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A law passed unanimously during the long session adds a new section to the North Carolina Driver's Handbook. House Bill 21 requires that the 2018 edition of the handbook issued by the DMV include a description of traffic stop procedures and a set of tips for drivers on how best to interact with the police during routine stops.
The law also requires the Department of Public Instruction to incorporate these topics into the driver education curriculum offered at public high schools, beginning this school year.
The curriculum and the additions to the Driver's Handbook have been developed in consultation with the State Highway Patrol, the Sheriff's Association, and the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police.
Advocates say the proposed changes to driver education materials will help reduce violent or deadly encounters between motorists and officers.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics says a traffic stop is the most common reason for contact with the police. Knowing what to expect and how to respond during a traffic stop can help the driver and the officer feel more at ease in what could otherwise be a stressful and even dangerous situation.
"It's just a public safety issue," bill sponsor Rep. John Faircloth told the Charlotte Observer. "I think all of us want to do anything we can to make the public safer out there, and to not put our officers in a situation where they might make the wrong decision."
Driver education materials in the future could include some of these recommendations from AAA on what to do and what not to do during a traffic stop:
- Follow the officer's instructions, slow down, use your turning signals and pull your vehicle well off to the side of the road when being stopped;
- Stay in your vehicle and turn off the engine and radio;
- Keep your seatbelt fastened until the officer has seen you wearing it.Take a deep breath and don't panic. Remain calm while the officer explains why you were stopped;
- Turn on your interior lights or dome light if stopped at night;
- Be on your best behavior, and always be polite to the officer. Don't be argumentative;
- Cooperate with the police. It could make all the difference between a ticket and a warning;
- Be honest with the officer. If you really didn't see the stop sign, or were unaware of the speed limit, let the officer know;
- Keep hands in plain view of the officer. Avoid reaching or making sudden movements. Never reach under your seat;
- Avoid provoking the officer or showing off in front of other occupants;
- Always carry proper identification: a valid driver's license, proof of vehicle registration and current proof of insurance. Do not retrieve or reach for documentation until instructed;
- If you are asked to exit the vehicle, do it slowly; and
- If you receive a traffic citation or ticket, accept it calmly. Contest the traffic citation in a court of law.
North Carolina joins several other states that have proposed or enacted similar laws. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, "lawmakers in Alaska and Arkansas focused on training materials: Alaska's new law requires motor vehicle instructional manuals to cover drivers' rights and responsibilities when stopped by an officer; Arkansas also requires the written driver's license test to include questions on stops."
Legislatures in Louisiana and Texas also passed legislation this year requiring police stops to be part of driver education. Texas' new law goes a step further than the others by requiring traffic stops to be part of police training and public high school coursework. The curriculum must include the duties of police, the rights of the public, the proper actions for civilians and officers, how to file a complaint and more.
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island have also considered bills.
In 2016, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation requiring driving schools to teach students how to react when stopped by the police, and the 2017 Illinois Rules of the Road handbook contains a new section entitled "Being Pulled Over by Law Enforcement."


