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A 16-year-old male is suspended after repeated offenses of bullying a classmate. While meeting with the principal the student states, "EVERYONE makes fun of that kid! You just don't see it!" What defense mechanism is the client using?
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B. Rationalization
C. Internalization
D. Denial
The correct answer is B, Rationalization. Sublimation occurs when an individual changes socially unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable behaviors. In a situation like this, sublimation may look like the 16-year-old male channelling his need for power into the role of "protector" and standing up for students who are picked on. Internalization would occur if the 16-year-old male had seen his parents or an older sibling engaging in bullying behavior and took that on as a part of himself and his identity. Denial would involve him denying engaging in the behavior at all, saying something like "I never bullied him!"
The 16-year-old is engaging in rationalization by making an otherwise unacceptable behavior justified by applying logic or reason (in this case, the idea that "everyone else is doing it") to the behavior.
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease for which genetic profiles dictate clinical outcomes. Cytogenetic and molecular profiling in AML is a mandatory diagnostic and prognostic requirement, yet interpretation of these results is becoming increasingly complex. Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have enabled comprehensive characterization of the genomic landscape of AML, revealing complex patterns of clonal evolution during development and treatment.1,2 The datasets generated represent invaluable resources to interrogate the genomic information from large patient cohorts and identify clinically relevant molecular biomarkers of disease initiation, progression, and response to treatment.3,4
The 2017 update of the European LeukemiaNet recommendations (ELN 2017) on genetic risk stratification provides a comprehensive genomic classification and prognostication schema, updating the European LeukemiaNet 2010 recommendations (ELN 2010).5 A key change in ELN 2017 has been to reclassify nucleophosmin 1 mutant (NPM1mut) AML with a low–allelic-ratio FLT3-internal tandem duplication (FLT3ITD-L; allelic ratio [AR] < 0.5) mutation as favorable risk, along with AML with NPM1mut (not containing a FLT3-internal tandem duplication [FLT3ITD] mutation), biallelic CEBPA mutations, and core-binding factor AMLs. The evidence supporting NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L as favorable risk is conflicting, with several groups showing a favorable outcome comparable with NPM1mutFLT3 wild-type (FLT3wt) disease,6-9 and others demonstrating an intermediate prognosis,10-12 although none of these studies have compared survival of NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L within an overall-risk stratification schema. The published survival differences may be explained by varying FLT3ITD AR thresholds, patient characteristics, clinical treatment algorithms, or methods of FLT3ITD detection and quantification (supplemental Methods; supplemental Table 1; available on the Blood Web site), but in aggregate, the literature does not provide a consistent message regarding the outcome or optimal management of patients with NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L AML. The gold standard assay to identify FLT3ITD uses polymerase chain reaction–amplified products processed by capillary electrophoresis13 and conventionally uses genomic DNA, but can use complementary DNA with good concordance.14 FLT3ITD detection and quantification by NGS are challenging due to short DNA sequence fragments, hence the frequency or AR may be underestimated and poorly correlates with fragment based analysis.15
We therefore sought to compare the performance of ELN 2017 with ELN 2010 in 2409 AML patients from 3 publicly available data sets (German-Austrian AML Study Group1 [AMLSG], n = 1316; The Cancer Genome Atlas2 [TCGA], n = 150, and Therapeutically Applicable Research To Generate Effective Treatments15 [TARGET] pediatric AML, n = 943) with comprehensive genomic and clinical data. In particular, we aimed to examine the prognosis of the NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L subgroup in the overall context of ELN 2017.
We first compared Kaplan-Meier overall survival (OS) curves between ELN 2010 and ELN 2017. ELN 2017 stratified the AMLSG cohort into significantly different favorable, intermediate, and adverse survival risk groups (Figure 1A). In the TCGA cohort, ELN 2017 failed to identify a favorable-risk group, with overlapping favorable and intermediate risk survival curves (P = .8, Figure 1B). Across both adult cohorts, the favorable-risk group had a 5% to 6% inferior 5-year OS rate in ELN 2017 compared with ELN 2010 (supplemental Table 2). Interestingly, the TCGA cohort had inferior survival compared with AMLSG across all risk groups, especially in the favorable category (5-year OS, 57% [AMLSG] vs 33% [TCGA]) with the TCGA favorable group performing similarly to the AMLSG intermediate group (5-year OS, 33%). Given these stark differences in survival, the 2 adult cohorts were not pooled for further analysis. Although ELN 2017 was designed for adult AML, it was able to significantly separate 3 risk groups in the pediatric TARGET population with only minor differences in OS between ELN 2010 and ELN 2017 (Figure 1C; supplemental Table 2). TARGET risk groups had superior OS compared with adult counterparts. These data validate ELN 2017 and ELN 2010 across a broad spectrum of patient ages and AML subtypes.
The recategorization of NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L as favorable in ELN 2017, compared with intermediate-I risk in ELN 2010 likely explains the inferior survival for favorable-risk adults in ELN 2017. In the AMLSG ELN 2017 favorable-risk cohort (n = 564), 159 patients (28%) had NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L and 207 (38%) had NPM1mut alone. NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L patients overall exhibited high-risk features, including raised lactate dehydrogenase, white blood cell (WBC) counts, and peripheral blood and bone marrow (BM) blast percentage. In general, WBC counts were FLT3ITD AR dependent, increasing from FLT3wt to high–allelic ratio FLT3ITD (supplemental Figure 1). In the TCGA ELN 2017 favorable-risk cohort, 26 patients (17%) had NPM1mut and 20 (13%) had NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L. Patients were generally older in the TCGA cohort compared with the AMLSG cohort. NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L patients had higher WBC counts and BM blasts, although this difference was not statistically significant. Interestingly, the median WBC count in the TCGA cohort was unexpectedly high in the NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L subgroup at 64 × 109/L (supplemental Figure 1). Concomitant DNMT3A mutations were found in approximately half of both NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L and NPM1mut patients from each cohort. Mutations resulting in activation of signaling pathways (NRAS, PTPN11, and FLT3 tyrosine kinase domain) were enriched in NPM1mut compared with NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L in both cohorts (AMLSG, P = 2.7 × 10−10, TCGA, P = .003). The pediatric cohort included 44 (4.7%) patients with the NPM1mut alone and 17 (1.8%) NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L patients. Differences in leukemia burden were not apparent between the 2 groups. Patients with NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L were significantly older (median age, 15.9 vs 12.8 years, P = .023). Consistently, we observed an age-related increase in the incidence of NPM1 and FLT3ITD mutations, and patients with both mutations were the oldest (supplemental Figure 2), confirming findings in other cohorts.16,17 The characteristics of each cohort are further described in supplemental Tables 3 and 4.
We examined OS and relapse risk (RR) of patients with NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L and NPM1mut alone. The presence of NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L was associated with inferior OS (Figure 2A) and increased RR (supplemental Figure 3) in the AMLSG cohort, but not in the TCGA or TARGET cohorts. This was confirmed in a multivariate analysis (adjusted P = .005; hazard ratio [HR] = 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.2-2.3; supplemental Figure 4). In the TCGA cohort, the outcomes were unexpectedly poor in both groups with median survival <2 years and, together with the higher WBC counts, suggests the selection of AML patients with relatively high biological risk. NPM1mut and FLT3ITD are found at a lower frequency in childhood (range, 5%-8%) compared with adults with AML.18,19 In the TARGET cohort, both NPM1mut and NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L patients had equally good prognoses. Other significant adverse risk factors identified in multivariate analysis of AMLSG included increasing age and WBC count in intermediate–cytogenetic risk patients and DNMT3A mutations specifically within the NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L group, with the latter finding confirmed in survival analyses (supplemental Figure 5). Lower numbers limited the power of multivariate analysis in the TCGA and TARGET cohorts.
