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The mission of the United Way of Bristol (UWB) Endowment Campaign is to receive gifts and pledges for an Endowment Fund that will be completely dedicated to paying 100% of the operating and administrative expenses of UWB. This will enable every dollar raised during the annual campaigns to be directed back into the community through community service agencies, programs, and initiatives.
The UWB Endowment Fund is operated pursuant to the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act and managed by the UWB Endowment Committee, in accordance with a Resolution adopted by the Board of Directions on August 22, 20161. The Committee has hired Manning and Napier, with $34.8 billion assets under management, as the investment advisor; and has adopted a Spending Policy designed to provide a reasonable and reliable revenue stream to support the operations of UWB, while preserving the purchasing power of the Fund after inflation and reasonable investment related expenses. Based on current market conditions, it is estimated that $9 million would be needed to fully fund all operating and administrative expenses of UWB.
Between 1993 and 2015, UWB accumulated just over $425,000 for endowment purposes from bequests and restricted gifts. In 2016, two legacy bequests totaling approximately $673,000 were also dedicated by the UWB Board for endowment purposes. The official Endowment Campaign got off to a fantastic start in July of 2016 with generous "first-day" pledges of $2.2 million. Today's Endowment Fund balance and outstanding Endowment Campaign pledges total over $4.5 million. Your gift is now needed to achieve our goal of fully funding all operating and administrative expenses of UWB through the Endowment Fund.
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Hi, sorry about my bad English, I'm Norwegain! Most people in Norway seems to be running the 2.1 or diesel, so I have had trouble getting answer to my question on the Norwegian T3 (T25) forum, reading previous post it looks like you guys have the knowledge I need. Couldn't find any old post with the exact information I'm looking for, sorry if I did a bad job searching.
Anyway I have a 1985 syncro with the early water system with 1.9 DG that's not running, now I want to put in a 2.1 DJ because I already have the engine. I have changed the radiator to the bigger 2.1/diesel one, but the rest is on planning stage.
Solution A
Find a way to connect the existing cooling system to the 2.1 oil cooler
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Keep the existing coolant setup, and put in an external oil cooler
Something like this https://busschmiede.de/shop/T3-2WD-4WD- ... asserkit_1
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1.)The Odones showed scientific method by first they researched all they could about the disease. They read all the available studies on the topic, and even read beyond ALD-specific studies to learn about other experiments and studies on similar topics that might help them understand the issue. Then they came up with a hypothesis, using an oil on Lorenzo by feeding him it to see if it would reduce the fats in his blood. They charted his blood levels before and after they gave him the oil to check his progress. Their conclusion was Lorenzo's oil was working.
4.)Lorenzo's oil is a treatment consisted of oleic acid and erucic acid, prepared from olive oil and rapeseed oil. This treatment is given to males who have ALD. The treatment works like a kitchen sink; lorenzo's oil added the unsaturated fats that lorenzo's nerves needed. lorenzo's body wouldn't produce them itself, so they needed an outside source-oleic acid. By not having Lorenzo eat the fats his body produced more, like how you plug a sink up the water will just keep filling up. The oil created something like a second drain for Lorenzo.
6.) The medical community resisted the Odone's treatment ideas because they had not been thoroughly tested on a large scale yet. they didn't want the Odones to give people false hope until they know for sure if it worked on everyone and what the side effects were. Also they were professionals that did not want amateurs telling them what to do. The Parent support group resisted because they had faith in their doctors and did not want to give parents a false hope that there was a cure.
8.)The family's courage and persistence did inspire me because they found out their kid had a disease that was unknown and untreatable that their kid was going to die slowly from within the next years. But instead of just giving up and spending time with their kid for the last few years they fought for his life by researching all they could testing out everything they knew and not letting doctors or professionals tell them they cannot do that or they cannot do this because it was not approved, they ignored them and still went on with their courage to keep Lorenzo alive.
12.) Support groups are there to give each other ideas and to be there for other family's because they are going through usually the same thing as everyone else, giving family's support for each other. Support groups affected the Odones by giving them the idea that they are not going to sit here like everyone else and wait for a cure that will probably not be found out for a long time, they decided they were not going to sit there and cope in a support group they were going to go work on a cure themselves.
14.) Erucic acid is monounsaturated omega 9 fatty acid. This can be found in rapeseed, mustard seed, and wallflower seed. This acid is not soluble in water. It is used chemically to make many different things; lubricants, cosmetics, nylon and polyester. Consuming large amounts of this acid have been linked back to causing heart disease.


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Alliance of Valiant Arms is back in Southeast Asia, Closed Beta starts August 4th
Alliance Of Valiant Arms (A.V.A) is back in Southeast Asia, as publisher Garena is ready to kick off the first official Closed Beta testing tomorrow, on August 4th. Garena's publishing rights cover Singapore and Malaysia, but as it seems the servers won't block gamers based in other countries of the Southeast Asian region.
A.V.A - Garena Official Trailer
The free-to-play military FPS was previously hosted and operated by Asiasoft for Southeast Asia. Account migration to Garena is not possible, players need to register with a new account to access the first Closed Beta testing which is set for August 4th and ends August 10th.
Servers are located in Singapore and Malaysia, but Garena welcomes players from other regions, eventhough they might experience some lags. Alliance of Valiant Arms (AVA) is scheduled to enter Open Beta Tests (OBT) shortly after the CBT, on August 12th, as stated in the official forum. But again, players should be aware that the characters created in the CBT will not be transferred to OBT.
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Country boy and city slicker. Cowboy and decorator. Bull rider and — unicorn! Opposites powerfully attract in Tara Lain's new romance, but can they find a way to be together? Check out Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns.
Hi everyone! Welcome to the release of my new cowboy romance! One reviewer said if she could give this book 25 stars, she would! Read on and i hope you enjoy it!!
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Cowboys Don't Ride Unicorns
(Cowboys Don't Series, #2)
By Tara Lain
Cowboy Danny Boone—a name he made up one drunken night and has regretted ever since—harbors a big past and yearns for a small future. A short, bright career as a champion bull rider almost ended in his death when his homophobic father discovered Danny was gay. Now Danny longs for a plot of land he can build a ranch house on and enough money to make up for some of the education he missed.
Danny also hides a preference for beautiful femmes who like to top—a combo rarer than a unicorn. Then onto the guest ranch where Danny works drives San Francisco decorator Laurie Belmont, a young man so gorgeous he makes horses gasp, and so ballsy he almost kills Danny's attacker.
Laurie's trying to find his way out from under the thumb of a domineering mother, helpless father, and rich, privileged boyfriend. But no matter the attraction, their lives are worlds apart, and cowboys don't ride unicorns.
see what's ahead." He coaxed Tramp into a trot and then a canter, and before
Danny could even register it, he was in a full-on gallop.
glanced at Grove, who looked worried. Danny frowned. "Should I go after him?
He's pretty sure in the saddle, but he doesn't know the area."
He's pissed, and he's got a wicked temper. Plus he's fond of biting off more
than he can chew."
scrubbed the accompanying image of Laurie's biting and chewing from his brain
and took off after him at speed. Danny rode Star Gazer, a beautiful black
Arabian who had lots of speed on Tramp, but Laurie had a head start.
galloped down the path, looking for signs of Tramp ahead. Finally he saw the
flick of her tail rounding a corner, and he turned Star Gazer into the rough
and ran catty-corner to intercept Laurie. When Danny came up beside Tramp,
Laurie rode easily, grinning and obviously having way too much fun. Danny waved
him down. "Stop, damn it."
him a pouty look but slowed Tramp to a trot. "What's wrong?"
frowned and pulled up Tramp.
hand to the right. "There's a little stream over there. Let her get a drink."
