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Simple wire shapes are cold-rolled and drawn. For intricate, precision shapes, however, machining or the use of powdered metal is the expected manufacturing method. Such is the common wisdom. The uncommon wisdom is that precision die making techniques and controls, along with the willingness to think differently about how to achieve a given result, can produce intricate parts with exceptional consistency-and that this can be achieved at substantially less cost.
Profiles, Inc. (Palmer, MA) precision draws steel and stainless steel, as well as some non-ferrous metals. The company, now in its 25th year, is best known for its work with medium- and high-carbon steels, including M50 and 52100 bearing grade alloys. It also provides cleaning and finishing of many of the parts it produces.
Some of the world's largest manufacturers of vehicles, medical equipment, recreational goods and MRO products, such as pumps and power generators, outsource parts to Profiles. Sometimes these are small quantities; more often they are million-plus runs. The reasons include cost savings, faster turnarounds than would be possible with machined parts and high quality requirements. Profiles specializes in the manufacture of parts with tight dimensional tolerances and stringent finish requirements.
According to the company's president, Bob Brock, the key is expert carbide die making and engineering teams that are encouraged to think differently. "Our greatest challenge in the marketplace is purchasing agents who cannot get out of the box and think creatively," said Mr. Brock. "For any alternative to be workable, development engineers have to communicate directly with customers' engineers and essentially say, 'Look, there may be a more effective way to get the results you are looking for. Here is something to consider.'"
When consideration is given, results can be dramatic. One example is a component used in advanced microsurgery. This highly intricate, triangular part allows the surgeon to simultaneously cut, remove tissue and suture. It formerly cost the OEM $200 per piece to machine due to 4 hr of wire EDM work. By implementing minor changes to the prints, changes that did not affect metallurgy, dimensions or product performance, Profiles was able to draw the product as a shape, effectively creating a near-new product and rendering unnecessary any additional machining operations. The savings was 99%. The unit now costs $2.00. The surgical instrument company is currently negotiating with Profiles to finish manufactured products, in addition to components.
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One of the nation's most recognizable manufacturers of hand tools approached Profiles with a component similar in shape to an I-beam. "We engineered a prototype, and they added requirements for cutting, hole-punching, heat treatment and zinc plating for corrosion protection. We took several of these outsourced processes and found we could offer advantageous pricing along with vastly simplified logistics," said Mr. Brock.
Profiles was able to provide all of these services in one shop after its move to a new facility in 2000, where a state-of-the-art pickling house was engineered, built and installed by M.E. Baker Co. The system consists of two parallel lines for cleaning and coating. The new 1,700-gal process tanks allowed the company to effectively double its single load capacity. To help facilitate drawing of its highly intricate shapes, Profiles selected an integrated chemical system engineered and supplied by Heatbath Corp.
The new pickling line consists of 28 tanks. The line configuration gives the company unlimited flexibility in choosing a custom coating based on surface preparation, coating and drawing requirements for incoming material. Pretreatment chemistries in the lines consist of alkaline cleaners, scale conditioners and inhibited acids, any combination of which may be used to remove oils, oxides and scale prior to coating.
Oxylate coatings are then used for stainless steel, while nitrite accelerated phosphate coatings enhance the retention of lubricants, which facilitate cold drawings. Finally, a reactive stearate lubricant combined with a specifically chosen draw box lubricant will prevent seizing and galling of the base metal when drawn and will significantly increase die life.
Profiles also incorporated several supplementary steps into its new lines. The use of a conditioner prior to phosphating nucleates a uniform, fine-grained phosphate crystal, which will not scratch dies. Neutralizing steps are also included to provide added corrosion protection to the work and achieve extended bath life of the stearate lube.
Rinse tanks are abundant in the new lines. Using a dunk rinse followed by a fresh water spray between each processing tank virtually eliminates cross contamination, greatly extending bath life, decreasing maintenance downtime, reducing chemical and waste treatment costs and most importantly, improving the overall quality and performance of the coatings.
Profiles has also installed a new semi-automated waste treatment system. The three-stage batch treatment system incorporates pH neutralization, polymer additions and filtration. The system was designed for simplicity of operation and can easily handle the volumes of wastewater generated.
The operation of Profiles' cleaning house, from titration of tanks to temperature controls as well as all other design and manufacturing processes, is well defined within its ISO 9001 parameters. Profiles achieved ISO certification in 1997.
Mr. Brock believes the company's competitive advantage comes from its ability to act quickly and with agility. "Our organization is flat. Our engineering teams are knowledgeable and creative. Our key suppliers function like partners when we need to work together on a customer's problem. These attributes are particularly beneficial when you need to redraw customers' prints and give them a workable alternative for getting the required results.
"Design for manufacturing is a big deal," he continued, "and good design becomes good engineering. Recently, we began supplying a new customer with wire for use in commutators. When we quoted the job, the former supplier's reject rate was 50% based on tolerance. We developed prints drawn to their specifications, and the rejections dropped to zero.
"Sometimes," he continued, "these changes happen in midstream such as when a customer's design-in product changes. We are setup to make tooling modifications within hours. It is that flat organization at work again. We design die geometry to situations. Our claim to fame is approaches that produce parts that are as repeatable on the second pound of material as they are a million pounds after that.
"Cold-drawing and rolling is known, but not well understood," concluded Mr. Brock, "at least not in terms of what is possible today. Powdered metal and rows of machining operations are still what most product people think of first. What is worth knowing is that there are proven, repeatable, cost effective and fast ways to produce intricate shapes-from dental brackets to ventilator plates for power generators. The key is in the die and what people know. Because producing this way, persuading material to flow consistently and with precision, in a certain way and in a specific direction, is an art form. You cannot buy machines to do it. It is all in the design, the die, the lubricant and the finishing chemistry.
