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ECGC Conference: Designing Achievements That Matter
At a 10:15am session in the East Coast Gaming Conference held in the Raleigh Convention Center, Lucas Blair spoke to the Design Track audience about Designing Achievements That Matter.
ECGC Conference: Designing Achievements That Matter
Achievements. Some people hate them. Some people love them. Some people have to have them all.
Lucas got interested in achievements as he became an Accomplished Angler in World of Warcraft. This achievement was not a main focus of the game. Getting the achievement allowed him to get a special title (salty). This was a meta achievement requiring multiple achievements from multiple categories.
Chris Hecker at GDC 2010 gave a pivotal talk: Achievements considered Harmful. It was a packed room. Most people were upset. He showed research that extrensic motivations for rewards aren't helpful. They aren't fun and working toward the rewards for the players is more important than the fun of the game.
Dissertation: Lucas' dissertation was on The Use of Video Game Achievements to Enhance Game Play. It was a study to see if we are using rewards to trick players into achieving things they don't really want. The study used 20 different variables to look into what makes an achievement effective. We made games and then tested their performance. The results? (Its complicated.) Its more than just rewards and the rewards are bad. Some people didn't have an effect and other results were overall achieved!
Why does it matter?
Achievements are ubitquitous. All pc, mobile, and console games have achievements. They are in badging and education. Other industries copy what games do. People really look to game industry for guidance. Sometimes it is straight up copied, without ideas being introduced. In reality, it can be more extrinsic rewards. Rewards can change your life:
- goals
- feedback
- challenge
- autonomy
- videntity
- social
- evidence
- a memory
- context (where you fit what awesome)
- information (how you're doing, what is good behavior)
The rest of the talk is the stuff Lucas Blair think about and the questions he asks himself. He admitted that he didn't have all the answers to the questions. Only you know the audience and what the game should be. Truth is, its complicated or it should be. For many failed participants, achievements seem to be given at the end of the game development process, and not thought about.
Completion: Killed a boss
This is often a progress marker in linear games. For the mundane they are instructions (join a public party). Can it be improved upon? Maybe some kind of different strategy. You cannot really kill a boss, because its still around for others, or it comes back. A boss fight is a marker how far you've come. A better example is WOW. If you kill the same boss, but no one dies, no health loss, or win without healing, several different options become available as achievements. These are better achievements. They cause interested gamers to strive to be better.
Measurement: Collectng 100 thingies
Can the achievement itself be incremented? Is the difficulty appropriate? This is just a measure of performance. Either you did something or you did not. You can kill 10/50/100/1000 boars. You can go low and be cool completing the minor goal, or you can seek mastery. Some achievements are really hard.
Have both. But have more "real achievements" that are outside average gameplays. Milestones are not great achievements, because people do that anyway. They have played, not really achieved.
If its easy and everyone does it, what is the purpose of the achievement? It doesn't make you amazing- everyone gets a trophy and no one cares.
What kind of hard is "HARD"? Time, RNG, performance? Grinding things out can be fun or NOT FUN. Do you need 1000 tries to really get something required to begin an achievement?
When will the players earn them? first play through? If expectation is they should achieve in the first time, is that an achievement-worthy performance? Different levels can be built into the game to amp up difficulty and implement more challenge without extra coding.
Have an even spread throughout gameplay and then a cluster of difficult achievements at the end.
Not everything in a game is exciting on its own: grinding, exploring, crafting are not. For normal activities there needs to be a great reward. Here's the incentive for the massive boredom. People will fight dragons no matter what, but they may not fish or garden in a game. Exciting things don't need a nudge, just different levels of challenge.
Have achievements which can be completed, but next playthrough you should have options for more grinding and greater achievements.
META and INCREMENTAL
meta: an achievement for achieving achievements. Are the achievements required logically grouped? Is the reward worth all the time and effort involved? Is the juice worth the squeeze?
incremental: progression of related achievements. Do the achievements themselves drive performance? Are they spaced properly? Is there enough meaningful content between achievements.
aggregators: does the score mean more than the achievement? Does the % of completions matter? Can seeing that 45% have earned this achievement and 1% have bothered to achieve that achievement matter? Does it mean the same to the programmers as the user?
How much content is there? WOW has over 3,000 achievements for solo play.
Do the players have choices and can they differentiate themselves? Can a player ever actually get them all? Should they try? What is the Goldilocks number for your game.
POSITIVE vs NEGATIVE
Does it match player expectations and mindset. Negative mindset might let you know you need to try harder.
Some games have negative achievements because the game is so difficult.
- Dark SOULS II: This is dark Souls.
- God of War: "Getting my Ass Kicked
I use all positive. If you have negative be very careful. It can be disheartening and raise bad feelings
EXPECTED vs UNEXPECTED
Does the player know there are achievements? Do they get ignored? You want the players to know there are goals and you should actively go for them. If they pop up randomly and you don't care, that's bad. If you allow them a mental model so they can see the achievements and try them out.
Are they striving to earn them? Can they be used for creativity?
SOLO, CO-OP, GROUP, or COMPETITIVE
Accommodate different player types. Can players FIND other players? guild level achievements? Is your game competitive? is you audience competitive? What is their experience level of the person? Low level players are often no competition in the game.
PUBLIC or PRIVATE
Achievements can be an identity for a player. History, expertise, preferences, imply a play style, speed runner, completionist, etc.
However, it can be baggage. "Want to participate with us? Link me your 'X' achievement." Is this a negative? If a player cannot join with others because of a progression issue, is this discrimination? How can you enter a dungeon if you cannot enter a dungeon? How can you join a high-level party if no high-level party will let you join them because you haven't gotten far enough on your own? Achievements have now stopped you from playing the game. Negative achievements could stop you from playing further.
Can you showcase or share different things with different people? For example, could you show one player that you've beaten 1000 orcs to join their group, but show other people that you've failed to beat the dungeon because you need help?
During or after play: when achieving, will you receive immediate or delayed feedback? How disruptive will this be? Think of the paperclip from MS Word. How much did you LOVE Clippy?
everyone loves lists and grids. WHow do players encounter the achievements. if only there was a better way to resent them. Skill tries. PATH OF EXILES
Why don't we represent achievements like skill trees?
Achievements are a glimpse into the mind of the designer. Achieve the things we want you to be! Consider presenting your achievements in a way so that students and players know what to achieve. Show them all at once presented clearly. Allow students and players to Make a plan to get there.
Promote goal setting. If you get one but don't read it, you don't care. On the other hand, if you make a plan, people can see where they want to be, and they provide context and hierarchy education (digital badges) individual achievements don't really matter. The context they are in matters more. The pathway skill tree matters more. The path is your identity. If they are on a pathway and plan to make their goals. If the game knows you are trying to achieve these goals, how will it effect their gameplay? How can The programmer or program get them there? Is it time? Speed, Power, etc.
Game designers do, and choose to make them or not. Why not achievements makers? DODA. It could be a closed system. I'm going to do this thing, to this degree, with this tool.
After his presentation, he opened things up to a Q&A session
What do you think of hidden achievements
Hidden achievements can be found, so its not being hidden, but if you cannot set a goal for themselves, it can be addressed. There are some secrets that are fun, but its more for second playthrough. It might be a teaser to let people know on second playthrough.
Kill someone on the development team?
Random encounters are kind of fun. They can make interesting memories. People like novelty.
Trading card sytems with steam and wii?
A lot of the following items are trophy or achievements, etc. its just a question of symantics. They are pretty useless, but should have the same outlines.
What about locking people out of achievements when skipping ahead?
Designers are probably showing an implied hierarchy, but it should still let people skip ahead. It seems unfair to achieve the conditions, but fail to receive the achievement
Some requirements for achievements require high amounts. Gears of wars needs 100,000 kills. It might disincentivize new players. Few if anyone will earn it, but those who do will grab lots of attention by telling EVERYONE.
Lucas Blair PhD is co-founder and game designer at little bird games. firstname.lastname@example.com


