to add scores. You can add the address if you want, but need to add the course's rating and slope, and par information for each hole of the course.
Once you are done with that, you can start to enter round information. Here you can add all kinds of information, from your final score for each hole to putts, fairways, GIR, sand saves and scrambling information.
The application itself displays a variety of statistics on its front page that display key statistics of the last 20 rounds that you have entered.
The official Chicago Blackhawks application for Windows 8 provides you with team news, photos, player profiles and a map that highlights Blackhawks Bars in Chicago.
The photo series the application makes available is one of the strong selling points of it. You get high quality photos of past games and other events, and while there are only six available right now, it is likely that new series will get added to the application regularly.
Player profiles offer information about each player including season and playoff statistics, as well as biographic information about the player's last season.
2150 A.D. ($2.99, trial available)
This space shooter is best played with a touchscreen as you control your ship using an area on the lower left corner of the screen that reacts on thumb input. While you can use your mouse for that as well, it feels awkward doing so.
The mouse is in fact only used for that while you are playing missions. All weapon firing is controlled by keys on the keyboard.
The game features more than 40 levels at the time of writing, more than 10 different enemy types and a ship that you can customize to your liking. You can pick different weapons like the fast shooting laser guns, self-guided missiles, bombs or missile bombardments.
Use the Windows 8 app to quickly create notes on the system. To do so simply click on the add note button to open the editor. Here you can enter text using the keyboard, change the color of the note's background, or use the freehand tool to draw or add other information to the note.
Notes can be pinned to the start screen of the opreating system so that you keep them in view at all times while you are working on the system.
The app syncs each note automatically with your current location, and provides you with a map view that you can make use of to track notes by location.
Notes can be stored in the cloud so that they are available to be opened on any device running Windows 8, and also shared via email and other apps on the system.
What's not so good is that you cannot use different text sizes or text colors when you are using the application.
Discovery applications like AppFlow help you find new popular applications in Windows Store. You can use it to search Windows Store for applications that you are interested in, or browse one of the curated categories that AppFlow makes available.
Results are usually divided into app lists and the results itself. App lists group apps of a specific kind together. If you are looking for football apps for instance, you get app lists for football fans and news that you can browse next to the regular results.
The application helps you find and book tables in restaurants in the US, Canada and Mexico. OpenTable uses location-based information if you have enabled that feature on your device. If you have not, you can enter the name of a city or location manually as well for dinner suggestions.
Once you have entered the location, date, time and party size, you are taken to a map of the location highlighting matching restaurants that still take reservations for the selected time.
Each restaurant is displayed with its name, location, food that it serves and price range indicated by Dollar symbols. A click on a suggested restaurant opens its profile page. Here you find additional information such as the dining style, parking and payment options, options to make a reservation, sample food that other users have spotted and information about the restaurant itself including directions to get there.
You can view the menu from the app which opens the restaurant's menu in the default system browser, and read reviews that users of the service or app have added to it.
Your goal in the game is to create element combinations starting with the four basic elements water, air, fire and earth and going from there.
You can create a total of 150 different elements by combining the four basic elements and their combinations. Water and fire creates steam for instance while water and earth mud. You can then combine mud and fire to create bricks, and so on and so forth.
This may sound easy at first but once you get the ball rolling you end up with a lot of elements on the screen so that your combination options increase greatly.


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After dinner at Daruma, we walked around Tai Hang looking for some dessert. There's quite a few dessert places but we chose Nitrogen Ice – Cream because of its foodie science geekiness!
It really is a gimmic… using nitrogen to make ice-cream.. nothing new there….we used to do this in high school science labs!
Please excuse my blurry photo.. I was too excited to try the mooncake ice-cream! It actually tastes like mooncake and wasn't too sweet. Weirdly, after a few bites, I can taste a bit of bitterness…..
At $44, it's a tad too expensive for some designer ice-cream!
Lab Made Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Laboratory
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ReaderGirls welcomes author Stacey Kennedy who was gracious enough to stop by and talk to us about her latest ebook, A Warrior's Witch. I was fortunate enough to hear about Ms. Kennedy's adult novels from a fellow blogger (thanks Belinda). My first foray into Ms. Kennedy's ebooks was reading The Blue Bloods series (An Everlasting Howl and Silent Howl) - this author certainly puts the grace in sexy and crafts realistic and romantic couples we can fall in love with.
We welcome Stacey Kennedy.
Big thanks to The Readergirls for being part of the blog tour for A Warrior's Witch. I thought today we could chat about something I love to write…those loving, emotional scenes that make us sigh.
A Warrior's Witch had a few of these scenes and I enjoyed writing them. For me, romance is such a key to a good story. I love feeling the emotion not only from the heroine, but more so, from the hero's point of view. There is nothing that can make me melt more than when a big tough ole' warrior exposes his heart.
To give you an idea of just what I mean, and why Talon made me sigh constantly, here is a snippet from A Warrior's Witch.
