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Links to peatland related sites
|Greifswald Mire Centre - We are the science-policy interface for all peatland related questions – locally and globally.
|Ramsar Convention - The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) -- called the "Ramsar Convention" -- is an intergovernmental treaty that embodies the commitments of its member countries to maintain the ecological character of their Wetlands of International Importance and to plan for the "wise use", or sustainable use, of all of the wetlands in their territories.
|Wetlands International - Wetlands International: Wetlands for water and life
|International Peatland Society - The International Peatland Society (IPS) is a non-governmental, non-profit multidisciplinary organisation of scientific, industrial and regulatory members.
|Society of Wetland Scientists - The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) is an international organization of about 3,500 members dedicated to fostering sound wetland science, education, and management.
|Mires and Peat - Mires and Peat is a peer-reviewed internet journal focusing specifically on mires, peatlands and peat.
|Wetlands - SWS Journal
|Wetlands Ecology and Management - Wetlands Ecology and Management is an international journal that publishes authoritative and original refereed articles on topics relevant to freshwater, brackish and marine coastal wetland ecosystems.
|Mire and peatland sites
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|Catalogue of peatland substrates - Portraits of different peat and gyttja types for identification in the field.


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Sony is to Roll Out FF NEX
See: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr5-sony-nex-goes-full-frame/
But considering the really limited lens lineup of the original E-mount lenses, not even to mention FF, what's the point?
The most ridiculous thing, on the other hand in the Pentaxland, is that there are so many old original K-mount lenses out there but there is not a FF Pentax body!
So, if old Pentaxians are to get the new NEX, must they go down the "adapting" route?
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Nevertheless.....I would love to crochet some of her designs, however without a pattern I could only get moderately close. She has mad skills with a crochet hook and I love her work.
I love this one with the removeable softie tucked inside. I would so buy this one...I want one of my own! I'll have to settle for the photo.....sigh.
Sprouty green scarf for Spring - now this one I may have to try. This scarf would be perfect for St. Patrick's Day.
These remind me of moss with tiny wildflowers on a slope in the deep forest - magical.
The best coaster ever! How does she get the sprouts to stand upright without falling over - starch or wires? I would love this coaster for my office. Another project I will have to try.
Visit TM -the Crocheteer's Flickr page for scrumptious crochet projects and inspiration.


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May is a popular month for birthdays and anniversaries. FaMESHed, We<3RP and me (today in fact!) all have birthdays this month. May also sees the last of the Cupcakes Anonymous Hunt, so nab these Wonderland Tea Party themed prizes while you can.
Top & Pants ~ !The Little Bat ~ Lidia Outfit ~ Cupcakes Anonymous Hunt prize, 5L
(16 colors and 4 Wonderland prints for the top with Belleza, Ebody, Maitreya, Slink and 1 standard fitted size. Pants come in Belleza, Maitreya, Slink, TMP and xxs-l)
Manicure/Pedicure ~ Ama ~ Sprinkles! Polish ~ Cupcakes Anonymous Hunt prize, 5L
(3 colors with appliers for Maitreya, Omega and Vista nails)
~FaMESHed gifts~
(0L, free group join)
Hair ~ Wasabi Pills ~ Jun
Shoes ~ Essenz ~ Germany (Belleza, Maitreya, Slink)
Left arm ~ Phedora ~ Arm Bracelet
Left wrist ~ NOIR ~ Angel Watch
Necklace and right wrist ~ Garbaggio ~ Thick and Chunky Metal
Hair Bow ~ Dead Dollz ~ Eria Bow
~We<3RP gifts~
Eyes ~ Cubic Cherry ~ Stormy (mesh and Catwa applier) ~ 0L
Eyeshadow ~ Zibska ~ Tora (appliers and system layers) ~ 0L
Lipstick ~ Lumae ~ Glimmer Lipsticks (Omega applier) ~ 0L
~Other Stuff~
Avatar Complexity ~ 47,830
Head ~ Altamura
Body, hands and feet ~ Tonic
Ears ~ Soul
Skin ~ Stix
Horns and Tail ~ Momochuu (gacha)
Location ~ Fade Away by Cica Ghost


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THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED SAGA Restaurant Review: Atlanta's South African population has another enterprise where they may celebrate the culture and cuisine of their home country while acknowledging the bounty of their new one. Chef Drew Van Leuvan may well have found a home, with this diverse menu that ranges from a silky butternut and African squash soup to kingclip, South Africa's signature fish. Mild-tasting, with sweet and flaky meat, it appears regularly on the menu, with a variety of adornments according to the season. Biltong, potjie and peri peri prawns showcase the owners' South African heritage on an antipasto plate, and peri peri sauce perks up the Bloody Mary. Details are everywhere, from the mimosas at brunch made with fresh squeezed juice and a Spanish cava that merits being tasted on its own to the warmed coffee cups. Brunch is ably handled, with such treats as Anson Mill grits from South Carolina serving as the base for beautifully poached eggs. The wine list represents a great start, but needs a South African Cape classique sparkling, a rosé, and a sticky at least to fulfill its promise. The dining room is warm and contemporary, with a lovely section of upholstered seating gathered around a fireplace for pre- or post-prandial sipping.
GAYOT's Annual Restaurant Awards honor America's best chefs, as well as promising newcomers and a top restaurateur.


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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA --- Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group said July 2 that the company is confident about sales prospects for its first couple of hybrid models that are about to hit the market in Korea, the Korea Times reported.
"The hybrid editions of the Avante and Forte sedans have sufficient competitiveness as the world's first liquefied petroleum injection (LPI) hybrid products,'' Lee Ki-sang, Hyundai-Kia's vice president of hybrid vehicle development, told reporters during a press conference at the automaker's Seoul headquarters. "Hyundai-Kia expects to secure an edge in technologies on eco-friendly vehicles with the successful release of these models."
At the conference, Hyundai-Kia made a presentation about the two vehicles and discussed global research and development of hybrid vehicles.
Park Dong-chul, director of the Korea Automotive Research Institute, said competition in the segment is heating up as governments back their nation's efforts to gain a foothold.
"Predictions used to prevail that the market would contract amid the global financial crisis, but the competition is intensifying around these eco-friendly vehicles,'' Park said. "That means Korea needs to pay more attention to this. Consequently, the importance of securing independent technologies is becoming a key issue in the business.''
Hyundai and its affiliate Kia plan to launch their first commercial hybrid models in tandem. Following the debut of Hyundai's Avante LPI this month, Kia plans to introduce the Forte LPI compact sedan in August, the Korea Times reported.
Hyundai and Kia's hybrid products are powered by liquid petroleum gas and lithium polymer batteries. Both models are equipped with an LPI engine, which generates 114 horsepower, and a 15-kilowatt electric motor. The Avante LPI runs 17.8 kilometer per liter of fuel.
Meanwhile, in the July 6 issue of Automotive News, Hyundai-Kia R&D President Yang Woong-chul confirmed that a new plug-in hybrid sports sedan, based upon the Blue-Will concept unveiled at the Seoul Auto Show in April, will come to the United States by the end of 2012.


