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Russia's only Google Lunar X PRIZE Team, Selenokhod, announces that Dr. Mikhail Malenkov, Dr. Vyacheslav Dovgan and Dr. Ephraim Akim have been appointed as the first members of its new Advisory Board.
Dr. Mikhail Malenkov is a highly respected scientist and engineer who has authored over 100 technical papers, and 5 books. He created 32 patented inventions, and was responsible for the design of the "Lunokhod" wheels as well as the drive mechanism for the Phobos-1 and Phobos-2 landers. He designed the chassis used on various planet rover prototypes, the mechanical arm of the Buran spacecraft, and, space hardware for the Mir space station and the Russian Mars-96 project, among others. Also, he helped to create the STR-1 mobile robot, and headed the group of specialists who controlled this robot during the removal of radioactive debris from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the massive explosion at this facility.
Dr. Vyacheslav Dovgan is a prominent space hardware expert. As the chief operator of both Soviet Lunokhod lunar rovers, he drove Lunokhod-2 from the Luna-21 lander during this rover's record-setting trek across the surface of the Moon in 1973.
Dr. Ephraim Akim is an associate director of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics in Moscow. A leading Russian specialist in the field of space ballistics, Dr. Akim is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was responsible for ballistics and navigational support on almost all Soviet and Russian space missions from 1965 until the present including the Luna-16 mission -- the first robotic probe to land on the Moon and return with a lunar sample to Earth -- Soyuz, Salyut, Mir, Vega and many others.
"As important contributors to various chapters in the history of modern space exploration, the members of our Advisory Board have achieved extraordinary results on numerous occasions. Their record of accomplishment is well known. Their participation in our project, and their enthusiasm for the private space race in general, will greatly enhance our team's chances for success by providing key technical insights based on their decades of experience. Their presence will also greatly increase the strength of our team from both a scientific and an investment standpoint," said Nikolay Dzis-Voynarovskiy, Selenokhod CEO.
"The chief designer of the Soviet lunar rover's chassis, Alexander Kemurdzhian, told me that the reason why his team was capable of creating a highly successful Lunokhod-1 rover -- doing so without any detailed knowledge of the Moon surface -- is that the team was so young. The average age of Kemurdzhian's team was about 30 years which is the same average age as the Selenokhod team. That's why I believe Selenokhod can solve all the engineering problems," said Mikhail Malenkov.


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Howdy Toasters,
Ever stumbled across a task you just can't master?
I realise I'm not the brightest colour in the crayon box but I'm reasonably proficient at working with or through ( or at least around) my disabilities… Maths, not knowing left from right, self control, over indulgence, bad habits, lack of focus and direction, passive aggressive tendencies and emotional desolation ( slight overstatement but it works for dramatic effect)… We all have a monkey or two on our backs that just won't frack off.
My latest, and possibly most frustrating disability to date, is my sheer inability to tie a bow tie. Not much of a drama really.. Until you've been standing in front of a mirror ( in your pants so nothing gets in the way of the tie or blocks the reflection) watching YouTube instructional videos for what seems like hours, completely flabbergasted at how fracking unskilled you are at the task.
It looks like I do everything right, I follow what the YouTube man says ( even when I start thinking he's just patronising and taunting me with his skill) and, every time without fail my fingers end up in a knot and the two bits of funky material fall scrunched up to my chest, not looking anything like a bow tie should.
Numerous attempts have been made, sometimes with the ferret pacing in the background as we're probably late to somewhere…. none have ended well. I blame my inability to tell left from right, it always pushes me in a wrong direction.
Break out the butter, I'll be back real soon ( today's toast served with crunchy peanut butter… a happy place to calm the bow tie blues )

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I got some Valentine's Day inspiration from these pins:
I decided to make a heart felt garland myself. I used different colors of felt, pom-poms, some hemp cord, scissors, and a couple different templates for the hearts (made from cardboard).
Then I made small slits in the sides of each heart to string the hemp cord through. You can use a craft needle to do this, but I found the the hemp cord went through easy on it's own after cutting the slits.
Then I made sure that the hearts overlapped just a little bit.
Next I hot glued the overlapping parts of the heart together and then hot glued a pom-pom on top.
I transitioned between the larger hearts and bigger hearts.
And this is the finished project!
I got the X's & O's from the craft section at Hobby Lobby. They were only $2.50 each and could be painted later on if I wanted to mix it up.
The only other decoration I have is this cupid dish towel, kinda ridiculous in an awesome kind of way.
So that's it for the Valentine's decor for this year. Hope everyone feels extra loved on Friday!


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Cape Town: an evolution in food and culture
With its sunny disposition and natural beauty, the city of Cape Town has always been a popular destination. But, its bourgeoning art scene and never-ending slew of new restaurants and chic bars are serving to continuously broaden the Mother City's fan base. This evolution is making the city, overlooked by Table Mountain, a must-visit in 2018 and beyond.


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Cathy L. Brown, RN, BSN has performed medical research for Dempsey and Kingsland since 2003. She has over 35 years of hospital and private practice experience in nursing in the areas of pediatrics, neonatology, cardiology and surgery.
Early in her career Cathy worked with world renowned cardiac surgeon, Michael DeBakey.
