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Dr. Durham has been involved in the development of public policy on environmental and energy issues for the past thirty years. He has supplied comprehensive input on Federal, State, and local regulations. He has been asked to testify to Congress on numerous occasions.
He has served in the leadership of several organizations including:
- National Coal Council (Chairman)
- Institute of Clean Air Companies (Past President and Director)
- Air and Waste Management Association (Technical Committee Leadership)
- American Coal Council (Director)
Need for Support for Clean Coal Technology
To address the issue of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we will need all the tools available, including clean coal technology. However, because of the size and scale of equipment necessary to reduce emissions from power plants, projects can cost from $50-100 Million to several $Billion. It also takes five to ten years or more to advance technology to a commercial readiness.
This creates a "chicken and egg" dilemma in which technology companies cannot justify huge capital expenditures for R&D because there are no regulatory drivers creating markets for the technology, and the power generating companies are restricted by their local public utility commissions (PUC) from expenditures for equipment that they are not currently required to operate. This creates a gap that can only be bridged by Federal funding in the form of Tax Credits and R&D Grants. Without this Federal support, there will be no technology options available for the power industry in the future to address reducing carbon emission from fossil-fuel electrical generating facilities.
The importance of financial support for developing technology for clean coal in the US goes beyond the impact of the resulting technology on the power plants. The US is burning only approximately 700 Million tons of coal per year compared to 7 Billion tons burned annually worldwide. Since the US is traditionally responsible for innovations in many technology areas, it is unlikely that a global effort to reduce carbon emissions can be effectively be accomplished without advancing technologies by US companies and exporting the technology overseas.
There are currently efforts underway in Congress to provide the necessary financial support for the development and demonstration of clean coal technology directed at reducing emissions of carbon dioxide. One effort is focused on increasing and extending Section 45Q tax credits for carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS). This will help reduce the costs and risks associated with the installation of technology to capture carbon dioxide generated by a coal-fired plant and compressing it for injection deep underground. A second effort is directed at providing tax credits as an incentive to develop technology for reducing carbon emissions from existing coal-fired plants by increasing their generating efficiency. A more efficient plant generates lower quantities of carbon dioxide per MW-hour of electricity generated.
The proposal described here would provide a tax credit of $30 per ton of carbon dioxide that was eliminated by the installation of new technology. This proposal would have the dual benefit of creating near-term $50 to $100 Million of jobs at several power plants, but also result in new technologies helping the power industries meet future carbon reduction requirements.
National Coal Council (NCC)
The National Coal Council (NCC) is a Federal Advisory Committee that provides advice to the Secretary of Energy on matters impacting mining, transportation, and use of coal in the United States. The country has vast reserves of accessible coal capable of suppling the nations energy needs for 250 years. Members are appointed to the NCC by the Secretary to represent a wide range of interests and expertise. NCC prepares reports in response to requests from the Secretary on specific matters. Below are some of the recent reports prepared by NCC. Others are available on the NCC website.
August 2016 CO2 Building Blocks: Assessing CO2 Utilization Options
Fall 2015 Leveling the Playing Field for Low Carbon Coal
January 2015 Fossil Forward – Revitalizing CCS
May 2014 Reliable & Resilient – The Value of Our Existing Coal Fleet
June 2012 – Harnessing Coal 's Carbon Content to Advance the Economy, Environment, and Energy Security
March 2011 – Expedited CCS Development: Challenges & Opportunities
December 2009 – Low-Carbon Coal
May 2008 – The Urgency of Sustainable Coal
June 2007 – Technologies to Reduce or Capture and Store Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Institute of Clean Air Companies (ICAC)
The Institute of Clean Air Companies is the trade association of companies that provide commercial air pollution control equipment to measure and reduce emissions from power plants and industrial operations. The organization produces technical reports on the capabilities and costs of emission control technology for use by customers and regulators. It also provides information on new developing technologies as information becomes available. Dr. Durham served the organization as Director for over 20 years, Officer for 10 years, and President for two years (2013-2015).


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Three Musketters Intrinsic Analysis
1. Defining the play
1.1 Setting
17th century Paris..
1.2 Theme
The primary friendship featured in The Three Musketeers is between four young gentlemen devoted to the King. Their friendship allows them to combine forces and defeat evil powers that might...
1.5 Genre
2. Structure
2.1 Exposition
D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with almost no money, hoping to become a Musketeer. A penniless youth arrives in the city who has a lot of pride and mad sword fighting skills, so let's see how he makes out in the sophisticated world of 17th century Paris..
2.2 Rising action
D'Artagnan fights with the Musketeers against the Cardinal's Guards, and makes friends with said Musketeers. D'Artagnan's pride leads him to challenge three different Musketeers to a duel. He schedules them back-to-back, but before the first fight can commence, the Cardinal's Guards ride up and attempt to arrest them. (Dueling is illegal, but everyone does it anyway). The four men decide to take a stand and resist arrest. It ends up being quite a good fight, with the Musketeers plus D'Artagnan victorious. A friendship is born. This is the Conflict stage because the conflict has been firmly established between the royalists and the cardinalists. Being on the side of the royalists, D'Artagnan gets to make friends with other royalists, but we shouldn't lose sight of the greater conflict that frames the novel. 2.3 Climax
D'Artagnan's trickery of Milady. D'Artagnan sleeps with Milady pretending to be the Comte de Wardes, then sleeps with her as himself. Milady pressures him to kill the Comte de Wardes. Believing that she loves him for himself and not his prowess with the sword, D'Artagnan confesses that he had pretended to be the Comte de Wardes.
Milady is furious and tries to kill D'Artagnanback to the Queen. (That person would be D'Artagnan.) Our penniless youth's life has gotten complicated in a hurry. 2.4 Falling action
Our four young heroes arrive minutes too late to save Constance's life, but they do manage to track down, try, and execute Milady. The problem is resolved. D'Artagnan and his friends are safe from Milady's perfidy. 2.5 Resolution
D'Artagnan is promoted to lieutenant in the Musketeers. All the loose ends are wrapped up. Porthos gets married, Athos continues to serve in the Musketeers until he inherits some land, and Aramis enters the priesthood. D'Artagnan makes a new friend, and Monsieur Bonacieux disappears.
3. Character
3.1 Major character
This story is D'Artagnan's coming-of-age. When we first meet him, he's riding a ridiculous yellow Béarnaise pony, has barely any money, and shoots dagger glances at anyone who looks at him cross-eyed. By the end of the novel, he's a lieutenant in the service of His Majesty's Musketeers. He's made three best friends, saved the Queen's honor, watched his true love die, and help execute a terrible criminal. Out of all the characters in the novel, D'Artagnan is the most central and the one whose personality evolves the most. •Milady
Milady is initially an antagonist due to her work as an agent for the Cardinal. Later in the novel, she is revealed as a full-fledged antagonist in her own right, perhaps even more dangerous than the Cardinal himself. We learn that she once broke Athos's heart, attempted twice to murder D'Artagnan, succeeded in murdering Constance Bonacieux, and convinced John Felton to assassinate the Duke of Buckingham. We further learn that she once seduced a certain priest who fled with her, stole for her, faked being her brother, and eventually committed suicide. Her powers of destruction in The Three Musketeers are incredible, and there are some not-so-veiled allusions to her being a deadly siren (refer to the Character Analysis for more on this). •Cardinal Richelieu
D'Artagnan's status as a royalist automatically makes the Cardinal his enemy. Although the Cardinal is the King's most trusted adviser...