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It was about time. My left foot and lower leg had become extremely tight and close to painful during my runs. I know from unhappy experience that's always a situation to avoid.
With a move between continents followed by a move within a province, I'd neglected getting my usual treatments of ART, or Active Release Techniques.
When an ITB injury stopped me from running in late 2003, ART is the therapy that helped fix my problem. Ever since, I've aimed to get a treatment every 4 to 6 weeks to get tight areas loosened up and prevent injuries.
Knock wood, I've been injury-free since then through several Ironman triathlons, marathons and numerous other triathlons, road runs and trail runs. The first ART therapist I saw was in Sydney, Australia. He was amazing, as was his colleague who later took over my regular treatments which I now consider a key part of my training.
After moving from Australia to Canada, I had some trouble finding an ART provider I liked near our new home town. But after my partner Tim went on a triathlon training camp, he came back with a name of a therapist who was in our neighborhood once a week.
I went to see him and he was fantastic. Then we moved again, so it was too far to travel to see this provider and I didn't get any treatment (or other massages) since August. Four months of training (and one marathon race) without treatment is too long for me.
I've been very lucky to simply have a lot of tightness and even some sore spots during running (despite knowing better) without getting injured. Thankfully I finally was able to hook up with a new ART provider yesterday. With so much tightness across my legs, he was only able to work on the front to release the quads and shins during the 20-minute treatment.
But my legs already feel so much better, and I am keen to see him or his colleague who worked on Tim again. The 45-minute drive one way is well worth it.

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text: Two students in Oregon allegedly defrauded Apple out of nearly $900,000, according to a criminal complaint. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption toggle caption Mary Altaffer/AP National 2 Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme April 5, 2019 Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China.


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Every day millions of people go to work. They work to earn a living, to pay their bills, to take care of their loved ones, and to save for the future. In return for the salary that they earn, they provide their employers with the skills, experience, and hard work that it takes to turn a profit in the business world. It's supposed to be a win/win situation, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.
Let's face it. Employees get treated unfairly all the time. Promised promotions don't happen. Job duties increase or change without a corresponding raise in pay. People get fired or laid off without any warning. While this kind of treatment is despicable, it isn't always illegal. You see, Colorado is an at-will employment jurisdiction. Either an employer or an employee can end an employment relationship at any time and for any reason not prohibited by law.
So, while an employer is entirely within their rights to treat an employee arbitrarily, they do so at their own risk. A dissatisfied employee is perfectly free to walk away from a job in order to take advantage of a better opportunity. It's a self-regulating system. A chronically unfair employer will ultimately hurt their bottom line by losing good employees to the competition.
However, sometimes employer unfairness rises to the level of illegality. That's where we come in. Here at Marathon Law, we're experts at using federal and Colorado employment law to protect our clients from illegal employment practices including:
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Colorado law, it is illegal to discriminate in the hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, or ancestry. It also is illegal to retaliate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit.
Under the Family Medical Leave Act covered employers must allow employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave during a defined 12-month period for specified family and medical reasons.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Colorado Wage Act, and the Colorado Minimum Wage Order, employers must pay employees a specific minimum wage, as well as overtime, in a timely and regular manner.
Although Colorado is an at-will employment state, under the above laws, termination for reporting discrimination or participating in an investigation into discrimination is wrongful.
Just as termination is illegal under the above circumstances, so too is retaliating against an employee for reporting discrimination or for participating in an investigation into discrimination.
It is also illegal to harass an employee due to their protected class under the law. In order to be actionable, the conduct must be pervasive enough to create an environment that a reasonable person would consider hostile, intimidating or abusive. Petty incidents and annoyances are usually not considered illegal.
If there is an express or implied employment contract between the employer and employee that specifies the circumstances and procedures that surround termination, and those circumstances do not exist, or those procedures were not followed, the termination is also wrongful.
We understand how important your job is to you and how terrifying it is to face the prospect of losing that job because of someone else's illegal actions. We use our knowledge and experience in employment law to make sure that your employer or former employer is held accountable for what they did to you. Furthermore, we use the law to see that they take every step necessary to make you whole again, including, where applicable:
It should be noted that a Claim of Discrimination must be filed with either the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD) in order to preserve your right to proceed against your employer in court. In addition, the Claim of Discrimination must be filed within very specific time frames – 300 days from the discriminatory act for the EEOC and 180 days from the discriminatory act for the CCRD. A failure to file a Claim of Discrimination within these time frames will result in a loss of the right to pursue a discrimination claim under Title VII or Colorado law.
Employment laws are complex, and employers will try to fight an employment law claim any way they can. That's why you need an expert employment law attorney in your corner, like those at Marathon Law, pushing back against the employer and fighting for your rights and your future. Get the results that you need and deserve. Contact us for a free, confidential consultation at 303-963-9331, or via our website contact page.


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Snoop Dogg – M.A.C.A. Mp3 Download – Snoop Dogg has announced new album 'Make America Crip Again' with a stream of its Trump-bashing title track.
The iconic rapper's 16th studio album is set for release on October 27, making it his second full-length this year, after July's 'Neva Left'.
'Make America Crip Again' looks set to continue Snoop's ongoing feud with US President Donald Trump, which flared up following a recent music video from Snoop Dogg which portrayed a Trump lookalike getting shot. It was claimed by some that the video could inspire an assassination attempt. The President has responded via Twitter, saying that Snoop wouldn't have got away with it if the video was aimed at former President Obama.
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A Blanket of Bitter Frost
But a mysterious ailment is slowly robbing him of the ability to express himself, every day bringing him closer to being locked away in his own head.
With his lovers Diana Glendower and Peter Oberon by his side, it becomes a race against the clock to find out what is turning a brilliant man into a gibbering idiot. When modern medicine fails to provide any answers, one avenue remains. Magic.
