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It could be the end of the road for the UK's biotech firms if drastic action isn't taken soon.
One-third of publicly owned UK biotechs have less than six months' money left in the bank, and just 0.2 percent of the London Stock Exchange is now made up of biotech companies. "A new approach to funding is needed to fill the gaps left by investors," claims Aisling Burnand, chief executive of the BioIndustry Association.
"We are faced with a very different world than we were a few years ago," says Bioscience Innovation and Growth Team chairman Sir David Cooksey. The BIGT just released Bioscience 2015, an industry report designed to map out the market for the next six years.
First released in 2003, the report had been written to look forward 12 years and forecast where industry would be. In this revised and refined report BIGT has have lowered its sights.
The main problem, Cooksey claimed, is that investors simply do not see enough reward to justify the risk in putting their money into the sector. "There are hurdles in the way such as NICE and the EU clinical trials directive, which has been more stringently applied in the UK than in other countries," he says. "We have to change the balance."
This drying up of finance for biotechs is a real problem. "Biotech companies have not given good enough returns to investors to make them want to come back. Private sector angels, venture capitalists, and public markets have all turned away. We need to make it more attractive, and then I have no doubt that as the extra funding is rolled out we will get the situation where there is more participation in terms of the public sector."
However, Cooksey does not believe that a large investment by government is the right way ahead, in contrast to the demands made by Sir Chris Evans and a group of his fellow venture capitalists at the end of last year. "We've not said, 'Let's have $1 billion in [government] funding,'" he claims. "If you look at history, governments putting a lot of money into technology development with civil servants picking the winners has not had much success." Rather, they are looking for regulatory help and enhancements to the existing R&D tax credit scheme to encourage pharma companies to invest in biotech.
He believes that if Big Pharma were given more confidence in the biotech sector and had a more collaborative involvement at an earlier stage, it should give investors more confidence, too. "We are looking for real support from government to put a regulatory environment in place that will be effective in the longer term," he adds. "We need to look at how to change the drug development pathway, use modern techniques to make it cheaper, faster and safer-it's currently unnecessarily expensive. We are in danger of it no longer being worth a company's while [to get into drug discovery] as they will never get to be able to sell a product at the price they need and which is also acceptable [to the payers]."
However, he says, this cannot be done by the UK on its own-it will have to involve the EU and the FDA, too. "Changes in the global regulatory system will take time and effort," says serial entrepreneur and former BIA chairman Simon Best. "In the past four or five years, the sector has fallen out of favour. If we can do more work using modern tools such as genetics and genomics, and run smaller, better focused trials, it will be a reduced ask for investors."
There is also the suggestion of allowing patients to receive drugs for life-threatening diseases after Phase II trials on a conditional licensing basis. "Hopefully safety issues would be flagged up more quickly, and the poor uptake of innovative drugs could be addressed," Best said. "We want to see more pivotal trials carried out in the EU, maybe allowing conditional licenses while still doing Phase III trials in the US. This would allow us to address safety issues much earlier, and identify which patient populations could most benefit-or would most likely to have problems. I'm not convinced that post-marketing surveillance is the way ahead.


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You can manipulate tempo, volume, and EQ in real time, on-the-fly. It even records all your actions (not just the resulting audio), so you can go back, listen to your mix, and make precise adjustments with studio-style editing capabilities. Fusion's live performance capabilities can be expanded via connectivity with MIDI hardware controllers. Export your completed mix as an MP3 or burned to a CD using the integrated burning tools. Whether you use it for live gigs or mix CD production, Fusion lets you achieve true performance perfection.
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Jupiter in house
The more we have separated ourselves from our true nature, the harder Mercury retrograde periods are for us. We complain that we have too much work or that our colleagues do not keep their promises and that neighbours are too noisy. Everything is postponed and we are not satisfied with the quality. Our health is weak and mental clarity is lacking.
When you activate your natal Pluto, you are ready to see life through the eyes of an alchemist. However, your key life strategy is hidden in this planet. With Pluto everything is complex. And it's usually about affairs we've been involved in that are connected to some deep wound. Pluto in aspects leads path to authentic self by committing to goals that transcend this incarnation, where we once made a mistake, but are now making it right.
Purpose of astrological analysis
One of the questions with which I start almost every consultation with, especially if the person is working with me for the first time, is what is expected from analysis of their chart. Natal chart can be analysed in many way and styles. There are natal charts that seem very clear, but are not. There are also those that are complex and come in layers of metaphors and symbols. Yet it is easy to get to the core.
Natal inconjunctions & unlived life
What is an inconjunction? It is an aspect that indicates tension, incompatibility of energies of planets involved and discomfort in houses in which they are located. Usually these houses have a higher dose of shame, inconvenience and complications. In this aspect, both planets are required to adjust, but this is mostly avoided. More precisely, the owner of natal chart will not change.
Unconscious Pluto & blocked natal chart energy
In natal chart, Pluto in sign, house, its ruler and aspects weave your karmic story. Pluto is the point where we unconsciously strive to have power for the sake of emotional security. Problems arise when we do not know how to achieve safety without acting unconsciously. If Pluto has many aspects, if it is retrograde and aspects South Node it will give an idea of Soul's lessons.
You can repeat affirmations according to the position of the natal planets in front of a mirror, with music or write them in a diary. Affirmations are designed to emphasize a positive quality of a natal position or to add a quality that is not highlighted.
Asteroids are messengers of the planets that show archetypal principles activated in psyche when humanity is ready for expansion of consciousness. When you connect with asteroid energy, it becomes clear that everything that has happened in your life and will happen can be explained through myths. How aware are we of them so we can learn from them without repeating mistakes? Asteroids are stories we tell all our lives, but when we don't hear ourselves they have to wake us [...]
How to heal stressful transits?
You are currently going through a stressful transit and wondering what you can do. Many transits ask us to stop, rest and change unsupportive beliefs, behaviours and habits that keep us trapped in past. Most people find it difficult to actually stop and take a breath. But that's the first step.
Each transit happens exactly when it is needed for us, although it may seem to us that it is the worst thing that could happen. However, in Cosmos there is a perfect time for everyone and everything. It is not the same for every person.
Manifestation of aspects and transits
Some of you feel constant worry which is an indication that there is Saturn imbalance. Some of you are repeating words in your head that add stress, which is an indication that there is Mercury imbalance. Some of you stubbornly refuse to admit that you need something more to be truly fulfilled and happy which shows that there is Sun imbalance.


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As the administrator of our 17 attorney law firm I am charged with the responsbility of managing and controlling costs. Our management committee is always complaining about our overhead – – and then looking to me for solutions – with the focus usually on cost reduction. Do you have any recommendations?
I am often asked to help law firms design and implement profitability improvement programs. In most of my engagements the real problem is insufficient gross income and lack of sufficient investment (spending and time) on marketing and initiatives designed to stimulate client and revenue growth. For most firms increasing revenues is the most effective way of impacting the bottom line. However, we do find that there is waste and unnecessary overhead that eats away at profits and a cost control program is also recommended and implemented. During recessionary times such as we are currently facing – drastic cost control are often the only option. Reducing overhead can immediately and effectively improve a firm's bottom line.
The first step in an expense control program is to identify those areas where potential savings exist. Review your profit and loss statement. Resist the temptation to arbitrarily cutting costs which could cut the muscle with the fat and result in revenue loss as well. You have to spend money to make money – so if cost cutting is the appropriate strategy – cut the right costs. Think strategically about cost reduction.
After you have identified areas where savings can be made prioritize and develop specific strategies and implement action plans to achieve the savings.
Here are a few ideas:
STRATEGY #1: Reduce Headcount
This is the largest area for potential savings. Downsizing is a strategy that has been used by many firms this past year. However, it can have long term negative consequences for revenue and talent management. Consider all levels – non-productive partners, associates, paralegals, and staff. Be prudent and sensitive in implementation.
STRATEGY #2: Reduce Compensation
Obviously one way is to cut salaries – a strategy to be used as a last resort. A better approach is to reduce fixed salary (paying people for showing up) and add a variable pay component which will allow employees to earn additional compensation in the form of bonus for results achieved. Another approach is to freeze salary increases.
