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As I planned my next blog post to be tied into Thanksgiving, I started to think through the various things I am very Thankful for this year. I started to make up a list of things to mention. The list started to get very long, at which point I took a pause… The list was great and heartfelt – but I didn't like how the post was turning into a list. This kind of list was great for me to see, in that it organized and showed in a concrete definitive way that YES – I have had a wonderful year – it wasn't my imagination! I truly am Thankful for so many things that have happened to me this year (it has been an AMAZING year, in some ways the best year of my life!). But I didn't like the "list aspect" of it nor the rote timing as we approached Thanksgiving Day.
As I looked at my list, it was starting to feel like I was falling into an "auto-pilot" post. A post that Cancer Blogs are "supposed to write" this time of year – sort of like our version of the local news crew doing their annual story on the Butterball Turkey hotline.
So I stopped.
Shouldn't we be Thankful every day? Not just on the 4th Thursday in November for a holiday called Thanksgiving? Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Thanksgiving. Everyone near me knows that it is my second favorite Holiday (sorry Turkey Day, Christmas wins that crown). Way before cancer, I loved the fact that unlike most other holidays when stripped to its essence (BEING THANKFUL) – it crosses all demographics, life experiences, religions, nationalities and creeds. I loved how it brought people together for joint communal time focused on just… being there for each other together… following whatever annual (or non-annual) traditions you chose to follow… and being thankful.
My Dad instilled in me the following sentiment when I was very young. I still remember the conversation as clear as day. "No matter what happens, there will always be someone who is having it better than you and someone who is having it worse than you. So no matter what happens, you should never be envious and you should always be thankful" I have no idea if Dad had any idea that that brief conversation would impact me for the rest of my life. Being a Dad myself now, I am guessing probably not. I never told him. It is amazing how kids can separate wheat from chaff without parents even realizing. Thanks for the great life-long advice Dad 🙂
Where are we right now? We are at the Grandparent's house, thousands of miles away from our home. It has been the first time in 15 years we have travelled for Thanksgiving. Is it our traditional Thanksgiving with all of our standard annual family traditions? No, it is not. Does it have the same familiar sights and smells of the Thanksgiving dinner that I cook as master chef every year built upon a foundation laid down by my Mom decades ago? No, it does not. But what it is: a house filled with Love; a family coming together to support each other through thick & thin; the kids having a blast visiting a place they dearly love; everyone feeling THANKFUL that we are able to share this moment in time with each other.
Traditions are just that traditions – they are meant to facilitate accessing the root meaning of an experience, not to replace it. That is the all-important difference between "traditions" and "going through the motions".
Cancer forces you to change things in life both big and small. All of that doesn't matter if you keep focused on what I believe are key goals of our shared human experience: Being together with people who care for one another and being Thankful. Not just the 4th Thursday in November but every day.
Although obviously I wish my cancer was cured, it truly has been in many ways (too many to list) the best year of my life, for that I am incredibly thankful. Each and every day. Now pass the Turkey. 🙂
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai turns 19 today. Her birthday was declared by the United Nations as 'Malala Day'. In the Pakistani girl's own words, "Malala day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights."
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Yousafzai needs no introduction. The blogger for BBC in Taliban-controlled Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, she achieved international celebrity after surviving a bullet to the head in 2012, for her insistence on receiving education in spite of the outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban banning girls from attending school. She won the Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi in 2014 and is currently pursuing her education in the United Kingdom.
This Malala Day, we bring to you stories of three lesser known Pakistani youngsters, whose resistance to terror, even under threat to their lives, restored our faith in humanity:
1. Hina Khan
Source: telegraph
17-year old Hina Khan comes from a family of activists who work for peace and women's rights in Pakistan, especially in the sensitive and developmentally lagging Swat region. Campaigning for girls' education since she was 13, Hina and her family continuously received death threats from the Taliban in their native region. They have moved to Islamabad for safety but the threats have not yet subsided.
2. Fareeda 'Kokikhel' Afridi
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Also hailing from the Khyber tribal area in Pakistan, Afridi and her sister ran an NGO for women's emancipation, called Society for Appraisal and Women's Empowerment in Rural Areas (SAWERA). Afridi had a Masters in Gender Studies and she was a vocal protester of the Pakistani government, the patriarchal Pakistani society and the Taliban. She was shot dead, allegedly by Taliban extremists, on her way to work in July 2012. She was 25.
3. Aitzaz Hasan Bangash
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Yet another braveheart from the terror-stricken Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Aitzaz Hasan, then 17, was outside his school gate with two friends in Ibrahimzai, Hangu when a twentysomething tried to enter the premises to "take admission" in the school in January 2014. One of them noticed a detonator on the man's vest. They ran inside while Hassan confronted the man, refusing to let him go past. The person then detonated the explosives on the spot, killing himself and Aitzaz in the blast.
Aitzaz's sacrifice saved almost 2000 lives in the school, and led to widespread outrage all over Pakistan against terrorist activities. He was posthumously awarded the Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Bravery) by the Pakistani government.
These are just a few of the stories about young boys and girls who live their lives in the shadow of a deadly infestation everyday, and still continue to strive for a better, peaceful life. There might be many other such bravehearts in Pakistan and elsewhere whose deeds might not receive such spotlight as Malala's did.
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It is a topic for an entirely different debate, how legitimate Malala Yousafzai's claim as the ambassador for girls' education worldwide is. All skepticism aside, we should laud her efforts, and of those like Afridi, Khan and Bangash, who go beyond their years and leave the world a better place than they find it.
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"The fact that some people spit and throw eggs… actually I think there is a kind of persistent exclusion from some voices in the debate and you cannot blame people for ultimately becoming quite angry. I really don't have a problem with it."
So much for solidarity among hacks, eh.
Reporter Owen Bennett, who along with Michael Crick and LBC's Theo Usherwood was gobbed on in Manchester, unsurprisingly took exception. Fair to say Zoe did not cover herself in further glory.
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Given the mess that he's in and the martyrdom that he hallucinates, it's only fitting that Donald Trump would turn toward God.
He has fled the country — not a moment too soon! — for his first foreign excursion since taking office, and it's less a conventional presidential trip than a roving seminar in world religions: Islam (Saudi Arabia is the first stop), Judaism (Israel is second) and Roman Catholicism (the Vatican is the capper).
I'm especially eager for his communion with Pope Francis, an entry in the annals of odd couples that ranks somewhere just above Oscar and Felix, and below Mork and Mindy.
One of them is splenetic. The other is ascetic. One sins. The other redeems. Cue the metaphors and clutch your rosary beads.
They've a history, these two, and it's not pretty. During the campaign, Francis denounced the notion of a wall along the Mexican border, and Trump didn't exactly turn the other cheek. "Disgraceful!" he shot back, confirming his willingness to make an adversary of anyone, no matter how tall the miter.
But they can skip over that and look to future matters like the reportedly imminent nomination of Callista Gingrich as America's next ambassador to the Vatican. She's Newt's third wife, who was sleeping with him when he was still married to his second. Time and, it seems, annulments have washed the couple clean.
The president intended his pilgrimage as a statement that the diverse peoples of the world can and should get along — and that he, Trump, had the stature and sway to point them toward peace. This was to be a moment of bold leadership.