"There are times I wish I could give you all of myself." Tears formed in Zia's eyes and it broke his heart. He brushed his fingers along her cheeks to catch the wetness there. "Sometimes I wish we could step away from it all. The danger of our worlds. The responsibility. So then it would only be each other."
"Dreams that sound so wonderful, but wishful thinking at its best, my warrior." Zia smiled, leaning in toward him, her lips brushed against his. "Now, enough punishing yourself. If you persist on wanting to keep that mind of yours busy." She rolled onto him to straddle his waist. "I can certainly think of a better way to preoccupy your thoughts."
Talon couldn't help the grin from forming on his face. He laced his hands behind his head, staring up at his beauty. "Well then, by all means, Zia, preoccupy me."
To celebrate this release I'm giving away reader's choice from my backlist. Leave a comment with your email address to be entered, and don't forget to stop by my website (http://www.staceykennedy.com) to choose which book you'd like if you won. Good luck!
Decades old guilt collide with a murder, igniting a battle in a warrior's soul to choose between love and duty…
Murder has brought Talon, Master of Guardians, as well as Zia, his witch and Master of Witches, to Chicago. The manner of death appears to be a suicide, but Talon is far from ready to close the case. To avenge the Guardian linked to his past, he agrees to take on the assignment, and find her killer.
As they dive deeper into the investigation, they find themselves entering a world where BDSM is the norm. A lifestyle that Zia is uncomfortable with and, rattled by this new development, she is more than ready to return to the Otherworld. But their investigation quickly takes an unexpected twist when they discover that they're not only hunting a killer but also someone who is controlling supernaturals in Chicago.
Their mission not only brings danger, but also forces Talon to deal with decades old guilt that corrodes his soul. Every event that unfolds only deepens his fight and pushes him to face an ultimate choice—what is more important—his duty to the Otherworld or the witch he holds closest to his heart?
EXCERPT - http://www.staceykennedy.com/a-warriors-witch-excerpt/
About the author:
Stacey Kennedy is an avid lover of the paranormal romance, urban fantasy and erotic romance genres. If she isn't plugging away at her next novel, tending to her two little ones, she's got her nose deep in a good book. She lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband. Be sure to drop her a line at www.staceykennedy.com, she loves to hear from her readers.
For more on Stacey Kennedy: Website/Smashwords
Thanks to Stacey Kennedy and The Bookish Snob Promotions.
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Overhauling Online StrategyBy Wylie Wong | Posted 2009-08-03 Print
Retailers and distributors use technology to improve customer service, optimize inventory and maximize profits.
Overhauling Online Strategy
To succeed, online retailers must take their cue from Amazon.com, says Andrew Knight, director of e-commerce at Case-Mate, a Tucker, Ga.-based company that specializes in smartphone and laptop cases. That means creating fast-loading Web pages and offering customer-friendly features like "1-Click" checkouts, customer product reviews, and recommendation engines that analyze purchases and give recommendations to cross-sell and up-sell products.
"People are familiar and comfortable with ordering on Amazon," says Knight. "If you don't do it as well or better than Amazon, they will just go there."
Knight joined Case-Mate this spring and immediately overhauled the company's Website and online marketing strategy to increase sales. The big players in e-commerce applications are IBM and ATG, but Knight chose startup ShopVisible because it met the company's needs, including good search engine optimization (SEO) features, at a fraction of the cost.
The e-commerce software gives Knight full control of HTML tags and descriptions, allowing him to fully optimize the site for search and drive traffic. The result is higher placement in search engines when people search for cases.
"So much of our traffic comes from searches," he explains. "Paid search is expensive, so any traffic we can get naturally is a huge bonus."
Case-Mate's new Website, launched in April, features customer product reviews, which help shoppers make purchasing decisions. Knight also sped up the checkout process, reducing a multiple-step process to one page. Customer credit card information and shipping addresses are stored, so repeat customers don't have to rekey the data each time.
The company previously lost sales as customers abandoned their shopping carts with each additional step in the checkout process. "By simplifying the process, we hope to improve the conversion rates," he says.
Knight is also taking advantage of social networks, including Twitter and Facebook, to market products, communicate with customers and offer promotional giveaways. He also posts YouTube videos to showcase the company's products.
With the new Website, Knight is optimistic about the company's online prospects. While retail sales are still Case-Mate's bread and butter, he expects to rake in between $1 million and $3 million in online sales this year. "We have a large opportunity to grow the online business," he says.
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A few months ago when the whole thing happened with Obama talking about how small businesses "didn't build that," fiasco, I started scanning Twitter and business owners fired back across the boards. I was taken back with how many people were letting him know what they thought about his comment. I was taken back in a good way…
Business owners have been put in the backseat with just about everything in this society. As I've gotten older and really seen the other side of what it takes to run a business, I see how so many out there work hard but never have a voice . We only see the flashy things in front of us as in the big companies like Apple, Google, Wal-Mart etc. Most large companies have great compelling stories of how they started but they are told over and over. It's almost like a new song that gets overplayed on the radio, you finally get to the point where you tune it out over time because you're tired of hearing it. There are so many stories out there whether they're in small towns, a startup trying to make a name for themselves or someone who is dropping out of the corporate to pursue their dreams.
