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American Men Seek Better Health by Finding the Best Healthcare - "America's Top Doctors for Men"
Traditionally women have been the informed decision makers when it comes to their family's healthcare, but now the reins are in the men's hands with the feature "America's Top Doctors for Men" in the April issue of Men's Health magazine.
Men's Health has collaborated with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a leading healthcare research and publishing company, to profile 160 of the top doctors for men. The profiles are divided by region and specialty to make it easy to find the right doctor. The eight specialties listed are cardiologists/internists, dermatologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, sports-medicine specialists and urologists.
The "America's Top Doctors for Men" feature can also be found on the Men's Health website at www.menshealth.com. For an exclusive three-month period Men's Health online viewers will be able to access the entire Castle Connolly database of top doctors in Americas for free. The database is simply accessed by entering the Men's Health "America's Top Doctors for Men" featured article and clicking on the Castle Connolly link. Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.'s website profiles more than 20,000 top doctors throughout the country in 80+ medical specialties and subspecialties.
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is America's trusted source for identifying top doctors. The mission of Castle Connolly is to help consumers find the best healthcare. Castle Connolly publishes the acclaimed America's Top Doctors®, America's Top Doctors® for Cancer and Top Doctors: New York Metro Area. The physicians listed in the guides and website www.castleconnolly.com are nominated by their peers in an extensive survey process of thousands of physicians each year. These nominations are screened by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team. The physicians among the very best in their specialties and in their communities are selected for inclusion. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be included in any Castle Connolly guide or lists.
Men's Health is published monthly by Rodale Inc. and is the authoritative source for trusted content in health, fitness and wellness around the world, reaching nearly 40 million people each month. The company publishes some of the best-known health and wellness lifestyle magazines, including Men's Health, Prevention, Women's Health, Runner's World, Best Life, Bicycling, Backpacker, Mountain Bike and Organic Gardening, and is also the largest independent book publisher in America with a collection of international titles, including The South Beach Diet and The Abs Diet franchises. Men's Health magazine is the fastest growing men's magazine in America, and Men's Health is the largest men's brand in the world, with 31 international editions in 39 countries. The American edition of the magazine is read monthly by nearly 11 million men and women, and the online site is in the top 20 health content sites on the Internet.
For further information contact: Terese Cecilia, Marketing & Communications coordinator, Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 212.367.8400, ext. 35 or via email email@example.com
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A former regional program director for the Nature Conservancy, Lisa is now UC Berkeley's first director of sustainability. In this role, she supports and coordinates various university groups and programs aimed at environmental awareness and stewardship. In addition, she will initiate and manage an Office of Sustainability which will enhance a campus-wide culture of sustainability while lessening the environmental impact of daily operations.
A graduate in mathematics from Davidson, Lisa earned a Master's in Public Policy from Princeton in 1994. Later, she served as special assistant to the White House Climate Change Task Force and then acted as sustainability manager for a major vendor at Grand Canyon National Park
How did you, a math major, end up at Princeton? What made you choose Princeton over other grad schools?
After graduating from Davidson, I began working on international development issues in Africa. This led to graduate studies, and Princeton offered me a full scholarship to study at the Woodrow Wilson School. My entry into environmentalism and the public sector occurred during a summer internship at the White House Office of Environmental Policy. Although the internship was unpaid, the Wilson School provided a stipend, part of the financial assistance which allowed its students to gain such valuable opportunities.
When and how did your passion for the environment develop into a career path?
As a result of that internship, I furthered my experience on climate change policy at the White House Climate Change Task Force and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. However, I then joined the private sector to manage sustainable practices for a concessioner which operated a lodging facility at the Grand Canyon; basically, it was a kind of "creative monopoly" whereby the company returned some of its profits to the National Park Service in return for the rights to provide visitor services. Eventually, I joined the Nature Conservancy (in Flagstaff), whose mission is to protect lands and waters often through land acquisition. We also worked with Federal agencies to manage forest growth.
What are your responsibilities and initial tasks as UC Berkeley's first director of sustainability?
Of course, I'm in lots of meetings just getting acquainted with the campus, students, faculty and staff. The Chancellor would like to reach the UC and state's CO2 emission reduction goal 6 years ahead of schedule; part of my job will be to help connect different parties on campus and act as a clearing house for information on campus activities. In partnership with PG&E, we'll also pursue reductions in energy use, one of our primary goals since electricity and steam represent over 70% of our greenhouse gas emissions. For instance, a good deal of energy is spent on cooling computer servers; instead of cooling an entire space, we'll try to place vents closer to the machines needing that kind of temperature control.
What skills do you draw upon most frequently in your daily work? What are your most significant challenges? Will you be teaching?
The Woodrow Wilson School made sure that its students learned to write well, and writing is a vital component in my daily work, whether editing policy statements or addressing other groups. Speaking of which, managing group dynamics is also critical, particularly in larger organizations such as universities where you are dealing with a variety of stakeholders including faculty, students, and staff. As for teaching, no, I don't expect to be involved in regular coursework, although I may be asked to guest lecture or participate in some of the student-led classes.
What educational and professional credentials might provide a foundation for careers in sustainability? Is an MPA or MBA important to have? Non-profit experience?
Depending on career specifics, I don't think an MPA or MBA are necessary prerequisites, especially for practicing as a generalist in sustainability. This is a multidisciplinary field, and it's quite possible to have a varied background in both for-profit and non-profit sectors. There are a number of potential routes, again depending on where the work is done.
How might such jobs in sustainability vary between private vs. public sector?
The American ecological movement of the '70s appeared to be gaining some momentum, then fell by the wayside. What might have caused that, and how can it be avoided this time?
There's been a debate regarding the "death of environmentalism" - I've never believed those reports. However, there is great opportunity now with growing awareness about climate change and other issues, and it is incumbent upon environmental groups to provide solutions and give the public something to grab onto. There are so many specialties on different aspects of the environmental scene and thus, lots of ways to address pent-up demand for these solutions.
How did "big business", which often has been at odds with environmental activism, now come to embrace sustainability?
I think there are many reasons. Some business leaders had a strong personal interest in environmentalism and brought sustainability into their companies. There are also now many incentives such as cost savings, and some companies are implementing projects for these savings alone. No doubt, there might be a bit of "green-washing", too. Sustainability can be part of every decision we make, but the private sector can help focus those choices and create new standards of business and environmental partnership.
What is your opinion of carbon offsets? Is this a kind of "atonement" which only moves greenhouse gas reduction responsibility from one part of the planet to another?
Since there are sometimes limits to what any one organization or person can do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, offsets were created as an alternative - a way to support someone else's reduction project. To make up for emissions, offsets help others reduce their CO2 in a way they could not have done otherwise. Some offsets programs are probably better than others. For instance, the purchase of offsets from Native Energy (see www.nativeenergy.com) supports the creation of renewable energy projects on Native American reservations.
What persons have been inspirations in your life and work? Any instructors at Princeton?
At Princeton, there were a number. Dan Kammen, a former assistant professor and one of my instructors at the Wilson School, now teaches here at Cal and is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab. Also, some of you might have heard of Dr. Robert Socolow (Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) who is one of the leaders in climate change research. Finally, Prof. Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate and Professor of Psychology (Emeritus), taught a fascinating class that combined psychology and microeconomics.
Is this your first time living in the Bay area? Are there any things that have surprised you, either positively or negatively?
Yes, I'm new here and living in Walnut Creek for now. I've been struck by the friendliness of the people, especially for such an urban context. For instance, I recently saw a stranger help another person pick up a set of keys. That might seem like a minor gesture, but it definitely makes an impression.
About the contributor
Larry Chang '85 graduated with a BSE in Architecture & Engineering and is an Oakland-based architect with his own practice. When he's not at the drawing boards or checking out new green building materials, he enjoys writing as a hobby and hiking with the Princeton Club.

