text:
ELMHURST, New York (Reuters) - U.S. consumers shopped less on the final weekend before Christmas despite deeper discounts, the latest sign of how difficult a season this is turning out to be for retailers.
Shoppers also showed signs they will do more of their spending after December 25 than they did in the same period last year, in hopes of snagging even more deals.
Analytics firm RetailNext estimated that U.S. retail sales fell at brick-and-mortar stores over the weekend, which included two of the four most important shopping days of the season, compared with the same days last year. That does not include online sales, which have been strong.
The number of visits to stores fell 4 percent, RetailNext said.
"Retailers recognize that consumers will wait as long as they need to," said Charles O'Shea, senior analyst at Moody's Investors Service.
Analysts have said this is turning out to be the most competitive holiday season since the recession, forcing retailers to ramp up promotions. The season generates 30 percent of sales and 40 percent of profits for many stores.
Major retailers significantly boosted the frequency of their promotions in the first part of December, according to data prepared for Reuters by Market Track, a firm that provides market research for top retailers and manufacturers.
Morgan Stanley analyst Kimberly Greenberg estimated in a research note that up to 85 percent of all goods at specialty apparel retailers were on sale this past weekend, compared with 75 percent a year earlier. She also said holiday season sales were likely to miss forecasts.
Data firm ShopperTrak estimated retail sales fell 2.1 percent over the weekend.
Katrina Attis, who was shopping at a J.C. Penney Co Inc store in a mall in Elmhurst, New York, on Sunday, said she focuses on her immediate family before Christmas. For herself and other members of her family, she will shop next week, when she expects bigger bargains.
"I'm doing my shopping on a budget, which is why I'm digging through the clearance bin," said Attis, 25.
Moody's O'Shea, who noted bigger discounts this past weekend than in the corresponding weekend in 2012 as he did store checks in various cities, said the problem was particularly acute for specialty apparel retailers.
He cited teen apparel chain Abercrombie & Fitch as one of the stores with the most noticeable increases in price cuts. Rival Aeropostale Inc, which is trying to stanch deep sales declines, was touting up to 70 percent off everything in its stores on Sunday.
While electronics chains have benefited from best-selling items like Microsoft Corp's Xbox One video-game console and Sony Corp's rival PlayStation 4, clothing has been a harder sell, he said.
No. 3 U.S. retailer Target Corp suffered from a 5 percent reduction in customer traffic over the weekend in the wake of a massive data breach, retail consultancy Customer Growth Partners LLC said.
Hackers stole data from up to 40 million credit and debit cards of shoppers who visited Target stores during the first three weeks of the holiday season in the second-largest such breach reported by a U.S. retailer.
Still, some retailers seem to be faring well. Chad Hastings, general manager of Town East Mall in Mesquite, Texas, said the department stores in his mall told him sales this weekend were better than expected. The mall is anchored by Penney, Macy's Inc, Dillard's Inc and Sears.
Retailers caught a break from Mother Nature. Despite a winter storm that hit major Midwestern markets such as Chicago and Detroit, no event was severe enough to disrupt holiday shopping in any part of the country, said Evan Gold, a senior vice president at Planalytics, a weather consulting firm in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
Gold predicted no disruptions in the last two days before Christmas.
But in Canada, Target and Sears expanded store hours to accommodate shoppers affected by an ice storm that left 380,000 people without power in Ontario.
Retail experts expect the promotions to continue until the very end of the season in January.
"Without question, the shopper is in the driver's seat," said John Yozzo, a managing director at FTI Consulting in New York.
Additional reporting by Siddharth Cavale; Editing by Dan Grebler, Jan Paschal, Joyjeet Das and Saumyadeb Chakrabarty


text:
We've known for years that the number of deaths caused by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have been underreported, but a recent study identified the disease as the potential third-leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease and cancer. The study, published last week in the journal Neurology, found that the number of people who die from Alzheimer's may be five times higher than previously thought, partly because death certificates often fail to list Alzheimer's as a contributing cause of death. But this is only part of the story. The problems begin many years before death, when the disease is in its earliest stages.
Alzheimer's disease is often not properly recognized or diagnosed by health care professionals, and most cases of Alzheimer's are not identified in the early stages. Health care providers often fail to recognize early symptoms of cognitive impairment, and may even dismiss mild cognitive decline as a normal part of aging. They may also avoid diagnosing the disease because of the demands related to patient education and care management that the diagnosis requires. Additionally, because of the stigma and fear that surrounds the disease, patients and caregivers alike are often hesitant to discuss cognitive issues with their physicians, even after the onset of symptoms.
Even when Alzheimer's disease is recognized and diagnosed, Alzheimer's is often "under-coded" by health care providers in clinical practice and hospitals. This is partially the result of limitations and biases in the diagnostic and reimbursement coding systems, including diagnostic coding in clinical practice and for hospital reimbursement.
These codes are critical because they serve as claims data for payers like Medicare, and providers such as managed care organizations, to determine where to focus their efforts and resources to manage care and improve quality. These barriers to recognition, diagnosis and reporting cause an underestimate of the extent to which Alzheimer's disease contributes to morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs.
As we move increasingly toward a "managed care" system under health care reform, finite resources for clinical programs will be directed to diseases that are documented, through diagnostic and reimbursement coding, to have the most impact on capitated budgets. In addition, claims data can be used to identify persons with Alzheimer's disease who might be entered into case management and disease management programs to improve their care. If the impact of Alzheimer's disease is underestimated, and individuals with Alzheimer's are not identified, effective care for patients with Alzheimer's disease can not be achieved.
This in turn serves as a roadblock to funding -- funding that is desperately needed for new research and the development of effective treatments and a cure. The result of this roadblock couldn't be clearer than when one reflects on the fact that Alzheimer's receives only a fraction of the annual research funding dedicated to cancer and other diseases. Every year, $550 million is put toward Alzheimer's research while more than $5.7 billion is dedicated to cancer research, despite that fact that Alzheimer's deaths are increasing while cancer deaths are declining. In 2013, Alzheimer's care cost the U.S. a whopping $203 billion, and costs are expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2050.
Alzheimer's disease is a chronic, progressive, uniformly fatal neurodegenerative disease. The failure to recognize the toll that Alzheimer's disease takes on our population and the health care system has profound implications for care and research. Across the entire health care continuum, and from early diagnosis to death, we need to take the necessary steps to ensure that recognition, diagnosis, reporting and reimbursement for Alzheimer's is appropriate and comprehensive for the needs of patients. Without a more proactive approach to the problem of under-recognition, under-diagnosis, under-coding and lack of appropriate reimbursement, as well as better care models, proper resources for Alzheimer's disease will be harder to justify and patients and their loved ones will suffer. The real toll is not just the number of deaths.
As the increasing magnitude of the problem of Alzheimer's emerges, then and only then will we experience an appropriate focus on Alzheimer's research, with the hopes of conquering the disease and stopping its crippling burden on our society.
Journal of American Medical Association. Effectiveness of collaborative care for older adults with Alzheimer disease in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. Accessed March 7, 2014.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Optimizing coding and reimbursement to improve management of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Accessed March 7, 2014.
Alzheimer's & Dementia. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Accessed March 7, 2014.
Neurology. Alzheimer disease in the United States (2010-2050) estimated using the 2010 census. Accessed March 7, 2014.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Transatlantic data sharing talks stumble over access to justice
Sharing is caring, says EU
High-level transatlantic talks on data sharing have hit a snag over EU citizens' right to defend their privacy in US court, the European Commission said in Brussels yesterday.
The US Privacy Act only offers redress to US citizens and residents, while the EU guarantees citizens the right to protect their data worldwide. Washington officials have given assurances that other Acts will offer aggrieved Europeans their day in court, but Brussels "remains to be convinced".
Jonathan Faull, director of the European Commission's justice and interior affairs department, said: "It seems to us to be very important that Europeans should have in the US courts the same rights of action as Americans have in our courts when they believe that their data protection rights have been infringed. That is not to our satisfaction the case in the US."
European officials remain confident they will strike a deal, and sought to calm fears that the ongoing negotiations could offer law enforcement carte blanche to spray sensitive personal information across the Atlantic. They called the special press conference on Wednesday after it was revealed at the weekend that broad talks on principles around sharing data have been ongoing for 18 months.
Privacy advocates have been worried by the declassified document detailing progress in the negotiations. It indicates that the EU has agreed to share the most sensitive personal information about its citizens in exceptional circumstances. This could include medical details, trade union affiliation, religious beliefs and other categories of personal information that are specially protected under EU law.
Faull said the exceptions would be rare, and gave the example of an airline passenger name record (PNR). It could include the fact that a European terror suspect was diabetic so he would get a special in-flight meal. If US law enforcement accessed the record, the medical information would have to be shared.
He argued that the negotiations "are not about sharing data, they are about the protection of data". He repeated the message several times during his presentation.
Data sharing deals between the EU and Washington have so far been made on a case-by-case basis. Officials want to simplify the complex negotiations that led to agreements for transferring SWIFT banking data and PNRs.
Faull said: "What it will do is clear the path to a very large extent I hope that we had to follow in the individual negotiations in the PNR and SWIFT cases. What it will not do is settle the difficult points of detail." He said for example that once it has been shared data should only be retained for the shortest time possible, but that the specific length of time would depend on the particular type of data.
The Commission agreed to work with American officials in November 2006. So far the two parties have identified 12 areas where EU and US privacy laws agree in principle. As well as the lack of court redress rights for foreigners under the US Privacy Act, there are further hurdles to a binding international agreement.
The pair have not tackled what impact an agreement would have on private companies' obligations during data tranfers, or how to ensure the application of and penalties for breaking data protection laws are "equivalent and reciprocal". They also haven't decided how to link individual data sharing arrangements to the generally-agreed principles.
Finally, the EU is concerned about how data it shares with the US might be passed on to third countries that don't have acceptable data protection rules.
Nevertheless, Faull said he hopes a formal bilateral agreement will be approved by the European Council next year. "There is nothing secret about this, there is nothing mysterious about this," he insisted. ®
Sponsored: Beyond the Data Frontier


