text: What began as protests against an urban development project has become generalised protests against the government's heavy-handed style [AFP]As Istanbul's Taksim Square clears up a bit after days of intense protests, other confrontations have erupted elsewhere in the city - and across Turkey. With the rhythm of demonstrations building up in the evenings and clearing out when people go to work, the protest movement has also gained some clarity. These protests stand as a siren against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's governance style - a style increasingly perceived as dismissive of the opposition's concerns, overly eager to implement controversial laws aimed at changing the social culture of Turkey, or outright authoritarian in its political behaviour. However, the events in Turkey during last week are not a "revolution" - not yet, anyway, for those making the comparison to Egypt's Tahrir Square. It also does not have to become a revolution, for those wishing to usher in the so-called "spring" into Turkey. What is going on then? These are serious protests in a country that takes itself seriously. And that is what really seems to matter for the Turkish people right now. Yet the question remains: Could this movement keep building? The demographic profile On comparisons to the Arab Spring, Tuna Kuyucu, assistant professor of sociology at Bogazici University in Istanbul, told me: "The similarities are very small. Arab uprisings were mass events preceded by massive economic crises. In Turkey, this is an upper-middle-class movement, mostly about people defending lifestyle matters." True. But don't we recall that Egypt's revolution started precisely this way - with the upper-middle-class coming together on Police Day to "celebrate" it in their own way, screaming a collective "enough" to police brutality? The demographic metamorphosis that occurred in Tahrir Square over time is a sociopolitical phenomenon, whose characteristics we may start witnessing here in Turkey. Like Tahrir, the protesters are diverse. They are the youth, the elderly and the in-betweens. They are environmentalists, football fans, young Ataturk supporters, intellectuals, workers, artists, socialists, professionals, anti-capitalism Islamists, the old elite, and more. How could all these people converge? I met a young doctor who told me he is in Taksim because he saw firsthand the burns of some protesters in Gezi Park as he treated them. "But that's not all," he said. "I am against ozellestirme - the privatisation of the health care system. They are selling everything." This was revealing, given that weeks earlier, I had heard some contrary views about welfare state policies creating successful public-private partnerships in the health sector. Turkey government supporters lament chaos There seems to be an unsettled debate here. Perhaps that is the crux of the matter: Whether it is an Istanbul urban development project or healthcare reforms, it seems that the Turkish people are demanding a level of participatory democracy, currently not on par with what they aspire to. How close are we getting to Tahrir's slogans: bread, freedom, and social justice? If we are not that close, perhaps we're not that far either. Bread was the first word in Tahrir. Although the economic dimension seems to be significantly different in Turkey's case, the protests seem to be shaking some truisms regarding the miraculous Turkish economy. A microbus driver told me two weeks earlier: "For 11 years, the rich have been getting richer. Or maybe there is an entirely new group getting newly rich! But I am not one of them." Professor Kuyucu explains, "The economy has been giving alarm signals for some time. It has the biggest account deficit. The credit ratings Turkey has been receiving reflect the government's ability to pay back its debt. But the real problem is the soaring private sector debt. People live on credit." He warns that with a "huge confidence loss in Turkish economy's stability, these protests might very well turn into something else". Perhaps these economic nuances explain why the baker, the grocer, and fruit seller in my neighborhood joined the protests, when many had not expected them to. Unfolding demands The mechanism of "unfolding demands" could turn these protests into something else. After all, the slogan "Erdogan Resign!" cannot be ignored. For anyone who has theorised about Tahrir Square, the notion of "the ceiling of demands has just been raised" sounds all too familiar. In other words, we must pause and reflect on mobilisation strategies. What started out as protests against a capitalistic urban development project has become generalised protests against the government's heavy-handed style - from police brutality to what is seen as the prime minister's unreconciliatory attitude in handling the crisis itself. That is significant. Once chanted, a demand gains attention, regardless of whether it was made in the heart of the square, on the spur of the moment, or how representative it is of the protesters. The demand gains its own momentum. On the boat from Kadikoy to Taksim, I met Melih, a 20-year-old fluent in English and passionate about the future of his country. "Ataturk called on me today. I'm answering the call," he said. What are Melih's demands? "Bring down the government." He listened attentively when I cautioned him that the Tahrir Square protests started with unity and evolved into "power snatching". But he still had faith that Taksim is different with its special cohesion. He recognised that the opposition does not have a leader and acknowledged Erdogan's charisma. Yet that did not seem to lead him to fear a potential power vacuum. Another young man on Bagdat Street told me, "The police are the state. But the army is the people. We hope the military will step in after the government goes down." The biggest question here is: Is there any recognition that that the military is much weaker than it was before? Perhaps comparative notes from Egypt could be helpful here. The Egyptian army will not come to such "political rescue operations" anymore. This era of military coups seems to be passe for both countries. Turkey protests enter sixth day On the other hand, violence seems to scare opponents of the protests. Ilkay, 30, who works in the cinema industry, told me, "I saw the scenes of burnt tires in front of the US embassy in Ankara, where protesters clashed with the police. I don't approve of violence." She didn't vote for this government. But she doesn't believe that's the way to change it. "Not on the street! Let's wait for the next elections and vote him out if we want to," she said. Surprisingly, an AKP supporter told me: "I first saw the protests as [an] old, bitter elite trying to regain their power. But now I think it's a good lesson to the government. Most of the protesters are my friends. They have legitimate worries. I think this will end when Erdogan comes out and says he understands the people and that the park will stay as it is. But I am afraid he will not, when he really should." Regional politics If Turkey is complex domestically, the regional situation is even more convoluted. Anti-Muslim Brotherhood groups in Egypt and Tunisia are hoping for Erdogan to fall in Turkey, because they believe this will weaken the Brotherhood in their own countries. "The so-called Turkish Model brought the Islamists to our countries. Let Erdogan reap some of what he sowed," a Tunisian writer told me. Yet some Egyptians are cautioning Turks from replicating a scenario that could usher their country into needless instability "Aren't they grateful for what Erdogan achieved for their country? One day they will regret such attempts to bring him down," said an Egyptian disillusioned with all things Tahrir. In the meantime, Syria, Iran, Israel as well as the United States and the European Union are paying close attention. Regarding the Syria conflict and Turkey's role in this civil-war-turned-regional-proxy-war, if anything, Erdogan has perhaps comprehended by now that no international influence or support is guaranteed if domestic fears and worries are not fully attended to. Current demonstrations against his visit to North Africa are a case in point. Finally, while some elements of the 2011 Egyptian revolution are comparable to the Turkey uprising today, the movements are not the same. Perhaps the Turkish people are rising up against the AKP government now, so that they do not have to have a revolution against AKP rule 20 years from now. In this view, the uprising represents a needed dose of opposition for a healthy and viable democracy. Marwa Maziad is a columnist at Egyptian newspaper Almasry Alyoum. She is a specialist on Middle East media and politics and is currently a visiting researcher at Istanbul Sehir University. You can follow her on Twitter: @marwamaziad SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marwa MaziadMarwa Maziad is a columnist at Egyptian newspaper Almasry Alyoum. She is a specialist on Middle East media and politics and is currently a visiting researcher at Istanbul Sehir University. Politics US & Canada Egypt Iran Israel


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Mr. Latif's attention to detail and dedication towards a given proposition are what makes him a fantastic trial court lawyer in both civil and criminal matters. He has particularly undertaken considerable volume of work in property disputes, labor laws, environmental laws, industrial disputes, customs and income tax.
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Having completed her LLB (Hons) from the University of London in 2011, Nyma Anwar Khan subsequently completed her LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law from the University of London in 2013, holding specialization in areas of law such as International Investment, World Trade, International and Comparative Competition and Telecommunications Law.
Prior to joining Sheikh & Dahir as an Associate, she held position as a Law Clerk/Research Associate to Honorable Justice Mr. Anwar Zaheer Jamali in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. During her clerkship she conducted and managed legal research on all aspects of the legal practice, pertaining to both original and appellate jurisdiction of the Court, with a special emphasis on fundamental rights, evolving jurisprudence, relationship between organs of the state, civil service matters, and corruption in public office.
Currently, she primarily conducts and manages legal research, drafting of petitions, preparing case briefs and providing legal opinions relating to the areas of taxation, oil & gas, media, intellectual property, review of actions of public bodies, human rights and constitutional law.
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Deconstructed Duck Wonton SoupFrom mamacooks 11 years ago
- roast duck Meat (see directions) shopping list
- Home-made duck stock (see directions) shopping list
- Soup: shopping list
- 4 cups duck stock shopping list
- 4 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock shopping list
- 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar shopping list
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar shopping list
- 1/4 cup soy sauce shopping list
- 2 T hoisin sauce shopping list
- 1-2 inch piece fresh sliced ginger shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic shopping list
- 1/3 cup sliced green onion shopping list
- 3 large cubed carrots shopping list
- 1 medium small dice onion shopping list
- Meatballs: shopping list
- Reserve breast meat from roasted duck and refrigerate. shopping list
- Use remaining meat for meatballs. shopping list
- 2 T hoisin sauce shopping list
- 1 T finely chopped green onion shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1/3 cup bread crumbs shopping list
How to make it
- Roast Duck:
- Roast duck at 275f for 3-4 hours making sure the breast skin has been sliced from side-to-side (scissors is easiest way) in 1-inch increments, allowing for fat to drain.