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Callis picks for Padres in annual hypothetical Draft
One of my favorite columns to write every year is my annual 10-round pretend Draft. Starting in 2003, I've assigned myself a random spot in the Draft order and made my own picks, conforming to realistic budget constraints.It wasn't that I thought I could do a better job than a
One of my favorite columns to write every year is my annual 10-round pretend Draft. Starting in 2003, I've assigned myself a random spot in the Draft order and made my own picks, conforming to realistic budget constraints.
It wasn't that I thought I could do a better job than a real big league club with a full scouting department, but more that I thought it would be an instructive exercise. Just as I annually critique how organizations fare in the Draft, I've gotten feedback from teams, especially if I blow a first-round choice (ahem, Jon Zeringue).
I've done reasonably well, with recently promoted Ryan Schimpf becoming the 34th Major Leaguer I've "signed" from my first nine Drafts, a group highlighted by Chris Archer and Jason Heyward. All of my past selections are listed on my MLBlog here.
This year, I drew the eighth overall pick, which was fortuitous because it's my highest ever and it also meant that I'd be shadowing the Padres, who had two free-agent compensation choices toward the end of the first round and a competitive-balance lottery selection after the second. Armed with a $12,869,200 bonus pool and the willingness to stretch that an extra 5 percent (the maximum allowed without forfeiting future first-rounders) that gave me a total of $13,512,660 to spend:
Round 1 (No. 8): Kyle Lewis, OF, Mercer (real life: Round 1, No. 11, Mariners). I would have taken Lewis with the No. 1 overall choice because he offers the best combination of high ceiling and high floor in this Draft, big leg kick and all. His level of competition at Mercer isn't an issue because he destroyed the Southern Conference for two years running -- his 1.266 OPS topped NCAA Division I in 2016 -- and performed well with wood bats in the Cape Cod League last summer. It'll be a bonus if he can stay in center field, and if not, his 25-homer power will profile just fine on a corner.
Round 1 (No. 24): Dakota Hudson, RHP, Mississippi State (Round 1, No. 34, Cardinals). At times this spring, Hudson looked like a top-10-overall choice and the best college starter prospect available. Though he slumped in April and faded in the postseason, it's hard not to love his combination of a lively 93-97 mph fastball and a dastardly slider/cutter that could make him a frontline starter or a closer.
Round 1 (No. 25): Joey Wentz, LHP, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan. (Round 1/supplemental, Braves). Signability concerns knocked Wentz all the way out of the first round, but I have the budget to pay him. He bounced back from a dead arm last summer to work in the low 90s this spring, backing up his fastball with a curveball and changeup that also could be plus pitches. He also has size, athleticism and a clean arm action.
Round 2 (No. 48): Bryan Reynolds, OF, Vanderbilt (Round 2, Giants). Reynolds may not have a true plus tool, but he's a switch-hitting center fielder with power and speed. That package should have found a home in the first round somewhere and it's a steal in the second.
Round 2/supplemental (No. 71): Cole Stobbe, 3B, Millard West HS, Omaha, Neb. (Round 3, Phillies). Hitting ability, burgeoning power, great makeup, high school shortstop who could fit at third or second base? Yes, please.
Round 3 (No. 85): Jon Duplantier, RHP, Rice (Round 3, Diamondbacks). If he hadn't missed 2015 with a shoulder injury that didn't require surgery, Duplantier wouldn't have lasted until the third round. He regained his 91-96 mph fastball with good extension and life and his power curve this spring, finishing one shy of the NCAA D-I lead with 148 strikeouts in 111 innings.
Round 4 (No. 114): Jameson Fisher, 1B, Southeastern Louisiana (Round 4, White Sox). Fisher also missed last year with shoulder issues (labrum surgery), and bounced back in a big way in 2016 (topping NCAA D-I with a 1.266 OPS and ranking second with a .424 average). He's a pure hitter with a sweet lefty swing and at least average power.
Round 5 (No. 144): Conner Capel, OF, Seven Lakes HS, Katy, Texas (Round 5, Indians). The son of former big league pitcher Mike Capel, Conner is a high-motor guy with plenty of tools, including well above-average speed, solid center-field ability and arm strength, and a knack for barreling balls.
Round 6 (No. 174): Ulysses Cantu, 3B/C, Boswell HS, Fort Worth, Texas (Round 6, Indians). His advanced hitting ability should have landed Cantu in the top three rounds, but a shoulder injury hampered him this spring and he lacks an obvious defensive home. The hope is that he can handle third base or catcher rather than having to go to first base.
Round 7 (No. 204): Garrett Williams, LHP, Oklahoma State (Round 7, Giants). A 2007 Little League World Series hero, Williams has a riding 93-96 mph fastball and hammer curveball when at his best. Though he has barely pitched for the Cowboys' College World Series team this year because his control fell apart, he could be a starter or a dynamic lefty reliever if he can get straightened out in pro ball.
Round 8 (No. 234): Ryan Moseley, RHP, Texas Tech (Round 8, Orioles). Another potential first-rounder entering 2016 who has pitched his way into the bullpen on a CWS club, Moseley also could become a starter or high-leverage reliever. He has a power 91-95 mph sinker and flashes a solid changeup and slider.
Round 9 (No. 264): Boomer White, 3B, Texas A&M (Round 10, Padres). The Southeastern Conference player of the year, White excels at making contact and getting on base, and he has some untapped power too. Some scouts think he lacks the pop for third base and the quickness for second, but his bat is worth betting on this late.
Round 10 (No. 294): Chris Hall, RHP, Elon (Round 14, Blue Jays). I need a discount college senior to make my budget. Hall intrigues me because he attended the same high school my kids do (New Trier HS, Winnetka, Ill.), but more important, he's a converted catcher with a 93-96 mph fastball and a mid-80s slider that can be a solid second pitch.
*Jim Callis is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow @jimcallisMLB on Twitter and listen to him on the weekly Pipeline Podcast.*


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Here Is How You Can Camp And Save Money
Regardless of your age, one of the pointers is that camping can be a fun activity to do. It is a budget friendly venture as long as you have a plan. Learn on how you can enjoy your camping time and still save money.
Among the various things that makes camping costly is the amount that one has to pay when they are renting. But doing a little research is one of the ways that you can use to save money. You have to understand that there are quality and cheap campsites that you can use. You should in fact note that there are some that are free, You can get some sites that are not costly.
Another way that you can save cash when you camp is by simplifying the meals that you eat. You can do your research on simply meals that are not only delicious but also healthy. One of the pointers that you should understand is that it is best to avoid consuming meals that are too costly.
In case you no not have the camping equipment that you need, you have to shop around before getting the right greats. Shop online and you are bound to find something that is affordable to use. You should understand that you have an option of renting rather than buying the products that you need.
get some friend to come as a way of savings money. camping alone can be costly as you will have to buy everything that you need on your own. Inviting of your friends is paramount as this is something that will help to see to it that you save on the cost when you share.
If this is the first time that you are doing it, one of the things that you need to understand is that saving is not easy. Thus, this is the reason that you need to make sure that you have gotten some hacks online on how to go about it. The internet will give you some useful information that you can use.
You should understand that it is possible to re-purpose some of the things that you might want to throw off. You can try and find if any of the things you want to throw can be re-purposed. This will not only help you save money it can be great for the environment.
Camping is lots of fun and you can do it with a minimal budget. You have to note that this is not something that will require you to overspend. Take the time to use the tips that have been discussed on some of the ways that you can save. The whole idea is to connect with nature and not to end up overspending.