text:
Health site glitches show wider problems with technology
WASHINGTON -- Problems with the federal government's new health-care website have attracted legions of armchair analysts who speak of its problems with "virtualization" and "load testing." Yet increasingly, they are saying the root cause is not simply a matter of flawed computer code but rather the government's habit of buying outdated, costly and buggy technology.
The U.S. government spends more than $80 billion a year for information-technology services, yet the resulting systems typically take years to build and often are cumbersome when they launch. While the error messages, long waits and other problems with www.healthcare.gov have been spotlighted by the high-profile nature of its launch and unexpectedly heavy demands on the system, such glitches are common, say those who argue for a nimbler procurement system.
They say most government agencies have a shortage of technical staff and long have outsourced most jobs to big contractors that, while skilled in navigating a byzantine procurement system, are not on the cutting edge of developing user-friendly websites.
These companies also sometimes fail to communicate effectively with each other as a major project moves ahead. Dozens of private firms had a role in developing the online insurance exchanges at the core of the health-care program and its website, working on contracts that collectively were worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a Government Accountability Office report in June.
The result has been particularly stark when compared with the slick, powerful computer systems built for Barack Obama's presidential campaigns, which in 2008 harnessed the emerging power of social networking and in 2012 relied on aggressive data-mining efforts to identify and turn out voters. For those, the campaign recruited motivated young programmers, often from tech start-ups.
"The wizards from the campaign have no desire to contract with the federal government because it's a pain in the butt," said Clay Johnson, a veteran technologist for Democratic campaigns who pushes for procurement reform through his whimsically named start-up, the Department of Better Technology. "Is it possible to be good? Is it possible to do right by the taxpayer in this space? I'm not sure that it is."
He is one of many Obama supporters hoping to help fix the website by drawing on the collective wisdom of software developers, a mostly left-leaning group that have been analyzing healthcare.gov and sharing their thoughts in emails, blog posts and exchanges on Reddit.
Among their conclusions: Requiring all users to sign in before surfing choked the system, as did insufficient server capacity. They also noted that the website stalls if a single step in the process -- such as verifying a user's identity -- is not quickly completed.
Industry officials note that new software often is buggy, even when it is produced by respected tech firms such as Apple and Google. It's one reason that private companies prefer gradual launches and long periods of testing before starting major marketing pushes. Although it is possible to conduct "load testing" on a site in hopes of determining how it will respond to heavy demand, there is no substitute for the crush of traffic experienced by a popular system on its official launch date.
Despite warnings of looming problems from the GAO and others, federal officials expressed surprise when the website failed almost immediately, with millions of people receiving puzzling, frustrating error messages.
Federal officials have blamed the problems mainly on site usage far beyond what was anticipated, with more than 8 million people trying to use healthcare.gov in the first three days after the site was fully activated on Oct. 1.
A huge effort to remedy problems, including round-the-clock work from the contractors who built it, have eased problems. But by Wednesday -- nine days after the launch -- significant flaws and slow performance continued.
"The episode is all too typical of how government creates IT services," said Tom Lee, director of Sunlight Labs, the research arm of the Sunlight Foundation, which advocates for more government transparency. "The procurement process tends to select for firms that are good at navigating the procurement process, not providing good IT services for the dollar."
The Obama administration has declined to say how many people had successfully signed up for insurance, even as many states offered updates. The Department of Health and Human Services, which oversaw development of the site, declined to comment Wednesday.
"It's not at all uncommon for something this complicated to have problems," said Stan Soloway, president and chief executive of the Professional Services Industry Council, a Washington-based group that represents government contractors. He said it's important to know the scope of what the contractors were asked to do before rushing to judgment. "You can tell me to build a house for four kids, but then if you have 27 it's not the company's fault."
This argument generates some sympathy from outside analysts. The website needs to interact with many other systems, including those maintained by the Social Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service, to verify the identity, citizenship and income of potential applicants. It also was designed to draw from the offerings of private insurers, each with their own computer systems, rates and offerings.
John McDonough, a health policy professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, said, "The number of systems that have to align here is pretty daunting."
Aneesh Chopra, a former White House chief technology officer, said there is a common misperception that any "three kids in a garage" can put together a website.
Even in the eyes of critics, federal procurement officials were innovative in hiring a small Washington-based tech firm, Development Seed, to build what developers call the "front end" of the website. That's the part with the smiling young woman and the encouraging words "The Health Insurance Marketplace is Open!" It has worked with few glitches, earning praise for how easily it adapts to different devices, including the small screens of most smartphones.
But the "back end" -- the guts of the system, which required far more computing power and integration across other federal networks -- was built by a traditional contractor, CGI Federal, a subsidiary of a global firm based in Montreal. The company, which has an office in Fairfax, has declined to comment on the problems with the site.
Federal health officials have not yet explained why CGI was given the contract or why it was awarded on a sole-source basis. Nor is it clear which of the problems that healthcare.gov has been having are related to the work of which IT vendors -- or even whether the problems were the work of a vendor or of the HHS technical staff.
CGI is among preferred contractors who regularly do work for the HHS, said a Senate aide familiar with contracts related to the health-care law. Such firms are eligible for projects that must be done quickly because they are familiar with the agency's security standards and other aspects of the operation.
"This is going to get fixed. This is a lot of scale. They got, in 24 hours, more people trying to register than Twitter got users in 24 months," said Eric Gundersen, president of Development Seed. "Let's not all hate on the government here."
Washington post staff writers Ariana Cha, Sarah Kliff, Sandhya Somashekhar, Julie Tate and Amy Goldstein contributed to this report.


text:
DA @ ALA ~ Day One
DAY ONE ~ Friday, June 28 ~Today, the American Library Association (ALA) opened the annual conference with an entertaining presentation by Steven Levitt, author of "Freakonomics" followed by the grand opening of the Exhibits. There were more exhibits than I could manage to see in the 2 hour time period and I hope to return before the end of the conference to see all of the vendor displays. Most notable tonight were as follows:
- Thrift Books sell library discards for libraries (I have this vendor's information)
- LibGuides has completely revamped its product – libraries will have the option of opting in when they are comfortable with this revision
- World Book Academic is also revamping its databases
ALA Conference Links
- American Libraries overview of the 2013 Annual Conference
- Conference Program & Exhibits
- Conference Tweets
- Conference Highlights
Janet Eckert,
Reference, Systems, and Instruction Librarian


text:
BOSTON, Mass. – Led by Michael Sullinger's three goals and seven assists, the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State University (10-5, 7-0 Little East) secured the 2012 Little East Conference regular season title with their 20-5 win over men's lacrosse (3-13, 1-6 Little East) Saturday afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center Field.
With the victory, the Warriors recorded their first undefeated conference record since the 2009 season, and earned a first-round bye in next week's Little East Conference Tournament. They will then host the semi-final and championship round of the tournament if they advance.
Sullinger was one of four players to finish Saturday's match-up with two or more goals. Mike Devin and Trevor Morrissette each recorded a game-high four goals each, while Jeremy Cogliano finished with three, followed by Mike Jordan with two.
For the Beacons, freshman Donny Delpha (Walpole, Mass.) capped off his standout rookie campaign with a hat trick and also had the only UMass Boston assist. Thomas Petitti (Quincy, Mass.) and Ryan McGoff (Winchester, Mass.) each netted one goal in the season finale.
Senior Anthony Fitti (Havertown, Pa.) capped off a strong college career with 10 of the Beacons 11 saves -- Henry Bristol (South Hadley, Mass.) recorded one stop in nine minutes of action.
Collectively, the Beacons posted 38 shots and 25 ground balls, while Eastern Connecticut finished with 43 shots and 44 ground balls. The Warriors also won the face-off battle as they went 19-for-29 on the day, with all 19 decisions belonging to Keith Sardo. Nate Staples (Salem, Mass.) would go on to win six of the Beacons 10 face-offs. He would also collect a team-best six ground balls, with Fitti finishing second on the team with five.
Eastern Connecticut broke the scoreless draw in Saturday's contest less than four minutes into the opening frame. Answering right back was Delpha less than three minutes later to tie the game at 1-1. Just before the end of the first period, Eastern would get a pair of even strength goals to jump out to a 3-1 lead. In the second, UMass would put the first goal up as McGoff scored his 13th tally of the season on a man-up play.
Unfortunately that goal would be the last for the Beacons for quite some time as Eastern would get two more in the second before unloading 11 in the third to blow the game wide-open. The Beacons would eventually get their third goal of the afternoon on a Delpha unassisted score at 12:23 in the fourth. Petitti and Delpha would each record one more goal in the final eight minutes of play before Eastern's Eric Swanson closed out the contest with his first goal of the campaign.
Prior to the start of Saturday's contest the Beacons honored their three senior members in Fitti, Eric Collins (Somerville, Mass.) and Ryan FitzGerald (Abington, Mass.).