He walked Star Gazer through the trees to the trickle of water, so precious in
drought-ridden California.
dismounted and dropped his reins, letting Tramp get her own water.
same, and as Star Gazer walked to the stream, Danny turned on Laurie. "First,
you don't know this area. Going that fast, you could have hit barbed wire, or
for that matter, the highway that comes up fast in a half mile. Second, Tramp
isn't an Arabian. Yes, she's got some speed, but she's older and not bred to
gallop for that long."
ride the Palomino." He crossed his arms.
get to if it's okay with Rand, but you've got to respect the horses, and making
them pay for your temper isn't the way to do it."
widened a bit; then he stared at his boots. "Tramp seems more than willing to
closer. "A quality of horses you should be aware of is that they don't always
act in their own best interests. The same can be said for some humans." Breathe. "You shouldn't be riding alone.
stepped closer and thrust his pretty face toward Danny. "Okay, simple. You can
ride with me."
work to do."
Laurie took another step. "I am your
and they'd be nose-to-nose—or lips-to-lips. Danny stared at that mouth like it
held the secrets of the universe. What would those lips taste like? Big cowboy in the sky, help me.
later he'd drawn his bull—a huge sucker named Scorpion, and from the looks on
Maury's team's faces, he must have the sting to go with the name. As they
walked to the chutes, Maury clapped a hand on Danny's shoulders. "Careful.
Don't underestimate Scorpion. He's meaner than piss."
not my luckiest draw."
just say he'll earn a lot of points."
propped himself on the fence and slid onto the broad back, feeling the heat of
the animal under him. He worked with the rope puller Maury had provided to get
his bull rope in exactly the tautness and configuration he liked best. Scorpion
shifted restlessly but didn't try to slam Danny against the fence. Danny leaned
down toward the twitching ear. "I'm your friend, Scorpion. I'll make you look
good if you return the favor."
closest to Danny chuckled.
announcer called, "Next up, we got a new rider named Danny Boone. If you've
been in California lately, you know Danny's been doing his share of winning. So
let's see if he's up to the great state of Nevada."
adjusted his vest, planted his hat, wrapped his hand tight enough to hold but
not so tight he couldn't let go—and nodded.
broke loose. The bull leaped out of the stall in a full breakaway—not a move
bulls usually performed. Danny vaguely heard the crowd gasp over his own intake
of breath. She-it. Just pretend he's a bronc. Danny flapped
his loose hand toward the sky and adjusted the roll of his hips and movement of
his spine to accommodate the bull's unique style. He spurred for a couple of extra
points, but truth was he could barely stay on this sucker. Just try to look good. The hurt didn't exist—until later.
sunfished, throwing his legs to the side, and Danny rode the buck, trying like
a son of a bitch to look in control. Wham!
All four hooves hit the ground straight-legged, and the impact shot up Danny's
back in a bolt of pain. Much longer and that bell on the bull's belly would be
tolling for Danny. For an instant Laurie's face flashed in his mind.
felt like an hour, the horn sounded.
for old Scorpion to stop spinning, kicked to the side, and landed standing.
Scorpion hadn't taken kindly to Danny's offer of friendship and took off after
him like he'd been given a contract on his life. Danny leaped to the side and
let Scorpion sail past. Two bullfighters jumped in front of Scorpion, but the
damned bull was hard to distract. He swiped at Danny twice more, getting lots
of reaction from the crowd, and finally stampeded after the bullfighters, who
lured him into the exit chute.
out of the arena too as the announcer said, "Looks like Danny Boone can take on
the big dogs with the best of them. Good ride."
slapped his shoulder, and he nodded. Don't
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In the wonderful world of modern gender assignment, it can be easy to get lost in the language. The debate as to the need for so many labels or titles rages on, fueling many tumblr posts.
But to keep yourself in the know, the folks over at the Cisgender Education Foundation have put together this pretty neat infographic:
The dictionary just goLGBTQ-friendly words added to it. Merriam-Webster Unabridged announced about two weeks ago that it has added over 1,400 new terms and phrases to the dictionary and two of those include "cisgender" and "genderqueer." Below are the definitions Merriam-Webster has included for the two newly-added words: Cisgender: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender [...]
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YAY to new post series! I can't wait to start sharing my weekly recap's with you all. Even though it's gloomy today and raining in the Atl, it's still been a great week. This Darling Week I:
– Walked 53 miles with Fitbit. Thank you to Courtney from Pizzazzerie for sharing her fitbit picture on Instagram. I totally had to run out and get one and I've been using it for a few weeks. This week I walked 53 miles {patting myself on the back}
– I hoped over to Mom and Munchkins and shared a little about myself & Deliciously Darling! Huge thank you to Cheryl for the sweet feature.
– Booked a trip to Disney! Officially. Restaurants tickets, activities check! Just a tip, if you are planning a Disney vacay then book & plan early! Restaurants start taking reservations 180 days in advance.
– Baked 4 dozen Peanut Butter Cup cookies, why? Does anyone need a reason for cookies?
– Started making my must-purchase list for my Blissdom Conference trip, I started with this and this. Sharing more on Blissdom very soon!
– Met up with Mandy from Waiting on Martha at Roswell Provisions. I ordered some amazing goodies from her shop & can't wait to get my hands on them!
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The name of the game is science denial for the anti-vaccine activist. They have their work cut out for them. Concocting a worldview where a health measure that prevents between 2 and 3 million deaths every year is a bad thing takes a lot of work.
Thankfully, sometimes all we need to do is give them enough metaphorical rope to hang themselves.
Here's an example!
Earlier this year, a study was published to the Bulletin of the World Health Organization on the progress towards the elimination of measles in China.
Sayer Ji, infamous for misrepresentation of scientific articles, in a blog post about the study, says:
China has one of the most vaccination compliant populations in the world. In fact, measles vaccine is mandatory. So why have they had over 700 measles outbreaks from 2009 and 2012 alone? The obvious answer is the the measles vaccines are simply NOT effective.While the study's conclusion states unequivocally that:
In 2013, most of the resurgence seen in measles cases was the result of the susceptibility of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated children...Which directly contradicts the central claim of Ji's blog post. This is typical of Ji. He consistently references scientific studies in an attempt to lend credibility to his argument despite the fact that the contents utterly refute his argument. He relies on the laziness and lack of education among his readers. If any of them simply read the study, they'd notice that it says the opposite of what he claims.
His biggest mistake was using the word "effective" which, in the study of vaccines, has a rigorous mathematical meaning. The efficacy of a vaccine is defined as:
Where U and V are the "attack rates" in the unvaccinated and vaccinated population, respectively. We calculate these attack rates by dividing the number of sick people divided by the population size. So the first question is, who got sick? The cited study shows 53% of measles sufferers were unvaccinated, while 47% were fully vaccinated.
The anti-vaccine activist might say, "but those percentages are almost the same! It looks like the vaccine hardly made a difference. You've got almost a 50% chance of getting sick either way, right?"
Wrong. And we just need one more piece of information to prove it.
According to the title of Ji's own blog post, "99% are vaccinated." Now we can calculate attack rates:
Which means the efficacy of the measles vaccine in China is:
Or, 99.1% effective, consistent with efficacy noted on the CDC website.
So why is the anti-vaccine activist wrong to suppose you've got a 50% chance of getting sick either way? I like to think of it from the point of view of the measles virus. If I spread randomly from person to person, it will be hard for me to find that one unvaccinated person in a crowd of 100 people. If I do manage to find that person more than 1% of the time, I've done better than chance. That means it was easier for me to infect this person than the other 99 vaccinated people.