text: Silesian University of Technology is demonstrating the circular economy principles in the coal mining industry in Laziska Górne, Poland. The aim is to decrease the energy consumption by 50% compared to the energy consumption of a reverse osmosis-vapour compression system which represents current best practice. The coal mine water, having salinity of ca. 23 g/L and rich in calcium sulphate, will be treated using integrated system consisting of nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and electrodialysis with the aim to recuperate valuable raw materials, such as concentrated brine, magnesium hydroxide, and high quality RO permeate.


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A lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford — the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault — raised concerns on Monday about the setup for a public hearing where Ford will testify later this week.
The letter casts some doubt on the deal Ford's team made with Senate Judiciary leaders to appear at a hearing on Thursday.
"[It] is contrary to the Majority's repeated emphasis on the need for the Senate and this Committee's members to fulfill their constitutional obligations. It is also inconsistent with your stated wish to avoid a 'circus,' as well as Dr. Blasey Ford's repeated requests through counsel that senators conduct the questioning," Bromwich wrote.
"This is not a criminal trial for which the involvement of an experienced sex crimes prosecutor would be appropriate. Neither Dr. Blasey Ford nor Judge Kavanaugh is on trial. The goal should be to develop the relevant facts, not try a case," he continued.
Bromwich added that Grassley's staff hasn't responded "to a number of outstanding questions about the hearing," including what the role will be for the "experienced sex crimes prosecutor" during the hearing.
"Please identify this person and ask your staff to send us her resume immediately. We respectfully request to meet with her tomorrow," he added.
Republican senators have been mulling bringing in an outside counsel, potentially a woman, to question Ford and Kavanaugh during Thursday's hearing.
GOP Sen. John CornynJohn CornynDemocrats worry a speedy impeachment trial will shut out public Sunday shows - All eyes on Senate impeachment trial Cornyn disputes GAO report on withholding of Ukraine aid: It's 'certainly not a crime' MORE (Texas) said on Monday after a meeting with Judiciary Committee Republican members that they were "leaning toward" using an outside counsel.
"I think we're leaning toward having a staff lawyer, an outside lawyer do it on our side for continuity ... rather than having 11 people for five minutes each," he told reporters.
But Ford's legal team has raised concerns during negotiations with Grassley's staff that using an outside lawyer would make the hearing too much like a trial. Democrats have said they are going to ask their own questions.
Bromwich in the letter also took aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellTrump admin releases trove of documents on Ukrainian military aid The Hill's Morning Report - Trump trial begins with clashes, concessions What to watch for on Day 2 of Senate impeachment trial MORE (R-Ky.), who argued during a Senate floor speech that Democrats were using Ford's allegations against Kavanaugh as part of a "smear campaign."
McConnell during his Senate floor speech accused Democrats of running a "choreographed smear campaign that ignored Dr. Ford's request for confidentiality" in an attempt to hurt Kavanaugh's nomination.
"This is an allegation of misconduct which all four supposed witnesses either flatly contradict or are unable to back up. In addition to Judge Kavanaugh, the other three supposed witnesses have said they have — quote — 'no knowledge,' 'no recollection' and 'no memory' of the alleged incident," McConnell said.
Bromwich's letter comes after Grassley sent his own letter to Ford on Monday saying both she and Kavanaugh "deserve a credible and fair process."
"I'm writing to say that I am committed to fair and respectful treatment of you, as you've requested. I've worked to make certain the committee I chair handles all individuals involved in hearings in that manner, and you deserve the same," Grassley said.
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Notice for Aug. 9-11, 2019: When strong thunderstorms are in the Ashland area, as predicted for this weekend, the Water Slide may be closed due to safety concerns. You can call the Water Slide Hotline at (541) 774-6324 for Closure Updates.
Refreshing summer fun can be found in the park's 280-foot twin flume water slide. The slide offers dressing rooms, showers, restrooms, picnic tables and a concession stand with a full menu. Please call or visit our website for hours of operation and prices. It's open Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day.
As one of Jackson County Park's most popular destinations, Emigrant Lake has it all. Located just minutes from Ashland, the park offers a host of activities for the entire family — from an RV park and 42-tent site campground to swimming, picnicking, fishing, hiking, boating, canoeing and kayaking. Day Use: Open year-round
June 17th - September 2nd
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Saturday - Sunday 12 pm - 6 pm
Water Slide CLOSES Sept. 3rd for 2019
"Weather / Air Quality Permitting" - Call Parks Office if questionable.
Park Fees:
Daily Parking Fee is $4.00 per vehicle
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Jean Prouvé's 6x9 House, with Easy Armchair and Committee Chair by Pierre Jeanneret
Building on the success of its launch event last year, Design Shanghai is bringing three halls of contemporary, classic and collectible design to Shanghai's Exhibition Centre at the end of March. Morgan Morris, director of the collectible design hall, shares her highlights
ICON: What impact has Design Shanghai had in China?
Morgan Morris: There's a lot of buzz about the event because the first year was so fantastic. In China, it's very refreshing to have such a professional event with collaborations between foreign and local companies. The level of quality and of what people are seeking is
The 6x9 House's signature compass-shaped structure
ICON: One of the main features for this year is a restored Jean Prouvé 6x9m Demountable House by fashion brand Bally, which is on a kind of world tour for its 70th anniversary. [The 6x9 House is the prototype of a 1944 mass-housing design by Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret to rehouse French citizens displaced by bombing during the Second World War. The house is known for its signature structural principle: a compass-shaped gantry crane.]
MM: I visited the first phase of Bally's exhibition at Art Basel and thought the initiative to preserve the project's heritage and add new interpretations was really quite exceptional. I was sure that it would be topical to bring a project like this to China and that it would be influential for its values – modernity, functionality, beauty – for Jean Prouvé's original intentions for the house, and also for its engagement with the artistic community. And it's the first time a demountable has come to Asia.
Bally also has some amazing pieces of Pierre Jeanneret furniture in its own collection – for example, the Committee Chair for Chandigarh (1954). Again, it matches this concept of functionality, balance and purity, and explores the links that exist between art and industry.
ICON: The 6x9 House has since been in Miami, and for Shanghai it will be in dialogue with a site-specific installation by Chinese artist Wang Yuyang, curated by Jérôme Sans. What can we expect?
MM: The artist generally works with computer-generated images and sculpture, taking very hi-tech concepts and bringing them back to craft. So I think in this case he took a diagram of the Prouvé house and then fed all the proportions and measurements into a program as code. This code creates a sculpture that will be realised by local craftsmen in Beijing.
Folding Fireside Chair by Pierre Jeanneret
ICON: What is the collectible design scene like in China?
MM: It's a very interesting time in the sense that design art is something that people are becoming more aware of. Beyond pure product design, one of the goals this year is to really familiarise people with the incredible world of limited-edition design and how close it is to the art world.
It's an area that is developing very quickly in China and it's also very interesting because in this sector artists have full support from government. The design sector is much more comfortable for them than, say, art. I also think that it's very easy to approach. Once you take art into the design arena, it has a function and can touch an enormous amount of people in a considerable way.