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GBIF Governing Board Meeting (GB-25) 2018
The National Biodiversity Data Centre is delighted to host the 25th meeting of the Governing Board of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility in Kilkenny from 15th to 18th October, 2018. The event will see delegates from 57 Participant Countries and 36 other Associate Participants across the world attend the Governing Board meeting.
To coincide with the formal Governing Board meeting, there are a number of associated events around the theme of how biodiversity data are being used at a global, regional and national scale to inform policy and delivery on the ground action for biodiversity.
Wednesday, 17th October: Governing Board meeting – public session
The afternoon session of the Governing Board on Wednesday 17th October will be open to the public so anyone can attend. It will involve a number of presentations from the GBIF staff and network highlighting some of the core work of GBIF, in particular its recent milestone of now publishing more then 1 billion biodiversity records from across the globe.
Thursday 18th October: Biodiversity symposium- Biodiversity loss in a changing world: local data, global action
On Thursday 18th October, the National Biodiversity Data Centre is hosting a public symposium Biodiversity loss in a changing world: local data, global action which provides a unique opportunity to hear about some of GBIF's work and its global network. There will be keynote addresses from Donald Hobern, Executive Secretary of GBIF and Dr Thomas Orrell of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, in addition to speakers talking about how data are used to inform biodiversity action at a regional and national level. Speakers from Ireland will outline a number of use cases where data is used to better inform policy and encourage greater local community engagement.
Friday, 19th & Saturday 20th October: Technical Workshop- Biodiversity Informatics and Species Distribution Modelling
On Friday 19th and Saturday 20th October, we are organising as technical workshop on Biodiversity Informatics and Species Distribution Modelling. Using R, this two day course will cover best practice approaches to utilising biodiversity data and species distribution modelling. The workshop will be led by Professor Nicklaus E. Zimmerman, Head of the Land Use Dynamic Research Unit of the Swiss Federal Research Institute. The workshop will cover; best practice to data cleaning and management, including visualisation of data; understanding and testing for sources of error and quantitative bias; and habitat suitability and distributional modelling. The workshop would be suitable for people who have a working knowledge of the R statistical environment, including data input/output, data manipulation, test statistics and regression. Places are limited.


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Freeview has begun the roll-out of an update to its app, which enables viewers to access live and on-demand content from a selection of channels.
The revised app has launched on iOS devices today, with a launch on Android scheduled for March.
Users will also need to download the apps for the main broadcasters - BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4, UKTV Play and My5 - in order to access content, the app itself provides users a TV guide that allows users to push through to content that originates from the partner broadcasters.
► iOS devices https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/freeview-tv-guide/id353765787?mt=8. The app currently has a rating of 1.7 out of 5. The app is currently on version 4.0.3.


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When Location, Space & Views Count
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They say a picture tells a thousand words, well the views from the house and especially from the deck do just that, with views to the Oamaru gardens (a short stroll away) as well as the views over town to the ocean. The sunny deck leads off a covered porch, an ideal spot just to rest and reflect.
This tastefully renovated 3/4 bedroom home is definitely not a drive by. A formal living room leads through to a spacious light and sunny study or 4th bedroom. The main bedroom boasts a spacious walk-in dressing room as well as a new fully tiled bathroom with double vanity, toilet and shower plus dome. The family bathroom has also been modernized and tastefully tiled, boasting vanity, toilet shower over bath with glass side, both bathrooms have under floor heating. The spacious well-equipped kitchen is open plan to dining/living room and ideal for dinner parties.
The garden has been terraced and houses a garden shed as well as a second wee shed currently used as a craft/hobby space. There is a single garage, and all this set on a 759 sqm section, which is sheltered from the southerlies as well as being a suntrap.
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Life can be hectic. We live in a fast paced, digital age where it can be really difficult to switch off and make time for yourself or close encounters with the one you love. Introducing Tantric practices into your life can help you to be present in the moment and enjoy life with a renewed exuberance.
Tantra is the practice of being in a full relationship with life, a way of embracing life fully and living your whole life orgasmically. Tantra teaches you to become fully open. To invite Tantra into your life can mean learning how to open your senses, your awareness, your emotion and live in the present moment, which in turn leads to us gaining a deeper sense of feeling, merges our minds and bodies and allows us to gain a deep sense of who we truly are.
Introducing Tantra into your life means that with practice, your relationship with yourself and others can become more awake and alive. This process doesn't fade, it just gets stronger the more you practice and soon life becomes more positive, enjoyable and blissful on every level. I understand that when you are weighed down by the weight of work, stress and home-life problems that it can be hard to contemplate introducing anything new in your life, but I urge you to try these three simple tantra practices and see what a difference they can make to your life and relationship.
These Tantric practices will awaken you to yourself, to your partner, to love, and to the concept that life can be blissful. Indeed through Tantra you will come to learn that bliss is our natural state and how we are supposed to lead our lives.
Give these practices a try in your relationship, and watch your connection flourish.
Yes, I know you need to get the children to school, get to work and that your inbox is full of unanswered e-mails, but take a deep breath and take a few minutes out for this beautiful practice.
Each morning, before the daily rush begins, practice telling each other five things you like about the time you have spent together, either that morning or the previous evening. This is a way of reminding yourself of the thing you love about your partner and strengthens your connection and is a loving and positive way to begin the day.
When we get busy and stressed it is really easy to focus upon the pressing matters of work, bills and family commitments and sometimes we all forget to share. It's so easy to become wrapped up in our own turmoil, but it is important that you continue to share with your partner.
Make sure that you make time every week to check-in with your partner and explain what is happening in your life. What you are working on, what is important to you, what challenges you are facing and what your goals are etc. By having this connection time; it allows you to tune into your own process, share with your partner, enhance understanding and ultimately create a deeper connection with yourself and the person you love.
All relationships have ups and downs, but by addressing difficulties that arise in a timely fashion you can avoid negativity building and help reduce the risk of major relationship problems taking hold.
Set aside a time each week that is a time to come together with your partner and discuss the uncomfortable, challenging feelings and experiences that are occurring in the relationship. It's really important to set aside this time and space for you to be honest about what you're struggling with in yourself and in your relationship.
It can be difficult to talk about things that are challenging and whilst it can be an uncomfortable process it is an absolute lifesaver for a relationship because it creates a safe space to move through challenges and prevents things being bottled up and surfacing in a partner, being upset, resentful, angry or hurt.
When you do this practice emotions can run high so…
It's important to listen and accept. The most important thing is to be committed to being on the same team as your partner.
All intimate relationships encounter difficulties at some stage, but the important thing is to make time and stay connected. If you can strengthen your communication and grant your relationship time and space to work through your difficulties, you will come out the other side even stronger.
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Digital Elmendorf Tearing Test Machine - Chinaprice: 1.00 Dollar US$
ASTM D1424/D689, NEXT 17, M&S P29, BE EN ISO 13937/4674, BS 4468, DIN EN 21974, GB/T 3917.1, ISO 1974 Applications:
Digital Elmendorf Tearing Tester is used for determining the tear strength of fabrics, non-woven, paper, cardboard, film, woven materials, polymer film, etc. Product Information:
The Digital Elmendorf Tearing Tester is using Elmendorf method to determine the tear force of textile fabrics which requires to propagate a single-rip tear of defined length from a cut in a fabric when a sudden force is applied. Test range is 200-32000CN, while the impact force is corresponding to the specific pendulum. They determine ballistic tearing strength by propagating a single-rip tongue-type tear starting from a cut in a sample. The design is much user-friendly with wide range to meet different test and standards. Digital Elmendorf Tearing Tester Features:
1. Design with double pendulums with minimum resistance and maximum precision;
2. Weight reinforcement baseplate, to offer less shaking and more stability;
3. Effortless sample fixed by Flexible clamp jaws;
4. Fast and convenient sample loading by simply flipping over two levers;
5. For the higher measuring ranges two or four pendulum weights are used together on the twin pendulum, measuring ranges: 200 CN, 400 CN, 800 CN, 1600 CN, 3200 CN, 6800 CN, 13600 CN and 30000 CN, which can satisfy tear strength test of different materials such as fabric, paper, cardboard, plastic film, the units of tearing strength is selectable in MN, CN, N, G, KG, OZ, LB;
6. Touch LCD interface make the operation simple. Start and stop safety bolt hold the pendulum at the beginning and end of each test for ensure the test safe;
7. Equipped with PC online serial, which can connect to the PC, record and analyze test results, while the data could also be exported to EXCEL form, and printed as test reports automatically.