I was speaking with someone the other day about our mission with IAmAMomandPop.com and they said to me, "I started my first business when I was 15 and I've heard stories all of my life but if you didn't bring these to light, nobody would ever know about them." It's so very true. Even though we launched this project just a few months ago, we have a long way to go and oh so many stories to share with you from people across the country.
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PPP: Why Do I Need A Dryer?
Potters often ask me, "Why do I need a dryer?" or "Why can't I just use a drying room?" I am not surprised by the questions since drying is almost never mentioned in art classes and is only partially covered in ceramic engineering courses. There are few if any books on drying. Only recently have we been hearing much about the subject.
Potters often think that they do not need a dryer because their ware seems to dry very easily without a commercial dryer. Why invest hard-earned money in a piece of equipment when the air inside the manufacturing facility can do the job much less expensively? Look more closely at your operations, however, and you will see that a number of benefits can be gained from investing in a commercial dryer.
The Benefits of a DryerOne benefit to be gained is space. If you are drying your ware on shelves placed throughout the shop, you're using a lot of space for drying. That space is expensive and may be needed for other operations as your company grows and expands. Shelves are also expensive and require a lot of labor to move around.
Even if space isn't an issue for your company, you could undoubtedly benefit from a reduction in product losses. You know that you could be taking home a lot more money if you had no scrap ware. But that doesn't appear to be a realistic goal. For many potters, warps and cracks are an inherent and accepted part of the drying process—but they don't have to be. Using a commercial dryer can drastically reduce product losses due to these problems by eliminating the uneven and incomplete drying that causes them. In some cases, loss reductions have been as high as 50-60% compared to air drying.
Eliminating drying defects becomes even more important for the potter making unique or complicated pieces. For example, a 6-ft-high statue, which sells for a significant price, can cost you weeks or months of labor if it fails in drying. A good humidity dryer will allow the piece to be dried evenly without damage in a relatively short time, and will prevent the agony of having to remake the entire statue.
A commercial dryer also provides the ability to change the drying conditions based on a particular clay mixture. Almost everyone has experienced having to change a favorite mix that "won't dry." As it turns out, that mix will dry fine in a dryer, where the drying conditions are controlled. You shouldn't have to change your creation just because adverse conditions outside prevent the ware from drying properly. With the proper humidity and a controlled atmosphere, those pieces will dry evenly and efficiently.
A commercial dryer is also much faster than the methods traditionally used by potters for drying. A conventional humidity dryer, for example, will dry ware completely in 8 to 24 hours, depending on the product's shape and body mix. For instance, a piece 6 in. in diameter by 6 in. long might typically be covered with a wet towel and stored on a shelf in a drying room for the several weeks required to dry the product. Using a dryer can cut the drying time to three to seven days (depending upon the mix).
People who make tile often dry the tile in a sandwich of plasterboard. This process not only takes up a lot of labor time, but it can also result in latent stresses that show up in firing. The same tile could be placed on a rack, rolled into a humidity dryer and dried overnight. The next morning, bone-dry tiles could be rolled out of the dryer. One tile maker in Michigan, for example, extrudes his tile body then dries the wet, cut pieces in a humidity dryer. The 4 x 4 in. tiles dry easily overnight, while the 12 x 12 tiles are dry in just 24 hours.
Dryers cost money—but they also save money, making it possible for you to recoup your investment. Say you are making product that costs you $200,000 per year to produce. That includes the cost of the body mix, the required labor, the space required for making and drying the product, and the labor required to dry and move the product. If you lose 10% of those pieces, the losses are costing you $20,000 per year. A conventional dryer would cost just a little more than that, and would enable to you to increase your production efficiency, ensure faster deliveries, conserve space in your shop and maximize your profits.
Why Not Just Use A Drying Room?A drying room is generally unsatisfactory because it is so difficult to control all of the major variables: air velocity, temperature and relative humidity. If you do not have control, you do not have a proper dryer.
I have built drying rooms in emergency situations. I once built a four-stage dryer using four offices in an unused section of the manufacturing building. Each room was set to a different temperature and humidity level, and the ware was rolled into the room in carts. The carts were moved each day until they progressed to the final room, where they stayed several days until dry.
Using this drying method, RAM™-pressed 12 x 12 x 3 in. tiles went from 80% loss to less than 20% loss. But this was not a perfect solution. Drying the parts still took about a week, and neither the temperature nor humidity in each room could be accurately controlled. It was also nearly impossible to control the air velocity throughout each room.
Features of a Successful DryerA good dryer will be the shape of a relatively narrow room so that the air does not have far to travel. The most successful dryers have false walls, where the air enters on the side and passes into the chamber through holes or slots and is removed to another plenum behind a false wall on the other side with similar holes or slots.
A successful dryer will have a means of heating the air, but only to the extent necessary, and it will not introduce any outside air except under controlled circumstances. It will expel the wet air, but also only under controlled circumstances. It will have controls to maintain the temperature and relative humidity and to change both of those parameters as time passes according to a profile developed for the particular ware being dried. A good, modern dryer will also allow the operator to store several drying profiles and select the one required for the ware being dried at that time.