Given the older age and relative poor survival of the favorable group in the TCGA cohort, we performed separate analyses for patients ≥60 years of age and patients <60 years of age in the AMLSG and TCGA cohorts (Figure 2B-C). In patients <60 years, NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L conferred a poorer prognosis in both the AMLSG (P = .0003) and the TCGA cohort (P = .023), similar to or worse than ELN 2017 intermediate-risk patients in the respective cohorts (Figure 2D-E). Conversely, for patients ≥60 years, NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L and NPM1mut alone groups had similar, poor outcomes. The poor outcome in NPM1mutFLT3wt patients ≥60 years highlights the absence of an absolute favorable-risk cohort and is consistent with other cohorts.20 There were limited numbers of adolescent and young adult (AYA; age, 18-30 years) patients with AML available for review, and results did not reach statistical significance, however, there was a trend toward inferior outcomes in AYA patients with NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L compared with NPM1mutFLT3wt AML (data not shown). In pediatric AML, we observed that NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L did not confer adverse prognosis compared with other favorable genotypes (Figure 2F). Although this may reflect the high rate of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) in the NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L group (52.9% in TARGET vs 11.4% in NPM1mutFLT3wt, P = .0017), the favorable prognosis of the FLT3ITD-L subgroup even without NPM1mut in pediatric cohorts, but not in adults, requires further study to determine whether this reflects disease biology or treatment.
Targeted inhibitors of FLT3 have been developed in an attempt to overcome the negative prognostic impact of FLT3ITD in AML. Despite substantial single-agent activity, early randomized studies of FLT3 inhibitors together with chemotherapy in elderly patients failed to demonstrate a survival advantage of this approach.21 The recent RATIFY study22 combined the multikinase inhibitor midostaurin with intensive induction and consolidation chemotherapy in FLT3mut AML, and followed this with ≤12 months of maintenance midostaurin treatment. In this cohort (age <60 years), midostaurin led to a survival benefit in FLT3ITD AML, leading to the international registration of midostaurin for the treatment of FLT3mut AML in combination with intensive chemotherapy and maintenance.
Altogether, these data raise important considerations regarding the application of ELN 2017 that have significant implications for patient selection for allogeneic SCT or alternative novel therapies. Adults with NPM1mutFLT3ITD-L have inferior survival to other favorable-risk patients, and concurrent DNMT3A mutations, as a potential risk modifier in this group, should be prospectively examined. Furthermore, patients ≥60 years of age with NPM1 mutations, with or without FLT3ITD, have adverse outcomes and should not be considered favorable risk. More broadly, this study demonstrates the power of using publicly available datasets, strengthening the call for increased responsible data sharing.
The online version of this article contains a data supplement.
The authors thank Elli Papaemmanuil (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Nic Waddell (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), and Cameron Curley (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital) for critical review and helpful comments. The results shown here are, in part, based on data generated by the TCGA Research Network (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/).
S.W.L. is a CSL Centenary Fellow and acknowledges the support of the Gordon and Jessie Gilmour Leukaemia Research Fund.
Contribution: J.S. performed the analysis and wrote the manuscript; V.Y.L. and G.R.H. wrote the manuscript; and S.W.L. designed the research and wrote the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest disclosure: S.W.L. is a consultant for Novartis (midostaurin). The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.
Correspondence: Steven W. Lane, Translational Leukaemia Research Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston Rd, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia; e-mail: email@example.com.

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The plan to bring an NFL stadium to the old Hollywood Park site in Inglewood just took its first big step forward—the developers, who include St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, not incidentally, have followed through on their promise to take the proposal to the ballot, collecting more than 20,000 signatures from Inglewood residents, more than twice as many as they actually need—8,400, or 15 percent of the population, was the minimum required, according to the LA Times. If the city can validate enough of the signatures (and there's plenty of cushion), a proposal to rezone the massive Hollywood Park for a football stadium could go on the ballot as early as this summer.
The developers want to move fast here and the ballot initiative will help them do that; a vote will help them skirt a city planning process that would have to include a length, costly environmental review (the kind that are often challenged in court, causing further delays). Stockbridge Capital was already beginning work on a massive multi-use redevelopment of the old Hollywood Park racetrack site when the plan was announced a few weeks ago to add 60 acres, an 80,000-seat stadium, a performing arts center, and more office and retail space. These guys want to start work on that part of the plan as early as December, "with or without a team on board."
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By Daniel Wood, 17 April 2011
Using an auto-enter calculation on a field is a great way to populate its contents when other fields are modified, including itself. But what do you do if you want to use a calculation that references itself without having it trigger its own auto-enter calculation? The answer lies in thinking outside the calculation....
In the attached example file I have concocted a scenario which illustrates this dilemma, although there are many situations where this may become an issue.
Here is a basic table of products. Each product has two rates. In another table I have a product ID field with a value list attached displaying products from the products table. The idea is that when a product is selected, the rate field is populated automatically with the correct rate from the products table. The rules are:
Here are some examples of what we expect when a product is chosen:
There is one more key rule for our Rate field and that is the rate must be able to be modified once a default is auto-entered
With all of the required rules known, the first attempt at formulating an auto-enter calculation looked as follows:
Let ( [
TriggerField = Product ID ;
RateOne = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 1 ;
RateTwo = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 2
Case (
not IsEmpty ( RateOne ) ; RateOne ;
not IsEmpty ( RateTwo ) ; RateTwo ;
Note that auto-enter calculations will trigger and re-evaluate when any field that they reference within the same table context is modified. We wish for the rate to change whenever the product ID is changed, however the product ID is merely a means to lookup the correct rate, we don't actually make use of the product ID itself in the calculation results. In order to have it trigger the auto-enter calculation we simply need to reference. This has been done using a Let statement where we set the Product ID field into a trigger variable whose only purpose is to fire the auto-enter calculation into action.
The rest of the calculation is straightforward and follows the rules defined. If there is a Rate 1 use it, otherwise if there is a Rate 2 use that, otherwise leave the field contents unchanged, as evidenced by using Self.
When this auto-enter calculation is used, everything appears fine.. Modification of Product ID fires the auto-enter, and the correct rate from the products table is entered.
This is where this auto-enter calculation fails. Recall that an auto-enter calculation triggers when any of its referenced fields are modified in the same table context. Well this even refers to its own self. If an auto-enter calculation references its own field, then any modification in the field itself will cause itself to auto-enter. Sometimes this can be a very useful behavior depending on your situation, but sometimes this can be a real pain in the arse!
If we were to attempt to modify the rate field now, then because our auto-enter calculation references Self then the auto-enter is re-evaluated. Given the current calculation, it is going to relookup the associated rate from the Products table, thus nullifying any modification we tried to make to the field - the auto-enter is essentially hijacked by our lookup from the products table, preventing any modification to the field by the user. The only time the user is free to modify the rate is if there is no associated default rate in the Products table. Again, this may be what you want, but sometimes it isn't.
Finally the answer, bit of an anti-climax perhaps after all of this build up :) If an auto-enter calculation triggers when any field it references in the given table is modified, including Self, then is there anyway to reference Self from somewhere other than the table context? The answer is of course yes, and can be achieved using a Self-Join relationship.
Here is a simple self-join relationship matching on primary key. Essentially a self-join is a 1-to-1 relationship with itself.