Company Contact:
- Posted By: Qinsun Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Phone: +862164200566
- Address: No. 2578 Minhang District Gu Dai Road, Shanghai, Shanghai, shanghai, China
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- Business Description: Qinsun Instruments Co., Ltd was founded in 2010, comprised of many experienced engineers and designers standing in the forefront of the industry.
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We would be grateful if clients could leave us a testimonial about the centre.
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We would be grateful if clients could leave us a testimonial about the centre.
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All at My Vet Hydro
Wow what a place. My Vet Hydro is the place I have been waiting for. I took my 13 year old Labrador, who has arthritis in most of her joints, for her first assessment yesterday, the difference from other hydrotherapy centres I have used was noticeable from the moment I walked in. Amy handled Molly with care and kindness. After just one session I can see the improvement and with the home exercises Amy gave me I think this may be the best thing I have ever done for Molly
Today we had our third session with our dog Teddy. Since starting his hydrotherapy sessions with Amy the difference in Teddy is very noticeable. Teddy asked to go on his first walk in 8 weeks this weekend. We are our boy back. Amy is so caring and kind with Teddy, who is a nervous lad. The facilities are great and Amy is so knowledgeable. Looking forward to our session next week.
The best place in Lancashire for your dog! Molly has had hydrotherapy for a number of years, but this place is different, it isn't just hydrotherapy, its a full MOT!! What with massage, heat therapy, and Amy's excellent handling of my Molly. I have never seen Molly so good. I wish they had this facility for humans, I would be first there!!!!
5*- amazing place, amazing team and amazing facilities
My dog Trio has known Amy and MyVet Hydro for quite a long time. He loves going for treatment. The level of support and advice is fantastic. Amy is extremely knowledgeable in this area of treatment and has an incredible thirst to ever broaden her knowledge further. She doesn't even object to Trio's constant kisses!
Absolutely fabulous Lulu is feeling the benefits already thanks
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I have a young Labrador who has bilateral elbow dysplasia. We have avoided surgery by having regular hydrotherapy sessions. These sessions have helped her to live her life to the full still. With the help and advice of a home program we are still able to enjoy walks and fun at home with her. She really loves her sessions and this centre is amazing. Amy has helped our little dog so much and she connects with the dogs and provides the most amazing service possible. We will continue to take our lab to her forever more. Thank you My Vet Hydro.
Leo began swimming at MyVetHydro 4 months ago and has lost 2.5KG in fat and gained muscle.
Not only does he go for weight loss, I think he would fall out with me, pack his bags and leave home if we ever stopped. It is his absolute favourite thing!
Amy treats every dog as an individual and caters for their every needs. Leo loves Amy, even away from the pool!
Amy is fantastic at her job. Sadly our old boy passed away before this centre opened, but Amy use to swim our boy at her old job. Amy went beyond the call of duty to ensure both ourselves and our dog received the best treatment possible. I highly recommend any one with an older pooch who is starting to slow down, goes to see Amy :).
Wow what a place! Am so impressed. Our dog has only had 3 sessions so far and the improvement in him is outstanding. Amy has given us lots of exercises and hints to help us at home. My own vets advised a different place for hydrotherapy, however I did my own research and found my vet hydro, I am so glad I did. The centre is much closer and Amy is excellent to her job.
thank you so much for the help in getting Holly walking away. 5 * service 🙂
Had her first appointment today- wow what a service. Amy really knows her stuff and made my little man feel very comfortable and happy. Looking forward to next session already
I highly recommend my vet hydro. When my vet first recommended hydrotherapy for my dog I did not believe it would work. I have visions of a dog just swimming around. However I was so wrong, even after the first session with Amy I could see the difference, and he did not even go in the water that time. Each sessions brings us back our old dog. He is now having weekly treadmill sessions and is back to his long walks around the countryside. I am so pleased, thank you so much Amy.
This place is outstanding. I took my dog for a 10 week course at an other hydrotherapy session and he showed little improved, disheartened I went back to my vets and they told us a new place had opened (which was also just down the road- which helps a lot). Well it was the best advice the vets could of given us- Amy is very knowledgeable and she connected with our dog straight away. Within 3 sessions we saw a massive improvement. He is now off his pain meds and back enjoying life. Thank you again Amy, looking forward to our session next month 🙂
Molly had her first session with Amy last week, I didn't know what to expect of hydrotherapy as Molly has never been ill before. I was blown away from Amy's knowledge and also her compassion towards Molly. We saw an improvement in Molly straight away. Looking forward to her next session and learning more from Amy 🙂
Amazing facility all under one roof. Calm relaxing with no distractions during the therapy. Amy's knowledge is incredible.
Having previously been to a previous dog hydro in the Ribble Valley, Myvet hydro in my opinion, and my dogs, is THE best. The dogs are much more relaxed calm and focused and go at their pace, building their confidence.
Along with hydro therapy either swimming in the large pool or on the treadmill. Included in the price of your session is magnetic therapy, physio and massages.
Amy's knowledge of home physio for the dogs is excellent.
Thank you Amy
My dog has just had 6 sessions at My Vet hydro after having her knee operated on. She has gone from not using the leg at all to being back to normal within 6 sessions. Amy was very patience with her as she is not a natural water lover and I highly recommend the place for anyone who's dog has had an operation and needs to get back walking correctly. We were even given 'homework' between sessions! Thank you so much.
Our dog has just had his first session with Amy, am very impressed. Amy was so clam with our nervous boy. Normally he does not like strangers but he took to Amy within 5 mins. I know have my homework to do this week, which is very exciting after 5 weeks of crate rest. Really hopeful for the future now. Thank you so much Amy
This place saved my dogs life. My little Labrador has gone from a depressed tired sore dogs to a happy bouncy pup within 4 sessions of hydrotherapy. Me and my husband had had a conversation about putting our dog to sleep due to the condition she was in. When the vets suggested hydrotherapy I could not see it helping, but thought i would give any more a try. All i can say is its amazing, we have our dog back. The team here are amazing and really know what they are doing. If your dog is slowing down i definitely suggest you try hydrotherapy . Thank you 🙂
Not all Hydrotherapy Centres are the same; this one is exceptional!
I cannot praise Amy highly enough; she has a very gentle way of working with my dogs, which has given them confidence in the water and has improved their health issues.


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If magic is a dominant gene, then in theory squibs should never appear in pure-blood wizard families under normal circumstances. This means that when they do, it's because of a mutation ... or a parent having an affair with a muggle (who was probably coming back from a costume party or something). Same goes for muggle-born kids who can use magic, like Harry's friend Hermione: They're the product of illicit wizard-fucking, or they're mutants. Or both. Wizard-fuck-mutants, if you will.