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It's that time of the year again! The leaves are changing and the temperatures dropping, but the action on the ice is still red-hot. The season is well under way and there is plenty of Colorado Avalanche news to report.
The 23-man roster was finalized October 5th and to the surprise of many fans, defenseman Stefan Elliott wasn't on it. Elliott had a solid camp and was a fan favorite throughout the preseason. Several people were upset at Joe Sacco and Greg Sherman for reassigning the budding prospect to Lake Erie of the AHL, but his professional experience spans all of five games which were played for the Monsters in last year's Calder Cup playoffs.
Allowing him time to develop further in the minor leagues is not going to hurt him as a player and should help him become that top four defensemen that everyone thinks he will be. With the recent trading of another defenseman there is a chance that Elliott could crack the NHL lineup this season, especially with the injuries that usually plague the Avs every season.
That defenseman that was traded has been on the outside looking in for a while now, and it was only a matter of time until Kyle Cumiskey was moved somewhere. The trade was announced Saturday evening during the Avs 3-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Cumiskey was sent to the Anaheim Ducks for a conditional draft pick and defenseman Jake Newton.
Looking past that 3-0 loss and moving on to today – The Avs began a five game road trip this afternoon in Boston where they faced the Bruins in a 1:00pm EST matinée. If you opened up a dictionary and searched for goaltender duel; you probably wouldn't find it, but there should be a summary of todays back and forth action between Semyon Varlamov and Tuukka Rask. Both men made many great saves to keep their teams in the game, but Milan Hejduk managed to break the 0-0 tie midway through the third period. The Avs were able to hold on and squeak out the 1-0 win.
Ryan Wilson and the beefed up defensive corps were throwing their weight around which was great to see. Varlamov was absolutely outstanding in net and bailed out the team a few teams after careless mistakes almost cost them the game. Rookie Gabriel Landeskog is appearing to grow more comfortable after a bit of a shaky season opener. All in all this new look Avalanche team is a force to be reckoned with.
What do the readers think about the Avs so far? Have they made the right improvements to get back into the playoffs or will it be another year of trading in the hockey sticks for golf clubs come early April?


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Blending of components play vital role in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products where accuracy and consistency in the formulation are the key specifications. Blending ensures homogeneous mixture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient and excipients that are required in the manufacturing of drugs. Apart from mixing, objectives such as preparing fine emulsions, reducing particle size, carrying out chemical reactions, manipulating rheology, dissolving components, and facilitating heat transfer can be achieved using blenders. Various types of products demand for different types of blending equipment.
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For easy work flow, manufacturers introduced bin blenders in which container is detached for the drive and can be transported to next process of operation without discharging its contents into a secondary vessel, which reduces the chance of contamination of the pharma product. Such technological advancement to ease the workflow is expected to supply better options, and adding new product range to the market.
The pharmaceutical manufacturing market is growing rapidly, owing to increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and increasing demand for drugs. To fulfill the market demands, many companies and investors are investing and developing more manufacturing units, which is expected to fuel the pharmaceutical blenders market growth.
Pharmaceutical Blenders Market – Regional Analysis
On the basis of the region, the global pharmaceutical blenders market is segmented into North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa. North America pharmaceutical blender market owes dominant position in the global market over the forecast period, owing to rapid growth in pharmaceutical industries in the region. According to the International Trade Administration 2016, the U.S. is a major hub for drug manufacturing, as imports account only for around a quarter of the market by value. The manufacturing market in the U.S. is witnessing significant growth, which is expected to fuel growth of the pharmaceutical blenders market over the forecast period.
Pharmaceutical Blenders Market – Competitive Landscape
Some of the key players operating in the global pharmaceutical blenders market include GEA Process Engineering Ltd, SERVOLIFT GmbH, Charles Ross and Son Company, KADY International, Frain Industries, Charles Ross & Son Company, ARDE Barinco, Inc., Admix, Inc., Reynolds Industries, Inc., and WAM Inc.
Pharmaceutical Blenders Market – Taxonomy
On the basis of product type, the global pharmaceutical blenders market is segmented into: Double Cone Blenders, V-Blenders, Octagonal Blenders, Ribbon Blenders, Paddle Blenders, Vertical Screw Blenders, Bin Blenders, Double Paddle Mixer, Others,. On the basis of application, the global pharmaceutical blenders market is segmented into: Pharmaceutical, API Manufacturing, Solids Formulations, Liquid Formulations, Ointment Formulations, Research and Development, Others,. On the basis of region, the global pharmaceutical blenders market is segmented into: North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa,.
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What lies beyond my smile
What lies beyond my smile
Submitted by administrador on Mon, 12/11/2012 - 12:52
Maria is very happy at the Institute, but when she gets home...
Authors: Nadia Georgiana Vasile; Ionela Voicu; Daniela Elena Dobrin; Ionut Daniel Ciotu; Roxana Michaela Stefan; Gabriela Lucia Radu; Crina Barbucianu; Daniela Alexandra Neagu; Georgiana Romanescu; Melissa Buca and Marcela Florina Munciu.
Year: 2012
Duration: 5 min
Country: Romania
City: Slobozia (Ialomita)
Language: Romanian. Captions in English.
Synopsis: Maria is a very happy girl when she goes to the Institute, but her smile masks a very different reality at home. Her parents went to work abroad and she is alone taking care of his brother. One day Maria returns home and finds the house upside down. She decides to stay home and not go to the Institute. She receives an unexpected help (her friends).