Now, we make a slight tweak to the auto-enter calculation:
Let ( [
TriggerField = Product ID ;
RateOne = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 1 ;
RateTwo = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 2
Case (
not IsEmpty ( RateOne ) ; RateOne ;
not IsEmpty ( RateTwo ) ; RateTwo ;
Home to Home for Self Join::Rate Modifiable
The change is made on the last line. Instead of directly referencing the field using Self, we instead now reference it via the self-join relationship. By referencing self outside of the calculations context, we are able to use the value of Self, without having it trigger its own auto-enter calculation which is exactly what we want. Now, the only field in the auto-enter calculation which will trigger the calculation is Product ID.
Back on the layout, if a product ID is chosen the rate will be auto-entered if there is one. Once done, the user is free to then modify the rate to whatever they wish, and because the auto-enter calculation no longer directly references Self from the calculation context, it can do so without having the value revert to the default rate.
Yes, this could have been achieved with a script trigger on the Product ID field, but sometimes a script trigger may not be applicable, able to be used, or easy enough to work with. Because the auto-enter is tied directly to the field itself, then wherever the field is used the auto-enter simply works. With the script trigger it must be attached to every place the field is used in the solution.
I'm not saying a script trigger is not a good way of achieving this type of result, it certainly is and could be used. However I think auto-enters as a means to set a default value into a field, or enforce data entry rules on a field is still a great technique and very useful - especially in solutions Pre-FileMaker 10.
Auto-Enter calculations are a great method for enforcing data-entry restrictions or rules on a field and for pre-populating a field with a default value. However because of their triggering properties there can arise situations in which you wish to reference the fields on contents but not have the field re-trigger itself when modified. A self-join can be used to reference the field in its own calculation - or indeed any field on the table - without having those fields force the re-triggering of the auto-enter calculation.
Please find attached an example file. This file was used for all the screenshots in this article, and is provided to help you fully understand what is going on in this article, and to let you experiment in FileMaker with this solution.
20/04/2011 7:14am (13 years ago)
I avoid hard-coding field names by always using a Let () statement anywhere I need to use a literal text string in a function. It allows FileMaker to make the FieldName update, but I can still utilize the power of Evaluate() and custom functions that take field names as parameters (like one of my new favorites CustomList() by Agnes Barouh)
Something simple like:
<blockquote>Let (
~Field = GetFieldName ( Table::Field )
Evaluate ( ~Field )
19/04/2011 8:14pm (13 years ago)
this is an awsome technique. Thanks !
If you prefer custom functions to relationships, you can also use this one: http://fmfunctions.com/fname/AllowInputInAutoEnter
19/04/2011 7:11pm (13 years ago)
Incidentally, Fabrice Nordmann has written a wonderful custom function called FM_Name_ID which can help avoid hard-coded name references... here's his blog entry: http://www.1-more-thing.com/FileMaker-Avoid-Hard-coding.html
I like the CF so much that I posted a blog entry about it today here: http://www.filemakerhacks.com/?p=1447
19/04/2011 10:10am (13 years ago)
I agree completely about hard-coding being bad, but I didn't want to obscure the example. I was going to post a correction, but I see Tom's beaten me to it.
19/04/2011 8:35am (13 years ago)
Hi Tom, that's awesome thanks. This is one of the reasons I enjoy writing these articles because more often than not I end up learning stuff as a result too :) I've tested that code and it works great - could probably even put a fair chunk of that code into a custom function too. Thanks again :)
19/04/2011 8:27am (13 years ago)
Hi Kevin, thanks for the comment & code. That's a very cool approach to the issue.
One of the things I try to do wherever possible is to avoid hard-coding field names simply for the case if the field is renamed at any future stage the calculation will break. Of course it all depends on whether you can be sure it will change or not, and in a lot of cases I guess you can be sure. Working in a company with other FM developers however, who will pick up on a project in future, you cannot guarantee that unfortunately :)
Having said that, I really like that solution, cheers !
19/04/2011 8:22am (13 years ago)
The way I do this is to check whether the active field is the field in question
Since Get ( ActiveFieldName ) returns an unqualified name and GetFieldName() returns a fully qualified name this requires a bit of fiddling, but is pretty straightforward:
Let ( [
TriggerField = Product ID ;
RateOne = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 1 ;
RateTwo = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 2 ;
myFullName = GetFieldName ( Self ) ;
myName = Replace ( myFullName ; 1 ; Position ( myFullFieldName ; "::" ; 1 ; 1 ) + 1 ; "" )
Case (
Get ( ActiveFieldName ) = myName ; Self ;
not IsEmpty ( RateOne ) ; RateOne ;
not IsEmpty ( RateTwo ) ; RateTwo ;
by using the unqualified field name, this should work in any context
19/04/2011 8:16am (13 years ago)
Hi Daniel, what about this for the AE calc? (I took your original calc, and added one new test at the top of the Case statement.)
Let ( [
TriggerField = Product ID ;
RateOne = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 1 ;
RateTwo = Home to Products for Rate Auto Entry::Rate 2
Case (
Get(ActiveFieldName) = "Rate Modifiable" ; Self ;
not IsEmpty ( RateOne ) ; RateOne ;
not IsEmpty ( RateTwo ) ; RateTwo ;
19/04/2011 6:36am (13 years ago)
Well, that's embarrassing. I could have sworn that worked.
But Evaluate ( "Self" ) returns an EvaluationError() of 1225.
You could reference the field itself in quotes, but then you're referencing field names literally which is generally a bad idea (though perhaps not in this case since it's tied directly to the field definition).
19/04/2011 3:57am (13 years ago)
A self-join is one way around this issue, but even easier, in my humble opinion, would be to simply use Evaluate ( "Self" ) in place of Self.
19/04/2011 12:22am (13 years ago)
That's cool, Daniel: A very creative solution!
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Twelve-storeyed hostel block of corridor layout was built in 1963. Common areas, including, kitchens, toilet and shower rooms, all designed according to the standards which were current more than half a century ago. Each floor houses about 40 students. The guys had to prepare meals in tiny kitchen of 7 square meters. Each floor featured only three toilets, that was positively inconvenient. Last refurbishment here was almost 40 years ago, back in 1977.
The University management strives to keep on improving the living conditions of nonresident student community. Five years ago the worn and obsolete equipment of bathroom units was replaced. However, cosmetic repairs have only temporary effect. The need for major repair of the hostel is overdue. Upon the end of academic year, when students are leaving for home to mama, the allocated huge non-budgetary funds – 100 million rubles (app. $2 million) to repair the hostel are to be drawn. While many universities put on hold or curtail the social projects, First MSMU invest in the future – in the quality of students' life and studying.
eptember 1 will meet those returning from summer vacation with completely different dwelling. The redevelopment offers "swelling" of kitchen area from 7 meters to 30, new shower rooms with state-of-the-art equipment, sex-specified toilets. New fire alarm system ensures safety of residence, obsolete and dangerous gas cookers will be replaced by electric ones.
o add the comfort for future doctors a new laundry room is also provided, saving from annoyance about operability of worn washer and availability of laundry powder. The new laundry is loaded with some really hi-tech features. The machine itself sends an SMS, as soon as the washing session is finished. So, that's no need to waste time monitoring the process. Broadband Internet and digital television will eliminate problems with both the studies and having a good time off. The neighbourhood of the building, featuring a bike parking with dozens of slots, will be thoroughly landscaped.