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There are several methods to quickly lose weight. But most of them make you hungry and unhappy. Hunger will cause you to abandon these plans quickly because you do not have iron willpower. The following strategy will be described: Significantly reduce your appetite. Make your weight lose fast, without hunger. At the same time, boost your metabolism. Here's a simple three-step weight loss plan. 1. The most important part is to lower it on sugars and starches (carbs). Cut back on sugars and starches. You wind up getting much less calories when you do this. Now your body starts feeding on stored fat instead of burning carbs for energy. Another advantage of carbon … Read moreHow to lose weight Quick: 3 simple scientific steps


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WASHINGTON — Glum and distrusting, a majority of Americans today are very confident in — nobody.
Of what confidence there is in institutions, the military and small business are at the top in an Associated Press-National Constitution Center poll released Thursday. But even they get very-confident or better ratings from well under half the people.
Blogs, banks and Congress get the most distrust.
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet. Full story
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
What would people change if they were in charge? The poll found growing sentiment for legal protections for same-sex couples, with 58 percent saying they should have the same government benefits as married heterosexuals and nearly as many backing federal recognition of gay marriage. Respondents overwhelmingly opposed a stronger federal hand in two other areas: enhancing presidential powers to bolster the economy and requiring people to buy health insurance, as this year's health care overhaul law does.
Out of 18 fixtures on the American scene, none won the strong faith of even half the country. The military did best with 43 percent saying they are extremely or very confident in it, and small business and science were the only others to garner solid trust from at least 3 in 10 people.
On the flip side, 54 percent said they have little or no confidence in blogs and other citizen media, 52 percent said the same about banks and financial firms and 49 percent said so about Congress.
The survey, conducted last month, conforms with others detecting a general glumness as this fall's congressional elections approach. While analysts say the discontent is largely fed by the prolonged economic downturn, the AP-NCC poll suggests a broader angst, with public confidence lagging in many of society's pillars.
"Does anybody have common sense anymore?" said Rosanne Favaloro, 53, of Lebanon, Pa. "Is anybody worried about the middle-class family anymore? I wonder."
How the poll was conducted
The Associated Press-National Constitution Center Poll on U.S. institutions was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications Aug. 11-16. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,007 adults. Interviews were conducted with 706 respondents on landline telephones and 301 on cellular phones.
Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline and cell phone numbers.
Interviews were conducted in English or Spanish.
Results were weighted, or adjusted, to ensure that responses accurately reflect the population's makeup by factors such as age, sex, education and race. Weighting took into account patterns of phone use by region.
No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary more than plus or minus 4.5 percentage points from answers that would be obtained if all U.S. adults were polled.
Asked about their trust in people running major institutions, 39 percent said they are extremely or very confident in small and local business leaders, close to the military's mark. Then came the scientific community at 30 percent. Organized religion was next at 18 percent.
On the other extreme, about one in four said they have absolutely no confidence in Congress, banks, the federal government, blogs and organized labor.
Republicans most trust the military, followed by small business and religion. Democrats prefer science, small business, then the military. Just one in five Republicans expressed strong confidence in science, about the same proportion of Democrats who said so about religion.
Only 10 percent of Republicans expressed strong confidence in state governments, despite frequent GOP demands that Washington cede more power to the states.
Just 10 percent of Democrats voiced strong trust in Congress, even though their party controls it.
The print and broadcast media were strongly trusted by just 13 percent, only slightly more than the 8 percent with faith in blogs. Those under age 30 were far likelier than older people to voice confidence in what they read.
Other polls have shown a steady decline in recent years in the confidence that people have in major institutions.
The new survey found a souring sense of how well the government is meeting six broad goals set by the preamble to the Constitution.
The government got positive scores in three areas, though each had dropped since the 2008 AP-NCC poll: making sure that people can pursue happiness, that they feel safe and free and that they are shielded from foreign and domestic threats.
But most said the government is doing a poor job of helping everyone and not just special interests. They were about evenly split over whether the government is making America a better place and making sure all are treated equally.
For five of the six goals, fewer said the government is doing a very good job than said so in 2008, while the number saying it is doing very poorly remained stable or grew worse in every case. Democrats, minorities and people under age 30 generally have brighter views.
"Nothing is guaranteed, but all that hope that I can be more than my parents are is still there," said Brian Durham, 20, a college student in Bloomington, Ind.
Three-fourths called the Constitution enduring and not outdated. Most said that laws should be followed even when there is a short-term public safety risk, and that a minority's rights should be protected from pure majority rule.
"Americans appear to be saying that our institutions are getting it wrong, but these values remain increasingly important," said David Eisner, the constitution center's chief executive officer.
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Most also said that judges should interpret laws broadly and that Supreme Court justices' decisions are influenced by their political views.
The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that operates a Philadelphia museum and other educational programs about the Constitution.
The AP-NCC Poll was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Aug. 11-16, using landline and cell phone interviews with 1,007 randomly chosen adults. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
AP Polling Director Trevor Tompson and AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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A Day in the Life
I won't lie — I feel so incredibly grateful to get to do what I LOVE every single day through my work.
However, while working from home for yourself (in pajamas, if you so choose) can sound ultra glamorous, it's also a LOT of hard work that requires discipline and self-motivation...
Which is why, when @OneWomanShop approached me to carry the #OneWomanShopBaton for a day and share the behind the scenes of my business, I was ecstatic! What a cool opportunity to connect with new friends online and simultaneously direct the conversation to my day-to-day, something I don't always necessarily share about on my own account.
Mapping out my day to determine how to talk about it was easy; I'm a gal with a schedule and a plan every day. (Hard to believe, right?!) I knew I wanted to share about my sacred morning time, my priority planning time, my coffee breaks with the pigs, and — possibly my favorite part of the day — packaging product orders for a post office run.