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The only area where it can benefit from future material development is with heavy tsugaru-style strikes on the ichi no ito. When sharply striking the thick ichi no ito, the tone is softer and more rounded than a faux-bekko bachi (which yields a harder tone). That said, it is specifically an aesthetic difference and I suspect this difference will be only noticeable for experienced players pursuing this particular aesthetic.
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Feeling both comfortable and elegant during those harsh winter months can be very difficult, when you've got the wrong type of boots.
Unless you're really into hiking, or going on outdoor adventures, you're not going to want to suffer through the winter with anything less than the most perfect looking boots you can find.
The right pair of boots can be both durable and attractive, giving men a small case of whiplash as you saunter by wearing your dream footwear.
Finding the right boot that balances comfort and looks can seem like an impossible task, and very few companies are able to achieve this balance.
Who doesn't want an absolutely gorgeous boot that can withstand the cold, and yet still be comfortable and warm? Yes, we must admit, these things can be challenging…
So, here we are, strapped with the task of trying on beautiful boots that will exceed your expectations. So be it!
We have been looking for an early winter boot that can handle some tough conditions, and still radiate stunning beauty, and we may have just found it with the KEEN Bern Baby Wide Calf Boot!
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Personally, we think that footwear says a lot about our style and personality, so when we don these Bern Babies, we feel that anyone who wears them is likely going to gain a few points in the style and sexiness department.
They are, as it happens, made of top quality leather, which sets the boot off nicely. Plus, they have a durable synthetic sole, that means they are good to go when it comes to walking a mile or two.
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We've tried them all, and wouldn't you know that they all look amazing.
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Although these boots are relatively warm and cozy, they're not meant to be worn strictly as winter boots. By this, we mean they lack sufficient insulation to keep you warm through the winter.
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On top of that, exposing them to excessive moisture isn't going to do them any favours, and in all honesty will probably ruin them over time.
They are meant to be stylish, of course, and the fact that they are tall means they will protect you from some light snowfall or splashes, but don't count on them to endure heavy snow.
Don't get us wrong, these boots aren't all about style. For instance, with their EVA foam footbed, you can be sure that you will be able to wear these boots daily for hours at a time and still feel at ease. KEEN simply doesn't make shoes or boots that aren't comfortable, while still being durable.
According to most of the customers, they had no problem wearing these boots for years. However, there were several complaints of people that wore them for several week or months and that the foot cracked open.
Thankfully, issued customers can easily submit to the warranty program, provided by KEEN, if of course, that warranty hasn't expired yet.
Although EVE foam provides the owners of these boots a comforting experience wearing them, it can't guarantee strong insulation, and definitely not protect them from water and snow.
Like mentioned, if you decide to go for these boots, you need to take the consequences of water wetting your socks and toes.
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Even though the headline of these boots promises a wide, comfortable calf, this is not the case. If you have a wide or athletic built lower part of your legs, you will find zipping your boot quite troublesome.
Many people had to return them for this reason.
So, it's highly recommended to order a half, to one full size larger, because as Keen shoe enthusiasts know, KEEN tends to design their models tighter, so a bit larger size than your usual boot will do the job, especially if you wear thicker and longer socks, or even wear them over your jeans or trousers.
Overall, with the right size, you can easily slide them on and off. The zipper is of good quality, so you won't have to worry about damaging it or breaking it, unless you're violent with the shoes, of course.
The leather, however, is quite elastic, so after wearing them for a while, the calf may loosen up a bit, making wearing easier and less uncomfortable for you.
This pair of KEEN's boots are the answer, if you're looking for a stylish pair that you can wear around town.


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Back in May, the man with the golden-scooped beak revealed 'Dear Life', the first single taken from his debut album 'Charmer' (Out Oct 16th). Today we bring you 3 incredible reworkings, featuring Kompakt Recs founder and electronic music powerhouse Michael Mayer, super-hot Beatport fav Purple Disco Machine and another special remix from the masked man himself, Claptone.
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In Yoga of love, we strive to educate and strengthen people individually and collectively to have a peaceful, blissful and stress-free life.
The Perfection of Yoga is to attain unmotivated uninterrupted loving service to society.
When our heart is polluted, it manifests and expresses through our words and actions.it causes broken relationships, mental disorders like anxiety, stress and depression, and other environmental, political and socio-ecological disasters.
We address and educate people, how to live in harmony with our true self, each other and with nature through purification process and practice of ancient Vedic mantra meditation techniques.
Yoga, with its extraordinary health benefits, has achieved global acclaim today. The word 'yoga' comes from the root 'yug', which is similar to the English word 'yoke' and means to 'connect' or 'link. The Patanjali Yoga-Sutra, which is the foundational guidebook for yoga, explains that yoga in its completeness comprises eight stages and so is called ashtanga-yoga (ashta – eight, anga – limbs). What is today popular as yoga is actually just one of the eight stages named asana. The ancient Indian wisdom-tradition that is the source of yoga explains that yoga has much more to offer than what we are currently receiving. In its most evolved form, yoga does much more than heal the body. Its potential goes far beyond even calming the mind. The highest yoga fulfills the need of our innermost being, our heart. More than treasures and pleasures, positions and possessions, our deepest longing is for love. All of us want to love and to be loved. In our times, love is a much talked, little understood word. Often love is misunderstood to be the physical relation between two people, but real love goes beyond the body, beyond the mind, to the real person, the spiritual being. True love enables us to connect with others at an eternal dimension by centering our relationship on the origin of all love.
This art of centering and connecting our love is what bhakti is all about. That's why bhakti is often called the yoga of love. Bhakti is the universal wisdom that underlies and unifies all the great wisdom-traditions of the world. Bhakti efficaciously fulfills the ultimate purpose of yoga by devotionally connecting our hearts with the Supreme Lord, who is the origin of all love and the pivot of all loving relationship. That's why Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita after describing states explicitly that bhakti-yoga is the most complete of all yogas: "Of all yogis, the one with great faith who always abides in me, thinks of me within himself, and renders transcendental loving service to me is the most intimately united with me in yoga and is the highest of all." The Patanjali Yoga-Sutra also states that the culmination of yoga is samadhi, complete, loving, trancelike absorption in the divine.
The yoga of love empowers us to tune our consciousness so that we can receive the love that is at the heart of the creation and then radiate that love to all whom we contact, thus enriching many, many love-starved hearts with warmth and joy. The easiest way to practice this yoga of love is by chanting the mantra of love, the Hare Krishna maha-mantra.
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text: Knowledge earned through experience Knowledge earned through experience. You cannot change the past but you can learn from it. What went well, what went wrong, what would you do different next time? Don't obsess over the past, don't expect to get it back, don't expect to receive a do-over. But don't ignore it either. The value of experience is in what you're able to learn. From massive success, from heartbreaking failure, from everything in between, there's a lot of great, useful information. You won't come across the same exact situation again. Yet you will face very similar challenges. Knowing what works and what doesn't work, enables you to move successfully through those challenges. Knowing you've done it before, regardless of the prior outcome, is a confidence booster with no equal. Look back occasionally, realize and pay attention to what you've learned. Apply the knowledge you've earned through experience, and be more effective than ever before." -Ralph Marston