STRATEGY #3: Benefits
A major area for cost savings – especially health insurance. Determine which programs are most important to employees. Do your best to protect those and reduce or eliminate programs that are less important. Consider offering more than one health insurance plan. Pay the premium for the lowest cost plan and provide options for employees to "opt up" to the better plans by paying the additional premiums. Consider increasing deductibles and requiring employees to pay a portion of the base premiums.
STRATEGY #4: Outsource
Examine potential for outsourcing – from copy services – IT management – to your legal team.
STRATEGY #5: Occupancy
Review your lease invoices and question increases and escalators for which you have been charged. Consider renegotiating your lease and ask for a lower rate. Reduce excess space either through a renegotiated lease or through sub-leasing.
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Here are my shorts created with the 30 Minute Shorts pattern, purchased from Create HOPE Designs. Create HOPE Designs are an organisation raising funds to help orphans and their communities. 100% of all funds raised go towards funding this cause. As their patterns are downloadable PDFs, there is no overhead and so you know that all monies are helping children in need, from around the world.
The 30 Minute Shorts pattern, costing only $5US, has been created by Lily Bird Studio, one of ten women who have donated their patterns to Create HOPE Designs. The pattern is quick and easy to follow, fitting sizes 3 months to 8 years of age. There are lots of photos included with the clear and easy to follow instructions.
I added the contrasting waistband to the shorts, as I wanted to match the cuffs and to add just a little extra length to the shorts. The contrasting fabric is Rush Hour, by Alexander Henry.


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I have a visual studio sequential workflow. In that workflow, I have a string property called AllowDisposition
. When the workflow starts, I populate that value by doing workflowProperties.Item["FIELD NAME"].ToString()
. This works all fine and dandy.
After the properties are set, I have a CreateTask
activity, and an OnTaskChanged
activity. The OnTaskChanged
sits inside of a while loop. This loop has a declarative condition that is evaluating against my AllowDisposition
I have a web part that the user interacts with. When they make their selection, it is completing the task and setting the value of AllowDisposition
on the workflow item. So when that task is updated, I'm grabbing the updated AllowDisposition
, and that gets me out of the loop.
I've noticed a few random workflow's don't continue on. They are stuck inside of that loop. In the SharePoint logs, I have the following error:
Detected use of SPRequest for previously closed SPWeb object. Please close SPWeb objects when you are done with all objects obtained from them, but not before. Stack trace: at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowActivationProperties.get_SuperUserWorkflow() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Workflow.SPWorkflowActivationProperties.get_Item() at Name.EligibleRecordsWF.WorkflowEligibleRecords.WorkflowEligibleRecords.OwnerDisposition_TaskChanged_Invoked(Object sender, ExternalDataEventArgs e)
Inside of the OnTaskChanged
event, I have a single line of code, which performs AllowDisposition = workflowProperties.Item["FIELD NAME"].ToString()
. As I said before, the issue is intermittent. When the workflow continues as expected, there's nothing in the logs. When I see that error in the log, the workflow doesn't continue. I am able to verify that the value on the field IS getting updated.
I am not doing anything with any SPWeb objects. I'm simply referencing the workflowProperties object, but NEVER closing.
- Workflow randomly hits blockquote'd error
- Workflow gets stuck trying to get a value
- Passed SPDisposeCheck
- Issue is intermittent
Edit 1
I just found that this error is actually occurring even at times that the workflow continues on as expected.
Edit 2
Following this request, there is an error
An SPRequest object was not disposed before the end of this thread. To avoid wasting system resources, dispose of this object or its parent (such as an SPSite or SPWeb) as soon as you are done using it.
The call stack for this error is tracing back to the OnTaskChanged
method that is being hit (as mentioned above).
Edit 3
Still unable to figure this issue out. MS support seemed to think it might be a timing/synchronization issue..Introducing a delay activity immediately after the task is created resolves the issue...but the workflow some how gets stuck in an 'In Progress' state, and never completes.
I also tried a workaround...When the workflow starts, I create and populate 4 variables, 3 Guids (siteid, webid, listid), and an int (listitemId). These are serialized with the workflow so that I can reference them later.
using (SPSite site = new SPSite(_siteId))
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb(_webId))
SPList list = web.Lists[_listId];
SPListItem item = list.GetItemById(_itemId);
AllowDisposition = item["AllowDisposition"];
This still has the same issue using this method.
Edit 4
I am able to get other properties, properties on the list item that have not changed since the workflow picked up, using the same method that I am getting AllowDisposition.


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Trans fats raise cholesterol, not blood sugar
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Friday, October 26, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although trans fats raise your levels of "bad" cholesterol, they don't appear to have lasting impacts on your blood sugar, according to a new review of the medical evidence.
Researchers found that both blood sugar and insulin, the hormone that keeps blood sugar levels in check, were similar regardless of how much trans fat people ate.
The link between trans fats and high cholesterol levels is widely accepted, but there have been conflicting results on the effect on blood sugar control, which is involved in diabetes.
Trans fats, technically known as trans fatty acids, are found in animal products and chemically processed vegetable oils.
In response to studies linking high consumption of the substances to an increased risk of heart disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has required food makers to disclose trans fats on nutrition labels, and some cities and states have banned them in restaurants or schools (see Reuters Health report of July 16, 2012).
To get a better sense of trans fats' influence on blood sugar and insulin, Dr. Christos Mantzoros of Harvard Medical School in Boston and colleagues pooled the results from seven experiments including 208 people.
In five of the studies, the participants' blood sugar, insulin and cholesterol levels were monitored for several weeks under a diet of high trans fat consumption, and again for a few weeks when the trans fats were substituted for other fats, such as palm or soybean oil.
Two of the studies compared people who ate a diet that included trans fats to others who ate a diet without trans fats.
There were no changes in blood sugar or insulin levels during the times when people ate trans fats, compared to when they ate the other fats, Mantzoros's group reported in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
However, the researchers found that during the trans fat-eating weeks, "good," or HDL, cholesterol went down and "bad," or LDL, cholesterol went up.
"They saw what you would expect to see" regarding cholesterol, which shows that the studies were well done, said Mark Pereira, an expert in public health and nutrition at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Pereira, who was not involved in the study, said it isn't definitive proof that trans fats can't influence blood sugar levels.
Although several weeks is enough time to see an effect on cholesterol, he said, a potential impact on metabolism might not show up until later.
"If you're going to control weight and switch around fats in the diet it might take a lot longer, because these fatty acids are being gradually incorporated over time into tissues in to the body," Pereira told Reuters Health.
One of the studies in Mantzoros's analysis lasted for 16 weeks, but it too found no difference in blood sugar and insulin changes between people who ate trans fats and those who ate other fats.
Even if trans fats do have an effect on blood sugar control, Pereira said, it's becoming a moot point as the amount of trans fats that people eat in the U.S. has diminished considerably.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, trans fat levels in the blood of white adults dropped by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009.
A large national study found that cholesterol levels have also been declining since the 1980s.
Part of this is due to the popularity of cholesterol-lowering drugs, but researchers suspect that cutting back on trans fats has also made a difference (see Reuters Health report of October 16, 2012).
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/Rky6va The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online October 3, 2012.
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Whatever your day looks like, with this Black leather satchel you're always ready to drop everything for a while and go and recharge somewhere. Even just opening this bag already gives you a breather. That's because there's a lovely quiet spot in the garden hidden on the inside.
The bag is big enough to take a good book with you or a notepad to jot some things down or draw. Pop a few snacks in too and you're sure to relax.
The Off Duty bag is A5 size, which makes it the larger version of our Lunch Break shoulder bag. After all, sometimes lunchbreak is just too short!
Both bags feature an adjustable shoulder strap and popper fastener on the bottom of the bag. Which is nice and safe if you're walking through a busy city or riding the subway on your way to that lovely spot where you can withdraw for a while and then pick up again with renewed energy.