But on the heels of the worst two weeks of a ceaselessly beleaguered presidency, it looks more like a hasty retreat. Plus, there's the continued wonder — the comedy, really — of watching a man so unabashedly profane pay such ostentatious heed to the sacred.
Trump as a holy roller, spellbound by the mysteries of faith? File this in the ecclesiastical subcategory of overcompensation. Methinks he doth genuflect too much.
And mepredicts a disaster. The Israel component already is, and not only because he was just caught sharing Israeli intelligence with the Russians. He abandoned the idea of a speech at the mountain fortress of Masada after he was denied permission to land his helicopter on such an archaeologically sensitive site. When Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton went there, they were content to take the cable car to the top.
He baffled Israelis with his reported insistence on keeping his visit to Yad Vashem, a cherished Holocaust memorial, to just 15 minutes. President Barack Obama devoted about an hour to it. So did Bush.
And in rejecting any joint appearance at the Western Wall with Benjamin Netanyahu, an administration official specified that the wall did not belong to Israel. That's a widely held position, but its gratuitous enunciation doesn't make Israelis' hearts go pitter patter.
Trump has been flamboyantly chasing salvation from the moment he stepped out on the campaign trail. That's largely why he picked Mike Pence, a darling of the religious right, as his running mate. It's behind his recent instructions to the Internal Revenue Service to give religious groups leeway for political lobbying.
Last Saturday, for his first commencement speech as president, he chose Liberty University, an evangelical Christian school whose president, Jerry Falwell Jr., told the crowd, "I do not believe any president in our lifetimes has done so much that has benefited the Christian community in such a short time span as Donald Trump."
Then Trump got up and marveled at the size of the crowd he'd drawn, because his particular brand of spirituality is heavy on self-veneration. He articulated loftier thoughts, too. "In America," he said, "we don't worship government. We worship God."
His own relationship with the Almighty has not always taken obvious or typical forms. Although he was brought up Presbyterian, the Manhattan church that he attended, Marble Collegiate, was best known for its celebrity preacher, Norman Vincent Peale, who marketed and monetized the power of positive thinking.
"Attitudes are more important than facts," Peale asserted. Little Donald listened well.
And Big Donald went on to treat the Commandments as if they weren't etched in stone but doodled in disappearing ink. He stiffed creditors, made a mockery of the truth and publicly boasted about his promiscuity. He never talked all that much about religion, not until the campaign. Even then the results were interesting.
He referred to the sacraments as if they were pets: "my little wine," "my little cracker." Instead of citing "Second Corinthians," he said, "Two Corinthians," so that Corinthians sounded like a matched set.
Questioned about the circumstances in which he might gaze heavenward for expiation, he said he didn't "bring God into that picture."
But my favorite of his spiritual musings came when he was asked, on the Christian Broadcasting Network, "Who is God to you?"
"God is the ultimate," he answered. "Nobody, no thing, there's nothing like God."
The angels wept.
And the evangelical voters indeed came around, a phenomenon on which we've lavished analysis. We've remarked less on the audacity of Trump's pantomime of godliness, given his core.
It illuminates perhaps his greatest gift, politically speaking, which is his readiness to strike any pose he deems necessary, no matter how ludicrous, and his certainty that he can sell it. The past is no tether. Reality doesn't intrude. And no arena, not even religion, is sacrosanct. He will bend it to his purposes. He will claim it as his own.
One day he's a Democrat; the next, a Republican. One day he's having his wares made in China; the next, he's railing against outsourcing. One day "The Art of the Deal" is his bible; the next, the Bible is his everything, and he's promoting piety all over the place.
Melania, too. She opened a Trump rally in Florida in February with a recitation of the Lord's Prayer, speaking of daily bread despite her aura of nightly caviar.
Will her husband be forgiven his trespasses? I can't guess about celestial judgments, but in this earthly, temporal realm, I don't think the odds are good.
Facts are turning out to be as important as attitudes. Every hour brings some fresh mortification for his administration. A special counsel is commencing work. Words like "Watergate" and "obstruction of justice" whip through the air. If I were Trump, I'd probably get out of town, too.
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March 14, 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 12
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Field Notes
Giving Teachers the Opportunity to Say "Yes" to Ed Tech
Larry Ferlazzo
My contribution to the March 2013 issue of Educational Leadership focuses on strategies to help encourage reluctant educators to try using technology in their instruction. The article includes many useful resources, but here are a few more that my students and I have found provide an added benefit to our learning and teaching, as well as making our lives easier—plus, they are all very simple to use.
Saving Resources on the Web
I am a longtime fan of the Delicious social bookmarking site, which lets users save and organize web resources. For example, one of the classes I teach is an International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge course, and I have "curated" nearly 1,500 related links that my students and others around the world use.
Many districts block the Delicious site though, and my students seem to like the WebKlipper tool as an alternative. It also has some different features, including letting users virtually annotate saved webpages, and comes in particularly handy for research projects.
Encouraging and Monitoring Student Work Over the Summer
We're all familiar with the results of the "summer slide" in many students' academic achievement. One way to reduce its effect is to have students do work online in the many sites like Zondle, No Red Ink, or ZooWhiz that let teachers easily create virtual classrooms so that the work can be monitored.
They are easy for both teachers and students to use and, though I am not a big fan of extrinsic motivators, arranging for students to receive extra credit from next year's teacher can't hurt.
Language Translation
Some of our students or their parents do not speak English, and when teachers are unable to communicate with them in their native language either, it can be frustrating not to be able to express important content or generate the goodwill that trying to speak a student or parent's own language can create.
If you do not have an interpreter around but do own a smartphone, try one of the numerous translation apps. Most smartphones these days also have a text-to-speech feature.
We have a long way to go to reach Star Trek's Universal Translator, but the apps that are listed in this Mashable post can be a big help in a pinch. SayHi is a newer app, not on that list, that is also worth a look.
I do not teach a science class, but I use science extensively with English language learners for language-learning activities. Here are a few of my favorite science sites:
Can educators be extraordinary teachers without using educational technology? Of course they can; many have been extraordinary teachers in the past, are in the present, and will be in the future. But one responsibility we all share is developing supportive collegial relationships, which includes encouraging each other to learn and try new things. They key word in that sentence is supportive, not threatening, patronizing, or arrogant.
The word faculty originally meant branch of knowledge, while the word community meant common ownership. By sharing our experiences and resources in a supportive way and being open to the offerings of others—tech and non-tech-related—we can model the difference between the two.
Larry Ferlazzo has taught English and social studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., for 10 years. Previously, he was a community organizer for 19 years. He writes a popular blog for educators, a teacher advice column for Education Week Teacher, and has written five books.
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Friends of Andrew Brown say the Doherty High School student was out of character when he attacked his ex-girlfriend and those with her. They described him as a helpful big brother-type. But they also said he loved Tiffany Howard deeply and considered her his world. Amanda Barker, 17, said Brown had said Howard was worth dying for.
"We all knew that he completely adored her," she said.
"He must have been hurting," said Alysha Barker, 15.
Brown's obituary, supplied by his family and published in the Gazette, said, "in the end, it was his unwavering love that consumed him and took him from us."