- Remove all meat from bones and refrigerate meat.
- Make Broth:
- Place bones in large stock pot.
- Cover with water until 1-inch covered.
- Add 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 sliced onion, 4 celery stalks, 2 chopped carrots.
- Let simmer on low for up to 24-hours.
- Strain solid ingredients, and refrigerate broth until needed.
- Soup:
- Add all ingredients into stock pot.
- Simmer until carrots and onions are tender - about 35-45 minutes.
- Add meatballs during the last 2 or 3 minutes of simmer, just until heated through.
- Serve, adding sprinkle of chopped green onions to finish, as well as favorite hot sauce.
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SUBJECT AREA: Music — GRADE LEVEL: Early High School
BENCHMARK: 25.A.4 Analyze and evaluate the effective use of elements, principles and expressive qualities in a composition/performance in dance, drama, music and visual arts.
BENCHMARK: 25.B.4 Analyze and evaluate similar and distinctive characteristics of works in two or more of the arts that share the same historical period or societal context.
BENCHMARK: 26.A.4c Music: Analyze ways in which musical sounds are produced and how they are used in composing, conducting and performing.
BENCHMARK: 26.A.4d Music: Demonstrate the ability to read written notation for a vocal or instrumental part.
BENCHMARK: 26.A.4e Visual Arts: Analyze and evaluate how tools/technologies and processes combine to convey meaning.
BENCHMARK: 26.B.4c Music: Create and perform music of challenging complexity and length with expression.
BENCHMARK: 26.B.4d Visual Arts: Demonstrate knowledge and skills that communicate clear and focused ideas based on planning, research and problem solving.
BENCHMARK: 27.A.4a Evaluate how consumer trends in the arts affect the types and styles of art products.
BENCHMARK: 27.A.4b Analyze how the arts are used to inform and persuade through traditional and contemporary art forms.
BENCHMARK: 27.B.4a Analyze and classify the distinguishing characteristics of historical and contemporary art works by style, period and culture.
BENCHMARK: 27.B.4b Understand how the arts change in response to changes in society.
BENCHMARK: 25.A.5 Analyze and evaluate student and professional works for how aesthetic qualities are used to convey intent, expressive ideas and/or meaning.
BENCHMARK: 25.B.5 Understand how different art forms combine to create an interdisciplinary work (e.g., musical theatre, opera or cinematography).
BENCHMARK: 26.A.5 Common for all four arts: Analyze and evaluate how the choice of media, tools, technologies and processes support and influence the communication of ideas.
BENCHMARK: 26.B.5 Common for all four arts: Create and perform a complex work of art using a variety of techniques, technologies and resources and independent decision making.
BENCHMARK: 27.A.5 Analyze how careers in the arts are expanding based on new technologies and societal changes.


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In our monthly roundup of education news, we typically pull a variety of big stories that we think you'll be interested in. This month, we're zeroing in on just one topic: Parkland. Obviously you know that February 14 was a horrifically tragic day in Florida, when a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas… Read More
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Four years ago this month, John and I were just kids planning our wedding. We decided to give up sweets during our engagement to feel our best on our wedding day, and to more fully enjoy our dessert bar and wedding cake.
The big day finally arrived. We had been so good, not even having an ounce of sweets aside from honey and the occasional after-dinner mint. And you better believe we pigged out at the reception. I was in sweet tooth heaven.
1-bowl vegan chocolate cake made in less than 1 hour with simple ingredients. A 2-layer buttercream-frosted cake that's moist, fluffy, and rich with chocolate flavor.
- 1 1/2 cups (360 ml) original unsweetened Almond Breeze Almond Milk
- 2 tsp white or apple cider vinegar
- 1 1/4 cups (307 g) unsweetened applesauce*
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) strong brewed coffee (or sub more almond milk)
- 2/3 cup (160 ml) melted coconut oil, or sub grape seed or canola oil
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups + 2 Tbsp (320 g) whole-wheat pastry flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 1/3 cups (266 g) organic cane sugar (or sub granulated sugar)
- 1 cup (96 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup (16 Tbsp or 224 g) vegan butter, softened
- 2 1/2 - 3 cups (280-336 g) powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup (63 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup (30 g) dairy-free semisweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ~1/4 cup unsweetened original Almond Breeze Almond Milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (176 C) and lightly spray 2 8-inch round cake pans or 1 large rectangular pan with nonstick spray (see notes for cooking times for different size pans). Dust with cocoa powder, shake out the excess and set aside.
- Mix the almond milk and vinegar in a large mixing bowl, and let set for a few minutes to activate. Add the oil, coffee, vanilla extract, and applesauce and beat until foamy.
- Add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to a sifter and slowly sift over the wet ingredients while mixing with a hand-held or standing mixer. If you don't have a sifter, simply mix dry ingredients in another bowl and add to the wet mixture while beating. Beat until no large lumps remain. It should be creamy and pourable. Taste and adjust sweetness as needed, adding more sugar if desired (I found it plenty sweet).
- Divide batter evenly between your 2 cake pans or rectangular pan.
- Bake 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting.
- While cooling, prepare frosting by beating together all ingredients until light and fluffy, adding the powdered sugar in small amounts until you reach your desired consistency and sweetness. If it becomes too thick, add more almond milk. If it's too thin, add more cocoa powder or powdered sugar.
- Once the cake is cooled, frost generously with buttercream frosting, adding a thick layer between the top and bottom layers (if doing a 2-layer cake). Alternatively, omit the frosting and dust with cocoa powder.
- Serve with a scoop of dairy-free ice cream, a drizzle of chocolate, or caramel sauce, coconut whipped cream or a glass of almond milk!
*I tested butternut squash puree in the original recipe and it made it a bit too dense for my liking. Applesauce was perfect, which is why I highly recommend it over other purees.
*Double the recipe and use 4 pans for a 4-layer cake. Halve the recipe and use 1 pan for a 1-layer cake.
*Adapted from my Fudgy Vegan Beet Cupcakes
*Buttercream adapted from Martha Stewart
*Confused on how long to bake your cake when using different pans? Here's a helpful guide.
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With advances in tissue engineering technology, we can now add the benefits of molecular and biological factors to enhance the healing process, bone and soft tissue regeneration, and ultimately the outcome. We use such biological factors in various oral surgery procedures like teeth extractions, dental implants, and bone augmentation with remarkable results. Here are the key tissue engineering techniques used in oral surgery and implant dentistry:
Bone grafting around teeth:
Before the Bone Graft around the tooth
See the empty dark black area behind the tooth
After the Bone Graft around the tooth
See the white filled area behind the tooth
Before Emdogain Application-Bone Loss
After Emdogain Application-Bone Growth
Emdogain contains a group of proteins that is applied directly to the tooth root. These enamel matrix proteins are what helped your teeth form when you were a child. Your body recognizes the proteins and again begins to form the tissue fibers that anchor your teeth. Emdogain not only helps to promote the reformation of tooth attachment fibers upon application, but it also continues the development of new attachment for up to one year.
GEM 21S®: rhPDGF:
Recombinent Human Platelet Derived Growth Factor was developed utilizing innovative tissue engineering principles which combine a bioactive protein (highly purified recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor, rhPDGF-BB) with an osteoconductive matrix (beta tricalcium phosphate, β-TCP). This completely synthetic grafting system is engineered to stimulate wound healing and bone regeneration by triggering a cascade of molecular events when implanted into the body that continues on even after the implanted PDGF is gone.


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We finished unpacking and got on with our daily lives. I'd like to say that we forgot about the hole in our ceiling, but we didn't, we just ignored it. There were other cosmetic facelifts about the house that impacted the way we did things or that others could see. There weren't too many people judging me by my laundry room, so I took Elsa's advice and I let it go. Every once in a while I would temporarily get frustrated with the state of this room. At which point I would peel away more and more of the popcorn ceiling, make a huge mess, clean it up, just to do it again another day.
I knew we were losing a lot of heat through the ceiling and that our energy bill was likely much higher than it should be. But we had too many other priorities. Some were necessary priorities and others we were making priorities, in other words, procrastinating.We knew it was a going to be a big job for us and that we needed some dedicated time which continues to be a problem for us.
As the weather warmed up and my husband and I were having the age old debate about when to finally turn on the air conditioning, we finally came to one conclusion – we needed to fix the hole before turning on the AC. It was spring and we had to set aside a weekend where that was the priority and focus for the weekend. We knew we couldn't drop everything, but we could skip yard work, let the laundry pile up, etc. One of us would be in charge of the keeping our three young boys occupied and out of the other's hair while one of us worked steadily.