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With a thank you to Beverly Skog* for providing the funeral service card for Ole and Mari Finnestad's granddaughter, Edith Olivia (Knutson) Ludwig, I was able to obtain a copy of her obituary from the Flagg Rochelle public library.
Here is the obituary from the February 19, 1969 edition of The Rochelle News.
Edith was the youngest (as far as I know) child of Elizabeth (Finnestad) and Ole Andreas (Andrew) Knutson. I was hoping the obituary would mention her siblings as I still have not been able to locate the missing 10th child of Elizabeth and Ole Knutson.
*The great great granddaughter of Ole and Mari Finnestad.
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Abstract—University allied with industry was accepted as one of the core functions across university system, together with teaching and research. As these alliances could be enhanced students' knowledge from their workplace with the comprehension from university. Nevertheless, the studies in this area, the collaboration between university and industry were still limited, especially in developing countries. This research, then drew on the experiences of a project investigating issues relating to workforce development and the learning experience within the workplace and also tried to probe the phenomena of the engaged programme between university and industry, and the performance of allied programme. The results showed the significant signed through qualitative research which collected data via interviewing the concerned staffs at CEDEP. Moreover, the result also demonstrated the mutual benefit to university and industry after participated students have passed the 5 practice periods of CEDEP or 4 steps programme.
Index Terms—alliances, collaboration, education, industry
P. T. is with the Faculty of Business Administration, Maejo University,Chiangmai 50290 Thailand. (e-mail: thepusanisa@ yahoo.com).
M. L. is with Universidad ICESI, Cali, Colombia. He is now with the Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523USA (e-mail: author@lamar. colostate.edu).
Cite: Pusanisa Thechatakerng and Melquicede Lozano, "The Alliances: Collaborating Programmed between Education and Industry," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 414-418, 2011.


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One of TASL's primary goals is fund raising. These funds enable us to offer the programs described throughout this Web site. Support from the community is solicited and is very much appreciated.
TASL members have participated in walk-a-thons, rummage sales, quilt raffles and auctions. Our main fundraising function is an Annual Spring Scholarship Luncheon to raise funds for our Scholarship Awards Program.
The annual April Scholarship Luncheon is open to the public. It is a memorable afternoon of great food, silent auction, and raffle prizes topped off with a fashion show or entertainment. Details can be obtained by calling: 520-205-1597 or writing:TASL
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Operation Help a Hero
Serving Those Who Bravely Serve Our Country at Home and Abroad
Donate Needed Items
Volunteer Your Time
Learn About Our Programs
Donations needed:
ITEMS for New and Expecting Mommies:
Help us collect these much-needed items for our July baby shower AND help us replenish our emergency stock:
ITEMS for our SINGLE heroes!
We will be welcoming home over 8,000 single service members in 2018 and could use your help with our most needed items:
We could ALWAYS use welcome home posters and cards!
Let's make their first hours home FEEL WELCOMING and filled with APPRECIATION!
Donate online or mail packages to: Operation Help a Hero
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Upcoming Events:
Register for events through this website, and check out our Facebook page where we also post last minute behind-the-scenes volunteer opportunities.
**Please note: for the safety of those we serve and out of respect for their families, we never plan projects on or post return dates or locations online or on social media. Please join us in spreading the word about these projects while keeping Operational Security in mind.
Volunteer: Click here to volunteer.
Please make sure to RSVP for these events with your driver's license, date of birth and contact information no later than a week prior to the event to enable us to get clearance for all volunteers.
We are an ALL VOLUNTEER non-profit organization dedicated to our military heroes and those they love. Here are just some of the ways we help...
We welcome home young, single service members.
Operation Rack Pack: Join us as we spend the day preparing a hero's welcome home for young, single service members returning from deployment to barracks. Volunteers spend the day light cleaning, making beds, and staging welcome home gifts & messages.
We celebrate little heroes dealing with deployment and give respite to their parents on the home front.
OHH Camp JOY: Celebrate our littlest heroes and give mom/dad on the homefront a well-deserved 5 hour break.. Volunteers spend a fun-filled day helping children through fun activity rotations.
We shower new and expecting mommies with spouses deployed with appreciation.
OHH Baby Shower: Help us pamper and love on new and expecting mommies who are shouldering the burden of having a spouse deployed. Volunteers help provide a day of fun & networking opportunities for new moms.
We spread the joy and Spirit of Christmas to military families, single service members, children and unit events.
Operation Christmas Spirit: Spread the Spirit of Christmas through this program, whether it's through service, sponsoring families, creating care package for singles, collecting toys for children or volunteering for unit parties.
We assist families in crisis.
Operation Enduring Support: Care for families in emergency situations with your donations, time and talents. Through this program we privately help families in crisis-- those dealing with death, illness, natural disasters, and emergency situations. We provide food, gently used furniture, childcare, baby necessities, household goods, gift cards and in some cases financial help.


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The Reagan Library, the scene of tonight's Republican debate, is one of my favorite Spring Break memories. A few years back I had the supreme pleasure of traveling to picturesque Simi Valley, California to the Reagan Library archives to conduct research on Corazon Aquino. My hope is that the majesty of the place with elevate the rhetoric, but if press leading up to the debate tonight is any indication, we are sadly in an age of uncivil discourse.
Now I'll play the role of consultant for Carly Fiorina's campaign:
Because of the paucity of women at the presidential level of politics, the commentators on cable TV are already warning of the "unique nature" of having one woman among the sea of men tonight. Male candidates are routinely advised not to attack women candidates, lest they appear bullying. Admittedly, politics is a tough sport. But Donald Trump, who admits he does not prepare for debates or any other public forum not only ignores that advice, has dragged the sport to the lowest, ugliest level with his brutish observations of women. "Look at that face! Would anybody vote for that?" he asked of his rival, Republican candidate Carly Fiorina. If I were Fiorina I would ask him for a public apology and ask him why he would put her down for her appearance in public so that he has to justify his comments on national television. If she does that, it seems to me that the only next step for Donald Trump would be to drop out of the race and acknowledge that instead of discussing Ms. Fiorina's appearance he should apologize to her and the country for bringing the attention of national politics to such low, undignified and childish depths. I'm sure that struggling families or students who can't afford to go to college, or people who can't afford health care don't care about the appearance of any of our candidates. I know I don't.
Ms. Fiorina: call him on it. Make him apologize nationally. Urge him to drop out so that the election could proceed with the same sweeping beauty and beautiful grand dreams that are evoked by the setting of the breathtaking Reagan Library. Then take that ballcap that has the slogan "Make America Great Again" Ms. Fiorina, and put it on your head. By elevating the rhetoric of the election and calling for Mr. Trump to drop out, you will have done, just that.