By September the gym will be also refurbished: volleyball, tennis, badminton, bodybuilding, cardioapps... Let alone proper showers and lockers – all conditions to practice healthy lifestyle.
The hostel is quite convenient for people with mobility handicaps. The first three floors of the building equipped with special ramps and elevators are fairly disabled-friendly. Everything conceivable has been done to create virtually comfortable barrier-free environment.
But the transformations are not limited to repair works in premises. All renovated rooms and common areas will be equipped with new furniture and equipment. By the way, the hostel amenities will cost the University 25 million rubles (app. half a million dollars). While strolling around the Rector instructed to allot some ground floor premises for the Student Council to enable extensive sociability.
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What a mariner need to know before putting in LED Lighting on his vessel.
What should I acquire? Why ought to I acquire? My pal acquired LEDs for his boat and they all died in the initial thirty day period, are they all like that? Individuals are all genuine concerns that our customers have questioned. This report must very clear the air on the subject.
The confusion will take root in the reality that all reduced voltage LED lights merchandise are not manufactured equivalent. There is a multitude of resources for LED lights on the marketplace, quite minor trustworthy technical info is offered on them and the price tag selection is really vast. The abundance of products and the lack of exact data has incited us to create this report. This doc is based mostly on information that comes directly from the engineers and producer of our product line and is complemented by our possess experience with LED Lighting in the Marine Environment.
This article will attempt to spare you the physics behind the solution even though supplying you enough details to cautiously select what product you should set up on your vessel. I apologize to all the engineers who will not uncover this doc comprehensive and exact, but the aim is only to give our fellow sailors with the fundamental understanding necessary to make a sensible determination when buying LEDs for their boat.
At very first, it would appear to us that LEDs ended up produced with a boat in head. They have a excellent life expectancy, never mind vibrations, give off much considerably less heat than their incandescent or halogen counterparts and use a lot considerably less strength – about a tenth of the wattage of a halogen – for a comparable output. So, where is the issue you question? Why never they function on my boat?
Traditionally, it was simple. The coloration output was Undesirable! Nobody favored the uninteresting, minimal-output blue coloration of the early LED's. Properly, that has transformed and LEDs now have a similar light-weight output and coloration to that of reduced-wattage halogens we find on our boats.
The issue these days is various. The marine environment with its a variety of power resources is extremely hostile in direction of electronic factors, particularly LED lights. Voltage variations that we witness on our yachts are the biggest enemy of LEDs. Being Very Delicate TO VOLTAGE Variants, MOST LEDs located on the marketplace are NOT Ideal for use on our boats.
I have promised not to get into the physics of powering LEDs, but let me try out a few basic ideas that utilize to LEDs. What follows isn't going to need innovative electronics information, I will phone this section BOAT LED one hundred and one.
All LED's are semiconductor diodes. They generate their light-weight at the junction of their optimistic and unfavorable sides. When electricity is applied to an LED, the electrons soar from one particular aspect to the other releasing mild in the kind of photons in the procedure. Distinct types of semiconductors generate distinct wavelengths and therefore produce various light hues. The heat white lights that we prefer in yachts is produced by Indium Gallium Nitride (InGaN). Incorporate other components, like phosphors and you get a pleasing incandescent light shade.
Now, what occurs when we apply voltage to this semiconductor is what we really want to seem at. Utilize the proper voltage – in our application 12V – and the correct volume of recent will travel by means of the semiconductor and we get a stunning, power-efficient, vivid mild that will glow for countless numbers of several hours. But, we need to have the appropriate voltage, specifically 12V.
You and I know for a simple fact that boats do not provide lab top quality energy! Commence the engine, the generator set or link to shore electricity and your surroundings has out of the blue grow to be hostile to your LEDs.
Why is that? Basic! When the generator, alternator or inverter kicks in, we often see the voltage achieving upwards of 15V or higher. The larger the voltage, the a lot more recent goes by means of the semiconductor, the far more electrons leap from 1 side to the other, the a lot more light-weight is generated and A lot more Warmth is produced. And, guess what is the enemy amount 1 of LEDs? Warmth! We require to both management the warmth produced or dissipate it. led light wholesale Apply a great deal of current to an LED and you will get a quite vivid mild for a very limited period of time. Apply to small and you get a dim, useless mild. Which is what transpired to you friends' LEDs.
In this application of semiconductor physics, we know that the present measured at junction of the supplies is proportional to the voltage supplied. Controlling the voltage and for that reason the present is paramount to the existence expectancy of your LED.
Most affordable 12V LED cluster bulbs currently being offered these days use a ballast resistor which bleeds off power to limit the current. This ballast resistor limits present in accordance to a straightforward formulation: Voltage/Resistance = Present. In that planet, one can get to the correct amount of present for an LED by employing a ballast of the appropriate resistance for the Voltage provided. Difficulty is, on a boat, the voltage is not usually the same, it fluctuates. Consequently, the resistance becoming fixed, when the voltage drops, the existing drops, and vice-versa. Summary: reduced voltage = dim mild and high voltage = fried LED!
The result is the disappointment in LED lights that you have listened to about from all your cruising close friends.
Most automotive and affordable LEDs are primarily based on the ballast resistor product. They perform fine in automotive because the voltage versions are scaled-down than individuals located in the maritime surroundings and also to the fact that most LEDs in the automotive entire world are employed for flip signals or brake lights. These alerts are not on for a extended interval of time so heat is not a difficulty. A single can also use a resistor that will take care of 14V whilst preserving an satisfactory existing degree for the LED generate enough mild. This can make automotive LEDs low-cost, but unsuitable for the maritime environment.
Now that we know that a ballast resistor is not suitable for our surroundings, what do we do subsequent? Let us start off with what we have uncovered so considerably. We know that a resistor is a passive device that can not maintain an even existing with a changing voltage. So, what are our other possibilities?
What if we had a variety of resistor which could accommodate the shifting voltage? There is such a device, and it is used by numerous LED cluster producers. The unit is named a Linear Regulator, and it is a tiny stage up in management technological innovation from the primitive ballast resistor. A Linear Regulator is a reduced-value handle strategy which can be thought of as a variable resistor that varies the resistance in accordance to the load in order to provide a constant output voltage to the LEDs. Due to the fact it is nevertheless a resistive gadget, it controls excessive power (earlier mentioned that needed by the LEDs) by turning it into heat. But wait around a moment, just isn't Heat the fantastic enemy of LEDs? Which is right! Of course, with correct design and style a single could dissipate some of the warmth, but overall, Linear Regulator can only perform for little voltage variants, which is wonderful for some purposes, but once again, not suited for the entire of battery financial institutions, solar panels and turbines and inverters of our electrically hostile maritime entire world.
With any luck , the over tends to make it quite obvious why ballast resistor bulbs and cheap bulbs have no location on a boat. From what you have study in the earlier paragraphs, you are now noticeably greater educated than the typical individual hunting for LED lights. Not only that, you are most probably much better educated than most of the uninformed merchants out there marketing LED bulbs to the unsuspecting boater.
So what else is available in condition-of-the-art LED controls? It would seem what we really want is a sort of closed-loop gadget that seems at the incoming voltage and maintains the continual existing feeding the LEDs even as the voltage fluctuates, all of that even though retaining minimal warmth. And, you guessed it, the device exists! It is called a DC/DC Buck Electricity Converter. It is an pricey way to source power to LEDs, but it has all the positive aspects that we are searching for.