This plan sort of worked.
My husband took on the initial task and cut a piece of drywall just the right size (sort of, on his second attempt, the first time he purchased drywall that was too thick) and screwed it into the exposed beam. I'm not sure exactly what he did next, but when I went in the next day to sand there was drywall tape sticking out all over the place. So, I pulled off the tape and re-spackled in those locations and waited another day.
My plan was to make the slanted wall that was the majority of my laundry room ceiling and once a sky of popcorn into an nice flat canvas. However, as I sanded I realized that there were just too many imperfections and it was going to look terrible. I rethought my strategy and decided to go with a knock down texture.
When searching "how to knock down texture" I realized that there are different types of knock down texture and different techniques. I chose the one that fit the tools I had and appeared to be the quickest and easiest method. Then I put my mini trowel in my bucket of mud and smoothed and swirled and created my own haphazard pattern. I actually enjoyed the process and had fun with it. It was also a great shoulder workout.
I didn't want to spend a lot of money in this room, but I did want to give it a nice clean feel and make it a room that functioned well for me. Therefore, I reused paint from another project. The color of my boys bathroom is Sherwin Williams Sherwin Williams Rainwashed in an eggshell sheen. I had about a half of a gallon can left. I also had about a half a can of white paint in a satin sheen.
Using this paint calculator from the Home Depot I realized that one gallon would be just right. I boldly mixed the two cans and loved the results.
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Joneiqua Gary hit four three-pointers and scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half as Mount Olive rallied from a 15-point deficit to defeat Queens 58-55 in Conference Carolinas women's basketball Wednesday at Kornegay Arena. Jasmine McDonald pulled down a game-high 11 rebounds and hit two free throws with seven seconds left to help seal the win. Mount Olive's defense held Queens to five points over the final nine minutes of the game as the Trojans improved to 7-0 at home.
Mount Olive (9-2 overall, 5-2 Conference Carolinas) trailed by 13 at halftime and gave up a basket off a turnover on its first possession of the second half before McDonald's three-pointer – the Trojans' first three of the game – triggered a 10-0 run in a span of 68 seconds. Joneiqua Gary capped the run with a pair of three-pointers to pull Mount Olive within 35-30 with 18:15 left to play.
After Sarah Myatt's basket for Queens ended Mount Olive's scoring run, the Trojans came back with the unlikeliest of baskets. The Trojans still had the ball in the backcourt with five seconds left and Gary's shot at the buzzer was off target. But Alexander Silva found Gary at the top of the key for a three-pointer off the glass.
Shonice Pettaway's three-pointer helped Queens (6-4, 4-2) build the lead back to nine points, but Gary connected on back-to-back three-pointers as Mount Olive pulled within 44-43 with 12:11 remaining. Tamara Nesmith's layup with 10:28 left gave Mount Olive its first lead of the game at 47-46.
Queens broke a 48-48 tie on Pettaway's layup with 8:50 remaining, but the Royals would go scoreless for nearly seven minutes. Silva tied the game 50-50 with a pair of free throws with 7:55 left and Gary's backdoor layup on a dish by Nesmith put the Trojans on top for good with 6:24 remaining.
Mount Olive built the lead to as many as five points before Shatonya Hardy's three-pointer from the right corner with 2:02 remaining ended Queens' scoring drought and pulled the Royals within 55-53. After Nesmith hit 1-of-2 free throws for the Trojans, Thomas 15-foot baseline jumper from the left side with 19 seconds left made it a one-point game at 56-55.
Queens still had a foul to give, then put McDonald on the line after Mount Olive got the ball across midcourt. McDonald calmly sank both free throws and Queens' desperation three-pointer at the buzzer was no good.
In the opening half, Mount Olive fell behind by 11 points in the first five minutes of the game until McDonald's offensive rebound and layup off a blocked shot triggered a Trojan rally. Silva's steal set up Anamaria Zjacic's fastbreak layup to pull Mount Olive within 17-14 with 10:08 left in the first half as the Trojans scored eight unanswered points.
After the two teams exchanged baskets, Mount Olive had a chance to tie the game, but the Trojans turned the ball over. Mount Olive was held to four points in the final 7:47 of the first half.
Queens used an 11-0 run to break away from a 2-2 tie as Shonice Pettaway knocked down back-to-back three-pointers and Melissa Thomas capped the run with a three. After Mount Olive's rally, baskets by Dyonna Battle and Pettaway extended the Royals' lead to 23-16.
After McDonald's basket pulled Mount Olive within 25-20 with 4:50 left, Queens forced six Trojan turnovers to finish the half on an 8-0 run and take a 33-20 halftime lead. Mount Olive committed 13 turnovers in the first half.
Nesmith finished with 17 points, while McDonald added nine points and four assists. Silva shared game-high honors with five assists to go with five points and five rebounds. Gary hit 4-of-7 attempts beyond the arc, all but one attempt coming in the second half.
Pettaway led Queens with a game-high 19 points to go with eight rebounds. Battle added 14 points and five assists for the Royals.
Mount Olive returns to action Saturday as the Trojans travel to Converse for a Conference Carolinas rematch. Mount Olive defeated the Valkyries 87-34 November 17 at Kornegay Arena in the two teams' conference opener. Saturday's contest is the first of three consecutive road games for the Trojans. Tip-off is 2 p.m.


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The same authorities responsible for the field's definitive reference - "Campbell's Urology, 8th Edition" - have skilfully constructed this companion review source to help readers master the most important knowledge in urology. Over 3,000 questions cover all of the core material from the text - offering a structured, systematic approach for course review and exam preparation.
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Part I. Anatomy Chapter 1: Surgical Anatomy of the Retroperitoneum, Kidneys and Ureters Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Lower Urinary Tract and Male Genitalia Part II. Urologic Examination and Diagnostic Techniques Chapter 3: Evaluation of the Urologic Patient: History, Physical Examination and Urinalysis Chapter 4: Basic Instrumentation and Cystoscopy Chapter 5: Urinary Tract Imaging - Basic Principles Part III. Physiology, Pathophysiology and Management of Upper Urinary Tract Diseases Chapter 6: Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology Chapter 7: Renovascular Hypertension and Ischemic Nephropathy Chapter 8: Etiology, Pathogenesis and Management of Renal Failure Chapter 9: Basic Principles of Immunology in Urology Chapter 10: Renal Transplantation Chapter 11: Physiology and Pharmacology of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Chapter 12: Pathophysiology of Urinary Tract Obstruction Chapter 13: Management of Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction Part IV. Infections and Inflammations of the GU Tract Chapter 14: Infections of the Urinary Tract Chapter 15: Prostatitis and Related Conditions Chapter 16: Interstitial Cystitis and Related Disorders Chapter 17: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Chapter 18: Acquired Innunodeficiency Syndrome and Related Conditions Chapter 19: Cutaneous Diseases of the Male External Genitalia Chapter 20: Study Guide Chapter Chapter 21: Tuberculosis and Parasitic Diseases of the Genitourinary System Chapter 22: Fungal and Actinomycotic Infections of the Genitourinary System VOLUME 2 Part V. Voiding Function and Dysfunction Chapter 23: Physiology and Pharmacology of the Bladder and Urethra Chapter 24: Pathophysiology and Categorization of Voiding Dysfunction Chapter 25: The Neurourologic Evaluation Chapter 26: Neuromuscular Dysfunction of the Lower Urinary Tract and Its Management Chapter 27: Urinary Incontinence: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Management Overview Chapter 28: Postprostatectomy Incontinence Chapter 29: Urinary Incontinence: Nonsurgical Management Chapter 30: Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery for Sphincteric Incontinence and Prolapse Chapter 31: Retropubic Suspension Surgery for Female Incontinence Chapter 32: Pubovaginal Slings Chapter 33: Injection Therapy for Urinary Incontinence Chapter 34: Implantation of the Artificial Genitourinary Sphincter Chapter 35: Surgery for Vesicogaginal Fistula, Urethrovaginal Jfistula and Urethral Diverticulum Chapter 36: Geriatric Incontinence and Voiding Dysfunction Part VI. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Chapter 37: The Molecular Bilogy, Endocrinology, and Physiology of the Prostate and Seminal Vesicles Chapter 38: Benign Prostatic Hyerplasia Etiology, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology and Natural History Chapter 39: Natural History, Evaluation, and Nonsurgical Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Chapter 40: Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Management of Genign Prostatic Hyperplasia Chapter 41: Retropubic and Suprapubic Open Prostatectomy Part VII. Reproductive Function and Dysfunction Chapter 42: Male Reproductive Physiology Chapter 43: Male Infertility Chapter 44: Surgical Management of Male Infertility and Other Scrotal Disorders Walsh: Campbell's Urology Study Guide 2/e - Table of Contents Part VIII. Sexual Function and Dysfunction Chapter 45: Physiology of Penile Erection and Pathophysiology of Erectile Dysfunction and Priapism Chapter 46: Evaluation and Nonsurgical Management of Erectile Dysfunction and Priapism Chapter 47: Surgery for Erectile Dysfunction Chapter 48: Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction VOLUME 3 Part IX. Pediatric Urology Chapter 49: Normal and Anomalous Development of the Urogenital System Chapter 50: Renal Function in the Fetus, Neonate, and Child Chapter 51: Perinatal Urology Chapter 52: Evaluation of the Pediatric Urologic Patient Chapter 53: Renal Disease in Childhood Chapter 54: Urinary Tract Infections in Infants and Children Chapter 55: Anomalies of the Upper Urinary Tract Chapter 56: Renal Dysgenesis and Cystic Disease of the Kidney Chapter 57: Anaomalies and Surgery of the Uteropelvic Junction in Children Chapter 58: Ectopic Ureter, Ureterocele, and Other Anomalies of the Ureter Chapter 59: Vesicoureteral Reflux and Magaureter Chapter 60: Prune-Belly Syndrome Chapter 61: Exstrophy, Epispadias, and Other Bladder Anomalies Chapter 62: Surgical Technique for One-Stage Reconstruction of the Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex Chapter 63: Posterior Urethral Valves and Other Urethral Anomalies Chapter 64: Voiding Dysfunction in Children-Neurogenic and Non-neurogenic Chapter 65: Hypospadias Chapter 66: Abnormalities of the Genitalia in Boys and Their Surgical Management Chapter 67: Abnormalities of the Testes and Scrotum and Their Surgical Managemtn Chapter 68: Sexual Differentiation: Normal and Abnormal Chapter 69: Surgical Management of Intersexuality Chocial Malformations and Other Abnormalities of the Genitalia in Girls Chapter 70: Pediatric Urologic Oncology Chapter 71: Urinary Tract Reconstruction in Children Chapter 72: Pediatric Endourology and Laparoscopy Chapter 73: Tissue Engineering Prespectives for Reconstructive Surgery VOLUME 4 Part X. Oncology Chapter 74: Molecular Genetics and Cancer Biology Chapter 75: Renal Tumors Chapter 76: Urothelial Tumors: Etiology, Natural History, Pathology, Detection and Staging Chapter 77: Management of Superficial Bladder Cancer Chapter 78: Management of Invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer Chapter 79: Surgery of Bladder Cancer Chapter 80: Management of Urothelial Tumors of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter Chapter 81: Neoplasms of the Testis Chapter 82: Surgery of Testicular Tumors Chapter 83: Tumors of the Penis Chapter 84: Surgery of Penile and Urethral Carcinoma Part XI. Carcinoma of the Prostate Chapter 85: Epidemiology, Etio;ogy, and Prevention of Prostate Cancer Chapter 86: Pathology of Prostatic Neoplasia Chapter 87: Ultrasonography and Biopsy of the Prostate Chapter 88: Diagnosis and Staging of Prostate Cancer Chapter 89: Redical Prostatectomy Chapter 90: Anatomic Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy Chapter 91: Radical Perineal Prostatectomy Chapter 92: Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Chapter 93: Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer Chapter 94: Hormonal Therapy of Prostate Cancer Chapter 95: Chemotherapy for Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer Part XII. Urinary Lithiasis and Endourology Chapter 96: Urinary Lithiasis Etiology, Diagnosis and Medical Management Chapter 97: Ureteroscopy and Retrograde Ureteral Access Chapter 98: Percutaneous Approaches to the Upper Urinary Tract Chapter 99: Surgical Managemetn of Urinary Lithiasis Part XIII. Urologic Surgery Chapter 100: Basics of Lapatoscopic Urologic Surgery Chapter 101:The Adrenals Chapter 102: Surgery of the Kidney Chapter 103: Laparoscopic Surgery of the Kidney Chapter 104: Other Applications of Laparoscopic Surgery Chapter 105: Genitourinary Trauma Chapter 106: Use of Intenstinal Segments and Urinary Diversion Chapter 107: Cutaneous Cjontinent Urinary Diversion Chapter 108: Orthotopic Urinary Diversion Chapter 109: Surgery of the Seminal Vesicles Chapter 110: Surgery of the Penis and Urethra


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Crea Thera is an organization working on the empowerment and development of a sustainable coaching and therapeutic offer in the Birac region. Following the war in BiH, Crea Thera became active with the objective to rebuild the community. The aim is to restore and stimulate the creativity of post-conflict generations and to advocate for community based alternative services that are forgotten and not integrated within institutional systems, such as music and art therapy for vulnerable groups (children, people with mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities and psychiatric day care patients).
Crea Thera Space
Mental Health Care
Rural area
Different therapy goals were worked through playing on different instruments: improving of self-esteem and self-awareness through vocal coaching, improving of group cohesion and self-awareness by playing in bands, improving of self-awareness by learning different improvisation methods, dealing with emotions through different music exercises, increasing of feeling responsibility by playing in bands.
Different exercises with new materials trigger their fantasy and creativity - finding creative solutions in the art making process, working on self-esteem and concentration, working together – respecting each other, waiting and looking for each other, dealing with boundaries, working with emotions, sculptures on the theme avant-garde, mandala, perfect day, family, mother, new techniques, recycling items.


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Public Feedback
Seabird Island is committed to giving the public the best possible service. We welcome your suggestions, enquiries and feedback on our service, whether positive or negative. If something is wrong, we will try to put it right. It is our intention to use the feedback to improve continually upon everything we do.
Contacting Us
To let us know how we can better service your needs, you can contact us by:
Email: email@example.com
Phone: 604-796-2177
Post mail to: Chief Administrative Officer, Seabird Island, PO Box 650 2895 Chowat Rd. Agassiz BC V0M 1A0
Complete the Public Feedback Form online, you may prefer to pick up a feedback form from the Receptionist at the Band Office or you can write a letter.
Visit us at: Band Office 2895 Chowat Rd. (Office Hours 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.


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Backing up your Microsoft Lumia is quick and easy to do – and means your important data is always protected should the worst happen.
Conveniently, your Microsoft Lumia phone has a built-in backup feature that will automatically save your photos, videos, accounts and other personal data to OneDrive – Microsoft's own cloud storage service. Microsoft now offer 5gb of storage space in OneDrive, which is enough to save around 1,667 photos.
In this guide, we'll show you how to get going with it.
As with any online backup, it all starts with an account. Lumia devices, and OneDrive, use a Microsoft account.
Open up Settings.
Click on Accounts.
Click on Your email and accounts.
At the top of this page it will either show you the Microsoft account you're currently signed in to, or give you the option to sign in to one.
Open up Settings.
Click on Email + accounts.
Look for 'Microsoft Account'.
If there isn't a Microsoft account listed, press the Add account button and sign in to your account.
Once you're signed in to a Microsoft account, make sure that automatic backups are activated on your phone to ensure that your photos, texts and app data are saved to OneDrive and can be restored - just in case.
Again, the exact process varies depending on which version of Windows your phone uses. Windows 10 Mobile is a bit disjointed when it comes to backing-up, so there are a few different things we'll need to check – whereas Windows Phone 8 or 8.1 keeps all their backup settings in one place.
Open up OneDrive.
Tap on the menu button in the top-left corner.
Now tap the Settings icon in the top-right corner.
Tap on Camera upload and make sure it's turned on.
Open up Settings.
Click on System.
Click on Messaging.
Under 'History and sync', check Sync messages between devices is turned on. Below this, you can specify how long you want to keep your backups for.
Open up Settings.
Click on Update & security.
Click on Backup. Make sure both options are turned on for backing up apps and settings.
Tap on More options at the bottom and the press backup now to get a backup started.
Open up Settings.
Tap on Backup.
Make sure all three options are turned on for photos, texts and apps.
Press the Backup now option within each section to start a backup.
Now that you've got all these bits and pieces backing up to your OneDrive through your Microsoft account, the next thing you'll want to do is check that it's worked.
To see if your contacts are backing up and syncing correctly:
Go to https://people.live.com/.
Sign in to your Microsoft account.
Scroll through the list in the column on the left-hand side of the page to check your contacts.
To see if your photos are backing up correctly:
Go to https://onedrive.com/
Sign in to your Microsoft account.
Go into the Pictures folder.
Go into the Camera Roll folder. Check your photos are all displayed correctly.
To see if your device, app settings and texts are backing up correctly:
Sign in to your Microsoft account.
Check the date of the backup to make sure it's your most recent one.
That should be you sorted - but if you're having problems - you can get in touch with an expert from Team Knowhow here.
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I didn't follow the recipe precisely, but they came out nicely, anyway. I let them simmer for nearly an hour, but the recipe said three hours (try waiting three hours with a hungry three year old!). The stain would probably have been that much deeper if I had waited, though.