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Kasparov-Kramnik 2000 - By Karsten Muller (58 page E-book of all the games Annotated)
(Free E-Books from Chesszone.org (PDF,CBV,Doc and DJVU Formats))
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Beginners Chess Books
Edward Lasker "Chess Strategy" (ENG, 1915)
E. Znosko-Borovsky "How not to play chess" (ENG, 1961)
Y. Averbakh "What is necessary to be known about the end-game" (RUS, 1960)
E. Shiffers "Manual for self-tuition of chess game" (RUS, 1911)
Y. Averbakh, M. Beylin "Chess manual for self-tuition" (RUS, 1970)
Em. Lasker "Textbook of chess game" (RUS, 6th edition, 1980)
I. Bondarevskiy "Study to play chess" (RUS, 1966)
A. Suetin "How to play a debut" (RUS, 3th edition, 1981)
B. Vaynshteyn "Traps Takequeen" (RUS, 1990)
D. Bronshteyn "Manual for self-tuition of chess game" (RUS, 1987)
Best games Collections
"Kasparov - Karpov. Seville 1987" (ENG, 1988)
"Kasparov - Karpov. New York - Lyon 1990" (ENG, 1991)
Yudovich "Garry Kasparov" (ENG, 1988)
"San Remo 1930" (ENG, 1973)
"St. Petersburg Tournament, 1895-1896" (ENG, 1896)
"Supertournament Moreliya - Linares, 2007" (RUS, 2007)
"Supertournament Wijk-aan-Zee, 2007" (RUS, 2007)
"Match on championship of the world Alekhin - Euwe" (RUS, 1935)
D. Bronshtein "200 opened games" (RUS, 1970)
M. Botvinnik "Match Flor - Botvinnik" (RUS, 1934)
P. Keres "100 games" (RUS, 1966)
A. Liliental "Life - to the chess" (RUS, 1969)
G. Levenfish "Select games and memoirs" (RUS, 1967)
"Third international chess tournament. Moscow, 1936" (RUS, 1937)
V. Panov "300 select games by Alekhin" (RUS, 1954)
D. Bronshtein "International Grand Master tournament" (RUS, 1983)
R. Fisher "My 60 memorable games" (ENG, 1969) ***
P. Romanovskiy "The best games" (RUS, 1954)
M. Botvinnik "Three matches of Anatoly Karpov" (RUS, 1975)
Em. Lasker "My match against Kapablanka" (RUS, 1925)
Chess Books by Game Stages
Flesch "Planning in Chess" (ENG, 1983)
Pandolfini "Pandolfini's Endgame Course" (ENG, 1988)
Korn "The Brilliant Touch in Chess" (ENG, 1966)
Troitzky "360 Brilliant and Instructive Endgames" (ENG, 1968)
Keres, Kotov "The Art of the Middle Game" (ENG, 1964)
M. Euwe "Judgment And Planning In Chess" (ENG, 1953)
R. Fine "The Ideas Behind The Chess Openings" (ENG, 1943) ***
R. Reti "Modern Ideas In Chess" (ENG, 1920)
P. Romanovsky "The Middlegame. Combination" (RUS, 1963)
I. Lipnitsky "Questions of modern chess theory" (RUS, 1956)
V. Alatorcev "Problems of modern chess theory" (RUS, 1960)
P. Romanovsky "Middlegame. Plan" (RUS, 1960)
A. Nimtsovich "My system" (RUS, 1930)
B. Musin "Theoretical completions: practical guidance of chess-player" (RUS, 2001)
M. Euwe "Course of chess lectures", "Strategy and tactic" (RUS, 1936)
S. Belavenets "Basic principles of game are in middlegame" (RUS, 1963)
Free E-Books from Chess.com (All PDF Format)
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Lewis W. Chess Problems
Ten Tips to Winning Chess - Arthur Bisguier
Globe Problem and Selection Tourney #2 (Mate in 2 problems)
777 Chess Minatures ( Endgame Puzzles)
200 Chess Problems (2 to 5 move problems)
Crumbs from the Chessboard (2-5 move mates, selfmates ,fantasys)
English Chess Problems
The Smith-Morra Gambit (Guide to this Opening)
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Strategy and Instruction
Chess Praxis - By Howard Staunton
The Chess Tournament - By Howard Staunton
The Chess-player's Companion -By Howard Staunton
The Modern Chess Instructor - By William Steinitz
Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess - By Joeseph henry Blackburne
The Laws and Practice of Chess -By Howard Staunton, Robert B. Wormald, Robert Bownas
Chess Strategy - By Eduard Lasker
Chess Fundamentals - By Jose Capablanca (Can only View entire book online)
Chess Studies Comprising 1000 Games - By George Walker
Laskers Chess Magazine Vol 2 - By Emanuel Lasker
Analysis of the game of Chess - Philidor
The Book of Chess - By Howard Staunton
The American Chess Players Handbook - By Howard Staunton
Chess Player Books
Morphys Games of Chess - By Paul Charles Morphy, Johann Löwenthal
Marshals Chess Swindles - By Frank J Marshal (Over 125 Tourn. and Match Games)
Chess Opening Books
Chess Openings -By Frank James Marshall
Modern Chess Openings - By Griffith and White (Pretty old book of openings but FREE)
The Chess Openings considered critically and practically - By Henry Bird
Chess Openings For Beginners - By Cunningham
Positions in the Chess Openings most Freq. Played - Thomas Long
Chess Players Compendium (Practical Guide to Openings) - By William Cook
Synopsis of the Chess Openings - By William Cook
Chess Openings - By Fredrick Longman
The Chess Openings - By Ginsburg
Jaenisch's Chess Preceptor - Jaenisch and Valker
The Chess Openings (Notable positions and problems) - By Bird
Chess Endgame Books
Chess Endings - By Freebourough
Chess Symposium - By Halpern (100 Endgame Studies)
Select Chess Endgames from Actual Play - By Freebourough
Chess Problem Books
A Selection of Popular Two Move Chess Problems - Brownson (100 problems)
A Collection of 200 Chess Problems - By Francis Healey
Chess Problems - By Pierce (Hundreds of Problems)
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Tournament Books
International Masters Tournament Manhattan Chess Club 1918 - (Marshall and Capablanca present)
London Intern. Tourn. 1883 (Bird and Winawer present)
The Hastings Chess Tourn. 1885
The Monte Carlo Tourn 1903 - (Tarrasch, Marshall, and Maroczy)


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Greetings Battlefronts of War Followers, it has been a while since the last Progress update so let me cut to the chase.
The Bad News
Unfortunately I am now alone in making this mod. It is just me. Our staff are far to busy on other mods to help on this one and they have all left me so now I am working on this mod alone. It would be a pleasure if one is able to contribute content to the mod if possible.
The Good News
I have been working very hard to make this Mod one of the best Forces of Corruption mods, and I have done a lot in the past few weeks. Here is a summary.
New gameplay/strategic changes have been made.
- There is now a "vehicle only" pass ability paint, allowing maps like Polis Massa to be made.
- New Multiplayer Structures - An Air base allows more flexibility in managing your air units and also is a key part of your military. Now you can prioritize your offenses as air bases can produce fighters that can damage your assault strategics so make sure you go for them first! ;) - Also it allows new map types where you have infantry and air units only. This is useful for making maps like Bespin Clouds off BF1
- There is a planned upgrade for basic infantry units. Stormtroopers can receive an additional unit to their squad (Stormtrooper commander).
- New Imperial Star Destroyer model added thanks to spartan-117 who allowed me to use his ISD in rebellion at war.
- The Gargantuan has been removed from the Game
- The AT-AT is FAR MORE POWERFUL AND FUN TO USE!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAH
New Maps have been added in the past few weeks:
- Imdaar: TIE Phantom Facility
- Mustafar Facility
- Talfaglio
- Polis Massa (WIP)
- Bespin: Streets
Maps I am considering to make soon:
- Yavin IV Temple
Cool New Features Added
- Placeholder Land Battle on Naboo for Main Menu Splash.
I need you
Once again I stress for riggers to help rig and get some of our models in-game.
