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Serverless Computing - The Latest "as a Service" Offering
By Joe Michalowski
We'd all like to fulfill that "find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life" cliché. But in reality, every job (even if it's our dream job) comes with its downsides.
For you, the constant fight against shadow IT might get on your last nerves. For your developer co-workers, infrastructure management is the roadblock that stands in the way of focusing on coding.
As you watch more and more applications and processes move to the cloud, technology is coming to developers' rescue - most recently, in the form of serverless computing.
What Is Serverless Computing?
We recently talked about how containers are making life easier for application developers. However, serverless computing (also known as Function as a Service) is poised to take development simplification to another level.
Typically when developers are tasked with moving an application to the cloud via an Infrastructure as a Service provider, there's much more to do than just write code. Once the application code is ready, developers run tests on a local computer, provision an IaaS server and (continuously) ensure it is properly patched. They plan for ongoing operation from financial and cloud contract perspectives.
These additional hardware and maintenance concerns cut into valuable developer resources that could be spent migrating more apps to the cloud for greater business efficiency. Serverless computing promises to remove these processes.
Serverless computing solutions don't make developers allocate virtual machines in the cloud. Instead, developers simply upload functions to their IaaS provider, which then deploys, operates, and scales those functions as a service. This way, developers spend less time worrying about hardware management and more time working on event-driven programming.
While this is great for your developers, you might be wondering - how does this affect my own job?
How Serverless Computing Impacts IT Managers
If developers can eliminate the need for hardware maintenance through serverless computing and business leaders can enjoy widespread cost savings at the same time, where does your IT department fit into the picture?
Just because serverless computing promises that developers won't have to worry about hardware maintenance doesn't mean FaaS is entirely hands-off. When your business uses a FaaS solution like AWS Lambda, you give up any ownership of the operational details that you would manage with a standard IaaS approach.
This is why it's so important for you to become a cloud broker for your business. You know that "hands-off" cloud computing doesn't mean all will run smoothly and users will be happy. Leaving your business application performance entirely in the hands of a public cloud provider means you're just one misstep in the SLA away from a costly disruption.
When you're trusted as the internal cloud broker, you can stress the need to safeguard serverless computing solutions by implementing a continuous monitoring solution. This way, developers can offload hardware maintenance, business leaders still see widespread cost savings, and you can keep an eye on the growing volume of cloud applications that support your business.
It all comes down to becoming an expert in all things cloud brokerage - learning the necessary financial and business skills to be part of a relevant, modern IT department.
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@DevOpsSummit will expand the DevOps community, enable a wide sharing of knowledge, and educate delegates and technology providers alike. Recent research has shown that DevOps dramatically reduces development time, the amount of enterprise IT professionals put out fires, and support time generally. Time spent on infrastructure development is significantly increased, and DevOps practitioners report more software releases and higher quality. Sponsors of @DevOpsSummit will benefit from unmatched branding, profile building and lead generation opportunities through:
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All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @CloudExpo | @ThingsExpo, June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
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There are over 120 breakout sessions in all, with Keynotes, General Sessions, and Power Panels adding to three days of incredibly rich presentations and content.
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Financial Technology - or FinTech - Is Now Part of the @CloudExpo Program!
Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 20th Cloud Expo / @ThingsExpo June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA will find fresh new content in a new track called FinTech, which will incorporate machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and blockchain into one track.
Financial enterprises in New York City, London, Singapore, and other world financial capitals are embracing a new generation of smart, automated FinTech that eliminates many cumbersome, slow, and expensive intermediate processes from their businesses.
FinTech brings efficiency as well as the ability to deliver new services and a much improved customer experience throughout the global financial services industry. FinTech is a natural fit with cloud computing, as new services are quickly developed, deployed, and scaled on public, private, and hybrid clouds.
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Smart cities have the potential to change our lives at so many levels for citizens: less pollution, reduced parking obstacles, better health, education and more energy savings. Real-time data streaming and the Internet of Things (IoT) possess the power to turn this vision into a reality. However, most organizations today are building their data infrastructure to focus solely on addressing immediate business needs vs. a platform capable of quickly adapting emerging technologies to address future ...