Here is one recipe, though there are many variations online;
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An aural melting pot of some of the metal scenes most respected dark artists hit my ears a few weeks ago in the form of a début Ep from Australia's UR DRAUGR entitled 'The Wretched Ascetic' and it pretty much hooked me straight from the off with its dark and engrossing collision reminiscent of Gojira and Behemoth on a very angry day.
Vocalist/Guitarist Drew James Griffiths, was lovely enough to quickly respond to some questions I fired across about this intriguing new project and at that point, impending debut album.
Ur Draugr recently however, suffered a horrible setback to their album plans. Due to a hardware failure – in which multiple hard-drives, including backups, were effectively destroyed in early December – the forthcoming Ur Draugr album has been postponed indefinitely. The band say that "The existing two tracks will be made available shortly, as an extended play release. In spite of this unfortunate setback, work has already begun on several new songs in anticipation of a full-length to be unveiled at a later date in 2015."
Read on to find out a little more about the very exciting and highly eloquent new band from Perth.
How and when did the band all come together and what was your aim for Ur Draugr, artistically speaking?
Ur Draugr was essentially conceived as an experiment with longer, 'progressive' song structures that were written to retain the intensity and brutality of the typically shorter forms found in death and black metal.
I started writing what would become 'The Wretched Ascetic' in early mid 2014, and was quickly joined by Dean Lockhart (guitars) and Dan Grainger (drums) – both of whom I'd worked with before in various musical projects. They both integrated effortlessly into the writing process and we spent the next couple of months fleshing out the arrangements.
How long and arduous/easy was the recording and writing process for this debut EP?
The writing started very casually – primarily an antidote for my frustration during the collapse of a long-term musical project in early 2014 – but it quickly picked up speed as we started to see potential developing.
I was determined to write the rhythm section before any guitar tracking was even considered, so as to build the songs from the ground up. Later on, of course, there was a great deal of trial and error with harmonies and vocal arrangements that were cause for deliberation, but in the end I think we were all surprised at how naturally it came together.
Who created the gorgeous art, what does it represent?
The album art was designed by Jeff Christensen*, an amazing painter based in the USA who I think absolutely nailed the bleak, despairing undertones of the lyrical and musical content while still managing to keep a hint of the old progressive rock aesthetic – especially on the cover piece.
The artwork speaks deeply to the concept of the record.
If I were to suggest the band's music is 'for fans of', which artists would you suggest? To me it's a bit Gojira-ey and a bit Behemoth-y…like an angry bastard love child of the two..
There's certainly elements of both of those groups, along with shades of Opeth and Enslaved's folkier and bluesier sensibilities, and the dissonant, technical leanings of groups like Gorguts and Ulcerate. I've got a great fondness for the outpouring of incredible extreme metal bands based in France – Blut Aus Nord, Gojira, Svart Crown, and Gorod, just to name a few – so I think there's definitely some common ground to be seen among those names.
What concept or theme is the EP and début album based around?
Where 'The Wretched Ascetic' was primarily concerned with the concept of 'severance' and the transition from covetousness and material fetishism into asceticism and existentialism – and all the philosophical ramifications of that transformation – the forthcoming full-length will trace back to the origins of that quintessentially human 'discomfort' which gave rise to said greed and idolatry to begin with. I'll avoid too much further detail; suffice it say there will be equal parts philosophy and archaeology, so to speak.
Will the EP form part of the début album? or is it a separate entity completely?
It's a separate entity entirely.
I'd call Ur Draugr 'Blackened Prog'. Yet more innovation coming from the Oz metal scene! What is it like out there right now for a new 'prog' style band, exciting opportunities? Or getting to saturation point?
I really like that, actually – 'Blackened Prog' – and I think it quite accurately speaks to the way in which the music was formed. Progressive metal is a difficult beast: it's a genre populated by obscure titans, with an unbroken legacy that stretches back well into the 60s, but in 2015 it is still portrayed primarily as a niche.
Thankfully there's been a surge in interest throughout the last ten-to-fifteen years, perhaps due to a general fatigue concerning 'cookie-cutter' bands and/or the ever-more-vapid commercialisation of pop music. Whatever the case, I genuinely hope that upsurge continues – more artists taking creative risks can only be a good thing in the long-term.
So Black metal isn't known for its smiley happy emotions, yet Australians are known as easy-going and fun-loving, do you enter into character to play/perform this truly evil sounding stuff or were you all just born in the wrong country and are all uber serious KVLTers?
I see the kind of aggression you'd find in genres like death and black metal as a salve to the isolation and bureaucratic horror of the modern world. For those Australians who consider themselves forward-thinking, this can be a frustrating country to live in. We have a particular problem when it comes to political apathy, which has exacerbated issues like institutionalised racism and ideological conservatism (both technological and humanitarian).
All things considered, of course, this is still a fantastic country to live in, but I fear that our cultural image of being 'easy-going' and 'fun-loving' often runs afoul of our simply being sheltered and ignorant.
Having said that, given the 45+ degree heat during summer, perhaps we're simply the Sweden of the southern hemisphere (in this ill-formed analogy, New Zealand is of course Norway).
Will you be touring in 2015? When will we get to see you in the UK? WHEN?
Ur Draugr was originally formed as a studio project, but there's every possibility of live shows at some stage in the future, if and when the stars are right.
I for one, hope these blackened stars line up soon and bring the incredible Ur Draugr to our shores. Check out their sound below and head to the band's Facebook for updates.
'The Wretched Ascetic' is available now via a wide range of digital platforms and streaming services as well as on a 'pay what you like' basis from Bandcamp..
I think I'm in love. *swoon*
*Hit up Jeff's DeviantArt page ( https://


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I'm trying to solve: $\sin 2x=2x^2-4$.
I am quite familiar with the trigonometric identities, and the methods for solving trigonometric equations where all the expressions involved are trigonometric functions (for example: $\sin x\cos x=\tan 2x$) or equations that involve both trigonometric functions and constants, but I just can't remember the way to solve an equation of the above form.
I am not interested in the solution, but rather need someone to refresh my memory on how to handle an equation such like the above mentioned.


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How to test your website on mobile
Do you want to know how to test the mobile version of your site efficiently? And what are the best tools for mobile site testing? So, this article is for you.
Why should you take care of your mobile site optimization
At the end of 2016 there were more than 3.2 billion people had access to the Internet, and about 2 billion of them used mobile devices for it. According to the analytical forecasts, a number of people, who use only mobile devices for Internet activities, will annual increases of 25 percent in the next 5 years.
Therefore, it is vitally important to verify if your website is mobile-friendly.
Before starting the testing of the mobile version of your site, just try to answer some common questions:
- How fast does the site load?
- Is the content attractive?
- Does the site attract attention to the main points of your business?
- Does the site offer a good experience?
- Is the site easy and understandable to navigate?
- Does the landing page arouse interest to other pages of your site?
The main factors of mobile performance optimization
Even, if the answer is "Yes" for all of them, you should pay attention to the next factors of mobile performance optimization:
Download speed is always combined with network latency, memory, CPU, and cache size. All of them are much smaller in comparison to the desktop's ones, so it takes more time to load.
Restrictive loading. You have to ensure the users do not download anything that will affect the speed of the site.
Responsive Framework helps to make faster prototyping of mobile functionalities and layouts.
Fast loading time gives you're a serious competitive advantage. The following actions affect the loading time:
- Reduce dependencies
- Reduce Client Side Processing
- Reduce image dimension
- Reduce the content
- Avoid m-dot redirection
- Pick up the right hosting solution
- Limit the HTTP requests
- Enable compression
Let's consider other steps you need to do to verify the normal functioning of your mobile site.
Testing the connection between desktop and mobile version of the site
Redirects testing:
- Mobile visitors should be redirected to the mobile version of the site
- Desktop visitors should be redirected to the desktop version of the site
- Redirects give visitors an access to the specific page they need, not the homepage
- Mobile visitors should have an easy to find an option to view the desktop version of the site too.
Vary-HTTP header checking. If your sites are dynamically served, you should set up a Vary-HTTP header to tell Google and browsers that you vary the HTML by the user agent.
rel=alternate/canonical tags checking. If your sites have separate URL, desktop pages should be set up with a rel="alternate" tag pointing to the mobile version of that page. Mobile pages should be set up with a rel="canonical" tag pointing to the desktop version of that page.
Technical issues testing
Mobile XML sitemap
- All mobile pages should be submitted to Google via an XML sitemap in Google Webmaster Tools
- Mobile pages should be separated from desktop pages
Site speed for mobile devices. Mobile users, in particular, are likely to have limited time to spend on your app so it needs to deliver quickly. Google page speed tool, WebPagetest are useful tools for measuring site speed.
Storage and data:
- Verify that program code is not easily accessible
- The user doesn't clear the cache, so ensure that nothing will break down.
User Experience (UX) testing
Website view on:
Smartphones: iPhone (iOS), Samsung Galaxy (Android), Nexus (another Android), and Windows Phone (Windows).