How do we even begin to peel back the layers of what is wrong here?
First, let's consider what actually happened. Last week, 16-year-old Tiffany Howard, a student at Doherty High School, called her friend Jeremy Vasquez and asked him if he'd pick her up because, according to police, she "had some concerns" about her ex, 17-year-old Andrew Brown, whom she had dumped. Vasquez was in a car driven by Michael Fisher, 18, and carrying two other teenage boys. They picked up Howard near the high school.
Soon, they realized that Brown was following their blue Ford Explorer. What followed had to have been nothing short of terrifying for the five teenagers and whoever happened to witness the carnage.
Brown, the jilted boyfriend, displayed a shotgun. He rear-ended the teens' car. Someone in the car called the cops, who provided directions to the Sand Creek police station. But they had no chance.
Brown pulled up next to them and shot Jeremy. Michael, the driver, pulled the car over and they all jumped out, trying to help the bleeding Jeremy. Brown, meanwhile, did a U-turn. He drove back to the Explorer and parked, blocking the street. He got out of his car with the shotgun and fired more shots. He shot Michael, who died at the scene. He then assaulted Tiffany, butting her in the head with the shotgun, fracturing her skull. When police arrived, Brown grabbed a second shotgun from his car and shot himself dead.
Jeremy is now in critical condition, lying in a Denver hospital. The other two teenagers were physically unharmed. And the Gazette subsequently sees fit to describe Brown, the killer, as a "helpful big brother-type"? He was "out of character" when he assaulted and killed other teenagers?
Everybody, the newspaper reported, knows he "completely adored" Tiffany. Yeah, so much so that he cracked her skull open, after murdering and critically injuring two young men to get to her.
Sorry, Gazette, but glorifying someone who carries out such a monstrous act is shameful. The killer's family may have purchased an obituary but that doesn't mean you have to regurgitate those words as if they proved some sort of legitimate rationale.
Yes, it's tragic and senseless that an 18-year-old teenager would possess the kind of blind rage, and two loaded shotguns, to enable him to carry out such an act. There are all sorts of myths that surface following school-related shootings, or the type of teen violence that Colorado Springs witnessed last week. They include statements like, "He didn't fit the profile," and "He just snapped." And, "School violence is just rampant."
Now, it was "out of character."
When this sort of tripe is parroted, it serves only to dilute reality. As the Gazette also reported, one in five U.S. teens reports being abused by boyfriends or girlfriends. School shootings may be rare, but, according to police Sgt. Howard Black, it's "not unusual" for officers to arrest teens for domestic abuse. In fact, last week alone officers made five such arrests in Colorado Springs.
That should be a community clarion call. Instead, thanks to the daily newspaper, we can add a new myth to the pile: Really, the killer was just in love.
For shame.
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Bill Shillady, Chappaqua resident Hillary Clinton's pastor who recently published a book of devotionals that he sent to her during the presidential campaign, has admitted the book was plagiarized.
"Strong For A Moment Like This," will be removed from all sales outlets with all copies set to be destroyed. Shillady, who works in Manhattan, previously preached in Mamaroneck and Yonkers.
Trouble began when it was discovered a devotional sent to Clinton the morning after the election was plagiarized from a blog post from a pastor in Indiana. His publisher, Abingdon Press subsequently initiated a review of the book and found further instances of plagiarism.
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In a statement, Shillady said he deeply regretted his actions.
"There is no excuse for it," Shillady said. "I apologize to those whose work I mistakenly did not attribute. I apologize to those I have disappointed, including Secretary Hillary Clinton, Abingdon Press, and all the writers and others who have helped me publish and promote this book. I ask for everyone's forgiveness."
Shillady first met Clinton at a 9/11 remembrance service when she was a senator. They chatted backstage and Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, began attending Shillady's Methodist church on the Upper West Side. Shillady was the Methodist official at Chelsea's wedding.
Shillady made some waves when he said Clinton was interested in preaching at Methodist churches.
Shillady hosted a book signing at Scattered Books in Chappaqua and was set to give a talk with Clinton on Thursday.
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How to decide if Mexico is the right choice for you, how to get your finances in order and whether it is realistic for you to choose to retire now are only a couple of the subjects covered here. But, you will find, as thousands have already discovered, that Mexico can save YOU a lot of money. It doesn't matter who you are, how old you are, or what your station in life is.
Maybe your interest in Mexico has nothing to do with affordable healthcare. Maybe you're just looking for an affordable place to take a family vacation once or twice a year. Maybe invest in a property that you can vacation in now, and retire to later. That's good thinking too. Why not combine that vacation with a dental checkup and cleaning – maybe pick up a pair of spare glasses? You have that option available to you, too.
If the prospect of going to another country to get what you need makes you feel a bit uncomfortable …if you feel awkward …maybe even unpatriotic …or just down-right scared, just realize it's okay. There are people who have been there, done it, understand what it's like to be in your shoes, and they've paved the way for you to follow and most of them have their arms opened wide to welcome you and help when needed.
I do want to thank my readers who stay in touch, and write in and email me with questions of their own. I especially appreciate all of you who send in information from your own experiences – nothing beats information from those who are experiencing what you are wondering about! Many times, I elaborate on those particular questions and answers and bits of information in upcoming articles, sometimes, you find that info in the comments section at the end of the articles.
So, before you begin picking and choosing the articles you want to read right now, get a cup of coffee or tea, sit down, relax, get comfortable, then dig in. The more you continue to read my articles, the more you'll be open to new ways of thinking and new possibilities for your future. "There's always a better way", Dick says, and that couldn't be more true right here, right now.
And now, another email:
Hi Barbie, I love getting your newsletter!! Without it I may never have had the courage to make the leap in to purchasing a home in Baja Ca.
Being a widow on Soc Sec, I was a little leery about selling my home in So. Calif but my boyfriend and I would drive down to Rosarito to shop, eat and loved every minute of it.
I knew I was ready for a big change in my life ….I found your website, did my research, which included visiting different single homes, condos and new developments. I found a website which had the most " BANG FOR THE BUCK" single family homes. "Rancho Descanso" is a new development approx 2 miles south of Puerto Nuevo ( Well known Lobster Village) the houses are under $190,000.00 and absolutely beautiful. 2bdrm, 2baths, fireplace inside, built-in fireplace and BBQ grill in the backyard, but the best is the entire rooftop is a sun terrace….I have the most spectacular (view) of the ocean, mountains and the Cantamar Dunes.
I am within 40 miles of the border, I have my kids and grandchildren in the States so I am able to visit them as often as I want. I always prepare my self for waiting anywhere from 10 mins to 2 hours (Barbie: at the border crossing) ( I have waited 4 hrs but only once, during the holidays) . I have been renting an apt. in Rosarito for 6 months, my new home should be completed by May. I now have settled into a new way of living, I know where the best tacos are, the Lavamatica (launder mat) which has a small snack bar, sodas , coffee, chips and a great opportunity to practice my Spanish with the attendtant.
I will continue to look forward to your newsletters as there is so much information in them. I tell all the other "Newbies" to check your site.