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Target Audience
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To provide guidance to Trust staff in relation to when to undertake a Data Protection Impact Assessment and in what circumstances an information sharing agreement may be required. The document also contains a link to the register of the approved information sharing agreements.
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AMP has proven effective in a variety of settings and for a wide demographic.
As of May 2018, NCOA's Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) meets all criteria to qualify as an evidence-based program under Title III-D of the Older Americans Act. NCOA will submit a formal application to the Evidence-Based Program Review Council in when it re-opens for new programs in 2019.
A research study by Lisa Ferretti and Phil McCallion of Temple University was published May 7 in the peer-reviewed journal Healthcare. The study showed specific improvements in physical activity and use of advance care planning. Publication of the study means that AMP now meets the five criteria set by the U.S. Administration for Community Living.
Community-based organizations can take advantage of this milestone to tap into and leverage additional funding for AMP. Each state has a different process for deciding which programs qualify for funding under Title III-D of the Older Americans Act:
- In many states, AMP is eligible for III-D funding now that the research has been published.
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- Some states will require that AMP gain official approval by the Evidence-Based Program Review Council. In these states, AMP won't qualify for III-D funding until the next official review cycle in 2019.
Because the criteria are less stringent for funding under OAA Title III-E (Caregiver Supports), AMP for Caregivers classes and the Aging Mastery Starter Kits qualify now.
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"Possibilities in dance are bound only by our imagination and our two legs." —Merce Cunningham
A pillar of modernism and America's most influential living choreographer, Merce Cunningham has prized invention over convention for more than half a century. Using elements of chance in his choreographic process and its musical accompaniment, and employing computers to create an unending array of movement possibilities, Cunningham has consistently created new languages for dance. His eclectic taste for unexpected musical partnerships is evidenced in Split Sides, a collaboration with Icelandic band Sigur Ros and Britain's Radiohead. This engagement also showcases past and recent Cunningham creations Native Green (1985) and Suite for Five (with music by John Cage and costumes by Robert Rauschenberg) inviting us to marvel anew at the infinite inventiveness of dance as abstract movement. A free Performance Preview with company members takes place at 7:15 pm in Northrop's Studio 4.
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This mod is an extension to the Falconer Class Mod, which can be found here.
To install this mod, unzip the downloaded file and drag the entirety of the folder into the mods folder in your DarkestDungeon game folder(For Steam users, this is usually located at C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DarkestDungeon\).
After this, the mod will appear in the Mods List in the start menu. The Mods List is accessible via a little blue hammer next to each save file. Click the little check mark and the mod will be enabled for that save file.
After this, you should be good to go!
This mod adds a Town Event for the Falconer Class Mod made by me. The Town Event is guaranteed to spawn on Week 5 and onward(being delayed only if a mod of higher/equal priority takes its place) that gives a single Level 0 Falconer recruit. The Town Event is unique so it will only spawn once per campaign. This mod should only be activated if you plan to play with the Falconer Class Mod enabled, otherwise your game may crash. I hope you enjoy my mod! :)
This mod is not an official Red Hook Studios product or product modification, and Red Hook Studios Inc. is not responsible in any way for changes or damages that may result from using the mod. Furthermore, "Darkest Dungeon" and the Darkest Dungeon logo are trademarks of Red Hook Studios Inc. All content in the game is Copyright Red Hook Studios Inc. All rights reserved


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The aim of lightning protection is to protect an object from dangerous lightning strikes. The conventional lightning protection methods realize this by conducting the lightning current to the ground, but these methods are often neither cost effective or can't even be realized. The preventive lightning protection solves this task by activating preventive actions with appropriate timing.
This is valid for the live line maintenance work of energized high voltage power lines as well. The past years' technical and economic competition lead to the advancement of the live line maintenance works in several countries of Europe. This increased the demand for alternative lightning protection methods.
The topic of this paper is a preventive lightning protection system, optimized for high voltage power line maintenances, with the ability of making predictive forecast with the use of a fuzzy inference system in an online way, thus lowering the annual loss.
The paper shows the simpler lightning protection system's weaknesses, the potential of some soft computing methods, and finally the designing levels of the whole system.
Finally the paper describes several opportunities for further development, with the purpose to improve the alarm punctuality and to reach as cost effective functioning as possible.


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December 2015
Volume 30 Number 13
Don't Get Me Started - Refactoring Higher Education
By David Platt | December 2015
I've been teaching software development to students for a quarter of a century now, starting in 1991 with the 16-bit Windows SDK in C. The subject matter has evolved continuously over the years—Win32, COM, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure and so on. But my teaching methods, and those of my colleagues, remained mostly unchanged until the Great Recession seven years ago, when training was the first item cut from development budgets. That economic squeeze forced us to reevaluate not only our existing methods, but our entire role in the industry.
Teaching software development to programmers originally centered on transmitting specific facts in a certain order: first call this function, then call that one. RegisterWindowClass. CreateWindow. And my all-time favorite, CoMarshalInterThreadInterfaceInStream. My students were happy for a live instructor to pick those nuggets out of the 1,000-page manual, because the alternative was reading the whole thing themselves.
But because this data transfer is almost entirely one-way, technology advanced to the point that students didn't need a live human being to impart it. Videos, such as those from Microsoft Virtual Academy or Pluralsight, could fulfill much of this function at a far lower cost. That approach scaled better than live instruction, as movies scale better than live theater.
Good, effective education still needs live instructors, but in different places doing different things. We aren't broadcasting "what" or "how" we used to. Instead, we're reserving our expensive contact hours for "why," or, "how does this relate to other things," or, "where do we go from here," along with the ever-popular, "WTF was that?"
So I've changed my instruction process for live classes. It's less about spewing a one-size-fits-all set of function calls into the void. It's more about helping my students splice the new technology into their business logic—hmm, let's look at your code, where should the module boundaries be and why? What sorts of tests should we have? How should we figure out who our users are and what they need? It's an entirely different type of teaching and learning.
I have good company in making this shift. Harvard Medical School is making similar adjustments to its curriculum, starting with this year's freshman class. Today's future doctors aren't subject to the "sage-on-a-stage" spouting, "Gentlemen, here are the 12 cranial nerves: Olfactory, Optic, Oculomotor … [and so on]." Instead, students memorize these basic facts from instructional videos outside of class. Professors then spend their contact time working through real-life problem analysis, such as: "A patient's left eyebrow is up, like Mr. Spock expressing doubt, and it won't come down. Which cranial nerve would you look at first, and why? How would you start doing that? What else would you look for, and why? Mr. Smith, you look confused. Surely you haven't forgotten your cranial nerves, have you? Ms. Jones, please help him out." You can read the whole story at bit.ly/1S7UR2G.
By the way, that article states that the "videos are between five and eight minutes … because students' attention spans don't last much longer." Does that scare you as much as it does me? I wonder if we geeks today have longer or shorter attention spans.
I use the hands-on model in my User eXperience class. It's not about implementing this feature or that one (a color gradient, say). It's about deciding what ought to be implemented in order to make users happier and more productive. I rarely teach an in-house class unless the client has an actual design project to work on during the course labs. I encourage the students in my public classes to bring their own projects, and if they don't, I assign them one.
As I wrote in my very first Don't Get Me Started column (msdn.com/magazine/ee309884), a bad computer program demands that its users become more like a computer. But the very best programs use computers to do what computers do well, clearing the track for humans to do what only humans can.
Education needs to evolve in a similar way, and the best human instructors are starting to realize this. It's one thing to put a specific fact into a student's head. It's an entirely different thing, a much more satisfying thing, to help them put that fact to work.
David S. Platt teaches programming .NET at Harvard University Extension School and at companies all over the world. He's the author of 11 programming books, including "Why Software Sucks" (Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006) and "Introducing Microsoft .NET" (Microsoft Press, 2002). Microsoft named him a Software Legend in 2002. He wonders whether he should tape down two of his daughter's fingers so she learns how to count in octal. You can contact him at rollthunder.com.