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Product connectivity goes hand and hand these days with increased use of personal data. New IoT devices are becoming more personalized than ever before. In his session at 22nd Cloud Expo | DXWorld Expo, Nicolas Fierro, CEO of MIMIR Blockchain Solutions, will discuss how in order to protect your data and privacy, IoT applications need to embrace Blockchain technology for a new level of product security never before seen - or needed.
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Coca-Cola's Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or sell. In their Day 3 Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Chambers, Global Group Director, Digital Innovation, Coca-Cola, and Vidya Nagarajan, a Senior Product Manager at Google, discussed how from store operations and ...
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Imagine if you will, a retail floor so densely packed with sensors that they can pick up the movements of insects scurrying across a store aisle. Or a component of a piece of factory equipment so well-instrumented that its digital twin provides resolution down to the micrometer.
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A strange thing is happening along the way to the Internet of Things, namely far too many devices to work with and manage. It has become clear that we'll need much higher efficiency user experiences that can allow us to more easily and scalably work with the thousands of devices that will soon be in each of our lives. Enter the conversational interface revolution, combining bots we can literally talk with, gesture to, and even direct with our thoughts, with embedded artificial intelligence, whic...
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When shopping for a new data processing platform for IoT solutions, many development teams want to be able to test-drive options before making a choice. Yet when evaluating an IoT solution, it's simply not feasible to do so at scale with physical devices. Building a sensor simulator is the next best choice; however, generating a realistic simulation at very high TPS with ease of configurability is a formidable challenge. When dealing with multiple application or transport protocols, you would be...
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Widespread fragmentation is stalling the growth of the IIoT and making it difficult for partners to work together. The number of software platforms, apps, hardware and connectivity standards is creating paralysis among businesses that are afraid of being locked into a solution. EdgeX Foundry is unifying the community around a common IoT edge framework and an ecosystem of interoperable components.
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"Cloud Academy is an enterprise training platform for the cloud, specifically public clouds. We offer guided learning experiences on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and all the surrounding methodologies and technologies that you need to know and your teams need to know in order to leverage the full benefits of the cloud," explained Alex Brower, VP of Marketing at Cloud Academy, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 21st Cloud Expo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clar...
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"Space Monkey by Vivent Smart Home is a product that is a distributed cloud-based edge storage network. Vivent Smart Home, our parent company, is a smart home provider that places a lot of hard drives across homes in North America," explained JT Olds, Director of Engineering, and Brandon Crowfeather, Product Manager, at Vivint Smart Home, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 59-year old Jim Wetzeler a longtime Boone, Iowa businessman and pharmacist. The service will be held Saturday, June 4th at 9:30 AM at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Boone, Iowa. Burial will be held at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Boone, Iowa.
Visitation will be held at the Ryan Gym in Boone, Friday from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM. There will be a Vigil Service at Ryan Gym Friday at 7:30 PM. The family will be present and will receive friends at Ryan Gym, Friday from 5:30 PM until 8:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in memory of Jim, may be directed to the family for a memorial fund to be distributed in his name at a later date.
The Schroeder Memorial Chapel at 6th and Marshall Streets in Boone is in charge of these arrangements.

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We've now had Titan with us for almost three days, and he's completely won us all over. With the exception of bit of night time drama the first night in his crate, he's been an absolute dream to have around. Now that he's sleeping peacefully in his crate through the night, I think I can say he's the perfect dog. He's calm, much more calm than our two nutjobs, he is very cuddly, obedient and an absolute pleasure to take out for a walk.
He's charming, that's what he is! He's a little Charmy McCharmypants. He's so cute that we will all let him get away with anything!
Even the dogs will let him get away with things we've never imagined. He can hang out with them, sleep next to them and has turned my dogs from antisocial little wackos to calm, accepting members of a pack (oh yes, I watch the Dog Whisperer).
There is only one problem though, the little dude is playing us like a fiddle!