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RHA attends a plethora of conferences every year! A number of these conferences are listed below. For more information visit each link. Every meeting RHA will talk about any upcoming conferences. If you have questions about any conference that you may wish to attend please talk to your RHA Conference Committee Lead at the next RHA meeting.
Otherwise known as the Intermountain Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls, IACURH is the Regional Conference of Residence Halls around the Rocky Mountain area serving Alberta, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Utah and Wyoming. The IACURH conference occurs in the fall semester of every school year. Visit IACURH's website at
NACURH stands for the National Association of College and University Residence Halls, and as opposed to serving just a region oversees all of the different residence hall associations in the nation. The NACURH conference occurs in the spring semester of every school year. Visit NACURH's website at


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installment sale(redirected from installment buying and selling)
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Installment sale
The sale of an asset in exchange for a specified series of payments (the installments).
Installment Sale
A sale in which the buyer makes a series of payments instead of a lump sum in order to compensate the seller. The payments in an installment sale often, but do not always, include interest to pay the seller for accepting the credit risk that the buyer will not make payments in a timely manner. An installment sale can have tax advantages for the seller. See also: Credit sale.
installment sale
A sale in which the buyer is scheduled to make a series of payments over a period of time. An installment sale can offer certain tax advantages; however, the seller may have a lengthy wait before receiving the entire proceeds. Virtually any asset, including securities, may be disposed of through an installment sale.
installment sale
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Sunday, September 8, 2013
Seattle Author Event Book Haul
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Nice haul! :D There are some awesome books in that stack! :DReplyDelete
- Alexandra LindéSeptember 8, 2013 at 3:14 AM
Great haul:)ReplyDelete
If you haven't signed up yet for my contest at: http://www.lexielaser.org/2013/08/exciting-news.html where the prize is Enchanted Fairytales by the amazing Indie-Author Cindy C Bennett and there'll be two lucky winners :)
- Jessica MangicaroSeptember 8, 2013 at 5:54 AM
Daaaaaang girl! Look at all those books! Hahaha! I don't blame you one bit, since I couldn't help myself at my signings either! The pictures look great- I'm glad you guys got to meet and had so much fun together! I agree- waiting in line would've been miserable without Tonya with me, so I'm glad you and Wendy met up! Thank you, thank you for Faking It!!! :D I sent both of your books out yesterday, so they should arrive late next week! Good luck reading The Perfect Game, lol. That's all I'll say about that! And I saw the idea of people bringing bags and notebooks to sign and that is such a SMART idea! I definitely need to start doing that!ReplyDelete
- TonyaleeSeptember 8, 2013 at 6:25 AM
YAY! I am go glad you were able to meet up with Wendy and y'all had a great time! It is defiantly a lot more fun with someone is with you. Although I dragged my neighbor to the RWA signing, we split up so I was on my own. And having Jess with me at the festival was SO MUCH FUNReplyDelete
And DAMN. You got a LOT of books and awesome swag! (I was LOLing that you got the same signed bookmarks I sent you)
You look great in ALL your pictures! I know that feeling though were you are all icky and feel like it shows in the pics bhahaha
I thought of the bad idea a little late in the game but I am defiantly doing that next time. Smart girl :)
- TonyaleeSeptember 8, 2013 at 6:25 AM
I am TERRIBLE. I haven't even unpacked my books yet and you already sent yours out. bahahaReplyDelete
- DanielleSeptember 8, 2013 at 6:30 AM
Yay! Love that you had so much fun but super jealous that you and wendy got to meet, I want to hug you both so bad *sniff* I love your haul and OMG I adore your book bag!!! That is so awsome, I love it!ReplyDelete
Yay I had so much fun!! You're right, waiting in line for so long would've been so boring if I didn't have you there to chat with!! I had so much fun, so glad we got to meet!! We'll definitely have to get coffee when I'm back up here! Also, love the B&N book bag! Yeah, couldn't believe how hot it was in there...ReplyDelete
Oh cute bookbag, it has immediately made me think I need one. Why, I don't even know as I mostly read kindle books but I now feel my life is incomplete LOLReplyDelete
Delighted yourself and Wendy had a great day and the line up looked fab.
How awesome Chelsea and I love the book bag!ReplyDelete
Thanks! It was a lot of fun.ReplyDelete
I know, I went a little crazy :-) I NEEDED them all! It was so fun meeting Wendy and we had a blast. I can't wait until we can all meetup at BEA! You are so welcome! Thank you again for getting me some books. I so appreicate it!!ReplyDelete
I don't know what I would have done if I had been by myself. I would have felt lonely and bored standing in line. So glad Wendy was in town. LOL, they just signed it and I took it :-) I went a little crazy on the books but I NEEDED all of them. HaHa, thanks for saying that.ReplyDelete
Thanks! I know, I can't wait for us all to meet in person soon. I was so excited when I found it at B&N. I wasn't even looking for one but when I saw it, I knew I had to have it.ReplyDelete
It was truly a blast. I am so glad we got to meet and go together. There is another signing on 10/24 in Vancouver. So sad you won't be up here. I may try to go and drag my hubby along with me :-) He can carry my book bag. Definitely text me next time you are in town and we will meet for coffee again!ReplyDelete
Thanks! I adore this bag and will need to think of many ways to use it :-)ReplyDelete
Thanks! You do need one :-) As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it.ReplyDelete
Oh there is? Cool! Who's going to be there?ReplyDelete
The ones I know so far are Cassie Leo, Raine Miller, Jay Crownover but I haven't seen the whole list. I think I am going to go so I'll let all you GWB girls know who'll be there in case y'all want something. :-)ReplyDelete
Thank you for your comment, you have truly made my day! I love reading and discussing other's thoughts and ideas. Leave a link to your blog and I would love to stop by!