text:
The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
Bette L Prater
Bette L Prater
|Years at Michigan:
Associate Supervisor of Physical Education for Women
Instructor of Physical Education for Women


text:
Is Not Being PREPARED!
Welcome to Survival Gear Source! Your source for emergency survival gear, emergency preparedness and disaster relief supplies. The Preparation Starts Here! Are you ready?
In today's world there is always a chance of another Terrorist Act, Hurricane, Flood, Earthquake or Tornado. We must be prepared to provide for ourselves and our families in these emergencies. You'll be glad you did! What gear do you need most?officehomecarschool
Potassium Iodide
Price: $23.95
Sale Price: $14.99
Family Blackout Kit
Price: $69.99
2 Person Deluxe Survival Kit
Price: $73.95
56 Serving Grab n' Go Bucket
Price: $115.00
Deluxe Roadside Car Kit
Price: $125.95
Classroom Lockdown Container Kit
Price: $179.00
10 Person Office Survival Kit
Price: $199.99
K-1 Korean Military Gas Mask Kit
Price: $239.95
FloodSax Heavy Duty / Commercial Bags - Case
Price: $269.95
Product is out of stock
The Survival Gear Source is dedicated to helping business, schools and individuals be prepared for an emergency and disaster by supplying survival gear and emergency kits.
In today's world with Hurricanes bring record rain falls and mass devastation, tornado's violently striking our heart land and earthquakes in places never seen before; it is more important than ever before to be proactive and have our own emergency preparedness kits..
Read our guide, develop a family plan, practice it and share it with others. The Survival Gear Source can help with your emergency preparedness plan in the categories of: Flood control and flood clean up, long term emergency food storage, emergency water storage, water filtration and water purification, survival kits, including 72 hour kits. Also available are first aid kits for you and your pets, emergency communication, emergency shelter and warmth, emergency food bars, and more. All the gear you need for emergency preparedness and disaster survival available in convienient kits.
The best time to prepare your survival kits is before you need it. On this site you can find gear to help you survive a terror attack or a nuclear event, such as Potassium Iodide to help block the absorbtion of radiation to the thyroid, and gas masks and respirator masks. We can help you get creative in your emergency preparedness with already completed terror kits and suggested items. Any of the terrorism survival gear and kits are always a great addition to your survival supplies. Proper preparation is key.
Secure your home - There are things that you can do to make your home more secure and able to withstand stronger storms. There are certain supplies you need to have in your survival kit regardless of where you are, to ride out a hurricane, or other disaster. Survival gear is also useful when you have to evacuate, as well as making you as safe as possible in your home. Having bascic tools available is also very important for search and rescue, things such as axes, shovels, saws or even a chain saw can be very useful when going through debris.
Create a disaster supply kit. Choosing the right survival gear can make all the difference in the world. Here at the Survival Gear Source we understand the importance of emergency preparedness and providing 72 hour survival kits that contains all the gear an individual or a family would need in a disastrous situation. Our kits follow the guidelines and recommendations of the top survival experts in the industry, such as the U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA and the Red Cross. Disaster can strike in an instant, will you be ready? Your safety and the safety of your family depend on it.
If you are asked to evacuate because of a flood, you should do so. But unless you live in a coastal or low-lying area that floods, often it is unlikely that emergency managers will ask you to evacuate. That means that it is important for you to have our emergency preparedness guide, and your family to have a flood plan. Our flood related survival gear and kits make you as safe as possible in your home. FloodSax are an excellent product to keep on hand, they are light weight, easily transportable and can absorb over 900 lbs. of water. FloodSax are also biodegradable.
Do you have a tornado shelter? With the widespread increase of tornados, many people are creating or installing tornado shelters at their homes. These shelters can be below ground away from your home, below your home or basement, or they can be a seperate area in your basement that has been sectioned off and reinforced. Where ever you are able to have your shelter, it is important that it be stocked with plenty of survival supplies and kits. Emergency food and water kits are crucial, because if your area is hit, whatever gear you have stored in your shelter may be all that remains above. For this reason the Survival Gear Source offers a large selection of gourmet freeze dried foods in convenient cook in the pouch meal kits, which are excellent for shelter storage, or to store in a 72 hour kit or home emergency kit. Be sure at add food to all of your emergency gear.
Here at the Survival Gear Source we understand the importance of emergency preparedness and providing a 72 hour survival kit that contains all the gear an individual or a family would need in an emergency situation. We follow the guidelines and recommendations of the top survival experts in the industry, such as the U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA and the Red Cross. Disaster can strike in an instant and that isn't the time to think about preparing your survival gear. Your kits have to be in place and ready. If it's the type of emergency that you can see coming such as a hurricane, everyone else is going to be trying to prepare their kits as well, causing rushes and panic at the stores. Chances are that all the survival gear will sell out very quickly, and if you ordered your gear it may not be able to be delivered in time for the emergency. Keep your home and business stocked with a supply of FloodSax, the new sandless sandbags, and be prepared for the next flood. They come in heavy duty, home owner and FloodSax door kits. Please visit our FloodSax product pages for more information and videos on these remarkable products.
Survival Gear | Emergency Gear | Preparedness Gear | 72 hour Kits | Disaster Kits | Bug-Out Gear | Disaster Gear | Emergency Food Kits | Emergency Water Kit | FloodSax | Door Kits


text:
Abhishesh Adhikari | KF19 | Kyrgyzstan
When you live in a new culture for a long enough time, you start to realize subtle cultural norms that you wouldn't have necessary learned by reading a book about the country. I have now been in Kyrgyzstan for exactly 2 months. Here are some interesting facts about the country and its culture that I have noticed after arriving here.
1) Manas: Manas, a warrior who united Kyrgyzstan, is undoubtedly the most popular folk hero in the country. You see this name everywhere. There are streets, statues, universities, radio stations, national parks, and many other things that are named after him. Even Kyrgyzstan's main airport is Manas International Airport. During one of my borrower visits, I visited his final resting place, Ala Too mountain, in the northwestern city of Talas. There they have Manas Ordo, a historical park and museum built in his honor.
2) Tea: People in Kyrgyzstan love tea. It is like a replacement for water here, and you drink tea with pretty much every meal. The amount of tea I drink everyday has probably quadrupled since my arrival here. Tea is served in small bowls instead of cups, and you almost always order traditional Kyrgyz bread with the tea.
3) Tipping: It is not common to tip in Kyrgyzstan. However, a lot of restaurants add an automatic 10% service charge to the bill.
4) Influence of Islam: The vast majority of people in Kyrgyzstan are Sunni Muslims. However, you don't see obvious signs of Islam while walking down the streets of Bishkek, partly due to its Soviet history. After the collapse of communism, the influence of Islam has slowly been coming back into Kyrgyz society. A lot of my Kyrgyz friends don't drink alcohol or eat pork, and some even skip lunch on Friday to attend prayers in the mosque.
5) Handshakes: Handshaking is a very important part of Kyrgyz culture. Every morning when I see my male colleagues, we always shake hands. While I was used to shaking hands with people I am being introduced to, or people I haven't seen in a while, it took me some time to get used to shaking hands all the time with people you constantly see.
However, while shaking hands is really big among men, it is not very common to shake hands with women. Once, when I was introduced to an old woman in rural Kyrgyzstan, I extended my arm expecting to shake her hand. Instead, she gave me a very confused look (even though she turned out to be really friendly.)
6) Focus on Cleanliness: People value cleanliness a lot here. You need to always take off your shoes before walking into anyone's house.
7) Very few street lights: Kyrgyzstan is generally a safe country, but there aren't very many street lights. Even in the capital city of Bishkek, the streets are barely lit at night.
8) Environmentally friendly: A Kyrgyz friend of mine told me that Bishkek is one of the greenest cities in the old Soviet republics, maybe even in the world. Most of Bishkek's streets are wide and lined with trees and bushes, and it actually looks really pretty.


text:
Financial problems at Denver Health: déjà vu all over again
By Francis M. Miller
Guest Commentary
Recent reports that Denver Health & Hospitals is financially stressed remind me of an underground coal fire that seemingly burns on forever. When Frederico Pena was elected mayor of Denver in 1983, he formed a citizen committee to study issues swirling around a troubled Denver General Hospital. Back then, as today, the city hospital — along with University Hospital — are the primary providers for indigents and the working poor.
As the citizen committee began to peel the onion on the city hospital situation, a lot was also happening at the federal level. Ronald Reagan had been elected president and the U.S. Congress passed the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1983. This act allowed commercial insurance and public entitlement programs to switch from cost-based
reimbursement and impose fixed fees on health providers. This ushered in an era of cost-shifting. Obamacare hopes to fix the negative consequences of those public policies. In this in-between time, Denver Health is being stressed like never before.
When the mayoral committee reviewed Denver's health system, it quickly concluded it was of a very high quality, but financially distressed. By concentrating large numbers of poor, non-paying patients in a city-run hospital, the numbers didn't work. Initially, some members of the committee naively toyed with the notion of giving patients
vouchers so they could be served by hospitals throughout the community. After all, there was a lot of excess capacity in the health system back then.
Read more…


text:
Officers ensure public, team safety during CWS
Members of the Omaha Police Department's Traffic Unit stay especially busy during the College World Series to ensure all fans and teams get to and from TD Ameritrade Park safely.
Although they are typically seen on busy street corners, whistling and hand waving to cars and pedestrians, officers are also escorting teams between the stadium and their hotels.
Officers Stephen Venteicher and Daniel Gaskill have roughly three combined decades of working the CWS.
"Oh, we love the series," said Venteicher.
The two typically put in 13.5 hours a day in the summer heat and humidity. They are reminded by their commander to stay hydrated, but they said baseball fans make sure they are taken care of.
"It's pretty common to have someone offer you a brat or whatever they're having for fixins," said Gaskill.
Before and after games, officers will hop on their bikes to escort teams from their hotels to the ball park.
"We drive the route, pick up any loose areas, make sure we get pedestrians out of the way. Any cars that are on the road, we get them off the road, so we can get the team in efficiently," said Venteicher.
Other days aren't so easy, like in 2011 when severe weather threatened the games.
"The memorable thing about that was the fact that people were actually abandoning their vehicles," said Gaskill. "People were still in their cars and couldn't move anywhere because cars had been abandoned in front of them."
Both officers say they are huge baseball fans, but they rarely get the chance to catch a game.
"We really have a job outside the stadium," said Gaskill. "We can catch a game on TV or a re-run."
The officers said although they have fond memories of Rosenblatt Stadium, having the stadium downtown really helps with traffic flow, thanks to the number of access points into the park.