See the photo up there of Bailey next to me on my chair? That's his favorite place in the world. He will spend most of his day 'checking in' with me to see if now is a good time for him to come up for a snooze. I'll either tell him no or I'll scoot over to make space for him. The more squeezed in he is, the happier he becomes.
You may be wondering what this has to do with Titan. Well…
Apparently Titan likes it in there as well! So now the race is on when I sit on my chair. Who will get here first? Who can jump the quickest? Who is able to leap onto my lap and contort themselves into a pretzel to turn around and squish themselves into the gap first. On this occasion, Titan was the quickest and Bailey was not a happy camper, but let him keep the spot. He looked at me with what appeared to be unforgiving eyes and then went to the sofa to sulk.
I felt bad but look how cute Titan looks! I knew Bailey had a lifetime of hip squish in his future, and he needed to learn to share anyway. At least that's what I told myself.
He stayed in that spot for over an hour, with the most adorable little snore… I didn't want to get up and disturb him, so I sat there knitting and watching TV shows as he snoozed.
Bailey isn't the only one who has fallen victim to this! A few weeks ago I posted the above photo on Facebook because Pixel was looking so cute basking in the sun in her basket. The dogs love this basket, especially since I caved and put one of our really cushy pillows in there. One or the other can usually be found curled passed out in this spot. Other than their crates, this is the one place they can lay down undisturbed for a nap without having to worry about anyone wanting them to share their space. Until recently, anyway…
Titan is a basket ninja! On the times that Bailey wins the great race to the chair and Pixel isn't paying attention, he's in that basket before you can say WHATTHEHELLTHATSMYSPOT!
The dogs don't seem to mind and there are no power plays to try to get him to move, so I can only assume that they too have been won over by his charms. Thus tolerating his basket hogging tendencies.
There are limits to what we will tolerate though. Just this morning there was an incident. A standoff, if you will.
WHATTHEHELLTHATSMYSPOT!! Unacceptable!
Xander had gotten up a few minutes before me this morning and when I came out to the living room I found this. Titan had taken up residence in my chair behind my laptop!
I was all, dude… that's my spot!
Then he was all like… not anymore, foo!
That's when I got all pack leader on his ass and showed him who was boss.
I got all up on him and was like … Down, get down! DOWN!!!! *Snap fingers * psst! Cesar Millan would have been proud.
Ok, not really. I was completely owned.
Didn't Cesar once say something about compromise? No really, I'm pretty sure he did.


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Investors in stable value funds, such as fiduciaries of retirement plans, often overlook important details about these offerings.
W. Scott Simon is a principal at Prudent Investor Advisors, a registered investment advisory firm. He also provides services as a consultant and expert witness on fiduciary issues in litigation and arbitrations. Simon is the recipient of the 2012 Tamar Frankel Fiduciary of the Year Award.
I could feel the tension rising in the examination room. It was the first time that I had visited my new ophthalmologist who was now busy checking my nearsighted eyes. We were chatting as is usual in such situations, and he asked what I did for a living. I replied that I was in financial planning. Uh, wrong answer. He actually stopped his examination and looked at me. At least I think he did because my eyes were dilated and still trying to adjust to the after-effects of his bright, probing light.
He then started a rant about something called "Executive Life," "guaranteed investment contracts," and "gigs." The doctor was actually saying "GICs"--the acronym for guaranteed investment contracts--but before that day in his office, I had never heard the term, which was why I was trying to figure out what music gigs had to with his ranting.
The doctor then accused his investment advisors of leading him astray and that he was ruined as a result of investing in guaranteed investment contracts with Executive Life. He told me that he had planned to retire that year, but now he didn't know how much longer he would have to keep working.
I felt a need to dispel the tension in the examination room and assure him that my work in the financial services industry had nothing to do with gigs. I had entered that industry only a few months before, so I was still very green. I believe that when the doctor found out I was in financial services, he naturally lumped me in with his own advisors who had led him so far astray. Despite my general protestations of innocence--accompanied, no doubt, by a summoning up of my most angelic countenance--I got the distinct impression that he thought I was a rat. Just like every other financial advisor no doubt.