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This test is done by measuring blood pressure at the ankle and in
the arm while a person is at rest. Measurements are usually repeated at both
sites after 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill.
The ankle-brachial index (ABI) result is used to predict the
severity of
peripheral arterial disease (PAD). A slight drop in
your ABI with exercise means that you probably have PAD. This drop may be
important, because PAD can be linked to a higher risk of heart attack or
This test is done to screen for peripheral arterial disease of the
legs. It is also used to see how well a treatment is working (such as medical
treatment, an exercise program, angioplasty, or surgery).
The ABI result can help diagnose peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
A lower ABI means you might have PAD. A slight drop in the ABI with exercise,
even if you have a normal ABI at rest, means that you probably have PAD.
A normal resting ankle-brachial index is 1.0 to 1.4. This means
that your blood pressure at your ankle is the same or greater than the pressure
at your arm, and suggests that you do not have significant narrowing or
blockage of blood flow.1
An abnormal resting ankle-brachial index is 0.9 or lower. If the
ABI is 0.91 to 0.99, it is considered borderline abnormal.1
You may experience leg pain during the treadmill portion of the
test if you have peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Undiagnosed arterial disease in the arms can cause inaccurate test
Blood pressure readings may not be accurate when the blood vessel
being measured is hardened by calcium (calcified). Arteries may calcify more
than usual if you have
diabetes or kidney problems (renal
A very abnormal ABI test result may require more testing to
determine the location and severity of PAD that might be present.
Complete the medical test information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this test.
CitationsRooke TW, et al. (2011). 2011 ACCF/AHA Focused update of the guideline for the management of patients with peripheral artery disease (updating the 2005 guideline): A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 58(19): 2020–2045.
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Outdoor Fun!
Now this photo was taken more than a year ago when my previous employer held the annual Family Day and at the same time celebrated it's 5th year anniversary. As it clearly show, it is a place called Enchanted Kingdom.
It is the first theme park here in the Philippines and has been here since July, 1995.
It is located in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna which boasts a land area of 17 hectares.
This is what they call Wheel of Fate. It could be scary at first since it is so big and... really, I'm afraid of heights most of the time. =)
My daughter Keanna has been here twice, and she enjoyed both times!
Now, hubby is not really a fan of outdoors so it was his first time during that Family Day. We never thought that somewhere, somehow, there's an eye (thanks to a colleague!) who captured our try in EK's Space shuttle!
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Physical Exercise for Climacteric Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Treatment-Induced Menopause: a Multicenter Randomized Trial (EVA project)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00582244
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified December 2007 by The Netherlands Cancer Institute.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
First Posted : December 28, 2007
Last Update Posted : December 28, 2007
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Background: Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the Netherlands. Approximately 11,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually, of whom about 30% are below 50 years of age. Premenopausal women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy or hormonal therapy may experience a premature onset of the menopause. Estrogen deficiency following adjuvant treatments leads to primary endocrine symptoms, including vasomotor and urogenital problems. Secondary symptoms include insomnia due to night sweats, dyspareunia due to vaginal dryness, weight gain, and psychological distress. The symptoms resulting from accelerated estrogen withdrawal can be pronounced and severe, and may adversely affect women's sexual functioning, body image, and overall HRQL. Healthy women who enter natural menopause are often prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to alleviate vasomotor and sexual symptoms. However, due to possible tumor-promoting effects, HRT is contraindicated for patients with a history of breast cancer. For these women, non-hormonal medications are frequently prescribed to treat vasomotor symptoms. Although these medications have been shown to yield moderate symptom relief, they also have a number of bothersome side effects. To alleviate urogenital symptoms, local vaginal moisturizing or estrogen cream is often prescribed. There is growing evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) including relaxation techniques, and physical exercise may effectively reduce vasomotor symptoms in naturally occurring menopause. CBT and relaxation techniques are aimed primarily at the modification of precipitants of hot flushes and at stress management. Physical exercise on a regular basis affects neurotransmitters, which regulate central thermoregulation.
Purpose: The proposed study will evaluate the efficacy of a supportive intervention program in alleviating menopausal symptoms, improving sexual functioning and enhancing the quality of life of younger women (< 50 years) with breast cancer who have become prematurely menopausal as a result of their treatment. Specifically, the study will evaluate CBT including relaxation (A), physical exercise (B), and a combination of A and B.
Plan of investigation: This multicenter study will employ a prospective, full-factorial design. In total, 325 consenting women will be randomized to group A, group B, group AB or a usual care, 'waiting list' control group (N = 81-81 per group). Upon completion of the study, the patients assigned to the control group will be given the opportunity to undergo either the A or B intervention program. The program will begin with a structured assessment of the target symptoms: hot flushes, night sweating and vaginal dryness. The overriding goal of the intervention is to provide symptomatic women with information skills and support to manage their symptoms more effectively. For group A, the intervention will consist of 6 weekly group CBT sessions of 1.5 hours, of 15 minutes of daily homework and a booster session at 3 months. The CBT will focus on understanding and self-control of menopausal symptoms. Relaxation techniques (paced respiration and muscle relaxation) will focus on the reduction of sympathetic nervous system activity, and are expected to have a positive impact on the frequency and intensity of hot flushes. For group B, the intervention will be an individually tailored, 12 week home-based physical exercise program of 2.5-3 hours per week, with instructions provided in-clinic on 2 occasions, and telephone support on 2 additional, interim occasions. The physical exercise program is intended to enhance fitness levels, in general, and to improve thermoregulation specifically related to hot flushes. Group AB will receive both the CBT and exercise program elements. Women allocated to the intervention groups will be asked to complete a battery of questionnaires assessing menopausal symptoms (the primary outcome), sexuality, body- and self-image, psychological distress and generic HRQL prior to the start of the program (baseline, T0), at 12 weeks (T1) and at 6 months follow-up (T2). Women allocated to the control group will complete the same questionnaire battery at parallel points in time.
Results/ relevance: If demonstrated to be effective, the availability of a structured supportive intervention program (modules A, B or AB) will be a welcome addition to regular medical care offered to breast cancer patients with treatment-induced menopause. It is anticipated that such a program will have direct benefit in terms of symptoms relief and the improvement of patients' HRQL.
|Condition or disease
|Menopausal Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients With Treatment-Induced Complaints
|Behavioral: CBT and relaxation Behavioral: Physical activity Behavioral: CBT and physical activity Other: Control group
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|325 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Factorial Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Physical Exercise for Climacteric Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients Experiencing Treatment-Induced Menopause: a Multicenter Randomized Trial
|Study Start Date :
|January 2008
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 2010
Experimental: 1
CBT and relaxation.
Behavioral: CBT and relaxation
Group A: CBT and relaxation.
Experimental: 2
Physical activity
Behavioral: Physical activity
Group B: Physical exercise program.
Experimental: 3
CBT and physical activity
Behavioral: CBT and physical activity
Group AB: Combined CBT and exercise program. Women assigned to Group AB will undergo the CBT and exercise elements of the program concurrently. To as great an extent as possible, the on-site CBT and in-clinic exercise training sessions will be scheduled on the same day.
No Intervention: 4
Control group
Other: Control group
Waiting list control group
- Menopausal symptoms [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Vasomotor symptoms; urinary symptoms; sexuality; body- and self image; psychological distress; quality of life [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|30 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
The study sample will be composed of 325 women, younger than 50 years of age, with histologically confirmed primary breast cancer (stages: T1 - T4, N0 - N1 and M0). All women will have been premenopausal at the time of diagnosis, have completed adjuvant chemotherapy (with the exception of herceptin, which can continue to receive) a minimum of 4 months and a maximum of 5 years prior to study entry. Women may currently be receiving adjuvant hormonal therapy. All women should be disease-free at time of study entry. Potentially eligible women will be screened for the presence of at least one of the following 3 menopausal symptoms during the previous 2-month period: hot flushes, sweating and/or vaginal dryness.
Exclusion Criteria:
Women will be excluded from the study if they lack basic proficiency in Dutch, if they have serious cognitive or psychiatric problems, or serious physical comorbidity that would preclude them from participating in a physical exercise program. Since physical exercise may be contraindicated as a treatment for hot flushes in obese women, 49 patients with a BMI ≥ 30 will be excluded from the study. Patients participating in concurrent studies or rehabilitation programs containing psychosocial interventions will also be excluded.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00582244
|Contact: Saskia Duijts, PhD
|Principal Investigator:
|Neil Aaronson, Prof
|Responsible Party:
|Prof. dr. N.K. Aaronson, NKI-AVL
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|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|December 28, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 28, 2007
|Last Verified:
|December 2007
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Quality of Life
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The new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California makes plain that even with a new governor and legislature, nothing has changed.
The state electorate, which decides so many important decisions on the budget and taxation, is still just like the worst boyfriend or girlfriend you ever had: she's mad at you all the time, but she can't tell you what she wants you to do differently.
The reason that state voters can't agree on a path is not just that they know so little about how the state budget and tax system. No, it's worse than that. State voters know things that aren't so. As the poll shows:
Local news from across Southern California
- A majority of adults (54 percent) in the survey THINK they have some or a lot of knowledge about taxes and spending in California.
-when given a list of the top four state spending categories (K-12 education; health and human services, higher education, and prisons), only 16 percent (and 22 percent of likely voters) could name K-12 education as the top spending item in the state budget. It's not even close. 41 percent of likely voters thought the number one item was prisons, which is fourth-most.
Similarly on taxes, only 33 percent of likely voters knew that the personal income tax is the top source of state revenues. And just 9 percent of likely voters had the right answer to both questions (K-12 education as top spending item and income tax as top source of revenues).
This is a disaster for a state that entrusts considerable power over budget and tax matters via ballot measures and initiatives. There is literally no hope for substantive reform in the state until voters understand the basics of taxation and budgeting.
Either that, or California needs about 90 percent of its voters to stop voting.


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Do you want to meet a prehistoric animal? Join a Myskoxguidning at Myskoxcentrum. You will see Musk Oxen at very close range. Your guide will tell you about Muskox history and our extant work. A visit to our muskox exhibition makes the visit complete.
Guided tours
Muskoxtour starts at Härjebrygg Bygatan 37 in Tännäs. We begin with general information about the musk ox and a review of the tour, then we go a few miles in their own cars to Myskoxcentrum (think of the environment , please carpool or follow in the guide's car that can accommodate 8 people) . There we go first up in the observation tower where the guide shows and tells how the musk ox have lived and are living in our mountains. Then we continue to muskox park - here we come very close to the musk ox . Your guide will tell and show you about muskox history, way of life and a exhibition.
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I was super excited when a raw foods cafe opened up in town. I decided to surprise my sweetie with a raw foods lunch recently, and let's just say that was the first and last time that we experienced raw foods. I got this carrot, ginger, coconut soup and a Mexican kale "taco" salad, with a rocky road "fudge" for dessert. Interestingly, the woman who owned the cafe said that we should eat the rocky road fudge first to help "aid in digestion." Hmm. Okay.
I got to my partner's workplace to deliver lunch and mentioned briefly what the woman suggested about the rocky road fudge. Instead of following her advice, we dug right into the soup and salad. The soup was too gingery for my liking, but the salad was okay. The dehydrated chips were delicious. We followed the meal with the dessert which was amazing. Well, needless to say, we SHOULD have followed her suggestion because within a few minutes after eating we were immediately overcome with abdominal pain. And not just any abdominal pain, intense gas pains. OMG. I was fortunate to go home and curl up on the couch with a few swigs of Pepto-Bismol, but my partner still had to work.
We vowed never to eat raw foods again. Well, that vow didn't last long. We've delved into some raw foods desserts and have come to really enjoy them, but haven't quite been able to find some good savory recipes. So if you have any good savory recipes, please pass them along 🙂
Raw Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake (adapted from A Dash of Compassion)
For the crust:
2 cups raw almonds
2 tablespoons unsweetened coconut flakes
1/4 cup date paste
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
For the lemon cheesecake:
2 cups raw macadamia nuts
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 cup raw cashews
1 cup fresh lemon juice
3/4 cup raw agave nectar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2/3 cup coconut oil, melted
For the crust:
To make a date paste, soak 8 dates in 3/4 cup water for 20 minutes. Drain and reserve the water the dates were soaked in. Process the dates with 2 tablespoons of the reserved water until a paste has formed. Store in air tight container in refrigerator for up to one month.
Process the almonds and coconut flakes in a food processor until coarse. Add the date paste, vanilla extract, and salt and process until well combined. Press the mixture evenly into the bottom and sides of an 8-inch springform pan. Set aside.
For the filling:
Using a food processor, blend the macadamia nuts, cashews, almond milk, lemon juice, agave nectar, coconut oil and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Pour the cheesecake filling into the springform pan. Place the cheesecake in the freezer to set, about 3 hours, or until the cheesecake is firm to touch.
Remove from springform pan, and decorate with fresh blueberries.