Thanks again Barbie ! Sincerely, C
Addition Feb 3, 2013 – the amount you need to move to Mexico has changed – see – http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/detroit/index.php/info-english
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Arsenal 2 – 3 Tottenham Hotspur
1 – 0 Nasri (9)
2 – 0 Chamakh (27)
2 – 1 Bale (50)
2 – 2 van der Vaart (68 pen)
2 – 3 Kaboul (86)
A home defeat to Tottenham is never a pleaseant occurrence; one where an abject second half performance was inexplicably at odds with the impressive nature of the previous forty five minutes is sickening. It is one which has seen some sections of the support stoop so low with personal abuse that they have not scraped the bottom of the barrel, they ploughed through and continued unabated to the bowels of the earth.
Where the defeat cuts deepest into the soul that it was entirely avoidable. The strongest of foundations had been built for victory, dominating the first half to render the visitors entirely impotent. The second saw talented players capitulate through their own mistakes, architects of their own downfall leaving the manager furious and bewildered in equal measure.
The defeat rests ultimately on his shoulders for that is where the buck stops but each member of the squad must look at themselves this morning and ask if they have the mental strength to cross the rubicon, to breach the citadel walls of title winners, leaving the land of potential behind them.
Despite this, the team still remains two points from the summit. Chelsea's defeat at Birmingham means that they rule the roost by that margin from Arsenal, goal difference from a distinctly ordinary Manchester United side. Arsenal cannot continue to rely on the largesse of their rivals; at some point they must stand up and make the victories achieved on their travels count for exactly that rather than making up for their home travails.
It was all so needless. Spurs had been swept aside in the opening half. Half chances had been traded before Fabregas lofted a pass over the top of the visitors' defence; Samir Nasri chased it down but Gomes came to make the ball his and failed, hesitating instead of being brave to collect. The Frenchman nicked the ball past him and from the tightest of angles, dribbled the ball over the line with enough power to tantalise the chasing defence but sufficient to tease the pursuers into the net as well.
Pressure mounted on the Tottenham goal, most notably when Fabregas wriggled free and shot past the far post. The lead was doubled as Tottenham pressed on their left, Sagna cleared the cross to Fabregas who swept the ball wide to Arshavin, the Russian's cross glanced into the net by Chamakh's boot. Two-nil, complete control assumed. The Moroccan spurned two opportunities before the interval but nothing that had been seen gave any indication of the mania to follow.
Within five minutes, Tottenham had their foothold as Bale sprinted onto Defoe's flick, beating Fabianski with a shot across the goalkeeper. Even so, fifteen minutes of stability would have taken some of the sting from the moment. It never happened.
Modric should have equalised before Song was deemed to have fouled him with half of the second period played. The freekick was curled at the wall by van der Vaart, Fabregas lifted his own and Chamakh's arm to block the ball at above head height. A penalty was awarded; van der Vaart converted. This picture (thanks to Ole for the link) highlights the folly clearly. Had the ball struck either, play would have stopped if the power was deemed that sufficient. Absolute lunacy, the softest and most foolish of penalties to concede.
Arsenal came back to life from the crevice of despair. Fabregas was offside as he played the ball back to Squillaci, the defender still buried the chance. The Spaniard would also go close with a volley moments later before Gomes turned his effort away with fifteen minutes left. The most culpable of misses though fell once more to Laurent Koscielny. Having incomprehensibly headed over the bar in the opening minutes at Stamford Bridge, he missed a glorious chance to deflate the visitors, heading over from close range.
It was the first of two costly late interventions. With six minutes remaining, he felled Bale. The resultant free kick found Kaboul poorly marked, his flicked header gave Tottenham their first victory at The Emirates, only their second at Arsenal in the Premier League.
For Wenger, it is a tough week ahead. He is being criticised for the mental failings of the players in this match. There was enough experience on the pitch for those in red and white to have closed out the match. Indeed, having shown that calmness at Everton with a two-goal advantage sealed inside 48 minutes, the capitulation is staggering. They have this knowledge yet no-one stood sufficiently tall to bring the group to heel. That was a failing of all, not just the captain. Yet Fabregas should have done that but did not.
Hindsight is a wonderful gift but Wenger made an error in playing Koscielny. The defence did not need changing. Djourou had played well in the previous two games, his understanding with Squillaci had handled the Wolves and Everton frontlines well. Denilson for Wilshere was understandable, the Brazilian having played at Goodison Park impressively as a second half substitute.
It is however not a time for individual finger-pointing. The burden of the defeat rests squarely on the shoulders of all. Damaging as it was, fatal it was not. However the slovenliness of recent home form has to be removed. Winning at home is how title winning sides build their success. Defeats such as those already suffered have been costly in that a potential seven point lead at the top had they all been won, has not materialised.
Two tough away games ahead this week; the players have to respond meaningfully, winning both with good performances. Two victories in Braga and at Villa Park bring December into view, a month for driving forward. At this particular moment in time, that is by no means certain.
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Real talk: Your bathroom will never truly feel like a spa (unless you have a facialist and masseur on staff, that is). However, it should feel like a refuge. After all, nothing kills the buzz of a relaxing hot shower faster than stepping into a cramped, cluttered bathroom. Even if you can't do anything about your square footage, you can make a small bathroom feel larger, airier, and more elegant with some simple tricks.
1. Lighten Up
The most impactful way to brighten your bathroom and make it feel larger is to paint it white.
But if you're not feeling an all-white bathroom, introduce another soft shade, like pale grey, as an accent color.
2. Build In Storage
The key to creating a serene bathroom is keeping the surfaces clear and products out of sight. So, instead of plain mirrors and pedestal sinks, opt for built-in storage like a medicine cabinet and a sink with drawers or cabinets underneath.
3. Eliminate Clutter
Even if you add storage, ask yourself what you really need. Channel Marie Kondo and do a hard edit on your hair, skin, and makeup products and appliances. Keep just the items you use on a regular basis, and get rid of the rest.
4. Illuminate the Space
Good bathroom lighting is like a good mirror: It just makes you feel better about yourself. If possible, layer the lighting so that you're not just getting it from one source at one level, like the dreaded single overhead fixture. Also, if you have a window (and the neighbors can see in), choose a window treatment that still allows light in.
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The one nice thing about a small bathroom (yes, there is something good about it) is that you can afford high-end materials that might otherwise be too expensive if your space was larger. So, don't shy away from decorative tile and Carrara marble-they might just be in your budget.
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Chapter 80: A lead has been found, time to set off!
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There were three different tracks where the mens 5km run was held, and the contestants were split into either of the three tracks. There were many departments in Jiangnan University, and by forcing every class to at least send one participant, every track still needed to be used about ten times to complete the competition.
By allocating the ranks according to the contestants timings, there would be no next round. Because another round would kill people.
According to previous records, it takes approximately thirty minutes to complete the run once, so the whole 5km run competition could be finished within four to five hours.
However, though extraordinary participants were seen every year, this year had unusually more.
The first was Song Shuhang and the tanned student completing the race at sprinting speeds (though the tanned student was three steps off from the finish line), then there was the appearance of another extraordinaire, the fatty Yang Shangfa who classified himself as a fellow who was also pushed down the cliff like Song Shuhang.