Needless to say, that was my first--and last--visit to the ophthalmologist. I sure hope that he doesn't have to work any longer. And that's how I was introduced to guaranteed investment contracts.
Guaranteed Investment Contracts
A GIC, typically issued by insurance companies and banks, is a contract whereby the issuer guarantees to pay some stated interest rate over some stated period of time and to repay principal. This "guarantee," however, is conditioned on the claims-paying ability of the insurance company issuing the GIC. In a time when municipal bankruptcy has been filed this year by a number of California cities, when my home state of California is effectively insolvent, and when the credit rating of the government of the United States has been downgraded twice in the last three years, it's useful to place a GIC's guarantees in proper context: They rest entirely on the full faith and credit of the insurance company itself that issues the GIC.
Stable Value Funds
Stable value funds invest primarily in GICs to create a diversified portfolio of high-quality, shorter-term (e.g., 3-5 years) fixed-income investments. Such portfolios include synthetic GICs, which are invested in fixed-income and money market instruments.


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Hope you'll check out the blog for this weeks Saturday Scraplift! Thanks for the inspiration!
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Pa. Teen's Research Claims Changing Typeface Could Save MillionsA teenager has published a study suggesting the federal government could save millions of dollars a year in printing costs by switching to a thinner typeface that uses less ink.
PHOTO: Avalanche Fan Thinks Philly Sports Fans Are MeanPhiladelphia sports fans have a certain reputation nationally of being tough. Apparently they were living up to that reputation Thursday night.


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U.S. Kirsten Gillibrand released the following opening statement on the Farm Bill for today's Agriculture Committee Mark-Up:
"Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for your leadership. Thank you, Ranking Member Roberts, for your leadership. Both of your dedication and extraordinary hard work has led us up to today. I do appreciate the great work you did in terms of including some of my amendments in the Manager's Package. I am particularly grateful for the investment in rural broadband that will make a huge economic engine available for all of rural America. I think including the Healthy Food Initiative will make sure that fewer food deserts exist in our country, that kids can have access to fresh fruits and vegetables. I was very grateful for the crop insurance for fruits and vegetables. We obviously needed to reform that, and I think the way you did that really will make a difference, so farmers don't lose everything if they have a catastrophic storm.
"And I do appreciate the investments you've made in terms of trying to help long-term dairy reform. I think the transparency that you've added, both for cold storage and for voting rights, is really important and will help to reform that industry. I also think that the transition you've provided, to allow a better, safer and a more reasonable transition between now and the implementation of the current draft of the dairy title is not only wise, but extremely helpful, so, I appreciate those areas.
"I've been traveling all across New York State since I've been in the Senate, over the last three years, and I've listened intently to my farmers. I've listened intently to all those in ag industries, and those who are so committed to making sure our children get the food they need to be healthy. And I know that this farm bill is much more than a set of esoteric numbers. It's very much about the decisions we are making towards economic growth, towards our agriculture industries, and the moral obligation we have to our families that are at risk. So as we move forward in this debate, there's two issues I just want to highlight because I feel so strongly about them and I have some significant concerns.
"First of all, under this current draft, families in New York will lose about $45 a month in their food stamps, which means the third week of the month, many families' children will go to school hungry, and that's a high concern for me as a mother. Now, not every state has the population that New York State has. We have twenty million people in our state. That means under this draft bill, 300,000 families are going to be affected. That's 300,000 families that may be more food insecure now than they were before. And that means less food on a kitchen table for children. And so I have very grave concerns about what that says about us, and what we're going to do for it.
"I want to bring three issues up about food stamps. First, it is such an extraordinary investment. For every dollar that you put into the SNAP program, you get out $1.79. That is a statistic from the USDA. Second, there is so little fraud in food stamps. It's less than 1 percent. One cent for every dollar. This is not a place where people are taking advantage, it's a place where families need these resources. And, third, as a mother, our children need food to grow. It is the most simple, elemental thing that a family must provide for their children. They need food to grow, they need food to learn, and they need food to reach their God-given potential.