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Tree City USA
The city of Grand Prairie has received the Tree City USA designation for 25 years. To qualify for Tree City USA, a town or city must meet four standards established by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters, which ensures that every qualifying community has a viable tree management plan and program. Grand Prairie is the second oldest Tree City USA in the State of Texas, and we are proud of this designation. In addition, we have received the coveted Growth Award for nine of the 25 years.
Let's Get Growing on GPTV
Susan Henson, City Horticulturist, hosts a television program that airs on GPTV cable channel 16 that features information on environmental and water conservation, organic gardening alternatives and use of native and adaptive plant material. The show also features "how to" segments that teach the average person how to repot or transplant seedling and cuttings to reduce landscape costs. The program shows sites throughout the city that are examples of native and adaptive landscapes at public buildings and yards or individual landscapes that have received a yard of the month designation. To view episodes, go to www.gptx.org/gptv
Horticulture ClassesLearn the basics and not-so-basics of gardening during a free educational series with classes such as Spring into Gardening, Let's Talk Dirt, Landscape Pop Guns, Blueprint for Landscape Success, Smartie Plants and Container Gardening. The classes are hosted at Charley Taylor Recreation Center, 601 Grand Prairie Road. Classes are held in the spring and fall, and graduates can become part of the Grand Gardeners group that is trained to give back to the community through public gardening. Classes are fun, informative and always culminate in a plant exchange. The plant exchange can help save you money and time by utilizing material that is grown in our area and information provided by the Gardener that knows how to grow in our soils. Click here for information on upcoming classes.
Urban Forestry Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie is proud of its Urban Forestry Program! While there is no forestry crew, the Horticulturist is also a Certified Arborist and sits on several urban forestry boards and commissions. Recently with urban forestry grants, the 2nd largest tree inventory in North Texas was completed. This information is valuable not only to reveal the value of our public trees but also the environmental benefits. Most people do not realize that trees can raise the value of your home by 10 percent or more. Tree benefits are endless. Click here to find out how trees can help you save money and increase property values.


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I've been helping folks with .NET for a little while now and one of the recuring themes I see, especially with larger organisations is the tendency to indulge in a lengthy and expensive framework building process.
Quite often I hear of the "productivity improvements" that teams are getting out of these frameworks. Its not uncommon to hear about projects taking anywhere between twice to ten times as long to achieve successful completion. It's hard not to see where the attraction is right?
Martin Fowler has some excellent (and short) writing on the subject of harvested frameworks vs. foundation frameworks. So why am I making this post? Its simple, I want the IT services firms out there getting involved in these projects to focus on delivering products that relate to their customers core business – I want them to "wait and see" if frameworks appear. Keep it simple stupid.


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October 23, 2011
The Tool Alliance Coating Systems work cell has doubled in size and relocated within the Company's new headquarters building in Huntington Beach, CA. SmoothCoat encompasses state-of-the-art sputtering PVD technology combined with micro-blasting & cleaning systems. All Tool Alliance brands utilize in industry's best TA (Titanium Aluminum Nitride), AT (Aluminum Titanium Nitride), D1 (PVD Diamond), D2 (CVD Diamond), TN (Titanium Nitride), TC (Titanium Carbon Nitride), A1 (Titanium DiBoride), plus the Company provides coating services to select OEM customers.


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CCIEin8Weeks - BEST SELLING CCIE STUDY GUIDES AND PRACTICE EXAMS > Blog > CCIE Service Provider 400-201 V4.1 > CCIE SP 400-201 V4.1 WRITTEN EXAM ESSENTIALS – Service Provider Architecture and Evolution
CCIE SP 400-201 V4.1 WRITTEN EXAM ESSENTIALS – Service Provider Architecture and Evolution
- June 14, 2016
- Posted by: Paul Adam
- Category: CCIE Service Provider 400-201 V4.1
In a series of blog posts, I will go over each of the Cisco's official blueprint sections for CCIE SP 400-201 V4.1 written exam and call out the very essential topics and knowledge base that are must-know for passing the exam. Please note that all of our CCIE Written Exam Cert Study Guides include similar exam essentials at the end of each chapter to reinforce key concepts for our readers.
I hope that you find them useful!
- While a PE router maintains VPN routing information, it is only required to maintain VPN routes for those VPNs to which it is directly attached.
- P routers are only required to maintain routes to the provider's PE routers; they are not required to maintain a specific VPN routing information for each customer site.
- The IOS-XR Microkernel is preemptive, and the scheduler is priority based
- The following are the main functions of IOS-XR system manager:
- Start processes during bootup or node reload
- Start processes during route processor (RP) failover
- Start processes in response to user configuration; for example, when a user configures an OSPF process using router ospf <process-name>, system manager starts a new OSPF process instance
- Act as a central repository for all process-related information
- Initiate disaster recovery based on the process health
- Invoke dumper to collect a core dump when a process terminates abnormally
- A Hardware-Isolated Virtual Router (HVR) has hardware-based resource isolation between routing entities, whereas a Software-Isolated Virtual Router (SVR) comprises software-based resource isolation between routing entities
- SDRs provide full isolation between virtualized routing instances through the use of Distributed Route Processors (DRPs) for extra control plane resources.
- A Split Brain is a condition where the inter rack links between the routers in a Cisco ASR 9000 Series nV Edge system fails and hence the nodes on both routers start to act as primary node.
- The IRL (Inter-Rack Link) connections are required for forwarded traffic going from one chassis out of interface on the other chassis part of the nV edge system.
- In existing cellular networks, RAN backhaul is defined as the connection between the radio at the cell site and the radio controller.
- Although a Layer 2 system is good for timing with Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), a Layer 3 system affords significantly more options for timing, including the most-requested 1588v2.


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Consensus Report
Recognition and Alleviation of Pain in Laboratory Animals (2009)Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
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Minimizing and alleviating pain in laboratory animals without compromising the methodological integrity of a research project is important both ethically and legally. Fortunately, recent scientific progress has expanded the understanding of pain and increased the ability to prevent and alleviate it in laboratory animals. This report, developed by a committee convened by the National Research Council at the request of the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, updates 1992 Research Council guidelines for those involved in the care and use of animals in the research environment. It is intended to help scientists, veterinarians, research administrators, Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee (IACUC) members, and animal care staff to understand the basis of animal pain, recognize and evaluate its presence and severity, and appreciate the means by which pain can be minimized or abolished.
Key Messages
- Adoption of humane endpoints is critical, particularly in those studies where significant pain is anticipated.
- Current scientific evidence strongly suggests that mammals, including rodents (which are the most commonly used laboratory animals), are able to experience pain.
- Pain in animals is difficult to access, mostly due to lack of methods that can validate and objectively measure it.
- Pain may not only be caused as part of a research procedure, but also may be a by-product of husbandry or other unrelated factors (e.g., aging). Pain may arise not only in response to a noxious stimulus, but also in situations where increased sensitivity to pain is observed (i.e., hyperlgesia), such as following injury and inflammation.
- The Committee stresses the importance of the Three Rs (replacement, refinement, and reduction) as the standard for identifying, modifying, minimizing and avoiding most causes of pain in laboratory animals.


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In-service training is provided regularly which meets the training mandates set by TCOLE, and the training needs of our department, and the local law enforcement community.
Each facet is open (when available) for reservation by outside agencies on an hourly rental basis. For availability and rental information contact (972) 225-4590.