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Monday, 7 July 2014
The Battle of the Buffing Brushes
In the beauty blogging world, there is one brush that is talked about much more than any other: the Real Techniques Buffing Brush. I thought I'd do a little comparison post today comparing it with the Ecotools Buffing Brush. First things first, the Ecotools offering is a flat top, denser brush, compared to the lighter, ever-so-slightly tapered Real Techniques one. This means I find it provides more coverage than the Real Techniques one. Because it is flat, it can stipple the product in pretty easily, and so I have found this to work really well with my Rimmel Stay Matte mousse foundation. However, with more watery consistencies such as the L'Oreal Eau De Teint, I prefer the Real Techniques as it lightly buffs the product in without taking ages. Therefore, the Ecotools one is much nicer for thicker consistencies, whereas with thinner foundations, I'll reach for the Real Techniques Buffing Brush. It's worth mentioning that I've had both brushes for *around about* the same amount of time, and the Real Techniques has started to shed hair whereas the Ecotools one hasn't. I also think it's annoying how you can only buy the Real Techniques one in a set. However, there is a reason that it is raved about so much, as it provides a really flawless finish and doesn't make any foundation look cakey as it blends so well with your skin. So, I think it's worth having both in your collection if you're a makeup hoarder like myself, but if you tend to stick to the same types of foundation, I think you could get away with one.
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Labels: bbloggers, beauty, buffing brush, ecotools, foundation, makeup, real techniques, review
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A discussion over on Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants got me thinking about the solution to the problems we are all so worried about.
This is something that I really want to write about in depth, but for now I would like to propose some meandering thoughts on how to quell the corruption and indifference and self serving interests that we see in our current form of government. Solving this would certainly solve a lot of other problems that we are facing. Uncorrupted representatives would actually work to serve the constituents who elected him or her to their current position. Judgments and alliances wouldn't be made under the guise of good, but in reality be for the benefit of a few - be it monetary gain or simply career catapulting moves.
I've touched on this subject before, in the Anarchist's education overhaul post. First and foremost, if we must have a government (which by the standards of many, we must no matter how much I disagree) then we must remind the people in the government positions that they are servants. They work for us. They are not power laden individuals who are above the law. They are not there to line their pockets and fill their A list books and propel their career. The job entails working to create and foster a country with programs and policies that benefit the people who live in the country. So a few of the changes that I would recommend are;
A) Stricter term limits - for all branches of government. From town mayors to presidents to judges on the supreme court. No more permanent positions - anywhere. Senators and congressman can only have so many terms before they must step down permanently. Stricter rules about who may run for president. In order to avoid a dynasty style government - I think it would be wise to prevent immediate family members of presidents to run for president. Children, cousins, spouses etc... If they have already lived in the Whitehouse, or visited enough times that they might as well have lived there, then they are out. They can't run for president.
B) Who may run - I think actually lowering the age of candidates would be a good idea. Lets get some fresh blood in there. Lets get some idealists and optimists and not-yet-corrupted individuals in there. There are always the older, wiser advisors to help younger candidates out if they lack experience in certain areas - but lets face it, younger generations bring fresh perspectives, and fresh perspectives are usually a good thing.
C) Get corporations out of the game. Large financial contributions in return for favors should be stopped now. Let the candidates raise funds by appealing to the voters - not the corporations. (Changing the idea that corporations are considered "individuals" with the same rights as you and I have would be a great start).
D) Change the way the "nominee" game is played. No more national bipartisan nominations. Start the election process (for president anyway) in each local town - where real people can vote on a local level who they would like to see progress to the next level (state) then once the states have picked their nominee let the nation start narrowing down from there. Its like American Idol - so folks should be able to get the concept. It'll be a tough adjustment at first - but I think if we could just get the hang of it, we would have access to a number of fresh candidates that we would never have had before. Fresh is best.
E) Get rid of the electoral college - and of course, put a PolySci course in every school starting in grade school.
For now, those are my basic thoughts on it. I want to expand them, experiment with them, and see where they lead. Even if those ideas get scrapped - I think its safe to say that something new must be done. It is our patriotic duty to see that it is.
Voting, Patriotism and All That Jazz
A discussion over on Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants got me thinking about the solution to the problems we are all so worried about.
Posted by Anok at 2:02 PM
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- an average patriot said...
You know Anok it drives me crazy but we have to change first. We are the fools who keep voting these idiots back even though they do a lousy job. We have to start holding them accountable at the ballot box and I do.
Right now they do not work for us and we vote them back in anyway. The people have to wake up first. Like it or not it is up to us because as you say these idiots don't care. We have to make them care or regardless of party Hasta La Vista Baby or however you say it!
- January 10, 2008 at 4:11 PM
- Anok said...
I agree, but the crux of the problem is that in our current system folks like you and I have been locked out of all but the voting part of the process.
The deck is stacked - so how can we change, really, unless we start from the ground up?
Until the "old boy's club" mentality dies at the top then our country will continue to be an old boy's club. Rife with cheap cigars and soured whiskey faces.
- January 10, 2008 at 7:43 PM
- Renegade Eye said...
Ron Paul (Capitalism in one country) is the most reactionary candidate of all. He wants US to stay within its borders, but doesn't recognize capitalism here is at the imperialist stage.
We need a mass party based on the working class. In the US, that would be like our 1917.
- January 10, 2008 at 10:57 PM
- Dave Dubya said...
How about a mandatory civics course on the Constitution in every tax supported school for a start? And a copy of the Bill of Rights posted in front of every polling place.
Then we move on with clear purpose towards ending corporate personhood. It is an artificial and absurd perversion of our rights as human beings. It was a clerical, not a judicial decision in the first place.
I thank Thom Hartmann for his book, Unequal Protection in my discussion of this issue in my Democracy Imperiled post from last 4th of July.
And of course, we need public financing for public elections. Period.
Then, as we all agree, no more Republican Voting Machine Inc. There is no hope for democracy with abstract and easily corrupted digital votes. A real, physical ballot must be the only way to verify an election result.
An important step needs to be taken before all of this can be realized. As Hartmann says on his Air America show, we the people need to reclaim the Democratic Party. It is the only viable tool we have. As much as I detest the idea of joining a party, I think it is the only way to check the Republicans and their corporate masters.
- January 11, 2008 at 2:54 AM
- Anok said...
Ren, I agree. I got nothin' else to add what you've said!
Dave Dubya, Yes, yes, and yes! Although I do have concerns about government funding for candidates. To me, that screams of partisanship, bias, and is far too susceptible to corruption. So long as the candidates are funded through private citizens (through donations) - and even then politics will still be in the domain of the rich and thus powerful.
Perhaps a campaign fund cap would be in order. Each candidate can only receive so much, and they have to work with what they've got. It levels the playing field.
- January 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
- Dave Dubya said...
If we could have the fairness doctrine restored so that all candidates get equal time and access on the airwaves. The media need to be cut out of the profit aspect of elections.
They are are licensed to the supposed public airwaves. It should be their obligation to freely air candidates as a license requirement.
I'm tired of seeing the National Association of Broadcasteres being the winners of every election.
- January 11, 2008 at 3:19 PM