As a general rule, dryer temperatures can be relatively low in many applications. While high-speed industrial dryers often operate at much higher temperatures (e.g., 180-190¿F for sanitaryware and 250¿F or more for some structural clay products), many potters do not allow their dryers to rise above 120¿F—the temperature above which clay starts to permanently lose plasticity, even if rewetted. Below this temperature, clay can bounce back and be reworked rather well. Additionally, molds will last much longer if they are dried below 120¿F.
Although these important features can be incorporated into a "room," it is often much easier and more cost-effective simply to buy a commercially available dryer.
We all have the same goal: to make drying as inexpensive (including the cost of the dryer) and efficient as possible. With this goal in mind, air drying is not a viable option. Instead, consider installing a commercial dryer. In the long run, a commercial dryer will save you product losses, time and money—making it easier for you to run a profitable business.


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Readers, we're back to tea loving again. It's freezing outside and no word of a lie, it's snowing. Nothing better than curling up with a cup of tea then?! As I'm on a bit of health kick at the moment I'm left my milk and sugar behind in favour of olive leaf tea. What's that you ask?
We're talking tea. Healthy tea. That's harvested from the leaves of olive trees. Yes, you heard correctly. Olive treas. And I've been sent some to try from Mirabilia.
Olive leaf tea has been made in Italy for hundreds of years and I've only just heard about it! It's full of health enhancing properties including being high in antioxidants (more than green tea), can boost the immune system, which is ideal in winter and is antibiotic, antiviral and can even help with weight loss.
It's ready in 6 minutes – just add a big pinch to a teapot or infuser. I bought a handy travel tea infuser when I was in China – it's suddenly come in very handy! The tea can be drunk hot, tepid, cold or iced. So far, I've preferred it hot. I drink a lot of herbal tea at work anyway, as I feel it's better for me than mountains of caffeinated coffee or soft drinks, so for me this was a natural switch.
My thoughts…
Actually, it's very tasty. When I opened the bag, I got a big hit of a "tea smell". I know that probably sounds odd, but I was preparing for a big hit of olive. I didn't really get that. I found it reassuring, as I feel like I'm drinking tea!
But back to taste, it's got a lovely refreshing flavour. I am notoriously bad for forgetting about a cup of tea halfway through, and giving up on it, but this one made me want to finish it whilst it's hot.
I've got bad asthma in winter but the owners of Mirabilia have assured me that it's also great for keeping asthma symptoms at bay. The world and its wife appear to have the cold in the office, so I'm making the effort to have a cup of this every morning for the next week, to try and ward off these nasty bugs. (Will let you know how it goes!)
The leaves are also grown on an organic farm, which makes me feel good about drinking them! I'm visualising happy trees right now…
The olive leaf tea is available from some big name retailers including Booths, Whittards and Whole Foods, but is also available to buy directly from www.OleafT.com for £4.69 for 30g of premium loose leaf tea.
Disclaimer: I received a free sample of Olive Leaf Tea to try. Any opinions expressed are my own.


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On ChallengeYOURself this month:
a fun sketch and theme: SUMMER
I've made this layout with a picture of me in 1971... like 15 of 16! On a beach in Holland, a bit sexy but in fact I was so shy .....
The title shine has to do with the sun: this summer was so hot and the sun was always shining. At least, as I remember it. On my bikini was a little beltbuckle, like in the layout. I remember it clearly, it used to hang down a little, very anoying when I was sunbathing... hahaha.


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In 1993, Southern Mississippi's golden eagle mascot Nugget II starved to death under mysterious circumstances, and alumni paid off the government to make questions go away. For two decades, students and alumni have been trying to bring a bird back to campus. This might be the closest they get.
After booster groups raised $70,000, the Hattiesburg Zoo is now home to a new Nugget, an older eagle who flew into some power lines and now can't fly more than 15 feet. He won't be a mascot in any traditional sense, since he won't be allowed to leave his exhibit. But he's an eagle in Hattiesburg, and that'll have to be enough.
Below, our story from August, finally solving the death of Nugget II after 2o years.


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iLabs: Biogen Idec Foundation's Gift to Us and Our Students
In the previous two posts I made reference to a $100,000 donation to our Museum that benefited programming Museum-wide and in the Micro World iLab. And we've had such a busy time moving a number of initiatives forward because of their gift that we haven't had time to write about it.
Having just completed the final end-of-grant-year report for them, we realized just how much the gift helped us and especially our students. So let me share just what the grant has helped achieve:
First, two quotes from teachers whose students were able to visit our Museum and attend our lab classes, because grant funds paid for the classes and busing:
Our school budget does not allow for the expense of field trips. We use grants as a way to provide for all our students. If we charged the student for a trip, we would be excluding students who could not afford the cost. We are thankful for the support.
Fabulous! Thank you so much! We aren't able to do labs like this at our school and it was so nice to have experts explain it all!