"So I urge my colleagues who are looking for places where we need to tighten our belts. Please, do not ask that of hungry children. It is the one place we should not be tightening a belt. These are children who need this food. I've been to food pantries, I've been to food banks, I've been to soup kitchens, and I can tell you: they say that the increase is with families with children. And so, when we are looking at these balancing issues, we should be making the choice to increase our investment in food stamps. With every bit of belt tightening we do, and we are all very proud of the fact that this bill is doing deficit reduction, I urge you: this is the one place we should not increase our cuts. For every Senator who has an amendment to increase cuts, this is the wrong priority for America and it's the wrong priority for our future.
"The second issue I care a lot about is the future of dairy in this country. New York is the number three producer of dairy in the nation. We have had historic losses over the last decade. Hundreds of dairy farms are going out of business every year. Over 25 percent in the last several years have been lost in New York State, because of our policies and because of the volatility in the market. Agricultural inputs, like feed and fuel, keep rising, but safety nets have not been preserved.
"And so the concern I have with this current dairy title is very simple. Right now, we are asking if you want to have a safety net, you have to cap your production. Now, many of us share this concern about capping production because we want to export our dairy, so we don't love capping production. And so, if you're going to have a safety net, you have to cap your production. That's concern number one.
"Concern number two: if you are a small dairy, these payments are expensive, thousands of dollars a year to have this safety net. And the return under this new revised program will be less than it's been before. So, MILC has been inadequate, largely because MILC has never been indexed to inflation. It's never kept up with the cost of production, the cost of feed, the cost of fuel. And so now we're taking a new program that will reduce the amount of money that will go to small dairies even if they agree to cap their production and buy this new insurance program.
"So I'm very worried about more small farms going out of business. I'm very worried about what happens to America if we consolidate milk production. Once you consolidate an industry, the next step is outsourcing. I don't ever want to have to buy my milk from China. I want milk produced in America, and so I think, from a national security perspective, we should be making sure we have good, wholesome food production in all parts of the country.
"So Madam Chairwoman, I look forward to working with you on these issues. I know that we're going to continue to work through them with some other amendments, and perhaps on the floor, but I did want you to know where my concerns lay."
Source: http://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/video-gillibrand-urges-senate-not-to-tighten-our-belts-on-backs-of-the-hungry-at-farm-bill-hearing


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Such integration enhances information and functional capabilities of the crew in the process of controlling the maritime object, ensuring navigational safety of voyage and use of special equipment.
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Submission + - 'Giant' Neuron Modulates 50,000 Other Neurons (medicalxpress.com) 1
Scottingham writes: PhsyOrg describes this discovery better than I could: A single "giant", non-spiking, GABAergic interneuron forms an all-to-all negative feedback loop with a population of about 50,000 Kenyon cells, principal neurons of the mushroom bodies, a structure involved in olfactory memory in the insect brain. This normalizing feedback loop serves to ensure relatively constant sparseness of mushroom body output across varying input strengths. Sparseness is an important feature of sensory representations in areas involved in memory formation.


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February 3, 2014
Country Inns & Suites By CarlsonSM, a leading upper-midscale hotel brand, today announced the opening of Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Frederick, MD.
"We are excited about this addition to our portfolio and to welcome Longman Properties as a new Country Inns & Suites owner," said Scott Meyer, senior vice president, Midscale Brands, Americas, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. Ā"We are pleased that they are making the investment to update the hotel with elements of our latest design that appeal to a younger generation of traveler and continues to resonate with our loyal guests."
The renovations will add more modern interiors and color palettes and comfortable yet stylish furnishings. ĀAreas of the hotel to be updated and renovated include the guest rooms, corridors and common spaces. The renovation will also include the expansion of the dining room and breakfast serving area.
The hotel currently offers 100 guest rooms and suites, a fitness center and business center. The hotel features the brand's signature and complimentary amenities including high-speed Internet access and hot, breakfast served daily on classic diningware. The hotel also offers complimentary weekday newspaper and parking.