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Varying finishes can be achieved and we offer 5 standard plastic finishing grades, from a light blasting over or a dusting of paint on identified surfaces, to the majority of the layering removed from the external surfaces and paint or a permanent surface colouring applied.
|Grade 5
|Parts direct from the machine and blasted.
|Grade 4
|Vibro finished either on a 2 or 4 hour cycle, smoothing the surface. Suitability for this process is dependent upon geometry of the parts and layering may still remain.
|Grade 3
|Parts are painted on identified surfaces or they are given a permanent surface colouring (see below). Both these processes can be applied directly to a Grade 4 or 5 finish. If applied to a Grade 5 finish this will leave the original surface finish but just change the colour of the part. If permanent colour is applied to a Grade 4 finish the depth of the colour may not be as deep as when applied to a Grade 5 part.
|Grade 2
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|As per Grade 2 but with the addition of texture to the painted surface.
As the level of plastic finishing grade is directly related to component cost it is important not to over specify the requirement. Frequently the optimum is to select different parts to different grades of finish. For example, a batch of 50 parts could be split into 2 for assembly and aesthetic review (Grade 1), 5 for general assembly and review (Grade 2 or 3) and 43 for trials (Grade 4 or 5). This approach minimises cost and maximises speed of response.
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A Small Collection of Family Editor Advice:
I included the following tips and advice (edited a little in this version) in a door tutorial I wrote for my Autodesk University 2005 lab called "Autodesk Revit Building Family Editor: From the Beginning". It wasn't necessarily a really better door as it was a chance to explore a number of different techniques using the family editor. Such as nesting families, Variable swing features 2d/3d, Alignment for adjacent walls and creating a variable multi-lite panel. You can download the PDF HERE.
General Advice and tips
- Use snaps and snap overrides
- With dimensions and align/lock make sure you select the correct element, as a reference, that you intended.
- Use temporary hide/isolate to make sure only the objects you want to reference are visible.
- Alter dimension style(s) so it/they work(s) better for laying out your family, remove extension line offset, decrease text size etc.
- Dimension only to reference planes, align/lock solids/voids to reference planes
- If you ignore #5, don't do both "inside the sketch" and "outside the sketch"
- Don't move the "origin", check the location of the origin by importing a dwg with linework representing 0,0, and use "Origin to Origin" if you think you did. A little background, if you move the reference planes defining the origin you will think the placement origin is moved. In fact the reference planes don't really define the origin anymore because Revit maintains the original origin is actual the internal 0,0 for placement. [This was a bug and has supposedly been fixed in the releases following 2005.]
- Don't use "-" in parameter names because it turns into a minus if you use the parameter in a formula, in fact don't use any characters that double as "math" symbols.
- Change the scale of the view to make it easier to constrain, select geometry.
- Be sure to test the family at various scales including for line weights, graphic performance and particularly if nested annotation are included.
- Add additional types to the host in hosted families. This makes it faster to test for different host thicknesses.
- Don't define materials in families, define material parameters instead (or possibly sub-categories) as much as possible so materials can be assigned in a project, where they really matter.
- Don't include parameters in families that don't change geometry, instead put them in project templates and apply them to the categories they affect.
- Don't dimension objects inside a sketch and then constrain the object outside the sketch, either all in or out. The exception to this is the depth of an extrusion which you can constrain outside of a sketch because you can't constrain it with dimensions elsewhere. It is safer to align/lock to reference planes.
- Angles and arcs are hardest to constrain because Revit deals with them using orthogonal dimensions. Examine the Automatic Sketch Dimensions (ASD's see below) to see how they constrain endpoints of lines and arcs. Save them for last and use Hide/Isolate and remove unnecessary objects from view so it is easier to ensure you constrain the right parts.
- Window and Door families use the cut plane (view range) defined in the family, not just the project's view setting for view range.
- Make a system type parameter into an instance parameter, select dimension with a label in view, check instance parameter in option bar.
- Shared families can only pass (forward) instance based parameters
- Voids don't allow visibility on/off or level of detail
- Mirror tool does not pass along locked relationships, need to establish them for each copy.
- (added) Remember Revit is work plane focused, use reference planes and name them. Then use them wisely. There is a head and tail and they define positive and negative depth values for solid/voids.
- (added) Reference Lines are for angular relationships. Reference Planes are NOT. Reference planes don't have real endpoints, they are infinite in length but have grips so we can control how much we have to see.
- (added) The conceptual massing environment (CEA) is VERY different from all other component family editing you'll do.
- (added) A family doesn't "have to" be hosted if it doesn't "need" to "cut" the host or in other words, create a hole in the host. It must be hosted if it does.
- (added) Build "bones" first, then add "muscle" and finally the "skin".
- Bones = Reference planes/lines
- Muscle = Dimensions/parameters
- Skin - solids/voids and model/symbolic lines
If you are interested in some additional reading and curious about Automatic Sketch Dimensions (ASD's), these are some earlier posts.
Locking Stuff (January 2011)
Automatic Sketch Dimensions (August 2009)
The Family Editor: Bones, Muscle & Skin (April 2009)
Revit MEP Air Terminal - Troubleshooting (April 2008)
Railing Encore (August 2008)
Automatic Sketch Dimensions (April 2006)


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Are you sleepy?
Well, you might be, and maybe even a little under the weather once you see the newest stamps that I created for Kraftin' Kimmie this month. I think in all the time that I have been working with Kimmie, these have to be my favorites. Especially the Sweet Dream set. And then Kimmies Design Team comes along and makes them look even MORE adorable!
I always like to showcase on the DT's cards and this time is no different. This beautiful and oh so stunning card was created by Jenny Peterson, who just happens to be on the amazing Kraftin' Kimmie Design team. It certainly is a jaw dropper, isn't it. I was FLOORED by it. Perfect from top to bottom!!!


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This 23-year-old started small, uploading free music online in 2011, but in just three short years he has released his debut album Startup Cult, amassed over 120 000 fans on Facebook and been featured on Triple J Unearthed.
Currently touring, the Adelaide-turned-Melbournite is only going up. Things are bright for Allday.
Mahalia: Allday is an interesting stage name (and definitely brings up some weird things on Google!), what's the meaning behind it?
Allday: My friends called me that one day when I was st---d, taking forever to decide what flavour of tiny teddies I wanted.
A: It was rad. She is such a boss and playing to 5000 people is never a bad thing.
M: When I told people I'd secured this interview, they all asked the same thing "well, what sort of music does he make?" It doesn't fit nicely into any one box, how would you describe your music?
A: It's like rap music that takes little trips into R&B, pop and maybe electro at times. Mostly it's just stories about w--d and girls.
M: Things seem to have taken off for you once Triple J started giving you airtime, but obviously there was a lot of time before that. How important has social media been in getting your music out into the public?
A: I just like to talk to the people who listen to me, I'm always on social media. Some people say I'm funny on social media and some people say I'm annoying but either way I'm just being myself and that's all you can do.
M: Your album debuted at number 3, how did you feel when you found out?
A: I was pretty amazed, I was hoping for top 5 but I probably would have been happy with top 10. It took so much effort to make the album, like I borderline drove myself crazy and it was so cool to be rewarded by having people like it.
M: What are the best and worst things about touring?
A: The best things are meeting people, smoking free w--d everywhere we go, getting driven around, hanging with my friends, seeing the country and the world. The worst thing is probably taking your laptop out of the bag when going through security at the airport; it p-sses me off so much.
M: Music is such a great storyteller, what message do you want to give your fans?
A: I have lots of messages. But also sometimes I want to write a song without a message. Escapism can be worthwhile sometimes.
M: Finally, if you meet one person in the world, who would you want to have a chat to?
A: Larry David, I have to have dinner with him before I die or he dies.
"Some people say I'm funny on social media" :: https://www.facebook.com/alldaytunes


text: Nichole Hamilton was most recently seen as Becky in Becky's New Car at the Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville, Florida where she is also a company member and has performed in over a dozen productions including Mrs. Kendal in The Elephant Man, The Creature in All Girl Frankenstein, and The Woman in The Turn of the Screw. A self-proclaimed gypsy, Nichole has been an actor, director, and instructor in Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, New York, and California. After taking her one-woman show, Dame daDA & the Meta Show to the Minnesota Fringe Festival in August, Nichole will be joining the faculty at New Mexico State University. She holds a BA in Theatre from the University of Montevallo and an MFA in Acting from the University of Florida. nichole-hamilton.com