Tablets: iPad (iOS), Samsung Galaxy Tab in multiple sizes (Android), Kindle Fire (Amazon), and Asus Transformer Book (Windows).
You should use tools like Google Analytics to identify devices, which are often used by your visitors.
Links size. The margin between links should be at least 28×28 pixels. So, all of them should be easy to click with the finger.
Flash. Most mobile browsers can't render Flash content. Therefore, if you want your site to be mobile friendly, don't use Flash.
Viewport lets mobile browsers to resize pages so they fit devices perfectly. That is why you need to set up it.
Pop-ups. There are two reasons not to use pop-ups in the mobile version of your site:
- Pop-ups slow down the loading time of the page
- Pop-ups are too easy to accidentally click. So, they take the visitors away from the page they want to be on.
Elements end up. The most important elements must be at the top. The other elements placement should have a sense.
Navigation. Ensure all pages of the mobile site can be reached by visitors.
- There should be an equivalent mobile page for every desktop page
- The number of mobile pages could be more than desktop pages because it's often easier to navigate mobile sites.
- Verify there are no lexical, neither grammar mistakes in your site content.
- If your website is not only for local visitors, you should provide localization testing, in other words, to check appropriate linguistic and cultural aspects for a particular locale.
- Unnecessary images should be removed.
- Verify the videos are loaded and run properly
- Use an HTML5 video player, because it is easy for phones to render and lightweight.
- Make your videos responsive
Search engine results page, SERP:
Verify your mobile URL is user-friendly and keyword rich
Google cuts off mobile meta descriptions at approximately 120 characters, so yours should not exceed this limit.
Though Google gives you approximately 70 characters (512 pixels) in your page title, the width of the screen forces the page title into two lines. That is why you should verify that each page title looks good on two lines.
Too many plug-ins spoilt the whole experience of your mobile site. So, you should review the plug-ins you're using, and delete the ones you really don't need.
10 tips to optimize the mobile version of you site
Summarize, here are 10 bits of advice to help you verify the mobile version of your site is accessible for the visitors:
- Ensure the compatibility with feature smartphones and tablets
- Verify the normal loading time
- Make the site navigation as simple as possible
- Make sure buttons are large enough for people with big finger
- No large blocks of text. Use bullet points and short sentences.
- Don't use Flash.
- Don't use pop-ups.
- Ensure the images have the optimal size.
- Verify your phone number is one click away from being dialed
- Ensure website can access your location through GPS
So, now, when we know what exactly should be tested, let's consider some tools and ways how to test it.
Testing on the real devices
In a perfect world, every website should be tested on every popular mobile device that it might be viewed on. Of course, testing on the real devices has lots of advantages:
- Testing is provided in a real environment with very real conditions
- Testing is provided on the real OS, with the manufacturer's tweaks
- Real device performance of a is easier compared to other virtual options
- Testing interoperability is easier
- Easy bugs replication
- Screen resolution and brightness can be easily tested in a series of different scenarios
- Functions like push notification, geolocation, and orientation, Wi-Fi connectivity are allowed to be tested
- Functioning in conditions of incoming interrupts, like SMS and calls could be tested
- Functioning in conditions of battery drainage could be tested
Unfortunately, the world, we live in, is not perfect. Here are some demerits of the testing on the real devices:
- There is a plenty of mobile devices
- Testing on the real devices is an expensive and time-consuming
- Even if you have a wide range of mobile devices in your company, employees, located in other offices or working remotely, will not have access to all devices
- The maintenance of the device is also cost consuming
Online Mobile Testing on the real devices
So, we need to find out any other way to test mobile site. There are special tools, which actually make use of the remote connection to real devices. Some of such tools are introduced below.
Keynote Mobile Testing (former Keynote DeviceAnywhere)
Keynote Mobile Testing cloud-based solution, that has the comprehensive library of real mobile devices.
Of course, it is much more than just a mobile page testing tool. But if we consider Keynote Mobile Testing as such kind tool, the next merits should be mentioned:
- Real mobile carrier networks and Wi-Fi
- Day one support for new devices as they are released
- It generates a list of devices automatically based on coverage criteria: memory, CPU, manufacturers, OS version, carrier, etc.
- Detailed database of features by device and operating system
- Easy-to-use Wizard to help you quickly determine which devices to prioritize for development and testing
Some demerits of Keynote Mobile Testing:
- Keynote Mobile Testing does not examine device vitals
- There is no device reservation support
BrowserStack is a cross-browser testing tool, that gives you access to the huge variety real mobile devices.
Here are some features of the BrowserStack:
- Vast iOS and Android spectrum: iOS versions right from iOS 3 to iOS 10, Android – from Donut (1.6) to Nougat (7.1)
- Rapid checks with Screenshots
- Web analytics for your website
- Debug your mobile websites easily with Chrome developer tools on iOS and Android.
- Access to the additional devices by geographical parameters
- Natural gestures and interactions
- Security testing option
Some weak points of the BrowserStack:
- Server performance seems to degrade over time when many users are testing
- BrowserStack tends to be rather expensive and the free option is very limited.
- A way to simulate 2-finger pinch in and out on phones and tablets
Perfecto Mobile Continuous Quality Lab
Perfecto Mobile Continuous Quality Lab is another cloud-based platform, which has not only mobile page testing option. In the context of testing mobile version of your site, the following advantages should be determined:
- Real-time testing on more than 500 different devices
- Not only Android and iOS but also WinPhone, Symbian and Blackberry platforms are available for testing
- Device sharing
- Simultaneous automation testing on several devices
- Screenshot support
Some of Perfecto Mobile Continuous Quality drawbacks are:
- Indistinct (often unreadable) image
- Long response time
- The free trial version using is limited to 60 minutes.
Testing with mobile emulators
Another possible way to solve the problem of real devices lack is to use special tools, which emulates or simulates its functionality.
Using this kind of tools gives you an ability to pinpoint problems and issues with the website and allows you to take corrective measures to make the website visually appealing and functional on mobile devices.
People often confuse the "emulator" and "simulator". Although both of them sound almost the same, still there is a difference between them.
An emulator works as a replacement for the original device. It can run the same software and applications of the original device without modifying them and it can't even point out the difference in the duplicate system.
On the other hand, a simulator can set up the similar environment as the original device's OS but doesn't endeavor to replicate its hardware.
So, the emulators are preferable for mobile site testing, while simulators are better for mobile apps testing.
Let's consider some often used emulators
MobileMoxie Emulator is an integral part of MobileMoxie Marketing Toolset, that helps you to deliver great mobile experiences to your customers. It is easy to use. Just enter you website URL in the appropriate field.
Windows Phone Emulator is the special mobile environment where you can test, view, and debug Windows Phone apps and use the browser to check websites.
Some merits of Windows Phone Emulator:
- Full-blown SDK with device emulator
- Multiple screen resolutions
- Screenshot tool
- Accelerometer simulation
Limitations of Windows Phone Emulator:
- It works on only Windows.
- The brightness level of the emulator is always "High"
- Camera and video are used with limitations
Android Studio emulator enables you to create a virtual mobile device for running Android applications and test mobile websites. The emulator is located inside the Android SDK package.
Android Studio emulator advantages:
- It works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
- Android Studio emulator can transfer information faster than using a connected hardware device
- Unified environment where all Android devices can be used
Some drawbacks of the Android Studio emulator:
- If you just need the browser to test mobile websites, you should download lots of unnecessary stuff
- Some technical limitations: 8 GB RAM is recommended; 4 GB of available disk space is recommended.
Opera Mobile Emulator is a live demo of Opera's mobile phone browser that functions as it would when installing on a handset. Some extra debugging tools are also available, such as keyboard shortcuts, the profile selector, and various command-line flags.
The main merits of the Opera Mobile Emulator:
- It is simple to install and easy to use. You don't need to install any complex SDKs or something like that.
- There are three input modes available: touch, keypad, and tablet.
- It comes pre-configured with a series of phone and tablet device profiles
- All modes can be activated and controlled by links and controls
- Remote debugging with real devices
Some weak points of the Opera Mobile Emulator:
- You can verify how pages look only in Opera mobile browser.
- Less of the media support
Mobile-friendly and validation tools
It is well known, that Google indexes mobile-friendly and non-mobile friendly websites. That is why you should use special tools to verify if your website meets the generally accepted criteria.
As a rule, all of these tools are easy to use. All you should do just enter your page URL to the appropriate form.
Google's Mobile-Friendly Test
Google's Mobile-Friendly Test is the tool that shows you if Google considers your page mobile friendly or not. If your website passes the test, you will see a green message that says "Awesome! This page is mobile-friendly". If it does not pass, the message will be red and say "Not mobile-friendly".
In this case, the page will be pushed down in the mobile search results in favor of similar pages from other sites that are mobile friendly.