text:
Inspired by "So Many Snowballs" from designer Julie Hendricksen
Quiltmaker: Laura Boehnke
1-1/8 yards brown tweed flannel (blocks, border, binding)
7—9x22" pieces (fat eighths) assorted dark flannels (blocks)
8—9x22" pieces (fat eighths) assorted light to medium flannels (blocks)
1-3/8 yards backing fabric
45" square batting
Finished quilt: 38-1/2" square
Finished block: 3-3/4" square
Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.
Measurements include 1/4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated. {C}


text:
What happens when you decrease your storage plan
When you downgrade your iCloud storage plan, the storage decrease takes effect after your current monthly or annual subscription ends.*
If you downgrade or cancel your plan and your stored iCloud content exceeds your available storage, new photos and videos don't upload to iCloud Photos, files don't upload in iCloud Drive, Messages in iCloud don't update, and your iOS devices don't back up. Learn how to manage your storage by deleting the information that you don't need anymore.
If you downgrade to the free iCloud Storage plan, you'll have 5GB of storage.
Downgrade your iCloud storage from any device
You can decrease your iCloud storage plan from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. Just follow these quick steps.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage or iCloud Storage. If you're using iOS 10.2 or earlier, go to Settings > iCloud > Storage.
- Tap Change Storage Plan.
- Tap Downgrade Options and enter your Apple ID password.
- Choose a different plan.
- Tap Done.
On your Mac
- Choose Apple () menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
- Click Manage in the lower-right corner.
- Click Change Storage Plan in the upper-right corner.
- Click Downgrade Options.
- Enter your Apple ID password, then click Manage.
- Choose a different plan.
- Click Done.
On your Windows PC
- Open iCloud for Windows.
- Click Storage.
- Click Change Storage Plan.
- Click Downgrade Options.
- Enter your Apple ID password, then click Manage.
- Choose a different plan.
- Click Done.
Learn more
- When you choose an iCloud storage plan that's beyond the free 5GB, it's billed to the Apple ID that you use with iCloud. See or change your Apple ID payment information.
- If you reach or exceed your iCloud storage limit, you can buy more storage or make space available.
- Have an annual iCloud storage plan? No problem, change to a monthly plan instead.
- Discover what iCloud backs up.
* Contact Apple within 14 days of an upgrade for a refund. Partial refunds are available where required by law.


text:
We're Here to Help.
- LLL of Greater St. Louis (314) 424-3900
- LLL of Metro East Illinois (618) 321-6667
Personal Help
There are times when a breastfeeding mother needs support and encouragement from someone who has successfully breastfed her own baby. La Leche League Leaders are experienced breastfeeding mothers who have been trained and accredited by La Leche League International to help mothers and mothers-to-be with all aspects of breastfeeding. If you have questions about breastfeeding, whether before your baby's birth, during the first few days, or later, help is available via phone counseling.
Group Meetings
All women interested in breastfeeding are invited to participate in our informal monthly meetings. Establishing a network of support in your decision to breastfeed your baby is an important element of successful breastfeeding. Babies are always welcome at La Leche League meetings. Topics covered include:
- The Advantages of Breastfeeding
- Getting Off to a Good Start and Family Adjustments to a New Baby
- The Art of Breastfeeding: Avoiding and Overcoming Difficulties
- Nutrition and Weaning
Each La Leche League Group maintains a lending library of books and resources on childbirth, breastfeeding, parenting, and nutrition. La Leche League's own publication, THE WOMANLY ART of BREASTFEEDING, is available for loan or purchase.
Phone Help – talk with an accredited, volunteer Leader
When you become a member of La Leche League, you support an international mother-to-mother network for breastfeeding help and parenting support. An annual $40 membership brings you access to NEW BEGINNINGS, LLL's online magazine with warm, personal stories from breastfeeding parents, book reviews, up-to-date research, and much more. Membership benefits you and ensures that LLL will be available for future generations.
Become a member of La Leche League by clicking the donate button below.
We're on Facebook!
Like the La Leche League of Greater St. Louis page on Facebook to receive links to current breastfeeding research, news articles, and events happening in St. Louis. You can also join our Facebook discussion group.


text:
1 of 11
Every February, in the very depths of winter, Sports Illustrated unveils its storied swimsuit issue. And when that issue comes out, the media — print, online, TV, radio, semaphore, you name it — takes notice. There are, one can state with a certain degree of confidence, several reasons for the attention that the swimsuit issue garners:
First: It seems the women are quite attractive.
Second: The bathing suits, while barely there, evidently appeal to a number of people — perhaps even to women.
Third: The swimsuit issue has a surprisingly long history — especially in the magazine world where, with a few notable exceptions, franchises come and go with dismaying rapidity. This year, in fact, marks the 50th anniversary of the swimsuit issue, which means that this particular annual media tradition has very likely been around, essentially unchanged in theory if not in practice, longer than most of the people who will enjoy the 2014 issue.
Finally: There are the women. Wait . . . perhaps we mentioned that already?
[Buy the book, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful.]
Here, in tribute to SI's swimsuit issue, and in recognition that in its own way LIFE magazine also took pains to chronicle youthful frolics in sand and surf, LIFE.com presents a series of photos made by Co Rentmeester in California in 1970.
There's a certain innocence about these pictures that signals, right away, that they were made long, long ago. Sure, it's California in the post-Manson, post-Altamont years, when the California Dream was souring and the airy promises of the Sixties were fading. But even the onslaught of hard drugs and pseudo-revolutionary nihilism that subsumed much of the counterculture in the early '70s could not entirely wipe away what had always drawn people to the Golden State. Namely, an uncomplicated joy in the pleasures of sunshine, sensuality and the illusion of eternal youth.
And if the California Dream really is just that: a dream? Well, honestly — who cares?


text:
Secure Surfing thanks to Content Security
Out of the cloud or on premise: IKARUS web.security combines extended web security with the highest level of adaptability and control.
All web requests are reviewed following your individual filtering options and access control lists, infected files and harmful websites are blocked – your network and your data remain safe. Block unwanted contents, protect yourself from malware downloads and prevent drive-by-infections in real-time!
Personalize IKARUS web.security using different access control lists and filtering options for viruses, URLs, file types, countries, continents or browsers. Define black- and whitelists, or block specific file extensions. Use our list of categories to easy configuration: All filters are treated hierarchical to allow blocking a certain category while still accessing defined URLs of this category. Besides, different user profiles allow for adopting certain filter rules for certain groups or users.
Thanks to its multi-client capability, the dynamic security solution IKARUS web.security does not only suite for companies, but also for big enterprises and internet service providers. The user management offers the possibility to set up various network areas and different authorization levels for groups or users. Besides, it is possible to override these policies via PIN or TAN.
Branding options are just as flexible: Use your own brand and design individual landing- and block response pages – and enable your customers to use their individual brands, too!
The IKARUS Scan Center is located in Austria. Local privacy law offers safer protection for our users.
- Anti-virus and Anti-SPAM protection for web protocols
- HTTP, FTP over HTTP, FTP
- Offers effective protection against threats throughout the internet
- Monitoring of downloads, protection against "drive-by infections"
- Configuration with different filters: virus, URL, file type and browser filter
- Reliable blocking of URLs with our extensive URL category list (more than 100 categories)
- Simple creation of access profiles enabling filtering rules on a per-user or per-group basis
- Flexible anti-virus and security rules
- User administration with different administrative access levels for internal employees
- Adjustable individual policies for every user, such as a PIN override system
- Supported authentication types: IP address, basic proxy. IKARUS gateway.security only: LDAP and Kerberos/NTLM authentication
- IPv6 support for outgoing connections
- Access control using IP-address groups or authentication
- Individual URL White-/Blacklist
- Branding possibilities (design, block-response notifications)
- Continuous updates for protection against the newest threats
- Reporting / Statistics
System requirements
The following minimum requirements must be met to run IKARUS web.security:
- Processor from 2 GHz (Intel/AMD)
- x86/x64 architecture
- Min. 512 MB RAM
- Min. 2 GB hard disk memory
- Windows Server 2008 and higher (32/64-Bit)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS 5/6/7 (64-Bit)
- Debian (64-Bit)
- Internet access
- Fixed/static IP address
(Usage with username and password is possible instead of fixed/static IP address)
|Operating System
|Windows 32 Bit
|Windows 64 Bit
|Linux 64 Bit
|Linux 64 Bit
|Windows 32 Bit GUI Setup
|Data sheet:
Download Data sheet
|User manual:
IKARUS gateway.security User Manual
|Success stories:
A1 Telekom Austria AG: A1 Internet Security
Unwired Networks: IKARUS gateway.security
In order to activate and use IKARUS gateway.security you need a valid license key.
Order the license key now:
order via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
via phone: +43 (0) 1 58995-500
via fax: +43 (0) 1 58995-100
Get an short overview by visiting our demo plattform! (User & Password: demo)https://proxyguidemo.ikarus.at/


text:
Learn to Play Chess With Fritz and Chesster - Chesster Complete - Vol. 1,2,3Product Code: WIN0331CB
In Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster, Fritz is in charge of the castle when his parents go on vacation. It's every kid's dream until the dastardly King Black challenges the young stand-in king to a duel! Explore the kingdom and discover 7 arcade-style games that explain everything from chess basics to master strategies. Exercise your brain and put what you've learned to the test in the Intelligym, a training ground for future chess pros. You'll soon realize that this chess game is everything but child's play! Learn to Play Chess with Fritz & Chesster uses the world famous Fritz engine - serious software used by real-life chess Grandmasters to train for the world's top tournaments.
System Requirements: Windows 7 / VISTA / XP, 256 MB RAM, 300 MB free hard drive space, 500 MHz Processor
Returns & Exchanges
Computer Software and DVDs that come on Physical Media (such as CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMS) can only be returned or exchanged if the product is in its original, shrinkwrapped packaging and has not been installed or used in any way. Once you open the packaging of a Computer Software or DVD title, it can only be exchanged for a new copy of the same title and only if the original media is defective. There are NO exceptions to this rule.
Requires Windows
Pentium III 1 GHz, 2 GB RAM, Windows (Supports XP (Service pack 3), Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10), DirectX9, 256 MB graphics card, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and Internet access for program activation.
Media Mail Eligible
Media Mail® shipping from the US Postal Service is the cost-effective way to ship Books, Software and DVDs. With shipping rates starting at only $5.00, it's the most affordable shipping method available.