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The new Contemporary Writing pathway offers you the opportunity to engage with American, British, Irish, and world Anglophone literary cultures.
Please note for 2019/20 entry:
Our MA English Programmes are currently undergoing a review to ensure the content continues to offer an outstanding teaching and learning experience for our students.
Your programme will offer specially-designed core modules alongside the opportunity to choose from a range of electives in specialist areas.
This pathway focuses on cutting-edge developments in literature. It uses notions of 'writing' and of the 'present' as gateways into contemporary debates about the historical present, the nature of time, and the difficulties of periodisation. Special attention will be paid to questions of technology, innovation, and social change. Our approach to contemporary material will be genuinely interdisciplinary and we will explore how such writing plays a role in current theoretical debates, engages with contemporary philosophy, and is transformed within the context of digital culture.
We are home to one of the largest and most diverse groups of staff in this field of any department in the country, and expertise in late-twentieth- and twenty-first-century culture brings together perspectives that are regional and transnational, theoretical and historicist. Distinctively, the pathway will also give you the opportunity of working with our leading postcolonial scholars, and to think about contemporary cultural production in global contexts of reception.
The pathway is delivered by a strong team of specialists in contemporary literature and culture, with particular expertise in digital cultures, technology, narrative theory and the contemporary novel. Staff on the contemporary pathway include Mark Currie, Sam McBean, Andrew van der Vlies, kitt price and Zara Dinnen, whose research interests and publications address topics in digital culture, new media, popular culture, contemporary fiction, American Fiction, science and technology, time, feminism, queer theory, temporality and the theory of narrative.
A range of option modules will enable you to study major novelists and poets from national literary traditions within and beyond an Anglo-American frame. The core module, 'Writing and the Present', equips you with a set of critical vocabularies with which to engage historically, formally and philosophically with contemporary literature. The pathway as whole thus facilitates a twin focus on the notions of writing and the present, encouraging you to examine the most urgent intellectual issues of our time that relate to the notion of 'the contemporary', not only in academic contexts but also in lived social experience.
The pathway combines specially-designed core modules with the opportunity to select further options from across the whole range of MA modules on offer in the Department of English. You may also opt to take a cognate elective module offered by the Schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and by other Colleges of the University of London.
You choose three modules from a list of options that changes from year to year (one can be from the range of modules offered across the MA English Studies curriculum). In 2017-2018 we hope to offer the following. If members of our specialist research staff win research funding it will mean that their module won't run, so for that reason this list is indicative only.
You may, subject to availability and the approval of the School, take one of your option modules from across a range offered by other Schools in the Humanities and Social Science Faculty, or from other Colleges of the University of London.
In addition to taught modules, we run a range of research seminars to which all MA students are invited. Some of these are linked to our interdisciplinary Research Centres, such as the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, the Centre for Religion and Literature in English and the Centre for the History of the Emotions. Others are collaborations with other institutions, such as the London-Paris Romanticism Seminar. With visiting speakers from across the world, these seminars are an opportunity to meet other postgraduate students and members of staff and to learn about the latest developments in research.


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If you follow @nicekicks on IG, then you already know there's something special in store for the retail re-opening of the DTLA Nice Kicks Shop in conjunction with adidas.
As part of the 4-day chase that begins this Wednesday around Los Angeles, the coveted Nice Kicks x adidas NMD will be among the potential prizes for those partaking in the festivities.
See a teaser of what to expect and follow below for more details.
To celebrate the #adidas Nice Kicks LA store opening this Saturday, February 10th, we're launching a 4-day chase around Los Angeles starting on Wednesday. Follow along for a chance to win some ? adidas prizes including the tie-dyed #NiceKicks NMD!
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By soonersports.com
NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department has announced a pair of new football season ticket plans for the 2018 season, a year in which the Sooners will play seven home games instead of six for the first time since 2007.
The entry-level season ticket packages will go on sale on Tuesday, June 19 at 10 a.m. CT and will be available for purchase online, via phone at 800-456-GoOU (4668) or (405) 325-2424, or in person at the OU Athletics Ticket Office on the west side of Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The available tickets were originally reserved for opponents and returned to OU after going unclaimed.
For $485, fans may purchase a standard season ticket package that will guarantee them the same reserved seat location each game, as well as early opportunities to request tickets for road games, the Big 12 Conference Championship Game and Sooner bowl games (based on allotment).
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Pass holders will be sent an e-mail with tickets, including barcodes and seat locations, by 5 p.m. on Thursdays of game week. The dynamic system allows members to take advantage of the best seats available for each contest. Seat locations will change from game to game based on availability. Pass holders may submit a request to be seated next to or near another pass holder, but such requests are subject to availability.
Oklahoma, which has won three consecutive Big 12 Championships and qualified for two of the last three College Football Playoffs, is a consensus preseason top-10 selection for 2018. OU's home opponents will be Florida Atlantic (Sept. 1), UCLA (Sept. 8), Army (Sept. 22), Baylor (Sept. 29), Kansas State (Oct. 27), Oklahoma State (Nov. 10) and Kansas (Nov. 17).


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Stocks are in fashion again as stock prices head northwards. Here are three behavioural biases that every investor should be aware and wary of.
An interesting aspect of stock market is that the price is a function of demand and supply. Hence, if there are more irrational investors compared to rational investors then the price of the stock will tend to be irrational. This irrationality will however not last forever. There have been instances where greed has led to asset prices increasing beyond expectations and then finally the asset bursting. Real estate bubble in the United States and dotcom bubble in India are examples. Some of the behavioral traits, which can be attributed to individuals investing in stock markets, include overconfidence, loss aversion and herding.
Overconfidence refers to the situation where an investor in spite of knowing that the stocks are overpriced, keeps investing in them because he believes the stock prices will not fall much in the foreseeable future. At times the analyst community comes up with ridiculous methods to justify prices. For example in the case of State Bank of India the bank has its branches in prime locations helped justify its stock price increases. The fact that SBI has never sold real estate nor will ever sell it was ignored.Furthermore, in good times a lot of people invest in mid cap stocks expecting any business idea that looks different and promising would work. The best example is Suzlon Energy Ltd, the fourth largest player in the wind turbine generator segment.The company had negative cash flows and kept expanding business through acquisitions in an industry where there were already too many players. It was clearly a risky stock. However, it was one of best stocks to own in the 2005 to 2007 period. The fact that stock is now trading at less than Rs. 15 after recording Rs.595 on the first day of listing in October 2005 is a testimony of how stocks which rise without justification fall at exponential rate.
Loss aversion is a state of denial where the investor does not want to accept that he has made losses. ICICI Securities has introduced a new derivatives product called I-Gain wherein it will charge its clients commission on transaction only when they make profit. The condition here is that the client should adhere to stop losses strictly. In simpler terms he should book his losses and not keep waiting for the tide to turn. According to ICICI Securities, it has realised by studying more than 3 million client portfolio over the last decade that losses happen because clients refuse to close their losing positions. An apt example would be of how Pandavas in Mahabharat continued to gamble when they were losing and finally ended up losing everything.
When a person does not know how to trade and still wants to trade in the market the easiest way is to imitate other investors. However, herding is a dangerous phenomenon for novices as they might end up buying the stocks when the others are selling. In November 2011, the media reported three stocks that Amitabh Bachchan held. These were Neuland Laboratories, Birla Pacific Medspa and Fineotex Chemical.
Interestingly a lot of investors bought stock based on the assumption that Amitabh Bachchan would definitely have good advisers. Birla Pacific Medspa which was trading at Rs. 20 has no buyers and is languishing at 20 paisa now. Fineotex Chemicals which was trading at Rs. 160 reached Rs 16 in two years time by 2013.
Invest in only those businesses which you understand. Following others would only make you more nervous when the markets move southward. It is always good to know the basic financial terms which is easily available online. If you feel you do not have the time and patience to invest yourself invest in mutual funds.