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This would explain her preference for other freaks of nature.
But if the gene is recessive, the game changes a lot -- it would mean that two magical parents would always have magical children, no matter what their background may be. All squibs would have to be mutants, and many generations of ordinary muggles could carry a recessive magical gene that might eventually pop up and make a muggle-born wizard-baby. This includes Harry's mom, meaning that Harry himself could have easily been a normal, boring English kid for whom the closest thing to a magical adventure was huffing glue.
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What is Cancer
Cancer is a gathering of maladies including strange cell development with the possibility to attack or spread to different parts of the body. These diverge from favorable tumors, which don't spread to different parts of the body.
Conceivable signs and side effects incorporate a protuberance, anomalous dying, delayed hack, unexplained weight reduction and an adjustment in stable discharges. While these side effects may demonstrate cancer growth, they may have other causes. Over 100 sorts of cancer influence people.
For the duration of our lives, solid cells in our bodies isolate and supplant themselves in a controlled manner. Cancer growth begins when a cell is by one way or another adjusted with the goal that it increases wild. A tumor is a mass made out of a bunch of such strange cells. Most cancer frame tumors, yet not all tumors are harmful.
Favorable, or noncancerous, tumors don't spread to different parts of the body, and don't make new tumors. Harmful, or malignant, tumors swarm out solid cells, meddle with body capacities, and draw supplements from body tissues.
cancer proceed to develop and spread by direct augmentation or through a procedure called metastasis, whereby the dangerous cells travel through the lymphatic or veins – in the end shaping new tumors in different parts of the body.
Mitragynine speciosa (ketum, kratom or kratom) is a natural herb with a very uncertain history. It is indigenous to southeast Asia and part of the coffee group. Kratom leaves have been chewed to intensify mood and support with other health obstacles for ages.
The mind-set enhancing impacts of this herb have made numerous individuals to accuse this explicit plant. Which thus has given it a terrible name? Like how cannabis misuse caused a negative popular supposition and went from a characteristic plant to an illicit medication. Beginning at right now kratom near you is lawful in many states.
It is just illicit in Indiana, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Authorization is as of now pending in a few states to make this herb unlawful. So ensure you get refreshes on your state laws before utilizing. The more noteworthy piece of this lawful publicity depends on assessment and not science.
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Like , attempting curcumin, frankincense, Celebrex, and cannabis first may be a smart thought. Those are altogether more promptly accessible and more inquired about.
In any case, if you require something substantial and your alternatives are constrained, kratom may help. No investigations are available to describe kratom cancer pain treatment is compelling. We know kratom chips away at agony since it carries on as a u-narcotic receptor agonist.
Like morphine. Be that as it may, it has far fewer reactions than morphine. It works so relatively that thai locals utilized kratom as an opium elective. Some even recommend that ceaseless narcotic clients have taken kratom to oversee pull back indications.
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Only for the first facts that kratom can calm pain rumbles out its something that can improve the state of mind to improve things. When your torment is under control a lift in your disposition will be perceptible.
Be that as it may, kratom accomplishes something other than that. Numerous individuals misuse this herb for that remarkably same reason. It makes them feel better. At specific dosages, it produces soothing and euphoric impacts.
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Accidents happen no matter how carefully a building is planned. Designs in practice don't work, mechanical systems fail, or materials do not hold up as predicted. When this happens, unfortunately, there can be heavy financial implications to sort out responsibility for repairs. Performing a forensic study by senior engineers can help determine the cause of the failure. Further, understanding why a material or system did not work can help create an improved design in the future.
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Gausman & Moore is providing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design engineering services for this new senior living facility. The $26.34 million project is a new ground-up, two-story licensed, limited care facility that includes a single-story memory care portion and two-story assisted living portion. Once complete, the facility will be 101,960 square feet.
Commissioning and recommissioning services are intended to make sure very complex operating systems are running as they should. The commissioning process helps both owners and operating managers know that the systems in their buildings are running smoothly, correctly, and as intended.
Modern technology has allowed designers and engineers to improve their building techniques by leaps and bounds. 3D scanning technology is a fast and efficient way to get real time, accurate pictures of existing buildings. By using several points of light, 3D scanners are able to piece together what is called a point cloud, or a digital blueprint of the area scanned.
Mechanical engineers can wear many hats and can have their talent and skills directed to several aspects of a building project. Looking at the bigger picture, there are many areas in sustainable design where mechanical engineers play a larger role. Below, let's take a look at three key areas where mechanical engineers are pivotal to creating a sustainable building design.
With engineers, scientists, and designers taking a closer look at sustainable building ideals, new design concepts are regularly emerging. One of these newer concepts is known as Designing for Manufacturability (DFM). With this process, companies and clients alike are quickly seeing the benefits of constructing a building through DFM principles. Not only are companies able to monetarily benefit, but through this design concept, companies are able to further their sustainability initiatives. To see how DFM relates to engineering and construction we need to take a deeper dive.
After 10 years of planning the hockey players, coaches, parents and visitors in the Proctor area are now being treated to a new arena, having spent nearly 45 years in a facility that had outlived its usefulness. Gausman & Moore provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fi re protection design and construction phase services for the new St. Luke's Sports & Event Center, which opened in 2018. The arena features a new NHL-size sheet of ice.
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When Land O' Lakes opened a new 155,000 square-foot, four-story headquarters facility the company wanted to make sure the facility was operating at peak efficiency for staff. Gausman & Moore provided commissioning services to verify that the building's systems were complete and functioning properly.
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When First Lutheran Church in Bemidji, MN underwent a remodeling and addition project they encountered a problem. One of the beautiful stained glass windows in the church was no longer receiving natural daylight because it was facing the new addition. With other stained glass windows still exposed to daylight, this was a noticeable issue.
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The Lake Superior Design Retreat, hosted by AIA Minnesota, has successfully attracted architects and others interested in design to Duluth, MN in the middle of winter. This year the retreat is celebrating its 30th year and will take place at Fitger's Inn. For most of those years Gausman & Moore has been a proud sponsor and conference attendee.
As engineers, we're constantly absorbing information to better ourselves, our places of work, and our industry as a whole. However, many professionals who are constantly being bombarded with information can oftentimes feel overwhelmed. With the various information sources out there, such as websites, industry publications, newsletters, etc., how well do you utilize that information and apply it to your everyday life, especially if there is just too much information to take in? The following tips may be helpful for you with avoiding information overload:
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Creatures rely upon the vision of Mankind for the physical form to manifest into. This can become their most common guise.
This occurs when restoration is promoted through invocation in similar places (Elemental Habitats), and familiar faces.
The Creatures will define themselves through our shared imaginations: as Fairies, Elves, Ogres and Spirit Animals.
The Mystic quality of a Creature gains form by; shifting the Charge of particles, altering the composition of Gas, or distorting the Flow of either; radiating as anthropomorphic figures.
Only the most perceptive members of Mankind will see or feel a Creature's presence.


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In good news I went to the ABC's Comedy Bites night last night and had a fabulous night full of laughs and good company. The weather was balmy as we sat outside eating dinner, a perfect Melbourne night. We saw some awesome comedians and decided on going to see some of their shows. There were a couple of questionable ones but 95% of them were really good. I adore the Comedy Festival, especially as it's around my birthday so it's a good excuse to go out and enjoy yourself.
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You're not suited to be living alone. Find someone to share with you.And get another dog. I've got two. It's an inconvenience when they shit everywhere but they're marvellous fun, good for the ticker.