text:
"So Funny" In Bold, with Exclamation Mark
I haven't had much time to write lately, but fortunately these bakers have provided all the commentary we need:
*Yes, I'm joking; there wasn't a third cake. (So far as I know.)
Stephanie J., Kathryn S., Wendy M., & Jenny, you guys rock in all caps!
- Related Wreckage: Wreck Creators
NOTE: D'oh! Ok, you doubters were correct: the "in Spanish" cake IS an intentional order. Sorry, Tasteful Cakes, and thanks for having such a great sense of humor about it!
UPDATE ON JOHN: John is out of ICU and feeling gooood! So good, in fact, that he's been pestering the publisher to let us go straight back on tour the second he's discharged from the hospital. (Hm. Maybe I should recommend another head examination...)
It will be a few weeks before his lungs are completely clear, and he will continue to be on massive amounts of antibiotics in the meantime, but as of this moment you'd never know he was deathly ill a few days ago. That's the power of prayer, warm wishes, good juju, and modern medicine for you! Thank you all SO MUCH; your e-mails, comments, jokes, tweets, pics of get-well cakes, and offers of help have been overwhelming, and helped us more than I can say.


text:
Tag Heuer Watches
Property categories:
TAG Heuer can be traced back to the year 1860. It was not long before TAG Heuer watches became associated with superior timekeeping. Edouard Heuer founded his company, TAG Heuer, which set the standard for precision timepieces. The watchmakers of helped to TAG Heuer develop innovative stopwatches, chronographs, and water-resistant watch models at this time. In 1882 TAG Heuer invented many of the first chronograph watch models.
New Products For September - Tag Heuer Watches


text:
Global Automotive Clutch Market Research Report 2018
The Global Automotive Clutch Industry 2018 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Automotive Clutch industry.
Firstly, the report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Automotive Clutch market analysis is provided for the international market including development history, competitive landscape analysis, and major regions' development status.s
Secondly, development policies and plans are discussed as well as manufacturing processes and cost structures. This report also states import/export, supply and consumption figures as well as cost, price, revenue and gross margin by regions (United States, EU, China and Japan), and other regions can be added.
Then, the report focuses on global major leading industry players with information such as company profiles, product picture and specification, capacity, production, price, cost, revenue and contact information. Upstream raw materials, equipment and downstream consumers analysis is also carried out. What's more, the Automotive Clutch industry development trends and marketing channels are analyzed.
Finally, the feasibility of new investment projects is assessed, and overall research conclusions are offered.
In a word, the report provides major statistics on the state of the industry and is a valuable source of guidance and direction for companies and individuals interested in the market.
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate of Automotive Clutch in these regions, from 2013 to 2025 (forecast), covering
United States
South Korea
Global Automotive Clutch market competition by top manufacturers, with production, price, revenue (value) and market share for each manufacturer; the top players including
Schaeffler (Luk)
ZF (Sachs)
Zhejiang Tieliu
Ningbo Hongxie
Chuangcun Yidong
Rongcheng Huanghai
Wuhu Hefen
Guilin Fuda
Hangzhou Qidie
Access report : http://www.qyresearchglobal.com/goods-1479520.html
Table of Contents
1 Automotive Clutch Market Overview
2 Global Automotive Clutch Market Competition by Manufacturers
3 Global Automotive Clutch Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region (2013-2018)
4 Global Automotive Clutch Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region (2013-2018)
5 Global Automotive Clutch Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type
6 Global Automotive Clutch Market Analysis by Application
7 Global Automotive Clutch Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis
8 Automotive Clutch Manufacturing Cost Analysis
9 Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
10 Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
11 Market Effect Factors Analysis
12 Global Automotive Clutch Market Forecast (2018-2025)
13 Research Findings and Conclusion
14 Appendix
Would like to place an order or any question, please feel free to contact me~O(∩_∩)O~
Phone: +86-20-2209 3278
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: http://www.qyresearchglobal.com or https://www.qyresearcheurope.com


text:
And then we remember Marty York.
In York's column published today in Metro (that soggy bit of mush you walked over when exiting the subway), he barfed out this dubious little nugget:
"Could Roger Clemens be returning to Toronto?No. Really.
The future Hall of Famer has decided to start collecting some of the $3-million US he's owed by the Houston Astros, who signed him to a personal-services agreement in 2004. That may mean he's finally ready to retire, but it could also mean he'll extend his pitching career for a smaller base salary.
And sources tell me the Blue Jays are seriously thinking of pursuing both Clemens and his pal, Andy Pettitte. (I wonder if they'll offer Canadian money.)"
York's connection to reality has apparently been completely severed. Even if some drunk were to spin a yarn such as this, there's no way that you could plausibly a) believe it or b) print it without doing irreparable damage to your journalistic reputation.
Which, when you think about it, is all pretty much moot for York.


text:
Choose another PM
Robert Menzies
Robert Gordon Menzies was Australia's longest serving Prime Minister. He held the office twice, from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. Altogether he was Prime Minister for over 18 years – still the record term for an Australian Prime Minister.
Born into humble circumstances, Menzies obtained a first-class secondary and university education by winning a series of scholarships. He established himself as one of Australia's leading constitutional lawyers, then entered the Victorian parliament in 1928. He won a seat in the federal parliament in 1934 and served as Attorney-General and Minister for Industry in the United Australia Party government of Joseph Lyons.
Menzies was Prime Minister when World War II began in 1939. In 1941 he lost the confidence of members of Cabinet and his party and was forced to resign. As an Opposition backbencher during the war years, he helped create the Liberal Party and became Leader of the Opposition in 1946. At the 1949 federal election, he defeated Ben Chifley's Labor Party and once again became Australia's Prime Minister.
Menzies' second period as Prime Minister laid the foundations for 22 consecutive years in government for the Liberal–Country Party Coalition.
Menzies was often characterised as an extreme monarchist and 'British to his bootstraps' (which he was), but as Prime Minister he upgraded Australia's strong defence alliance with the United States. During his second period in office the ANZUS and SEATO treaties were signed, Australian troops were sent to support US-led forces in Korea, and Australia made its first commitment of combat forces to Vietnam.
Menzies retired as Prime Minister and from parliament in 1966. Knighted in 1963, he was further honoured in 1965 by being appointed Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Robert Gordon Menzies died on 15 May 1978.
Find records
The researcher's portal to records on Australia's prime ministers
Search for institutions with records on Robert Menzies


text:
Name: Larry
Gender: male
Age: 23
Location: Myrtle Beach SC
Where does semen come from? That is to say what organ (organs) make it and where is it stored. What exactly happens at climax? If you climax without cumming is that something that should concern me?
[S]emen is the technical name for male ejaculate. However, we here at Dr Dick's Sex Advice like to refer to it as man juice or spooge, spunk, jizz or cum. Semen contains sperm, which is of course produced in the testicles. It also contains a complex "soup" called seminal fluid, which is produced by various sex glands in your body. But, despite its complexity, baby batter is 90% water.
Your most important sex glands, the seminal vesicles, produce 70% of joy juice. This seminal fluid is viscous and alkaline. The alkaline quality is very important because it neutralizes the acidic environment of your urethra and a woman's vagina, which would otherwise kill all your little sperm-letts or at least make them inactive. And what good is inactive sperm?
Seminal fluid also contains a simple sugar, which provides the energy your seed needs to survive and wriggle about like crazy. Oh, and pre-cum that stuff that often drizzles from your man meat while you're being aroused comes from the Cowper's gland, and it too paves the way for a healthy ride for your little spermatozoa.
About 25% of the volume of your spooge comes from your prostate gland. This gives your spunk its milky appearance. Your prostate also adds substances, which increase your baby seeds' survival rate.
On average, a man ejaculates between 2.5 and 5 ml of jizz per wad, which contains about 50 – 150 million sperm per milliliter. Just think of that next time you shoot your business into a dirty sock on the side of your bed. And here's another thing, if a dude's sperm count falls below 20 million per milliliter, he's likely to be infertile, or as we like to call it — shootin' blanks.
The amount of goop a guy gushes varies greatly, and has lots to do with how long his arousal period lasts for before he shoots. Ya see, the longer the arousal period the more time there is for your fluids to build up. That's why Dr Dick always suggests a nice long foreplay session. The more build up of spooge, the greater the increase will be in the strength of your ejaculatory contractions, which in turn makes for a more intense orgasm. You will notice that I am going out of my way to separate the two events — ejaculation and orgasm. For a lot of guys they happen simultaneously. But for the lucky few, and those who practice the art of tantra, multiple orgasms are possible before the ejaculation.
You'll notice your spunk tends to be sticky and thick right after you blow your load. But soon there after it begins to separate and become more runny. This is pretty normal. It is also normal for the color and texture of your jizz to vary from time to time. Sometimes it can be real milky, sometime it's clearer with only streaks of milkiness in it. It can also contain gelatinous globules from time to time. A lot of this has to do with how hydrated you are, how many times you've cum recently and of course your age. Spooge production diminishes as we age.
Each ejaculation is actually a collection of spurts that send waves of pleasure throughout your body, but especially in your cock and groin area. The first and second convulsions are usually the most intense, and shoot the greatest quantity of jizz. Each following muscle contraction is associated with a diminishing volume of cum and a milder wave of pleasure.
Most of us men folk can't resist increasing manual or fucking stimulation when we get to the point of ejaculatory inevitably. Which is too bad, because if we practiced some edging techniques, that is: coming up to that point, but pulling back on the stimulation at that moment, our pleasure would increase. We'd last longer and our expected orgasm would be more powerful.
The typical male orgasm lasts about 17 seconds but can vary from a few seconds up to about a minute. A typical ejaculation consists of 10 to 15 contractions.
I know that I mentioned this before, but it bears repeating here. A recent Australian study has suggests that frequent masturbation, particularly as a young man, appears to reduce the risk of prostate cancer later in life.
If you're chokin' the chicken a lot your sperm count will be low and the amount of jizz you produce will be less. But also age, testosterone level, nutrition and especially hydration play a big part in that too. Just remember, a low sperm count, is not the same thing as a diminished volume of cum.
When a guy blows his wad before he wants to it is called premature ejaculation. If a man is unable to ejaculate when he want to, even after prolonged sexual stimulation, it is called delayed ejaculation, retarded ejaculation or anorgasmia.
An orgasm that is not accompanied by ejaculation is known as a dry orgasm. And that may or may not have anything to do with semen production, because some men ejaculate into their bladder, and that, my friend, is called a retrograde ejaculation.
I hope that answers all your questions.
Good luck


text:
On August 27 & 28, New York will be graced with "The Public Hi-Fi Balloon," an exhibit of more than 60 Robert Pollard collages at NYC's The 45 Space (45 Bond Street, between Lafayette & Bowery), hosted by Vanity Fair's Michael Hogan and visual artist Todd DiCiurcio.
You know Bob's work from his album covers (or the 2008 Fantagraphics book of his art), but these are phenomenal pieces that need to be seen in person to fully appreciate.
Opening night is Friday, August 27, from 6-11 PM, and the exhibit will also be open to visitors on the 28th from 2-11 PM. Check Pollard's website for more info.
You should also know that Bob Pollard shares a Halloween birthday with Vermeer, Johnny Marr, Ad-Rock, Larry Mullen Jr., and Vanilla Ice.