"We are thrilled to begin a relationship with the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and their family of brands," said property owner, Scott Nieh, Longman Properties, LLC. Ā"The outstanding amenities and service culture the Country Inns & Suites brand is known for coupled with our renovation plans Āwill make this hotel a great success."
Country Inns & Suites offers a caring, consistent, comfortable hospitality experience delivered with a touch of home, and features particularly attractive for business travelers. The distinctive product and service innovations, such as the Be Our Guest employee training program have generated tremendous employee engagement scores and high guest satisfaction.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Phoenix has found his forever home, according to a Buffalo Animal Shelter Facebook message on Tuesday. The shelter says Phoenix, who was badly burned in October, will be staying with his foster mom Judi.
The shelter says Judi has provided around the clock care for Phoenix for seven months. In the message posted to Facebook, the shelter says Phoenix is attached to Judi and his best friend Ruckus.
Phoenix is keeping busy these days, as he is in Albany Tuesday to celebrate New York State Animal Advocacy Day. He will become a therapy dog and continue to work as an ambassador for the shelter.


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An arrest for any criminal charge including domestic violence, DUI or drug possession can easily change your life. The stakes are so high that you must invest in a quality defense. You need to speak with a criminal defense attorney with a track record of success.
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Since they say that "The eyes are the windows to the soul", It's time for me to pamper my eyes! So last May 25, 2013 I attended Eye Makeup Workshop by Ryan G. Wong and Noeh A. Jani at Yellow Hauz Coffee Shop, Davao City Philippines. Here are 4 things I've learned during the workshop: 1. You must have the Right Tools. here and visit their website here. here and they are also doing professional makeup services like conventional makeup, airbrush makeup, events, weddings, debut, photo shots, glamour and theatre. Email them at firstname.lastname@example.com. How do you pamper your eyes? Share your tips below. I love to read them. -XOXO- =)
Good News to All Gensan Canon Users!
Posted by Carmella - July 01, 2013 - Event
Good news to all Soccsksargen Bloggers (General Santos City) out there! Canon Marketing Philippine Inc. will be having a FREE Canon Photoskwela Seminar to all Canon users. It will be filled with information on how to use features of your camera and teach you about the techniques they used to get beautiful photos that you can also apply. This will be held on July 6 & 7, 2013 at SM Gensan form 3pm to 5pm with special speakers Mr. Jo Avila (Photography Instructor) and Ely Teehankee (Wild Bird Photography) who are one of the Canon Ambassadors in the Philippines. Registration is FREE! See below details for more information.
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To make your photos last and keep all those good memories, why don't you print it and hang them at your walls! It's more rewarding to see your brilliant photos hanging there, right?! So here's another great seminar from Canon Marketing Philippines, it's Print Like A Pro Seminar by Mr. Jo Avila. It will be held in Microtel Gensan on July 5, 2013 at 1pm. LIMITED slots only so check event details below on how to register.
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2000 LTE 2500 Suburban Restoration in Florida For Sale
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1969 CAMARO Original SS 396 4-Speed I had to Share this Barn find with my friends its not everyday we find a survivor in this shape ! It just makes you want to go out and burn some rubber 🙂
Can you imagine back in 1969 going to the dealer and saying yes give me one of those Yea the Muncie Stone crusher will do along with some 94 octane for 50Cents a Gallon ..I cant take it anymore Im going to stop writing for now Might come back to it later
Check it out its listed on Ebay right now at the bottom of the post you will see a link that will take you there !!
Original M21 Transmission
Z bar is 9 1/2 inches long (Standard on 396 big block car, small block z bar is 9 inch long)
Hood hinges have 28 springs (Standard on 1969 SS camaro)
Original Tinted Glass Car
White Vinyl top
Have a New Gas tank and sending unit.
Has a 350 In right now, Car starts but will need a new carb
I have a 1969 April Built 396/325hp replacement block and heads included
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D= Fourth week of the month.