The money allowed us to triple our new program offerings in Biotechnology and Human Health while maintaining a full complement of curriculum-correlated classes developed the previous year.
It provided for two amazing part-time staff members who share our passion for reaching every last child we can. They made tremendous strides in revising and adding more lab activities for the public, implementing needed lab organizational procedures, finishing the Pyrocystis project we've been developing for 2 years, mentoring interns and students, and most especially, providing a welcoming presence to the over 29,000 public visitors our iLab hosted in the past 12 months. (The Museum has over a million visitors a year.)
The funds purchased: Bio-rad and Edvotek kits in electrophoresis, thin layer and size-exclusion chromatography, cell biology, cancer diagnostics, ELISA immunology techniques and blood cell staining; a variety of human body system models; a real-time PCR machine; bacterial strains and media; a gas chromatography machine; science curriculum materials; preserved specimens; and of course, the GoPro Hero 3+ action cam that we'll be using heavily this year to post more visuals on the blog.
We taught 2,305 students from 14 North Carolina counties in our lab classes.
678 of these students were from under-served, high-need counties (we set a goal of 5oo students and were able to actually exceed this). Because of the grant funding we could provide the classes free to these students and provide them with funds for bus transportation. Some of these groups traveled over three hours one way to attend.
Biogen Idec Foundation sponsored the Triangle Sci-Tech Expo on April 5, attended the check presentation to the Museum on March 27, and participated in our "Research Scientists' Toolbox" program that featured a panel of 13 scientists being interrogated by students.
New lab programs piloted this year included:
- Three-part Bacteriology program.
- Four-part Drug Development program.
- Two-part Pollution, Toxicology, and Bioremediation program.
- PCR & DNA Electrophoresis.
- Cell Biology.
- Immunology.
- Epidemiology.
- Chromatography.
- Three Human Health Mystery classes.
- Fungi and Forests.
So this has been an absolutely AMAZING year for us and thanks to all of our lab staff and to Biogen Idec Foundation for the cooperation, hard work, and generosity of funds and spirit.
Even more exciting though, we will be able to continue and advance even MORE objectives this coming year. This is because we re-applied for, and received another year of funding at the same level!
So first, we will add a number of the classes piloted last year to our stable of established curriculum-correlated classes AND we are already developing new table activities and classes in:
- Ocean Science/Ecosystems.
- Cell Biology, cell culturing, fluorescence microscopy.
- DNA sequencing.
- Bioinformatics.
- Protein Electrophoresis.
- Advanced Microbiology.
- Phylogenetics.
- Chemistry curriculum (basic, biochem, organic, and applied).
- Additional human health classes and a basic anatomy course.
We are also piloting some teacher workshops and are adding a new "outreach" component, developing short lab classes that can be taken to local after-school programs at the YMCA and other locations.
I will be writing more in the future on some of the specific topics such as the brand new Chemistry curriculum being developed with the Natural World iLab and the Epidemiology program being developed with the Visual World iLab.
And one of the other big things this year is to collaborate with researchers in the Museum's MicroGenomics lab and researchers at NC State University to bring current research project information into our classes.
There is also going to be expanded Thursday night programming.
So a LOT has been happening, and a lot MORE will be coming your way. We'll keep you up-to-date on all that is in store, and the class list/schedule for the upcoming year will be available sometime in late July online.
We hope to see you in our classes!


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There's not a lot of off weekends in the Cup Series schedule, so there's not a lot of chance to sit back and reflect on the season. But after Monday's race at Michigan, we get an off weekend to step back and relax.
Or you could be locked into the Xfinity and Truck series races at Iowa. Or you could do what I'm doing and drive back to your hometown to cook a few hundred hot dogs.
Either way, even with a weekend to not be locked into a Cup race, you're still probably going to want to have some NASCAR statistics in your life. So I recommend reading this article slowly to spread it out over two weeks. Or if you'd rather, read it several times in that span.
And since it's an extra-long time to be without some fresh material, here's four notes from the weekend (well, through Monday) that caught my eye this week.
Two-team race
At Michigan, Joey Logano gave Team Penske another win, its fifth of the season. Not bad when you consider Penske won seven times in 36 races last year, and just four times in the entire 2017 season.
When you add on Joe Gibbs Racing's nine wins this season (as many as they had in 2018 and one more than in 2017), that means two organizations have combined for 14 of the 15 wins this season, with only Chase Elliott's win for Hendrick Motorsports at Talladega crashing the party.
The Cup Series dates back to 1949, and this is the first time that just three different organizations have won races 15 races into a season. The previous record was four, last done in 2007, when Gibbs and Penske were winless this far into the season, and Hendrick, Roush Fenway, Childress and Dale Earnhardt Inc. were responsible for the first 15 wins.
There were also just four winning teams in 2005, 1974 and 1968.
The record, because I knew you were curious, for fewest victorious teams over an entire season is five. That was first pulled off in 1974 (Junior Johnson & Associates, Petty Enterprises, Wood Brothers Racing, Bobby Allison Motorsports and Team Penske won that year) and equaled again in 2015 (Gibbs, Hendrick, Penske, Stewart-Haas and Furniture Row).