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OREGON WASTE SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS 93-70v.DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE STATE OF OREGON ET AL. COLUMBIA RESOURCE COMPANY, PETITIONER 93-108 V. ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OREGON
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Two Terms ago, in Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt, 504 U.S. (1992), we held that the negative Commerce Clause prohibited Alabama from imposing a higher fee on the disposal in Alabama landfills of hazardous waste from other States than on the disposal of identical waste from Alabama. In reaching that conclusion, however, we left open the possibility that such a differential surcharge might be valid if based on the costs of disposing of waste from other States. Id., at , n. 9 (slip op., at 10, n. 9). Today, we must decide whether Oregon's purportedly cost-based surcharge on the in-state disposal of solid waste generated in other States violates the Commerce Clause.
Like other States, Oregon comprehensively regulates the disposal of solid wastes within its borders.*fn1 Respondent Oregon Department of Environmental Quality oversees the State's regulatory scheme by developing and executing plans for the management, reduction, and recycling of solid wastes. To fund these and related activities, Oregon levies a wide range of fees on landfill operators. See, e. g., Ore. Rev. Stat. §§ 459.235(3), 459.310 (1991). In 1989, the Oregon Legislature imposed an additional fee, called a "surcharge," on "every person who disposes of solid waste generated out-of-state in a disposal site or regional disposal site." § 459.297(1) (effective Jan. 1, 1991). The amount of that surcharge was left to respondent Environmental Quality Commission (Commission) to determine through rulemaking, but the legislature did require that the resulting surcharge "be based on the costs to the State of Oregon and its political subdivisions of disposing of solid waste generated out-of-state which are not otherwise paid for" under specified statutes. § 459.298. At the conclusion of the rulemaking process, the Commission set the surcharge on out-of-state waste at $2.25 per ton. Ore. Admin. Rule 340-97-120(7) (Sept. 1993).
In conjunction with the out-of-state surcharge, the legislature imposed a fee on the in-state disposal of waste generated within Oregon. See Ore. Rev. Stat. §§ 459A.110(1), (5) (1991). The in-state fee, capped by statute at $0.85 per ton (originally $0.50 per ton), is considerably lower than the fee imposed on waste from other States. §§ 459A.110(5) and 459A.115. Subsequently, the legislature conditionally extended the $0.85 per ton fee to out-of-state waste, in addition to the $2.25 per ton surcharge, § 459A.110(6), with the proviso that if the surcharge survived judicial challenge, the $0.85 per ton fee would again be limited to in-state waste. 1991 Ore. Laws, ch. 385, §§ 91-92.*fn2
The anticipated court challenge was not long in coming. Petitioners, Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. (Oregon Waste) and Columbia Resource Company (CRC), joined by Gilliam County, Oregon, sought expedited review of the out-of-state surcharge in the Oregon Court of Appeals. Oregon Waste owns and operates a solid waste landfill in Gilliam County, at which it accepts for final disposal solid waste generated in Oregon and in other States. CRC, pursuant to a 20-year contract with Clark County, in neighboring Washington State, transports solid waste via barge from Clark County to a landfill in Morrow County, Oregon. Petitioners challenged the administrative rule establishing the out-of-state surcharge and its enabling statutes under both state law and the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the statutes and rule. Gilliam County v. Department of Environmental Quality, 114 Ore. App. 369, 837 P.2d 965 (1992).
The State Supreme Court affirmed. Gilliam County v. Department of Environmental Quality of Oregon, 316 Ore. 99, 849 P.2d 500 (1993). As to the Commerce Clause, the court recognized that the Oregon surcharge resembled the Alabama fee invalidated in Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt, 504 U.S. (1992), in that both prescribed higher fees for the disposal of waste from other States. Nevertheless, the court viewed the similarity as superficial only. Despite the explicit reference in § 459.297(1) to out-of-state waste's geographic origin, the court reasoned, the Oregon surcharge is not facially discriminatory "because of [its] express nexus to actual costs incurred [by state and local government]." 316 Ore., at 112, 849 P.2d, at 508. That nexus distinguished Chemical Waste, supra, by rendering the surcharge a "compensatory fee," which the court viewed as " prima facie reasonable," that is to say, facially constitutional. Ibid. The court read our case law as invalidating compensatory fees only if they are "'manifestly disproportionate to the services rendered.'" Ibid. (quoting Clark v. Paul Gray, Inc., 306 U.S. 583, 599 (1939)). Because Oregon law restricts the scope of judicial review in expedited proceedings to deciding the facial legality of administrative rules and the statutes underlying them, Ore. Rev. Stat. § 183.400 (1991), the Oregon court deemed itself precluded from deciding the factual question whether the surcharge on out-of-state waste was disproportionate. 316 Ore., at 112, 849 P.2d, at 508.
We granted certiorari, 509 U.S. (1993), because the decision below conflicted with a recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.*fn3 We now reverse.
The Commerce Clause provides that "the Congress shall have Power . . . to regulate Commerce . . . among the several States." Art. I, § 8, cl. 3. Though phrased as a grant of regulatory power to Congress, the Clause has long been understood to have a "negative" aspect that denies the States the power unjustifiably to discriminate against or burden the interstate flow of articles of commerce. See, e. g., Wyoming v. Oklahoma, 502 U.S. , (1992) (slip op., at 15); Welton v. Missouri, 91 U.S. 275 (1876). The Framers granted Congress plenary authority over interstate commerce in "the conviction that in order to succeed, the new Union would have to avoid the tendencies toward economic Balkanization that had plagued relations among the Colonies and later among the States under the Articles of Confederation." Hughes v. Oklahoma, 441 U.S. 322, 325-326 (1979). See generally The Federalist No. 42 (J. Madison). "This principle that our economic unit is the Nation, which alone has the gamut of powers necessary to control of the economy, . . . has as its corollary that the states are not separable economic units." H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du Mond, 336 U.S. 525, 537-538 (1949).
Consistent with these principles, we have held that the first step in analyzing any law subject to judicial scrutiny under the negative Commerce Clause is to determine whether it "regulates evenhandedly with only 'incidental' effects on interstate commerce, or discriminates against interstate commerce." Hughes, supra, at 336. See also Chemical Waste, 504 U.S., at (slip op., at 5). As we use the term here, "discrimination" simply means differential treatment of in-state and out-of-state economic interests that benefits the former and burdens the latter. If a restriction on commerce is discriminatory, it is virtually per se invalid. 504 U.S., at , n. 6 (slip op., at 9, n. 6). See also Philadelphia v. New Jersey, 437 U.S. 617, 624 (1978). By contrast, nondiscriminatory regulations that have only incidental effects on interstate commerce are valid unless "the burden imposed on such commerce is clearly excessive in relation to the putative local benefits." Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc., 397 U.S. 137, 142 (1970).
In Chemical Waste, we easily found Alabama's surcharge on hazardous waste from other States to be facially discriminatory because it imposed a higher fee on the disposal of out-of-state waste than on the disposal of identical in-state waste. 504 U.S., at (slip op., at 6). We deem it equally obvious here that Oregon's $2.25 per ton surcharge is discriminatory on its face. The surcharge subjects waste from other States to a fee almost three times greater than the $0.85 per ton charge imposed on solid in-state waste. The statutory determinant for which fee applies to any particular shipment of solid waste to an Oregon landfill is whether or not the waste was "generated out-of-state." Ore. Rev. Stat. § 459.297(1) (1991). It is well-established, however, that a law is discriminatory if it "'taxes a transaction or incident more heavily when it crosses state lines than when it occurs entirely within the State.'" Chemical Waste, supra, at (slip op., at 6) (quoting Armco Inc. v. Hardesty, 467 U.S. 638, 642 (1984)). See also American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner, 483 U.S. 266, 286 (1987).*fn4
Respondents argue, and the Oregon Supreme Court held, that the statutory nexus between the surcharge and "the [otherwise uncompensated] costs to the State of Oregon and its political subdivisions of disposing of solid waste generated out-of-state," Ore. Rev. Stat. § 459.298 (1991), necessarily precludes a finding that the surcharge is discriminatory. We find respondents' narrow focus on Oregon's compensatory aim to be foreclosed by our precedents. As we reiterated in Chemical Waste, the purpose of, or justification for, a law has no bearing on whether it is facially discriminatory. See 504 U.S., at (slip op., at 5-6). See also Philadelphia, supra, at 626. Consequently, even if the surcharge merely recoups the costs of disposing of out-of-state waste in Oregon, the fact remains that the differential ...
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While Dorothy, blue-skirted and pigtailed, clutching a wicker basket and a bewildered dog under her arm, surveys the weird flowers and pygmy huts around her, she's sure of just one thing: she's not in Kansas any more. L Frank Baum's character was, it turns out, born slightly too early. In 1901, a year after the publication of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Baum wrote The Master Key, a novel credited with the invention of augmented reality via a pair of imagined spectacles that could map information on to whatever or whomever its wearer looked at. Had Dorothy owned a pair, she might have learned that she'd been whisked to Oz, or that her new friend the Tin Man was in need of a heart, even, perhaps, that a wicked witch is burned not by fire, but by water.
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|source: EIA, "Today In Energy" website
The data and chart are from US Energy Information Agency, EIA, covering the years 1980 through first half 2017. see link
The significance of this chart is how much wind energy (the green area of the chart) has grown since approximately 2008. In only just under 10 years (2008-2017 inclusive), wind has grown from not visibly noticeable on the chart to approximately one-half the total renewable energy generated in the US. Many authoritative sources have been saying this for years, of course. There are, though, many nay-sayers who simply cannot fathom how airplane wings twirling in the wind can produce electrical power into a grid. And yet, the chart above shows this clearly. The amount at the far right-hand part of the chart shows approximately 30 billion kWh for the month, just for wind energy. That is approximately the same output as all the hydroelectric plants produced. The hydroelectric plants are having a banner year, with the El Nino rains placing an above-average amount of water in the combined reservoirs that feed the hydroelectric plants.
Meanwhile, the other big trend in the US shows up as a tiny step-change in 2012 in the top line, the line for nuclear plant output. That downward blip represents the closing of the SONGS nuclear plant in California, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. SONGS had a major leak in the new steam generators they purchased and installed, and elected to shut down the plant rather than investigate the cause of the leaks and report on that cause to the NRC. The NRC determined that the leaks were from an unknown cause, not seen in all the hundreds of reactor-years in more than 400 nuclear plants world-wide.
Now that SONGS is shut down, more nuclear plants are also shutting down but for slightly different reasons. The main reason is they are losing money with each month they operate. The Fort Calhoun nuclear plant in Nebraska shut down for exactly that reason at the end of 2016. More nuclear plants have disclosed they are losing money at a horrendous rate and will also close if they do not receive adequate subsidies from the state governments. The nuclear plant fleet in the US is rapidly approaching an average age of 40 years. Almost every nuclear power plant in the US has already closed by the age of 40 years from startup.
The next decade in the US will no doubt see at least one-half of the nuclear plants shut down. With 99 still running, that is approximately 50 shutdowns.
Meanwhile, wind turbines are being built in record numbers and enjoying profitability with power sales prices below 5 cents per kWh. The design improvements, larger sizes, and taller support towers all combine to make wind energy extremely efficient and economic.
Thus, when such a graph is created again in 5 years, and 10 years from now, the top line for nuclear power will be substantially lower. I expect that by 2027, nuclear output per month will be no more than half that of today, or 32 billion kWh per month. In sharp contrast, wind energy output will likely be 70 billion kWh per month or more. At that rate of output, 70 billion kWh per month, wind energy would represent only 20 percent of the total US electricity production. That, 20 percent, is well below the level that any grid stability problems are predicted to occur.
The long-term business opportunity in the US lies in decommissioning nuclear plants, with an average of 5 per year shutting down over the next decade. Another long-term opportunity is in the construction and installation of large wind turbines. The next generation of wind turbines will be the 4 MW, 6 MW, and 8 MW per turbine output.
A famous singer said it well: "The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind."
Roger E. Sowell, Esq.
Marina del Rey, California
copyright (c) 2017 by Roger Sowell - all rights reserved
copyright (c) 2017 by Roger Sowell - all rights reserved