The mobiReady allows evaluating mobile-readiness of your website using industry best practices and standards. The free report provides both a score (from 1 to 5) and in-depth analysis of pages to determine how well your site performs on a mobile device.
The main merits of mobiReady are:
- Detailed error reports
- Site wide testing
- A visualization tool to see how your site looks on a cell phone screen
- W3C mobileOK tests
- It advises improving mobile-readiness of your website
W3C mobileOK checker is a free service by W3C ( the worldwide consortium for web standards) that helps to check the level of mobile-friendliness of Web documents, and in particular, assert whether a Web document is "mobile OK."
The tests are defined in the mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 specification. Only if web age passes all the tests, it will get "mobileOK " status.
The other options, which could be validated:
Varvy is a collection of free tools to test SEO, speed, and mobile functionality of a website.
Varvy's main features:
- Google guidelines accordance test
- Page speed optimization
- A wide range of tips and guidelines for optimizing web page performance
Test Website Speed Tools
As it was mentioned above, download and operational speed of your website have a direct impact on the number of its visitors.
There are both simple and advanced tools to test page speed, search engine optimization, and mobile browser performance. You should measure not only your website speed but also your competitor's. Follow actionable recommendations to improve your results.
Here are some tools, which can help you to do it.
Google's Page Speed Online is a comprehensive tool, which not only enables you to check the performance but also gives you a lot of information. Along with that, it also comes packed with a report regarding the best practices you can possible use for mobile devices, in order to optimize their performance.
Pingdom lets you identify what's fast, slow, too big, and the best practices you're not following. All tests are done with real web browsers, so results match the end-user experience. Tests are saved so you can track your performance over time.
GTmetrix allows you to provide testing from multiple regions and analyze your performance on mobile. Get your site's load speed along with actionable recommendations to deal with your bottlenecks.
Load Impact enables to run large-scale load tests with up to 1.2 million concurrent users. It generates load from up to 10 different locations simultaneously, and even add more locations upon request. Load Impact simulates traffic exactly how it would happen in real life.
Dotcom-Monitor's speed test enables a user to select which browser they'd like to test from — Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and mobile browsers, including iPhone, iPad, and more. You have an ability to test your website from 20 locations worldwide. Once a test is complete, users can drill down into performance reports and a waterfall chart analysis.
Hope, the information, and tools mentioned in this article will be really useful for increasing the mobile readiness of your site. We would like to know about your experience of its practical usage. Maybe you can recommend some other tools. Let us know in the comments.


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3D Printed Carolina Herrera "Good Girl" POP Display by Composite Images
The opportunity to leverage the unique advantages of 3D printing couldn't come at a better time, with print services facing ongoing market challenges that could threaten their entire business. The truth is, print service providers have seen these cycles before. As new production techniques go mainstream, PSPs lose that edge. Their products become commoditized, leaving them vulnerable to intense competition. Print shops are constantly fighting the bottom line and looking for every advantage to ensure this isn't simply a race to the bottom.
In hindsight, we see that that the answer is almost always with new technologies. It's the shrewd decision to take that jump into something new that has made the difference between success and failure. In the world of wide format printing, it's been better to hop on the new wave too early, rather than too late. In the case of large format 3D printing, print shops will tell you that this wave is not only new and exciting, but it's picking up speed at an exponential rate.
Rugby League World Cup Campaign 3D Printed by Composite Images
So Big, It Speaks For Itself
When people speak about "the next big thing," rarely do they mean that literally. In this case, machines like the Massivit 1800 large format 3D printer use its huge presence to an advantage. When you're able to print displays and models up to 1.8m high, you know you'll have people's attention. There's also something about huge sizes that elicit the fantasy worlds we knew as children.
From larger-than-life retail displays, to supersized campaign props, to 3D bus wraps that literally jump out at you - the applications appear endless. Creating a 3-meter tall dinosaur stops people in their tracks and demands attention. 3D printing makes this type of ingenuity more accessible than ever. Clients can dream up their most audacious guerilla marketing plans, and PSPs can now deliver this vision right down to the smallest of details.
Those who have experience with 3D will tell you how liberating it is. By adding that additional dimension, you can create final, tangible products and characters that look and feel like the world around us or that bring a fantasy world to life - rather than being flat depictions of it. Watching how 2D clients begin to take the shackles off their imagination is remarkable. When you're used to designing 2D prints, you can't even fathom how self-limiting that is. Giving those same clients an opportunity to look at things through a big 3D lens is like letting a kid into a candy store. This is a huge opportunity for print services, who can offer them something truly spectacular to their current 2D clients, as well as attracting new ones who are already looking for 3D.
Once clients have seen the impact that 3D printing has on their campaigns, they become return customers. A great example is Sony Pictures. After New York-based vehicle wrapping experts, Carisma, created 3D bus wraps for the release of their Angry Birds movie, Sony Pictures was hooked. They've since requested 3D vehicle wraps for every film release of theirs. There's no greater compliment than that for 3D printing.
Angry Birds 3D Vehicle Wraps for Sony Pictures Movie Launch by Carisma
New Market Prices
Where PSPs are seeing the biggest difference isn't just the growth of their customer base, but rather the growth of their profit margins. New technologies bring with them the power of exclusivity. Being that brands and agencies can't get large format 3D prints everywhere, they're much more willing to pay a premium for them. Especially when they understand the impact it has on the success of their campaign.
Perhaps Craig M. Miller, CEO of Pictographics and owner of a Massivit 1800 3D printer, put it best when he said, "When you enter a non-commoditized market, like today with wide format 3D printing, you can benefit from a generous margin. Revolutionary, new technology means there's no 'going rate', so you can name your price within reason. Why? Because there are few competitors and you are bringing a 'wow' factor to the customer."
When you can offer your customers something different, you can control your margins to a much greater degree. In the current economic climate for print shops, this is a key consideration. Landing more orders isn't as important as landing ones with healthy margins. That's how print services are able to face the growing challenges of today's business, and technologies such as large format 3D printing are the ultimate ace up their sleeve.
Speed Sells
Deadlines have always been crucial for printing, but this is even more so today. Campaigns need to be produced on short notice, and the onus is often on PSPs to somehow deliver. Producing 3D campaign props, for instance, is almost impossible using traditional hand carving methods. This type of work is laboriously slow, meaning some shops have to turn down orders because they simply can't commit to such a quick turnaround.
This is an area in which large format 3D printing excels. A life-size human display can take 20 hours to create using a CNC router, and days or even weeks if created by styrofoam hand sculpting. Print shops can cut that time down to only 7 hours with a large format 3D printer like the Massivit 1800. The same goes for thermoforming moulds. A CNC router will create them in 12 hours, whereas a large format 3D printer takes only 4. Consistently slicing your turnaround time by 70% or more opens up opportunities that simply don't exist with traditional technologies.
Louis Vuitton 3D Printed Pop-Up Store by SEEN Technologies
Nobody wants to turn down work because they can't meet a deadline, but this is frequently the case. Not long ago Louis Vuitton went looking for someone to create a custom pop-up store design - but in a hurry. Astoundingly, they couldn't find anyone to do the job. The timeframe was just too short. That is, until they called Omus/Seen Technologies, who have their own Massivit 3D printer. Owner, Robert Grosso, understood the dilemma Louis Vuitton was facing, and instantly knew the solution too. "Given the complexity of the design and the short turnaround time, 3D printing was really the only viable production method," he explained.
The 3D Effect
While there are pros and cons to every new technology, there is a resounding enthusiasm among PSPs for 3D printing. At this point, print shops appear to be only scratching the surface of its full potential. Large format 3D printing has already made an impact in their business, untethering them from limitations and empowering creative breakthroughs.
This creative energy inevitably spills back over to their 2D work as well. Beyond expanding their offering for existing clients, or bringing in clients who need 3D work, print services have seen how it can spur their 2D business too. That was the impact Jeff Burt, owner of ElipseCorp, saw himself. He decided to create 6-foot tall (1.8m) 3D printed robots with his Massivit 3D printer and bring them along to the GlobalShop Expo. The result was an 800% increase in leads from the previous year, as the huge robots were attention magnets for his booth. "What was truly amazing was how 3D opened the door to new clients for our traditional 2D business!" he said.
Media Resources co-owner Steve Gallow can also attest to the instant excitement 3D applications create. While viewing some of these new applications at the print shop, representatives of existing client Fallsview Casino were mesmerized at the possibilities. This led to a $2.5 million LED order from the casino. They've since become addicted to 3D billboards too, making regular orders that have proven integral to their business.
Giant 3D Billboard by Media Resources
The rise in 3D printing reaches across all industries, but in wide format digital printing specifically it is clearly coalescing into a rising wave. Print shops are finding that they don't need to wallow in a competitive, low-margin environment. All they need is to find that offering which will elicit excitement, while allowing them the freedom to create and expand their markets rather than reacting to them. It's a proactive approach that is proving itself, and allows PSPs with large format 3D printers to position themselves for now and the future.