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The new AngularJS (specifically v1.3) offers many new features and under-the-hood improvements. For details about this release you should check out the changelog.
There are a few breaking changes and I want to discuss one in particular that gave me headaches. Let's say you have a directive such as this one:
Your unit test for this directive would be like this (as an example here, I'm using Jasmine):
If you run the above unit test in 1.2.*, it will pass. In angular 1.3.*, it will not.
The reason is due to changes to the ngIf directive. The initial element bound to the directive is a simple HTML comment when loaded, because the condition is false. Before, this comment node had access to the child scope generated by the directive (by calling the angular.element object's method scope()). This is no longer the case, this html directive will NOT return the child scope of the directive and your unit tests will fail.
I have not found a solution for this problem and ended up wrapping the ngIf directive in a common div, avoiding the HTML comment entirely. A proper solution for this problem would be appreciated!
This is a just heads up to one of the issues you may have when upgrading your angular apps and you find yourself stuck debugging your unit tests! Happy coding!

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I'm a political junkie. I never miss voting in an election. But I did on Tuesday.
For the first time, there were no polling places to go to in Seattle. It was an all-mail ballot for the primary election to choose the finalists for mayor of Seattle, King County executive and several other important races. Those of you reading this in other parts of the country, be warned: voting by mail is the wave of the future.
And I don't like it.
Call me old-fashioned, but I think there is something almost sacred about coming together with fellow citizens at a school or church or fire station and going through the public act of exercising the democratic franchise. Last November, I choked up as I passed a huge bust of Abraham Lincoln at the school where I voted, knowing that I and all the people around me were turning the gears of history as we made our choice for president — a decision that, for the first time, included an African American. It would not have felt the same if I'd been marking my ballot at home.
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Oh, I intended to. That mail-in ballot had been sitting around with the junk mail for days — just another thing on the to-do list that was easy to put off. Finally, on election day, my wife and I got down to it. We talked about the candidates and the issues and made our own decisions. She filled out her ballot. I was busy making lunch. On her way out the door to go to work, she reminded me that I'd have to take my ballot to the post office. I heard her, but I was distracted and her words didn't quite register. The day got crowded with demands, as it always does, and, when I got home at 9:30 that evening, I realized the ballot was still sitting on the dining room table, unmarked and unmailed.
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Athiyuthu is a small village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a coastal village in the Ramanathapuram district, which is situated at a distance of 32 km west. The nearest city from here is Madurai located at a distance of 130 km north-west. Enthusiasts of Islamic structures, mosques, temples as well as beaches and estuaries must visit this place.
Places to Stay
As the village does not have proper lodging facilities, one will definitely have to choose Ramanathapuram for lodging. Some of the options which can be considered from a traveller's point of view are Ruby Palace Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 600), Kings Inn Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 880), Hotel Haza Palace (Tariff – Rs. 500) and Ramanatha Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 300) and others.
The official language of the village as well as the surrounding areas is Tamil.
The important festivals of the area are Pongal in Januray, Ganesh Chathurthi in August-September and Diwali in October-November.
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The major airport near the area is located at a distance of 135 km in Madurai.
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On November 11-13, 2017, your Academy delegates participated in the Interim Meeting for the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD). The PM&R delegation is represented by Drs. Susan Hubbell (AMA Delegate and PM&R Section Council Chair), Stuart Glassman (AMA Delegate), Mohamad Agha (Young Physicians Section Representative, Alternate Delegate), and Brittany Bicklehaupt (Resident and Fellow Section Representative, Alternate Delegate).
AAPM&R delegates to the AMA HOD are strong advocates for policies that affect physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians and their patients. At this interim meeting, your delegation introduced and advocated for two resolutions that were successfully accepted as policy of the AMA.
Resolution 220: Preserving Protections of the American Disabilities Act of 1990
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RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association support legislative changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, to educate state and local government officials and property owners on strategies for promoting access to persons with a disability.
RESOLVED, That our AMA oppose legislation amending the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, that would increase barriers for disabled persons attempting to file suit to challenge a violation of their civil rights.
RESOLVED, That our AMA develop educational tools and strategies to help physicians make their offices more accessible to persons with disabilities, consistent with the American Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as any applicable state laws.
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RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association support additional reimbursement for evaluation and management services for patients who require additional time and specialized equipment during medical visits due to severe mobility-related impairments.
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First, there's actually a Wikipedia article on the Latourette fort. Called Lookout Place or Fort Izard, it wasn't really a fort, just an earthen rampart about 44 square feet. It was built to look over a freshwater stream, and I imagine would have had a nice clear view toward New Jersey and any colonial intruders.
During the Battle of Staten Island, based on the map on Wikipedia, it seems like Gen. Smallwood's retreat from his initial landing point at Decker's Ferry (Port Richmond), to Old Blazing Star (Rossville), took him along the same stream and under the observation of the British fort.
For those who don't know, the Battle of Staten Island, was a raid led by Gen. John Sullivan against a mixed force of British regulars, Hessians, and colonial militia. His goal was to bag a bunch of prisoners and destroy supplies. Poor coordination, faulty directions, and general confusion led to the Americans losing more prisoners to the enemy than they captured themselves. Sullivan was later court martialed for his handling of the battle, but was cleared.
This map shows the location of the fort in relation to Richmondtown.
This is from the hand-written and unpublished book by Dr.William Gamble. I'm assuming he was attached to the British forces occupying Staten Island, but I'm not sure. The book, which I actually got to look through, is filled with odds and ends, including puzzles, and lists of Royal Navy ships by name and rating. Regarding the Latourette fort, Gamble's contribution is this map below showing the location of every redoubt (or "ridout" as he spells it) on the Island in 1781. The Latourette position is listed as point a, the Richmond ridout.