In the beginning of the competition, he jogged at speeds like he just had a meal, securing his place at the last of the pack.
Approximately three laps after, he could bear it no longer, and his face was pale. Then, from slow jog he changed to scampering, then slow walk, then to turtle shifting.
After shifting for some distance, he even had to hold onto his waist to catch a breath.
With such stamina, its a wonder what his classmates were thinking when they actually applied him for the 5km competition?
Twenty-five minutes later, the rest of the contestants on the track had completed the 5km run. However, Student Yang Shangfa was still running, walking, and stopping. At this point, his total mileage was merely 2.1km. Furthermore, his face was pale, and his lips were turning green. He looked like he may have to be sent to the hospital at any time.
The teacher who was in-charge of being the umpire couldnt bear watching anymore, Hey, student, the competition can end now, it doesnt matter if you cant finish the run. Being able to run up till now shows that you have perseverance!
However, Student Yang Shangfa, replied the teacher this, Teacher, Im a man who finishes what he starts, I will definitely complete the 5km. Even if I have to crawl, Ill crawl till the finish line!
This fellow had a temper that could be like a donkey when he gets stubborn, no one could pull him down.
The eyes of the teacher immediately moistened. Bastard, even if you want to finish what you start, you should consider the situation. There are still nine more rounds of this event, if you continue shifting like this, what time will you finish?
In the end, just how long did Student Yang Shangfa shift till? The answer is an entire hour! Add on to that the previous twenty-five minutes, he had shifted for a whole hour and twenty-five minutes. The other tracks were already executing their fourth round.
The teacher who was in-charge really cried.
After Song Shuhang finished the run, he received the exuberant and messy cheers from his friends.
Shuhang, its truly impossible to tell, since when have you become this adept at running? The first place of the 5km run, weve definitely got it! Someone hammered Shuhangs back with force.
What I want to know is, are cheers from pretty girls really so effective? You and that tanned fellow were totally dashing the whole way.
Beauties are definitely effective, which is why all large scale international competitions have cheerleading squads filled with beauties!
Song Shuhang forced a smile as he received all kinds of playful punches and pats from this friends.
After a long while, Li Yangde pulled him to a side.
Theres news from the medicine shops you asked me to looked around at. Li Yangde said with a smile, he handed over the locations of four medicine shops, These four medicine shops all possess the medicinal ingredients your friend is looking for. Amongst them, the Yuan Long Medicinal Drugs Store holds the most.They have all of the ingredients you need. Its a coincidence that this store had just sold these four medicinal ingredients yesterday. Apparently, the person who bought them had placed an order for even more of these medicinal ingredients, the shopkeeper is in the middle of importing them. If your friend is in a rush for them, then seize this opportunity to place an order, and you may be able to make it in time for when they the goods are imported.
Thank you, Yangde. Song Shuhang received the addresses of the four medicine shops, and his gaze shifted to the address of Yuan Long Medicinal Drug Store. They just sold some yesterday, then ordered a larger quantity.
These four uncommon herbs were rarely used by people and even if they used it, they would only use one or two of these four types.
To order all four and in large quantity meant that there was over a seventy percent chance that it was the Altar Master.
A lead has been found!
Youre welcome, remember that when the sports competition ends, the Ten Fragrances Fish Head! Once Li Yangde thought of that restaurant that served fish heads, his mouth was filled with saliva.
Itll be all on me, I assure you that youll have your fill. Yangde, I need to contact the shopkeeper of this medicine shop immediately. No, I better make a trip to his shop right away. If I dont come back tonight, you guys need not wait for me. Song Shuhang said with a smile.
Its that urgent? Li Yangde smiled and waved, Go early and return early then.
Song Shuhang then waved goodbye to Tubo and the others, kept the paper with the addresses, and quickly left the racetrack. He wasnt even interested about attending the awards ceremony.
Li Yangde scratched his head, For him to rush like this, is it for a close friend?
Soon after Song Shuhang left, Lu Fei and the other ladies walked towards Tubo and the others.
She looked over the guys, and couldnt find Shuhang. Puzzled, she asked, Eh? Wheres Student Shuhang?
That brat Shuhang had to attend to a matter and left first. Does Student Lu Fei need him for something? Tubo moved over and replied with a serious face.
Nothing, I just wanted to congratulate him. Although the overall result hasnt been revealed, I believe that Student Shuhang is the champion of the 5km run. Lu Fei generously smiled.
As she spoke, she constantly waved her white and soft little hands. Its so hot, Grandpa Sun is exceedingly passionate today. This made her reminisce the feeling of freeloading the cool air around Song Shuhang. It was a hundred times more comfortable than air-conditioning!
Therefore, at least during this scorching summer, she had to find a way to stick to Shuhang all the time, and perhaps they can breakup during winter?
That brat Shuhang had some urgent matters to attend to, so he left school. I believe that he would be very happy receiving Student Lu Feis congratulations. Gao Moumou pushed up his spectacles, and said, In addition, Shuhang also said that when the sports competition ends, he would treat everybody to Ten Fragrances Fish Head to celebrate. Student Lu Fei, would you be free to join us?
Li Yangde gave him a thumbs up in his heart: Gao Moumou, what you just did was damn amazing!
Eh? Can I go too? Lu Fei had a face of astonishment, then she said with a refreshed smile, Sure, call me when the time comes, Ill definitely go.
Then it is decided. Gao Moumou pushed his spectacles. Shuhang, big brother can only help you this much.
Shuhang first returned to the dormitory, and carefully retrieved Great Master Tong Xuans black iron flying sword. This sword was incorporeal and invisible to others, and was perfect for sneak attacks. Perhaps it might be of use in this trip.
Next, he brought a bottle of Body Tempering Liquid, and the Secluded Grain Pill which had only been used once.
The Body Tempering Liquid wasnt only used for cultivating. In critical moments, it could also be used to replenish strength. The Secluded Grain Pill was able to provide the nutrition to survive at any time as well.
After packing these things, he picked up something that was as big as a flashlight. This was the stun baton which had been modified by Tubo. Its effectiveness was unknown, but having it would make Shuhang feel more at ease.
Lastly, he carefully picked up the talismans which Seven Lives Talisman Mansion Master had sent as aid. These twenty talismans were like a compass, allowing Shuhang whose heart felt like it was in a rough sea to maintain calmness when he ends up facing the Altar Master.
In this trip, his main objective was to find the tracks of the Altar Master, and confirm the enemys location.
If the enemy was in a bad state, and theres an opportunity to take him down, then he would grab it and eliminate him.
With the talismans from Seven Lives Talisman Mansion Master, even if Shuhang failed, he would at least be able to preserve his life.
If he fails, then he would use the spirit ghost as a reward, and ask the seniors in the group for help. Either way, the Altar Master and his gang must be destroyed!
No matter what, he was at an undefeatable position. Since he cant lose, then he should strive for the most perfect victory!


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Herman Frazier and Lynn Nelson Stott will be inducted into the Arizona Runner's Hall of Fame in November
TEMPE – Former Arizona State track and field standouts Herman Frazier and Lynn Nelson Stott will be inducted into the Arizona Runner's Hall of Fame on Sunday, Nov. 4, at the 3TV Phoenix 10K and Half Marathon.