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"Lifting The Veil" How The Elite & Their Corporations Buy U.S Presidencies (Full Film)
GRAPHIC & DISGUSTING EXAMPLE OF POLICE BRUTALITY JUST FILMED AT THE OCCUPY WALL STREET (OWS) EVICTION-This Is What "To Serve & Protect" Translates To Is It?
Yet another graphic and disgusting example of the Police State in action in the U.S.
These are the same police officers who swore an oath to "Serve & Protect" their citizens.
Please spare just 10 seconds of your time to Facebook, +1 & Tweet this story, by doing so you'll be a part of the "Wake Up World" mission to create more awareness across the world showing what is really happening in big Government & their clandestine plans to control and rule a global population under its New World Order, AKA NWO.
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Jesse Ventura goes inside the secret billionaire's boy's club in his "Conspiracy Theory" show to find out what caused the financial meltdown and how the group allegedly continues to manipulate and control the stock market and oil, gold and silver prices. From Wall Street to Washington, the governor barges in on the rich and powerful to demands answers.
The Collectivist Conspiracy-There is No Left or Right-They're Wings of the Same Bird-G. Edward Griffin
In this exclusive 80 minute video interview for Prison Planet.tv subscribers, legendary conspiracy author G. Edward Griffin explains how his research, which spans no less than 5 decades, has revealed a banking elite obsessed with enforcing a world government under a collectivist model that will crush individualism and eventually institute martial law as a response to the inevitable backlash that will be generated as a result of a fundamental re-shaping of society.
He explains how whether you vote left or right, its of no consequence because they're two wings of the same bird.


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It's the cutest, most elegantly packaged sample palette I've ever received! The packaging of this sample palette is so detailed that it looks almost like a retail product. With the magnetic closure, I can happily pop it into my makeup bag without any worries about making a mess.
Alright, let's get down to earth. Guerlain Lingerie de Peau is another skincare-foundation that joins the recent hype. The creamy formula contains hyaluronic acid, a water-binding agent that locks moisture in your skin and helps your makeup to stay put. The texture is obviously sheerer than many other cream foundations. Although it comes with a petite sponge applicator, I applied it with my ring finger and was amazed at how it glided on like NARS Sheer Glow, but yes, as a cream formula. The finish is dewy and natural. I only applied it over the dull areas to even out my complexion and it blended in seamlessly (like Guerlain says), leaving my skin soft and radiant.
The palette comes with a creamy concealer, which unfortunately does little help to my seasoned dark circles. It's too sheer and the color isn't really suitable for hiding my dark circles. I still haven't found anything better than my Diorskin Sculpt concealer (see my comparative review of Diorskin Sculpt and MAC Select Moisturecover HERE). But of course, that's for me. You may find it superb if you don't need a moisturizing eye concealer with high coverage.


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I did get a chance to create a few new things to share. ScrapMatters has a new July Mix-a-Kit that released today. If you've not yet seen these, they are pretty cool. Each month there is a color scheme and each designer creates items to go with it. Then you get to pick and choose which papers, elements, alphas, etc you would like!
Wendy of WM Squared Designs released a patterned paper and a sold paper pack for the July Mix-a-kit. I used those to create this card.
I was inspired by the sketch at Mojo Monday (#197) this week. I changed it up a bit to include some extra scallops. I just thought they looked so chic with that yummy velvet ric-rak!
I also scrapped some photos from my son's birthday last week. After taking a hike, we went to a favorite eatery of his, Ruby's Diner. It's not located close to us so we don't often get to go there. They have really juicy burgers and the thickest, yummiest shakes! It's decorated pretty cool too. There are motorcycles inside the restaurant and a train that loops about on a track that hangs from the ceiling. The whole place has a 1950's feel to it. I brought home a place mat from the diner just so I could scan it in and extract the logo and icon to use on my layout! Yep, I'm always thinking about crafting!
This weekend is a 3-day weekend here in the US as we celebrate the birth of our nation. I'm hoping for wonderful weather for all the parades, picnics, barbecues and fireworks that will be taking place all over the country. Whatever your plans are, I hope you enjoy them. Happy Fourth of July!
I'd like to take a moment to thank all of those that serve our country in the armed services. Your devotion to protecting us is truly appreciated. Wherever you may be, home or abroad, I send prayers and thanks out to you and to your families as well. I think about all the time that you are not able to be together as a family while you are serving, and I hope for your safe return home to your loved ones! And I hope it is soon!
Digital Papers: Sweet Love by WM Squared Designs
Flowers: Prima, Petaloo
Ribbon: American Crafts
Stamp: Unity
Ink: Staz-on
Glitter: Doodlebug Designs
Digital Kit: What's Cooking by Erica Zane
Ruby's Diner icons: extracted by me
Template: Layered Cake by Band Geek Designs


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The Impact of Feminism
The last decade has witnessed widespread questioning of the appropriateness of the various forms of psychotherapy for women clients. This questioning comes in the wake of the consciousness-raising movement as well as in response to increased awareness of sexism in the practice and theory of psychotherapy. As a result, a new form of therapy, broadly called "feminist therapy," has developed. In addition, so-called "traditional" therapy has broadened its scope to better encompass the needs of women clients and to accommodate feminist concerns. One result is that the impact of the therapist's gender on the psychotherapeutic process has now received greater attention. Such questions as whether a woman should have a male or female therapist, or whether men undertake to treat women at all, are frequently asked. There has been a surge of interest in aspects of the female-female encounter in the psychotherapy relationship, including transference and countertransference and common concerns in the "real" relationship.
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The women smile and nod a great deal. They all wear bright short skirts. None of them have sleeves. About 70 per cent of Sun TV's programming feels like being trapped at a second cousin's wedding reception.Catty little thing aren't you Tabatha Southey? What is your claim to fame? Writing children books? That obviously takes a lot of talent, NOT.
The most disturbing was this one:
So why won't I be watching? Because despite its virtues, Sun TV really isn't about Hard News and Straight Talk. It's about Hot Chicks and Sexy Outfits. And oh yes, after 5 pm, ladies, for the most part, you are dismissed.Sorry Tasha, you are a jealous little person if some women baring their arms is enough to stop you from watching Sun News. Only a shallow person would think women can't dress as they want. Tasha, did you walk in the "slut" walk? You should have!
Olivia Chow supported the Sun News women by baring her arms, thanks Olivia, you showed the other women as classless, biased, spiteful ladies.


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Garbage In/Out Discussion (continued), Wierd Al Tribute
Don't miss the latest new episode of TF Animated, "Garbage In, Garbage Out" airs today on CartoonNetwork. Botcon '08 attendees were treated to a sneak preview of this show and we can tell you, it's a gem!
Next you've got to check out THIS VIDEO. It's homemade, brilliantly set to Wierd Al's hit, "ebay and an appropriate way to pay tribute to one of our favorite recording artists. Younger site visitors may not know, the Weird Al Yankovich song, "Dare to Be Stupid" was featured in the 1986 G1 Transformers movie, and he was (brilliantly) cast as Wreck-Gar, in today's new episode. Bravo! They couldn't have made a better choice for the casting.
'Weird Al' is more than an outstanding music talent, he's a comedy genius. Actually quite literally, he was his class valedictorian and we find it amazing that he has been making us laugh for so long, since the early 80's before Transformers!
The "e-bay" video is particularly appropriate with all the 'black market' Transformers Animated figures showing up... Last night I got "sniped" on a loose Energon toy I was bidding on... Doh!
You also have to watch his masterpiece "WHITE AND NERDY!" What the heck, I drive a Prius and all my action figures ARE cherry! :) Do you edit Wikipedia? Dang I love this song! You may also enjoy "Polka Power" and "Bohemian Polka" and especially, "Don't Download This Song."