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Approaching Alanya, Turkey aboard Oceania's Nautica |
Nothing like fortress walls to spark the imagination - Alanya, Turkey |
It was day 33 of this cruise that had begun in Bangkok, Thailand and taken us on a Magic Carpet Ride to new and exotic places in the Far and Middle East. We were headed to Istanbul, Turkey where most of the passengers would be leaving the ship. We had made arrangements to disembark a day early* while the ship was in Rhodes, Greece, so this was our last full day of the cruise.
Ships of every shape and size - Alanya, Turkey |
Oceania Nautica docked at Alanya, Turkey |
The walls which once encircled numerous villages now have some spectacular homes within them.
Numerous homes are found within the old fortress walls - Alanya, Turkey |
Tourist town - no doubt about it - Alanya, Turkey |
The day and our cruise comes to an end - Alanya, Turkey |
Our bags were packed - we were ready to go - Alanya, Turkey |
* Note: It was possible to disembark a day early but arrangements to do so were made before we before we started the cruise. Port authorities and cruise folks had to approve it. When they send the authorization, they remind you that you don't get refunds for unused nights.
The route of our Magic Carpet Ride - Oceania's Nautica |
So now -- like at the end of this cruise last spring -- we are off to The Stone House on the Hill. We hope you'll be back again next week as we have a lot to tell you about our little slice of Greece.
Happy and safe travels to you ~
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Inspecting Your ATV
An easy way to remember the items to inspect is the phrase "START-GO."
Steering and Drive System
- Drive chain: Check your owner's manual for proper adjustment. Inspect and lubricate the chain regularly.
- Drive shaft: Check for leaks, and consult your manual for proper lubricant levels.
- Handlebars and footrests: Shake to make sure they're secure.
Throttle and Brakes
- Throttle: Make sure it moves smoothly and snaps closed.
- Ignition switch: Check for wear.
- Engine stop switch: Test operation.
- Brakes: Test to make sure controls operate smoothly.
- Foot shifter: Make sure it's attached firmly and positioned for safe operation.
Activate Lights
- Headlights and taillights: Turn them on.
- Brake lights: Press the brake, and have your riding partner make sure the brake lights illuminate.
- Make sure your registration or trail pass decals are attached.
- Confirm that the dates are still valid.
Tires, Wheels, and Suspension
- Tires:
- Always use a low-pressure gauge to check tire pressure.
- Make sure pressure is equal on both sides.
- Check for damage that could cause air leaks.
- Axle nuts: Make sure they're tight and secured by cotter pins.
- Bearings: Try to rock the wheel on its axle to check for wear.
- Major fasteners: Periodically tighten all major fasteners with hand tools.
- Gasoline: Make sure the tank is full.
- Leaks: Check for fuel leaks.
- Oil: Check while the engine is off.
- Leaks: Check for oil leaks.
Additional Items
In addition to checking the items listed in START-GO, your pre-ride inspection should include the following.
- Spark arrestor/muffler: Make sure it's attached firmly and working properly.
- Air filter: Make sure it's clean, undamaged, and unblocked.
- Spark plugs: Replace if necessary.


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Why Rascal Flatts Decided to Make 2020 Their Farewell Year
After 20 years together, Rascal Flatts announced in January that they would be stepping out of the spotlight after a farewell tour (now canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic) and a year of celebrating their two decades as a band.
It wasn't a decision they took lightly, Flatts member Jay DeMarcus says, opening up about how they came to their decision.
In the fall of 2019, DeMarcus and bandmates Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney sat around a table at their management office, DeMarcus recalls. They knew their record deal with Big Machine Label Group was coming up for renewal, as was a touring deal with Live Nation.
"The more we got into it, the more we started to look at each other and go, 'This has been a wonderful 20 years,'" he recounts. "'Why don't we, at this point in our career, take some time to ... celebrate with our friends and our family next year, really blow it out, and then take some time to lay this down for a while to pursue some of our individual desires and some of the things we want to do before we're too old to do it.'"
Since their debut in 2000s, Rascal Flatts have helped shape country music's new millennium sound with their three-part harmonies and pop-leaning melodies. Chart hits, Platinum-selling albums and a number of awards wins and nominations place them among the genre's most successful bands.
"Twenty years in a band together is a long, long time, and I love the fact that we're able to look back and say we still love and respect each other after 20 years," DeMarcus says. "A lot of bands can't say that."
All three Rascal Flatts members have solo work their want to pursue after their year-long celebration, in its altered state, is through. And, DeMarcus admits, they're really not looking at this as a final and permanent goodbye.
"I don't think we'll ever be one of those bands that goes, 'That's it. We're breaking up. You'll never see us again,'" he shares. "I think it was in an effort for us to go, 'You know what, it's been a great 20-year run ... Let's give ourselves some breathing room and some time to enjoy the fruits of our labor and do some other things we're passionate about.'"
On Friday (Oct. 2), Rascal Flatts will release a greatest hits album as part of their farewell celebration. The record features 13 of their No. 1 songs and seven other fan favorites.


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Child & Adolescent Therapy
Does your child have trouble dealing with their emotions? Is their behavior sometimes disruptive to your home life? Have they experienced sudden loss or trauma?
As they grow, children and adolescents develop social skills and emotional intelligence. This awareness helps them to develop into healthy, happy, and successful individuals. But some children have trouble processing their emotions and this often leads to behavior that negatively impacts their school life, home life, and overall well-being.
Effective Forms of Therapy for Children and Adolescents
Therapy offers children and adolescents a safe space to work through their thoughts and emotions. With the help of a specialized therapist, children can resolve problems, modify behaviors, and make positive and lasting changes.
The following are a few different types of psychotherapy available to children and families. Each offers unique approaches and techniques to bring about positive outcomes. Sometimes a therapist may choose to use just one specific treatment, and other times he or she may find a combination of various treatments is the best approach.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
CBT helps children to identify harmful thought patterns. Once a child recognizes that their thoughts create their feelings and moods, they can learn to control themselves and their behavior. Research has shown that CBT is highly effective at treating depression and anxiety as well as helping individuals, including children, deal with traumatic experiences.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT helps children and adolescents process their inner emotions. ACT provides context and understanding to emotions that can seem overwhelming. This allows kids to work through emotions and move forward.
Family Therapy
Family therapy is great for helping families improve communication so they can resolve issues. Sessions can include the entire family, including children, siblings, parents, and grandparents, or just one or two individuals.
Who is Therapy Right for?
At every age, children can be faced with life's challenges. The following are some of the events and scenarios that can impact a child's mental health and well-being:
- The death of a loved one
- Bullying
- Physical or sexual abuse
- Domestic violence
- Moving or attending a new school
- Divorce
- Social anxiety
- Depression
- Eating disorders
Therapy is not a quick fix to a child's behavioral or emotional issues. It is instead a thoughtful and comprehensive process that provides children with insights and skills so that they may become masters of their thoughts and feelings. This, in essence, is how children develop into happy, healthy, and successful adults.
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The pandemic's effect on home design is evident in many areas of the home, but none more so than the bath. While baths were trending smaller and more streamlined pre-pandemic, the time spent at home has resulted in the desire for the bath to be a wellness sanctuary, with the now-desired larger space complementing the overall design of the rest of the home.
With regard to bath vanities, this has meant a renewed interest in furniture-style pieces with clever storage and matching linen cabinets and mirrors. Styles from updated traditional to mid-century modern to Japandi are trending, with wood finishes and bolder colors gaining ground on whites and painted neutrals.
Larger spaces are also having an effect on vanity size and amenities. Longer, narrower vanities are garnering interest, as are wall-mount versions that lend themselves to making a space feel larger and less cluttered.
Following are some of the specific trends currently being seen in bath vanities:
–Vanities from 48" to 72" are most popular right now, with customized storage to accommodate personal items in demand.
–Clean lines and unfussy detailing are desired, but there is a softness in the edges that keeps the style from being stark and contemporary, allowing the pieces to blend with the rest of the home.
–Closed storage is still preferred to keep small bath appliances and toiletries out of sight, though open shelving is gaining some ground.
–Though furniture styles are front and center, modular design is also gaining attention, as consumers look to arrange pieces to fit their spaces and their lifestyles.