The Buck Power Converter is a complicated little system, but its purpose is fairly easy. To explain it in layman's phrases, it fundamentally requires an power resource and switches it on and off. In the course of the "on" point out, the energy is stored in an inductor and during the "off" state, the inductor releases the vitality to the LED. The ratio of "on" and "off" time is known as the duty-cycle. For instance, a 25% duty-cycle would move to the LED only 3V from a 12V source. All we need to have to do is manage the obligation-cycle according to the input voltage and we get consistent existing feeding our LED. The Buck Electrical power Converter controller does this by monitoring the current to the LEDs via a existing-sense resistor and adjusts the obligation cycle both up or down to correct the recent in order to match the LED optimal current need. This way we can drive the envelope on the brightness of the LEDs with no worrying that the source voltage fluctuations will take us previous the greatest rated recent of the LED and stop up with a fried LED cluster.
This seems genuinely excellent, but there is a single final issue to offer with prior to we get the brightest maritime quality LED substitute bulb: the BULB by itself, the packaging!
We need to package deal our clusters in this kind of a way that we attain the optimum output achievable in a true modest deal even though making certain greatest lifestyle expectancy as nicely. I am sure at this position you don't forget Heat! How can we pack tons of energy in a small cluster and nevertheless not overheat the bulb?
Most interior maritime lights programs use a 10W G4 bulb, which is very compact, so the fixtures tend to be small as properly. The replacement LED cluster bulb should be really little to serve as a retrofit for the first halogen bulb. It also has to produce similar output and color to the first halogen, and nonetheless be in a position to dissipate heat. This finishes up getting very a obstacle.
There are two methods to pack plenty of light-weight in a tiny deal, and each and every has its professionals and negatives, but equally are suitable options. One is to use numerous little reduced-powered through-hole LEDs clustered collectively in a little bundle, and the other is to use just a number of higher-powered surface mount device (SMD) LEDs arranged on a thermally efficient help for highest warmth dissipation.
The very best solution is a compromise between: Output, Warmth Administration and Form. To attain this we tweak people 3 parameters until finally we achieve our goal. Which is why you locate so a lot of various combinations of condition, output and help material in LED merchandise offerings.
With a little study you will discover that there are just a handful of firms producing and advertising and marketing LED clusters with consistent-recent manage that are suitable for maritime use and, it is fascinating that most of these companies are owned by sailors. What is truly sad is that the customer foundation is unaware of the distinctions between LED merchandise.
So how can we inform we are purchasing the right LEDs? Listed here are some standard guidelines:
If the provider does not especially point out that he is selling DC/DC constant-recent converter goods, then there is a higher probability he is not. Anyone promoting a continuous-existing LED solution will be certain to emphasize that fact, and demand accordingly. Remember, you always get what you shell out for!
If the "marine" LED items are becoming sold by an outfit that also sells glow-in-the-darkish rubber ducks, tiki lights and camping lanterns, it is very likely that he has no fascination in the greater-cost high good quality maritime goods. Beware of copycats!
If the product specification is not specific on a voltage variety like 8V-30V or comparable, it is not a continuous-recent solution. Once again acquire from someone you have faith in.
Appear for dealers or companies that are owned by mariners. They usually know what they are chatting about, they use the product.
We hope this document has offered you with beneficial information and that you will take pleasure in brilliant, long-lasting and energy-successful lighting on your boat for many years to appear.
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Synergy Maritime was began by a lifestyle-lengthy sailors who are aggravated by the poor high quality and large prices of LED merchandise unsuitable for, but however currently being sold for marine use. We comprehended the complex hurdles created by the unstable electrical electrical power accessible in the marine atmosphere and commenced to resource and distribute a merchandise line exclusively for fellow cruisers who dwell in a entire world of deep-cycle battery banks, solar panels, wind and diesel generators.
All of our goods, until or else mentioned are rated ten-30V and use DC/DC continuous-existing converter technology.
Our LED merchandise are some of the ideal offered on the market place for maritime lighting, and our output, shade temperature, and longevity are next to none in the industry. In fact, we are so self-assured that our items will be extended lasting in a maritime environment that we back your purchase with a 2 12 months warrantee as effectively as a thirty-day one hundred% pleasure promise.


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Studying the thoughts of Russian President Vladimir Putin is sometimes an easy task, but sometimes the Kremlin leader makes it easier. That was when Putin met with a group of Russian young entrepreneurs on Thursday. One analysis shows that anyone looking for clues as to what the outcome of Putin's game for Ukraine will be should read the transcript of this discussion. CNN Signed by Nathan Hodge.
In his view, Putin's words speak for themselves: his pursuit in Ukraine is to restore Russia as an imperialist power.
Below is Nathan Hodge's analysis (You can read Putin's English text here):
Many observers immediately pointed to one of Putin's most provocative views, in which he compared himself to Tsar Peter the Great, the modernizer of Russia, and the founder of Putin's birthplace in St. Petersburg in the 17th century.
"Peter the Great has been waging the Great North War for 21 years," Putin said, adding that he was calm and self-satisfied. "At first glance, he was at war with Sweden and took something from him." That was it. "
It does not matter that the European nations did not recognize the fact that Peter the Great seized their territory by force.Putin added.
"When he established the new capital, no European country recognized the region as part of Russia; everyone recognized him as part of Sweden," Putin said. "However, since ancient times, the Slavs have lived there with the Finno-Ukrainian people, and the territory was under Russian control. The same goes for the West, Narva and its first campaigns. Why did he have to go there?
Referring directly to his own invasion of Ukraine, Putin added: "Clearly, it is in our hands to come back and strengthen us."
These ideas were soon condemned by the Ukrainians, who saw them as a mere recognition of Putin's imperial ambitions.
"His comparison with Putin's confession on land grabbing and Peter the Great proves that there is no 'conflict', but only the bloody confiscation of the country under the pretext of genocide," Mikhail, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, said on Twitter.
There is a lot to understand here, both in terms of history and in terms of current events. Bodolyak noted that he was talking in international capitals about providing a way to save Putin from escalating or stopping fighting in Ukraine. Last weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron said the world should not "insult Russia" in seeking a diplomatic solution.
These arguments may have seemed more plausible before February 24th. In the run-up to the invasion, Putin expressed a number of grievances to advocate war, from NATO's eastern expansion to military aid to Ukraine from the west.
But if you read Putin's comment very carefully on Thursday, the front of the rational geopolitical negotiations is shattered.
"To demand some kind of leadership – I do not mean global leadership, I mean leadership in any field – any country, any people, any ethnic group must assert its sovereignty," Putin said. "Because there is no neutrality, no intermediate status: a country is sovereign or whatever it is called a colony."
In other words, there are two types of government: sovereign and occupied. In Putin's imperialist view, Ukraine should fall into the second category.
Putin has long argued that the Ukrainians do not have a formal national identity and that their government is basically a puppet of the West.
By evoking the memory of Peter the Great, it becomes clear that Putin's goals are driven by a certain sense of historical destiny.. Putin's plan for imperial restructuring – in theory – could at some point extend to the Russian Empire or other territories owned by the Soviet Union, raising the alarm in all countries that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Earlier this week, a member of the Kremlin-backed United Russia party introduced a bill in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, repealing a Soviet resolution recognizing Lithuania's independence. Lithuania may now be a member of NATO and part of the European Union, but in Putin's Russia, this kind of neo-colonial position is a sure sign of loyalty to the president.
This is not good for Russia's future. If it does not recognize Russia's imperial past – be it the Soviet or Tsarist past – Russia without Putin is less likely to abandon the model of subjugating its neighbors or become a more democratic state.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former US national security adviser, said in a popular statement that Russia could break away from its imperialist practices only if it was prepared to drop its claims on Ukraine.