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It's known worldwide that Russian women are the most beautiful in the world. They have conquered the front pages of fashion magazines and look at us from the billboards in every major city of the planet. Last year, Ksenia Sukhinova, from the city of Tyumen, gained the title of Miss World 2008. Natalia Vodianova, a Russian supermodel, is currently very popular in the USA and Europe. Masha Kalinina became Miss Moscow-1988 when she was only 16. What does it take to be one of these girls and how does one obtain a crown? You'll find out from XL Report on RT.


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Cosplayer Frax > Costume of Andrew Hussie (MS Paint Adventures / Homestuck)
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- 10-09-2013
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- MS Paint Adventures / Homestuck
- Character
- Andrew Hussie
- Year Completed:
- 2013
- Construction Difficulty:
- Very Easy
- Costume worn at:
- Metrocon 2013
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It's really just a hand painted shirt with a styled wig, Hussie is an incredibly simple costume.
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Crows, among my favorite birds. This collection of crankies includes folk songs, a poem, a Native American folktale and a 16th Century Scottish piping piobaireachd.
Baltimore artist Katherine Fahey premiered Crow Song River at the Baltimore Crankie Fest April 12th, 2014.
or Crow River Song is the story of a girl who is isolated from the world. She is afraid to leave her home until she is lured out of her safe space by the beauty and wonder of the world. She encounters some challenges on the way that drive her to strive harder
and lead to an unexpected transformation.
It is a "projected crankie" using two overhead projectors (see picture). She collaborated with a dancer and song writer. Read about
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This little paper should have made a minor splash in the paleosphere last week, but no-one really knew what to do with it.
It has 20 authors. Success has a thousand fathers, they say.
Endogenous fructose production and metabolism in the liver contributes to the development of metabolic syndrome
Carbohydrates with high glycaemic index are proposed to promote the development of obesity, insulin resistance and fatty liver, but the mechanism by which this occurs remains unknown. High serum glucose concentrations are known to induce the polyol pathway and increase fructose generation in the liver. Here we show that this hepatic, endogenously produced fructose causes systemic metabolic changes. We demonstrate that mice unable to metabolize fructose are protected from an increase in energy intake and body weight, visceral obesity, fatty liver, elevated insulin levels and hyperleptinaemia after exposure to 10% glucose for 14 weeks. In normal mice, glucose consumption is accompanied by aldose reductase and polyol pathway activation in steatotic areas. In this regard, we show that aldose reductase-deficient mice are protected against glucose-induced fatty liver. We conclude that endogenous fructose generation and metabolism in the liver represents an important mechanism by which glucose promotes the development of metabolic syndrome.
|The Polyol Pathway
To summarise - when extra glucose is consumed by mice, some of this is converted to sorbitol then to fructose. This is associated with elevation of AST and ALT. Mice that cannot convert convert glucose to sorbitol are protected from rises in fructose and liver enzymes. Therefore fructose is so bad for you that it even accounts for the metabolic harm of high glucose intakes.
"These studies show that glucose-mediated obesity, visceral fat accumulation, hyperinsulinaemia, hyperleptinaemia and fatty liver are all dependent in part on the conversion of glucose to fructose in the liver with the metabolism of fructose by KHK. In other words, the mechanism by which glucose induces its metabolic effects is largely dependent on fructose
metabolites resulting from the fructose generated from glucose by the polyol pathway".
But, one must insist - this is dietary glucose doing this, not dietary fructose. This is not evidence in support of the idea that fructose is the bad carb, and glucose is the good carb; it looks more like evidence that, in normal metabolisms, sugars are somewhat interchangeable.
If you consume an excess of glucose, hepatic metabolism will have to convert some of that excess to fatty acids. Palmitic acid will be synthesised, and some palmitic acid will be elongated to oleic acid (because you can't make a triglyceride with 3 SFAs - if there's no dietary MUFA, DNL oleate makes the process of esterification possible). But you'll also need glycerol, and fructose is said to be a better glycerol substrate than glucose (for some reason I don't understand, being hopeless at maths). Note the pyruvate as a source of fatty acids in the schema below - this could just as easily have come from glucose. Indeed, the acetyl-CoA to make fatty acids could have come from fatty acids. (This is what happens with linoleic acid in fatty liver disease. Indeed, this kind of futile cycling of lipid carbons seems to be a feature of NAFLD.)
In the context of hyperglycemia in the absence of dietary fructose, (one might speculate that) the generation of a little fructose makes sense, just as the elongation of palmitate to oleate makes sense, as a means of packing away energy from glucose into stable triglycerides (which can be exported from hepatocytes with VLDL, or stored more-or-less safely for a while) more easily than would otherwise be the case. Perhaps.
|We fed the mice 10% glucose water and off they went.
The knock-out mice that couldn't change glucose into fructose consumed less glucose. The authors pulled out some KO mice (n=4) that ate as much as 4 non-KO mice, to show that the KO mice were healthier - fully protected against the metabolic harm of fructose/glucose - but this kind of post-hoc tactic is a bit suspect. Interestingly the KO mice had higher serum beta-hydroxybutyrate (ketone body) levels. I guess that energy had to go somewhere (is this at all relevant to the claims that potatoes elevate ketones?).
There are humans who cannot metabolise fructose or sorbitol.
"Affected individuals are asymptomatic and healthy, provided they do not ingest foods containing fructose or any of its common precursors, sucrose and sorbitol. Most adult patients do not have any dental caries".
Bill Lagakos says that his nutrition tutors spent all of five minutes on the polyol pathway; R.D. Feinman, who should know, states "I never saw the point or function of the polyol pathway".
Wild speculation aside, that's fair comment. The polyol pathway is useful for blinding diabetics, but it doesn't seem particularly essential for life. At most it might once have provided a slight buffer against hyperglycemia, but today we have far too many copies of the amylase gene and the polyol shock absorber, if that is what it was, is easily broken, making things worse. Is that any explanation? Some mysteries, it seems, are going to remain mysteries.
Fructose is a factor in fibrosis of chronic Hepatitis C: but it's not a biggie.
Industrial, not fruit fructose intake is associated with the severity of liver fibrosis in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients.
Unhealthy food intake, specifically fructose, has been associated with metabolic alterations and with the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In a cohort of patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C (G1 CHC), we tested the association of fructose intake with the severity of liver histology.
Anthropometric and metabolic factors, including waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), dorso-cervical lipohypertrophy and HOMA were assessed in 147 consecutive biopsy-proven G1 CHC patients. Food intake, namely industrial and fruit fructose, was investigated by a three-day structured interview and a computed database. All biopsies were scored by an experienced pathologist for staging and grading (Scheuer classification), and graded for steatosis, which was considered moderate-severe if ⩾20%. Features of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in CHC were also assessed (Bedossa classification).
Mean daily intake of total, industrial and fruit fructose was 18.0±8.7g, 6.0±4.7g, and 11.9±7.2g, respectively. Intake of industrial, not fruit fructose, was independently associated with higher WHR (p=0.02) and hypercaloric diet (p=0.001). CHC patients with severe liver fibrosis (⩾F3) reported a significantly higher intake of total (20.8±10.2 vs. 17.2±8.1g/day; p=0.04) and industrial fructose (7.8±6.0 vs. 5.5±4.2; p=0.01), not fruit fructose (12.9±8.0 vs. 11.6±7.0; p=0.34). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that older age (OR 1.048, 95% CI 1.004-1.094, p=0.03), severe necroinflammatory activity (OR 3.325, 95% CI 1.347-8.209, p=0.009), moderate-severe steatosis (OR 2.421, 95% CI 1.017-6.415, p=0.04), and industrial fructose intake (OR 1.147, 95% CI 1.047-1.257, p=0.003) were independently linked to severe fibrosis. No association was found between fructose intake and liver necroinflammatory activity, steatosis, and the features of NASH.