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The phone is preloaded with 1.6 but you can upgrade to 2.1 in August in Ireland, but that is a google thing
Also the price in Meteor in Ireland has just been nailed down at 149 on prepay
This is not the cheapest Android handset ever. If you look further then you will discover that Huawei at £99, and it has android 2.1! It's not the same quality hardware, however it's good overall. Not sure of overseas pricing, but it is cheaper, and has better software.
dr.waqar, 09 Jan 2010no wifi n screen colours are 256K..not of my useit has wifi!!!!!!! dont use something u dont know!!!
Anonymous, 12 Jan 2010never ever buy lg phones.. they are great for a little while... then after that new period.. t... moreIF u want to know LG has the best after sales ever!!!
Anonymous, 08 May 2010Android OS, v1.6 no use.....LG is still a way behind Samsung and HTC they are already using An... moreyes,but is the cheapest android ever!!!
the price in europe is 239e!!! its the best android i ve ever seen! very fast and perfect toutch!! i recomended to u!!!!! and its 1.6 version!!
Best touch sensitivity I have ever seen. LG has done really a great job!
I'm very pleased with my phone except for 1 thing I like to use predictive text, I added names etc to the user dictionary but at the end of a week the dictionary is empty. This is the 2nd time it's happened please can anyone tell me how to stop it happening. Thank you in anticipation.
Anonymous, 23 Jun 2010How "pink" is the pink version in real life? Is it a really pale pink, or is it more... moreThe pink is a pale pink,really nice colour actually.
and the white is a alomost pearl colour
kevin, 23 Jun 2010plzplzplzplzplzplzplz answer me. is this phone can install skype??? plz answer meno skype but you don't need it. use sipdroid in combination with voipbuster, does just the same and is cheaper. Google it out a bit and you will find what you need.Hope this helped
How "pink" is the pink version in real life? Is it a really pale pink, or is it more of a bright, Barbie pink?
plzplzplzplzplzplzplz answer me.
is this phone can install skype??? plz answer me
Can anyone help me, I was playing with my new h/p in the setting icon when the touch screen which was so sensitive taht I have set it to ARABIC language.Now all my icons and instructions are in ARABIC.Can any one help me on how to re set it back to english???
Anonymous, 07 Jun 2010Where is the stick ? No stick or stylus needed. lcd screen size and display is sufficient to let ur finger play the screen which is very responsive. I love this phone....!!!
Fluid Touch screen..simple design but pretty..
No lags, hangs.. 2.1 in Aug or Sept..
I think it's a great comeback by LG.
I'm interested to see their christmas devices..
Anonymous, 20 Jun 2010Got it yesterday great internet connection camera and multimedia options but can't find out ho... moreGo into messaging then press the right soft touch sensitive key & goto settings. Then scroll down you will see vibrate