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"Entranced the audience..." -- Marian Hubler, Bread & Roses Presents producer
"These guys have mad chops" -- Phil Toole, host of The Unbound Sound Show, FCCFree Radio
"Fabulous...ethereal...wonderful sounds" -- David Stafford, host of Friday Folk-Off, KKUP
"If you like your traditional mixed with contemporary, and you appreciate wildly good technique…sit back, relax and enjoy" ---Roz Kutler, Producer, Redwood City Library Music Series
Hardly Strictly Jazz is an instrumental acoustic duo of fingerstyle guitar and violin, performing original compositions and stylized arrangements of standards, Traditional and pop tunes. An eclectic repertoire spans Burt Bacharach to Rickie Lee Jones, Herb Alpert to Joni Mitchell -- all infused with folk/blues/celtic/jazz guitar fingerpicking and violin improvisations.
Tracks in italics on site player list.
Appearing solo every Friday night at Wine Gallery, San Carlos. More shows.
Studio track and video.
Live-on-air spot at KKUP.
"While performing with vocal groups over the years (Jon Rubin Group, Bright Side Band, Hardly Strictly Trad.), there would always be one or two instrumental numbers in each set played as duets between guitar and violin. These provided some of the best moments for audience and players alike. The HSJ sub-project gives my bowed-string collaborator and me the freedom to explore this '10-string' guitar/violin sound with less emphasis on Traditional, more on improvisation and groove..." -- JR
Jon Rubin began leading guitar/violin duos in 2009, developing an original sound combining folk/blues, celtic, and jazz influences. He has 'honed the tone' in hundreds of performances from the Central Coast to San Francisco, working with an all-star roster of violinists including recent collaborators...
David Boyden has studied with noted violinists Kate Stenberg of the Del Sol String Quartet and Zak Grafilo and Fred Lifsitz of the Alexander String Quartet. He attended San Francisco School of the Arts, the Walden School's Young Musicians Program in New Hampshire, Mark O'Connor's fiddle camp in New York City, and San Francisco State University as a Theodore Presser Music Award Scholar. In addition to performing with Hardly Strictly Jazz, David plays with The Pine Needles, 29th St. Swingtet, and Kaptain Bottletop.
Adrianna Ciccone is a young Canadian fiddler with a "distinctive stamp and swing that is both rooted and infectious". She crosses back and forth across the continent with ease, showcasing Cape Breton reels, crooked French-Canadian brandys, the rollicking rhythms of Ottawa Valley stepdancing tunes, way down to Southern Appalachian stringband tunes; even incorporating Irish and Métis influences. Her debut album, The Back of Winter, produced by Bruce Molsky, won Instrumental Artist of the Year at the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards.
Cal Keaoola is a native of Hawaii, a violinist well versed in all styles from gypsy to blues to latin. He is featured on three Grammy Award-winning albums of Hawaiian music in the early 2000's; and has played with legendary rock band It's a Beautiful Day and iconic Celtic fiddler Alasdair Fraser. As former faculty and Artist-in-Residence of the esteemed N.C. School of the Arts and Salem College in Winston-Salem, Cal continues to teach & coach students in classical/jazz violin in the Bay Area. Cal and Jon have been playing together since 2009.


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A large but not exhaustive list of the key components, tools and services that have gone into the construction of GOV.UK. The tools we use will change and evolve over time so this list represents the state of things on October 17th 2012 when GOV.UK takes over from Directgov and Businesslink. We prepared similar lists for the alpha of GOV.UK and for the beta and hope to produce similar documents at key stages of the site's evolution.
- HTML/CSS/JS – using HTML5 where appropriate, with a heavy focus on accessibility, and validating where we can
- We use jquery as our primary javascript library
- Video playback with the Nomensa Accessible Media Player
- Backend admin systems make use of Twitter Bootstrap
- We use SCSS, as seen in our frontend toolkit
- We've worked with A2-Type for font production.
The core of the servers:
- We're making use of Infrastructure As A Service from Skyscape
- We use Akamai as our Content Delivery Network
- Our servers are running Ubuntu GNU/Linux 10.04, we're hoping to upgrade to 12.04 soon.
- Servers are managed with Puppet, using PuppetDB
- Web serving is handled by nginx, proxying to unicorn for our ruby applications. We're also using gunicorn to run some supporting services. One of the team wrote Unicorn Herder to make Unicorn play nicely with upstart.
- We load balance internally with haproxy and cache requests using Varnish
- nginx deserves an extra mention as it's letting us do all our redirection
- we're using perl to manage and test our redirections
- there's some php to add useful links to the "gone" pages where DirectGov and Businesslink content has been retired
- node.js was used to build a side-by-side browser for reviewing the redirections
- The majority of our applications are written in ruby, based on either Ruby on Rails or Sinatra.
- A few components are written in Scala and built on top of Play 2.0
- We're running Mapit from MySociety which is built on top of Django
Databases and other storage:
- We use MongoDB for most systems, with a few apps also making use of MySQL. PostgreSQL is used by Mapit and Puppet.
- Most search on the site is powered by Elasticsearch, though solr is currently the backend for the need-o-tron.