"Without Ukraine, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Russia will remain an empire, but if Ukraine is subjugated and then subjugated, Russia will automatically become an empire," he wrote in 1994.
However, Putin thinks the opposite: Russia survives, and he says it must be an empire regardless of human cost.
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In principle, it can. It's just one thing if you find yourself depressed, have a couple of symptoms, call it a disorder – and this, strictly speaking, is not it. Maybe a depressive episode, at most. They happen to many people and many pass without additional effort, like the same cold. Not always, but it happens often.
A serious diagnosis, clinical depression,or recurrent depressive disorder-of course, does not disappear by itself. One of the criteria is that the mood disorder continues for a long time, several months.
At first sobs usually in the morning almost every day for several years I do not want anything and nothing pleases Then there is an emotional burnout Sobs end suddenly and everything breaks down a Zombie person Almost without feelings and emotions lived a day and okay That's how I exist ……
I had 2 episodes that lasted 8 months, followed by long-term remission. But 7 years of treatment ended with resistance to antidepressants.Now relapse after cancellation.
No, it can't if it's a real depressive disorder. It can only get worse, turn into severe depression, etc.
Treatment should be started as early as possible, the course of taking an antidepressant, and you are back to normal.
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it is possible only if you change something in your life..and so that the changes are positive…and so the disorder will sooner or later go into a chronic stage ..and there the most deplorable results are possible…do not pull go to the doctors if you feel that you have become a zombie
Yes, it can pass, but only if you are either a very positive person, or a very cheerful person, or if you have all these things together.Let's divide depression into levels 1)light,medium,severe,and super-severe.
Light,medium, and heavy can be dealt with by having strong feelings of positivity and cheerfulness in your allies.
An ordinary person cannot cope with a super-complex situation,even drugs may not help, positive emotions and cheerfulness are strong allies, but they are not enough because negative feelings are unrealistically strong and very persistent.
But even here there is a way to win if a person is spiritually very strong, really understood what is written in the Bible and strives to apply these principles in life, then he can easily destroy super-strong depression.Another thing is that I have never met such people.It is necessary to abandon the template and people cannot do this, and therefore they will not become spiritually very strong.
If we are talking about the average person, then mild and moderate depression is quite surmountable by people, but above average they cannot win.Already the average depression confuses people so that there is nothing to talk about difficult it will just be a nightmare for them.
Theoretically, yes. And sometimes it happens.
But in the vast majority of cases, the disease only worsens. But a person may consider that there has been an improvement. Although in reality, he was just getting used to his depressed state.
So don't play with fate – go to the doctor.


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How to Avoid Addiction to Online Gambling
There are numerous ways to deposit funds at an online gambling site. Most sites accept deposits using credit cards or debit cards. All you need to do is input the details of your card and the amount you want to deposit into your account. The gambling site will then transfer the money to your account. However, there are many differences between gambling sites, so you need to be aware of these differences before registering with a site. For example, some websites may only accept deposits in US dollars, while others only accept deposits in Euros or British pounds.
Although gambling is legal in all 50 states, there are restrictions in certain states. Hawaii and Utah are the only two states that haven't legalized it yet. The large Mormon population in Hawaii has impacted their regulations, and they also fear that gambling will affect their family ties. Idaho doesn't seem to be interested in allowing online gambling. Then again, some people can't resist the temptation to place a bet.
There are several different types of online gambling. Some people become addicted to it, while others can't resist it. Depending on the type of game you choose, you can become financially ruined or emotionally depressed. The only option left is to give up gambling altogether. These situations may lead to a loss of social life, and can't even be considered "normal". But there are steps you can take to avoid addiction to online gambling.
While the gambling industry is growing rapidly, a number of countries have strict rules on online gambling. The US has the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, which would have prohibited the operation of online gambling in the United States. In 1999, the first multiplayer online games were introduced. This year, the popularity of online poker sites skyrocketed, and online gaming sites exploded. It was only a matter of time until federal and state governments tried to ban the activity.
Although online gambling is legal in most countries, it is not legal in all states. Some states have laws that ban online gambling, while others do not. Despite this, it is still not illegal in all states. The problem is that people who are not aware of these laws can become addicted to the game. For some, online gaming is a way to make money. If you have access to the internet, you can participate in games and make real money.
Despite the legality of online gambling, the practice is prohibited in some jurisdictions. While some countries have laws against the practice, it is legal in many states of the world. Nevertheless, some people have developed a dependence on online gambling. They become addicted to it for different reasons. For example, some people are only affected by legal restrictions, while others develop a dependence on the activity. For others, it can result in physical problems.


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Sunday May 4, 2008 | Greg Boyd
1 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be a]"> on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
4 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
8 "I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God. 9 But whoever publicly disowns me will be disowned before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 "When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say."
Some of Jesus' words were very challenging to the people of his time, and for us. One of the traits that he gave strong warnings about was hypocrisy – when our "public" lives don't match who we really are. Keeping these parts of our lives aligned is a major challenge and it almost always requires sacrifice. We don't like to move outside our comfort zones, but it's what is required if we want to partner with God to build his Kingdom.
In this passage, Jesus is as confrontational as you will find him. In the previous, he confronts the religious leaders. But here, he confronts the disciples and in doing so, he confronts modern disciples in some unexpected ways. If we read carefully and listen to what Jesus was saying, we can see how his words confront American Christianity in some very uncomfortable ways.
Jesus challenges His followers to stand guard against hypocrisy. The major point of this passage is that living for God without hypocrisy means willingness to be rejected, suffer and die. The Pharisees of Jesus' day were professional hypocrites because they were consumed with appearances, approval and comfort. Jesus wants his followers to understand that it is impossible to live for God authentically and be concerned with appearances, approval and comfort.
In the first century, there was a very concrete application of Jesus' words. Followers of Jesus would have their lives threatened for aligning themselves with the Kingdom of God. Early followers of Jesus were tortured and killed for their faith. If Jesus warned people facing torture not to become hypocritical by putting fear of suffering and death before him, how much more do His words of warning apply to us American Christians who have trouble sacrificing anything for Christ?
Most of us say we'd sacrifice our lives for Christ, but we have tremendous trouble sacrificing anything in our lives for him. The idea of sacrificing our life is acceptable because it is not a reality, but when we get practical and think about the stuff in our lives, we want to enjoy these.
Such a challenge directly confronts the American dream that leads to an addiction to appearances and comfort. This is exactly what Jesus was confronting in the Pharisees. We need to listen to these words and allow them to challenge the nature of our discipleship and see how we need to change how we live.


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The NICE Cloud Compliance Recording solution combines recording and compliance assurance for complete lifecycle management of data. Your firm can confidently comply with all regulations, while also reducing compliance costs by automating key compliance processes related to provisioning, recording checks, investigations and more.
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text: Special Collections at the Main Library in Franklin contains several unique collections for research and local history preservation. The staff host different speakers and displays that focus on Williamson County in particular and Tennessee history. Check out their calendar to discover more about your State and community plus find learning opportunities in genealogical research. Plan to visit the department on the second floor for digitization opportunities for family records and learn more about Williamson County's history.


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Colored hair
A wonderful feeling - freshly dyed hair that shines and has a rich shade. Radiant blondes, strong shades of brown, intense black or bright red. For every type there is a wonderful color. Our hair ensures proper self-confidence and vitality with the right style. With a new hair color you can completely change or underline your type, or even experiment. To keep the color as long as possible, you should expose your hair to as little sunlight as possible and use special care products.