12437= 2 door coupe body style.
NOR= Vehicle was assembled at the Norwood, Ohio assembly plant.
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67 = Burgundy lower body paint color.
E = Parchment vinyl top, coupe. upper body color.
X22= Coupe or convertible with RPO Z21 Style Trim Group and SS396 engine option.
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The total FY 2009 request for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is a 27 percent cut from the FY 2008 level. Nuclear and "clean coal" are obvious priorities for the Administration, with increased budget proposals for each.
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy conducted an initial review of the Bush Administration's FY 2009 budget request last week. ACEEE finds that the budget includes less funding for energy efficiency programs.
"The President's budget once again fails to propose bold responses to our nation's critical energy priorities," said ACEEE Executive Director Steven Nadel in a press statement. "Congress should start with a clean slate on the 2009 budget if we are to make progress on high energy prices and global warming."
President Bush promised the budget proposal in his 2008 State of the Union Address. In that speech, Bush said, "The United States is committed to strengthening our energy security and confronting global climate change. And the best way to meet these goals is for America to continue leading the way toward the development of cleaner and more energy-efficient technology."
The total 2009 request for EERE, a major DOE agency, is $1.255 billion, a 27 percent cut from the 2008 level of $1.722 billion.
A main source of cuts: The budget zeros out low-income weatherization funds. The funds enable low-income families to permanently reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient. On average, the DOE states, weatherization reduces heating bills by 31 percent and overall energy bills by $358 per year.
"With the economic pain lower-income families are feeling, this cut is neither compassionate nor good economic policy," said Nadel. "Investing in efficiency not only makes energy bills more affordable, it also creates good jobs that will help our economy recover."
ACEEE's Policy Director Bill Prindle said the budget is "running on empty" when it comes to investing in efficiency for energy security. "Reining in our energy use should be DOE's first priority, but this budget does not reflect that," he said.
The Administration's 2009 total budget request for the DOE is $25 billion, an increase of $1.073 billion over the FY 2008 appropriation, according to a DOE statement.
"To advance renewable energy, DOE's budget request includes funding for the President's Solar America Initiative ($225 million total – $156 million from EERE and $69 million from the Office of Science); wind power research and development ($52.5 million); and geothermal power ($30 million)." — DOE media release 2/4/08
Among the President's priorities funded in the FY 2009 budget request includes $1.4 billion to promote the expansion of nuclear power. The Office of Nuclear Energy budget requests $1.4 billion, a $386 million increase over the FY 2008 enacted level. Funding for the radioactive waste cleanup at the closed Hanford nuclear power plant was cut by $34.7 million.
The budget also requests $648 million for research of clean coal technology and demonstration of carbon capture and storage for coal-fired power plants, a component of Bush's "Climate Change Technology Program." The Office of Fossil Energy's proposed budget is $1.1 billion, an increase of $223 million above the FY 2008 enacted level.
U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, noted that the budget contains a 70 percent reduction — from $10 million to $3 million — in research on water power ranging from traditional hydropower to wave and tidal energy.
The Building Technologies Program, which promotes green buildings among other things, would be reduced from over $137 million in 2008 to $124 million in 2009, Inslee said. The proposed cut comes despite the DOE's own findings that the program could cut carbon-dioxide emissions from buildings 20 percent by 2018.
The president's budget proposal is the first step in a year of wrangling in which Congress will decide on a budget. The associated appropriations — the actual dollars — might not come for several more months, and some budget items do not get appropriated at all.


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Lg Refrigerator Cabinet Depth
- A refrigerator is a cooling apparatus. The common household appliance (often called a "fridge" for short) comprises a thermally insulated compartment and a heat pump—chemical or mechanical means—to transfer heat from it to the external environment (i.e.
- white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
- An appliance or compartment that is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink. Modern refrigerators generally make use of the cooling effect produced when a volatile liquid is forced to evaporate in a sealed system in which it can be condensed back to liquid outside the refrigerator
- Refrigerator was an Appendix Quarter horse racehorse who won the Champions of Champions race three times. He was a 1988 bay gelding sired by Rare Jet and out of Native Parr. Rare Jet was a grandson of Easy Jet and also a double descendant of both Depth Charge (TB) and Three Bars (TB).