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Amber Riley, was that really a 27 out of 30 we saw you earn with the cha-cha on "Dancing With the Stars" Monday night? The first night of the 17th season of "Dancing With the Stars"?
Even Kellie Pickler, last season's winner, notched only a 21 with the cha-cha her first night on the dance floor.
Riley, who's a singer by training and a dancer only as "a dream deferred" — she said on the show that her family could afford only one of the pursuits — took to the ballroom thing like a fish to water, despite early nerves.
"Ballroom dancing is definitely out of my normal character," she said on the show. "You have to take yourself so seriously and I don't take myself seriously."
Afterward, she told Us Weekly that rehearsing for "Glee" was actually tougher than "DWTS" rehearsal, to which partner Derek Hough had a ready reply.
"Ask her again in a few weeks," said Hough, who was Pickler's partner last season. "DWTS is live and it's one take, so this is eventually going to be harder."
Riley agreed that on "Glee," they could cut away, do another take or "distract" from a gaffe with the dancing of 11 other people.
Later on Twitter, she thanked her costars Jenna Ushkowitz, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Diana Agron and Ashley Fink for being in the audience to support her, and then it was time to call it a night, excitement or not.
"What an amazing night! Gotta get some shuteye! Rehearsal tomorrow :) working hard for y'all and myself. Gnite," she tweeted a little after 11, but it didn't end there. Twenty minutes later, she posted a shot of her place bedecked with stars: "I have the best friends!," she wrote. "Came home to a party!"
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Mortgage lenders or brokers will use your financial information, including your income and debts, to determine how much they can lend you. They will use two financial formulas to help them:
Gross debt service ratio (GDS) is the percentage of your gross income (before deductions such as income tax) required to cover home-related costs, such as:
As a general rule of thumb, the GDS ratio should not be more than 32% of your gross income.
Total debt service ratio (TDS) is the percentage of gross income required to cover home-related costs (mortgage payments, property taxes, heating, and 50% of condo fees, if applicable), plus all of your other debts, such as:
Generally, the TDS ratio should not be more than 40% of your gross income.
Federally regulated lenders, such as banks, will see whether you qualify for a mortgage based on the Bank of Canada's five-year benchmark rate or the interest rate in your mortgage contract, whichever is higher, if you have less than a 20% down payment and you:
You must qualify at this rate even if you are planning on getting a shorter term with a lower interest rate.
If you are applying for a fixed term of five years or longer, the lender can use the actual interest rate in your contract to see if you qualify.
You can see your GDS and TDS ratios by using FCAC's Mortgage Qualifier Tool.
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Property Administration is a career career. Each of these kinds has advantages and downsides, particularly with regards to taxation of the rental income acquired out of your investment property, transfer of the property to related or unrelated events, property planning and lots of different situations.
These rules are in place to protect your possession rights and to advertise the sale of actual estate to foreign traders. The beauty of being a property finder is that, as a newbie, you don't actually need any start up capital and you might be learning on a regular basis about how one can analyse and put offers collectively.
Each of those forms has advantages and drawbacks, especially on the subject of taxation of the rental earnings acquired from your investment property, switch of the property to associated or unrelated parties, property planning and lots of other conditions.
No. With new apartment hotel properties, the costs are all the time set by the developer and are precisely the identical whether you purchase instantly from an onsite salesperson at the property or using a broker. The laws are deliberated to guard the interest of the land lords and their tenants consistently and equally.
Principally, an owner of actual property is not going to lose that real estate through the doctrine of opposed possession until the style in which the investor holds actual possession would offer reasonable notice of that possession if the owner inspected the property.


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In the past, network-based applications were pretty simple. A networked server ran a monolithic application that users accessed via a basic GUI (graphical user interface). Today, organizations struggle to develop feature-rich, network-based applications while also facing business pressure to minimize timescales, maximize quality, and work with legacy systems hosted on different platforms.
To address these challenges and meet business needs, organizations are simplifying application development through reuse supported by Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). SOA describes an architecture that provides access to, and reuses services transparently across a network. With SOA, services are developed once and accessed by future development via the network across what is known as an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB).
Reuse with SOA reduces cost, simplifies application development, increases business agility, and improves quality. For example, many different applications within an organization can access a central directory system through a single service, eliminating the effort of building point-to-point connections between every application and the directory back end. Over time, the services develop into a complex architecture of interconnected components working together to satisfy many different business needs.
While SOA has been realized in many ways, today Web services are the most compelling way to deploy applications. Web services are based upon open standards (so they are vendor-neutral) and are firewall friendly.
Some Brief History
In the early days of software development, a single monolithic software application delivered the needed functionality. Later, dynamic link libraries (DLLs) or shared libraries could be loaded once and shared (i.e. reused) while the application was still running; reuse was limited to the same processor. To retrieve data at near-real-time speeds and to avoid enforced centralization of this data, technologies such as CORBA and DCOM were developed to allow access to information and services across a network. Applications could be developed in different languages (e.g. one in C++ and another in Java) with these technologies serving as a common protocol to bind the applications. Software applications had to conform to each specific network's data protocol and format. However, these were largely proprietary to the technology owner, and usually were not easily shared with other applications or organizations.


text: The Vienna State Opera Orchestra not only has ties to the Vienna State Opera, but to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which draws its membership exclusively from its operatic cousin. The VSOO consists of 149 members and is regarded by many as the finest opera orchestra in the world. It has been an organization steeped in tradition, sometimes to its detriment: women were banned from playing in the orchestra until 1997. Yet its performances, both operatic and orchestral, have long been widely acclaimed by both critics and public alike. Because the Vienna State Opera has a very full schedule of operas -- more than 50 productions every year, and about 200 performances that run from September 1 to June 30 -- the VSOO's performances have been largely limited to operatic productions. Yet the ensemble has made more than 300 recordings over the years, many devoted strictly to orchestral music.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The House voted 281-148 on Friday to defeat an amendment to a larger government financing bill offered by Rep. Betty McCollum, Democrat of Minnesota, that would have ended the Army's spending on Nascar racing.
"With trillion-dollar deficits, this amendment is where the rubber meets the road for my Republican Tea Party colleagues who want to cut wasteful spending," McCollum said Thursday night during a 10-minute floor debate, according to The Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
The amendment would have eliminated the Army's sponsorship of the No. 39 Chevrolet driven by Ryan Newman, among other motorsports programs. The Army pays $7.4 million a year to sponsor the racecar and another $8 million for Nascar programs that aid in recruiting. The Army also spends $3.9 million for a National Hot Rod Association sponsorship.
"Last year, 2010, we had over 150,000 leads out of the sports marketing program; 46,000 of those one third came from Nascar and the motorsports programs," Lt. Gen. Benjamin C. Freakley, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Accessions Command, said Friday. "We know that this is having an impact on our recruiting and helping our recruiters with their job. The alternative to this is having a recruiter walk up and down a mall and talk to about 150 people just to get one person to engage with them."
Freakley was at Daytona International Speedway to promote a new Army sponsorship of Nascar's Drive for Diversity program, which works to develop minority and female drivers and crew members. That sponsorship announcement was postponed because of the House vote.
The Army is not the only branch of the military investing in Nascar. The National Guard has a major sponsorship deal with the No. 88 driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr., the most popular driver in the series. The Air Force has a partial sponsorship of the No. 43 driven by A. J. Allmendinger.
The Marines, the Navy and the Coast Guard eliminated their Nascar sponsorships in recent years.
Nascar executives said they viewed the debate over the amendment as an opportunity to prove the value the sport gives to military recruiting efforts.
"What was surprising was that the legislation seemed to single out Nascar," said Nascar spokesman Ramsey Poston, pointing to Army sponsorships of other sports teams and programs.
"The opportunity that we have through this process and through the votes that we're going to go through is to provide better understanding and education about the military and Nascar to elected officials," he said, "so I think once this is over and done with, I think people will look back and feel good about what investment is being made in Nascar."
The vote came as a relief to those in Nascar who are sponsored by the Army.
"Obviously, this is a program that works for them or they wouldn't be part of this sport," said Tony Stewart, the co-owner of the Stewart-Haas Racing team that fields the No. 39 Army racecar driven by Newman. "It's been a very successful tool for the U.S. Army. Luckily, we get to continue that program with them. That was good news for us."


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Nick joined the Unite America's Founders Circle in 2014, Operating Board in 2015, and staff in October 2016. He has spent the last decade leading political reform campaigns.
Most recently, Nick helped launch Change.org's new elections platform as the company's Senior Politics Manager. Previously, he co-founded and ran The Can Kicks Back, an organization that advocated for bipartisan deficit reduction proposals.
Nick also ran for U.S. Congress as an independent in 2014 in Pennsylvania's 10th District, winning over 22,000 votes and gaining firsthand experience with the challenges facing independent candidates.
Nick graduated with a MA in American government from Georgetown University and was named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list for Law & Policy in 2016.