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July 24, 2014
LAWT News Service
Former pro boxer Exum Speight has been ordered to stand trial for the 1987 murder of his ex-manager, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced today.
Deputy District Attorney Keri Modder said Speight (dob 8/1/63) was held to answer late yesterday for one count of murder in case SA085322.
Arraignment is scheduled on Aug. 5 in Department F of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Airport Branch.
On March 29, 1987, Douglas Stumler, 30, was beaten and killed inside his West Los Angeles apartment unit, the prosecutor said. His body was discovered two days later.
Speight was charged with murder on Sept. 24, 2013, after forensic evidence linked him to the killing, the prosecutor added.
If convicted as charged, the defendant faces a maximum of life in state prison.
His bail remains at $1.2 million.
The case has been investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department, Robbery-Homicide Division.


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How's this for a job title: "Chief Funster." Requirements include reviewing festivals and concerts, tweeting and blogging about them, and being an all-around VIP at Sydney's biggest events.
Or, perhaps, these listings are more your cup of tea: lifestyle photographer for a popular magazine, wine and food "taste master," Outback adventurer, park ranger in a tropical paradise or wildlife caretaker to a coterie of exotic animals. All positions come with an A$100,000 paycheck for a six month commitment and all are billed as "The Best Jobs In The World."
Tourism Australia's viral marketing campaign, which offers six "dream jobs" throughout the continent, has truly captivated a global audience. Applications closed last week after the tourism board received more than 600,000 submissions from 196 countries. Of those, 46,000 hopefuls actually uploaded the required 30-second video. Now, a team of 25 is locked in a small room in Sydney watching every single clip and whittling the pack down to the top 150 for the first of many big announcements on April 24.
If tourism has its Idol, X Factor or Voice, this is it.
"We even talked about maybe -- and we never followed through with this -- but seeing if we could've gotten the guys from The Voice to listen to each of the stories and see if they'd turn around," Tourism Australia's Managing Director Andrew McEvoy joked. "That's what our world is about right now: advocacy and reality. The consumer is the judge."
Like any of those reality shows, Tourism Australia publishes a mixed bag of contestant videos from the awe-inspiring to those that make you cringe with embarrassment. But the teasing will end next week, when each of the six regional tourism boards participating in the campaign -- South Australia, Melbourne, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia -- receives the top 25 candidates. The public will then help narrow that down to the top three for each job, who will fly to Australia for final interviews in June.
Just a few weeks later on Aug. 1, the winners will be back on the ground in Australia hard at work cuddling koala bears, camping in the Outback and covering the latest and greatest the Sydney Opera House has to offer.
While the whole stunt may seem like a tease to bombard the world with classic Australian imagery -- and it most certainly is -- it's also about something else: jobs.
The fact is Australia has heaps of jobs that it needs to fill. They may not be as dreamy as a Chief Funster and may not come with an A$100,000 contract, but if Tourism Australia has its way, you'll apply now and hop on a plane tomorrow.
A Job On The Far Side Of The World
As the euro zone struggles with staggering unemployment rates and the U.S. inches out of its own recession, faraway Australia remains comparatively unfazed. Fueled by a mining boom that's lured most young Aussies into resource-related fields, the country is, in fact, awash in job openings.
A recent study found that the tourism and hospitality sector alone has about 36,000 vacancies ranging from low-skilled work (housekeepers, waiters, baristas) to chefs and sous chefs.
"Australia's tourism hubs are located in a lot of remote areas, and there is certainly difficulty in getting staff," explained Dr. Larry Dwyer, president of the International Academy for Tourism Economics and professor of Tourism Economics at the University of New South Wales Australian School of Business.
That's why the nation has, by leaps and bounds, the largest Working Holiday Maker program in the world. The program began in 1975 with the U.K., Ireland and Canada, and now allows residents of 29 nations such as the U.S., France, Germany, Japan and South Korea who are between the ages of 18 and 30 to live and work in Australia for up to one year.
Its initial purpose, according to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, was "to foster closer ties and cultural exchange between Australia and partner countries, with particular emphasis on young adults."
Over the years, however, it's turned into a job-recruiting machine for both the agriculture and tourism industries. The program grew by 23.2 percent over the last six months of 2012, and the department is currently in negotiations to expand it to residents of 15 more nations, including Mexico, the Czech Republic and Vietnam.
Have Backpack, Will Travel
Blessed by Mother Nature with pristine parkland, dazzling beaches and curious creatures, Australia has never quite lived up to its tourism potential for the simple fact that it's so far away from everything else. In 2011, for example, Australia was the 42nd most-visited country in the world, according to U.N. World Tourism Organization figures, with 5.9 million people, or 0.6 percent of global arrivals.
Tourism officials figure the youth segment accounts for 1.6 million visitors annually, or 27 percent of the nation's arrivals, and injects A$12 billion into the economy. Of those, at least 160,000, or 10 percent, are on working holidays at any given time, pumping A$2.5 billion into the Australian economy each year while simultaneously filling unwanted jobs.
Dr. Dwyer said the youth "backpacker" market has turned out to be a much more important market than anyone ever thought it would be because these visitors infuse money into the economy over a longer period of time.
However, inbound tourism has remained stagnant over the last few years due to the rising Australian dollar and soaring costs. On the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2013 list of the most expensive cities in the world, for example, Sydney ranked No. 3 while Melbourne ranked No. 4.
Consequently, many in the youth market have been scared away at the very time they're needed most to offset labor shortages -- which is why there has been a major push to promote the Working Holiday Maker program.
"The problem with tourism here in Australia is that it hasn't provided a lot of quality jobs with long-term careers for Australians," Dr. Dwyer noted. "It has high turnover, poor pay, poor hours and a lack of career progression. Young backpackers are enthusiastic about the far-off destinations, wiling to accept poor hours and low pay, so Australia is happy for this pool of potential employees."
The poor pay Dr. Dwyer speaks of is certainly relative. Casual workers in Australia make a bare minimum of A$17 (US$17.5) per hour. Even a worker from the United States might find that kind of pay alluring.
Pent-Up Demand For Australia
The Best Jobs In The World campaign is based on a 2009 initiative of the same name from Tourism Queensland, which offered one lucky applicant A$150,000 and the chance to be the "caretaker" of a paradisiacal island in the Great Barrier Reef. Briton Ben Southall edged out some 34,000 applicants from 200 countries as the ultimate winner, and his life hasn't been the same since.
He's done a six-part series for National Geographic and was involved in an Australian children's show called Totally Wild. Southall still works in Queensland as a "tourism ambassador," and when International Business Times caught up with him Friday, he was "in the process of attempting a world record around Australia" as part of the Aussie 8 Expedition, climbing eight peaks in the eight states and territories that make up the Australian mainland in 10 days.
The campaign that made him a minor celebrity also earned Brisbane-based advertising agency CumminsNitro (now SapientNitro Australia) three top awards in 2009 at the Cannes International Advertising Festival.
Tourism Queensland figures that for the A$1 million it spent, it generated about A$70 million in global publicity in the first month alone and A$200 million overall.
McEvoy believes the six-times-larger 2013 edition will easily double those figures.
"We worked with Queensland and knew the numbers would be huge, but they said don't be surprised by the reaction," McEvoy said. "There is a voracious appetite for this concept globally, and there is a lot of pent-up demand for our country that this flushes out."
The campaign has already generated an excess of 10,000 media stories throughout the world, and the buzz on social media is even larger -- a lot of free publicity for a drive that cost a relatively modest A$4 million.
The tourism board alone only forked over A$1.8 million for the project. Commercial partners like the career-finder Monster.com, airline Virgin Australia and youth-focused travel agency STA covered the rest. In the process, the team compiled a massive database of people who've signed up to hear more about Australia and its Working Holiday Maker program.
Tourism Australia also set up a brand-new Facebook page for the Working Holiday Maker program just before it launched the "Best Jobs in the World" campaign on March 5. That page now has nearly half a million likes.
McEvoy said looking at numbers from different consuls and embassies, Australia has seen about a 20 percent increase in inquiries into the temporary work visa programs since the launch.
STA Travel, meanwhile, has reported a 45 percent spike in Web traffic and big jumps in working holiday interest in both the U.S. and U.K., which, coincidentally, had the highest numbers of applicants for the "best jobs in the world" with 90,098 and 86,698 respectively.
Suffice it to say, by offering up six dream jobs, Australia stands to gain a massive pool of workers willing to take on all of its unwanted, un-dreamy jobs. And in the process, it hopes to turn six individuals plucked from around the globe into minor celebrities like Southall, who will "sunbake with seals," "master the art of wine- and beer-making" and "soar across postcard-worthy landscapes in a hot-air balloon."
"It's a tough job," Tourism Australia notes in its promotion, "but someone's got to do it and it may as well be you."