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As I begin my new year on this second day of the year I am fighting the urge to slip back to my old excuses. That is until I think of my friend Juan H. he is working on losing weight.
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It can be disappointing and frustrating to step from a nice, relaxing bubble bath or shower and try to dry off with a bath towel that is stiff, scratchy or nonabsorbent. It is not the towel, but how it was laundered, that causes these annoyances. Follow a few simple tips to keep your bath towels in top condition.
Before you use a newly-purchased bath towel, wash it in warm water with laundry detergent to remove any sizing or fabric coating that may be on the fibres from manufacturing. Without doing this first, the new towel will not be effective in absorbing the moisture from your body. When you do this first washing, add about quarter of a cup of Epsom salt or table salt to the wash cycle. This not only helps remove the coating, but will help set the colour of the towel. Add 1/2 cup of baking soda, along with your detergent, to the wash cycle to keep your towels smelling fresh. To keep towels soft, add a 1 cup of white vinegar to the final rinse cycle. Do not add fabric softener to the wash cycle. Don't wash your towels with other laundry items; if you must, be sure to wash similar coloured items together.
Once you remove the initial coating from the bath towel, don't re-coat the fibres by drying towels with a fabric-softener sheet, or use fabric softener in the wash. Fabric softeners coat bath towel fibres with silicon that makes them less absorbent. To keep bath towels soft and absorbent, tumble them dry in a low-to-medium temperature setting. Even a few minutes of tumble drying before hanging towels on a clothesline will improve their softness and absorbency. If you must air dry your bath towels, vigorously shake out each towel before you hang it, and again when folding the dry towel. This will help fluff up the terry fibres for softness and absorbency.


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Situated in the heart of the Lausanne University Hospital Complex, the HESAV offers degree-level courses focused on professional practice.
First degrees are available in 4 different fields:
• Nursing
• Physiotherapy
• Medical radiology
• Midwifery
The school incorporates an interprofessional dimension into its teaching and contributes to Master's degrees in these sectors, organised jointly by the University of Lausanne and the HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland).
HESAV also offers continuous training and post-graduate qualifications to meet the needs of professional practice environments.
An emphasis on mobility: with its numerous agreements worldwide, HESAV actively encourages international mobility among its students, allowing them to develop their intercultural skills through summer schools, internships and study periods abroad.
Research into health: HESAV undertakes disciplinary and interdisciplinary research activities that reinforce the specific scientific foundations necessary to improve professional practice, the general health of the population and even the health and social system itself. Based on its key areas of expertise, HESAV provides services to third parties and information to the public in terms of care, community health and prevention.
A benchmark facility: with its lively and dynamic campus, expert teaching staff, research activities and numerous partnerships, HESAV is a reference in the field of health, both nationally and internationally.
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MPs Call For Cannabis To Be Legalised In The UK
Legalising cannabis would bring £6.8 billion to the economy annually and massively lessen criminal justice costs – yet still the UK is adamant that the law should not change.
Well, that may all be about to change as a group of MPs led by the former Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg, are calling on the government to follow in America's footsteps and legalise weed once and for all, reports The Independent.
Earlier this month two more states in the U.S. legalised the recreational and medicinal usage of weed leading many forward thinking MP's to fear that our government is stuck in the 'dark ages' when it comes to drug policy.
Nick Clegg said:
British politicians need to open their eyes to what is happening in the rest of the world.
Cannabis prohibition is being swept away on a tide of popular opinion and replaced with responsible legal regulation.
Legalising marijuana would not only help in the prevention of organised crime groups, corruption, and drug related murders, but it would also stop the underground production of cannabis which is essentially uncontrollable.
It would also bring in £6.8 billion to the economy every year with the potential to net between £750 million and £1.05 billion in tax revenues too.
Another reason the MPs are calling for weed to be legalised is the fact that tax payers spend £50 million every year on prison fees for those imprisoned for cannabis related offences – legalising weed would without doubt minimise this number on an unfathomable scale.
Former Cabinet Minister, Peter Lilley, added:
It is time we legalised cannabis. Currently cannabis can only be obtained from illegal gangs who also push hard drugs. So we are driving soft drugs users into the arms of hard drugs pushers.
Conservative MP, Michael Fabricant, claimed:
There can be no doubt that just as prohibition on the sale of alcohol failed in the United States and encouraged gangsterism, the banning of drugs has promoted a wicked and lucrative black market which pushes illegal drugs on the innocent.
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This snippet shows how to serialize action script object to strings, the serialization method is AMF based, note also that each object must meet three basic rules in order to be serialized properly: ¨1. The constructor must take no arguments 2. Fields must be public or they won't be saved 3. You must register it with a class alias by calling flash.net.registerClassAlias(aliasString, class).¨ (this is based upon http://www.partlyhuman.com/blog/roger/technique-storing-arbitrary-objects-in-html-links).
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- {
- import flash.utils.ByteArray;
- import mx.utils.Base64Encoder;
- import mx.utils.Base64Decoder;
- public class SerializationUtils {
- public static function serializeToString(value:Object):String{
- if(value==null){
- throw new Error("null isn't a legal serialization candidate");
- }
- var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
- bytes.writeObject(value);
- bytes.position = 0;
- var be:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder();
- be.encode(bytes.readUTFBytes(bytes.length));
- return be.drain();
- }
- public static function readObjectFromStringBytes(value:String):Object{
- var dec:Base64Decoder=new Base64Decoder();
- dec.decode(value);
- var result:ByteArray=dec.drain();
- result.position=0;
- return result.readObject();
- }
- }
- }
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- Posted By: etfd on January 21, 2010
Thanks for the post! Very useful! I did have to modify the code a bit for it to work however (I kept getting "end of file" errors when I got to the result.readObject() line. Hope this is helpful to others... -David
here's the code
public static function serializeToString(value:Object):String{ if(value==null){ throw new Error("null isn't a legal serialization candidate"); } var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); bytes.writeObject(value); bytes.position = 0; var be:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder(); be.encodeBytes( bytes ); return be.toString(); } public static function readObjectFromStringBytes(value:String):Object{ var dec:Base64Decoder=new Base64Decoder(); dec.decode(value); var result:ByteArray= dec.toByteArray(); result.position=0; return result.readObject(); }
- Posted By: hopewise on February 10, 2010
No matter what I do, I keep having this error:
RangeError: Error #2006: The supplied index is out of bounds. at flash.utils::ByteArray/readObject()
I am dispertly looking for a solution ..
- Posted By: jschatz1 on November 5, 2010
Here is the correct code: This eliminates the end of file error you were getting:
public static function serializeToString(value:Object):String { var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); bytes.writeObject(value);
bytes.position = 0; var be:Base64Encoder = new Base64Encoder(); be.encodeBytes(bytes) return be.drain(); } public static function readObjectFromStringBytes(value:String):Object { var dec:Base64Decoder = new Base64Decoder(); dec.decode(value); var result:ByteArray = dec.toByteArray(); result.position = 0; return result.readObject(); }
- Posted By: jschatz1 on November 5, 2010
That got messed up but you get the idea. The drain grabs anything in the buffers which we don't have anything (but you might). Yeah that
be.encode(bytes.readUTFBytes(bytes.length));is the part that really kills it. because it's not UTF you want.. You want the actual bytes. And You really need
dec.toByteArray()because you want a byteArray not a string. You never even wanna deal with strings because as soon as you do, the bytes in your ByteArray is no longer accurate because they have been converted to something else. And that's the whole point of Base64 anyway: to take what you can't read (the actual characters of the bytes (in 8 bits), with all sorts of none ASCII characters, and turn them into readable ASCII characters (6 bits) and slide the extra 2 bits over to the next byte.)
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Supply Chain Risk Management Software
Save large amounts of time creating supplier risk assessments and ensure consistency across all supplier and product risk assessments.
Risks to your food and drinks company are hidden in your supply chain and can have detrimental effects in many areas of your business model: Financial & Commercial, Food Safety, Ethical, Environmental & Brand Protection.
With the rapid rise of social media and ever watchful media there are huge advantages to be gained from using an integrated solution for supply chain risk assessment that can evaluate potential risks and bring them to your attention long before they appear on someone's Twitter feed, on display to the world.
Existing manual processes for supply chain risk management are time and resource consuming, usually using complex spreadsheets or outdated database solutions.
Managing risk assessments consistently in a standardised and audit-friendly manner can be a challenge when you are dealing with many suppliers, based in any of 90 different countries under the BRC global standards.
Supplier Risk Assessment & Management
The QADEX supplier risk assessment module is the ultimate supply chain risk management tool, which can be deployed either as a standalone module, or in conjunction with other modules such as supplier auditing.
Our supplier risk management software package works online 24/7 while you get on with managing your business, it will efficiently and in real-time, manage all your supplier risk assessments on a rolling schedule, alerting you to any possible non-compliances, long before they reach the consumer and his Twitter feed.
Here is a quick guide to how it works:
A more detailed explanation can be given, once we know the specific needs of your company and its industry sector, and we are very happy to show you in detail how it can work effectively with your existing system.
- It is totally configurable to your specific supply chain risk assessment criteria and parameters and is flexible enough to risk assess and score your suppliers.
- Multi stage risk assessments can be completed by different departments with all information coming together to form an integrated "risk score" for the supplier.
- All suppliers are managed consistently.
- All of the data required to complete risk assessments can be auto-populated from self audit questionnaires and product specifications saving large amounts of time.
- Advanced tools to help ensure consistent risk assessments are available.
- Your company will be automatically Audit ready 24/7.
- This software makes it easy to drive continuous improvement in your supply chain year-on-year in a standardised, consistent and measurable way.
Would you like to see how it will work with your systems? Have a chat with one of our team about your specific supply chain risk management issues and how we may be able to help.
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We will present you with some opportunities you may not have realised existed and how these opportunities have worked out at similar companies to your own.
Get to see how the QADEX system can reduce your costs and give massive time savings for your business first hand.
You will also get a demonstration of our robust supplier approval and supply risk management software, with the opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have.
At the end of the workshop, you will have created a personal Next Steps Plan for you to take away and start actioning within your business.