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Does public life recapitulate grade school? To judge by the pitched and petulant fights on the playground of politics, you'd think so.
Syndicated columnist Dionne (They Only Look Dead, 1996, etc.) allows that there are good reasons for the tense tenor in this election year: for liberals and moderates, he says, "the sense of alienation, estrangement, and anger inspired by this president is unlike anything they have experienced in their political lifetimes," enough to make them nostalgic for Nixon. On the opposite side of the fence stand disgruntled white guys who can't get over the fact that Bill Clinton raised taxes on the rich (whereupon "all Americans—including the wealthy—then prospered") and threw Reaganism out the window; neither can they get over the fact that the American electorate failed to line up behind them to impeach Slick Willie. The Democrats as a whole, Dionne notes, were traumatized by 9/11 and rushed to the side of Bush, only to be rebuffed by the man who swore he would be a "uniter, not a divider"—and who then almost immediately lowered taxes on the wealthy while pretending he was giving tax relief to the poor and middle class, precisely because "voters didn't like the idea." What to do? Why, throw the bum out, of course. And unceremoniously, as Dionne argues that, if anything, the Democrats haven't played hard-enough hardball against the Bushies; after 9/11, he writes, "Democrats were bewildered. Forget left and right: they even missed chances to fight Bush hard on issues that could have united moderates and liberals." In the anybody-but-Bush exigency, Dionne urges, that unity of left and center against hard right is essential. ("The first task of politics now," he writes, "is to prevent a sharp turn to the right.") If it happens, he prophesies, and if the Dems adopt a "Bogart liberalism" that's both tough and smart, then it's out the door with the GOP.
Balm for those who long to see a revivified—and not-quite-so-spiteful—opposition and a return to Kennedy-era liberalism.


text: It'd be pretty unsportsmanlike for us not to note the emergence of Diplo's long-speculated-about Gucci Mane remix mixtape, given that we ran a whole long thinkpiece pegged to its release back in December. So: actual passion or vacant spin? Street movement "free," or hood cliche "free"? For that matter: Free Gucci, or Fuck Diplo? You decide. [Mad Decent]


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Quick Links: Parent Calendar | 2018/2019 Weekly Class Offerings: Southeast, Stapleton
Dancin' Dreams is now partnering with JKD Colorado and is offering Jeet Kune Do martial arts classes to kids and adults. Jeet Kune Do (JKD) was created by the late Bruce Lee and is continued at the Dancin' Dreams studio as it was taught directly to his private students.
To learn more about JKD Colorado, please visit jkdcolorado.com
Parents are welcome to enroll in class with their kids!


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Answer: Enlarged turbinates, nasal polyps, and allergies cause stuffy nose and inability to sleep at night. Stuffy nose at night is the second most common cause of sleep apnea, a condition causing restless tossing and turning, lack of REM sleep, and inability to concentrate during the day time. To cure it, use a neti pot with dissolved essential oil and salt to clear your sinuses of mucus and infection.
Take these 5 Steps to Heal Your Stuffy Nose and Get More Sleep at Night:
1.) Boil 5 cups of water in a small saucepan on the stove. Once boiling, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt, to mimic the natural saline of the body. Optionally, use a clean, sterile eyedropper to add one drop of lemon essential oil to the water. Lemon promotes acidity, which is strongly believed in Chinese medicine to reduce inflammation and swelling.
2.) Use a candy thermometer to measure the water's temperature. Boil until the water reaches 260 degrees, to completely dissolve the salt and lemon essential oil. Stir continuously.
3.) Allow the water to cool for 15 minutes, or until the candy thermometer reads 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
4.) While the water is still a comfortably warm temperature, pour it into a clean, sterilized neti pot. The water should be fresh and warm, but not scalding, most closely resembling the steam that comes out of a warm shower.
5.) Tilt your head back 45 degrees, and pour the neti pot water into one nostril, while holding over the sink. the water should run through the sinuses, while the heat, lemon, and salt work together to heal blood vessel inflammation and reduce turbinate size.
6.) If you don't have a neti pot: Boil water on the stove using the same technique as above, but skip the salt, and add 2 drops of essential oil. Do not let the water cool. Pour the essential water immediately into a wooden bowl. Place your face over the bowl, to deeply inhale the steam. Place a towel over your head, which drapes over the bowl, to create your own sinus reducing steam tent.
How Can I Get More Sleep At Night?
First, change your sleeping position. The ideal sleeping position is on your back, with a small hard pillow under your neck, which allows the sinuses to drain, versus the side or stomach, which causes blood to flow and block the sinuses with swelling and gravity. Then unblock your sinus cavity. Take a steam bath, allowing the steam to relax your nasal blood vessels. Or rub your chest with Vick's Vapor Rub, allowing the menthol to restrict your blood vessels.
Bonus tip: Use a cool mist humidifier to get the benefits of both steam and menthol. Add one drop of peppermint essential oil per ten gallons of humidifier water, then place the humidifier in your bedroom for deeper sleep benefits.
Use temporary cures when allergies are the cause, such as flonase, or nasal strips which open the nasal passages, and allow a stronger flow of air into the lungs.
Sugar and Stuffy Nose at Night
Certain foods, such as margarine, vegetable oil, and sugar, increase joints and mucus cavity inflammation. Aspartame, sucrose, malodextrin, and other "artificial" sugars increase mucus production by up to 20% in the body.
To ease your breathing and sleep better at night, reduce your amount of sugar intake during the day. Add one spoon of old fashioned sugar to your coffee in the morning, instead of 2 packs of aspartame. Opt for sugar-free snacks marketed to diabetics. If a sugar craving hits, suck on a hard candy, instead of popping chocolate candies into your mouth.
Gluten and Sinus Congestion
Much like sugar, the gluten in durum wheat products kicks the body into mucus production overdrive. To sleep better, reduce your gluten intake by consuming less alcohol, opting for gluten-free snacks, frozen pizzas and cookies, and using healthier, veggie-filled recipes, like this one that substitutes spaghetti nut squash for spaghetti pasta noodles.
How to Reduce Nasal Congestion and Sleep Better
Foods like those mentioned above can cause permanent sinus congestion. Overuse of nasal congestion sprays can leave noses stuffy and sore. Stress and allergies produce cortisone and histamines, both of which harden and enlarge the blood vessels. Nasal strips and decongestants can help in the short term. To get a good night's sleep in the long run, however, eliminate the root of the problem by changing your dietary habits, using a neti pot, or sleeping next to a small, cool-mist humidifier.