I even shared a peek of my *gasp* NON-styled workspace; my space in its everyday, normal habitat. The thing is, it wasn't actually that messy. I am clearly, truly obsessed with keeping a neat space because that is simply how I work best. Clear desk, clear mind, right?
On the other hand, the photo I shared of Lemmy the guinea pig with my coffee mug? Yep, that mug was empty because the coffee was already gone, and it took about twenty shots to get one of Lemmy not moving her head. So, you know...that Insta-worthy shot isn't always what it seems.
Now the cool thing that you can totally replicate — most of these photos I shared were taken IN REAL TIME with my iPhone. I edit all of my photos with one app (PS Express) and sometimes don't even know what to write for the caption until the last minute.
Isn't that the true beauty of the realness behind being a work-from-home solo-preneur, though? Making. It. Work. No matter what.
Sharing a little about my business and day-to-day life via the @OneWomanShop account was such a fun and unique way to meet new friends and celebrate the beautiful mess that is entrepreneurship.
This is no neat and tidy path, y'all, and the support alone from women like those involved at One Woman Shop is something for which I will be forever grateful.
Interested in sharing your own behind the scenes over on @OneWomanShop? Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more info! xoxo
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Posted on by Jenna Murillo
Thanks, Terry!! It was such a fun way to connect with new friends and celebrate this crazy journey of entrepreneurship! :)
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Loved seeing your your Insta Pics and posts, and this extra "behind the scenes" of the day just tops it off. Thanks so much for sharing!


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FC: Before You Were Born: Jackson Wyatt Martin
1: A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside...when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the first time and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.
3: A grand adventure is about to begin
5: Everything grows better with love.
6: Our growing family.
7: Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrive in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.
10: We knew we loved you before we met you.
17: Before you were conceived we wanted you. Before you were born we loved you. Before you were here we would die for you. This is the miracle of a parent's love.
20: Making a decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside of your body.


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The Problem:
Old, silver, broken window handle.
I had a customer in West Moors, Dorset, who had an old, silver, broken window handle.
Once I replaced the broken handle, the window was as good as new – both in functionality and looks.
Below: the broken window handle.
The Solution
Below: The new and modern window handle fitting on the double glazed window. The window looks good as new!


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Welcome to The Religion Network!
This site embraces wisdom from all religious traditions.
We cover many spiritual themes and endeavor to draw upon
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inspire and uplift. There are nearly 1000 titles listed
by date in ARCHIVES 1 and ARCHIVES 2. We are working also
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Pages all about HAPPINESS:
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In the Light of Delight
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Representative of the Glebe Park Apartments' body corporate and founding member of the Glebe South Action Group, Alan Hastings, said the approval process had ignored the wishes of residents. A lot of us put in an objection [to ACTPLA] … There's been no comeback, no interest in engaging with us," Mr Hastings said.
ACTPLA chief planning executive Neil Savery said his organisation's hands were tied. The issues these people have are not necessarily things ACTPLA can deal with. Part of the problem is … people see undeveloped land and assume it's parkland. [In this instance] it is not," he said. Mr Savery said the lessee had an obligation to landscape the area under their lease agreement.
The l200sqm site, originally earmarked for landscaping in its development application, has been altered to include the car park, according to the protesters. Reid resident Carolynne Ryan said her family had a long history of fighting for public spaces in Canberra, including battles over Glebe Park in the 1980s. The fifth generation Canberran called the proposed car park a tragedy. "We don't mind development, but this is just lunacy … This car park will change the flow of the area to deliver parking spaces that nobody wants," she said. Protest organiser and member of the Glebe South Action Group Chris Cheaham said the approval process had left locals feeling ignored by planning authorities. "This is notification, not consultation," he said.
Greens MLA Caroline Le Couteur addressed the crowd. Ms Le Couteur said the Greens were opposed to urban infill in the ACT if it came at the expense of green zones and belts.
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Body Mass Index (BMI) is a calculation of the level of fat in a person's body. Typically, BMI is used as an estimation of body fat, however, rather than an exact measurement. This number is based on an individual's weight-to-height ratio. The formula for calculating BMI is basically the same for everyone, but the number that constitutes a healthy BMI may vary a bit when it comes to children and teens. Essentially, however, a healthy BMI number is low enough that a person isn't at risk of developing an obesity-related health condition but not so low that he's at risk for health problems related to being underweight.
Calculating one's BMI is usually pretty simple. To do this, a person starts by figuring out what his weight is in kilograms. He then figures out what his height is in meters squared. He can then divide his weight by his height in order to come up with his BMI.
A person may use an online BMI chart to see where he stands when it comes to body fat. This type of chart will usually reveal that a healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. If a person has a BMI of 25 or above, he is usually considered overweight, and a BMI of 30 or above means the person is considered obese. If an individual has a BMI of 18.5 or lower, however, that person is usually considered underweight.
Determining what constitutes a healthy BMI for a child or teen differs from evaluating the BMI of a person who is at least 20 years old. There is a separate BMI chart that is used for people who are younger than 20. This chart considers the individual's age and gender, as the teen or child usually has more growth ahead of him, and puberty can change what counts as a healthy BMI. Besides using a chart designed specifically for children and teens, a person may ask a doctor for healthy BMI ranges for people in this age category.
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Jane and Jim met in a puppetry course at the University of Maryland, College Park, where they were both undergraduates. At the time, Jane was a senior majoring in art education and Jim was a freshman studying to become a commercial artist. Nebel later became Henson's puppeteering partner on the television show Sam and Friends and the two eventually married.