- A few event-driven systems use RabbitMQ
Monitoring, managing and alerting:
- We gather metrics from our apps with statsd
- We collect logs with logstash
- We monitor systems with ganglia
- Graphite helps us make many, many graphs to understand what's going on
- Nagios tells us if we need to act on any of that data
Supporting Tools:
- All our code is tested by Jenkins, which we also use to deploy it to servers
- We track usage of the site with Google Analytics, using their API heavily to build dashboards
- We occasionally use New Relic RPM for performance reviews
- DNS is hosted by ja.net / Dyn
- Email (internal alerts) sending via Amazon SES
- Font handling and preparation with FontForge and FontTools
- We keep on track and in touch using Google Apps, Pivotal Tracker and Campfire
- Github helps us manage and discuss our code
- Zendesk keeps the feedback flowing
- We use jekyll & heroku for some of our prototyping
- We've built all sorts of internal dashboards. They're very much our playground and you can find them written in a mixture of Ruby, Clojure, Node.JS, and PHP


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A Halloween themed cupcake is a great addition to your theme wedding. Cupcakes can serve as decorations, favors and what's best, if you have a good hand at baking, you can make your own wedding cupcakes. Several models and designs can be easily combined to create your own take of a scary sweet buffet at your event.
Here are some design ideas to get you inspired..
A simple cupcake can transform into a sweet piece of art with the help of cupcake toppers and wrappers. A beautiful haunted house topper, a bony candy arm or any other design can bring the theme to life.
And the colors?
You can play with green, gray, orange, black and even purple to create your own vision.
Decide if you want the same design on every cupcake or maybe mix different motifs. If you decide to use a cupcake tower instead of the traditional tiered wedding cake, make a mini cake to go with them.
This mini cake will serve for the classic wedding picture moment as you and your hubby go for the precious wedding cake cutting.
Make it fun and make the mini cake a Halloween one. Ask your baker to make a spider shaped cake, or a haunted house design one.
Some couples dare to play with a more ghostly theme, adding witches hats, black cats and or friendly ghosts to the cake.
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'My account'
This is where you – as a Two Rivers Housing resident – can access details about your tenancy and your home, at any time of the day or night.
It is a secure area so you will need to use a username and password to open it, but then no-one – other than Two Rivers staff – will be able to see it.
Go to 'My account' now.
Our 'My account' expert Otis has put together a show (below) to explain the benefits of logging on, including:
- reporting a repair and booking an appointment.
- checking your account and paying your rent.
- seeing when we will review your home for improvements.
- finding out the date of your next safety check.
- updating your contact details.
- seeing your main Two Rivers Housing contacts.
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I am offering 15% OFF EVERYTHING in my ETSY shop, OWDJewelry.Etsy.com! Enter: BFCM10 at check out!


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Biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch (BPD/DS), also called the "duodenal switch" or the "switch" for short, is a surgical weight loss procedure utilizing both restrictive and malabsorptive methods to achieve long-term weight loss. BPD/DS surgery is usually restricted to super morbidly obese individuals who might also have some of the following problems:
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hypercholestrolemia
Biliopancreatic Diversion with a Duodenal Switch (BPD/DS) Procedure
The surgery is usually performed laparoscopically. The BPD/DS procedure first involves the removal of approximately 1/2 to 2/3 of the stomach. The stomach is left as a small tube (the restrictive part of the surgery), and the area more responsible for the release of ghrelin ("hunger hormone") is removed. The pyloric valve, which controls the release of food from the stomach into the small intestine, is kept intact. This intact and functional valve is very important to help prevent the "dumping" syndrome. This is a set of symptoms (abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea) quite common with other bypass surgeries particularly associated with ingestion of too many simple sugars.
The small intestine is divided into two parallel channels. The duodenum (the initial part of the small intestine, just after the pyloric valve leaving the stomach) is first joined to the end of the small bowel, about 20 inches from the large intestine, or colon. In the second part of the small bowel surgery, the rest of the small bowel attached to the gall bladder and pancreas is then joined to the first part about 6 inches above the entrance to the large bowel, forming a "common channel". In this way, the enzymes from the gall bladder and pancreas responsible for the digestion of food are exposed to the food for a much shorter distance, resulting in less nutrients being absorbed by the gut. This is the malabsorptive part of the procedure
Because this surgery is associated with the most malabsorption of weight loss surgeries, there is some controversy associated with it because of the high risk of associated malnutrition. These patients, while showing excellent long-term weight loss, will need life-long monitoring of their nutritional status.
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text: Observations 6 January 2011 Inside the mind of a man Science tells us that men's brains are different from women's – but that doesn't mean we should not By Simon Baron Cohen In the heady, revolutionary days of student sit-ins in Paris in the 1960s and 1970s, the message about gender was that all differences were socially constructed. The idea was that, with re-education and social change, these differences would melt away, opening the way for equality between the sexes. "Sociobiologists" were the enemy because they claimed that gender had something to do with genes and evolution. The battle lines between nature and nurture were drawn, with those on the political left firmly allied with nurture and those arguing for nature typecast as being on the extreme right. One might hope that - 40 years on - such black-and-white thinking would have been replaced by a more nuanced understanding. There has been progress. Today's students of gender do not feel that their former champions (such as Germaine Greer, who wrote in 1991 about "centuries of conditioning of the female") have a monopoly on the truth, and they show a new willingness to learn what scientists have to share. Those scientists who acknowledge the partial role of biology in the creation of gender differences are not banished: it is no longer about nature v nurture. My own research into gender differences stems from my interest in the neurodevelopmental condition of autism. "Neurodevelopmental" is a fancy word that means every person's brain - from foetal life, through childhood and adolescence - develops differently. In the case of autism, this is partly for genetic reasons, as autism runs in families and has been associated with over 200 different genetic variations. Many more boys than girls develop autism (or the related condition of Asperger's syndrome), so I wanted to understand why the biology of maleness predisposes a child's brain to end up in the condition's extreme state. What we know is that girls, on average, make more eye contact than boys from at least 12 months of age and that, on average, language develops faster in girls than in boys, measured at 18 and 24 months of age. The question is: "Why?" Given that reduced eye contact and