Logano racking up wins before 30
Logano has been a staple in the Cup Series for so long that it's easy to forget he has yet to turn 30. Monday's win was the 23rd of his career, so there's a lot of time for him to add to that victory total.
Not many drivers in series history were able to get to the Cup Series at such a young age and be able to have this level of success. In fact, the 23rd win broke a tie with Junior Johnson for the fourth-most before a driver's 30th birthday.
The three drivers ahead of him are three of the greatest this sport's had to offer: Richard Petty (60), Jeff Gordon (55) and Kyle Busch (29).
A rare win from the pole?
Joey Logano won from the pole at Michigan. In NASCAR history, a win from the pole isn't an unusual feat at all. In fact, it makes a lot of sense, that the fastest driver in qualifying is often the fastest in the race as well.
Except lately, that hasn't been the case. Logano's win actually snapped a 31-race winless streak for pole-sitters in the Cup Series, the first such win since Martin Truex Jr. won at Kentucky last July.
It just broke the record of 30 consecutive races without a win from the pole that was set over the 2011-12 seasons. That streak was broken at Pocono, which, strangely, is where the recently ended streak was stretched to a record-breaking 31.
And even more strangely, the win from the pole came from, who else, Joey Logano.
However, it was a streak that was snapped in the next race that garnered more attention. Following Logano's Pocono win from the pole, the next race was won by Dale Earnhardt Jr., snapping a 143-race winless drought.
So let's see what awaits us in two weeks at Sonoma!
Burying the lead
Although there was a lot of passing at Michigan, it was exceedingly difficult to pass for the lead under green flag conditions. However, since the field kept packed closely together behind the leader, pit stops and other race happenings meant there were 11 leaders in the race, the sixth time in the past nine races that there have been more than 10 leaders in a race.
In the quest to make racing more competitive, usually measured by more lead changes, more variety of drivers leading, close finishes and lots of lead-lap finishers, this season has been a step in the right direction. This week, we'll focus on the lot of drivers leading.
Six races with more than 10 drivers leading laps, just through 15 races, is an accomplishment. Last year, there were only four such races, and there were only five in 2017.
On this race, we're due to have 14 races this season with more than 10 different leaders. That's a number the series hasn't hit since 2013 (16). But the majority of these races have come with the new downforce and horsepower package. Let's say that we continue the pace of this happening six times in every nine races for the remaining 21 races of the season, opposed to the pace when it didn't happen in the first six races this season.
That would put us on a record pace of it happening 20 times, which would tie the modern era record, set in 2011.


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Ectochymists study the effects of alchemy on soul and spirit, focusing on fighting ghosts and other incorporeal creatures.
Class Skills
An ectochymist adds Knowledge (religion) to his list of class skills. This alters the alchemist's class skills.
Ectoplasmic Blanche (Su)
An ectochymist can alchemically treat a melee weapon so that it deals full damage to incorporeal creatures. The process requires a full-round action and lasts until the next time that weapon is used to make an attack. An ectochymist can use this ability a number of times per day equal to his alchemist level + his Intelligence modifier.
This ability replaces bombs.
Cool-Headed (Ex)
At 2nd level, an ectochymist gains a +2 bonus on saves against death, fear, and negative energy effects. This bonus increases to +4 at 5th level, and to +6 at 8th level.
This ability replaces poison resistance.
Advanced Ectochymistry (Su)
At 2nd level, a weapon coated in an ectochymist's ectoplasmic blanche also deals full damage to haunts.
This ability replaces poison use.
Swift Ectochymistry (Su)
At 6th level, an ectochymist can use ectoplasmic blanche on one of his own weapons as a swift action. When coated on a weapon wielded by the ectochymist, ectoplasmic blanche lasts for a number of attacks equal to the ectochymist's Intelligence modifier (minimum 1 attack).
This ability replaces swift poisoning.
Ghost Trap (Su)
At 8th level, an ectochymist can throw a trap to capture an incorporeal creature of up to 1 Hit Die per alchemist level he possesses. As a standard action, the ectochymist can expend a use of ectoplasmic blanche to coat the inside of a container with his blanche and throw it at an incorporeal creature as a ranged touch attack. If he hits, the creature receives a Will save to escape the trap (DC = 10 + 1/2 his alchemist level + his Intelligence modifier).
If the creature fails its save, it is sealed within the vessel until someone breaks or opens that vessel. The ghost trap automatically survives being thrown at the incorporeal creature, but otherwise is only as durable as the vessel (normally hardness 5, 1 hp for a glass bottle).
This ability replaces the 8th-level alchemist discovery.
Ectochymical Analysis (Sp)
At 10th level, an ectochymist can use alchemical processes to uncover esoteric knowledge from a haunted area that would normally require divinations to ascertain. This process takes 10 minutes and expends one use of ectoplasmic blanche.