Though Jane Henson was one of Jim Henson's first puppeteering partners, she seldom supplied voices. One of the few exceptions was in the Sesame Street song "Women Can Be". She performed considerably less after the birth of the couple's second child, Cheryl. However, she would occasionally serve as a background performer in various projects afterwards, with her last known performance occurring in episode 103 of The Muppet Show.
Jim and Jane separated in 1986, but remained close until Jim's death in 1990.
Jane sat on the Board of Directors of the Jim Henson Legacy. As president of The Jane Henson Foundation, she donated to Sesame Workshop, provided funding to the Jim Henson's Fantastic World exhibit and The Carter Center founded by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
Jane passed away on April 2, 2013. The 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted was dedicated to her and Jerry Nelson.


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Emergency Family Preparedness - Create an Emergency Supply Kit
Creating an emergency supply kit isn't something you need to do all in one day or one week. Over time, you can build up your supplies with the help of your friends and family. Assemble supplies you may need and store them in an easy to carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.
A Basic Emergency Supply Kit should include:
- A Battery Powered Radio
- A Flashlight and extra Batteries
- A First Aid Kit and prescription medications
- An extra pair of glasses
- A Whistle (to call for help)
- A 3-Day supply of bottled water (one gallon per family member; per day)
- A 3-Day supply of non-perishable packaged or canned foods and a non-electric can opener and utensils (knives, forks, spoons)
- A pail with a tight cover
- Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities
- Matches in a waterproof container
- Plastic garbage bags, ties and moist towelettes
- Soap and alcohol-based hand sanitizer
- Plain chlorine bleach
- A list of family physicians and important family medical information
- Credit cards, cash and extra set of car keys
- Special items for infants, elderly or disabled family members


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is internationally renowned thought leader in organization development and change. He has led transformation and change journeys in over a thousand organizations in every major industry in 44 countries. Their size ranges from a one-person corporation of a twice-winning Emmy awarded artist to a 750,000- employee corporation. In these transformation efforts, he applied Whole System Transformation, a modality that he coined and perfected over 50 years of practice. He has taught OD globally in 22 universities including the most recognized organization development and change program in the world - Pepperdine University in Los Angeles California.
Sullivan is considered as one of the pioneers in the redefining and expansion of Organization Development. He learned directly from the founders and has been active in his profession starting in 1962.
His significant publishing comprises hundreds of articles, chapters, and over 25 books, including his widely acclaimed book, Practicing Organization Development, now in its 20th year and fourth edition. As stated on the cover of the book, Practicing Organization Development builds on its reputation as the most practical, comprehensive, useful, and clearly written handbook on the topic of organization development. It is dubbed as the "bible" of OD.
Few have been producing extraordinary breakthrough results. Sullivan is known for "actually" transforming whole systems in a large group, engaging events as he trains internal change agents to lead sustainable and agile organizations.
He received numerous international awards, especially for achieving transformative results, leading participative research on competencies for change agents and large group summits in the context of enterprise-wide change. Examples:
Change Consultant of the World – by the OD Institute for his leading the competency research for the OD profession
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The Best Practice Institute (BPI) recognized one of his cases as the best strategic transformation effort globally. Six million USD was invested only to return 96 million USD. The journey now is in its 8th year.
He has a degree in Philosophy and Education while his two Master's in Organization Development are from his graduate work at Loyola of Chicago and Pepperdine University. He also has a year of graduate work in theology as well as Social Psychology. His two Ph.D. programs were with founders of OD in Dr. Jack Gibb and Dr. Ron Lippitt. All course work and internships have been completed except the dissertation.
His life's professional purpose is: "To bring alive the Whole System Transformation legacy launched by his mentors: Lippitt and Dannemiller. Lippitt wrote the 1st book on the Dynamics of Change in 1958. Dannemiller's "Whole Scale Change" methodology evolved Lippitt's work at Ford as she pioneered multi-day engagement groups of 300 to 2000.
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Equal parts advocacy awareness and a call to action, the uniting principles of International Women's Day are all about positivity.
To celebrate the occasion, we'd like to introduce you to two female leaders of the Gazprom Energy team. Since day one, they've made significant impact, leading both their teams and themselves to growth and success in their respective fields.
Yvonne Henderson, our Marketing & Communications Manager – Global Retail, has been with us for seven years, lending her knowledge and expertise to a range of roles and projects, streamlining customer feedback processes and internal communication, as well as shaping the company's marketing goals along the way.
Alison Neild, who became our Portfolio, Analysis and Change Manager recently, has been with us for four years. In 2014 she joined us as a Business Capability Manager and she has been working on industry and companywide projects, such as Nexus, across Gazprom Energy ever since.
We sat down with them both to ask the importance of balancing gender within Gazprom Energy, the key projects they're currently working on and the advice they'd give to new female starters looking to start a career with us.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Firstly, we'd like to ask a little about your career to date. How did you arrive at your senior position within the Gazprom Energy team?
Yvonne: I joined in 2011, when we only had around 80 employees and no marketing team. My first priority was to create a brand that would help the business achieve its vision of becoming number one in the market. Six months later, Gazprom Energy was born and six years later we reached that market-leading position. I think when you've created something from scratch and you've seen it grow, you feel very loyal to it which is why I've worked so hard to build a career at Gazprom Energy. I've always had great support from my managers and colleagues and getting involved in lots of business-wide projects developed my leadership skills to a point where I was given the opportunity to join the management team at the start of this year.