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The Writing Life
Or so I've been told
You don't often hear phrases like "the law life" or "the electricians life". It seems the "writing life" is a particular fascination with some people. It actually constitutes a search on the search engines online. Plug in "writing life" and watch the list that pops up. It is almost as though people are shocked and amazed writers have lives.
We do.
Kind of.
In an odd sort of way.
Our lives are just a bit different from many folks and their professions. We live and have our being in words. We use everyday words as fodder. We use family and friends and foibles as fodder. (say that one five times quickly!)
Other professions may bring work home. They may spend much of their off time thinking about or doing more work, but for writers, our work is something we cannot get away from. We cannot close our briefcases or turn off our computers and announce to our families "we're done". They won't believe us anyway, so why bother. Besides, we aren't done. We may clarify that statement and say -we're done the article/novel/review/ acceptance speech, but we're never really done.
We don't write as work. We wear words like underwear after laundry day. Fresh smelling and comfy, our words are squirreled away for that day when we just might need them. Under this sweater, I have a perky pair o' phrases that are just waiting for the right article or fiction to call home. We're word-packrats. We have more internal trunks than you have images of the aforementioned pair o' phrases.
We tuck away the most (to others) nonsensical things. Bits of paper litter our lives and work spaces, things jotted down in moving vehicles that we have to ask our loved ones to translate. If we're very lucky, they may have an inkling of what our scribbles mean, but it's doubtful and they're tired of being asked. Another heartbreaking loss to the literary world.
How many notebooks lie around with one or maybe two pages of scribbles? How many stacks of jots and bits can you count from where you're sitting right now? If there are more than two but less than a million, you're either a writer or you live with one.
Like any profession, we have tools of our trade. Generally, these are a computer or pencil and a dictionary. The bare bones. We can make something here. We can create. If our memories would just hang in there for a full lifetime, we wouldn't even need those things. We could run naked through our lives and still produce fine work. Unfortunately, at about the time most writers are actually making progress, our memories are going to seed. The gods didn't plan this too well.
You will know when a writer is truly comfortable in his/her surroundings. You'll never throw scraps of paper away again in fear for your life. You know better than to file anything. File being a dirty word to many wordmeisters, our lives consist of an ILLUSION of filing. We imagine ourselves as neat and orderly. We understand this is a fantasy, but like all things in life, we keep it up there in the hope that one day our brains really catch on.
And we can remember why we walked into the room.
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As of today the statistics of the 8th race of 2013 (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain, United Kingdom) have been added.
Have fun while viewing this statistics.
By statistics I mean the results of the Free Practise sessions, the results of the Qualification and the results of the Race.


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Network Analysis in Architecture Management (NEAR)
The research project "Network Analysis in Architecture Management" (NEAR) deals with the application of network analysis methods in enterprise architecture management (EAM). The project is being implemented by the Chair of Information Systems and Social Networks at the University of Bamberg and Scape Consulting GmbH, together with other partners working in this area.
Research Focus
Today's enterprise architectures, of which their IT landscapes form a crucial part, are often characterized by a large number of components with complex interrelationships. This presents EAM with a range of exciting challenges. The key questions arising from these challenges are generally as follows:
- What risks are associated with the failure of a particular component in the IT landscape?
- What are the possible consequences of changing a given part of the IT landscape?
- Which elements of the IT landscape are particularly crucial and require special attention in operations and investment planning?
In practice, these questions are mostly answered based on estimation rather than on objective criteria. In addition, individual components are often evaluated without adequate consideration to the broader context. One of the reasons for this is the lack of practical instruments and scientifically sound approaches and findings. This is where the NEAR project comes into play, the goal of which is to attain a greater scientific basis for the quantitative analysis of enterprise architectures, and to develop practice-relevant solutions for the problem domain above.
Within the research project, business and IT landscapes are viewed as networks of nodes and edges and are examined with the help of the methods spectrum of network analysis. The following overarching research questions are among those which form the focus of the research:
- How can the application of network analysis aid the management of enterprise architectures?
- Can specific characteristics / aspects of elements of the enterprise architecture be approximated or adequately measured using centrality or modularity measures?
- Can the application of such measures also support the evaluation of target architecture scenarios?
Final Thesis Topics
In cooperation with Scape Consulting, the Chair is currently offering Masters' and Bachelors' topics in the field of enterprise architecture management. The following topics may be chosen for either Bachelor or Master theses.
- Implementation of a Network Analysis based Approach for the Management of IT Landscapes in a Software Tool(59.3 KB)
- Development and Validation of a Network Analysis based Approach for the Management of IT Landscapes(58.3 KB)
Selected Publications
- Santana, A., Simon, D., Kreimeyer, M., Fischbach, K., & De Moura, H. (2018, August). Deriving Viewpoints for Enterprise Architecture Analysis (forthcoming). In Proceedings of the American Conference on Information Systems.
- Santana, A., Souza, A., Simon, D., Fischbach, K., & De Moura, H. (2017). Network Science Applied to Enterprise Architecture Analysis: Towards the Foundational Concepts. In Proceedings of Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC), 2017 IEEE 21st International (pp. 10–19). doi: 10.1109/EDOC.2017.12
- Santana, A., Fischbach, K., & De Moura, H. (2016). Enterprise architecture analysis and network thinking: A literature review. In Sprague R.H. & Bui T.X. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2016 (pp. 4566–4575). Grand Hyatt on the Island of KauaiKoloa, United States: IEEE Computer Society.
- Santana, A., Kreimeyer, M., Clo, P., Fischbach, K., & De Moura, H. (2016). An empirical investigation of enterprise architecture analysis based on network measures and expert knowledge: A case from the automotive industry. In Sustainability in Modern Project Management - Proceedings (pp. 46–56). University of Sao Paulo (USP) Sao Paulo, Brazil: International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference.
- Santana, A., Simon, D., Fischbach, K., & De Moura, H. (2016). Combining Network Measures and Expert Knowledge to Analyze Enterprise Architecture at the Component Level. In F. Matthes, J. Mendling, & S. Rinderle-Ma (Eds.), Proceedings - 2016 IEEE 20th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, EDOC 2016 (pp. 30–39). Vienna, Austria: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- Simon, D., Fischbach, K., & Schoder, D. (2014). Enterprise architecture management and its role in corporate strategic management. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 12(1), 5–42.
- Simon, D., & Fischbach, K. (2013). IT Landscape Management Using Network Analysis. In G. Poels (Ed.), Enterprise Information Systems of the Future (pp. 18–34). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
- Simon, D., Fischbach, K., & Schoder, D. (2013). An Exploration of Enterprise Architecture Research. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 32(1), 1–72.
- Simon, D., Fischbach, K., & Schoder, D. (2013). Integrating IT Portfolio Management with Enterprise Architecture Management. Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures, 8(2), 79–104.
- Simon, D., Fischbach, K., & Schoder, D. (2010). Application Portfolio Management: An Integrated Framework and a Software Tool Evaluation Approach. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 26(1), 35–56.
Project Partners
Scape Consulting GmbH is a consultancy specialized in the field of strategic management, focusing on enterprise architecture management and IT governance / IT strategy. The core competence of Scape lies in dealing with complex systems - within IT and beyond.