–Retro styles, rustic finishes, modern farmhouse and historic European aesthetics are all influencing current styles in vanities and in the bath overall, sometimes with two styles used in combination.
–Wood finishes are of particular interest, as are painted finishes that shy away from neutral tones in favor of earthy tones, dusty pastels and blacks.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Courtesy: Associated Press) – Webb Simpson refused to think of himself as a U.S. Open champion until he sat with his nervous wife in a quiet corner of the locker room Sunday, staring in disbelief at a television as Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell tried to catch him.
He was up against a pair of major champions. He was at The Olympic Club, where the wrong guy always wins a U.S. Open.
Simpson should have known now how this would end.
He did his part with four birdies in a five-hole stretch around the turn, and a tough par from the collar of the 18th green for a 2-under 68. It was enough to capture his first major when Furyk bogeyed two of his last three holes, and McDowell couldn't recover from a bad start and too many tee shots in the rough.
"Oh, wow," Simpson said when McDowell's 25-foot birdie putt to force a playoff stayed left of the cup
Simpson emerged from a fog-filled final round as a U.S. Open champion, and he put two more names into the graveyard of champions.
"I never really wrapped my mind around winning," said Simpson, who finished at 1-over 281 to win in only his fifth time at a major. "This place is so demanding, and so all I was really concerned about was keeping the ball in front of me and making pars."
Olympic is known as the "graveyard of champions" because proven major winners who were poised to win the U.S. Open – Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Payne Stewart – all lost out to the underdog.
Perhaps it was only fitting that the 25-year-old Simpson went to Wake Forest on an Arnold Palmer scholarship.
"Arnold has been so good to me," Simpson said. "Just the other day, I read that story and thought about it. He's meant so much to me and Wake Forest. Hopefully, I can get a little back for him and make him smile."
No one was beaming like Simpson, who followed a breakthrough year on the PGA Tour with his first major.
No one was more disgusted than Furyk, in control for so much of the final round until he snap-hooked his tee shot on the par-5 16th hole to fall out of the lead for the first time all day, and was unable to get it back. Needing a birdie on the final hole, he hit into the bunker. He crouched and clamped his teeth onto the shaft of his wedge. Furyk made bogey on the final hole and closed with a 74, a final round without a single birdie.
McDowell, who made four bogeys on the front nine, at least gave himself a chance with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 17th and a shot into the 18th that had him sprinting up the hill to see what kind of chance he had. The putt stayed left of the hole the entire way, and he had to settle for a 73.
McDowell shared second place with Michael Thompson, who closed with a 67 and waited two hours to see if it would be good enough.
Tiger Woods, starting five shots behind, played the first six holes in 6-over par and was never a factor. He shot 73 and finished six strokes back.
Furyk was fuming, mostly at himself, for blowing a chance at his second U.S. Open title. He also was surprised that the USGA moved the tee up 100 yards on the 16th hole to play 569 yards. It was reachable in two shots for some players, though the shape of the hole featured a sharp turn to the left.
"There's no way when we play our practice rounds you're going to hit a shot from a tee 100 yards up unless someone tells you," Furyk said. "But the rest of the field had that same shot to hit today, and I'm pretty sure no one hit as (bad) a shot as I did. I have no one to blame but myself.
"I was tied for the lead, sitting on the 16th tee. I've got wedges in my hand, or reachable par 5s, on the way in and one birdie wins the golf tournament. I'm definitely frustrated."
But he gave Simpson his due.
Of the last 18 players to tee off in the final round, Simpson was the only one to break par. That didn't seem likely when Simpson was six shots behind as he headed to the sixth hole, the toughest at Olympic. That's where he started his big run.
His 7-iron landed in the rough and rolled 5 feet away for birdie. He made birdie on the next two holes, including a 15-footer on the par-3 eighth. And his wedge into the 10th settled 3 feet away, putting him in the mix for the rest of the day.
"It was a cool day," Simpson said. "I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life."
Simpson's shot from the rough on the 18th hole went just right of the green and disappeared into a hole, a circle of dirt about the size of a sprinkler cap. With a clump of grass behind the ball, he had a bold stroke for such a nervy shot and it came out perfectly, rolling 3 feet by the hole for his much-needed par.
Then, it was time to wait.
It was the third time in the last seven years that no one broke par in the U.S. Open. On all three occasions, the winner was in the locker room when the tournament ended.
While Furyk will be haunted by his finish, McDowell can look back at his start – four bogeys on the front nine – and his inability to find fairways. Even on the last hole, his tee shot tumbled into the first cut of rough and kept him from being able to spin the ball closer.
"There's a mixture of emotions inside me right now – disappointment, deflation, pride," he said. "But mostly just frustration, just because I hit three fairways today. That's the U.S. Open. You're not supposed to do that. You're supposed to hit it in some fairways. And that was the key today for me."
Beau Hossler, the 17-year-old who started only four shots behind, disappeared quickly and closed with a 76. He showed up at Olympic hopeful only of making the cut, then being low amateur, then perhaps winning. He had to settle for the first one. A double bogey on the last hole meant Jordan Spieth (70) was low amateur.
Woods has never won a major when trailing going into the last round, and he kept that streak going.
Starting with a tee shot buried in the rough just off the first fairway, he bogeyed the opening two holes and chopped up the par-3 third hole for a double bogey. His name was removed from the board before the leaders even stepped onto the first tee. He played that infamous six-hole start in 6 over. And that 69-70 start that gave him a share of the lead going into the weekend felt like a distant memory.
"I was just a touch off," Woods said of his 75-73 weekend. "But I was still in the ball game. Today I just got off to a horrific start, and just never got it going early. And unfortunately, I put myself out of it."
For Westwood, the sting was sharper – and quicker. His tee shot on the fifth hole struck a towering cypress tree and never came down. Westwood gazed at the top of the 40-foot tree, even using binoculars to try to find it. But it was back to the tee for his third shot, a double bogey that made him part of Olympic lore on the fifth hole, only with a far different outcome.
It was the same hole – but not the same tree – where Lee Janzen's ball dropped from the branches as his back was turned while walking back to the tree. Janzen converted that break into another U.S. Open title in 1998. Westwood never threatened again in trying to win his first major.
Furyk and McDowell were slugging it out over the opening six holes, and no one seriously challenged them for the first few hours of the final round.
It changed quickly, and it was tight the rest of the way with as many as eight players believing they could win this championship.
Thompson, whose 66 in the opening round was the best score of the week, played bogey-free on the back nine and picked up a birdie on the par-5 16th with a wedge that settled near the flag. Despite missing an easy birdie chance on the 17th, he was in the clubhouse at 2-over 282.
Els drove the par-4 seventh green and holed an 8-foot eagle putt that brought him within two shots of the lead. He lost hope, however, when he slightly pulled his wedge into the 16th. It went into a collection area, and his putt up the slope came back at his feet. He had to scramble for a bogey.
"I'll go to bed tonight thinking of the 16th, the third shot," he said. "That basically cost me the tournament."
Padraig Harrington came out of nowhere with five birdies in 11 holes to reach 2 over, but from the 18th fairway, he buried his approach in a bunker and made bogey.
Even so, this was a major that looked as if it would belong to McDowell or Furyk. One of them lost it early, the other one lost it late.
Simpson joined them as a U.S. Open champion, a win that moved him to No. 5 in the world.