Alison: I joined Gazprom Energy in 2014 as a Business Capability Lead working on various projects in the Manchester and Walluf offices. I spent time with employees across the business to develop a good understanding of our business and how Gazprom Energy functions operationally. In 2015, I was promoted to Business Capability Manager and over the next 18 months took on more line management responsibility for the Capabilities team in general.
The Capabilities team was recently integrated into the IT & Delivery function, and after many conversations about the synergies between the Business Analysis, Capabilities and Business Change teams, I was given the opportunity to bring these functions together under one roof. This brings me to my latest role of Portfolio, Analysis and Change Manager reporting to the Head of IT & Delivery.
Do you have any business heroes? If so, who are they, and why are they so inspirational?
Yvonne: I had a really inspirational female manager in my early career and even though I didn't realise it at the time, she had a massive influence on me. She taught me so much and put customer experience at the centre of our marketing plans, which created lots of opportunities for me and I'm extremely grateful for that. I have adopted many of her philosophies when it comes to managing and developing people because she showed me, first-hand, the positive influence that trust and encouragement can have on a person.
Alison: If I had to pick one female business hero it would be Jennie Johnson, CEO of the Kids Allowed nursery chain; she came out of the IT consultancy world to start something new. She had the passion, drive and business insight to persuade investors she was a safe bet, and then delivered on it. I was one of her first customers and it was clear from the outset that she put the customer and her staff at the heart of everything she did. She was fully involved in all elements of the business, inspiring and developing all around her. Now she has a chain of Ofsted outstanding-ranked nurseries across the region, has been awarded an MBE and, in 2017, was the first female-awarded CEO of the Year.
Yvonne, working in marketing and communications, how important is it to ensure that a range of perspectives and types of people are represented?
Marketing is all about the customer and the simplest thing a brand can do is show it understands who its customers are. A number of brands (Lloyds Bank, Thomas Cook and Sainsbury's to name a few) have embraced diversity in recent campaigns and I hope this continues, because our society is changing every day and it's something to be proud of.
Alison, as an IT specialist, what do you think should be done to encourage more young girls to pursue careers in IT and computer sciences?
Sadly, I didn't manage to convince my daughter that Computer Science was a viable GCSE option in her recent options decision. She perceived it to be a boy's subject and it had an extremely low take-up from girls in her school, so there's still some way to go in terms of marketing this subject to young girls.
I am hopeful that the recent introduction of coding into the primary curriculum will go some way to addressing this and will provide the education at the right age before stereotypes begin to set in. However, the emphasis is still that IT career = coding, whereas education needs to shout about all of the other roles within the IT arena, coding is just a small part of IT delivery programmes and innovative research projects.
How important is a balance of senior male and female figures within the organisation?
Yvonne: I think balance is important on a number of different levels. When looking at how an organisation is set up, I believe personality and experience need to be considered as well as gender. If our management team was made up entirely of analysts, the business would be run in a very different way, so it's important to have variety. I enjoy working with people who challenge me and who I can learn from - this wouldn't be the case if we were all the same.
Alison: Prior to working at Gazprom Energy, all of the projects I worked on were extremely male-dominated and it was more the norm that I was the only female in my team. However, since I have joined Gazprom Energy, it has been refreshing to find such a strong professional female workforce.
Most soft skill training courses cover the benefits of team dynamics and how different personalities work well together to achieve better outcomes. The most important thing for me is that a team covers all the skills it needs to deliver its objectives, this means the right person in the right role, irrespective of gender. It has to be said though when you see a female smashing it in a senior position, I do have that 'Yeah…girl power' moment.
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How do you encourage and inspire the next generation of female leaders within the Gazprom Energy team?
Yvonne: Developing my team has always been my biggest passion; I love to help people grow and further their careers. We're lucky to have a very comprehensive learning and development offering at Gazprom Energy, so there is plenty of opportunity to learn new skills. My role is to champion personal development and to lead by example by embracing learning opportunities and encouraging my colleagues to do the same. I also believe that inspiration doesn't have to be top-down; I learn from my team every day and find their passion really motivating.
Alison: Well I guess that would be a question better directed to my team. But I firmly believe that any leader should lead by example and be more than happy to roll their sleeves up as required. I hope that showing this commitment and support as well as a willingness and a passion to deliver, provides the inspiration for people to realise their ambitions.
Tell us about some of the key projects are you currently working on, and the impact these will have on the larger organisation.
Yvonne: My first priority in my new role is to bring our marketing teams in the UK, France and the Netherlands closer together and ensure we're delivering value to the business. Our priorities are to increase brand awareness, improve customer experience and, of course, generate leads. We're also developing a new internal communication strategy which I'm really excited about, because we have great people working for Gazprom Energy and I want them to feel appreciated and well informed.
Alison: We have a number of key projects on the go at the moment that my team are supporting across the business. Additionally, in my role heading up the new combined Change and Analysis function, we are looking at developing ways of working to ensure full business integration, along with agile and efficient delivery of change to support business and customer needs.
And finally, if you could offer one piece of advice to a new female starter at Gazprom Energy, what would it be?
Yvonne: I'd say the same to any new starter; if you want to progress, you have to embrace discomfort. It might be daunting to do something different but the more you do it, the more you get used to it and the feeling of being challenged can become quite addictive (even if it is a little scary!)
Alison: It would be the same to either female or male starters, the advice would quite simply be to get involved; take time to understand the business and what we are trying to achieve, and don't be afraid to challenge and contribute to the Gazprom Energy journey.
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He can still run 10 miles and lift body weights at age 87, but he was losing his vision because of macular degeneration.