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Islamic Center of Morgantown page provide information on the Islamic Community Events in Morganton including: Prayers times, Halaqas, Socials, and any activities related to the Islamic Center of Morgantown.
Services: 5 Daily Prayers Eid Prayers Jumu'ah Prayers Weekend School for Kids
- Name: Islamic Center of Morgantown
- Type: Mosque
- Address: 434 Harding Ave, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
- City/Locality, State: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Established: 1983
- Madhab (School of thought): Sunnisalafi
- Language Services: English
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One hundred firms make up AdvisorOne's 2012 Top Wealth Managers, as measured by assets under management per client, with data as of 12/31/11.
Here we present a profile of the crème de la crème of the Top Wealth Managers—those 10 firms that topped the list in in our 2012 survey.
View the list of all 280 firms in our 2012 Top Wealth Managers survey.
Lisette Cooper, founder and CEO of Athena Capital Advisors, says that in its early years, the firm was an institutional consultant on investment strategy and risk management. In the late '90s, it moved toward serving families with institutional-size assets, and "in 2002 we really became what today is thought of as external CIO and multifamily office. So we moved from that consulting model to an investment management model."
One atypical factor about Athena is Cooper herself. With a Harvard Ph.D. and a background in mathematics, she "really came in with much more of a focus on some of the quantitative aspects, like risk management," she says, adding, "I think that distinguishes Athena—we have a focus not only on returns but also on risk, and that's really distinguished us from our peers: our strong risk-adjusted returns."
Cooper adds that she "took all this work from physics and brought it to finance." Interestingly, she points out that the Black-Scholes Equation, used to calculate pricing for stock options, is "the same math in my dissertation that we call the heat flow equation."
The other principals—there are four altogether—brought their own strengths to the firm in law, estate planning and portfolio management.
Risk Focus Brought Better Returns During Crisis
The focus on risk management, says Cooper, meant the firm did better during the 2008 crisis than many others, bringing in returns much better than market benchmarks, because client assets were already positioned for safety. She explains, "We started taking steps to batten down the hatches in 2007 and early 2008, so we were really prepared when the bottom fell out."
Having prepared a chart of the firm's picture of asset allocation over time, Cooper says that, while "it normally changes pretty gradually over time, with our changing perspective on the markets, and we have stepped back into equity markets," it currently reflects a more conservative position within asset classes in the wake of the crisis.
The basic framework is still the same, she adds, and "on the strategic side, client-specific factors and market factors stayed the same," but hedge funds now occupy a lower allocation—thanks in part to their less liquid nature, "and also in recognition of this really low interest rate environment we're in."
Large Enough, but Small Enough, Too
Asked to differentiate the firm from its competition, some of which includes Wall Street behemoths, Cooper says, "We're large enough that we can provide all the perks and services of a big organization, but we're small enough that we have a very customized solution with very high-quality client services."
She adds, "Each client advisor has a relatively small load of clients, compared with those large institutions, and on the research side we're able to give our clients access to niche managers and top-quality managers that might be under the radar screen for a large institution such as a big bank or wirehouse." The firm is also independent and fee-only, and doesn't restrict itself to products or services from a single firm—instead going "wherever we find the best investment ideas and offerings." In addition, she says, "We're very proud of our research team and also our client service team."
Growth has been mostly organic, although the firm has completed "one small acquisition" and is considering others in the future. Still, building client portfolios and "selectively" adding new clients—both private and "some foundations and endowments"—allows the firm to continue to concentrate on serving those clients and remain client-focused. "Every client is important to us," she says.
The firm is, says Cooper, more than 80% employee owned, and the plan is to add additional partners in the future. Adding other staff is also part of the plan, and Cooper says, "We look for employees who can embody the wisdom and caring of Athena."
She adds, "Like people tend to attract other like people, with really high ethical standards of integrity and high standards for themselves," she says, and while the firm works with recruiters it also values word-of-mouth recommendations. Relocations can also play a role, and she says the firm is happy to be able to bring in people from other regions who have come to the Boston area. Both a succession plan for the firm's future and career paths for employees' futures are in place, she adds.
'Ready to Join the World'
The firm "ferociously" guards its reputation, continuing to employ risk management not just in terms of investment management but also in terms of operational risk management for the firm. Cooper says that news flows are watched carefully. "Is there anything that we really need, to have our antenna up for our clients? Whether it's the fiscal cliff or worrying about Israel and Iran," she explains, everyone is alert—"just being sure that we have, as best we can, early warning signals and [that we] pay attention to them."
The firm's other focus on the future is its own position and prominence. Cooper says the firm is "making sure our relationships and key providers know about Athena and know what we do, because in size, it really has moved past being a small, founder-centric business that's a secret. So we're really trying to be sure we are communicative."
She concludes, "I think for a while we were off the radar screen. And we're really ready to … join the world of investment management as a thought leader, and communicate our best ways to manage assets for the private client and institutional investor."
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Head Huggers
Do you knit? Crochet? Sew?
I am embarking on a project to do just that, and would like to invite you to join me.
A while back, I met a wonderful woman who happened to be going through the experience of chemotherapy. Her one and only apparent side effect was that she had lost her hair. While we were out shopping and having lunch, this neat lady chose to wear a baseball cap to keep her head warm, even though the weather was mild.
Pondering this later, it seemed a shame that this woman who was already braving cancer and all that this entailed, also had to suffer with a cold head. I decided to knit her a warm, soft cap. Finding knit hat patterns on the internet, I was able to knit two caps in rather quick succession... actually using up yarn left over from previous knitting projects.
Then, realizing there are a lot of folks out there with cold heads as a result of chemotherapy or other medical treatments, I decided to do more. I have found many more hat patterns, even some specifically labeled 'chemo caps.' I have patterns for knitted caps, for crocheted caps, and for caps which can be sewn out of fleece. I have received permission from the designers of the patterns to distribute them to other craftspeople who might want to join me in this project.
My plan is to distribute the caps to hospitals, oncology offices, hospices, etc. so that they can more readily be available to those who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy, etc. But to make it work, I need volunteers to help with the production. Won't you consider joining me?
If you are interested and would like more information (including 'Head Huggers Guidelines' and patterns), please explore this site then contact me.
Sue W. Thompson
3/10/2015: Important Note -- Moving - Address Changes:
Hello Head Hugger volunteers,
My husband and I have moved to Tucson, Arizona... We have built our new home here in Arizona and have a new address. Meanwhile, I will be at this same email address (email@example.com) and my phone number will remain as is (410-643-5767).
Sooooo............ if you want, you can...
1. Distribute your hats to any of the satellite Head Huggers groups listed on my web site.This address should be good forever.
I LOVE you all,
Sue (Thompson)
P.S. there are new files for the brochures that remove the old address, so please use those for any brochures you print and distribute. Thanks!
P.S. See Miracles Happen, Sue's other project website and other favorite charity... making and distributing baby items for maternity homes and pregnancy crisis centers to donate to newborns and their mothers.
webmaster: email@example.com
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The American Battle Monuments Commission, established by the Congress in 1923, is an agency of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
The Commission—guardian of America's overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials—honors the service, achievements and sacrifice of United States Armed Forces. The Commission administers, operates, and maintains 24 permanent American burial grounds on foreign soil. Presently there are 124,909 U.S. war dead interred at these cemeteries, 30,921 of World War I, 93,238 of World War II and 750 of the Mexican War. Additionally 6,177 American veterans and others are interred in the Mexico City and Corozal American Cemeteries.
The Commission administers, operates and maintains 25 memorials, monuments or markers. To learn more about them, click on the Memorials link.
Three memorials in Washington, D. C., also were established by the Commission, but are now administered by the National Park Service. To learn more about these three memorials, click on AEF Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and World War II Memorial.
I found the following entries for CUMPSTONs
William D CUMPSTON Private US Army entered the service from Pennsylvania died 11 July 1944. Buried at Plot D Row 18 Grave 23 Normandy American Cemetery Colleville sur mer Service # 13089796 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Awards: Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Robert L CUMPSTONE Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces Service # 0-763510 73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group. Entered the Service from: Connecticut Died: 8-Aug-44 Missing in Action or Buried at Sea Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii. Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart