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To God, the motives behind my ambition obviously matter a great deal.
How I Put God First in My Business
Because my business is involved in Kingdom guided work, I strive to do things right and start with the fundamentals.
Identity is at the Core of Most of Our Business Problems. Here's the Solution.
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It was a record-breaking year for the Idaho Lottery. Sales eclipsed $250 million for the first time!
The new sales record of $265 million is an increase of 10 percent over last year's record.
Lottery officials also announced their historic dividends in their annual check presentation to Gov. Butch Otter.
The governor accepted a check for $53.5 million. That's $5 million more than last year!
And since this was the last time the governor would be accepting a lottery check before leaving office, Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson wanted to honor him like they honor all lottery employees about to retire.
"Those artists create a commemorative scratch ticket for people who are leaving us, and having happy trails in their next chapter of their life and that's what we provided to Gov. Otter today was his very own scratch ticket."
Otter was turned into "Butch Cash'idy" for his commemorative scratch ticket.
Since the lottery was created in 1989 it's given almost $850 million back to the state mostly for education.
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Poltorak and Stoltenberg discussed cooperation between Ukraine and NATO
The defense Minister discussed with Stoltenberg the resumption of the work of the Commission Ukraine-NATO.
Friday, 8 June in Brussels was held the meeting of the Minister of defence of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. This reports the press service of the defense Ministry.
"During a meeting with NATO Secretary General defined the necessary practical steps for the restoration of effective work of the Commission Ukraine-NATO at all levels. Important was the meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, where, during our conversation we discussed a complex of issues related to systemic improvements in our cooperation. We discussed the options of Ukraine's participation in the NATO summit, which will take place next month" – said Poltorak.
The Minister also said they agreed on a common position regarding the possible involvement of NATO representatives to conduct a strategic defence review in Ukraine.
As the Minister said, based on this review of Ukraine will plan strategic goals for the period after 2020.
Earlier, Stoltenberg said that the NATO summit in July will invite the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
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Villa Covo
Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal
1 687 € / week
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This beautiful holiday home is near Carvoeiro, a well known seaside resort in the Algarve, attractively furnished and has a private swimming pool. It is a 10 minute walk to the beach. There is a private garden with various partly covered terraces. The roof terrace offers good views of Carvoeiro with the Atlantic Ocean in the distance. The holiday home consists of two living areas. There is a villa on the first floor and a comfortable apartment on the ground floor. Both have their own entrances. The home is suitable for a maximum of 12 people, in which case the villa and the apartment can be used together. The villa is equipped with air conditioning. The holiday home is perfect for families or a group of friends who want to enjoy holidaying together. The living room of the villa area is furnished with comfortable furniture. The seating area can accommodate 6 people as well as dining table. Furthermore, this room is equipped with air conditioning, heating, wireless internet connection and IPTV (many international channels. The villa has a spacious kitchen with a dishwasher, fridge/ freezer, coffee maker and other necessary kitchen equipment. The laundry room outside has a washing machine and a tumble dryer. The living room of the apartment accommodates 4 people and has an open connection with the kitchen. This room is air conditioned and has satellite television. The apartment is second kitchen has a stove and fridge. There is also a coffee maker and a kettle available. The villa section has three bedrooms, all equipped with air conditioning. All 3 bedrooms open onto a terrace at the side of the house and pool area. One bedroom has a double bed. The other bedrooms have two single beds. Folding beds makes it possible to sleep with 2 more people., which makes the total amount of 12 people possible! There are 2 cots and a highchair available. The main accommodation has one bathroom with bath, shower, double sink and toilet. On this floor there is also a separate toilet. The apartment has two bedrooms. One bedroom has sliding doors which gives access to the terrace. Both rooms are air conditioned and have two single beds. In the apartment is the second bathroom with shower, toilet and sink. The picturesque town of Carvoeiro is around 1 km from the house. The nearest beach is Centianes and is also around 1 km away. Portimao and Ferragudo with their beaches and a marina are around 10 km. The seaside resort of Albufeira is 20 minutes by car. Golf courses such as Vala de Milho, Gramacho and Vale da Pinta are a 10 minute drive. Cabo de Sao Vincente, the rugged most south-westerly point of Europe is an hour and a halfs drive from the villa.
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With US leak repaired, Keystone pipeline is set to reopen
The Keystone pipeline will resume oil deliveries on Tuesday after being shut down because of a leak in South Dakota, its operator TransCanada announced Monday.
The company's "repair and restart plans have been reviewed by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) with no objections, permitting a safe and controlled return to service," TransCanada said in a statement.
The PHMSA falls under the US Transportation Department.
The pipeline, TransCanada added, will initially be operated at "a reduced pressure," before ramping up "to ensure a safe and gradual increase in the volume of crude oil moving through the system."
A spill of about 5,000 barrels of oil earlier this month in a remote part of South Dakota forced the company to shut down the 4,324-kilometer (2,700-mile) conduit, which runs from the Canadian province of Alberta to oil terminals in Cushing, Oklahoma and Patoka, Illinois.
In the spring, US President Donald Trump gave the green light for construction of the larger Keystone XL pipeline, which his predecessor Barack Obama had rejected amid environmentalists' warnings about the potential for serious leaks and ecological damage.
With Keystone XL, TransCanada aims to more than double the current capacity of the line and have a direct hookup with oil refineries on the US Gulf Coast.
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Escape from the Nerd...
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Shotgun vs Zombies
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Provocative Therapy
Provocative Therapy (Reverse-Psychology) uses an alternative approach to conventional psychotherapy.
The therapist takes a devil's advocate role, defending the negative aspects of a client's life.
The method is practiced with exaggeration and self-depreciation in an effort to change the client's mind-set.
The approach is an effective alternative to conventional therapy for treatment of anxiety, low self-esteem and panic disorders.
Humour is forming an important part of the process.
Counselling and Psychotherapy may be provided via Skype and FaceTime in the comfort of your home, office or any place of your choice.


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Ham and Bean Soup. A perfect farm or kitchen garden to table meal for fall, winter and spring.
I sort of wandered around in a fog yesterday and dinner time came faster than I realized. We had some leftovers but nothing that sounded good to me. Soup can be so comforting when you need it most, so I decided to do my best to throw it together last night. It was definitely an Instant Pot kind of night.
I rummaged in the freezer and grabbed a big meaty ham hock from Engelbert Farms. It's no secret that their ham is the only one I'll eat, it's so delicious, organic, and their hogs are raised with much love and care. I grabbed a pound of dried kidney beans, onions, garlic and carrots from the pantry, and celery and stock from the fridge and tossed it all in the Instant Pot with a bay leaf, thyme and rosemary. 1.5hrs later I was rewarded with the best ham and bean soup I've ever tasted.
This is the sort of meal that embraces all the beauty of Farm or Kitchen Garden to Table cooking and eating. It's also a perfect seasonal meal for early spring, early fall and the deep winter months. With the exception of the ham hock and the oil, this entire meal can come right from even a small kitchen garden and is a great example of how much control you take over the meals you make. With just basic food preservation skills you can freeze, dry, can or cold store 4 seasons of organically grown, healthy food.
I think you really should get in touch with me soon to get your garden planning started'just saying'
Here's the recipe, it serves 10 generously with leftovers and costs about $7 total.
Hearty Ham and Bean Soup
- 1 meaty Smoked Ham Hock
- 1 Sweet Onion, diced
- 4 Carrots, diced
- 3 Celery stalks, diced
- 1lb dried Kidney Beans, rinsed & sorted
- 8 cups good Chicken or Vegetable Stock
- 2 big handfuls of chopped greens (optional)
- 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 sprig of Thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Rosemary
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Heat the Instant Pot to saut? and add the olive oil. When the oil is ready, add the onion, carrots and celery and saut? until golden.
- Add the garlic and saut? until fragrant
- Add the beans, the hock, and the herbs and bay leaf
- Add the stock, cover and use high pressure setting the time for 1hr and 30 minutes
- Add the chopped greens and stir until wilted
I used a frozen hock and dried beans which require a longer cook time. If you substitute ingredients you?ll need to adjust the time. Enjoy!!!
Nutrition Information:Yield: 10 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 432 Total Fat: 16g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 10g Cholesterol: 102mg Sodium: 229mg Carbohydrates: 34g Fiber: 8g Sugar: 4g Protein: 38g


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