"Twelve years ago a local ophthalmologist told me I was going to go blind; they had no way to treat that disorder," said Dr. Robert Spicer. "Then the genius of Dr. (Michael) Bennett comes along with an idea how to deal with that."
Last year, Bennett was the first retinal surgeon in Hawaii to offer a new federally approved treatment called Macugen to slow vision loss from wet macular degeneration.
A stronger medication, Lucentis, was approved in June, and now he is using both of them and "improving vision," said Bennett, at the Retinal Institute of Hawaii.
Bennett treats neighbor island and foreign patients through telemedicine and contributes thousands of dollars in free care monthly.
He has many requests to speak at conferences and universities about developments in treating macular degeneration.
Spicer's left eye was in the 20/20 range, but it also has deteriorated to about 20/50, Bennett said. "Now we're going to work on both of them."
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in people over 50 years old. Central vision loss occurs when the macula, part of the retina, becomes damaged.
There are two types of AMD, dry and wet. The wet form is more serious, but the dry type can progress into the wet type with abnormal growth of blood vessels in the back of the eye, Bennett said.
In normal macular degeneration, a patient can lose three to four lines of vision on the chart in one year, he explained.
"With Lucentis medications, we actually get visual improvement in the first three months. ... For the first time we have a medication -- instead of just stabilizing, we actually can improve vision. It is wonderful."
Lucentis is a strong monthly injection given for one year, Bennett said. Macugen involves nine injections over a year.
The treatments are costly -- about $1,000 per Macugen injection and $1,995 for a Lucentis injection. Insurance covers the cost but co-payments are an issue, Bennett said. A 30 percent co-payment, for instance, can amount to $330 a shot monthly.
Bennett has participated in national trials run by mainland institutions, and he initiated several studies when Macugen and Lucentis were approved, to look for any potential problems.
"Now they're actually excited about what we're doing in Hawaii," he said.
He has grants from Genentech and Eyetech Pharmaceuticals, the companies that make the medications, for major studies that will make more than $500,000 worth of medications available free for patients, he said.
In a trial funded by both companies, Bennett is comparing the medications. He is studying use of Lucentis for swelling of the macula, a condition that sometimes occurs after cataract surgery, and looking at Macugen to treat ischemia damage among diabetics, particularly Hawaiians.
"All of my early data shows I can actually reverse" eye damage from diabetes if it is caught early enough, Bennett said. "This medication is not even available anywhere in the country for this disease, but they felt it was important enough to use in our Hawaiian population to keep them from going blind from diabetes."
Eyetech also is supporting independent studies of results when antibiotics are added to Macugen to prevent infection, and when the medication is used for young patients with indications of wet macular degeneration.
Insurance covers treatments for macular degeneration only for patients 50 and older, said Debbie Shimabukuro, one of the study coordinators. But the condition can begin developing in younger people, she said. "We started to treat these patients who showed signs of developing it, and they're doing really well."
For those who do not have insurance or think they can afford treatments, she said, "Macugen and Lucentis have wonderful patient-assistance programs. There is no reason why people should have problems receiving treatments. They just have to come in and state they have a problem."
Bennett is working with an engineering friend to develop a new surgical system "to make them quicker, safer and more efficient." And with international colleagues, he is trying to find a way to predict who will have blood vessel problems before changes show up in the eye.
"I may have a way to prevent it from breaking, instead of fixing it when it breaks, but it's not there yet," he said.


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Gun rights in Florida are based on the Second Amendment, and the relevant provision of the state constitution states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms in their own defense shall not be infringed, except that the manner may be regulated."
As such, state law requires a permit to carry a handgun (but not a rifle or shotgun). While there is no specific gun registration requirement, gun sellers must keep sale records and make them available for inspection by state authorities. In addition, certain individuals are not permitted to own or possess firearms, including:
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- Waiting period — Prospective gun buyers must wait three days, or until a background check is completed, whichever is longer, before obtaining a weapon
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- The law creates a controversial "marshal program" that allows school superintendents and sheriffs to arm and train certain employees — coaches, counselors and librarians, but not classroom teachers. The measure also contains funding for school security by making school grounds more secure and hiring additional school-based police officers.
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That certainly could be a biased perspective, I don't deny. I like it quiet, so I'm likely to notice noise more than someone who thrives in it. I don't thrive. Quite a few loud noises make me cringe. Some even hurt. That will probably surprise some people who are familiar with my taste in music, which is often more than a little on the loud side, but that's different. I'm not entirely certain I can explain why it's different, but it is different. I suppose part of it is just the difference between "I like this sound and it gets better with volume" and "I don't like this sound and it gets worse with volume," but I don't think that's all of it. I know people who are huge fans of particular music, yet still don't like that music to be too loud.
I suspect a large part of it is rooted in my obsession with music. To me, music has always been as natural as air and water. Music has been a part of my idea of peace and quiet for as long as I've had an idea of peace and quiet. When I used to run away to "the woods" to get away from it all, I always had headphones. I know some people don't work that way, but there was never a contradiction for me. Music that I enjoy helps me to relax, therefore it is part of my peace and quiet. It blends into the natural rhythms of my mind.
If you haven't tried it, I would suggest doing so. It may not work for you, but it's worth a shot. One of the easiest ways to cancel out the noise when it gets too loud is to replace it with a more pleasing sound. If it doesn't work, you haven't lost anything. Just try something else. If it does work, you have a convenient way to turn down the volume of the world: just turn up the volume of what you want. Headphones and portable sources of music are both common as dirt these days, so it's an easy option. I keep headphones stashed all over the place and, if no other option is available, my phone is a portable jukebox.