Frazier and Stott join American legend Jesse Owens and former Paradise Valley Community College head David Barney as the four who will be honored for their significant contributions to the sport of running in the state.
Frazier is a legendary former Arizona State University athlete and administrator. As a student, Frazier was an eight-time All-American in track and field. He was a three time WAC Champion in the 440y/400-meter runs and also a part of six conference champion relays. Frazier was the 1977 400m NCAA Champion and was a part of the 1976 4×400-meter NCAA Championship-winning relay.
In 1976, he performed on the world stage as the leadoff runner on the 4 x 400 USA relay team, which took home the gold medal from the Montreal Olympics – becoming the fifth Sun Devil to win gold in track and field at the Olympic Games.
After graduating, Frazier remained at Arizona State, first as a graduate assistant for track and field, then as assistant director of events and facilities. He finished a 23-year career with the Sun Devils as the senior associate athletics director for business operations.
In 2004, Frazier was selected Chef De Mission for the USA Olympic team that competed in Athens. Frazier is currently deputy athletics director/chief of staff at Syracuse University.
Stott (who was Lynn Nelson during her collegiate years) is an Arizona State University graduate who won the Phoenix 10K that she will be honored at in 2002. Stott is an Olympic athlete who competed in the 1988 Seoul games and was selected as an alternate for the 1996 Atlanta games.
At Arizona State, Stott set school records at 5,000 and 10,000 meters during her time as a Sun Devil and still sits fifth and sixth on the all-time performance lists in those events, respectively. She was the 1984 Western Collegiate Conference champion at 10,000 meters and swept the 1985 conference titles at 3,000 and 5,000 meters and was a 1984 All-American at 5,000 meters.
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The government squarely blames operators for the problem of call drops, accusing them of failing to optimise their networks to keep up with the rapid rise in voice and data traffic. RS Sharma, the chairman of the regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), even accused operators of tuning their networks to cater to the lucrative data segment, which was creating scarcity in the voice segment. The telecom industry has rejected these charges, saying inadequate wireless airwaves, or spectrum, and the challenges in installing telecom towers, which host radio signal transmitters, due to red tape, indiscriminate sealings by civic bodies and concerns about harmful radiation are the real culprits straining their networks.
Matters came to a head last October, when Trai ordered telecom companies to pay consumers Rs 1 for every call dropped on their networks, limited to three a day from January 1, 2016. Telecom industry associations challenged the regulator's directive in the Delhi High Court and the case is being heard.
So who is telling the truth here?
The Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), a group representing tower companies such as Indus Towers, Viom Networks, Bharti Infratel, American Tower Corp, GTL, Reliance Infratel and Tower Vision, in a written response to ET's queries, said the installed number of towers as on March 31, 2014 was 4.21 lakh. Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, a consulting firm, pegged the pan-India base of mobile towers as on March 31, 2015 at 4.39 lakh while AT Kearney, a telecom consultancy, said the current number is roughly 4.5 lakh.
Insufficient Numbers In other words, around 29,000 mobile towers were added across India over the past 22 months, according to these estimates.
This is a grossly inadequate number when weighed against the huge rise in the number of mobile subscribers, according to telecom analysts and industry experts. In the past two years, the number of mobile phone users (on both GSM and CDMA technologies combined) in India rose to a shade over 1 billion from 886.3 million, according to data collated by Trai.
Telecom towers are structures that host base transceiver stations (BTSs), popularly known as base stations or cell sites. It is base stations that send and receive radio signals from a mobile phone.
"We definitely need many more towers, and estimates vary between 1 lakh and 2 lakh," says Mahesh Uppal, director of Com First (India), a consultancy dealing in telecom regulatory affairs.
Hemant Joshi, Partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, attributes the slow growth of telecom towers to "only a few independent tower companies" adding new towers. Only, "8,000-10,000 new towers were added in the last six months", according to him.
The future too looks grim given how telecom subscriber growth is still running on steroids. The number of mobile users in India is projected to grow to 1.3-1.4 billion in the next five years.
One plausible reason for the tepid increase in the number of towers could be that they cost an arm and leg for companies to set up. A typical groundbased tower can cost Rs 40-50 lakh whereas a shorter rooftop variant would cost Rs 20-25 lakh apiece.
Telecom operators found a way to beat this problem. They began to share towers.
Tower sharing became popular as it allowed operators to not only cut costs, but also focus on marketing their services. It also enabled players to speed up network rollouts and launch mobile services faster.
Mobile tower-sharing took off in a big way in India between 2007 and 2012, when the number of towers rose steadily from around 1 lakh to 4.07 lakh.
But things began to taper in recent years. TAIPA Director General TR Dua says the situation has worsened in the last six-to-seven months because of a sharp increase in tower installation costs.
According to Dua, local authorities and resident welfare associations have started treating tower installations as a "pure revenue maximisation tool" by demanding huge deposits and imposing hefty levies under various heads. This, he says, has made the "whole business of adding towers for sprucing up mobile coverage and arresting call drops a daunting task". The government is not convinced. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently said in Parliament that there was a sharp uptick in the number of towers built in the past six months after it revealed plans to fine operators in June 2015.
Operators and tower firms declined to reveal the number of tower additions across India since June. Uppal says the issue "is not merely the number of new towers (added) per se, but whether they came up in places where the call drop problem is most acute".
A Turtle Chase In a recent technical paper analysing the call drop problem, Trai said besides towers, the growth of BTSs had also "not kept pace with the growth in mobile subscriber base", which compounded the problem.
A base station, which resembles an electronics box and mounted on a tower, is what actually enables a call at the local mile. A large number of towers together form a mobile network.
Mohit Rana, partner at AT Kearney, says metros like Delhi (including, Gurgaon and Noida) or Mumbai would "typically require a mobile operator to set up 3,000-6,000 base stations, depending on spectrum available and traffic requirements", to ensure decent coverage while "large tier 2 cities such as Pune, or Hyderabad would need only 1,000-2,000 towers" each.
Some operators appear to have done their bit here. Vodafone India has over 12,500 and 5,000-plus BTSs in Delhi and Mumbai respectively and 2,900 in Kolkata, where the requirement is less. Idea Cellular, India's third largest operator by subscribers, has around 8,200 BTSs in Delhi, of which nearly 5,000 are dedicated to 2G, and the balance for 3G, according to a person aware of the matter.
However, TAIPA's Dua says it is "impossible to quantify" the number of mobile towers or base stations needed to cover a specific number of subscribers because these numbers also depend on network frequency and the quantum of spectrum in a location. For instance, a mobile network running on the 1800 MHz band would require 2.8 times the number of base stations required for a 900 MHz mobile network, which is the more efficient band, to provide a similar coverage experience.
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the lobby representing India's biggest carriers such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm, among others, disputed Trai's claim on BTSs. COAI Director General Rajan Mathews says its members had added 93,000 cell sites across India since January 1, 2015, of which, 23,000 additions happened between June 1, 2015 and January 1, 2016.
But Deloitte's Joshi says if the number of BTSs has increased, it is a result of rising tenancy — the number of mobile operators putting up radio gear on one tower. "Increasing the tenancy of towers is also comparatively less complex that adding new towers," says Joshi.