delayed language are two of the signs of classic autism in preschoolers, it seems necessary to consider whether autism is an extreme form of the typical male pattern of development. New genes When scientists conduct studies on the nature of the male and the female brain, they put people into two groups, based on their sex. I prefer the word "sex" to the word "gender" because your sex refers to your chromosomal status: whether you have one or two X chromosomes. This starting point, at the moment the egg is fertilised, sets in motion a cascade of consequences for the physical development of males and females because, in place of their second X chromosome, males alone have a Y chromosome. Situated on the Y chromosome is a critical gene called SRY (shorthand for the "sex-determining region Y") that tells the embryo to either grow a pair of testes (and thus become male) or not (and thus remain female). Once the testes start to function, they pump out the hormone testosterone. There is a surge in the production of this hormone by the foetus from the 12th to the 20th week of pregnancy. The baby's testes are not the only source of testosterone: it is also made from the adrenal glands, which explains why females also have some testosterone but males produce at least twice as much. Animal experiments have shown that how much testosterone a foetus produces influences the "masculinisation" of the brain and (post-natal) behaviour. This is also true of human beings. We measured hormone levels in the amniotic fluid (the liquid in the womb) during pregnancy and found that the higher the baby's testosterone is pre-natally, the less eye contact the child makes at 12 months of age and the smaller the child's vocabulary is at 18 and 24 months. The puzzle of why, on average, girls talk earlier than boys and spend more time looking at people's faces is solved by this unique experiment. As a psychologist, however, I acknowledge that the influence of testosterone is only part of the explanation, as the more a child looks at faces or talks, the more such behaviour will be reinforced by the reactions of others - nature and nurture interacting.Hormones are not the only biological factors that contribute to observed sex differences in the brain and behaviour, because these are under genetic influence, too, and there are many genes that are "sex-linked". Finding hormonal or genetic effects also says nothing about where in the brain these effects take place. We know that the male brain is on average 8 per cent bigger than the female brain, even at as early as two weeks of age. But probably more important is that girls' brains tend to develop faster than boys'. We know from studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that girls peak about four years earlier than boys in terms of when they reach their maximum total brain volume and about two years earlier in terms of when they reach their maximum amount of "grey matter" in the brain. This important discovery tells us that, on average, girls mature at very different rates from boys. Using MRI, you can find sex differences in other regions of the brain, too - a notable one being the amygdala (the "emotion centre"), in both size and activity. In addition, one of the language areas (the planum temporale) is, on average, larger in the female brain. Such findings say nothing about whether the differences come from biology or learning but, from everything we now know, it is a safe bet to say that they come from both. Law of averages Throughout this article I have used the phrase "on average", because sex differences cannot be extrapolated to individuals but emerge only when statistical averages of two groups (males and females) are compared. This small caveat is hugely important if stereotyping generalisations are to be avoided, as individuals may be typical or atypical of their sex. It is equally important not to confuse science with politics. The science of sex differences was once feared, as if even asking the questions was part of a conspiracy to repress women and perpetuate inequalities. Like most conspiracy theories, this one is mythical. The scientists I have met who conduct these experiments are of every political hue. Speaking for myself, I strongly oppose any form of discrimination or inequality, whether based on sex, ethnicity, social class or disability. Knowing a person's sex tells you nothing about his or her abilities, aptitudes or interests and making any assumption about that person on the basis of their sex would be sexist, scientifically inaccurate and morally wrong. But science helps us to uncover the mysteries of nature, including the nature of sex differences. Handled sensitively, it can teach us a lot about why we turn out the way we do. Simon Baron-Cohen is professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. His book "Zero Degrees of Empathy" will be published in April by Allen Lane (£20) He said, she said Men are from Mars, women are from Venus - and bad at maths, according to the former president of Harvard Lawrence Summers. When asked at a conference in 2005 why more women were not engaged in high-level research in mathematics, science and engineering, Summers argued that it could be down to "issues of intrinsic aptitude". Such a statement reveals the curious evolution of thought on gender and biology through the 20th century. When psychologists such as John Money first separated the notion of biological sex from that of gender in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, a consensus quickly emerged that gender was a social construct. Differences in the abilities of men and women were the product of social pressures and expectations, rather than innate, biological differences. In recent years, however, gender has been pulled back again from the social to the scientific. Biological determinists contend that, far from being a cultural construct, the distinctions between the minds of men and women are innate. This discourse, however, does not go unchallenged. Writers such as Cordelia Fine in her book Delusions of Gender contend that the evidence put forward is flawed. As for Summers, his comments led to a vote of no confidence and he eventually resigned. Perhaps men aren't as clever as they think. Duncan Robinson Subscribe £1 per month This article appears in the 03 January 2011 issue of the New Statesman, The siege of Gaza


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That random summer placement procedure had once decided that I was going to do my summer internship in Dubai.
And some six months later, I was actually in a desert near Dubai, reclining back on a muslin cushion, watching live performance of a Belly Dancer, who was shaking her hips on wavy arabian tunes, while my friends were busy filling their memory cards with the images and videos.
I came back to my senses, and took out my faithful SONY H55.
It made a whirring sound as the lens opened its eyes. I could not take off my eyes from the belly dance, hence shot the video without even looking at the screen!
Here's the youtube link to a 3 minute long recording. Pardon the occasional camera swings!
Okay, now that you have watched the climax of the desert safari, let's begin from where it all began. Dubai's weekends start from friday itself (that's the norm in most islamic countries). We didn't want to waste our first weekend, and hence decided to kick start the fun with a full fledged desert safari in the Hatta Oman desert near Dubai.
The dune bashing:
Banned in Australia, and ultra-addictive in the Middle east; that's dune bashing for you. Having had the experience of drifting cars in nfs games (if it even counted as an experience), we started our desert safari with a Land Cruiser, literally drifting on the elusive edges of mighty dunes. Every time the cruiser took a sharp turn, we would be flung to our sides, and fine sand would dance noisily in front of the windows.