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Network Working Group G. Camarillo Request for Comments: 5367 Ericsson Updates: 3265 A.B. Roach Category: Standards Track Tekelec O. Levin Microsoft Corporation October 2008 Subscriptions to Request-Contained Resource Lists in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Status of This Memo This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.Abstract
This document specifies a way to create subscription to a list of resources in SIP. This is achieved by including the list of resources in the body of a SUBSCRIBE request. Instead of having a subscriber send a SUBSCRIBE request for each resource individually, the subscriber defines the resource list, subscribes to it, and gets notifications about changes in the resources' states using a single SUBSCRIBE dialog.Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. Terminology .....................................................2 3. User Agent Client Procedures ....................................2 3.1. Response Handling ..........................................2 3.2. Subsequent SUBSCRIBE Requests ..............................3 4. URI-List Document Format ........................................3 5. Resource List Server Behavior ...................................4 5.1. Subsequent SUBSCRIBE Requests ..............................4 6. Providing a URI to Manipulate a Resource List ...................4 7. Example .........................................................5 8. Security Considerations .........................................6 9. IANA Considerations .............................................6 9.1. List-Management Purpose Parameter Value ....................6 9.2. recipient-list-subscribe Option-Tag ........................7 10. Acknowledgments ................................................7 11. Normative References ...........................................7
1. Introduction
[RFC4662] specifies how to establish subscriptions to a homogeneous resource list in SIP (which is specified in [RFC3261]) and defines the procedures for getting notifications about changes in the state of the associated resources. Yet, list creation is outside the scope of [RFC4662]. This document specifies a way to create a list with a set of resources and subscribe to it using a single SIP request. This is achieved by including the list of resources (as defined in [RFC5363]) in the body of the SUBSCRIBE request.2. Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].3. User Agent Client Procedures
A UAC (User Agent Client) that wants to create a resource list and subscribe to it using the mechanism described in this document constructs a SUBSCRIBE request with at least one body, whose disposition is type "recipient-list" as defined in [RFC5363], that contains the URI list. Additionally, the UAC MUST include the 'recipient-list-subscribe' option-tag (which is registered with the IANA in Section 9) in a Require header field. The UAC MUST build the rest of the SUBSCRIBE request following the rules in [RFC3265]. The UAC MUST support the "rlmi+xml" format defined in [RFC4662] and signal this by including "rlmi+xml" in the Accept header. The UAC MAY support additional formats and include them in the Accept header field of the SUBSCRIBE request.3.1. Response Handling
The status code in the response to the SUBSCRIBE request does not provide any information about whether or not the resource list server was able to successfully subscribe to the URIs in the URI list. The UAC obtains this information in the notifications sent by the server.
3.2. Subsequent SUBSCRIBE Requests
The previous sections have specified how to include a URI list in an initial SUBSCRIBE request to a resource list server in order to subscribe to the state of a set of resources. Once the subscription has been created and a dialog between the UAC and the resource list server has been established, the UAC can send subsequent SUBSCRIBE requests to, for example, extend the duration of the subscription. At this point, there are no semantics associated with resource-list bodies in subsequent SUBSCRIBE requests (although future extensions can define them). Therefore, UACs SHOULD NOT include resource-list bodies in subsequent SUBSCRIBE requests to a resource list server. Note that a difference between an initial SUBSCRIBE request and subsequent ones is that while the initial request is sent to the public URI of the resource list, subsequent ones are sent to the URI provided by the server when the dialog is established. Therefore, from the UAC's point of view, the resource identified by the former URI supports recipient-list bodies, while the resource identified by the latter does not support them.4. URI-List Document Format
[RFC5363] mandates that each URI-list services specification, such as the subscription service defined here, specifies the default format for the recipient-list bodies used within the particular service. The default format for the recipient-list bodies for the subscription service defined in this document is the resource list format defined in [RFC4826]. UAs (User Agents) generating recipient-list bodies MUST support this format and MAY support other formats. Resource list servers able to handle recipient-list bodies MUST support this format and MAY support other formats. The Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) resource list document provides features, such as hierarchical lists and the ability to include entries by reference relative to the XCAP root URI, that are not needed by the subscription service defined here, which only needs to transfer a flat list of URIs between a UA and the resource list server. Therefore, when using the default resource list document, UAs SHOULD use flat lists (i.e., no hierarchical lists) and SHOULD NOT use <entry-ref> elements. A resource list server receiving a URI list with more information than what has just been described MAY discard all the extra information.
Figure 1 shows an example of a flat list that follows the resource list document. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resource-lists xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:resource-lists" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <list> <entry uri="sip:email@example.com" /> <entry uri="sip:email@example.com" /> <entry uri="sip:firstname.lastname@example.com" /> </list> </resource-lists> Figure 1: URI list5. Resource List Server Behavior
Resource list servers that are able to receive and process SUBSCRIBE requests with a recipient-list body SHOULD include a 'recipient-list- subscribe' option-tag in a Supported header field when responding to OPTIONS requests. On reception of a SUBSCRIBE request with a URI list, a resource list server that chooses to accept the "rlmi+xml" format MUST comply with [RFC4662] for creating the subscription and reporting the changes in the resources within the created dialog.5.1. Subsequent SUBSCRIBE Requests
At this point, there are no semantics associated with resource-list bodies in subsequent SUBSCRIBE requests (although future extensions may define them). Therefore, a resource list server receiving a subsequent SUBSCRIBE request with a resource-list body, following standard SIP procedures, rejects it with a 415 (Unsupported Media Type) response.6. Providing a URI to Manipulate a Resource List
A UAC can manipulate a resource list at a resource list server. The resource list server MAY provide a URI to manipulate the resource list associated with a subscription using the Call-Info header field in the NOTIFY request that establishes the subscription. The "purpose" parameter of the Call-Info header field MUST have a value of 'list-management', which we register with the IANA in Section 9. The following is an example of such a header field. Call-Info: <http://xcap.example.com/your-list.xml> ;purpose=list-management
The lifetime of a resource list to be manipulated by the URI provided by the server is bundled to the lifetime of the subscription. That is, the resource list SHOULD be destroyed when the subscription expires or is otherwise terminated. Section 7.1 of [RFC3265] does not list the Call-Info header field in the table of header fields that NOTIFY requests can carry. This document updates that table so that the Call-Info header field can be optionally included in NOTIFY requests.7. Example
The following is an example of a SUBSCRIBE request, which carries a URI list in its body, sent by a UAC to a resource list server. SUBSCRIBE sip:email@example.com SIP/2.0 Via: SIP/2.0/TCP terminal.example.com;branch=z9hG4bKwYb6QREiCL Max-Forwards: 70 To: RLS <sip:firstname.lastname@example.com> From: <sip:email@example.com>;tag=ie4hbb8t Call-ID: email@example.com CSeq: 1 SUBSCRIBE Contact: <sip:terminal.example.com> Event: presence Expires: 7200 Require: recipient-list-subscribe Supported: eventlist Accept: application/cpim-pidf+xml Accept: application/rlmi+xml Accept: multipart/related Accept: multipart/signed Accept: multipart/encrypted Content-Type: application/resource-lists+xml Content-Disposition: recipient-list Content-Length: 337 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <resource-lists xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:resource-lists" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <list> <entry uri="sip:firstname.lastname@example.com" /> <entry uri="sip:email@example.com" /> <entry uri="sip:email@example.com" /> </list> </resource-lists> Figure 2: SUBSCRIBE request
8. Security Considerations
The Security Considerations section of [RFC4662] discusses security issues related to resource list servers. Resource list servers accepting request-contained URI lists MUST also follow the security guidelines given in [RFC4662]. "Framework and Security Considerations for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) URI-List Services" [RFC5363] discusses issues related to SIP URI-list services. Given that a resource list server sending SUBSCRIBE requests to a set of users acts as a URI-list service, implementations of resource list servers that handle request- contained URI lists MUST follow the security-related rules in [RFC5363]. These rules include opt-in lists and mandatory authentication and authorization of clients.9. IANA Considerations
The following sections describe the IANA registration of the 'list- management' value for the "purpose" parameter of the Call-Info header field and the 'recipient-list-subscribe' SIP option-tag.9.1. List-Management Purpose Parameter Value
This document defines the 'list-management' value for the "purpose" parameter of the Call-Info header field. A reference to this RFC (in double brackets) has been added to the existing "purpose" Call-Info parameter entry in the SIP Parameters registry, which currently looks as follows: Predefined Header Field Parameter Name Values Reference ---------------------------- --------------- --------- --------- Call-Info purpose Yes [RFC3261]
9.2. recipient-list-subscribe Option-Tag
This document defines the SIP option tag "recipient-list-subscribe". The following row has been added to the "Option Tags" section of the SIP Parameter Registry: +--------------------------+----------------------------+-----------+ | Name | Description | Reference | +--------------------------+----------------------------+-----------+ | recipient-list-subscribe | This option tag is used to | [RFC5367] | | | ensure that a server can | | | | process the recipient-list | | | | body used in a SUBSCRIBE | | | | request. | | +-------------------------------------------------------+-----------+10. Acknowledgments
Cullen Jennings and Jonathan Rosenberg provided useful comments on this document.11. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC3261] Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002. [RFC3265] Roach, A.B., "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Event Notification", RFC 3265, June 2002. [RFC4662] Roach, A.B., Campbell, B., and J. Rosenberg, "A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Notification Extension for Resource Lists", RFC 4662, August 2006. [RFC4826] Rosenberg, J., "Extensible Markup Language (XML) Formats for Representing Resource Lists", RFC 4826, May 2007. [RFC5363] Camarillo, G. and A.B. Roach, "Framework and Security Considerations for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) URI- List Services", RFC 5363, October 2008.