Mobile towers are technology-agnostic and can cater to all technology platforms, be it 2G, 3G or 4G. Syed Safawi, CEO of Viom Networks, says regardless of network load, BTSs can simultaneously handle voice, or 2G, and data, 3G/4G, traffic, but how an operator programs the usage of spectrum bands for voice or data, and how much is dedicated to each usage can vary.
This could mean there is a grain of truth in the accusation of Trai's Sharma of operators tuning their networks towards data. Data is more profitable for telecom operators. Market leader Bharti Airtel's September quarter earnings reveal that data accounted for more than a fifth of its mobile revenue in India. The company's data ARPU (average revenue per user) for India during the period grew to Rs 193 while the voice ARPU in India fell to Rs 140. Voice and data ARPU are key performance indicators of a company.
AT Kearney's Rana says in the past one year, traffic and network (growth) has been driven by 3G and 4G BTS additions, most of them on existing towers. "Data is crowding out some of the voice capacity."
Trai has urged operators, which are using a portion of their recently won spectrum on new data technologies, to rebalance voice traffic to avoid aggravating the call drop problem.
COAI's Mathews does not contest this. Operators were compelled to look at 3G and 4G technology amid rising data consumption, especially since 40-45 per cent of the phones in the market are smartphones, according to him. He says there will be a sharp increase in new tower installations with India's biggest telecom operators ramping up their 4G networks, especially since "4G requires 30 per cent more towers than 2G to meet both coverage and capacity requirements".
Deloitte's Joshi expects the number of "2G, 3G and 4G base stations to increase by a CAGR of 14 per cent and the number of towers to register a 2 per cent CAGR over the next 5 years".
This growth too would be inadequate given that India is likely to have around 300 million more mobile phones users in the period (9,000 more towers for an additional 300 million users).
There is another crucial question. As those towers will still be heavily skewed towards data, can users hope to have an end to interrupted conversations?


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I believe in a country that existed not too long ago. A country that was not run by Oligarchs and their pet lobbyists. A country that promised that if you work hard, you'll get what you're deserved. THAT AMERICA IS DEAD. With the capital being overrun with these Oligarchs, and their being more lobbyists than congressmen and senators, the countries path to the end of our independence is guaranteed.
I WILL NOT wait until China bails us out of our collapse, we must rise NOW. Men and women of this country, are you going to wait for Islamic extremists to be "Merciffully" shipped here in the name of welcoming poor refugees under a government that doesn't care about your wellbeing but of the wellbeing of their own false political virtue? I will not stand, and will not stand for it for you!
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I believe in a reformation of the Libertarian party. If we were to join their quarters with our agenda, the defense against the Islamic Extremeists, anti-corruption, Real borders, Real trade, we can reform the party, then, the country. Not too long ago, this country had a spirit. An American spirit that shined across the Atlantic to our fathers in Europe to see. That spirit walks with us. We have our ancestors at our backs, we have the will of that great destiny, to invent disruptive technologies that change economies, to protect our children, to destroy our enemies. I don't believe our best days are behind us. I believe, they're ahead.
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Trump is an independent in disguise! The first non-corrupt candidate in decades. They're still trying to bend his arm behind his back.
I disagree that Trump is AN independent, signifying that he has some loyalty to a particular group of thinkers. Instead, I know Trump is a Pragmatic. Not even independents are necessarily pragmatic but that is why Trump is successful. He does not get bogged down in group think. He looks for the shortest, most efficient road to the goal, and takes it.


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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pain begins with transduction at peripheral nerve terminals of specialized sensory neurons called nociceptors. Understanding how these nociceptors respond to pain-producing stimuli is a key step towards understanding the biology of pain. This research concerns ion channels underlying nociception, in particular, the cloned vanilloid receptor TRPV1. Recent studies of the channel have shown a previously unsuspected level of complexity in its function and regulation and have implicated it in detection and integration of both exogenous noxious stimuli such as heat, vanilloids and acids and endogenous proinflammatory signals. The goal of the project is to determine, at the molecular level, how the receptor functions as a versatile noxious detector and integrator in response to various stimuli, using methods of single-channel electrophysiology combined with molecular biology. The first aim will focus on the mechanisms of the polymodal activation of the channel. Experiments are proposed to determine whether the heat sensitivity is required by other stimuli to activate the channel and how the stimuli of different modality interact within the receptor. The work will also develop allosteric models that unify the polymodal gating of the channel. The second objective is to investigate the structural basis of the polymodal activation. The study will examine to what extent the gating machinery for different stimuli are separated and will delineate the molecular domains specific to each stimulus and determine their functional mechanisms. The third aim concerns the desensitization and recovery of the channel. Experiments are proposed to quantify and establish the mechanisms of the depletion of phosphatidylinositol-45-bisphosphate (PIP2) caused by activation of TRPV1, and to elucidate the nature of the desensitized states. The proposed research will improve our knowledge of nociceptive sensory transduction and will benefit clinical advances in pain therapy, in particular, the search for analgesic drugs that have an entirely new mode of action and an unprecedented selectivity for nociceptors.


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Single Hung Windows are very similar to double hung windows, except for one major difference. On double hung windows both sash in the window frame are operable, meaning they move up and down. The sashes on a double hung window also tilt in for easy cleaning.
On single hung windows, the top sash is fixed in place and does not move or tilt in, but the bottom is operable.
If you live in a dusty area, the double hung window is easier to clean. Though if the windows are going to be on the first floor, cleaning a single hung from the outside may not be an issue.


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Imagine you rent vehicles that go on rugged terrain, or are regularly used off road. Sure, you'll want to check out the usual areas like bumpers, doors, tail lights and interiors to make sure they're in as a good condition on return as when they were first checked out.
But what about the vehicle's undercarriage? Taking a vehicle off a paved road and onto rocky or uneven land likely means your vehicles will have a higher chance of incurring damage in places that can't easily be seen.
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Once you have the selfie stick, attach your phone to the stick, and select the reverse camera function. Using the reverse camera makes sure that your camera lens is facing upward towards the undercarriage rather than downwards toward the road.
From here, take a picture of all the areas of the undercarriage that may get damaged, including the muffler, axles, cross bars, and shock absorbers. If it's too dark, don't forget to turn your flash on to get crisp, clear photos.
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While anyone with a smartphone and selfie stick can do this process, the reality is it can be overkill for some some rental and leasing firms. However, for anyone renting Jeeps in adventure tourism areas, or perhaps ATV's for off roading adventures, the selfie stick can be a valuable tool.
Stop for a moment and think through how much money you spend on damage repairs that happen to the undercarriage. If those expenses are a regular part of your damage costs, then it's time to consider giving this process a try.
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When we look up, it widens our horizons. We see what a little speck we are in the
universe, so insignificant, and we all take ourselves so seriously, but in the
sky, there are no boundaries. No differences of caste or religion or race.
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This is a tree which was damaged by a tornado last year.