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health decisions. Dr. Schaff is a diagnostic radiologist with Intermountain
Medical Imaging in Boise, Idaho.
MD: George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1982–1986
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Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL, 1987–1989
Residency in Diagnostic Radiology: Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, 1989–1991
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- Name: Masjid Al Madinah
- Type: Mosque
- Address: 1964 Wesley Chapel Rd, Decatur, GA 30035, USA
- City/Locality, State: Decatur, Georgia
- Established: Unknown
- Madhab (School of thought): Sunni
- Language Services: English
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Andy posted this fascinating Playboy interview with Nick Denton on usv.com yesterday. I read it this morning over a Cortado at Kava. I loved every bit of it. Nick is opinionated, intelligent, and interesting.
Here is one part of the interview that got me thinking.
PLAYBOY: What will be the life-changing or society-changing technologies that we're just starting to see now?
DENTON: The internet is it for this century, maybe the next one too. People ask what comes next too quickly. To the extent there is some kind of message in the valuation that the market has given Twitter, it is that communication, information and media are at the heart of this phase, this cycle, and it's a long, long cycle that could last 50 or 100 years. When you have an innovation as profound as the networking of sentient beings.… Those delusional futurists who talked about Gaia, the planetwide intelligence? They were spot-on. It's totally happening, and everything else comes out of that.
PLAYBOY: By "everything else," do you mean wearable computing, self-driving cars and that stuff?
DENTON: Who gives a fuck about wearable computing? That's just a detail. I mean improvement in biotech, curing cancer, efficient travel into orbit, better device storage, solving carbon emissions. All these other problems will be solved by the internet by harnessing the collective intelligence. Everything else will fall out with that.
PLAYBOY: That definitely sounds utopian. To be clear, you just said the internet is going to solve global warming, correct?
DENTON: Yeah. Intelligence connected to human beings will achieve rates of technological progress that would have been impossible in previous eras. Of course we'll solve problems more quickly.
I wake up most mornings thinking "what comes next?". That is the business we are in. We've gotten it more or less right on social networking, mobile, crowdfunding, and maybe bitcoin.
But, as Nick points out, these are not the "next things". These are just the ongoing evolution of the Internet and all that it opens up in terms of innovation. And Nick goes on to suggest that the way our society will solve cancer, space travel, and environmental issues is "intelligence connected to human beings". Collective intelligence at work. That's a big assertion but he may well be right.
At USV, we don't invest in health care, but we are certainly, and increasingly, interested in the way networked humans can impact health care. We don't invest in clean tech either. But we are certainly, and increasingly, interested in the way networked humans can impact the environment.
I hope Nick is right that "the Internet is it for this century, and maybe the next one too". That means our investment strategy has a lot of legs.Related articles
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My research focuses on identifying genetic and molecular alterations associated with prostate cancer, studying molecular pathways responsible for initiating the disease and causing its progression, and developing ways to translate these findings into preclinical studies and clinical trials.
In 2010, we published the largest data set of the comprehensive profiling of prostate cancer through a multidisciplinary collaboration at Memorial Sloan Kettering. From this work, we were able to identify a number of novel genetic alterations that are currently being evaluated to determine their precise role in the biology of prostate tumorigenesis.
We are investigating the rational development of combination therapy to treat prostate cancer, particularly castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Given ample evidence that loss of the tumor suppressor PTEN leads to activation of the PI3K pathway, we have developed a number of novel therapies targeting this pathway.
We recently demonstrated that the PI3K and AR pathways cross-regulate each other by reciprocal feedback whereby inhibition of one activates the other, maintaining tumor cell survival. We showed that combined inhibition of PI3K and AR signaling caused near-complete prostate cancer regression in PTEN-deficient mouse models and in human prostate cancer xenografts. We also have developed in vitro and in vivo preclinical models of acquired resistance to combined PI3K and AR pathway inhibition and are currently exploring the mechanisms of resistance.
In collaboration with Howard I. Scher, Chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service, we are testing combined inhibition of PI3 and AR pathways in castration-resistant prostate cancer in phase II clinical trials. I assist with trial design and secondary molecular analyses of patient specimens, with the goals of evaluating target inhibition, feedback pathway regulation, and mechanisms of resistance. We hope this model will serve as a platform for future trials investigating novel targeted therapies in prostate cancer.


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Central Australian Hotel
This hotel was originally built in 1884 but burnt down and was rebuilt in the 1930s. It still resembles the old photos to an extent.
Carriers Arms Hotel
This hotel was built in 1879. When the hotel was almost 30 years old, one of my great uncles, Perc NORTHCOTE, worked at this hotel around 1906. I bet the colours it's painted now are a bit different from those used in its early days.
This was apparently the hotel where Henry Lawson wrote a few of his stories but he used to refer to the hotel as the Shearers Arms. His poem, When the 'Army' Prays for Watty, was supposedly to have been written about one hotel owners, Watty Braithwaite. The Cobb & Co Heritage Trail website suggests this story about the poem's origins:
"Apparently, the poem was inspired by a time when Lawson walked past the pub and noticed Watty lounging in an armchair on the verandah (his habitual position), oblivious to the sounds of the Salvation Army singing and praying nearby."
The Carrier's Arms was also one of the Cobb & Co agencies.
This hotel was next door to the bike shop that one of my uncles, Walter John NORTHCOTE, owned and ran in Bourke in the late 1800s to the early 1900s. He was trained as a wheelwright and worked with bikes and coaches around the areas of Bourke and Nyngan.
In one of its earlier times, it was known as the Royal Hotel and this name can still just be seen, like a ghost sign, on the side of the hotel.
In January 1899, my great uncle, Walter John NORTHCOTE, and some of his mates decided to ride their bicycles to Sydney. Even today, the trek from Sydney to Bourke is no mean feat, so riding bikes back in those days must have been seen as a pretty big trek indeed.
Unfortunately, just a few months after this great trek to Sydney and back, a massive fire broke out in the bike shop in 1899, which also damaged the hotel and the shop, Hacketts, next door to the bike shop.


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The saga of the Gig Harbor Killer comes full circle as the CSI's close in on the ruthless murderer. Meanwhile Nick makes a major decision regarding his career.
The CSI team investigates a murder with ties to two teenaged kidnapped girls.
Julie and Sara lead an investigation into the murder of a young woman whose body was found in a remote location completely covered in car paint.
The CSI's investigate a man found beaten to death in an alley that was dressed as a super hero.
The CSI team reopens a 10-year-old murder/suicide case when the sole survivor claims her accused father was innocent.
The CSI team investigates the bizarre death of a man who was killed not once, but twice.
The CSI's are called to investigate the murder of a man whose body was found in a dark alley. Their investigation leads them to a bizarre underground culture in which men dress as female dolls to live out their fantasies.moreless
The CSI team investigates the death of a woman full of alcohol and drugs in a pool at a rehab facility.
Frustration mounts for the CSI team as another victim surfaces and all evidence points to the Gig Harbour Killer.