Oh Fen, I am very sad to hear you're going through so many health issues atm. Don't feel you're being a hassle with the ambo's…it's their job. They get paid to do it. And as you said, you've got cover.Wishing good results for you when you get the tests. xox
(((hugs)))Hope the next tests come back NAD and everything is sorted for you xxx
LOL R.H. no thanks, I'm perfectly good living on my own with my one cat. Ute fanks, my health is rather annoying.Thanks Jayne.
So clearly you are not dead yet. I am pleased. Id o feel sorry for people who have trouble with their livers and they don't drink.
I'm a bit behind on posts; I'm so sorry your body's misbehaving again. At least your heart's fine and they've narrowed the problem down, but christ I wish you'd have some perfect health time *hugs*.
No not dead yet Andrew, thankfully!Cranks yeh I'd like some good health myself, it's getting a bit tedious now. In fact just got of the phone from my Dad, who was telling me his brother just had a heart attack. So maybe I was having sympathy pains!


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Adopting a new puppy is such a special occasion. Every member of your family is excited for the big day when you can bring your new furry friend home, right? Maybe not! Have you thought about how to introduce your puppy to an existing dog in your home?
What if your existing dog isn't ready for a new canine companion? Maybe he likes it just the way it is. You need to be sure that your existing dog will want the company of another dog, especially a puppy.
Oftentimes this is nothing to worry about. Most dogs enjoy spending time with other canines and learning how to introduce your puppy to an existing dog won't be a problem. However, not every dog wants a new friend.
If your existing dog is a senior, he may not be able to handle having a puppy around full time. Perhaps it is better that you adopt another adult dog or wait until your current dog is gone before thinking about bringing another home.
Think about all the activity and chaos that comes with having a puppy in your home. Is that really something that your existing dog is going to want to deal with? When learning how to introduce your puppy to an existing dog, the first step is deciding whether or not this decision is the best choice for every member of your family (even the four-legged members).
Before you bring your new puppy home, you may want to consider having a scent article.
As I explain in my video guide, this is what we did before bringing home our first puppy. A scent article is any cloth item of your choosing, as long as it smells like one of the pets for whom you're arranging the meeting.
A scent article allows both dogs to be able to get used to each other's scent before they actually meet in person.
We used a small blanket, and let our existing dog sleep with it for about a week. Her scent was all over the blanket, and then we gave it to the breeder of our new puppy. She allowed the puppy time lay with the scent article. They kept it for about a week and we brought it back home to give to our existing dog.
How To Introduce Your Puppy To An Existing Dog: A Step-By-Step Video Guide
1. Let them communicate
If you've decided that it's the right time to bring a puppy into your family, CONGRATULATIONS! Your new addition will certainly add a dose of fun and excitement (and craziness) to your home.
There are a few things that you should know going forward, though. First of all, you're going to need to expect some 'communication' from both of your dogs. Puppies tend to be very vocal with a lot of yips and yelps, but they don't know how to speak the same 'language' as your adult dog.
Don't worry, your existing dog will give the puppy a few pointers. Expect growling and even some minor snapping. It's okay. This is how the adult is teaching the pup to speak like a big dog.
He's teaching him when enough is enough and how to read the silent cues that dogs give each other. Unfortunately, puppies don't always take those silent cues without a little persuading.
RECOMMENDED READ: How To Puppy Proof Your Home – Important Tips On What You Need To Do
2. Be prepared
You'll also need to make a 'safe space' for each dog. This should be a dog bed, crate or other area where that dog can go to get away and have some alone time. Everyone needs time to themselves once in a while, even our canine family members.
When learning how to introduce your puppy to an existing dog, you need to be prepared to supervise the canine companions at all times. For at least the first few days, your pets will need constant supervision, just in case.
If you need to leave your dogs alone before you are 100% sure that there will not be any issues, your puppy should be secured in a crate.This will prevent any accidental problems while you're away.
RECOMMENDED READ: How To Crate Train A Dog – Step-By-Step Instructions
Above all, when learning how to introduce your puppy to an existing dog, remember to avoid punishment. If you're always supervising your pets, you'll quickly notice the signs that your adult dog is getting frustrated with the puppy and you'll be able to intervene before there is a problem.
Do not punish your adult dog if he barks or growls at the puppy. Don't get angry when he gets frustrated with the pups antics. Instead, reward the positive behavior. Praise him when he's being tolerant of the puppy and reward him for playing gently with his new friend.
3. How to introduce your puppy to an existing dog
It's beneficial to have a friend or family member assist you with the initial meeting. You'll need a helper to bring your existing dog outside and entertain him while you bring the puppy inside.
Give the puppy plenty of time to wander around the house and investigate his new environment. It may take 30-45 minutes, which is why it's best to have another person outside entertaining your existing dog.
When the puppy has had ample time to sniff and investigate his new home, switch the dogs. Bring the puppy outside (make sure the adult dog doesn't see you) and bring your existing dog back inside.
Allow the adult dog time to sniff around where the puppy was. This will get your adult dog used to smelling the puppy in his home. When the puppy comes in, it won't be as big of a surprise if the adult dog has already had the chance to smell his scent in the house.
Once the initial sniff party is over, both dogs should be introduced to each other outside. This will reduce the chances that your existing dog will get territorial and aggressive.
Even if you trust your existing dog completely, keeping both pets on a leash during the first meeting is the safest option. Your adult dog won't be able to hurt the puppy, and you'll be able to control the puppy so he can't overwhelm the existing dog too quickly.
Once you feel that your existing dog is completely comfortable with the puppy, you can let the puppy off leash first and allow him to explore while the older dog watches. After a few minutes, unleash the adult dog.
Allow the dogs to wander around outside with each other for a while before you let them in the house together. Dogs feel more comfortable in an open environment. If their trying to get used to each other inside, your existing dog may feel contained and become frightened or aggressive.


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Bencubbin Drive-In
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The Bencubbin Drive-In opened June 11, 1965. It closed in 1980.
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The Bencubbin Drive-in theatre was located in the southern end of Monger Street,Bencubbin. The Drive-in opened on June 11,1965 with the film Bachelor of hearts,supported by selected shorts and a cartoon(not named.). The Drive-in closed about(1980?),partly dismantled in 1980,and then demolished(completely? )–(80's-90's?),site now occupied by the Shire(Mount Marshall) Caravan Park. Information from the local area paper News Express and (website) ammpt.asn.au/cinemaweb/site/index.php
The Bencubbin Drive-in was built for £3000 Australian Pounds on 3 and a half acres, and opened by the Hon G. M. Cornell M.L.A. prior to a free film screening!
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Eric Rodli has been named executive director of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Rodli, an ASC associate member since 2001, has served six years as co-chair of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council's Cinema Display Committee. He co-authored the committee's 2016 white paper "Cinema Display Evaluation Plan and Test Protocol," which explores the key image quality parameters of dynamic range, color space and overall luminance, as well as suggesting testing parameters.
He has also been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Task Force on Content Preservation, and has participated in numerous industry panels ranging on topics from digital media distribution to projection.
Rodli served as president at Iwerks Entertainment, Bexel and Kodak's motion picture film division, and most recently as CFO of BeBop Technologies. He has worked on many creative and technical initiatives across multiple industry sectors, dating back to pioneering the use of the first generation of HD cameras, as well as 3D projection, digital streaming technology and laser projection systems. His strategic and hands-on experience in the imaging chain has fueled his belief that technology should serve the artist.