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Springtime fields of green are accentuated by still-dormant trees
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Waiting again one day for Trin to finish band practice after school, I noticed how beautifully the clouds were reflected in the car parked next to mine. And on another day, I noticed how beautiful the trees were as reflected from the icy roof of my husband's car
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Have you ever wondered what a reggae version of Radiohead's "Let Down" would sound like? Surprisingly, not bad!
Toots & The Maytals – Let Down mp3 (temporary link, posted 8/31)
Stream the entire Radiodread album here.
Have you ever wondered what a reggae version of Radiohead's "Let Down" would sound like? Surprisingly, not bad!
Toots & The Maytals – Let Down mp3 (temporary link, posted 8/31)
Stream the entire Radiodread album here.
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Today Starbucks withdrew their offer for free iced coffee. The offer was ridiculously generous:
"Stop by your neighborhood Starbucks Coffee between noon and 9 pm for a complimentary iced grande beverage. One Grande beverage per person per visit with this email. Please print and present this email to your Starbucks Barista…Expires September 30, 2006. Barista, please use discount code 113."
That's free iced coffee every day for over a month at any location. In San Francisco we have something like 300 Starbucks (OK, I exaggerate – it's only 112), so I could have gotten an unlimited supply of iced coffees for the next month.
According to the article,
In a statement, Starbucks said the offer "has been redistributed beyond the original intent and modified beyond Starbucks' control."
That redistribution included me. The PDF coupon was emailed to just about everybody in my office and I expect that my office wasn't the only one sending this thing around. For the record, I got my free iced coffee yesterday at my local Starbucks in San Francisco.
Definitely a candidate for the next edition of Business 2.0's Dumbest Moments in Business.
I'm loving Flickr's new geotagging service. And apparently a lot of other people love it too. According to Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield, 1.2 million photos were geotagged in the first 24 hours. Click here to see my geotagged photos. Click on the pink dots to see the photos.
Conan O'Brian visits the sets of popular TV shows. My personal favorite: Conan – screenname conebone69 – caught entering a house on another edition of DateLine NBC's "To Catch a Predator".
Part 2 here.
First, click here or click on the photo shown below. This will take you to Zooomr. Then place your mouse over the photo to find the portals. They appear as rectangular outlines overlaid on the photo. It will take a few seconds for the portal to appear as an image within an image. Clicking on the portal will give you a more detailed view. Do this again on the next photo. Eventually you will get to close-up detail on several San Francisco landmarks such as Coit Tower, Palace of Fine Arts, and Alcatraz.
It appears that Zooomr portals does not work with Internet Explorer. It works best with Firefox.
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Dude – do you watch Diggnation?
Zooomr has a cool new feature called portals. Click on the photo below and then hover your mouse over the photo and click on the portal to zoom in on the statue or look to the left.


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Vedder Bridge Replacement Project
Project Update October 26, 2017
Toplift paving of the approaches to the Vedder Bridge is scheduled for Friday, October 27th 8am-5pm.
Please follow construction signage and flagger personnel direction. Consider using alternate routes during this construction.
The week of October 30th will see final curb and sidewalk placement, landscaping, line painting and continued preparation for the delaunch of the old Vedder Bridge scheduled to start Thursday, November 2nd.
To disassemble the bridge, the bridge essentially needs to be taken apart in the reverse order as it was constructed. Rather than support the bridge with a temporary bent in the river, the design-builder's solution to avoid the need for the instream work, is to support the bridge from above, using the same King Post Launching Girder system that was used to launch the new Vedder Bridge back in April.
The schematic below shows the stages of the de-launch process. Prior to the start of the launch process, all components not necessary for the stability of the bridge, such as the concrete deck, railings, and utilities, were removed from the bridge to minimize the weight of the bridge. Given the restricted amount of room available on the south side of the bridge, the bridge is not able to be completely moved onto land in one stage as the end of the King Post Launching Girder will run into the new Sweltzer Creek Road when the bridge in only about halfway de-launched. At this stage, the concrete block counterweights on the end of the King Post Launching Girder will be repositioned onto the south end of the bridge, the King Post Launching Girder will be removed, and the bridge will be moved the remained of the way to be completely over land. In total it will take about five days from the start of the move, to having the bridge fully on land. After the bridge is on land, the steel structure will be disassembled, and sent for recycling.
Final completion of all remaining works on the project is anticipated for November 30th.
Hello-Goodbye Vedder Bridge 2017 Event, August 24, 2017
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2017
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
Location: Vedder Bridge
Chilliwack residents celebrated the new Vedder Bridge and said goodbye to the old bridge at this family-friendly free event with food, live music, history and transportation displays, dignitary speeches and the opportunity to experience the new bridge before it was opened to vehicular traffic.
Project Update, August 8, 2017
Bridge, road and utility construction activities continue into the Fall but the August 24th public event will allow access to the bridge before traffic is directed through the new roundabout and over the bridge. Further details will be provided shortly on the timing of necessary night paving and road works to transition traffic onto the new bridge in the days following this historic event.
Project Update, June 19, 2017
Another significant milestone in the project takes place this week as casting of the concrete bridge deck and multi-use walkways are poured during night time operations.
To yield a top quality product bridge decks cast in the summer need to be cast during the coolest part of the day, which is normally between 12am and 9am. These works will have minimal impact on traffic as it is taking place off-line from Vedder Rd and Vedder Mtn Rd traffic flow.
BC Hydro and Telus crews continue to complete works this month to convert their existing overhead infrastructure to underground across the new bridge.
Concrete curb and sidewalk pours are scheduled in the coming weeks along Vedder Mtn Rd and the new roundabout north of the bridge. A temporary wall is currently being constructed along the west side of Vedder Road to allow traffic flow to continue uninterrupted as roundabout construction is completed.
Project Update, April 13, 2017
Hundreds from the community came out on April 11, 2017 to witness the historic event of the new bridge being launched across the River. The move took more than 7 hours to reach to south pier and has been summarized in the video produced by InMist Media House below. The bridge launch continues through today to the south abutment. Bridge and roundabout construction will continue off-line of traffic into the summer with traffic being transferred to the new bridge in August. Single-lane closures along Vedder Mtn Road will continue into May during curb and sidewalk construction.
Project Update, April 20, 2016
On April 19, 2016, Council accepted the proposal for the Vedder Bridge Replacement Design-Build Project from the lead proponent, Emil Anderson Construction Inc., in the amount of $11,331,052 (plus applicable taxes).
Out of the three proponents that advanced to RFP Stage 2, Emil Anderson Construction Inc. earned the highest technical points and submitted the lowest cost proposal for both Option 1 (Steel Girder) and Option 2 (Steel Arch) bridge designs. Thanks to the lower bridge price, Council was able to select the more visually appealing steel arch option and still remain within budget expectations. The reduction in construction costs also allows for provisional items, such as the Rotary Trail Connection and increased costs for necessary BC Hydro and Telus overhead and underground utility relocations.
Based on the proposal, construction is anticipated to start in September 2016, with substantial completion of the project by October 2017. The document highlighted that the first 10 months of construction will be completed parallel to Vedder Road allowing traffic to continue as usual. In addition, Emil Anderson Construction Inc. provided plans showing how the proposed works can be staged to minimize disruptions to traffic.
Project updates will be posted throughout the upgrade process.
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