Authors' Addresses
Gonzalo Camarillo Ericsson Hirsalantie 11 Jorvas 02420 Finland EMail: email@example.com Adam Roach Tekelec 17210 Campbell Rd Ste 250 Dallas, TX 75252 USA EMail: email@example.com Orit Levin Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 EMail: email@example.com
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Entrepreneurs, Don't Play the Blame Game
"I can't raise money for my business!" This is the most common remark I get in emails and phone calls from startup entrepreneurs and seasoned business owners who are trying to raise money to turnaround or expand their companies.
By the time they reach out to me for help, they're exasperated, intimidated, angry, or demoralized. Add in some colorful language and you have a clear picture of the frustration associated with fundraising by first-time entrepreneurs. One new business owner sent me an email recently that said, "I've always been a winner. I don't understand why this is so hard."
When I ask entrepreneurs why they think they can't raise money for their companies, I usually hear some version of finger pointing. They blame bankers for being too conservative. They blame venture capitalists for not giving them a "real" opportunity to tell their story. They blame wealthy investors for taking too long to make decisions. They blame the bad economy, India and China, Wall Street, and even their own employees for not selling enough or doing their jobs right.
It's dangerous for entrepreneurs to play the blame game because the attitude is not compatible with successful entrepreneurship. Leaders of prospering companies accept full accountability for every aspect of their company's operations. And as a veteran of the venture finance community who has helped entrepreneurs raise millions for their businesses, I know that it will be the actions of company founders, not the actions of others that will dictate their fundraising fate.
One reason why entrepreneurs fail to raise money for their businesses is they simply give up too soon. It doesn't make sense but it's true. Entrepreneurs who happily log 80-hour workweeks perfecting their first products, Web sites and patent filings, abandon their fundraising efforts at the first sign of adversity.
Here's how it happens. An entrepreneur sends off a few emails to several different investors and gets discouraged when his phone calls are not returned the same day or even within the same week. Another entrepreneur reads online how difficult it is to raise capital for a new business. And then after a bank turns down her first and only loan request, she assumes that it must be true – it's impossible to raise money for a business.
I do firmly believe that how we face resistance fundamentally shapes who we are as human beings and as entrepreneurs. One person's opinion should not be the final arbitrator of your entrepreneurial dreams. One investor can't speak for all investors. And one bank officer can't speak for all commercial lenders. You just can't give that kind of power to any single person at any single funding source...ever!
Just ask Howard Schultz, the Chairman and CEO of Starbucks. In his book Pour Your Heart into It, Schultz describes how difficult it was during Starbuck's early days to identify investors for his coffee store concept. Schultz says that he was turned down by 217 angel investors (some more graciously than others), but received checks from 25 investors.
What's important here is not his roughly 10% "yes-to-no" ratio, but his persistence. He kept calling, kept talking, kept networking until the fundraising job was done. I also admire Schulz that he didn't let disparaging turn downs derail his determination and passion. He adapted, improved and eventually persevered.
I know this sounds sort of Yogi Berra-ish, but you just can't let little things defeat you or they will. This is what I remind entrepreneurs in my coaching sessions. When startup entrepreneurs ask me when it's ok to give up their fundraising campaign, I have a ready response. I advise them to contact no less than 242 funding sources -- Howard Schultz's magic number. If you don't have the stamina to pitch 242 funding sources, you may not be ready to turn your entrepreneurial dream into reality.
If, in contrast, you are determined to raise funds for your business see if you can "beat Howard" by raising a round of capital in less 242 solicitations. Can you beat Howard? You won't know unless you try!
Susan Schreter is a 20-year veteran of the venture finance community and a university educator in entrepreneurship. Her work is dedicated to improving startup longevity and operating performance in rural, urban and suburban America. She is the founder of www.takecommand.org, a community service organization that offers the largest centralized database of startup and small business funding sources in the U.S. Follow Susan on Twitter @TakeCommand.


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St Mungo's
Location: Balerno, Edinburgh, Scotland
Date of visit: Sunday, 4 April 2010, 10:30am
The building
The church has its own building where the early traditional Sunday service is held, but the later two contemporary services are held at Balerno High School, from the outside a pleasant enough looking building dating from the 1980s set amid green lawns and foliage. Inside it is a bit of a warren and smells like schools always seem to (with an added hint of chlorine from the swimming pool). The auditorium is dark and festooned with all the usual curtained stages, projection screens, etc. It is an odd kind of space, with paving stone flooring, garden benches, an ugly concrete ceiling, and pipes everywhere.
The church
They support all the usual ministries, including youth groups, men's and women's ministries, house groups, prayer cells, etc. They put a lot of their effort into their wellness centre, which, quoting from their website, is "about being all that we are made to be, emotionally and spiritually" (though I'm not sure what that means!). They also have a counselling programme.
The neighborhood
Balerno lies a short distance southwest of the Edinburgh city centre and was known for its flax, snuff and paper mills until very recently. Today the suburb is primarily residential in character – slightly dreary apart from the wild Scottish hills nearby. The school has a river running beside it that was in full spate due to recent snows melting.
The cast
The service was led mainly by a youngish man on guitar whose name was not given. Nor is his name apparent from a perusal of their website, although the parish mascot, a member of the species Mungos mungo (banded mongoose), is given prominent billing. The Revd Richard McArthur, senior associate minister, gave the talk. The service was closed by the Revd Malcolm Round, rector.
What was the name of the service?
Easter at St Mungos: Guest Sunday. Guest Sunday, a regular feature at the church, is described on their website as "a creative and contemporary church service which illustrates how the Christian faith is still relevant today" and is aimed at people who "don't usually go to church."How full was the building?
Full. There seemed to be several hundred people there.
Did anyone welcome you personally?
We were a bit late so had to find where to leave our children. But at each station the leaders welcomed us and the children, and introduced the children to others of the same age. When we eventually made it to the service proper, we were welcomed at the door and ushered to a seat.
Was your pew comfortable?
A brown plastic stacking chair. Hard but bearable.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
Missed out on this.
What were the exact opening words of the service?
Missed these. When we came in, the worship (i.e. singing) was already in full swing.
What books did the congregation use during the service?
No books. Everything was projected onto screens.
What musical instruments were played?
Guitar and drums plus vocalist.
Did anything distract you?
The guitarist 's image was projected onto the screens along with the words for the songs. I found this slightly irritating and thought it made it harder to concentrate on worshipping God. I also really disliked the dark green curtains behind the stage, which made the space seem even more dark and dreary. I was struck by the rector's long greying hair in a pig tail – he seemed to be trying to be the very opposite of the cuddly Anglican priest.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
Happy clappy in a Scottish way (they didn't look that happy, but many did raise their arms in the air). The music was light rock, with a couple of older hymns. I enjoyed the relaxed and holy atmosphere of the worship.
Exactly how long was the sermon?
Well, before the sermon (or I thought it was a prelude) we had a sketch, and then an interview, and then lastly a talk. All in all it lasted about 35 minutes, but it all blended into one so I wasn't sure which bit was sermon and what was bonus material!
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
8 – The sketch at the beginning was extremely professional and engaging. The truth of the interviewee's story made a long interview fly by. The talk bit was the least interesting and seemed to be the preacher padding out the really interesting stuff.