Focused on education, the ASC hosts many programs, including the ASC Master Classes, Student Heritage Awards, Coffee and Conversation Q&As with cinematographers and panel discussions by the Education and Outreach Committee. The efforts of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council (MITC) since 2003 have shaped the standards and practices of cinematography for digital workflows, with the group and its committees working closely with the Academy's Sci-Tech Council and SMPTE. The ASC Vision Committee also holds events to foster diversity and equality on camera crews.


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Good morning, Sweetheart
I have been thinking about writing this post for a while, but today I decided to stop thinking about it and actually write it. This post might take some time to write, but I feel that in the end it will have been worth the time, and energy as well. It doesn't take long for me to write these posts, usually just a few hours.
Angels and demons, they seem to go hand in hand with each other. Both come from religious ideologies, but they are mostly synonymous with Christianity. Angels are depicted like this ;
and demons are depicted like this ;
One of my concerns was, is, that some people may think that I have a demon inside of me, to be quite honest, Kiddo, I did consider the possibility of that a few times in the beginning, when I was someone else. But it didn't make any sense, for I know that my mother was not a demon, or is a demon. First of all, demons only apply to the religious, ever notice how only religious people become "possessed"? Why is that?
"Demonic possession" is nothing more than "religion sickness". It tends to occur in children and the weak minded. When someone is believed to be "possessed", that someone's mind is fighting it's conscience. The conscience knows better, to put it simply, but the mind doesn't know better, and so a conflict breaks out.
There are no such things as demons.
Up until a few hundred years ago, there was a medical procedure known as "trepanation". Trepanation is the practice of boring a hole into someone's skull to release a "demon", and this was performed without any anesthesia. Ouch.
People weren't very smart back in the day, to them, when they saw somebody suffering from religion sickness they believed that the person in question had a demon inside of their head, and what better way to get the demon out than to cut a hole in their head?
Why does that woman have a book on top of her head? There is a table right in front of her that could hold the book instead. As I had said, Kiddo, people were not very smart back then. Unfortunately, however, ignorance breeds ignorance . . .
Enough of that silliness, let's move on to angels.
By definition, an angel is "a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe."
Sounds about right. Do these angels exist? No. For a person to have wings, natural wings, that can enable them to fly, they would have a wingspan of roughly 60 feet. Their chest would be the size of a refrigerator, just to accommodate the amount of pectoral muscle needed to "flap" their wings.
There are no such things as angels.
However, we still have ignorance . . .
Here is a better one, so to speak . . .
I briefly read a scientific survey that told "1 out of 4 Americans believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth."
That is scary. We have people believing in actual angels, demons, "flat-Earth", and that the Sun revolves around the Earth. This is the 21st century, and this is what we have to deal with; ignorance.
I thought those two quotes were rather interesting.
Well Kiddo, it is getting late here and I need some rest. I have been having the most phenomenal dreams lately, very detailed and very symbolic, I can only imagine what I will dream of next.
The Fourth of July is next weekend, any plans?
We are going to stay home, but if you decide to go out be careful, it is an "amateur night weekend", and we don't want anything bad to happen to our little angel.
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Enjoy your day, Kiddo, and be safe.
Love, Daddio
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This season, Paris Fashion Week resounded with a unified cry of: More! The 1% of reigning designers showing in Paris are determined to swath us in super-sized garments. Whether the enormous surplus of fabric at Paris will only trickle down, throughout the world's copy-catwalks and fast-fashion outlets, to a slightly baggy silhouette will be seen but designers' message was definitely heard.
This statement initially appears like a flaunting of excess but the historical and psychological heritage to these voluminous forms reflects today's mood of financial insecurity and deprivation. Although the hyper-feminine line associated with Dior's historic "New Look" was absent on catwalks (probably a burn-out from recent season's Mad Men mania), the Papa-sized coats, Mama-sized dresses and other protective garments can be read as a recession-era wish for Dior's historic flouting of material rationing after WWII. We wait to learn whether this style will inflate moods or make wearers look like they grabbed the warmest charity-shop find…
Whatever the long-term effects of this trend, the best of the biggest statements were made by designers collaborating or gathering inspiration from large-scale sculpture. Here are the five leading shows were designers wrapped themselves in significant artistic credentials.
Stella McCartney: Keith Sonnier
Stella McCartney told Style.com's Nicole Phelps that her SS13 collection was "a conversation between a man and a woman, between boldness and fragility." It was also an arresting visual play between light and color evoking Keith Sonnier's abstract neon sculptures. Like Sonnier, McCartney found equilibrium between dense white or sheer panels and flashes of exhilarating electric color. Her repeated combination of Harvest Moon and white was a particularly potent reminder of the warm, refreshing, experience of encountering Sonnier's minimalist light installations. In both instances, strong color and form combine into a palpable life force, beyond gender or conceptual juxtapositions.
Balenciaga: Henry Moore
Nicolas Ghesquière, the dashing young designer revitalizing Balenciaga's historic brand, turned abstract curves, cubes and inviting openings into erotic masterpieces during his SS13 collection. Big monochromatic flounces in exaggerated flamingo skirts were paired with large, stiff, square bodices. These shapes highlighted the curves of models' sinewy bodies with the same sensuality as Henry Moore's bronze female nudes. The tension between firm and rounded geometry was more arousing than the flashes of bare skin exposed by floating and bouncing. Although herringbone and busy prints were an unnecessary distraction after the stark power of Ghesquière's black and white garments, the concavities, swells and beautiful bends of his voluptuous monochromatic outfits were sensual masterpieces.
Louis Vuitton: Daniel Buren
Marc Jacobs's collaboration with Daniel Buren for his Louis Vuitton SS13 collection extended beyond the beloved French installation artist's interior of the prestigious Palais Royal. Jacobs used Buren's cheerfully colored signature checks and columns as the base for his invigorating six-minute show. The bold, geometric garments immediately evoke MOD references when considered outside Buren's insular context. Yet, when viewed inside Buren's "Les Deux Plateaux" installation piece, Jacobs's crisp clothes were dazzlingly surreal. The models melded into their surroundings as they descended from four escalators onto the yellow and white checked catwalk. Jacobs's three distinct lengths then beautifully complimented the different column heights of Burden's cleanly formed columns. Pairs of meticulously styled models wore mini, midi or maxi versions of checked yellow, peach, ivy, smoke or black skirts, jackets and dresses. Silhouettes of floating flowers were deviations from Buren's visual vocabulary but they matched the joyful thrill of Paris's most overt artistic influence.
John Galliano: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
John Galliano's new designer, Bill Gaytten, wrapped his models in candy-colored masses of material, as if they were sweets or the structures that Christo and Jeanne-Claude cover in fabric. The proportions were controversial with critics, such as Style.com's Alex Veblen who lamented "Woe to the bulk for bulk's sake: trousers with bubble trouble and shorts like mansard roofs." And, although disproportionate excesses of material define SS13, Gaytten arguably lost too many models in his billowing bundles. However, the former architecture student successfully captured the playful spirit of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's sculptural interventions. And his joyful colors made his house-sized dresses appear welcoming and inhabitable.
Chanel: Claes Oldenburg
Perhaps Karl Langerfeld was paying penance for his lambasted swipe at the singer Adele for being a "little too fat" but, this season, Chanel models swam in bloated suits, dresses and skirts. Langerfeld stuck models on the catwalk in dowdy tweeds or monochrome clothes that appeared to have been made for much larger women.