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Castle mottes are large earth and stone mounds, often coupled with a bailey, and are a characteristic component of the British landscape. Ask most people and they will have a favourite castle. It may be a local landmark which forms a familiar part of daily life or a more distant memory of a cherished past experience.
There are around 900 mottes or motte and bailey castles recorded from across England. So how did the Round Mounds Project team narrow this down to just 20 mottes for detailed study? Perhaps not surprisingly the first stage involved a review of existing information. The aim of this work was to identify castle sites with the potential for prehistoric origin. Continue reading


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Collaborate with us
Acoustic damping systems for leaner and greener aero gas turbine combustion systems
- Ensuring Rolls-Royce product compliance with future emissions and efficiencies legislation
Research dating back more than a decade has been developed in conjunction with Roll-Royce as the company strives to meet ACARE aircraft emissions targets which require radical changes to combustion systems by 2020.
The challenging legislative targets necessitate a change in combustion system architecture which includes the introduction of lean burn technology. The latter is inherently more thermo-acoustically unstable which can adversely impact on engine performance and structural integrity.
Key to the development of these new greener turbines has been an improved understanding of the fundamental mechanisms by which acoustic energy is absorbed.
In 2008, the unique £3m Unsteady Fluid Mechanics Laboratory opened – providing the research team with the test rigs required to explore novel acoustic damping configurations over the range of atmospheric and temperature conditions generated within an engine.
The work has resulted in novel analytical models for assessing damper system performance which now feature in Rolls-Royce next generation engine design programmes.
The team also developed a novel cooling system which was tested in the Rolls-Royce ANTLE demonstrator engine and is now embedded in all damping designs of this type.
The research is an enabler to the introduction of lean burn technology helping Roll-Royce to meet legislative emissions targets, and is guiding the development of next generation engines.
The findings and novel designs have been tested and validated by a range of Rolls-Royce engine programmes.
The research has featured in journals recognised as world-leading by industry and academia, and Rolls-Royce has taken out a number of patents to protect the intellectual property it has generated.


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Hello there. During the first 2 months of 2008 I will be skateboarding 1500 miles (2500km) across New Zealand. I am going to be accompanied on this journey by friends and fellow skaters; Adam Colton (USA), Jestah Carnie (NZ), and Sheldon Lessard (USA).
This journey will take us from the top of the North Island to the Bottom of the South Island and will be to raise funds and awareness for two very important charities.
The Lowe Syndrome Trust is a small charity that supports children and families suffering with this disease. To go to the LST website visit www.lowetrust.com
CanTeen is a New Zealand based charity that supports young people with the day to day reality of suffering with cancer. To visit the Canteen website visit www.canteen.org.nz
Our Journey will be hard but it is easy for you to donate. Please dig deep and sponsor me online.
To find out more on our journey visit www.skatenewzealand.com


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This video features 6...Qc7 in the mainline of the Stonewall, a good move since after the obvious 7.Ngf3, White turns out worse in all lines. Matt suggests an alternate development of pieces including Nh3 and Qf3.
The game Van Vliet-Znosko-Borovsky, 1907, is very important for White and Black to be aware of. Matt found this game in the back of Aron Nimzowitch's 'My System'. It is the best chess book ever written, but computer analysis disagrees with Nimzo's assessment of a critical line in this game.


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Month: July 2013
Gifts from a Friend – Urban Homsteading – Quail Eggs
Medina Lake at Night – Drought by Moonlight – Texas Hill Country
The other night at 9:30, my brother and I rather spontaneously set out for Medina Lake, after at first only intending to give my Toyota Matrix XRS a short spin and perhaps trying to find some landscapes to shoot with the full or nearly full moon shining above them.
I can report that the winding road between Helotes and Medina Lake is a lot of fun in a 6-speed manual with a little zip, even if only a little bit of zip, and with a little willingness to power through the corners. As for Medina Lake, well you can see that its water level has fallen even further than its level when we visited this past January due to the protracted drought in these parts.
Even so, with the moon directly above the lake and glittering off of the waters and a strong breeze, the night was delightful. Some of these shots are hand-held and some are the result of the old use-your-tshirt-as-a-tripod school of photography. Already fearing we were, strictly speaking, pushing at our luck at being as close to the lake as we were, we did not go down as far as last time. Oh, and the grassy areas may well have been rather snake-y, which was added incentive to stay close! Even so, we were able to find some promising landscapes, both by looking toward and away from the lake.
With the beauty of the night–the twinkling water, the warm breeze–with the freedom of having my shirt off and the mild antinominianism of the whole adventure, I was reminded of the many campouts we were taken on in our boarding school in Pakistan, when we would spend a weekend near a river (one of the most storied in the world) or a dam. These weekends were adventurous for other reasons–like maybe getting to sit with the girl you liked on the trip there and back or the thrill of setting off illicit fireworks and not getting caught–but some of the most satisfying moments were just like the ones my brother and I had by Medina Lake, with the magic of moonlight and water and wind against your body and a dear friend close by.