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
(Sketch) In the church of Christ we find freedom from problems such as agoraphobia (fear of going out in public), addiction to pornography, and trauma from relationships. (Interview) The interviewee spoke passionately about the ups and downs in his life, from being a police officer to a homeless alcoholic to running a homeless shelter. (Talk) In Christ we can find help.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
The music, sketch and interview made me feel closer to God than I have done for a long time.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
Having to watch the main protagonists on a big screen all the time! I appreciate it may have been hard to see from some parts of the room, but it made it all feel a bit like a television production.
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
Visitors were invited to stop by a welcome station. There, we were greeted warmly, introduced to people from the church, and served tea or coffee. The rector introduced himself (in a slightly distracted way).
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
Perfectly reasonable tea and coffee.
How would you feel about making another visit (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
7 – We live over 400 miles away. Even if we lived closer, this felt slightly too slick, polished and organised for me to make it my regular. It was an interesting one-off, though.
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
Yes. I was really inspired by what I heard that God can do.
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time ?
The story of the policeman/addict.


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BILLINGS — The Trump administration has awarded energy companies hundreds of breaks on payments for oil and gas extraction from U.S. lands and the Gulf of Mexico during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a government database and federal officials.
The temporary breaks on royalty and rental payments are intended to help companies with workforce problems or other issues after government-imposed shutdowns due to the pandemic caused fuel demand to plummet worldwide.
Critics argue the breaks on government fees are unnecessary industry handouts that in some cases are benefiting companies with histories of environmental violations or past failures to pay royalties.
Prices for oil have rebounded in recent weeks, topping $39 a barrel for West Texas crude on Wednesday after dropping below $13 in late April. Industry representatives say a full recovery is still far off.
The administration has now approved at least 117 applications for royalty reductions on U.S. lands in three Western states, according to Department of Interior data analyzed by The Associated Press.
In the Gulf of Mexico, five companies were deemed eligible for royalty relief and 12 applications from those companies have been granted, according to Karla Marshall with the Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. The agency refused to provide details on the sizes of the leases, when the breaks were granted and the names of the companies involved.
AP reported in late May that the Trump administration had begun approving royalty relief requested by energy companies. The value of the breaks will depend on how much oil and gas the companies extract.
Companies typically pay the government 12.5% royalty payments on revenues from oil or gas extracted from public lands. The administration has cut that rate, in some cases to as low as 0.5%, on leases in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado.
Current crude prices and company operating costs are used to determine how much royalty rates should be reduced, said Chris Tollefson, a spokesman for Interior's Bureau of Land Management.
"Any applications we receive are reviewed by career experts in BLM's State Offices following longstanding procedures and its laws and regulations," Tollefson said, adding that the relief will be temporary.
Oil and gas royalty fees nationwide totaled almost $3 billion last year. Half the money is distributed back to the states where the oil and gas was extracted.
Interior Department officials also have approved requests to suspend rental payments on at least 375 oil and gas leases totaling almost 320,000 acres. Rental fees bring in far less revenue than royalties — $1.50 per acre for the first five years of a lease and $2 per acre for every subsequent five years, according to the Interior Department.
Among the companies receiving a royalty break was Fort Wort, Texas-based Finley Resources, on a 5,700-acre energy lease in Utah, according to government records. In fiscal year 2014, federal officials responsible for enforcing royalty requirements collected $81,952 in penalties from the company for failing to submit production reports for multiple leases from 2010 to 2012.
The company did not immediately respond to a telephone message seeking comment.
Jayson O'Neill with the Western Values Project, an advocacy group critical of the administration, said the case showed Interior officials were allowing "royalty dodgers" to benefit from the relief program at the expense of local and state governments dependent on natural resource revenues.
"It seems to us, after oil quickly rebounded to nearly $40 a barrel, the oil corporations are taking advantage of an opportunity not to pay their fair share of the development of our natural resources," he said.
An American Petroleum Institute spokesman said the industry group has not been involved in the individual relief requests from companies.
"While energy markets appear to be stabilizing and demand continues to improve, full recovery from this global pandemic will not happen overnight and many industries remain impacted. We are no different, and challenges remain in the weeks and months ahead," said petroleum institute Vice President Lem Smith.
The Democratic chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Arizona Rep Raul Grijalva, last month requested an investigation into whether the requests for industry relief were being properly handled. Grijalva spokesman Adam Sarvana said the Government Accountability Office accepted the request but there are no results yet.


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Dairymen struggle for footing, but milk regulations limit their options
Farming is not an easy life — the hours start early, the labor is pretty backbreaking and success often depends on the vagaries of weather. One factor, however, that's been working in the farmer's favor is the recent trend in local food.
With farmers markets popping up across the country, and campaigns like Buy Haywood and the statewide Farm-to-Fork initiative encouraging consumers to patronize local growers, small farmers are tapping local markets where they can share their bounty. The Center for Environmental Farm Systems estimates that they've funneled $6.6 million dollars back into local farms in the last year alone through their 10 percent program, which urges people to buy 10 percent of their food locally. And they've only got 324 businesses signed up.
But there's one segment of the farm population that isn't jumping as readily on the local, straight-to-consumers bandwagon: dairies.
It would seem like a natural progression, especially in this area. The Southeast drinks more milk than anyone else in the country, so why not buy it from the dairy next door?
The simple answer is cost. But the factors that play into that are far less simple.
"It's just a lot more complicated once you get into it," said Ronnie Ross. He runs Ross Dairy in Haywood County, and the farm has been in his family for 45 years. "The equipment is really expensive, and you would have to have someone full time, someone really competent full time, to manage the other end of that, the marketing and the selling. Unless you went into it in a big way, I don't think it would be cost effective. I think you would be losing money, a lot of money."
For a regular farmer to sell their produce to neighbors or friends or farmers market customers, the regulation is pretty low level. In fact, in North Carolina, it's nearly nonexistent. If you want to sell your produce, you can set up a stand and do just that.
For a dairy, the regulations are infinitely greater.
Diaries on the whole are heavily regulated, requiring testing and licensing and paperwork at the state and federal level. But those selling to the public require a whole other raft of costly licenses and equipment.
Peter Jackson has seen that problem firsthand. He is the executive director of the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, and he's been working with and surveying dairy farmers in the region for years.
"You know, we've been losing those dairies. That used to be a really big industry in Western North Carolina," said Jackson. "The cost of processing it yourself is just huge if you weren't already, if you were sending it away on a truck."
And because of that high cost, that's what most dairies in the region do.
Ross sends about 16,000 pounds of milk — almost 2,000 gallons — each day to Milko in Asheville. Milko is what's called a milk pool; they buy from farmers and then process and package it for sale. At Milko, which is owned by Ingles and produces their Laura Lynn brand, around 80 percent of the milk comes from a 120-mile radius.
"We have the most local milk supply in the Southeast," said Buddy Gaither, the plant's manager. "But there's not enough milk in Western North Carolina to supply our needs."
Because, in recent years, dairy farmers in Western North Carolina have found it hard to compete with farms in the east, where contiguous, arable land is much cheaper and easier to procure. And where regular farmers might be able to turn to their local markets to boost sales, it's hard for dairies to do that.
According to a 2007 study done by Jackson's group, dairy farmers had dwindled by 70 percent in the region since 1985.
"Most of the 68 who were left said they weren't going to be there another decade," said Jackson.
In WNC, there's only one dairy that sells its own milk, the Spring Ridge Creamery in Otto, just before the Georgia line in Macon County.
And their business isn't hurting. They've got a pretty steady milk trade and they also process it into cheese and ice cream that sells fabulously on those hot summer days to travellers traversing U.S. 441.
But Jim Moore, the dairy's owner, got into the business when startup costs were lower and second-hand equipment was much easier to come by.
Jackson said he now knows of farmers who would love to get into the business, but can't afford the tens of thousands required to get going.
Of course, there are always under-the-table sales, which, Jackson said, are likely happening around the region.