The effect was playful and surreal, although neither model nor garment truly benefited from the mismatch. Therefore, a white tulip-shaped skirt and boxy jacket pocked with gobstopper sized peal beads, enveloped a pixie-cropped girl. Her doppelganger wore a cylindrical sheath hanging from her chest like an massive, beaded, bath-towel. The aptly named supermodel, Joan Smalls, held her arms far from her waist as she maneuvered in a white zipped cardigan with bulging stiff sleeves. Stella Tennant, a grande dame of modeling, and a few of her potential successors wore bolero jackets with shoulders to suit a football team.
These outfits were distinctive and potentially interesting statements about the relationships between bodies, size, class and standards in fashion since the basic forms Lagerfeld chose to expand upon are office-wear stables. The designer, who famously shed his corpulence without gaining much empathy for average peoples' body issues, presented a couture collection filled with bureaucratic basics worn by models embodying Coco Chanel's maxim "you can never be too rich or too thin." Seated viewers probably imagined models' delight at dropping the excess weight backstage.
However, the entire concept ballooned into a fantastic fantasy when Lagerfeld began channeling Claes Oldenburg's iconic ironic oversized sculptures of everyday items. The gigantic accessories that Lagerfeld hung on models towards the end of his show recall the whimsy, insight and thrill of Oldenburg's super-sized spoon balancing a cherry, lipstick on tank tracks and rubber-stamp. Instead of just borrowing blouses from big girls, Chanel's models wore bags from Brobdingnag. Skittering down the catwalk, like The Borrowers with a treasure, models hauled hats made with vast plastic rims and bags the size of airplane propellers. One girl wore a fitted swimsuit, with the classic interlocked Chanel "C" across her slim torso, and a giant version of the archetypical quilted Chanel bag help by a hoop. Rather than subtly ridicule larger women by presenting their clothes as grotesquely oversized, this statement about excessive expectations and expanding appetites is puckish and appreciated.


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Chrissy Potts of Unity National Bank works on a painting project at the John Johnston Farm & Indian Agency on Friday as part of the bank's annual Unity in the Community volunteer efforts. Unity was joined this year by the Piqua Board of Education. Employees of both businesses teamed up to work on upkeep and maintenance projects at a variety of places over the past two weeks.
Dwayne Cooper, Jeremie Hittle, Chrissy Potts, and Dwayne Thompson take time out for a photo during a Unity in the Community painting project at the John Johnston Farm & Indian Agency on Friday. Cooper and Potts work for Unity National Bank while Hittle and Thompson are from Piqua City Schools. The two oranizations joined forces this year to pitch in with two weeks of community-based projects.


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From relationships to connection capital: give relevant & valuable advice
According to Brother Michael, connection capital is anything that can help you expand your network of connections. Seth Godin refers to connection capital as your 'tribe'.
How to get the snowball rolling when you don't even have a pebble of snow?
How to use our network to grow our network when we don't have a network yet?
Eben Pagan believes that most people spend most of their time worrying about these three areas of life: money, relationship, and health.
Brother Michael concludes that very few people have all there of these areas as they like.
Even the more successful (as deemed by society) than us do struggle with at least one area about which we know more than they do.
Nobody can know everything.
The more successful people are also humans, and humans have problems.
If we can give relevant & valuable advice,
we can be a 'trusted adviser' to people whom we want to connect with.
Being a trusted adviser to the successful people is one of the most powerful ways to become successful yourself.
When you give, do not focus your attention on the hope to get something in return.
Give with absolutely zero expectation of getting anything in return.
Do not expect gratitude.
Simply be grateful for the opportunity to help someone.
We do not give advice immediately,
it is no difference from uninvited lecturing / preaching.
Instead, find creative ways to serve people.
We can start by asking these questions:
1. What' most exciting / interesting for you right now in your life / business?
2. What's challenging for you in your life / business right now?
In a social event (e.g. cocktail party, dinner party), ask about their life.
In a business event (e.g. conference, networking event. talk, symposium), ask about their business.
Tips: Be extremely tactful in bringing up some topics (e.g. weight) up.
Below are areas where we can often give valuable advice to (and therefore greatly serve) people who are more powerful and successful (according to societal standard) than we are:
# food, weight, & nutrition
# health & exercises
# purpose & meaning
# hobbies & causes e.g. photography, education, meditation, philosophy, massage, travel (Yes, I have been to numerous places worldwide!)
# relationships. Brother Michael have met many notable businessman and businesswomen who are so control freaks that they are worried of the vulnerability involved in opening their heart. That's why it's called 'falling' in love for a reason, grinned.
# marketing & sales
# domain expertise
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# The Education of Millionaires by Michael Ellsberg.
With the inflated cost of formal education, I must develop real-world skills highlighted in this informal book for myself and my own children.
The Credo of a Business Knight
"I believe that global business has the money & the power to make a significant difference in today's troubled world, & that by making that difference it can help itself as well as others.
I envision business raising its sights above the bottom line.
I envisage business becoming a vocation, like the higher professions.
To make this possible I believe that business must add a moral dimension, becoming more service- & value-oriented & largely elimination the assumed natural distinction between private enterprise & public institutions.
I envisage business taking responsibility for the world in which it operates & from which it creates its wealth.
And I envisage myself becoming one of those business leaders who are "servant leaders" — leaders who serve not just stockholders, colleagues, employees, products, & customers, but leaders who also serve the community, the planet, humanity, the future, & life itself."
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I do not want to be UA customer again
In early 2011
Woke up 6.30 am to go to UA office at the airport.
The staff told me that I should go to UA ticketing office in the city center, but the UA US call centre (where I booked my flight) told me to go to airport.
Fortunately, the airport staff was willing to help me, in spite of the 80 minutes wait.
There was no seating area, so I was standing and surviving by reading the guide book of destination.
However, I am grateful to God that we managed to get our tickets (though Darling took other better airlines using his mileage). God, thank you for letting us to see the world together. I will be more hardworking (in learning and earning $) and grateful so that we deserve visits to the dream destinations (since 2006).
Summer 2011
I look forward to my Europe trip and Thailand trip.


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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Break Ride: Beginning Of A New Wave
At first look, the newly revealed break rides has very powerful abilities. These newly revealed units seems to add a great amount of power to the whole field to the point that it's as powerful as Platina's ultimate break. Even so, I would still say that these cards are not overpowered in any way.
After being in this game for over one year, this is something I face every time something new is brought to the table. I would feel that the new cards seems to be way too strong without looking at the card as a whole. Now after two years of experience with the game, all I see from these cards are only big numbers.
I would agree that numbers plays a very important role in this game and losing out in numbers against your opponent would mean that you have lost the game. However, in this game, there are multiple value of numbers. Field power, hand cards, damage received and at times the soul and even the drop zone. Dominance in just one area of the playing board will not win you the game.
These units are made to look very powerful to attract players to buy them. What people don't see is how the card will play out in an actual game, what they see is the ideal situation for the card which makes the cards ridiculous. I am not saying that the situations are not possible, but it's not as easy to build even a near perfect setup.
These cards are given fair restriction for what they can do. First of all, you need to ride that unit as your first grade 3 to fully utilize it. After that, you need to wait for 4 damage and also another grade 3 on your hand to ride. Even if you manage to pull these off, you would still need to have a decent field to be able to do anything good. All this would contribute to having a lower hand and restriction of not calling a grade 3 for the break ride. After all these, there are also more extra conditions that would make the perfect situation for the cards.
Relying on getting that 4 damage, players who use this card might have to sacrifice being hit by cards with abilities to give the opponent advantage. Pressure units would force more guards out of these units and there will be a time when the pressure unit attack hits and that would very much be the end of them. These units are also weak against early rushing because they need to be more careful when they are forced to 4 or 5 damage early game. Because they need to make a setup, it takes time to gather the correct resources. It doesn't help that they are in the brink of danger early game and are forced to play more shields to avoid that trigger.