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Thanks go the Francois, KE6MLT for this link providing a quick and easy view of the current band conditions. It gives you band propagation predictions as of the last 30 seconds. How's that for "current"? Lots of background info on the sub pages and links on this site as well.
Check it out in the Member's Favorites!
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Just ask any worker:
People join unions for all the above reasons and more!
There are laws in Ontario that will assist in many of the points listed above through the "Ontario Labour Relations Act", "Employment Standards Act", and many others.
Many employers in Ontario provide the benefits of a Union however there are many workers that are exploited and unable to have a voice in the workplace. IUPAT Ontario (The Ontario Council of Painters of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades) can assist you with a better standard of living anywhere in the province.


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March has been a very exciting month for myself and Dave. After freelancing for a number of companies this year, we decided to embrace all the work being thrown at us and launch our own creative content company.
So without further ado, we introduce to you Red Platypus!
Red Platypus' aim is to help SMEs to create unique content that stands out, through social media, video content and copy writing.
The future of Red Platypus
We've got a few regular clients already and we're really enjoying the work. The future is a bright and exciting one for Red Platypus because it looks as though within 2-3 months we will be hiring our own freelance writers to help us with our workload.
We decided to launch Red Platypus because we're beginning to realise just how the world is changing. No longer do you have to be chained to a desk – you can work from anywhere. We really think this is the way of the future. In a couple of decades we predict around 50% or more employees will work remotely.
This is so exciting because it means you can explore the world as you make a living – never before in human history has this been so easy.
Being a business owner
Another one of the reasons why I'm so excited about Red Platypus is because I'm now a business owner. It feels strange to even type those words, but it's the truth.
And it feels like a dream come true.
I'm very grateful for this and I have a secret to tell – we didn't do it on our own.
The secret to Red Platypus
We have someone very special to thank – Dave's granddad Parma. He left Dave an inheritance – something we've never before mentioned on this blog.
Dave's granddad was a remarkable man and even though I never got to meet him, I know all about his legacy and his impressive life. He encouraged Dave to travel, inspired him to own his own business and bestowed upon him a very cultured up-bringing.
And the money he left behind – part of which Dave's nan decided to give to us in 2009 – enabled us to travel and start Red Platypus simultaneously. With his investment in us, we've been able to grow something that means the world to us, while fulfilling our lifelong passion of seeing the world at the same time.
Investing in our dreams
For a long time, Dave debated what to do with the money. Should we use it for a deposit for a house? Or invest it for our future? Eventually, we decided to do what we'd been dreaming of ever since we left for London – travel the world.
And then, after we'd done this for awhile, we realised it was time to develop our travels into something more meaningful and long-term. Which is how Red Platypus came about.
So there you have it – our new company has been born, thanks to both luck and hard work. And the exciting thing is, by the end of next month, we would've earned back the inheritance we spent since we hit the road.


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Walking to Better Health
Men's Health recently wrote an article on "Numbers to Live By," which declared that we should "hoof it for health" and log at least 10,000 steps a day. Now, here at Bowflex, we know walking is good for your health, but the University of Oklahoma study mentioned in the article showed just how much of an impact walking can have on your health. The study found that "men who logged at least 10,000 steps a day slashed their odds of having cardiovascular disease risk factors by 69 percent."
We've put together some tips to help you sneak more steps into your day.
- Jump-start your day with an invigorating morning walk. Being active first thing in the morning boosts your metabolism.
- Park at the outer limits of the parking lot, or don't even drive to begin with!
- Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
- Use a pedometer app. People who use an app to track steps are 20 times more likely to exceed their step target (Men's Health).
- Take a walk at lunchtime and return with greater focus. Yep, it turns out walking is good for your brain too - It has positive impacts on memory, attention and several other cognitive processes.
- Instead of sitting in a conference room, plan walking meetings with your coworkers.
- Set reminders to move at least once an hour throughout your day. Walk to the water fountain or to your coworker's office, instead of sending an email.
- Make up the difference at the end of the day. If you find that you fall short of your goal during the day, go on an evening walk to reach your target.
- Walk with your dog or borrow a friend's dog.
- Walk with your family. Walking with your loved ones is a positive way to spend time together while modeling healthy habits.
- Go on a walking tour. In most cities, you can find groups that host fun walking tours with unique focuses, such as history or architecture. Some places even have haunted tours where you can explore the after-life lore of your town.
- Join a walking, hiking or jogging group. Whether through old-fashioned word-of-mouth or by scouring through sites like Meet Up, you can join together with other people who want to add more activity (and steps) to their lives.
Logging your 10,000 steps can be a fun (and creative) process. How do you meet or exceed your goal? Leave a comment and share your tips.


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The Department of Music is delighted to share the wonderful news that our faculty and graduate students were recognized at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society in San Antonio for winning major awards and fellowships.
Seth Brodsky won the Lewis Lockwood Award for this book From 1989, or European Music and the Modernist Unconscious (University of California Press, 2017). The Lockwood Award honors a musicological book of exceptional merit published during the previous year by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career.
Jessica Peritz received the Paul A. Pisk Prize for her paper "Luigia Todi's Timbre: The Enlightening 'Social Utility' of Female Voice in 1790s Italy." The Pisk Prize is awarded each year to a graduate music student for a scholarly paper presented at the Society's Annual Meeting.
Both Jessica Peritz and Tommaso Sabbatini were given formal recognition as recipients of the Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship.
Congratulations all around for bringing honor and distinction to our Department!


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Leisure packages
Whether travelling as a couple, with family or with friends, make your stay an experience to remember, courtesy of our various offers.
Custom offers
All you have to do is ask our concierge to create your very own custom offer. It's commission free.
Custom services
We're here to take care of your every need the way we would if you were visiting our home. Our goal is to make you feel like our home is your home.