Colored hair needs a special care
Through the process of hair dyeing your hair is heavily strained. Hair dyes usually contain ammonia, which swells hair and thus ensures that the hair color can penetrate into hair. Hydrogen peroxide break down the existing pigments before the new color can settle and anchor. As a result, the structure is heavily roughened. In the period after the coloration you should therefore apply once a week an intensive care mask. This penetrates deep into the hair structure in order to maintain and build up the colored hair from the inside out. In addition, the color is protected from fading, the cuticle layer of hair is smoothed and improves combability. Like a protective shield, the hair mask covers every single hair and the color stays bright and shiny. For added benefit, wrap your hair with a pre-warmed towel after applying the hair mask. During the exposure time, the hair mask can penetrate even better into colored hair and the active ingredients develop optimally.
Shampoo and conditioner for colored hair
For colored hair, you should combine shampoo and conditioner. Many manufacturers offer complete care series especially for colored hair. These consist of a mild, gently cleansing shampoo and a conditioner, which smoothes the cuticle of hair and protects the color pigments from fading. Even sunlight ensures that the color fades faster. Therefore, in shampoos and conditioners for colored hair is usually also a UV protection. Take care with deep cleansing shampoo or anti-dandruff shampoo. These penetrate deep into the hair structure and can ensure that the pigments will fade faster.
Refreshing colored hair
At some point the hair color fades gradually, the root is visible. Maybe the shine is also lost. In order not to strain your hair with a new coloration, we recommend a hair coloring in between. Direct tints just wrap around the outer layer of the skin and wash out after 6-8 washes. The porous hair structure is refilled with color pigments and closed, resulting in a rich color and a radiant shine. Hair tints are particularly gentle and do not damage hair. In addition, hair tints also contain nourishing agents that build up your hair.
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Why RESA? How the Real Estate Staging Association is different from other Associations
Melissa explains beautifully in this blog, why Real Estate Staging Association is different from the rest. I could not have said it better myself, so please read on.
Today I sat in the Home Matters office after teaching a segment of our SAR Home Staging Training class pondering the outline of a blog that I want to write. (WHY SAR provides a membership to RESA with our new home staging training class.) It occurred to me that I had so many reasons as to why RESA is the right choice for home stagers that I probably should sit down and write a self standing blog about it....
1. RESA is governed by the leaders in the home staging industry - RESA leadership is elected by its membership.
2. RESA Leadership works to better the industry as a whole. I know there are other associations out there - most others represent their training companies. As the owner of a training company, I get it. You do want a voice in the industry and a standard in your own organization. Some of those training companies also promote RESA as another option and another resource in their student's businesses. While still other training companies solely promote their association - advising students to avoid other associations. I can't help but wonder why any reputable training company, advising in the best interest of their students, wouldn't want them to have access to other possible business models, networking and ideas.
3. RESA is not-for-profit. RESA leadership doesn't receive a paycheck. While there are staff members and employees of RESA, membership dues help to run the association, help to create programs and awareness of the industry, as well as helping to fund programs to help stagers be successful! What about the other associations out there? What's their goal? Is it to create more awareness in their particular brand to help sell more training seats, help you connect with other similarly trained stagers in your area (networking) or is it to help you grow your business and awareness of the industry as a whole?
4. RESA provides local and national networking & educational opportunities - Not only do chapters routinely meet locally, but with the RESA Convention, stagers from all over the world unite to network and share information. So many of our stager friends are from diverse backgrounds and varying training groups that we have real information to share with each other about what we've found effective, what we are struggling with and how the industry is changing/growing. Don't hide your light under a bushel, right? With RESA we openly share our successes and failures to grow and unit an industry - to raise the bar - to help each other succeed ACROSS THE LINES OF DESIGNATION - creating TRUE UNITY!
5. RESA raises the bar of professionalism - If you only learn one way of doing things and never venture out, then you'll never know what you are missing and you'll never learn if there is a better and more effective way. What if you only ever ate dinner at home, never tried a new recipe or only ever watched one TV show? Trends change - information changes - the value of hearing diverse opinions and not just a single minded way can open up new opportunities as well as help improve your business and design skills!
I know there are more reasons why so many stagers, regardless of original training are choosing RESA to represent them as THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION - these are my top 5 - what's yours?
Melissa Marro, a published artist, now turned staging advocate and national speaker speaks her mind about real estate and the home staging industry. In her 'no holds barred' approach, audience members find real answers to the industries pitfalls and learn how to overcome them with tried and true information and guidance. With marketing as her passion, she turned a small home based business into one of the nation's largest home staging and training facilities. She now operates as the CEO of First Impressions Home Staging & Interior ReDesign as well as an instructor for Staging And Resign and regularly speaks at the StagerList Expos and Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)'s trade events.
For more information on having Marro speak at one of your real estate functions, please contact her at 843.822.2622 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com
If you would like Marro's team to provide information on staging a property in the state of South Carolina, or the Greater Charleston Area, please visit www.WeStageSC.com, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 843.822.2622.


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All We Wear Group closing 50 stores
All We Wear Group, formerly known as Pepe Jeans, is planning to close 50 stores across the globe in addition to several international offices. This comes as part of the company's "Re:set" transformation to cut costs and increase profitability.
The plan was originally formed in January, and due to the global coronavirus pandemic taking a severe hammer to their business. All We Wear Group has about 500 stores worldwide and is currently seeking rent reductions on some of these. 10 percent of the company's stores between the U.S., Japan, Mexico, India and Europe are expected to close.
Other cost cutting measures All We Wear Group has in store including integrating marketing and e-commerce at their offices in Spain. The company's Hong Kong headquarters has closed, and trading in the United States has ceased.
All We Wear Group's portfolio includes Pepe Jeans, Hackett London, Façonnable, and licenses for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger in Spain. While All We Wear Group's brick-and-mortar stores took a nasty hit like virtually every other retailer worldwide thanks to coronavirus, they have seen a sharp uptick in e-commerce sales throughout the year.
The company will be taking a sharper focus on all e-commerce operations moving forward as part of their Re:set plan. Revenues for the company have been reported at 600 million dollars.


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Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind
Claire Latane
What would a school look like if it was designed with mental health in mind? Too many public schools look and feel like prisons, designed out of fear of vandalism and truancy. But we know that nurturing environments are better for learning. Research consistently shows that access to nature, big classroom windows, and open campuses reduce stress, anxiety, disorderly conduct, and crime, and improve academic performance. But too few school designers and decision-makers apply this research to create healthy schools. Schools That Heal details the myriad opportunities--from furniture to classroom improvements to whole campus renovations--to make supportive learning environments for our children and teenagers. Schools around the world have been designed to support students' health. A Japanese community decimated by a tsunami has incorporated water elements into the school campus to reconnect students to nature in a supportive way and promote environmental stewardship. Sandy Hook Elementary, creating a completely redesigned campus in the wake of a school shooting, began with an inclusive design process to ensure the new school could be a place of healing and learning. And while the larger mental and physical impacts of how COVID-19 has changed schooling aren't known yet, Latané discusses how building elements like large windows--that can open to circulate fresh air--were once common in schools and could once again be useful as a cost-effective tactic for reducing virus exposure. Backed by decades of research, Schools That Heal showcases clear and compelling ways to create schools that support students' mental health and feelings of safety. Written in an accessible tone, this book reviews the evidence connecting design to mental health and makes design and advocacy recommendations to support students' well-being and sense of safety. With invaluable advice for school administrators, public health experts, teachers, and parents, Schools That Heal is a call to action and a practical resource to envision and implement nurturing and inspiring school environments. Healthy, healing campuses will better prepare students to take care of themselves, their communities, their cities, and their planet.Product Details
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Claire Latané is a landscape architecture professor at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). Her teaching and scholarship apply research connecting the mind, body, and environment to design places and processes that support mental health. Claire has practiced landscape architecture for 14 years. She has designed interactive environments for elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities as well as for affordable housing communities and public parks. Claire lives in Los Angeles, where her own garden is an experiment on what will grow wild with little care but lots of love.