text:
The Drinkwell Premium Replacement Filters come in a convenient 3 Pack. The charcoal filter removes bad tastes and odors from the water, as well as large particles - giving your pet the freshest, cleanest water possible!
The Drinkwell Premium Replacement Filters keep water clean & fresh and are designed to fit most Drinkwell Fountains. Each replacement filter is constructed with two filtration pads; first a duo density polyester pad that's designed to catch large particles such as hair and other debris. The second carbon impregnated pad removes bad tastes and odors, making the water fresher and more appealing to drink. In between the pads we have added granulated charcoal for extended filtration. Filters should be replaced every 2-4 weeks.
Buy Now and Save Today on Drinkwell Premium Replacement Filters with PetStreetMall!
PetStreetMall has Low Prices on Pet Supplies and Free Shipping on orders over $50.


text:
In continue with this question: Producing html for Chinese documents with Tex4Ht
Tex4Ht requires .htf fonts for converting Chinese documents. I've managed to make all the
unisong*.htf fonts work thanks to the answer to the previous question, but the default TexLive 2011 installation doesn't seem to contain htf fonts for simhei, simkai, and all other Chinese fonts. Is there a place where I can download them, or how do I generate them if I can?


text:
Did you get a date by using an Online Dating Mobile App? That's great news and you're probably excited to experience your first moments together. Well, no matter how hard we prepare for it, there are always those awkward moments that occur when we least expect. But, once you know what those moments are, they will stop being so awkward. Not to mention that once you are aware that they may happen and will know how to handle them, they will stop being so awkward in the end. So, you may want to take a look below at some of the most awkward moments you can experience when dating someone.
Right from the start you realize that you're not interested, but your date is already making future plans
The online dating service in India you used may have got you a date, but that doesn't mean that you have to like it. The person may be interesting while you text each other, turning out not to be the person you've been looking for once you meet in real life. Things get even weirder when you see that your date starts making future plans while you definitely agree with yourself on the fact that you two don't match. To avoid making the date even worse, be diplomatic in avoiding a direct answer to a question that involves future plans. Like, if your date asks if it would be okay to see a movie next week, you may answer that it might be a possibility. At the end of the date, if the question pops again, you could be completely honest about your thoughts or be diplomatic once again, leaving the answer for another time.
You keep receiving numerous calls from your date after you met, but you don't want to repeat the experience
If something like this happens, don't ignore your phone like nothing is happening. It is not a mature reaction to do something like this; the best way to manage this aspect is to be honest with your date. It may be unpleasant to break the news that you're not interested in him or her, but if you do it with common sense and diplomacy, making it sound like a sincere and honest opinion that is on the behalf of both of you, things are not going to be as bad as you imagine. So even if texting is the main communication form when using the best dating app in India, it would be best if you could make a phone call or meet the person face to face in order to share your thoughts. After all, you probably would appreciate if someone would do the same for you, so you can stop wasting your time in vain and focus on other important aspects of your life.
Your date is trying to kiss you when you suddenly realize you don't want his or her lips on yours
A kiss on a date is not something many of us are looking forward. After all, we are trying to know your date better before getting this close. This is even worse if you realize that you're not interested in your date, knowing that you'll probably never go out on a date with him or her. But one thing should be remembered no matter what. If you don't feel like kissing your date, then don't. Don't allow guilt, the fear of conflict, or anything else keeping you from doing what it feels right. So, if you see that your date is going for a kiss on the lips, just turn your face around and let your date kiss your cheek. If you get a baffled or upset face from your date, just tell him or her that you are shy. In case you are interested in the person but didn't want to kiss so soon, you should call your date later on, after the date is over, to check if everything is okay and to tell him or her that you would like to meet again.


text:
The Supreme Court struck down the 2006 version of the law in June.
The House passed a bill Thursday night that criminalizes military personnel for forging military service medals to obtain payment or benefits, the Associated Press reported.
The Stolen Valor Act, passed in a 410-3 vote, circumvents the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision on the subject. The new law would make it illegal for people to falsify military honors with the intention of receiving monetary rewards or benefits.
The Supreme Court overturned the 2006 Stolen Valor Act in late June, saying that veterans falsely wearing military honors were protected under the Constitution's First Amendment free speech rights. In that decision, the court did leave open the possibility for the government to prosecute veterans who use false honors to accrue monetary or other benefits.
Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., introduced a similar bill in the Senate and told the AP he would continue working on this issue until the act of falsifying this information is illegal.
In July, the Defense Department created a database, Valor.defense.gov, to help track military honors recipients. Senior Defense officials had said during a congressional hearing in February that such a database would be hard to create and maintain. Following its creation, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Erin C. Conaton noted the department would be working closely with the military branches to help track data from past conflicts.


text:
|wikipedia.org Edmund Dulac The Mermaid The Prince.
As a child, I was a story horder. I couldn't get enough of them. I was very fortunate to have parents who read to me, and looking back, they were saints in this regard. I was voracious. I always wanted more, and I wanted my favorites again and again.
The original story of The Little Mermaid and its illustrations enthralled me. I can still feel the excitement and the magic of reading that story. I'd get lost in it. What a gift my parents gave me by reading to me, but I must have driven them mad.
I was the same with music. I became obsessed with songs. I needed to hear them over and over again, so that I could memorize them--somehow making them a part of me. "How Much Is That Doggie In the Window?" was one of my early obsessions. We would sing the song inserting the names of every family member I could think of in place of "that doggie." It was no doubt a bedtime stalling technique, but it was also delightful. I recall a lot of giggling, thinking of my family members in the pet store window.
I suspect my parents were relieved when I finally learned to read and learn my own songs, but it was short lived. They then had to endure my reading and singing to them endlessly.
It turns out that my parents gave me a bigger gift than I thought. According to the article, "What Listening to Stories Does to Our Brains," we are actually wired for stories. Telling them and and listening to them lights up our brains in powerful ways.
Researchers in Spain say that, "Not only are the language processing parts in our brain activated, but any other area in our brain, that we would use when experiencing the events of the story are too." In addition, the brain of the person listening and the brain of the person sharing a story can become synchronized in the process of storytelling. You can imagine the ramifications of these brain responses, and likely one of the reasons we fall in love with comics, musicians, actors and writers--they're storytellers lighting up our brains and helping us feel what they are describing far more deeply than we realize.
In Practice
There are real world applications for this knowledge, and the article suggests a few:
--To bring others on board with your idea, tell them a story (Writers - Think synopsis and project pitiches!).
"According to Uri Hasson from Princeton, a story is the only way to activate parts in the brain so that a listener turns the story into their own idea and experience.
The next time you struggle with getting people on board with your projects and ideas, simply tell them a story, where the outcome is that doing what you had in mind, is the best thing to do. According to Princeton researcher Hasson, storytelling is the only way to plant ideas into other people's minds."
--Create greater impact and credibility (Bloggers!).
"...ask for quotes from the top folks in the industry or simply find great passages they [have] written online. It's a great way to add credibility and at the same time, tell a story."
--Simple is better.
"Using simple language as well as a low complexity is the best way to activate the brain regions that make us truly relate to the situation and happenings in the story."
It may also be why story podcasts like Lightspeed, and radio shows like This American Life and Snap Judgement are more popular as they become so easy to access online. They're the modern day version of sitting around the old RCA radio listening to The Lone Ranger and The Shadow. Mostly what I come away with in this article, is to be engaging as a storyteller--to unabashedly share my enthusiasm of the story with my readers. I want for them, the excitement and joy that a great story brought to me as a child and still brings to me to this day.
Happy Stories to you, my friends!
Yours Always,
Fran Friel
Note: Thank you to Ginger Hamilton Caudill for the link to the original article; The Shadow cover borrowed from: booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com


text:
Key to the Map Markers
You may click on the check boxes below to show or hide the different markers on the map.
A quintessential English garden with a sumptuous blend of romantic landscaping, imaginative plantings and fine old trees, fountains, springs and large ponds. The gardens are open from April to September.
Pashley Manor Gardens
Near Wadhurst
East Sussex TN5 7HE
+44 (0) 1580 200888
Email Address
Visit Website
Boreham House
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
An award winning 5 star bed and breakfast located in the village of Boreham Street, Boreham House sits on a ridge offering fabulous views over beautiful Sussex countryside in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Boreham House is a be...
Old Whyly
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
A Grade II listed Georgian manor house, dating back to the 12th Century, Old Whyly is a luxury boutique bed and breakfast in an elegant English country house, set within a breathtaking garden and extensive grounds. Old Whyly offers luxurious accom...
The Church House
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Combining four individual cottages dating back to the 13th Century with a generous sprinkling of 21st Century technology and innovation, French oak beams and exquisite, polished English oak floors, The Church House is something of a one-off. This uni...
Field Green Oast
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Two beautiful bedrooms, The Wool Room and The Silk Room, with superking sized beds with south facing views over the garden in this beautiful corner of Kent....
Hannah's Bed and Breakfast
Thames Valley, UK
Sheer luxury in three individually decorated rooms with superking beds with Egyptian cotton sheets and an en-suite bathroom with a shower big enough for two. ...
Hyde House
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Set along a quiet backwater, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, Hyde House boutique bed and breakfast is surrounded by open countryside. With four exquisitely appointed bedrooms, it is the essence of chic, boutique bed and breakfast. Moreo...
Stream Farm
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Situated in The High Weald area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, close to the South Downs, the historic towns of Battle, Hastings, Rye and Lewes, the opera festival of Glyndebourne and some outstanding houses, castles and gardens, Stream Farm offers th...
Swan House
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Swan House boutique bed and breakfast offers elegant ensuite accommodation in the heart of idyllic Hastings Old Town. Built in 1490 in a charming, picturesque position Swan House offers a haven in which to unwind, relax and discover the intricat...
The Laindons
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Located in the heart of Hastings Old Town, The Laindons is an impressive Georgian listed building which began life as a coach house. All five luxurious rooms have beautiful high ceilings and are illed with light....
The Old Rectory
Downs & Channel Coast, UK
Originally built in the 15th Century, the Old Rectory provides a comfortable base for you to relax after a busy day exploring all that Hastings, St.Leonards and East Sussex has to offer. A boutique bed and breakfast for grown ups, eight guest rooms a...