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Newspapers are afraid they will go out of business if they don't find a new revenue source. Everybody, including printers and newspaper people, are blind to the value of print to earn money going forward.
They say people make decisions because of fear or greed. The reality is that big decisions are made by going businesses on the base of fear. But they call it "risk management" because nobody wants to admit they are afraid.
Read these conversations at Harvard. Don't forget the comments. If it's too much of a pain to read it on the screen, print it out and use a highlighter to remember the important parts.
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Work for Eclipse Tools
We're growing fast, and we're looking for smart people who want to grow with us. Let's make one thing clear: Eclipse Tools is not the place for you if you just want to come along for the ride. We want people who sprint, not mosey. We want people who question, not comply. We want people who are energetic, attentive, flexible and highly motivated.
One of our key company values is Wonder. We want all of our associates — whether in sales, customer service or fulfillment — to always be wondering how they could improve Eclipse's processes, products and themselves. Good enough is never good enough at Eclipse.
We reward our hard-working team with growth opportunities and great benefits, including:
- 100 percent of health insurance, vision, dental, short and long-term disability premiums paid for employees
- Three weeks paid time off per year
- Simple IRA match up to 3 percent of an employee's contribution
Open Positions at Eclipse Tools
Eclipse Tools is currently hiring for the following positions:
Warehouse Associate — Amelia, VA
Eclipse Tools, an importer and wholesale distributor of tools for the Electronics, Electrical, and Low Voltage markets is seeking two Warehouse Associates to work in our warehouse team. We offer a clean, comfortable, heated/air conditioned pack and ship environment and a great team of people to work with. We are located in Amelia, VA, just a short ride west of Chesterfield via Genito Rd or 360 and accessible from the west end of Richmond via 288.
You're perfect for this role if…
…you are in love with details and are extremely detail oriented and despise making mistakes
…you have previous warehouse experience in a high-paced, volume driven warehouse
…you don't mind being on your feet all day, clocking several miles walking the warehouse
…you are energetic and a self-starter, requiring little supervision once given responsibilities
…you have an inherent "ownership mindset" and treat the resources of the company as you would your own
…you are a smart critical thinker always striving to improve not only your processes but also yourself
…you have the "do what it takes" attitude we need
…you embrace change, to grow we must always change/improve
The Upside:
- Eclipse Tools is a small and fast growing company, which means this position has a ton of growth potential, we promote from within whenever possible
- Benefits are great for such a small company, we think big
The Downside?:
- We have very high expectations for performance and results
What You'll Need:
- Experience that proves you are capable of performing this job effectively
- The right personality and drive to succeed, excellent track record and references
- Computer skills, shipping software and preferably ERP system of some kind
What You'll Get:
- Compensation: Competitive hourly rate commensurate with experience and abilities
- Health insurance premiums paid 100% for employees
- Vacation two weeks and Personal time one week per year.
- Simple IRA (kind of like a 401K) match of the first 3% of employee contribution
Sound like a good fit for you or someone you know?
Don't waste time. Send your resume with salary history to email@example.com — no calls and no recruiters, please.


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The process
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Site navigation (main menu).
NWT Solar provides a comprehensive solution from a single, trusted solar energy company. NWT Solar's dedicated team focus on providing a seamless service, simplifying the energy agreement options, eliminating risk and snag free installation.
For details of our Operation & Maintenance contract offering, visit NWT Energy's resource page.
NWT Solar conducts a site-specific assessment and provides an economic evaluation of the solar production potential, showing the expected returns. We also offer leasing options on the installation space, which allows you to install solar energy without a capital outlay. Our design will propose a solar photovoltaic system that utilises the most appropriate PV technology and framing system to optimise energy production and return on investment.
NWT Solar applies for the feed-in tariff, permits and connections. In the case of financed projects we will chose a suitable investor and work through their 'due diligence' process.
NWT Solar manages the entire installation process including logistics, construction, connections with the utility, the feed-in tariff process and completes the testing and commissioning of the system to ensure everything is operating at its maximum potential.
NWT Solar offers a full operation and maintenance programme including monitoring performance via remote telemetry. Biannual system inspections by certified technicians ensure that the system's performance is optimised and downtimes minimised. The O&M service can include the stocking of spare parts including PV modules and inverters for the duration of the contract.
NWT Solar supply a range of stylish monitoring systems for commercial systems. The data from these systems can be accessed via our solar log website.
The website delivers to live, up-to-the-minute information on your system's performance and electricity generation.
Live monitoring also allows us to ensure your system is running at maximum efficiency and to resolve any operational issues with the minimum disruption to service.
Visit the NWT Solar monitoring website for a live demo »
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Direct Payments - iDeal
The Dutch market has a union of ten banks (ABN AMRO, ASN Bank, Friesland Bank, ING, Knab, Rabobank Regio Bank, SNS Bank, Triodos Bank and Van Lanschot Bankiers) that have collaborated to create the the payment method iDEAL. It is the dominant payment method for direct bank transfers and Internet banking, and is a must for your portfolio of payment methods, if you are selling online in the Netherlands.
How does it work?
Payments are initiated by DIBS, which means that all transactions can be tracked and managed through DIBS Administration. Customers are transferred to their Dutch online bank (one of the ten banks that are connected to iDEAL) where they log in as per usual. The customer selects which account to pay with, and confirms the payment.
How do I get started with iDeal?
- An additional DIBS agreement needs to be established to support iDEAL.
- Establish a bank account in one of the ten banks in iDEAL (DIBS currently supports ABN AMRO and ING).
- Sign up for iDEAL.
Please contact our sales department (08-527525 00 / email@example.com) or your Account Manager, and we will help you get started with iDEAL.


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Often touted as a panacea or the future of marketing, programmatic advertising seems to be on everyone's minds these days.
At the same time, there's a lot of misinformation out there and a general sense of confusion around what it means to be programmatic. Brands of all sizes are jumping to programmatic without a clear understanding of the risks involved or the types of businesses for which programmatic makes sense.
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This last character that I am about to submit is also from the Angel Beats series. He is sort of new to the whole story so bear with me as far as information goes. Here is "how to draw Yuzuru Otonashi", step by step. He came to the Afterlife recently with no recollection of who he is or where he is from. His memory was lost so not knowing what happened to him he soon joins the SSS. The reason why Yuzuru chooses to join the SSS is to find a way to retrieve his memories. Even though the lesson has the title of Yuzuru, he is also commonly called Otonashi. Now because he has no clue who he is, he takes on everyday that goes by with caution. Yuri fills in Otonashi with all the 411 on who is who, and what is what. Taking on all this information seems confusing to the newcomer, but he soon adapts to what is thrown at him. He hangs with Hinata a lot and often chats with him to become friends. Otonashi will sometimes joke about his sexuality, so who knows if he is heterosexual, or bisexual. Anyways, this tutorial should be amusing to those that are fans of the series, and to those that asked for him for a step by step tutorial. He will be pretty simple to recreate so don't get your panties in a twist. I shall return tomorrow with more drawing fun so come back around to see what I will have for you all.
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Ten new technologies to pump up your network
SearchNetworking.com expert Carrie Higbie shares her ten favorite new technologies that will help you eliminate bottlenecks and increase network throughput.
Even a finely-tuned network has room for improvement. SearchNetworking.com expert Carrie Higbie shares her ten favorite new technologies that will help you eliminate bottlenecks and increase network throughput.
- Intelligent patching - Allows you to see where devices are on your networks and decreases troubleshooting and fault detection
- Better cabling - Less susceptible to problems and a better value too
- 10G is reality - Utilize SMF or 50 micron laser optimized fiber
- Security appliances - Stop problems before they propagate
- Layer 7 products - Can assist with bandwidth-hungry applications
- Wireless, especially WiMax - Provides increased performance for some last-mile and/or campus applications
- Blades - All things blade... racks, enclosures, iInteroperability booths, servers and storage, cooling and power
- Advancements in switching and routing - Provides increased wire-speed processing
- VoIP/IPT - It's not new, but is being readily adopted
- Grid computing - Offers ability to group/cluster many systems together to increase processing power
Check out Carrie's full-length presentation on these exciting new technologies here.
Carrie Higbie has been involved in the computing and networking industries for nearly 20 years and has taught classes for Novell, Microsoft, and Cisco certifications as well as CAD/CAE, networking and programming on a collegiate level. Carrie currently works as the Network Applications Market Manager with The Siemon Company, where she provides liaison services to assure harmony between active electronics and networking infrastructures. She participates with the IEEE, TIA and other consortiums and works to further educate the end-user community on the importance of a quality infrastructure.