There are other ways of replacing one sound with another, if music and headphones don't work for you. When Heather and I recently went to the Japanese Friendship Garden, sitting beside the waterfall and letting that sound drown out all others was one of the most peaceful experiences I can remember. It certainly wasn't quiet, by any means, and yet the feeling was one of quiet. Does that make sense? There are sounds which are loud without being loud, and there are sounds which are quiet without being quiet. Rivers, waterfalls, and things of that nature often are, to me, the very definition of peaceful quiet even when they objectively are not quiet.
It's a matter of perspective, but it's also a matter of who you are and what the sound is. I'm not sure this is a perspective you can choose or learn, but I do think you can learn your own perspective on the matter and choose to use that to your benefit. Maybe for you the right sounds aren't water and music. I know people who relax to the roar of an engine or the whine of an electric current. Most mechanical sounds won't do it for me, but I'm hardly the best example of a normal experience. The point is, you may have your own sound that can make the world a little less loud. Play around with the idea, experiment, and see if you can find what works for you. You may have fun just in the search. Weirder things have happened.
Beauty may be in the eyes of the beholder, but that beholder has ears too, and they're just as individually selective. What works for one may not work for another, or may not work on a different day. Until you identify your personal preferences and patterns, it's going to be hit and miss, and you may even have some misses after you do figure things out. This is not a perfect science, if that wasn't already obvious. Find what works for you and use it. When it doesn't work, don't use it. That's all you can do most of the time.
There are times, however, when the only solution for noise is silence. Real, dictionary-definition silence. This isn't always easy to come by, but you can usually grab a little of it here and there. Go into an empty room and close the door. Depending on where you are, that may not be silent, but it should at least muffle. Count to ten in your head, forward and backward, forward and backward. Let the pattern in your mind drown out the sounds in your ear. Stare at a spot just in front of your noise and let your mind wander. We're getting into forms of meditation here, but it works. You might be amazed at how much you can turn down the volume all on your own just by thinking - or perhaps more accurately, not thinking - about it. With practice and determination, you really can learn to make things more quiet, even if you don't accomplish actual silence. If you can make things better, you can learn to make that work.
It's a loud world, and we all need peace and quiet sometimes. That can be difficult to come by, but there are tricks. There are things you can learn. They won't always be easy, and they won't always be available, but better is better, so take it when you can. As with so many things, learning to work with better instead of expecting perfect can make all the difference. Sometimes it's just going to be loud. Make peace with that, and you'll be a step closer to having peace and quiet more often.
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At least two children died in Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district after consuming milk, authorities said here on Monday. Three other children are in critical condition.
Police said the incident happened in Tulsipur village on Sunday after the children belonging to the family of Girdhari Lal Gupta consumed milk, bought from a local dairy.
Soon after they drank the milk, they started vomiting and fell unconscious. Two children -- a three-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy -- were declared brought dead at a local medical facility.
The three other children are being treated at a community health centre. Doctors said their condition continues to be "very critical".
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"It is a wonderful, challenging, inspiring, frustrating business full of creative people who keep your mind alert and your spirit high."
Marie Dimberg joined the music business through EMI Sweden in 1984. During her thirteen years with EMI she held the positions of Head of PR, Marketing, and Vice President of EMI International in London, to mention a few. Ulf Lundell, Wilmer X, Rebecka Törnqvist, Jakob Hellman, and Lisa Ekdahl were some of the local artists Marie worked with, and some of the international artists were Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Blur, Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Queen, and Radiohead. Marie was a key person from the very beginning, when some of Sweden's most successful international acts were formed, like when Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle formed the super-duo Roxette in 1986.
In 1997, Marie started Dimberg Management, which proudly represents some of the most talented, successful and respected artists in Scandinavia. Today Dimberg Management is one of Sweden's biggest independent management companies with an international roster including Roxette, Peter Jöback, Loney Dear, and Jonas Åkerlund. Dimberg management was also key in breaking Swedish Idol winner Agnes internationally.
In 2016 Marie founded the record label Space Station 12 along with Per Gessle. Apart from being co-owner, she also serves as Head of Operations. So far the label has had releases with Fanny De Aguiar, Good Harvest, Alex Shield, Charla K, and Per Gessle himself.
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Heraklion is a city where warm hospitality, rich architecture, culture, leisure conveniences and urban nightlife have successfully intertwined to provide every visitor with a sincere Cretan stay. Visitors can take advantage of the variety of sights they could see and experience in and around the prefecture of Heraklion by investing some quality time with their loved ones and going on a tour, cultural or nature, to see this splendid island of Crete. For the independent visitor who doesn't want structured itineraries, exclusive tours can be arranged to fit their requests or fine car hire can be arranged to ensure a visitor a sound and comfortable ride on the coastal and inland roads.
Heraklion awaits to welcome all its guests and the Cretan people await to invite you to a bit of warm hospitality where music, food and drink are always on hand.
Heraklion International Airport, "Nikos Kazantzakis" (IATA: HER, ICAO: LGIR) is the primary airport on the island of Crete, Greece, and the country's second busiest airport after Athens International Airport. It is located about 5 km east of the main city center of Heraklion, near the municipality of Nea Alikarnassos. It is a shared civil/military facility.
The Heraklion airport is named after Heraklion native Nikos Kazantzakis, a Greek writer and philosopher. Nikos Kazantzakis Airport is Crete's main and busiest airport, serving Heraklion (Ηράκλειο), Aghios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος), Malia (Mάλλια), Hersonissos (Χερσόνησος), Stalida (Σταλίδα), Elounda (Ελούντα) and other resorts.