The ride break so far are also made to be well suited for the clan. Eradicator is said to be the worst out of them but it is very much suited for the newly revealed cards. The tendency for Narukami to gain criticals have increased and so not having an incredibly large powered field would balance out. The retiring also cuts down the opposing intercepts to increase the probability for the critical hit.
Gold Paladin's Gance can be said to be an improvement of Soul Saver but not really. Gold Paladins have the ability to call cards for advantage sure, but the call is not as consistent as Royal Paladins. Being stuck with a field of triggers really kills for Gold Paladins so the extra power is really not much of a big deal. If they really are lucky enough to superior call the perfect field, maintaining it would be another thing.
Spike Brothers really is the unit with the biggest power boost. This however fits the clan for it's rush to win tactics. The power increase is tremendous and with Dudley Emperor, it is possible to have 5 super charged attacks. This however comes at a large cost and would eat your whole hand. The only thing you gain is large number fields but if you don't finish the game that turn, you are basically toast.
To sum it up, I don't think these units are that much of a big deal. The most important thing is that you know how to adapt and deal with these cards. Each clan has their way of crippling their field, forcing their hand or gain more advantage. Those will soften the impact when the ride break happens and you will be prepared for it.
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break rides are actually kind of good, not amazing obviously. You generally would put them in your deck as the filler grade 3. an example being a garmore deck playing 4 garmore, its main grade 3, plus 3 gancelot, the idea being if you don't draw your main grade 3, you ride the break ride unit, then break ride the main unit. Just something I wanted to point outReplyDeleteReplies
That is if you see Ride Break as an alternative strategy. As a main strategy, they can ride the same unit and still get the ability, this means that it's possible to pull off the ride break each turn which can lead to a great amount of advantage. The only problem with that strategy is that you will need another grade 3 in your hand, and also maintain a decent field to be able to keep up with the opponent.Delete


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In trying to kill conflicts that may arise when brokers put their clients' retirement money into commission-based accounts, critics say the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule encourages behavior that Finra, the securities industry watchdog, has long sought to discourage.
But defenders of the DOL rule, and the DOL itself, have no time for this assertion. They say the provision comes with a client-first workaround that leaves room for commission accounts where they make sense.
Still, it's tempting to see parallels between one aspect of the DOL's new marching orders for retirement accounts and abuses Finra flagged years ago.
In 2005 the industry's self-regulator fined Morgan Stanley $1.5 million and ordered it to pay $4.6 million in restitution to more than 3,500 clients for inadequately supervising its fee-based brokerage business.
Two years later Finra fined Wachovia Securities, now part of Wells Fargo, $2 million for a similar violation.
Between 2005 and 2009 Finra also fined Baird, SunTrust, Raymond James and AXA for poor oversight of their clients' fee accounts.
At issue in each case was the migration of commission-account holdings, where investors pay for transactions, to fee-based structures, where they pay for advice on the holdings, typically assessed yearly as a percentage of the assets in question.
Brokerages got in trouble with Finra when they moved clients' buy-and-hold securities from commission- to fee-based accounts, where this turned out to be the less generally "suitable" course of action.
More specifically, Finra intervened when clients got charged on a yearly basis for holdings on which they would otherwise have paid nothing past initial trade costs.
"Firms that administer fee accounts should make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer's financial status, investment objectives, trading history, size of portfolio, nature of securities held, and account diversification," Finra wrote its members in 2003. "With that and any other relevant information in hand, firms should then consider whether the type of account is appropriate in light of the services provided, the projected cost to the customer, alternative fees structures that are available, and the customer's fee-structure preferences."
Now critics like Chris Iacovella, CEO of the Equity Dealers Association, view DOL intervention on account structures as an implicit requirement to look first to fee-based accounts.
In this way it harkens back to the "anti-churning" practices Finra worked to eliminate a decade ago.
"Where an investor has a buy-and-hold retirement account, and he's paid the commission, that's a good deal for him because he pays nothing more," says Iacovella. "But the DOL is saying he's now got to pay a 100 basis point fee every year."
The DOL tells FA-IQ it doesn't in fact favor fee over commission accounts. And the fee-account shenanigans Finra censured in the past are prohibited to retirement accounts under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the federal tax code anyway, it adds.
But Iacovella, whose Washington, D.C.-based EDA lobbies Congress on behalf of brokerages, says the DOL's account-type workaround — the Best Interest Contract Exemption — is too cumbersome for the real world.
"It calls into play different standards – sometimes for the same customers – which has compliance implications," he says. "Ultimately advisors will have to decide if they want to do business with people who require that kind of work and extra effort — and that goes to the accessibility of advice."
For James Gambaccini of Acorn Financial Services in Reston, Va., the DOL's rules around account types for retirement holdings are objectionable less for philosophical than practical reasons.
Gambaccini — whose clients have both fee and commission accounts, and for whom retirement money accounts for about $50 million of the $750 million he manages — says any barrier to choice is bad for clients.
"The fact is most of our retirement accounts are fee-based, but every family is different and you need flexibility to work in their best interests," says Gambaccini. "Nobody is worse off from having more choice."
Finra declined to comment on any aspect of the DOL's new fiduciary rule.


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Cat Gets Stuck Behind A Subway Wall For Five Whole Years (6 pics)
A lot can happen in five years but a lot can stay the same as well. This cat spend 5 years behind a subway wall in Cairo, Egypt until finally being rescued recently. Being stuck anywhere for five years has got to be pretty boring so we're sure this cat is happy to have a change of scenery.
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End of the Year Budgeting Tips
With the end of the year quickly approaching, it is time to put the finishing touches to the year's budget and start preparing for the new budget. Your yearly budget is one of the most important considerations of the year. As such, to help your HOA succeed as you enter 2018, we have put together a list of budgeting tips that will propel you into the new year.
Review the Past Three or Four Years
When creating the budget for the new year, it is generally recommended that you look at the past three or four years of budgets. This is a valuable tool that helps you to glean information about where money has typically been spent in your association. This serves the purpose of showing you what items you should be putting in the new budget as well as giving you perspective on which areas deserve a little less funding and a little more caution.
Rethink Your Vendors
Although there is much to be said for customer loyalty and building relationships with your vendors, the end of the year is a good time to review all of your vendors to be sure that you are getting the best services for the lowest price. A little shopping around, even if it is just window shopping, can ensure that your association is getting the quality of service that it deserves without overstretching the budget.
Calculate The New Year's Homeowner's Fees
As you prepare to proceed with the new year's budget, you will need to calculate the new homeowner's fee. In most cases, the fee should rise each year, but not so much that homeowners balk at the high number. The goal is to keep abreast of all of your expenses so as to keep the HOA healthy, but without alarming or angering residents.
Communicate With Current Vendors and Insurance
Communication with your vendors is a valuable end-of-year tool that should never be ignored. It is important to contact each company that you routinely do business with to make sure the numbers that you have estimated for each category are accurate. In so doing you can avoid being unpleasantly surprised when a price changes in the new year. Instead of waiting for your insurance company or vendors to reach out to you, be proactive and call them.
Review the Reserve Fund
Now is a good time to review the reserve fund in order to check that it is being property maintained, and to ensure that incoming funds match outgoing expenses for each year. Doing so will help you to avoid special assessments, and will help you as you decide which projects to pursue for the next year.
December is an important time to review your finances and prepare for the upcoming year. Do not let the month pass you by without working hard to ensure a healthy budget for 2018.