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We have had some amazing volunteers over the years, and we appreciate all the time and effort that you put into helping us make this a great race day experience for the ladies. We always need some help race day and there are many jobs we will need some help with, so take your pick!
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- Greet the ladies and help them find where they need to go on race day (note to single guys, this is a good one!)
- Help us find sponsors who would like to join us race day at the expo
- Help us reach out to manufacturers/retailers that will give us nice treats that the ladies will enjoy
- Stuff goody bags with treats
- Keep order at the registration table tent
- Hand out water on the course
- Guard the prize table (this one is serious business!)
- Keep the ladies headed the right direction as a course marshal (a proven favorite for husbands on race day)
- Provide entertainment on the course
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[photo by Jason Prechtel, taken in March 2009 with Lonely Planet South America guidebook in hand]
Why do Lonely Planet guidebooks gloss over dictatorships?
TO ESTABLISH THE quality of the political education they're serving up to a new generation of travelers, it's useful to begin by skimming their guidebooks for undemocratic countries like Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria.
There's a formula to them: a pro forma acknowledgment of a lack of democracy and freedom followed by exercises in moral equivalence, various contorted attempts to contextualize authoritarianism or atrocities, and scorching attacks on the U.S. foreign policy that precipitated these defensive and desperate actions. Throughout, there is the consistent refrain that economic backwardness should be viewed as cultural authenticity, not to mention an admirable rejection of globalization and American hegemony. The hotel recommendations might be useful, but the guidebooks are clotted with historical revisionism, factual errors, and a toxic combination of Orientalism and pathological self-loathing.The other "preserve-or-demolish" Chicago architecture debate: Prentice Women's Hospital
Far too often, cities are faced with either-or propositions when it comes to older buildings: either save them and forego new development or tear them down and get the new development you need. Chicago, in this instance, could have both, since it's possible to preserve Prentice for a new use and still allow Northwestern to expand its facilities. It just takes some imagination. And that's just what seems lacking right now in the nation's first city of architecture.The forgotten Arab Spring in Western Iran
If the West did attack Iran, do you think it would be a good chance for the Ahwaz to rise up?
Yes, but they'd need to finish the job. If the Ahwazis and other ethnic groups rose up, then the West left, Iran would take revenge on us by killing thousands. The regime is like a cancer on the world, and while it's still in power, there won't ever be lasting peace in the region.Iran threatens to cut itself off from the internet
"We have identified and confronted 650 websites that have been set up to battle our regime — 39 of them are by opposition groups and our enemies, and the rest promote Western culture and worshiping Satan, and stoke sectarian divides," conservative cleric Hamid Shahriari said in March. "We are worried about a portion of cyberspace that is used for exchanging information and conducting espionage."
To that end, Iran's Ministry of Communications and Technology has announced the launch of a domestic intranet — a completely closed loop that would leave Iranian citizens without online access to the rest of the world.Russian AK-47 factory thrives on American sales
"Typically, an American family will have five or six short- and long-barreled guns," Mr. Kuzyuk, a former director of the Boston Consulting Group in Moscow, said in an interview. "Some collectors have more than 20 guns."
And in the United States, Izhmash cannot be underpriced by Chinese competitors. The federal government has banned most imports of Chinese handguns and rifles since 1994.