Treat this effect as speak with haunt with a saving throw DC equal to 10 + 1/2 the ectochymist's class level + the ectochymist's Charisma modifier and a caster level equal to the ectochymist's class level. Because the ectochymist is performing an analysis to answer his questions and not speaking with the haunt directly, he uses Craft (alchemy) rather than Sense Motive to oppose any Bluff checks the spirit might attempt in order to mislead him.
This ability replaces poison immunity.
The following discoveries complement the ectochymist archetype: alchemical simulacrum, cognatogen, grand cognatogen, greater alchemical simulacrum, and mummification.
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2017 HR Professional Awards Announced
Congratulations to VTHRA member Jean Martaniuk, HR Director, from Mt Ascutney Hospital and Health Center for receiving the 2017 HR Professional Award.
The annual award recognizes outstanding service to the HR community (State council, SHRM chapters, etc.); leadership in the business community or service to the civic community. The recipient represents the "best" in the HR profession in Vermont.
Congratulations to Hollie Bachilas, HR Generalist, from UVM Medical Center -Porter Medical Center for being recognized as the 2017 Emerging HR Professional.
This inaugural award recognizes the outstanding achievements made by an up and coming HR Professional in VT. The award recipient is recognized for making promising contributions to the HR professional utilizing innovative opportunities in order to help advance HR in the VT community.


text: BUSINESS Dialogue: Kevin Reilly, Fox Entertainment president 5:00 AM PDT 4/15/2008 by James Hibberd , AP FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Empty Related: Pilot Package: Will the strike's mark be permanent?More pilot season coverageThe Hollywood Reporter: It's going to be more than a year from the time you started at Fox until your own scripted schedule is on the air. Has all that run-up time offered any advantages?Kevin Reilly: It offered an immediate disadvantage in terms of throwing the brakes on, but I did hit the ground running. My first day on the job we talked about a writers strike and my marching orders were "go-go-go." So we did put a lot of product into production. THR: Do you now wish you had picked up fewer series orders prestrike?Reilly: No, I'm really happy we did that aggressively. Several of them are coming together really well. I'm looking to create as strong of headwind -- and tailwind -- for us after first of next year.THR: Prestrike, you ordered several shows direct to series. Post-strike, you've ordered pilots. What is Fox's strategy moving forward?Reilly: Any and everything goes. Meaning there are certain projects we will continue to pilot on, some we will do multiple scripts, some we will go direct to series off concept. Pilots still have a place in the universe.THR: What is the theme of your development lineup? Reilly: I didn't come in with any overall theme, just to stay on brand for Fox. Fox still has nosier, bolder and forward-thinking shows and that's certainly what I'd like to do in both comedy and drama. Looking for that next "That '70s Show," the next "Malcolm (in the Middle])" and bring young comedy loyalists back to the network. THR: Your pilots include several A-list creators and some expensive projects. Has Fox's ratings front-runner success allowed the network to expand its scripted budget?Reilly: We haven't had a lot of talk about cost cuttings ... we're shying away from any public pronouncements. We are getting away from a one-size-fits-all model, which is not to say we won't have a couple tentpole shows. THR: What are your goals for the fourth quarter, traditionally a slow period for Fox?Reilly: This year we felt like we finally perfected the model Fox has tinkered with since the beginning of the network. We finally got the baseball package right, the right combination of games. The ad buying community has gotten comfortable with the fall not being our high water mark, but we can still maintain stability across the network.THR: Are you looking to go head-to-head with other networks during premiere week? Reilly: We're looking at a couple different things; we're not necessarily locked into premiere week.THR: Among Fox's freshman shows, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Back To You" are expected to come back next fall. Any others viewers shouldn't count out?Reilly: They're really the lead candidates at this point. We've already started staffing on 'Sarah Connor.' Although it was an unusual season, it will end up finishing by far and away the strongest new drama of the season. Other shows have not gotten the traction. Just because competition is softer doesn't mean audience has to watch a show. THR: Any movement on launching a late-night talk show? Reilly: Nothing in the short term. It's never off the agenda. It's going to be focus of mine. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME James Hibberd firstname.lastname@example.com @thr AP firstname.lastname@example.com @thr


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I was sitting on the floor in the lobby of the veterinarian's office, blowing soap bubbles for my five-year-old Border Collie, Scout, while we waited for our medications after our consultation with a holistic veterinarian.
A woman sitting near us was watching as Scout happily pounced on the bubbles and then stared intently into my eyes as he waited for the next wave of the bubble wand. Chasing soap bubbles is one of Scout's favorite things to do in life. (In fact, I just typed the word and he must have read it, because he popped up from his nap and he's staring at me, waiting to see if we're headed outside.)
"He's so smart," the woman said. Smart, beautiful, well behaved, lovely, she said. I know this, of course, know that this dog is one in a million with his gentle spirit and simple needs. I also know that by the end of summer, he may be gone.
That's because a few weeks ago, Scout was diagnosed with canine lymphoma.
It was a total shock to not only us but to the vet. We'd been treating Scout for some intestinal problems, and thought we had narrowed it down to inflammatory bowel disease. And while he got better, things were still a little off. So our vet sent us for an ultrasound, just to rule out … well, cancer.