text:
We bring the beach party to you! Travel to hotspots like Spring Break in Miami Beach to see the hottest girls getting wild and nude. Candid photos and video from the world's most infamous topless beaches!
Get Total Access To Thousands Of Real Bikini Photos And Hours Of Videos Of Girls With No Inhibitions
Copyright © 2005 bikinidream.com. All Rights Reserved.
2257 Statement


text:
San Diego Comic-Con is where science fiction, fantasy, comic books and toys collide, so what better place for LEGO to show off their upcoming building sets? The four days of Comic-Con equal four days of huge LEGO reveals across every major nerd-relevant product line. What's in store for brick fans?
Each day, LEGO will be showing off new sets in four different properties, and we'll be right on top of them, stuffing our pockets with minifigs while they aren't looking. Here's what to expect:
Thursday: LEGO The Hobbit Now that the LEGO Lord of the Rings sets are in stores everywhere (more on that next week), the brickyard fantasy factory turns its cylindrical head towards the next film, due out in December. Fans eager to put a tiny Martin Freeman in their pockets need look no further. Plus, one lucky raffle winner will walk away with a one-of-a-kind 5-inch Bilbo, which seems awfully small for a... oh, Bilbo. Sorry.
Friday: LEGO Super Heroes Both Marvel and DC are getting brand new LEGO Super Heroes sets for 2013. Not only will con-goers get an early peek at what's on the super heroic horizon, LEGO will be giving away special LEGO Super Hero minifigs — Marvel Venom, Marvel Phoenix, DC Shazam and DC Bizarro. There are only 1000 of each, and lucky fans that get their hands on one will also have a chance to win fabulous toy and comic book prizes. And the raffle? Who wants a 5-inch LEGO Batman?
Saturday: LEGO Star Wars LEGO has 20 new Star Wars sets slated for release in 2013, and their bringing one of the best to Comic-Con: the LEGO Star Wars Rancor Pit. They'll also be airing a new episode of the Clone Wars animated series, and one lucky fan will win a one-of-a-king 5-inch Luke minifig.
Sunday: LEGO Ninjago The ninja battles are going strong in the Ninjago line, bolstered by a cartoon series and the promise of an exciting announcement that will deepen the story behind the masters of Spinjitsu. And of course, there's a 5-inch green ninja to win.
I'll be stopping by LEGO tonight during preview night to bug the living hell out of anyone that looks even vaguely official. We'll have more on the special announcements as the con begins. Stay tuned!


text:
Faculty of Arts
Dean, Faculty of Arts: Richard Nemesvari, PhD
The Faculty of Arts offers a wide range of programs, both in traditional arts disciplines and in new and interdisciplinary fields of study. Courses and/or programs are offered in ancient language, ancient Mediterranean studies, anthropology, Arabic, archaeology and classical studies, communication studies, community engagement, co-operative education, cultural studies, English, environmental science, environmental studies, film studies, French, geography, German, global studies, Greek, history, history & philosophy of science, Italian, languages, Latin, medieval studies, Muslim studies, Near Eastern and classical archaeology, North American archaeology, North American studies, Near Eastern studies, philosophy, political science, religion & culture, social entrepreneurship, sociology, Spanish, Sustainability, and women and gender studies. A detailed description of each program and course is included in the alphabetical list of programs, which follow the faculty rules and regulations.
In choosing a course of study, students may combine programs provided that they satisfy all requirements for each program in which they are enrolled. Students who wish to complete two degrees should consult the Additional Undergraduate Degrees section in the Undergraduate University Regulations chapter.
Academic & Related Dates 2015/2016
Other Calendars


text:
THURSDAY, Nov. 3, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- The first artificial heart valve that can replace a diseased aortic valve without requiring open-heart surgery has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A patient's aortic valve can be damaged by stenosis, a narrowing of the valve caused by the buildup of calcium deposits. The heart must then work harder to pump blood through the diseased valve, which could lead to symptoms including fainting, chest pain, heart failure, irregular heartbeat or cardiac arrest. More than half of the people with these symptoms die within two years, the FDA said in a news release.
Traditionally, replacement of this valve has required open-heart surgery. But the newly approved Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) allows doctors to implant it using a tube-shaped device called a delivery catheter, via a small incision in the leg. The catheter is slightly wider than a pencil.
This can benefit patients for whom open-heart surgery is too risky, the FDA said.
The agency said patients in whom the new device was implanted had 2 1/2 times more strokes, and eight times as many vascular or bleeding complications than those who didn't get the implant. At the same time, clinical testing found that 69 percent of patients who received the new device were alive a year after the implant, compared with 50 percent who were treated by a different method.
Maker Edwards Lifescience will continue to monitor patients who receive the implant, the agency said. The device is not recommended for people who can be treated with open-heart surgery.
Edwards Lifescience is based in Irvine, Calif.
More information
The U.S. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has more about heart valve disease.


text:
Next Episode of Too Close for Comfort is
not planed. TV Show was canceled.
Henry and Muriel Rush are owners of a two-family house in Mill Valley, California. Henry is a conservative cartoonist who authors a comic strip called Cosmic Cow. During scenes in which Henry draws in his bedroom, Knight used his earlier acquired ventriloquism talents for comical conversations with a hand-puppet version of "Cosmic Cow." Muriel is a laid back freelance photographer, having been a band singer in her earlier days. They have two grown children, older daughter brunette Jackie who works for a bank and younger daughter Sara, a blonde bombshell and a college student at San Francisco State University.
Deborah Van Valkenburgh(Jackie Rush)
Audrey Meadows(Iris Martin)
Jim J. Bullock(Monroe Ficus)
Ted Knight(Henry Rush)
Nancy Dussault (Muriel Rush)
Lydia Cornell (Sara Rush)
Lisa Antille(Lisa Flores)
Pat Carroll(Hope Stinson)
Joshua Goodwin(Andrew Rush)
Looks like something went completely wrong!
But don't worry - it can happen to the best of us,
- and it just happened to you.
Please try again later or contact us.


text:
comparison(redirected from bore comparison)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia.
the basis of analytical epidemiology, the statistical comparison between groups.
comparison groups
the groups between which a statistical comparison is to be made.
comparison population
the population in which a comparison between groups is to be conducted. All of the groups to be used comprise the population.


text:
The Forest of Nisene Marks is not known for old growth redwoods. However, there is about a dozen big trees near the park entrance that can be viewed from a 1 mile long trail loop. After my trail run, I decided to check out this loop and found some impressively large trees. I was also intrigued by the "Twisted Grove." Typically redwoods grow very straight, but in this grove all the trees are bending in different directions and twisting around each other. Redwoods are known to sometimes stray from growing straight, but this is an extreme case. The fact that these are large trees makes it all the more impressive. The most plausible theory in my opinion is a genetic issue. The largest tree on the loop is called the Advocate Tree and it is immense! Why weren't these trees cut when 24 million square feet of other redwood as ripped out of the canyon? One theory is that loggers used to leave trees that had a tilt because the wood would be of inferior quality. Another is that loggers occasionally left a few old trees in the forest that they felt had particular beauty. I find it hard to believe the second theory, so lets go with human nature and the reduced profitability theory. Here are some photos of the Twisted Grove and the other old growth trees, including the Advocate Tree.
More photos after the loop!