Knossos- palace site was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos (Μίνως Καλοκαιρινός). The excavations in Knossos began in AD 1900 by the English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851- 1941) and his team, and they continued for 35 years. The palace was excavated and partially restored under the direction of Arthur Evans in the earliest years of the 20th century. Its size far exceeded his original expectations, as did the discovery of two ancient scripts, which he termed Linear A and Linear B, to distinguish their writing from the pictographs also present. From the layering of the palace Evans developed de novo an archaeological concept of the civilization that used it, which he called Minoan, following the pre-existing custom of labelling all objects from the location Minoan.
The palace of Knossos was undoubtedly the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. It appears as a maze of workrooms, living spaces, and storerooms close to a central square. An approximate graphic view of some aspects of Cretan life in the Bronze Age is provided by restorations of the palace's indoor and outdoor murals, as it is also by the decorative motifs of the pottery and the insignia on the seals and sealings.
The palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1380–1100 BC.The occasion is not known for certain, but one of the many disasters that befell the palace is generally put forward. The abandoning population were probably Mycenaean Greeks, who had earlier occupied the city-state, and were using Linear B as its administrative script, as opposed to Linear A, the previous administrative script. The hill was never again a settlement or civic site, although squatters may have used it for a time.
Except for periods of abandonment, other cities were founded in the immediate vicinity, such as the Roman colony, and a Hellenistic Greek precedent. The population shifted to the new town of Chandax (modern Heraklion) during the 9th century AD. By the 13th century, it was called Makruteikhos 'Long Wall'; the bishops of Gortyn continued to call themselves Bishops of Knossos until the 19th century.Today, the name is used only for the archaeological site now situated in the expanding suburbs of Heraklion.
In the first palace period around 2000 BC the urban area reached a size of up to 18,000 people.In its peak the Palace and the surrounding city boasted a population of 100,000 people shortly after 1700 BC.
The Lasithi Plateau stretches (11 km (6.8 mi) in the E-W direction and 6 km (3.7 mi) in the N-S direction. It is approximately 70 km (43 mi) east from Heraklion and lies at an average altitude of 840 m (2,760 ft). Winters can be harsh and snow on the plain and surrounding mountains can persist until mid-spring. The plateau is famous for its white-sailed windmills, (more accurately, wind-pumps), a local invention that have been used for two centuries to irrigate the land. Despite their vast number (some 10,000) in the past, most of them have been abandoned nowadays in favour of modern diesel and electrical pumps. Because the water table is close to the surface of the ground, all burials in cemeteries are above ground, in a stone mausoleum, or a stone box with decorations. This is because the Lasithi-plateau is endorheic, and there is impermeable rock just below the surface of the ground.
Hersonissos (Greek: Χερσόνησος(meaning peninsula), Chersónisos, pronounced [xerˈsonisos]), also transliterated as Chersonisos and Hersónisos, is a town and a municipality in the north of Crete, bordering the Mediterranean / Aegean Sea. This community is about 25 kilometers east of Heraklion and west of Agios Nikolaos. What is usually called Hersonissos is in fact its peninsula and
harbour. It is part of the Heraklion regional unit. It is situated 25 km from the Heraklion airport and 27 km from the Heraklion port. The seat of the municipality is the village Gournes.


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|Effect of alcohol on thermal balance of man in cold water.
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|PMID: 497899 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The effects of alcohol on core cooling rates (rectal and tympanic), skin temperatures, and metabolic rate were determined for 10 subjects rendered hypothermic by immersion for 45 min in 10 degrees C water. Experiments were duplicated with and without a 20-min period of exercise at the beginning of cold water immersion. Measurements were continued during rewarming in a hot bath. With blood alcohol concentrations averaging 82 mg 100 mL-1, core cooling rates and changes in skin temperatures were insignificantly different from controls, even if the exercise period was imposed. Alcohol reduced shivering metabolic rate by an overall mean of 13%, insufficient to affect cooling rate. Alcohol had no effect on metabolic rate during exercise. During rewarming by hot bath, the amount of 'afterdrop' and rate of increase in core temperature were unaffected by alcohol. It was concluded that alcohol in a moderate dosage does not influence the rate of progress into hypothermia or subsequent, efficient rewarming. This emphasizes that the high incidence of alcohol involvement in water-related fatalities is due to alcohol potentiation of accidents rather than any direct effects on cold water survival, although very high doses of alcohol leading to unconsciousness would increase rate of progress into hypothermia.
|G R Fox; J S Hayward; G N Hobson
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As we live in the 21st century technology has become a natural part of our lives. We live and breathe with technology as it evolves in to something bigger every day. We expect more and we eventually get more in the end.
We have smart everything these days smart phones, smart computers, smart TV's, smart houses, smart everything so why don't we have a slightly smarter wardrobe?
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Just like everything that is represented within tecnology either functionally or visually, fashion and design is also evolving within technological age. We have dresses that come out of 3D printers, so you can simplu just print out your daily outfit. We have self-transforming outfits, gadgets included in the garment itself. Just like a jellyfish illuminating the depths of the ocean, we have garments that illuminate the dark runway. We should be expecting more and more every day as the boundary is set by science and tecnology, that simply grows every single day.
We are the powerful generation of the 21st century who has the capability to turn the simplest thing in to wonder, just by the aid of technology. So, we should definetly be expecting more,
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