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Stan Kessler, Talks 9/22 @ Kemper
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Stan Kessler is a Trumpet / Flugelhorn Player, Band Leader, Clinician, and Educator. He also does writing and arranging for small groups. Stan's expertise includes Jazz, R&B, Funk, and Latin. He is currently leading The Sons of Brasil, The Stan Kessler Quartet, Stan Kessler's TV, Parallax, and Force 5. He teaches at UMKC, the KC
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Friday 18 December 2009
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Nice one, C the L, all hats off once more! Especially out-sized tweedy numbers, no offence Murky.
The cheesey plot thickens, and looks near to curdling point over what we now see can only be described as very odd employment rights practises used by some politicians and less than total veracity from those previoulsy putting the boot in to a man clearly in the grip of a tweed/ hessian obsession while being kippered by cummy tablods.Ayrshire, I thought he went to a charity shop and got the only suit that fitted him just before the interview with the Times.The hat was for comedy effect.
Unless our mate Oscar is Tonsurially challenged.HeeHee.
Ah Danish, my Chateau has no moat, but does have a south facing slope, which will soon be sprouting grapevines.According to Gordon that is.
Bugger; welcome.This silly contract says I have to FINISH writing something--so I won't be aboot as much as usual for a bit. So...
An early not very christmasy Christmas treat:
A Bonnie Blue
And a blythe Yule an a guid Hogmanay!


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Windows Monitoring
Comprehensive monitoring for all Windows systems
Icinga for Windows provides a complete monitoring environment for Windows servers and seamlessly integrates with Icinga.
Windows monitoring with Icinga
Icinga is your solution for monitoring Windows servers. With Icinga for Windows, you benefit from a variety of PowerShell-based monitoring plugins that enable easy and secure implementation.
The plugins give you access to a wide range of monitoring metrics, from CPU and memory utilization to monitoring Windows services.
Icinga for Windows helps you detect problems before they become serious issues. Thanks to the flexible notification options, you and your team can react quickly to events.
Windows monitoring with Icinga can also be integrated directly into existing IT infrastructures.
Monitoring with or without agents
Monitor the entire Windows server
Private cloud monitoring for Hyper-V environments
Get an overview of all the details of your MSSQL Server
Monitor the resources and status of Windows clusters and shared volumes
Extend your monitoring with your own checks and plugins
Windows Server Monitoring
Icinga accesses and monitors the local resources of your Windows servers:
- Disk availability and utilization
- Utilization of specific partitions
- CPU usage
- RAM usage
- Event log entries
- Firewall Status
- Network interfaces and the status of interface teams
- Windows Performance Counter
- Parameters of specific processes
- Status of Windows Tasks
- Services and their state
- Availability and utilization of storage pools
- Windows Updates
You can find many more checks in the Icinga documentation:
Windows Cluster Monitoring
Failover clustering for Windows servers ensures high availability of your services and prevents outages. Icinga monitors Windows clusters and makes sure you're notified when individual nodes or resources go into an unhealthy state.
- Monitor the status and availability of a cluster service
- Monitor the status of each cluster node
Monitor the status of all cluster resources - Monitor the cluster network
- Monitor the availability, health and available space of Cluster Shared Volumes
Hyper-V Monitoring
Microsoft Hyper-V monitoring ensures that your private cloud is available and functional at all times. Icinga for Windows comes with dedicated monitoring plugins to monitor every important aspect of your Hyper-V environment.
- The overall availability, health, and health of the Hyper-V server
- CPU, RAM and memory overload of a Hyper-V server
- Age, disk space, count and file size of VM snapshots
- Status of a Hyper-V Virtual Switch
- State of all Hyper-V virtual machines
- In addition, Icinga monitors the virtual machines running on your Hyper-V servers.
MSSQL Monitoring
MSSQL is the de facto standard database solution for Windows servers. Icinga monitors MSSQL databases and provides detailed insights. Alerts allow you to react quickly and fix any problems that arise.
- All MSSQL services and the connection to each instance
- Resource usage
- Status of MSSQL backups
- Specific Windows performance counters related to MSSQL
Secure Monitoring
Secure monitoring is the basic requirement for every solution used. Icinga for Windows offers the possibility to automatically create and install JEA profiles for all installed components. Using JEA, a single user is then authorized to only perform the actions that are relevant for the execution of the plugin.
- Automatic generation of JEA profiles
- No manual authorization of users on (partial) components
- Strictly prevent tool/script execution that is not allowed
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Washington – The coronavirus crisis has sent the U.S. unemployment rate surging to 14.7%, a level last seen when the country was in the throes of the Depression and President Franklin D. Roosevelt was assuring Americans that the only thing to fear was fear itself.
The Labor Department said Friday that 20.5 million jobs vanished in April in the worst monthly loss on record, triggered by the coast-to-coast shutdowns of factories, stores, offices and other businesses. Unemployment is now at its highest point since 1939.
And because of government errors and the particular way it measures the job market, the true picture is even worse than the numbers suggest.
The breathtakingly swift losses are certain to intensify the push-pull across the U.S. over how and when to ease the stay-at-home restrictions and the social-distancing rules. And they rob President Donald Trump of the ability to point to a strong economy as he runs for reelection.
"The jobs report from hell is here," said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets, "one never seen before and unlikely to be seen again barring another pandemic or meteor hitting the earth."
Stocks rallied on Wall Street in the morning when it turned out the report wasn't quite as horrific as economists had forecast. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 300 points, or 1.3%.


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Kristina Rybalchenko started playing drums when she was 14 years old. After graduating from music school, she joined local cover-bands and shortly afterwards started her YouTube channel, which has amassed more than 87 million views.
Kris has also become well-known for her Instagram and TikTok pages. She currently has more than 2 million followers on social media— making her one of the most popular and recognized drummers in the world.
In 2021 and 2022 Kristina was nominated for Drumeo's "Drummer Of The Year" award in the "Online Creator of the Year" category.


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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lands well, destroyed anyway
This afternoon, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that they've had a successful soft-landing of their Booster rocket for their most recently launched Falcon 9 craft. Musk went on to note that "if all goes well, we'll be able to land a stage at Cape Canaveral back by the end of the year. The landing of the booster rocket took place in the Atlantic – it was successful, but a storm has destroyed it.
Musk also made clear today that the soft-landing was successful in that it deployed legs and "sat there for about 8 seconds before we lost contact." He made clear that this was "better than expected," especially given the weather conditions.
During the live press conference with Musk today, Musk suggested that at the time the craft landed, no organizations were willing to head to see to get it. "We know with certainty that it landed vertically with legs deployed," said Musk, also suggesting that this "bodes well for achieving re-usability."
Landing in the water like this – not entirely destroyed – would require "a couple of months to refurbish for re-use," said Musk, but a landing on land, at the launch site, would mean that it would likely "be ready for re-launch the same day."