The driver was an arabian guy who had warned us that in case we puked, we would be fined 500 dirhams (In Indian currency, that's around Rs. 7000!!!). The arabian music blaring loudly in the SUV didn't help either!
We didn't puke. One doesn't puke when ecstatic.
The Sand Surfing:
Now this was something I had never done in my life. Surfing on slippery sands is something one needs to experience to appreciate. It looks adventurous, but when you do it, it's sheer fun!
All you need to do is to balance yourself on a rickety surfing-board which is slipping uncontrollably on fine sands. And yes, you may fall on your face if you don't balance yourself good. Easy, ain't it?
The quintessential camel ride:
Now this one was a disappointment. Three camels tied to one another, walking slowly for less than 5 minutes, and voila, your camel ride has ended.
We were left begging for more!
The calm evening on a calm dry desert:
Tired of everything, we spent the next half an hour just sitting on the fine sands, doing nothing. It feels strange when you do nothing. Arbit ideas come in your mind.
"What am I doing in this random desert near a random city in a random country!" I got reminded of India. This place is not very different. Same people, just different clothes and slightly accented voices. :D
Anyways, I captured some more pics.
The Belly Dance!!!
While we were lazing around in the sands, this loud arabian music started coming from near the stage. Somebody said, "It has begun!!!"
We came down the dune and entered the 'Majlis'. A large Square Kaleen was lying around which muslin cushions were kept. Some of us sat while the others checked things around. The loud arabian music faded to light beats.
The belly dancer came.
The next hour saw us watching the dance totally mesmerized, while she swung her hips and belly along the serpentine tunes of that arabian song; as if she was riding on waves.
"Waves of Sand. Sands of Time."
Here are some pics of the performance. They are not NSFW, but parental advisory might be needed. ;)
All in all, this desert Safari was an amazing experience. I knew that Dubai would be fun. But the sands would be this interesting – I had no friggin' idea!
Alok K.
April 7th, 2012
P.S. While waiting for the Land cruiser to take us back, we played with shadows. Can you see what we did with Dubai?


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The failed fake bangs have only seemed to stoke my urge to get a proper wig part.
But I have also been afraid of having to deal with more trouble of having to return something that didn't work again. I guess you really can't properly see the colour of a wig part on a computer screen: You need to see it close to your own hair in a variation of light conditions.
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The colour ring. I like how the artificial fibers feel close to my own hairs texture. Very different from the fine and fragile-feeling human hair bangs I tried.
Colour #08: Copper brown.
Too dark, too red.
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Colour #12: Golden brown. Also a pretty good fit!
Colour #16: Light copper blonde. Hmm. Indoors I thought this looked pretty close, but I guess the light tricked me?
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Stan Z. Li received his B.Eng from Hunan University, China, M.Eng from National University of Defense Technology, China, and PhD degree from Surrey University, UK. He is currently a professor at the National Laboratory of Pattern Recognition and the director of the Center for Biometrics and Security Research (CBSR), Institute of Automation (CASIA) and the director of the Center for Visual Internet of Things Research (VIOT), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in2009. His research interest includes pattern recognition and machine learning, image and vision processing, face recognition and video analytics. He has published over 300 papers in international journals and conferences and authored and edited 8 books including "Markov Random Field Models in Image Analysis" (Springer, 1st edition 1995, 2nd edition 2001, 3rd edition 2009) and "Handbook of Face Recognition" (Springer, 1st edition 2005, 2nd edition 2011).
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If you're bored with spending your holidays lazing by the pool or basking on the beach, an African safari can offer a real taste of adventure leaving you feeling refreshed and revitalised.
But being a more exotic location means that you need to prepare in advance to make sure you meet the health requirements, as well as taking care of yourself after you arrive.
Here are a few essential health care tips which will ensure that you enjoy your African adventure holiday.
If you check the regulations you might find that you don't need to have any vaccinations in order to be able to travel.
However, there is a big difference between what is legally required and what is recommended, and in order to avoid falling ill, it's a very good idea to have some vaccinations before you travel.
You should obtain advice about what's best for the area to which you are travelling, but as a general rule getting vaccinated against yellow fever, hepatitis A and B, polio (booster) and typhoid is a must. You might also want to consider getting protection against rabies.
There is no vaccination against malaria so if you are travelling to a high risk area, you will need to take a course of preventative medication before you arrive.
There are lots of different medications available so speak to either your GP or the pharmacist to find out which type you will need.
The NHS website, Fit for Travel, has a lot of excellent information about whether anti-malarial treatment will be required.
Even if you do take anti-malarial treatment, it will not absolutely guarantee you immunity; it reduces your chance by around 90%. You should therefore still take steps after you arrive to avoid getting bitten by mosquitos, such as sleeping under an insecticide-treated net and covering up with loose clothing.
Avoid the mosquito and its bite at all costs
Necessary supplies
You won't want to pack too much for an African adventure holiday but if you are going to be staying in remote areas, with no access to shops such as chemists, then you need to take some essentials with you.
A basic first aid kit is a good idea; plasters, gauze roll, adhesive tape, anti-histamines, diarrhoea treatment, oral rehydration treatments and painkillers can all be helpful to have on you.
If you don't have to use the rehydration treatments, give them to a local before you leave. Dehydration often kills young children in Africa and a simple rehydration treatment could save a life.
After you arrive
Even if you are fully prepared, you will still need to take precautions after you arrive.
Never under-estimate the heat of the African sun; even if you already have a healthy tan, slap on the sunscreen from the minute you are due to step outside. At dawn, the air may seem cool and the weather overcast and cloudy but within a few hours; it will be scorching hot and sunny. Don't risk getting caught out.