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It reminded me at one of the basic principles of cartoons, cartoons as funny drawings. Most of the cartoons in this catalogue are very witty. After a day of work, looking in such a catalogue is really relaxing... People with symptoms of stress shouldn't practise some kind of "mindfulness", I'd rather advice to watch cartoon books. It really helps.
Reading gag cartoons books is a no-nonsense approach to fighting stress... That's my humble opinion.
Maybe yo can try this nice catalogue of the Euro-Kartoonale 2001 (Kruishoutem). This catalogue is still available in the ECC.
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Hormones in the human body are chemical structures that function as the bodies messengers. Hormones are manufactured and secreted by major endocrine glands in the body which include the pituitary glands, the pineal glands, the thymus glands, the adrenal glands, the thyroid glands and the pancreatic glands. Some hormones are manufactured in the male and female sex organs.
The hormone-producing sex organs are the male testes and the female ovaries. These organs produce gender-specific hormones which perform a wide range of functions. These powerful chemical substances are produced and utilized in very minute quantities but they facilitate great differences and changes within the cells, organs or tissues that they affect all through your body. The supplementation of too little or too much of a particular hormone can lead to substantial changes in your body's functions and serious consequences. Because of this risky nature, hormone therapy treatments should always be conducted and under strict supervision and monitoring by an expert physician. The physician should use the accurate and correct measurements of a particular patient's hormonal levels, from commendable laboratory results of the person's urine, blood and saliva.
After puberty and during adolescence, hormones, particularly the testosterone, plays a very important role in the control and regulation of the male and female sexual characteristics. Concurrently, deficiencies in any of the sexual hormones i.e. testosterone, oestrogen, Progesterone, and DHEA, may lead to a decreased lack of interest in sex and a drop in sexual desire and libido. The secretion of excess hormones will heighten you sexual anxiety and desire.
Testosterone is the main male-specific hormone which is produced in the male testicles. Testosterone is produced through a joint process that includes the pituitary glands and the endocrine system. This system is known as the hypothalamic pituitary testicular axis. Testosterone serves as the primary natural hormone in the male body. It is generally responsible for the unique development of masculinity and the male characteristics. It is present in both men and women but its functions and effects are more dominant in men because men produce 4-7 mg of testosterone in a day while women produce up to ten times less than this. Even though testosterone is often known and described as a sex hormone, it governs several other functions in the human body and facilitates numerous activities. Other functions that depend on this hormone are;
– It plays a major role in the structural characteristics and muscle differentiation during pubertal changes and general growth and development of the body.
– It regulates the male sexual libido and sexual characteristics.
– It controls fat distribution around the body.
– It influences the brain's development, concentration, and focus, memory, recall and clarity.
– It also facilitates and regulates bone formation, red blood cell's production, bone density and immune system support.
Oestrogen is the main female specific hormone. It is produced in the ovaries. Its function is to stimulate the growth and development of a girl's breast, sex organs, pubic hair and secondary sexual characteristics. There are three basic oestrogen hormones. They are; estrone, estriol and estradiol. Another female specific hormone, progesterone is also considered as an oestrogen. Together, these hormones work to regulate a wide array of physiological and chemically induced processes. Just as testosterone, oestrogen exists in both men and women but it is more dominant in women. Some of the functions that it facilitates include; the menstrual cycle, it has an impact on moods, it regulates body fat levels, sleep quality, water retention and various functions during the preparation of sex and during sexual intercourse. Oestrogen levels in women can be affected by illness, ageing and certain cancer treatments. This can cause very significant changes in sexual interests and functioning. The most adverse effects of low levels of this hormone can be noticed as a woman transitions through to menopause. The oestrogen production drops substantially during this period which leads to the general symptoms of its deficiency.
Despite this explanation and conclusion, some tests that were performed on some women concluded that the ovarian hormones did not play a major role in the level of a woman's libido or the sex drive. The 2012 study that was published in the Journal Of Obstetric and gynaecology involved the analysis of 1350 women of 57-85 years of age. The National Social Life, Health and Ageing project compared and contrasted women who had previously undergone the removal of one or both ovaries( bilateral oophorectomy) and women who had both of their ovaries. The outcome was based on a self-report of sexual ideation which looked into several feelings of sexual fantasies, obsessions, and sexual thoughts. These factors were chosen because individual sexual fantasies and thoughts about sexual experiences are not limited or affected by a woman's partner or her physical limitations. Out of the 25.8% of women who had reported to have undergone a bilateral oophorectomy, no significant difference in sexual ideation was reported between the two groups. The results are contrary to the fact that the hormones produced in the ovary have effects on sexual desire.
Hormone replacement therapy is an expert prescribed medication of any type of hormone. It is used to treat hormonal related problems and hormone deficiencies in both men and women. Testosterone Replacement Therapy is a form of hormonal replacement therapy where synthetic testosterones are prescribed to treat hypogonadotropic symptoms(low testosterone levels).
The types of hormones that are used for TRT include;
– Natural hormones. These are hormones that are produced by living organisms, animals and plants.
– Endogenous hormones. These are hormones produced in the human body.
– Synthetic hormones. These are hormones that are man made.
Synthetic hormones that are made by various hormone manufacturing companies have side chains that may be added to a natural hormone to produce a larger synthetic product. The end products may have some structural differences and characteristics that are believed to be responsible for the numerous side effects associated with the use of synthetic hormones for HRT.
The key to manufacturing a perfect synthetic hormone lies on the molecular structure of the natural hormone. in order for a hormonal replacement therapy to be successful and fully functional as the natural or endogenous hormones, the chemical structure of the synthesised hormone must be accurately identical to the natural hormone that it was drawn from. Our pharmacy produces numerous types of hormones that have the same exact structural characteristics and chemical composition as its endogenous hormones.
Another matter that poses much speculation and confusion to both the medical service providers, physicians and the public in general, is related to the safety, efficacy and side effects of different forms of HRT. Most studies group all forms of oestrogen hormone replacements under oestrogen replacement therapy. This collective grouping does not differentiate oestrogen from other progestins and from other hormones such as progesterone. The correct approach would be to differentiate uniquely the different types of therapies e.g. ' Progestin Replacement Therapy and Progesterone Replacement Therapy'. This will be essential as one will have a therapy administered according to his/her special and specific needs.
Hormonal replacement therapy is a treatment that replaces deficient hormones in the human body system with other hormones that have the same structural and chemical properties. Hormonal deficiency can be as a result of illness, ageing or certain unavoidable medical conditions. HRT has greatly improved the quality of life for thousands of men and women who suffer from hormonal imbalance conditions.
The correct and ideal process that should be followed in order to achieve a proper treatment of hormonal imbalance includes; the comprehensive assessment of your hormonal levels, a complete evaluation of the signs and symptoms that you exhibit, replacement of all the deficient hormones in your system using the required means and dosage and finally, monitoring and fine-tuning the therapy. Dealing with your progesterone, oestrogens and androgen levels are just a peek into the world of achieving a hormonal balance. The thyroid, pituitary and the adrenal functions, as well as your nutritional status, should also be considered and evaluated then treated whenever they are indicated.
Because of the uniqueness of every individual's hormonal structure and chemical composition, working individually is inevitable and therefore depends on cooperation with your physician or your pharmacist to establish exactly what you need and what combination will benefit you the most with minimum side effects. For more information and advice pertaining the development and administration of this medication, feel free to contact our physicians and we will listen to your queries and provide you with the best possible way forward.


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Mergers and acquisitions represent a successful growth strategy for many companies, but, while potentially profitable, M&A transactions are complex and often risky. Covering the latest trends, developments, and best practices for the post-Madoff era, this comprehensive, hands-on resource walks readers through every step of the process, offering practical advice for keeping deals on track and ensuring post-closing integration success. Filled with case studies and war stories illustrating what works and why, the third edition of "Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z" offers valuable tools, checklists, and sample documents, providing crucial guidance on: preparing for and initiating the deal; regulatory considerations; due diligence; deal structure; valuation and pricing; and financing even during turbulent market conditions. M&A transactions can quickly spell a company's doom if they are not conceived and executed carefully, legally, and sensibly. This is the classic guide to mergers and acquisitions, now completely updated for today's market.
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My skin is oily and I have lots of pimples. What can I do?
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I know this sounds sick! But it works! Every day, drink a glass of water with one tablespoon raw apple cider vinegar and 1 tablespoon molasses. Do this for at leas a month. After a week you should tell a difference!
Obviously it's necessary to keep your skin clean, however, "scrubbing" or over washing can actually cause more breakouts. Too much overstimulates and actually fools the skin into thinking it needs more oil. Don't overdo! You need to be sure to treat the "root" of the problem. Use a topical treatment that will actually kill the fungus under the skin otherwise it will continue to come back. A little tip that will help; change your pillow case every night. In retrospect you clean your face thoroughly then go to bed and rub it around on something that has been exposed repeatedly to hair products and all kinds of elements that now have 8 hours to set into your skin! Good luck!
The best thing I've ever seen for pimples is Colloidal Silver. I use the Silver Biotics brand. You just dab it on with a cotton ball or cue-tip. If you put it on at the first "feel" of a pimple coming on, it will never develop.
Also, my neice has oily skin and she uses witch hazel as a daily astringent to keep the oil down. If she ever feels a pimple comin on, she'll use the silver biotic.
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Botox has been known by most as a wrinkle reducer, a fine line eraser, or a quick lift for those wanting a subtle change. Botox is a purified neurotoxin which, when injected in very small dosages, works by causing paralysis in certain muscles in order to smooth out deep wrinkles.
But for those who suffer for things beyond wrinkles and a tired appearance, Botox could be their solution. Hyperhidrosis is a condition characterized by excessive and uncontrollable sweating. This is typically a very embarrassing and inconvenient condition that most fail to cure without medical attention. Hyperhidrosis can occur wherever there are sweat glands, but primarily hands and underarms are the most commonly problematic.
Botox is used when topical treatments have failed to work. The Botox treatment temporarily blocks the chemical signal from the nerves that stimulate sweat glands. When the glands do not receive a signal, they stop producing sweat. Only certain glands are targeted through the injection process. The sweat isn't displaced to somewhere else in your body, nor is it backed up anywhere because it has not been produced in the first place.
Dr. Rokhsar has found another treatment effective in treating embarrassing sweating. Besides Botox, MiraDry, the latest treatment for hyperhidrosis has proven comparatively effective. The technology uses electromagnetic energy to destroy specific sweat glands, and after just two one-hour treatments, patients see an immediate reduction in the amount of sweat they produce. A local anesthesia will be injected into the area being treated. The procedure takes about an hour for both underarms and no after treatment care is needed. The patient should return in three months to repeat the procedure. After the second treatment the patient should see significant improvement in a manageable quantity of sweat.