text:
Duplex Steel Pipe Tube Suppliers Distributor Exporter Stockist Dealer in Spain
ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company ( 37 Years Old ) DM Special Steel Ltd is No. 1 Distributor and Dealer of Duplex Steel Pipes & Tubes, Duplex UNS S31803 Pipes & Tubes, Duplex UNS S32205 Pipes & Tubes, Super Duplex Steel Pipes & Tubes, UNS S32750 / S32760 Pipes & Tubes, UNS S32950 Pipes & Tubes in Spain,
Are you looking for best price of Steel Pipes, Tubes & tubing in Stainless Steel, Alloy Steel, Duplex / Super Duplex, Carbon Steel & Exotic Alloys like Inconel ®, Monel ®, Hastelloy ®, Nickel ®, Alloy 20 etc. Gautam Tube Corporation offering heavy discount on Steel Pipes, tubes & Tubing for Energy companies in Spain, our price of Steel Pipes & Tubes is 5% less on dealer price & 3% less on Factory price , the above discount is valid on Steel Pipes in carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Hastelloy & Inconel even if you need small quantity.
Gautam Tube Corporation is one of most Popular Steel pipes/Tubes suppliers in Spain, we are suppliying Seamless Pipe & welded Pipe in Alloy Steel & Carbon Steel to more than 120 companies in Spain, Gautam Tube Corporation is having 35 years vast experience in dealing with numerous industries so we understand the general piping requirement of companies in Spain, We have stocking distributors in Spain
as a survey of Export data conduct by a renowned magzine of Oil & Gas Industry , Gautam Tube Corporation is one of the oldest & reputed supplier of Distributor and Dealer of Duplex Steel Pipes & Tubes, Duplex UNS S31803 Pipes & Tubes, Duplex UNS S32205 Pipes & Tubes, Super Duplex Steel Pipes & Tubes, UNS S32750 / S32760 Pipes & Tubes, UNS S32950 Pipes & Tubes at our stockyad in Spain, we have Duplex Steel Pipe Tube Available ex-stock.
To find out more about our Duplex Steel Pipe Tube, and get more information please fill enquiry form and one of our sales representatives will contact you. ( Our Sales Associate In Spain Please Mail Us : firstname.lastname@example.com )
we have largest ready stock of Alloy Steel Pipes & Tubes in our stockyard in Spain, Gautam Tube Corporation having Stocking Distributors in following countries, who will help you to provide Perfect Steel Piping Solution for your application, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, Algeria, Sudan, Uganda, Morocco, Ghana, Mozambique, Angola, Madagascar, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Guinea, Libya, Namibia, Gambia, Gabon, Russia, Germany, Turkey, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Poland, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Romania, Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ireland, Georgia, Slovakia, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, Nigeria, Egypt, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, United States, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Australia etc. Gautam Tube Corporation has become Recognised Steel Piping Specialist in ASIA, Africa, Middle east & Europe.
Our Clients in Spain
Industry We Serve Inconel Pipe Tube, Monel Pipe Tube, Hastelloy Pipe Tube, Nickel Pipe Tube, Alloy Steel Pipe Tube and Stainless Steel Seamless Pipes Tube Tubing Tuberia Supplied Architectural & General Engineering, Automobiles Industry, Breweries & Distilleries Industry, Cement Industry, Chemicals Industry, Dairy & Food Processing Industry, Fertilizers Industry, Heat Exchangers Industry, Oil Companies, Petrochemicals & Refineries, Power & Nuclear Energy / Atomic Energy, Railway Industry, Ship Building Industry, Solvent & Pulp Industry, Submersible Pumps Industry, Sugar Industry, Textile Machinery & Processing Houses etc..
ORIGIN MATERIAL We Have
Find Our Dealers are in below countries:
We Export
- Alloy Steel Pipe
- Inconel ® Pipe / Tube
- Monel ® Pipe / Tubing
- Hastelloy ® Pipe / Tube / Tubing
- Nickel ® Pipe / Tube / Tubing
- Stainless Steel Pipe / Tube / Tubing
- Carbon Steel Pipe & Tubes
- API 5L Line Pipes
- Inconel ®
- Monel ®
- Hastelloy ®
- Nickel ®
- Alloy Steel
- API 5L Line Pipe
- Carbon Steel
- Duplex / Super Duplex Steel
- Stainless Steel
- Duplex / Super Duplex
- Carbon Steel
Mail Us
Why us?
- 6000 customers in 50 countries
- India's No1 Exporter of A335 P11 & P22 Pipe
- ISO Certified Company
- Widest stock of Large dia. Alloy Steel P11 & P22 Pipe
- Competitive pricing guaranteed
- Detailed, quick & free Quote
- Full process automatic cutting for pipe, tube and tubing can be carried out at the cutting center
- Stocking distributors in Europe, America, Middle East, Australia, Africa & Asia.


text:
binding(redirected from Bindery Lines)
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia.
The perceptual connection between aspects of a visual experience, such that the color of a moving object appears to be unified with the object (for example, whereas movement and color are processed in different brain regions).
bindingThe specific adherence of a molecule to one or more others, which reflects complementarity between between them—e.g., enzymes binding to substrates; antibodies to antigens; DNA to complementary strands of nucleic acids.
The perceptual connection between aspects of a visual experience, such that the color of a moving object appears to be unified with the object (e.g., whereas movement and color are processed in different brain regions).
1. holding separate units together.
2. in meat hygiene terms, the capacity to absorb and retain water.
binding element
a specific sequence in DNA, usually less than 10 nucleotides, to which a particular protein binds; the tertiary structure of the sequence also influences the binding.
binding quality
a measurement of the binding capacity of a sample, e.g. of meat.
binding test
is used to measure amounts of antigen or antibody by measuring the amount to which it is bound in an immune complex either directly (primary), after separation by precipitation, agglutination or complement fixation (secondary) or the in vivo effects (tertiary).
Patient discussion about binding
Q. My friend has Progressive MS, he is bound to a wheelchair, Prognosis? How can I help? He must be moved by a Hoyer Lift, he has caregivers. He has a beautiful voice and does have enough ability to move in his chair around local community. He has some bad days with spacicity, I want to help but am unsure as to how? He is 60? or so and lives on his own, he has had MS for many years and a number of complications, such as pneumonia and decubitus. Please help me to help him!
A. There are a number of ideas and resources for social and recreational activities (i.e. wheelchair sports, dancing, travel, aviation, etc.) that may be helpful, which can be found at www.mobility-advisor.com.More discussions about binding


text:
Although they will play a number of professional teams in cities like Barcelona, Rome and Paris, they will have to do it without veteran starters Phil Greene IV, out with a torn left hip labrum; Felix Balamou, who is dealing with a sprained left ankle; and freshman Rysheed Jordan, recently out with back spasms.
Jordan, a Philadelphia native and only newcomer to the team this season, put up 24.8 points per game at Robert Vaux High School and was awarded the five-star recruit as the highest-rated prospect in the new Big East.
"It's been a good preseason for me, but I'm a little banged up right now," Jordan said. "Obviously I want to be able to play, but as coach and staff told me, it's my job to get healthy right now and ready for our season."
The NCAA allows teams to take an international trip every four years with 10 practices prior to departure. The Red Storm took their last international trip in 2009 when they traveled to Canada for four days.
During one of the final practices last Friday, Coach Steve Lavin said his boys have managed to get a lot done.
"It's been very productive, but the only frustrating part has been the injuries because we're banged up," Lavin said. "In addition to Felix and Rasheed and Phil Greene, there is also Max Hooper coming back from an ankle injury and Jamal (Branch) coming back yesterday as well."
Lavin said he is confident the trip will provide a good platform for the team to condition and prepare.
"In spite of the rash or outbreak of injuries, it's been a positive week-and-a-half just getting a jumpstart on our season and giving us the ability to evaluate the kids," Lavin added. "This gives us valuable feedback and an early report card before we get back."
The team is returning 14 players with one newcomer. Other top returning players this season include junior top-scoring guard D'Angelo Harrison, sophomore forward and Big East Rookie of the Year JaKarr Sampson, and the 6'9" sophomore center and 2013 NCAA blocked shots leader Chris Obekpa.


text:
Homemade Pistolette Sandwich RollsAfter being on a roll here (haha!) lately to try and find the perfect-for-me roll that could serve as both a dinner roll and a sandwich roll I have finally found it! I have made this batch multiple times and this is now my go to sandwich roll. It's not hard at all and it makes a beautiful roll.
Do use bread flour though. I once accidentally grabbed the wrong canister and used regular all purpose flour. The rolls were certainly still good, but they were more dense and not as light and fluffy as they were with the bread flour. I know a lot of people don't like to keep multiple flours around, but sometimes the kind of flour really does make a difference in a recipe, and particularly in the crumb of a bread. I keep all purpose, self rising and bread flour out all the time, with wheat in the freezer, though you can certainly store all of them in the freezer if you don't happen to cook often with them.
These are great for a roll for dinner, to make sandwiches, and may also be shaped into a larger loaf, if you prefer. Here's how to make them.
Recipe: Pistolette Sandwich Rolls©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Inactive time: 3 hours 10 min
Cook time: 30 minTotal time: 3 hours 40 minYield: About 12 rolls
For the 2 Hour Sponge:
For the Dough:
- 1 cup of warm water (100 to 110 degrees)
- 2-1/2 teaspoons of rapid-rise yeast
- Pinch of granulated sugar
- 1-1/2 cups of bread flour*
- 1 cup of warm water (100 to 110 degrees)
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2-1/2 teaspoons of salt
- 4 cups of bread flour
Proof the yeast by combining with the warm water and a pinch of sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes. Put the bread flour in your mixer bowl and stir in the water and yeast mixture. Cover the entire mixer bowl with a thick towel and let sponge bubble up for 2 hours. Okay to stir down if it begins to bubble up out of the bowl.
To the sponge, add the water, honey, olive oil, salt and flour; stir to combine. Using dough hook, knead on low speed for 8 to 10 minutes until you have a good, elastic dough. Remove dough hook, spray top of dough with non-stick spray and cover entire mixer with a large, clear plastic bag and allow to rise 45 to 90 minutes or until about doubled.
Cover a baking pan with quick spritz of non stick spray and place a sheet of parchment paper in the pan. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and pull off 12 equal pieces of dough. Shape into oval rolls and place on parchment paper about an inch or so apart. Spray a sheet of plastic wrap with cooking spray and place on top of rolls to keep them from drying out and set in a draft free spot to allow to rise about 20 to 30 minutes until they puff up.
Preheat oven in the meantime to 400 degrees F. If a crusty bottom is desired, place a baking stone in the lowest part of the oven when you preheat. You may also score rolls across the top or snip with scissors for a decorative affect if desired.
Before placing the rolls in the oven, spritz them very lightly with water, place in oven and spritz inside of oven also to create a more crispy crust. For softer and shiny rolls, brush tops with melted butter or oil before baking.
Bake for approximately 25 to 30 minutes until rolls are brown.
Cook's Notes: Do use bread flour. I accidentally grabbed the wrong canister once and use regular all purpose and while the rolls were good, they were more dense and not as light and fluffy. The right flour does make a difference!
Source: http://deepsouthdish.com
Requires Adobe Reader - download it free!©Deep South Dish
☛ Are you on Facebook? If you haven't already, come and join the party! We have a lot of fun & there's always room for one more at the table.
Old Fashioned Pan Rolls
Old Fashioned Cloverleaf and Crescent Yeast Rolls
Sour Cream Biscuits


text:
There are quiet some discussions around what is better for the wave...straps or strapless?
Both parties have their arguments...let's see what you guys think!
I added also the option to vote 2 times, this way you can also say what you want to see in the KSP world tour.
And comments are always welcome!