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Arrival of the first baby is awaited eagerly in all households. Apart from the new mum and dad, almost every member of the family, acquaintances, and friends spend hours discussing a plethora of things like gifts to give to the new parents, plans for celebrating the birth of the baby, probable names of the baby and a lot of other things. If you too are a part of such exciting discussions, and are wondering what gifts you can buy for the new parents that would make them feel extra special, and suit the occasion perfectly, you should keep certain things in mind.
To begin with, you can think about gift baskets that are probably the most cost-effective and best gifts for new mums and dads as they contain a wide variety of essentials that are useful for the baby on a daily basis. Costly gifts might get wasted as babies outgrow them very soon. Also, buying a gift for new mums and dads doesn't mean spending a bomb. Rather, a thoughtful gift, which is useful too, and has a personal touch, would be the ideal thing.
Here are some gift ideas that would cost you less than $100 but would be cherished and used the most by the new parents.
- All Boy Wagon Gift Basket: This is a wonderful and unique way for new mums and dads who have a baby boy. This wagon, which is filled with various useful items for the new boy, such as a cuddly bear, some CDs with lullaby music, cotton onesie, baby bottle, and much more, would be the ideal way to welcome the new member in the family, and make the parents feel happy and proud.
- All Girl Wagon Gift Basket: If your recipients have been blessed with a baby girl, you may choose this gift baskets that packs a pink wagon filled with cute dolls, mirror rattle, baby bottle, pink dress, and more.
- Hospital Survival Kit: Gifting the new mom, who is still in the hospital, a basket filled with hair clips, bath powder, make up kit, a manicure kit, magazines etc. would make her feel great and keep the postpartum blues away. If you can include some items in the gift basket for the dad too, like some games and puzzles, it would make for the perfect gift.
- Sports Wagon Gift Basket: Best online gift shops offer you sports wagon gift basket for new born babies, irrespective of their gender. You can get a classic wagon containing a cuddly soft puppy for a baby boy with all-blue dresses, baby shoes, baby bottles, and more; whereas for a baby girl, the same things are made available in all pink. You may also include pacifier clip, sleep N play etc in this unique gift basket.
- A Rocking Chair: Babies love rocking chairs and new parents too can relax in it, while cuddling their lovely little ones. A classic chair carved out of quality wood could be a great gift for feeding, singing a lullaby, or enjoying time with the baby. Even the mom, tired after a demanding schedule, can doze off in it. However, this could be a little costly gift depending on the quality of the wood.
- Baby Bakery Gift Basket: This is a very adorable gift for new mums and dads, as it has a set of linens wrapped in doughnut box. The best online shops also offer to customize these by printing the name of the baby in the layette set. Some of the things you can include in this personalized gift basket are a cute little teddy bear, a bib, infant cap, baby manicure set, etc.
While there are hundreds of gifts and online gift shops from which you can buy fitting gifts for new mums and dad, you ought to look for the online shop that offers you the best gift at a good price with no compromise on the quality aspect.


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Developing a Medical Referral Program
Even the most successful clubs experience frustration in setting up a medical referral program. The difficulty lies in the fact that physicians don't necessarily see the benefits of these referral programs. And they don't have a lot of time for you to explain it to them due to the demands of insurance companies. They have to see twice as many patients as before, but in the same amount of time. And while this is a problem, it's also an opportunity.
"If you can sell to physicians and other health care providers the concept that you can save them time and money by establishing this referral relationship, then you can create a successful program," emphasizes Sam Young, president of Tilton Fitness Management, which operates two clubs and partners with a hospital at a third club in New Jersey.
In order to do that, your club has to be ready to accept referrals, notes Doug Ribley, director of fitness and wellness for Akron General Health System, Akron, Ohio. And being ready to accept medical referrals means your club has to be operating properly and up to hospital standards, which include cleanliness, a well-maintained facility, qualified staff and excellent customer service. "If those things aren't in line, then you're never going to get physician and hospital referrals because they won't be comfortable sending their patients to your facility," notes Ribley.
If you're ready, here's some advice to help you get going.
* Start small. Find a doctor who has an office close by and make your program a turnkey program. "Don't make the doctors have to do anything, because they won't," relates Young from experience. "Go to his office and explain the program to his nurses, because basically the nurses run the whole show. If they don't buy into it, neither will the doctor." If all goes well with your first doctor, then expand to two. If it doesn't, then you haven't invested a lot of time and money.
In addition, if you only have one facility, starting small will allow you to provide better customer service to the physician. Physicians draw from a much wider geographic population than fitness clubs, so if you have a network of clubs, then you can offer greater coverage to the physician. But if you don't, survey your members and find out who their physicians are. Then pick one close to your club.
* Create a medical advisory board. Invite physicians from your community to be part of your medical advisory board. The board should meet once every one to two months. Its purpose is to review your facility to make sure you are up to their standards. This opens the lines of communication and starts building relationships that could develop into medical referrals.
"Once they're on your board and see you're doing things up to their standards, they will become more comfortable with your facility and be more apt to make patient referrals and tell other physicians about your facility," notes Ribley. "While doctors know the benefits of exercise, they don't always know what is out there and available in their community."
* Educate, educate, educate! If you want to set up a good referral program, you must have good communication with the local health care professionals. While creating a medical advisory board is a good start, not everyone may want to participate. So for those who don't, you must educate them on how you can help their patients after the reimbursable part of their care is complete.
"One of the major problems with health care is that once patients are done with their reimbursable care and are just starting to feel good about themselves, they're on their own," shares Ribley. "It would be ideal if there was a next step for continued improvement and prevention. [Health/ fitness clubs] fit into the continuum of care perfectly, but the hospital departments and physicians need to understand this."
* Make it easy, but worth your time. Young has put together a program that requires minimal effort from participating doctors, but is great advertising for his clubs. He provides the physicians with an exercise prescription fitness pad. Then when a referral is sent, the prescription has the doctor's exercise recommendations and any contraindications. The prescription is then passed on to the trainer who designs a program for the patient.
Young also gives the physicians a fitness reference book that is tabbed with 15 of the most common problems that are treatable with exercise. Inside the book there are information sheets that contain the facility's logo which the physician gives to the patients.
It's a win-win situation. The doctor has a reputable place to send patients, and you get people in your club who wouldn't have walked through the doors otherwise, states Young.
* Quality service is a must. The most important component of a successful medical referral program is providing quality service to the physician. "You have two customers - the patient and the physician - and if you do anything to contradict, belittle or embarrass the doctor in his patients' eyes, you will lose him forever," Young explains. "If a patient gives the doctor positive feedback, then the physician will be happy with you and continue to send referrals."
* Show gratitude. "I think it's important to keep track of where your referrals are coming from and make sure those people are recognized in some way even if it's nothing more than a thank you," notes Ribley. "It's important that you recognize people for the support they're giving you."
In addition, Young adds that doctors love free things, so sending an occasional gift their way doesn't hurt either. Just be careful about offering a free membership. It may go against their ethics to accept it. If the physicians are on your medical advisory board, however, you can give them free memberships. That's OK. And by all means, offer the nurses free memberships. That would be prudent, since they run the show.


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Fractional ownership operator PlaneSense announced on Feb. 8 the delivery of the first Pilatus PC-24 twinjet. The airplane's first customer flights will begin in March, said PlaneSense President and CEO George Antoniadis.
In addition to its position as the launch customer, PlaneSense has orders for five more PC-24s to be delivered by the end of 2019. Antoniadis said the company "will be acquiring more after Pilatus' order book reopens."
PlaneSense PC-24s will be outfitted with an eight-seat interior, with forward club seating and four forward-facing aft seats. Antoniadis noted that PlaneSense participated in design and operational input during the PC-24's gestation phase, and that PlaneSense's PC-24 interior arrangement "means that all seats have plenty of room to recline." In a common, double-club seating plan the seats that are back-to-back have limited space for reclining.
The aircraft is certified for single-pilot operations, but PlaneSense will operate them as two-crew flights. The twinjet has a forward airstair door and a large aft door similar to that of Pilatus' PC-12 series of single-engine turboprops. Pilatus calls the PC-24 an "SVJ"—super versatile jet—because of its 2,800-foot balanced field length. Certification tests allowing operations out of unimproved strips are underway.
PlaneSense has been operating a fleet of 36 PC-12s, beginning with its first purchase 23 years ago, when the company was founded. Over the years, the firm purchased a total of 62 PC-12s and PC-12NGs (airplanes are retired on a cyclical basis); its sixty-third PC-12 will soon be delivered.
In addition to the PC-12 and PC-12NG, the fractional ownership operator's fleet includes four Nextant 400XTi twinjets.
"The PC-24 will give us a larger list of airports we can use, namely those with 3,000-foot runways," said Antoniadis. "This means many thousands more runways." He said that in the coming weeks two Pilatus test pilots will fly with PlaneSense crews to evaluate various airports before putting the airplane in service. So far, four of the firm's pilots have completed PC-24 type ratings at FlightSafety International, with 11 more set to finish up by the end of March.