But there it was. In his spleen, the lymph nodes in his neck, and probably in his intestinal tract.
We opted out of chemo. The prognosis for this when the intestinal tract is involved is very dim. Even in the best of circumstances, chemo might give us a few months in remission – and that's after six months of treatment.
I didn't know how to reply to her comments, but I also didn't expect what came out of my mouth: "He's dying," I said.
Her eyes welled up. "Oh my God," she said. "That's terrible!"
We both looked at Scout, who was standing still, eyes locked on the bottle of bubble fluid in my hands.
"I'm in denial," I said to the woman, "and he clearly has no idea what's going on right now. So we just act like nothing's wrong." We both smiled. She'd been there, too. It's easier to just pretend like everyone is fine, because the alternative is much too difficult to think about.
But looking at Scout, I wonder if maybe he's on to something. He may or may not know he's dying. But he gets up every day like he has for his whole life. He plays, he naps, he eats, he romps with our other dogs, Bandit and Bailey. Occasionally, he chews up a dish towel or sneaks a lick of my dinner plate.
It's been said to "live like you were dying." But I think Scout's way is better: "Die like you were living."
Award-winning freelance writer and blogger Joanne Brokaw writes about life with three dogs, a cat, seven chickens and one very patient husband on her blog, www.NotesFromTheFunnyFarm.com.


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Many of the world's greatest inventions and innovations came about in times of crisis.
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call… an illness, or perhaps an injury, to make us change habits and practices that could be damaging our health. It is a conscious thought-action process to do so. It is difficult to change long-standing habits, but oh, so worth it.
People often refuse to ask for help. We can even delay reaching out and seeking help until it is too late, until greater harm has come to us, or our families. The ability to accept and when necessary to seek out, and accept the help of others is critical in times of crisis.
In the workplace, we are fortunate to have others with whom we can share our insight, and together as a group, think things through, ultimately developing the best decisions. In personal life, we often do not have this choice and must act individually, for safety in emergencies.
Several years ago, I was driving my teenage daughter to a friend's house one spring evening. There are 300 lakes in our city, and we had had an unusually high amount of rain. Her friend lived quite a way out of the city, in a rural area. The ditches along the dirt road were overflowing with rainwater. We came upon a washout over the road, with runoff water flowing from one side of the road ditch, across to the other side. It was as if a small creek was flowing across the road. I slowed down, but incorrectly judged that it was safe to go across, veering left. In retrospect, I did have a gut feeling that I should not do so. I ignored instinct, and steered my vehicle left, as it seemed to me that was the spot with the least water.
This was a gravel road, and as soon as I began to drive through the water, the unstable ground gave way. The vehicle tipped over onto the driver's side, and began to sink down into a deep gully of swiftly flowing spring water. The car came to rest on its side, with my daughter hanging above me, her seat belt holding her against her seat. Behind the steering wheel, I was at the lowest level. Mud and water began flowing into the vehicle. I knew we had to get out, and fast. The best way out was to go up and through the window of the door on the passenger side, which was now the top of the car. I told my daughter to roll down the window and climb out, quickly.
The towing company's rig tired to pull the vehicle out of the gully, but mud had sucked the car in too deep. They sent another rig, huge boom truck, which was finally able to hoist the vehicle out, skyward. There are two lessons here. First, I ignored the instinct to avoid going through the water on the left, backup, turn around and go home. Secondly, the inspiration to move quickly, and pull ourselves up and out through the side window may have saved us from grim circumstances.
There is inherent danger, in times of crisis, in not acting on insight. If we are not confident in our own insights, we can certainly look to others to "bounce ideas off of," looking to them for solutions. In the end, we will do ourselves no good, and will not help ourselves through crisis if we ignore inspiration.
This has been an excerpt from HELP ! Healthy Thinking in Times of Trouble, by Gisele Guenard.


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The Deviance Engine
I am writing a RPG Engine for a game I am making (called Deviance).
It's still in its early stages but I plan to turn it into a decent engine.
There is a website where you can download the source and binaries from.
Official Site:http://deviance.coderzilla.net
API DoxyGen:http://deviance.coderzilla.net/doxy/
Join the Team:http://isirus.deviance.coderzilla.net/
Graphics: Irrlicht,
Sound: irrKlang,
Scripting: Lua
Physics: Newton (IrrNewt)
Networking: undecided (ENet / something else?)
AI: undecided (Possibly irrAI)
Screenie of engine in action with low resolution textures:
Screenie of engine in action with physics debug lines shown
Its mainly an object orientated framework that will tie all of the separate libraries together nicely.


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Rock Shape Ice Mold Try to make large ice "rocks" with a water-displacing tray. One tray makes three 2,5'' jagged stone shapes. Holding the tray over a sink place the top mold over the bottom tray and push it down displaced water (from the bottom tray) will fill the entire shape to the top and excess will come out of the air holes. Once completely frozen separate the two parts of the tray. The ice balls may stick to the mold so be careful when attempting to remove the ice balls. If they do get stuck run some cold water over the mold to release.
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