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It's not a secret anymore that I love bags for a long time and my most favorite bag brand today is Timbuk2; and yes, I have a personal fable for the bags from San Francisco. Somehow, a gadget user, traveler and professional has to carry all the stuff, like during this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and Timbuk2 gave me from day one what I was looking for. A fashionable, customized looking messenger bag which is different from other bags. Somehow, or better thanks to social media, Timbuk2 recognized, that I'm one of their bigger fans on the other side of the pond and they invited me last year to visit their HQ whenever I'll be in San Francisco. Thanks to Frequencies by HTC, I was in town earlier last month and therefore I took the chance to meet with the folks from Timbuk2, namely with Noel, Timbuk2's community manager.
Located in a former garage in San Francisco's Mission district, the Timbuk2 headquarter with attached factory was exactly what I expected: A stylish and inspiring place to work at.
Founded back in 1989 by Rob Honeycutt, a San Francisco bicycle messenger who purchases a used Singer sewing, everything started with a total investment of US$ 200 only.
His first product, he sewed in his leisure time, were 50 black handlebar bags he sold at one bicycle shop in San Francisco. Since he was still working as a bike messenger (and that's where Timbuk2's love for messenger bags and everything bicycle-related comes from), he noted how many non-messengers asked him where they can buy a messenger bag like he carried. Rob seized the opportunity and built his first messenger bag: Scumbags - the initial name of his company - was born. In 1990 Rob decided that Scumbags lacked the necessary credibility of a real bag company and inspired by the legendary African city Timbuktu (the one which was often in the news recently) and a popular indie band of that time - Timbuk3, the name Timbuk2 was born.
All materials which were required to make a bag were kept within arms' reach of the sewing machine and every single bag was made-to-order. As Noel told me during my visit, at these early days friends already asked for custom designs which therefore became the heritage of today's Timbuk2. Later in 1991, Rob doodled the original Timbuk2 swirl logo on a cocktail napkin with a felt-tip marker (it was only modernized in 2003).
The next milestone of Timbuk2 was the year 1994 when Rob became a student of mass customization and the lean manufacturing philosophy of Toyota. He perfected the three-panel bag design for production - which is used until today - since Timbuk2 introduced its signature three-panel, tri-color messenger bag design in 1994 which encouraged bike shops and consumers to design custom bags with Timbuk2's "Build Your Own Bag" order form. In 1999, Timbuk2 began its work on an Internet version of its custom bag order form which was launched in 2000.
Since then, Timbuk2 has introduced a lot of different bag series, some of them mass manufactured in China, but the custom bags are still hand made in San Francisco; with most of them sewed in the HQ I've visited. The headquarter divides into two sections: the front section with the office and the back section with the factory, where all the custom bags - hand made in San Francisco - are sewed.
In the front part is the product design and management, customer service and administration.
While the back part has the magazine, fabrics cutting, the sewing line and parcel pick-up.
The office is this kind of inspiring open office you would expect from such a creative company, even if Timbuk2 is everything but a start-up anymore. And Timbuk2 was even kind enough to offer me a sneak-peek into its upcoming product line (good stuff and designs are coming - promissed).
The production line in the back part is still heavily influenced by Rob's studies of Toyota's lean manufacturing philosophy and like when he began with his Singer, every piece of custom made bags is still within arms' reach of the sewer which mostly work for Timbuk2 for over 10 years now.
Interesting enough, Noel told me that only a few of the hand made bags manufactured and shipped last year were looking the same, especially the black/black/black messenger back from hard-core fans which wanted to get a San Francisco original. But all other bags differed to each other which means you will rarely find a custom messenger bag twice.
The tour ended at Timbuk2's kitchen bar were Noel served me a fresh tap beer, another fact which makes Timbuk2 so sympathetic since the guys at Timbuk2 are totally into beer - like me. And an interesting side note was the fact that every year one employee is responsible for the beer selection. He/she can select the brand but has also to take care that there's always enough beer at the office. This year, a Hawaiian beer is served which was pretty tasty. No wonder, Timbuk2 brought the Dolores Chiller to the market, which sold pretty well last year as the Dolores Chiller München and - I can unveil here - which will receive an update this year!
Final Conclusion
Timbuk2 bags are by far not the cheapest messenger bags you can get, especially not if you have to import the custom messengers from the U.S. and have to pay tax and duties, but in my humble opinion it's worth since they are still the best looking and most functional messenger bags available. Doesn't matter if it's a classic messenger, a laptop messenger or just a market tote (maybe even with a laptop compartment), it's the small details which makes Timbuk2 bags so useful; not to mention the lifelong guarantee you have on their bags but franks - who wants to get a used messenger repaired or even exchanged, which which have seen the world with you? Since the early 2000s, my messengers have seen with me Europe, Asia, Africa and North America and I'm not giving away a single bag, even if I bought a new one in San Francisco which will now explore the world with me.
Cheers ~ Arne
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The Central Connecticut volleyball team was selected third in the annual preseason poll of Northeast Conference coaches. The Blue Devils finished the 2011 season third in the NEC with a 20-11 record and an 11-5 mark in conference play.
Sacred Heart took the top spot in the poll and tallied eight of the nine first place votes. LIU Brooklyn was tabbed second after falling to the Pioneers in the NEC title game last season. Robert Morris was selected fourth and claimed the only first place vote that did not go to Sacred Heart.
The final five spots in the poll were filled by Bryant, Saint Francis (PA), Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Francis (NY) and Quinnipiac.
The Blue Devils return a solid core of players that reached the NEC semifinals last season. The 2011 NEC Tournament appearance was the ninth consecutive trip to the playoffs for head coach Linda Sagnelli's squad.
Senior Emily Cochran returns to the court for the Blue Devils after being named to the All-NEC Second Team and the NEC All-Tournament Team last season. Cochran led the Blue Devils in kills (446) and kills/set (3.81). She also contributed 342 digs on the season.
The Blue Devils led the NEC in digs last season with sophomore Brittany Schumacher recording a team-high 496 digs. Senior Blaike King and junior Amalia Ashley also posted more than 200 digs last season.
Senior Jamie Rademacher finished last season 40th in the country in hitting percentage with a .353 mark. Rademacher posted her hitting percentage with 245 kills and 57 errors on 533 total attacks.
The Blue Devils will open the 2012 season on August 24, at the West Virginia Mountaineer Invitational. The following week the Blue Devils will host the CCSU Invitational at Detrick Gym. That event will feature two matches on Friday August 31, and four on Saturday September 1.


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Some computer terms translated to BM,
Don't you think that computer terminology in Bahasa Malaysia is really weird?
Cakera Keras = Hard Disk
Tetikus = Mouse
Papan Kunci = Keyboard
CD-ROM = Cakera Padat Ingatan Melalui Pembacaan (CP-IMP) – Isn't that bit too much to ingat? Try pronouncing that without twisting your tongue or pausing to think. IMPs?
Monitor = What's the term for this? KETUA DARJAH?
Modem = Could it be called "PEMPEND" <– PEModulasi, PENDemodulasi?
Motherboard = "Papan Ibu" probably? Maybe the best motherboards can be awarded the "Papan Ibu Mithali" then?
Sound Card = Kad Bunyi?
Sound Blaster = Peletup Bunyi?
Pipeline Burst Cache = Duite Garisan Paip Meletup?
Local Bus = Bas Tempatan? Sounds good to me.
VESA Local Bus = Bas Tempatan VESA?
Flatbed = Katil leper? OR Katil Rumah Pangsa (Flat)?
WWW = Sarang labah-labah Selebar Dunia (SSD)? Sounds quite convincing to me.
Then what would you call daughterboards? Papan anak perempuan? That sounds a little kinky for me :)) What about SIMMs and DIMMs and such…?
*laf* wonder what would you call ink jets then Pancutan Dakwat???
What about "Plug and Play [tm]"? Hmmm..Plug and play….Cucuk dan Main??? Somehow I think not.
Joystick = Batang Gembira or Batang Ria?? Damn obscene man!!
- Lawak ni aku jumpa di laman blog seorang rakan…semua cerita lawak..enjoy membacanya…Thank to the owner blog joke nih..