The daily intake of industrial, not fruit fructose is a risk factor for metabolic alterations and the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with G1 CHC.
Excuse me, but OR 1.147 is not a huge correlation. It's as tiny as a red-meat-and-disease-of-your-choice correlation in a study run by vegans. What if they had looked at total carbohydrate? Or included fruit juice and high-GI glucose sources like bread and pasta? Do you think the OR would have been higher then? It was about OR 2.9 for carbohydrate and fibrosis in the last Italian diet study I read.
If we can learn anything from the polyol pathway, it is, that carbs will be carbs.


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UHF is an umbrella body established to promote, represent and champion the interests of the private health sector. Aside from lobbying and advocating on policy and legislation related to health matters, UHF also implements programs on behalf of development partners.
Since 2014, UHF has been honoured to annually host delegations from Sweden creating an invaluable business networking opportunity for health sector players.
This year a delegation from Sweden, Estonia and Finland with innovative solutions to health care challenges, join this event to share innovative, affordable advances in technology. This event is a unique opportunity for Uganda's health sector players to network, share knowledge and gain experience from these countries.
Private health sector access to affordable finance for investment has been a perpetual challenge. Despite the demand for investment capital in Africa, to be calculated at between USD 11 and 20 billion for the next decade. Ms. Evelyn Gitonga will present how Uganda's private health sector can now access affordable financing in Uganda, specifically designed for health businesses, while improving quality of care through the Medical Credit Fund.
Swecare is a semi-governmental nonprofit organization based on a triple helix platform where academia, public and private sector join forces toward enhanced export and internationalization of Swedish healthcare and Life Science. The members represent the entire healthcare spectrum – from the small startup company to global corporations, universities, county councils, hospitals, and other care providers.
Swecare acts as a door opener for companies and organizations who want to access ministerial speaking partners, business contact or collaborators in the healthcare sector. We assist Swedish ministries and official agencies in their international contact and receive foreign delegations visiting Sweden. On the national, arena we assemble key professionals in networks and run projects within identified focus areas. Through the Swecare platform, member organizations can access counterparts across the globe.
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1. Icare Finland Oypriva
Icare® product line consists of tonometers – specialized instruments for measuring, monitoring and screening of Intra Ocular Pressure (IOP) as a part of diagnosing Glaucoma. Ease of use and operational reliability are cornerstones of the Icare product family's success. The unique, patented rebound technology is based on the measuring principle, in which a light-weight probe makes a momentary contact with the cornea. The patient-friendly Icare tonometers require no anaesthetic drops or specialized skills for use. Eye disease is traditionally examined by specialists. As patient-oriented screenings are becoming more common, tonometers are increasingly becoming tools for general practitioners, opticians, optometrists and first-aid staff.
The Icare® rebound tonometers do not require any maintenance calibration or regular service.
The Icare® tonometers do not have any parts that wear out. The probe base is the only part, which may require changing or cleaning by the user. The probe base change and cleaning are very simple and is described in the user manual.
2. Turku Science Park University
Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) offers a wide range of ready-made courses, both short courses and specialization studies, but we also want to offer our expertise to plan a customized training based on the individual needs of client organizations. Education can be arranged in all areas taught in the faculties.
Continuing Education can be customized for clients' needs. We use different teaching methods such as lectures, practices in skills laboratories, simulation and a web-based learning environment.
3. Pansante AB
Based on our 25-years' experience in healthcare-architecture, together with a selected expert- team, we developed a sustainable and economically priced hospital concept for the advanced developing world. In the USA, this concept has already won the Honour Award and the Award of Excellence award from the American Institute of Architects. With innovative materials and the application of renewable energy sources, we can provide a 24/7 operation, which means reduced operating costs that can secure substantially the operation's financing. Our alternative examination and care concept facilitates a higher flow of patients.
The intelligent low-tech architecture allows us to integrate infection-control economically into the design of the facility. Natural ventilation and arrangement of individual clinics in set-apart buildings are two of the many options available. By critical analysis and a complete assessment of the local circumstances, a new concept has been created for many advanced developing countries. It is our aim to accompany the project from development to operation holistically. A hospital for rural areas can only be successful if we ensure that the building actually can operate independently for many years.
4. Bactiguard
Bactiguard is a Swedish medical device company with a mission to save lives. To achieve this mission, we develop and supply infection protection solutions which reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections and the use of antibiotics. This way, we save significant costs for healthcare and the society at large. The Bactiguard technology prevents bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation on medical devices. Urinary catheters with Bactiguard's coating are market leading in the USA and Japan.
We also support our customers with extensive education on how to reduce healthcare-associated infections in addition to our product range. The headquarters and one of two production facilities are located in Stockholm, the other one in Malaysia. Bactiguard is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Bactiguard is a proud sponsor of the Global Sepsis Alliance, working to reduce sepsis-related deaths by 20%.
5. MedCardApps AB
MedCardApps AB develops and delivers a complete Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution for hospitals and healthcare clinics, specially designed for the African market.
The company was established in 2011 in Malmoe, Sweden and has since then been working with the private healthcare sector in both Uganda and Zambia.
The core fundamental idea for developing the EHR solution and formation of MedCardApps AB has been to increase the quality of service at health care facilities by reducing the huge amount of paperwork and decreasing the waiting times at hospitals. When Mr. Phillip Kilara, who is the Managing Director of the company and originally from Uganda, visited one of the hospitals in Uganda in 2010, he saw that some patients did not get any medical service due to the lack of medical personnel and that the extensive and time-consuming paperwork was increasing the time patients had to wait to receive treatment.
6. Helseplan Seedoo Diagnostics AB
With over 30 years of experience of hospital development, management, education and benchmarking services in the Nordic countries, Helseplan is a partner for strategic and operational development of health care systems and health care providers.
With deep-rooted health care system understanding, Helseplan has the ability to translate and transfer Nordic aspirations and experiences. Our integrated consultancy structure is underpinned by mixed teams of different academic background and experiences.
Helseplan is developing a digital global collaboration platform connecting radiologists and radiology departments, SEEDOO. The platform makes it possible to connect professionals from different regions, countries and continents. The platform can be tested by selected hospitals and diagnostic centres in Eastern Africa during fall 2017.


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One of our previous customers called us up saying she had a broken garage door at one of her rental properties. We inspected the system and the door definitely was broken. We would need to replace the garage door, the springs and the track.
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There are a lot of companies out there that will throw out a low price to get you to say yes. This is called baiting. However, when they show up at your house they will find additional work that they will say is "necessary". Now your bill is higher than what you were expecting and probably what you would have paid us to do the job.
We guarantee to have fair prices and promise that we will only quote you on repairs that are truly needed. If for example we get to your house and all you need is a $30 lube job and it cost us $30 in gas to get to your house, that is all we will charge you. We understand that sometimes we don't always make money, and sometimes we even lose money. That is how we have grown our business and how we will continue to grow our business.
We have been asked by customers if it is better for them to buy the garage door through their local home store rather than through me. The answer is NO.
The reason being is the quality of the door is much lower than the doors that I get. Also the price that you would pay them is the same that you would pay through me. Our doors are a much higher quality with better wheels, rollers and hardware. This means that our door will work better and last longer and you will pay the same price. So get the door on your own if you want, but you won't be saving any money and you will have a lower quality door.