Being out in the bush means that you will come into contact with plenty of flies; they are part of the natural environment and can't be avoided. These insects could well include biting horseflies. Therefore take plenty of insect repellent and smother yourself in it morning and night to avoid feeling like a human pin-cushion.
Swimming in fresh water
Whilst on safari it can be very tempting to enjoy a refreshing swim in the crystal clear fresh waters that you will find on your travels.
Although you might be told that the waters on safe, it's not recommended that you swim in any fresh water in Africa, or even wade in. This is because of the presence of the parasite which causes bilharzia (schistosomiasis).
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This nasty parasite burrows into the skin of swimmers and if it isn't treated properly can cause long term and permanent damage. Different treatments are effective during different parts of the parasite's life cycle, so even though you may see medication for sale whilst in Africa, it won't usually work.
Nearly all of the fresh waters in Africa are contaminated by this parasite so the risk is extremely high. Don't swim, paddle or wash with water collected from a lake unless it has been treated.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merger talks between United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc have slowed and a deal is not expected in time for review by the Bush administration, sources said late on Tuesday.
The sources told Reuters the talks have not ended, but that United, which is owned by UAL Corp, is continuing its alliance talks with Continental Airlines Inc.
Both United and US Airways declined to comment.
In a report on its web site, the New York Times cited unnamed people with knowledge of the discussions, saying the talks might be revived at some point but that in recent days there had been little to no contact between the companies.
Citing one person involved in the talks, the newspaper said that internal teams of senior executives at both companies and external bankers and lawyers involved in the project, had put it on "permanent hold."
Even as its talks with US Airways were continuing, United had begun talks with Continental for a possible alliance, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters earlier this month.
Continental, which called off merger talks with United in late April, is also in advanced alliance talks with American Airlines AMR Corp and British Airways Plc, sources have previously told Reuters.
The wave of talks come after Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp said in April they planned to merge and become the world's largest airline, seeking to counter skyrocketing fuel prices, a weak economy and growing competition from European carriers as trade barriers fall on trans-Atlantic travel.
After racking up $35 billion in losses and finally emerging from a 5-year slump in 2006, U.S. airlines are hoping mergers could give them greater market power to reduce flights and raise fares.
The airlines also face a renewed sense of urgency to cut costs as jet fuel prices have more than doubled since the start of last year.
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i am the diva CZT Challenge Blog Weekly Challenge #115
Monday was Earth Day. Laura's son Chewie has renamed the Earth Amanda. So this tile is for Chewie. I gave Amanda a bright sunny crown rising above her green skirts, with a beautiful blue sky above.
You've got until Saturday to participate in this challenge and don't forget to Recycle, Re-Use, and Re-Purpose.
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In light of Twitter controversy, LeBron James says he will join Snapchat
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One day after unfollowing the Cavaliers on Twitter and facing a question about the decision after a big victory over the Nuggets, LeBron James has vowed to join Snapchat.
"Think I just may join the Snap this week," James wrote in a tweet. "Another way for my fans to ride with me throughout my journey."
The app, which allows you to post 12-second videos and photos, has become popular among NBA players. Heat center Hassan Whiteside actually influenced DJ Khaled, who runs the world's largest account.
Late on Monday, James refused to comment on his decision to stop following his own team.
After James's postgame comments, he unfollowed several more accounts, including all members of the Cleveland media and a few national reporters. Cleveland.com released a story. An anonymous source then told Cleveland.com that James had gone on his unfollowing spree as part of his playoff preparation, which started early.
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Last night on Idol we got a glimpse of the boy's talent including a surprise twist when Jermaine Jones took the 13th spot. I was also cooking up some delicious Mushroom & Mozzarella Crostinis for Lyndsey Parker's Reality Rocks blog.
Two things I need to preface about tonight's recipe.
1 – I didn't have the SLR so I had to rely on my trusty Canon PowerShot and the pics turned out a bit shoddy compared to usual (I'm getting spoiled with my mom's camera…I need to get one ASAP).
2 – Complete fail at the grocery store when I forgot to get eggs. If you're dealing with puff pastry you NEED to use egg wash. It helps give your dish that beautiful golden color, and helps seal up any edges when you're overlapping the pastry.
Moving on…
Give this recipe a try, it's easy and fun to eat. Check out my feature on Reality Rocks HERE!
Yields 24 puffs
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite size pieces (the smaller the better)
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, minced
- 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed
- 1 package fresh mozzarella
- 1 egg
- 1 cup tightly packed basil
- 1 tbsp pine nuts
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/2 cup parmesan, shredded
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Preheat oven to 400.
To make the chicken heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Season the chicken liberally with salt and pepper and saute until almost cooked through, around 5-8 minutes. Remove from the heat.
Lay the puff pastry on a large cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Smooth with a rolling pin and cut 3×3 inch circles in the dough.
Roll out any extra dough for the remaining circles. Top the pastry with a small piece of cheese.
Sprinkle with the thyme.
Top with a few pieces of the chicken.
Close the pastry around the filling using your fingers to pinch together. Less is more – don't pack in to much chicken.
Mix the egg with a little bit of water. Seal the edges and lightly coat the tops of the chicken puffs with the egg wash. (I completely forgot to get eggs so I don't have a picture of this but don't forget this step!!)
Bake until golden brown.
While the chicken puffs are baking mix together the basil and next 5 ingredients, through the salt and pepper, in a food processor or blender.
Slowly pour in the olive oil until smooth and creamy. Adjust the seasoning.
Bon Appetit!


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Pärnu Port located at the mouth of Pärnu River is the largest marina in the Southwest and South Estonia. Due to its great location, modern conditions and comprehensive possibilities, Pärnu Yacht Club welcomes visitors from the land and the sea. The Club was founded in 1906 and it has organised the activity of the marina and held regattas for more than a hundred years. We also have an experience with the organisation of major international regattas.
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