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The Opening Reception combined with the opening of the Exhibits will be held on Wednesday, January 31, from 6:00 – 8:00pm, providing an opportunity for all attendees to meet and mingle informally over drinks and light hors d'ouevres. The 2018 Pregnancy Meeting's Opening Reception is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Illumina. View the 2018 exhibit floorplan.
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On Thursday, February 1, from 5:30– 6:30pm, there will be a reception for MFM Fellows-in-training. This event is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Obstetrix Medical Group and is by invitation only. The Meet-the-Fellows Reception will immediately follow the Associate Member's meeting which will be held from 4:30 – 5:30pm.
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SMFM and the Foundation for SMFM will honor our friend and colleague, Dr. Dan O'Keeffe, at the annual Pregnancy Meeting. We are gathering for a tribute event to celebrate his career and his retirement as Executive Vice President of SMFM. We hope you will join us! Individual tickets as well as tribute packages are available. Proceeds from the event will help fund scholarships for the SMFM Leadership Academy for up-and-coming MFM leaders who will play a role in the future of our specialty.
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Intuitively, if energy can be stored in rotational motion, it has to obey $E=mc^2$. Does rotation of typical stellar-sized objects - BHs, pulsars, binaries - have measurable effect on their overall gravity?
(I'm not talking about nearby effects, like frame dragging described by Kerr metric, the effect on measurements from the Earth is of interest)


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The campaign to stop Joseph Kony has responded to criticism and renewed its call to arrest the Ugandan militia leader who has murdered tens of thousands, displaced more than 1 million, and conscripted at least 30,000 child soldiers by force.
In a video released on the Invisible Children website, chief executive Ben Keesey laid out his group's finances, showing that more than 80 percent of funding was spent on program costs out in the field, and emphasized that most funds were spent through partner organizations on the ground in the communities of northern Uganda and the northeastern section of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He also said that the group, which has launched the most viral YouTube video campaign in history, is dedicated to bringing warlord Joseph Kony to justice.
"I understand why a lot of people are wondering, 'Is this just some slick, kind of fly-by-night, slacktivist thing?' when actually it's not at all," said Mr. Keesey in Invisible Children's response video. "It's connected to a really deep, thoughtful, very intentional and strategic campaign."
What is striking about Invisible Children's video campaign, and the often harsh response to it, is the yawning chasm between two groups of people who essentially share the same values and want the same thing.
On one side is Invisible Children, a group that began raising funds a decade ago to help affected communities acquire radio equipment and schools to heal the wounds of war and to protect themselves from future attacks. On the other side are African intellectuals and international aid workers who feel that Invisible Children is dangerously simplifying a complex problem in order to raise money.
Both sides want the communities of Uganda, Central African Republic, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to be free of Kony's murderous militia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). But they have different perspectives on how this should be done, and who should do it.
For critics of Invisible Children, its video highlighting the victims of Kony's campaign, and then the mainly American students and activists pledging to help out only ends up reinforcing the stereotyped vision of Africa as a weak, damaged continent that needs foreigners to set things straight.
Typical among the critics is Ugandan journalist and blogger Rosebell Kagumire of Kampala, the Ugandan capital, who notes that the story portrayed in the Invisible Children video is about five years out of date.
"My major problem with this video is that it simplifies the problems of millions of people of northern Uganda and makes out another thing that is often heard about Africa, how hopeless people are in terms of conflict," she says. "It's not entirely true, there are many local initiatives to end this war…. The war is much more complex than one man called Joseph Kony. It was much more in the beginning about resources and the marginalization of people."
"This is another video where we see an outsider trying to be a hero rescuing African children," she adds. "We have seen these stories a lot in Ethiopia, celebrities coming in Somalia. It does not end the problem. I think we need a kind of sound intelligent campaign that are geared to real policy shifts, rather than adverse sensationalized stories that lead one person to cry."
In his response video, Keesey does make a careful attempt to correct some of the mistakes of the past, pointing out Invisible Children's African partners on the ground, and recognizing that conditions have improved in northern Uganda as Kony's group has shifted into the borderlands of Congo, Sudan, and the Central African Republic.
But if this was all just one huge misunderstanding, it is a misunderstanding that is likely to persist long after YouTube viewers have shifted their attention to the next sensation, such as, perhaps, these videos of lions of the Masai Mara captured on remote controlled robot-cam.
Africans are increasingly connected to broadband Internet. They have increasing resources as their economies boom, and they are taking on more and more of the peacekeeping and conflict-resolution responsibilities in hotspots such as Somalia and Sudan. The Invisible Children video campaign – unintentionally, I believe – was a little too close to the old-style Western aid campaigns like "We are the world," when American and British rock stars urged people to dig deep in their pockets to end hunger in the Horn of Africa nearly 30 years ago. Western generosity and guilt may have worked in 1983, but they just aren't going to work for a proudly African audience in 2012.
Do Africans want American teens to go back to the days when they didn't know about or care about Africa? Do they want Americans to remain unengaged? Hardly. But now that Invisible Children has gotten millions of young Americans engaged, it's time to study the subject a little more, to assist those who are already working to solve the problems. The people of Uganda, DRC, Central African Republic, and Sudan are happy to have the help of equal partners, not conquering heroes.
* Keep Calm, a winking reference to the World War II slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On," is a new blog that aims to provide a bit of context to help make sense of confusing news events.
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Carl Warner's Foodscapes from the previous post has been rightly lauded over the past years, but his was not the first artworks to feature food in such a breathtaking manner. Photographer Klaus Enrique Gerdes takes his cue from the artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo in creating his fanciful portraits using fruits, twigs and flowers.
Gerdes is a commercial photographer, but just like Warner, he became famous for his colorful and detailed portraits of objects that are so meticulously arranged that you can't help but see faces staring back at you. Because of this, he is now more popularly known as the photographer inspired by Arcimboldo, although he came up with the concept on his own and later on stumbled upon the artist's work while researching for his portrait project.
Anyone who has dabbled in some art history will immediately find similarities between these photographs and the iconic artworks of Giuseppe Arcimboldo, the 16th Century painter who up to now is viewed as both a genius and oddity in the art world. Arcimboldo was a court painter for a couple of European Royalties, but it was his panache for painting portraits entirely made up of fruits, vegetables, plants and other inanimate objects that still captures the imagination of art enthusiasts the world over.
The first of Arcimboldo's portraits that Gerdes recreated (up at the very top of this post) is Vertumnus, the Roman god of fruit trees and plants. This particular portrait was actually based on the likeness of the Emperor Rudolf II, and as such is meant to be a double portrait of sorts. The next portraits are the seasons personified, with Winter and Spring above, and Summer below.
The next portrait below is that of The Gardener or The Greengrocer, one of Arcimboldo's cleverer works; not only does it contain the hidden face of a plump and bearded man, it also represents a bowl of vegetables if you turn it upside down. The last portrait of the lady in flowers is most probably a re-imagining of Arcimboldo's Ninfa Flora. If you haven't yet seen any of Arcimboldo's works, you should definitely see a few before going over Gerdes' fantastic recreations.
Even if you simply reduce these pictures as photography inspired by Arcimboldo, you cannot doubt the skill that went into carefully selecting the right produce that would form the face of each portrait, painstakingly arranging each individual leaf and petal according to how it would look in unison with the face, and correctly setting the lighting and camera equipment in order to capture these faces at their most flattering angle.
Gerdes has obviously refined his skill as viewers are treated to both an image of flowers and fruits and an actual portrait. As he puts it, "...simple organic objects come together to create something more meaningful than the sum of its parts."
Klaus Enrique Gerdes has managed to create five portraits in Arcimboldo's style, although there is a chance that he will create more wonderful portraits. His website has more of his photography, along with his Facebook page which is updated regularly. Finally, don't forget to read up on Giuseppe Arcimboldo himself and find out more weirdly beautiful portraits from centuries past.