With the recent trend in raw milk — milk that hasn't been pasteurized — he posits that there are probably farmers selling to folks on the side.
Although raw milk has a wide interest base, it's still illegal to sell for human consumption in North Carolina. After a spate of sicknesses last month caused by raw milk smuggled back over the border from South Carolina, it doesn't seem like the law will soon be changing.
But while the outlook for local dairies may not be particularly bright, it's not quite apocalyptic just yet.
Yes, it's costly, but it is possible, especially for farmers who get into just cheese, rather than milk. That doesn't require living up to the more onerous grade A standards.
Jackie Palmer is proof of that fact.
Palmer is the owner of Dark Cove Creamery in Cullowhee, and hers was the first licensed goat dairy in Western North Carolina. She's been running the business for about 15 years and started it by depleting her savings.
"I'm the sort of person that doesn't like to have debt, so I just worked a little at a time and it was paid off as I worked," said Palmer. "I just bought the equipment that I needed when I had the money. It took me a number of years to make it happen. I just was lucky I guess."
But she was also smart, making sure not to place a larger financial burden on the dairy than it could handle.
"The dairy is a huge part of this farm, but I find for sustainability purposes it's good to diversify," said Palmer.
The goat business is probably the main breadwinner, said Palmer, but she keeps other enterprises running because she wants to keep the dairy small. That's part of what makes it successful.
"I believe in a tiny business," said Palmer. "I think I can produce a better product if I can stay small. It's a cleaner product, a more consistent product and something that I'm really proud of."
And that's essentially the conclusion Ronnie Ross and his family have always come to.
"We've thought about it, and it would be a nice thing to do, but it's just so much work and stress and we're pretty much loaded up as we are," said Ross. It can work, said Ross, if you go really big or really small. But you're heart really has to be in it, and even then it can fail.
He tells a story of a Buncombe County dairy that tried producing their own products and went under, despite valiant efforts.
So for those who get their produce from the farmer next door, finding the dairy next door might not be as easy.
But they're still out there, like Palmer, you just have to know where to look.


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British downhill star Danny Hart was unable to defend his world championship title this year after a dislocating his shoulder in a crash at Crankworx Les Deux Aples in July. The Giant-sponsored 21-year-old from Redcar spoke to Nik Cook about that crash, his rehabilitation and the day he became world champion.
Danny Hart will be appearing at the Buxton Adventure Festival on Sunday October 21 where he will be interviewed by The Cycle Show presenter Anna Glowinski. The interview will be followed by a showing of freeride movie Where The Trail Ends.
Bikemagic: How had 2012 gone up until crash at the Crankworx event at Les Deux Alpes?
Danny Hart: It was going really well. It didn't start too great. I had a bad one at the first world cup in South Africa. It started to turn at Val di Sole then I had three from five podiums so I was on for a good rest of the season.
Bikemagic: What happened at Les Deux Alpes?
Danny Hart: I just had a silly crash. I came round the corner to do a jump. The jump was really close to the corner and I couldn't stop. but there was tape across the top of the jump and I was fully committed to doing it. I couldn't stop because it was so close to the corner and I had to go fast to clear it and the tape didn't snap it just stretched. I just went straight over the handle bars and popped my shoulder.
Bikemagic: How's the rehab going?
Danny Hart: It's good. I managed to do 10 press ups last night which is quite a big step for me but there's no rush, I'm just taking my time.
Bikemagic: When you do think you'll be back to 100 percent?
Danny Hart: I don't know because there's no time frame . I've got till next June till the next World Cup but within the next month or two I hope.
Bikemagic: Let's talk about that amazing run at the 2011 world championships. How did you feel in the start gate when you saw the conditions?
Danny Hart: At the start I didn't know how anyone was doing or what the situation was at the bottom so I was just doing my own thing at the top. I didn't know how it was going to be because we hadn't ridden it in torrential rain like it was.
I just had an open mind and rode like I had in practice and it worked. So yeah it was good. I was with my coach and mechanic at the top and it was just that one race that was like 'all or nothing' . That was my attitude at the top and it seemed to pay off.
Bikemagic: How did the actual run feel? Did you know you were going that well?
Danny Hart: I knew it was a good run. I did all the lines that I was doing in the dry so I knew it was good, and that I'd be on for a good time when I got to the bottom. So, yeah, I was quite confident.
Bikemagic: How did it feel standing on top of the podium and having those hoops on your chest?
Danny Hart: It was great. I can't really describe it. All the years I've been racing, and the practice and training paid off. It was just out of this world.
Bikemagic: It looked like you were riding a different course to everyone else, you were sticking to lines and trails so brilliantly. Did you make any special bike or tyre tweaks?
Danny Hart: No, I didn't really change a lot. I didn't do a lot out of the ordinary. We changed a few things because it's so steep, it's not like any other track we ride all year but nothing drastic [changed].
Bikemagic: You talked about training. I'm a cross-country rider so for me its miles and miles. What's the typical training for a downhill rider like you?
Danny Hart: It changes through which part of the year we're at. In the season when we get chance to get home we just do interval training and for whichever track's coming up. But in the off season we just do lots of road miles and lots of cross-country miles. Closer to the season we start doing more interval sort of stuff. We do a lot of different stuff, so swimming, cycling, gym work.
Bikemagic: You get to ride all over the world. Where's your favourite place?
Danny Hart: That's quite a hard question to answer because there's different riding everywhere but in the Alps I think is one of my fave places. For racing I often go to Fort William and Mont Sainte Anne and all these different places for different reasons.
Bikemagic: Mountain bikes have evolved from cantilever-braked full rigid things to the incredible bikes we've got now. What's your view on the way technology's going?
Danny Hart: At the moment everything's going carbon so that's a big step in the sport. It's got to that stage where you can't do a lot more, but I'm sure people everywhere will be working on something. Possibly the gear box will try and come back in if someone can get that going properly but at the moment I don't see much change.
Bikemagic: How much experience have you got on different wheel sizes knocking around at the moment?
Danny Hart: I haven't – just 26 that's all I've ever ridden! [laughs].
Bikemagic: What are your goals for 2013?
Danny Hart: To win as many races as I can and try and become world champion again. That will be tough in South Africa but nothing that we can't handle, so hopefully just try and win some more races.


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Last week I asked the students in this class some questions to see what their initial impression of the gamification of our classroom was. Here are their answers to the third question:
3. What type of student do you think might do worse in a class that has some gamification elements? Why do you think that is?
Students who would do worse are those who work less efficiently under pressures of any sort. Even though this system isn't cutthroat, it still involves competition and some students would see this as stressful, hindering their productivity.. -a sophomore
The type of student I see doing bad it the student who doesn't care. A type of student who wouldn't try or anything, he would just try to pass the class. I think this because not many of the perks are great but then some of them are but they are hard to get. -a sophomore
I think that anyone who is not competitive and doesn't care wont be affected by the game. If you don't have a competitive nature you are just going to do the homework like any other class. -a senior
A student who is an "over-achiever" and always wants to be the best at everything would actually do worse with gamification. For that kind of student, getting an A is enough motivation to put forth lots of effort in a class. If gamification elements are added, this type of student might feel that they need to be the best in the game as well as in grades. This could possibly stress said student because they feel the need to put forth lots of effort for the game as well as putting forth lots of effort for just getting a good grade. -a senior
For a student who needs to be ace at everything this kind of stuff would be very detrimental to their performance. Seeing as they have a bit of them that needs to be the best at everything and if the leaderboards show anything it is that you have to really go above and beyond to get the best on everything. This could lead to them being overwhelmed and then shutting down all motivation completely. -a senior
People who just want a good grade, they might think that the game is getting in the way of an easy A. -a senior
People who are more into things like reading books about vampires and other non-straight stuff like that. mainly because they think differently than this kind of thing requires. -a junior
A person that doesn't think video games are that great, in other words someone who never plays them because they may not understand or like the concept. It might not make them have a bad game but they may not do their best because of the concept. -a junior
Anything stand out to you from the quotes? You might note that I don't have as many replies as I have students. I asked them to answer as many of the nine questions as they wanted, but they had to want to answer at least three.