We do any repair or installation for Residential Garage Doors. We sell the FOB Remotes, Install and Replace Doors, Motors, Springs, Tracks, Cables and Drums, and Maintain and Lube garage doors.
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Yes, we give free at home estimates. In fact we prefer to give you the estimate in person. We can try to quote you over the phone but don't hold us to it. Once we see and measure the door then we will be able to give you an exact quote. Also we will be able to show you the different doors and their associated prices.
Not a problem. While most garage doors are your standard sizes we are also able to order custom size garage doors. In fact check out one of our recent jobs above. We installed an extra wide garage door for a very happy customer.
That is a great question as you will want to secure all your valuables in the garage before it gets dark.
If you call us soon enough we will be able to get to you to at least close/secure the door if we can't fix it on the spot.
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Saturday was rainy, so I spent most of it curled up in pajamas. But Sunday required that I get all dressed up. The Hooping for Hope team had our pre-race dinner (the marathon is next Saturday!) and I always like looking good for that awesome group of ladies. It was a perfect opportunity for me to break out the Midwestern mom dress I purchased during the winter. Throw on a belt, some tights for warmth, and the trusty old red boots and I was good to go.
Dress: Modcloth
Belt: ??? super old
Tights: Betsey Johnson
Shoes: Old Red Boots
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GDP growth will probably be around 5.5% this year, exceeding the government target of 4.4%, Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said on September 11 after the latest data showed that the Turkish economy expanded at 5.1% y/y in the second quarter of 2017.
Balanced growth, driven by domestic and external demand, continued in the quarter and the TRY250bn ($72.3bn) credit guarantee fund (CGF) began to support economic activity from Q2, Deputy PM Mehmet Simsek commented in a statement. Some analysts have questioned the viability of the explosion of soft lending engineered with the CGF, but such concerns were not about to restrain confident Turkish ministers yesterday, with Simsek claiming leading indicators for the third quarter are showing that strong economic growth is gaining momentum.
The economic confidence index moved up by 2.5% y/y to 106 in August, reaching its highest level since July 2012. The manufacturing PMI touched a 77-month high of 55.3 in August while the calendar-adjusted industrial production index gained 14.5% y/y in July.
In July, the country's foreign arrivals figure soared 46.4% y/y to 5.1mn in July, representing the sharpest rise in more than a decade.
"The strength in exports and investments constituted the main drivers of growth, while private consumption and especially public consumption lost momentum. Investments expanded 9.5%y/y and contributed 2.9 percentage points to growth in 2Q…net exports contributed 1.7 percentage points to growth in 2Q," Yarkin Cebeci at J.P. Morgan wrote in a September 11 report.
Cebeci, however, expects economic activity to lose pace as the government-introduced stimulus measures expire and as the impact of the CGF fades away.
"Some of the fiscal easing introduced in the first months of the year will likely be reversed in the second half and this could be a drag on growth. Given that growth has been so strong and that there are no elections until the local elections in March 2019, the need for fiscal easing is quite limited," Cebeci said in the note.
The investment bank has revised up its 2017 GDP growth forecast for the Turkish economy to 5.3% from 4.6%. Its 2018 forecast is unchanged at 3.1%.
"As the measures undertaken by the policy makers continue to provide a boost to the economic activity, growth performance is expected to continue to be strong also in the third quarter of the year," Turkey's Isbank wrote in a research note.
"For the rest of the year, we anticipate that private consumption will preserve its momentum and net exports will continue to make a positive contribution to growth albeit lower than the first two quarters."
Isbank estimates that the Turkish economy will expand by around 5% in 2017, close to its long-term average growth rate.


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Hesselbarth, Woody ; Vachowski, Brian ; Davies, Mary Ann. 2007. Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook: 2007 Edition. 0723 2806. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 178 p.
This notebook describes techniques used to construct and maintain trails. It is written for trail crew workers and is intended to be taken along on work projects. Numerous illustrations help explain the main points. The notebook was printed in 1996 and has been revised slightly during three reprintings. This edition has rearranged and consolidated information throughout the guidebook. Trail construction techniques and references have been updated.
Keywords: climbing turns, drainage, FHWA, fords, grade reversals, puncheon, reclamation, signs, switchbacks, trail construction, trail crews, trail maintenance, training, turnpikes
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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has attracted $46 billion investments so far and become one of the flagship projects of President Xi Jinping's mega global connectivity initiative, said authorities here ahead of a high-profile Silk Road summit later this week.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has attracted $46 billion investments so far and become one of the flagship projects of President Xi Jinping's mega global connectivity initiative, said authorities here ahead of a high-profile Silk Road summit later this week. This is the first time that China officially revealed the investment figures which were so far circulated by Pakistani officials. Some reports emanating from Pakistan had said that the investments were as high as $50 billion.
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Pakistan, an official body, said the CPEC has attracted $46 billion investments so far and become one of the flagship projects in the China-proposed "One Belt, One Road" — the official name for Silk Road initiative.
The figures were released as China gets ready to hold the Belt and Road summit on May 14-15. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be among 28 heads of state and government who will be attending the summit.
The mega project with 3,000 kms of network of roads, railways, pipelines and infrastructure projects connects China's Kashghar in Xinjiang with Pakistan's Gwadar port. The project also passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted by the official media saying that "If the 'Belt and Road' initiative is a symphony involving countries along the route, then the CPEC is the sweet prelude to the show."
The Belt and Road includes a maze of roads and port projects. While the CPEC is highlighted as a "flagship project", B&R included Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor, New Eurasian Land Bridge, China- Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor and 21st century Maritime Silk Road.
About 40 cooperation agreements and memoranda of understanding have been signed under the cooperation framework of the CPEC and more projects are under negotiation, aGlobal Times report said.
Speaking to the daily, the Association's President, Sha Zukang said, "It's a win-win situation. For China, we can transfer our advanced capacity to overseas markets, contributing to our agenda of industrial upgrading. Pakistan has distinctive advantages in receiving such capacity.
"The benefits to Pakistan are numerous. In recent years, the GDP growth in Pakistan maintained a robust rate of four per cent, and many of my Pakistani friends attribute it to the establishment of the CPEC."
He said Pakistani officials have hailed the CPEC as a "game-changer" for the country's economy.
"At the time when the CPEC was initiated, Pakistan was not an attractive destination for foreign investment due to its sluggish economy. While the investments are mostly from Chinese firms, the construction of the CPEC has reversed the trend and presented global investors with a brand-new image of Pakistan," Sha said.
Other benefits include improved infrastructure, reduction of energy shortages and creation of jobs. More than 13,000 Pakistani nationals are involved in projects under the CPEC, it said.
Chinese companies participated in the construction of Gwadar Port set up a one million Pakistani rupee ($9,800) education fund last year to help Pakistani students study in China and learn Chinese.
"The country has also attached great importance to ensuring the safety of the CPEC. It has deployed special army personnel for the safety of CPEC workers, and there is already an integrated mechanism of all the state and provincial security operators, whose number has even surpassed that of Chinese workers. I believe the safety issues of the CPEC can be solved through those efforts", he said
He also said most of the projects are funded by Chinese investors and some from Pakistan.
"Currently, most of the projects are financed by Chinese and Pakistani companies. But some other countries have shown intentions to invest since the CPEC was launched, and there are some energy projects that are already co-financed by third-party investors," he said.
"As the CPEC proceeds and Pakistan's investment environment improves, I believe more third-country investors will be attracted to participate in the projects," Sha said.
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