- A cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles
- (in the US) A body of advisers to the President, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government
- a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display
- a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock
- A wooden box, container, or piece of furniture housing a radio, television set, or speaker
- persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
- Distance from the nearest to the farthest point of something or from the front to the back
- the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
- degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
- (usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space"
- The distance from the top or surface of something to its bottom
- Used to specify the distance below the top or surface of something to which someone or something percolates or at which something happens
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- The LG VX8350 was designed to replace the LG VX8300, and has in turn been replaced by the LG VX8360. The complete LG VX8350 list of specifications ar
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- Lawrence Graham LLP (LG) is a firm of business lawyers with over 250 lawyers providing clients with legal and business solutions around the world. Headquartered at More London on the Southbank in London, the firm also has offices in Dubai, Moscow and Monaco.
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What does scaling mean?
Definitions for scaling
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word scaling.
Princeton's WordNet
scaling, grading(noun)
the act of arranging in a graduated series
act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
ascent by or as if by a ladder
The removing of the scales of fish
The formation of a layer of scale on a surface
The removal of a layer of scale from a surface
The measurement of dimensions using a scale
The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities
Webster Dictionary
of Scale
adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc
serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place
In Euclidean geometry, uniform scaling is a linear transformation that enlarges or shrinks objects by a scale factor that is the same in all directions. The result of uniform scaling is similar to the original. A scale factor of 1 is normally allowed, so that congruent shapes are also classed as similar. Uniform scaling happens, for example, when enlarging or reducing a photograph, or when creating a scale model of a building, car, airplane, etc. More general is scaling with a separate scale factor for each axis direction. Non-uniform scaling is obtained when at least one of the scaling factors is different from the others; a special case is directional scaling or stretching. Non-uniform scaling changes the shape of the object; e.g. a square may change into a rectangle, or into a parallelogram if the sides of the square are not parallel to the scaling axes. It occurs, for example, when a faraway billboard is viewed from an oblique angle, or when the shadow of a flat object falls on a surface that is not parallel to it.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scaling in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of scaling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Expect systems involving large numbers of sensors, eventually scaling to 8-10 cameras per car.
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The population health management market is set to pace up as the healthcare industry witnesses a shift to a value based reimbursement system due to the introduction of healthcare and legislative reforms such as the Affordable Care Act (2010) in the U.S. and rising healthcare expenditure across the globe. For instance, the U.S. healthcare expenditure was $2.7 trillion in 2011, accounting for 17.6% of GDP. As per Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), this expenditure will reach $4.8 trillion by 2020 and will continue to grow in the future. Thus, rising pressure to curtail healthcare costs and meet the demands for quality care is driving the adoption of healthcare analytics and population health management solutions market.
Population health management (PHM) programs play an important role in providing better healthcare to the population, while simultaneously reducing the costs. It improves the health of the population through the coordination of efforts by individuals, organizations, and providers. According to the prominent players in this market like WellCentive, Inc., Phytel, Inc., Health Catalyst LLC, McKesson Corporation, among others, the adoption of population health management solutions is likely to rise among the Employer Groups.
Employer groups are the untapped and potential end-users who stand to gain a lot from PHM programs. Of late, the companies are emphasizing on providing such solutions to the Employer Group. Healthagen, LLC is one of the vendors of population health management solutions to the Employer Groups. The Boulder County is one such group who adopted the solution to enhance its employees' health. The county has made optimum use of population health programs to improve the health of its employees and reduce their healthcare costs. It has been encouraging its employees to participate in PHM programs focusing on health and wellness since over a decade.
As a result of the PHM program it was observed over a period of four years between 2006 and 2010 that improvements were made in each of the top 5 disease risk categories with the percentage of employees at risk to cancer and low nutrition dropping significantly by 20% and 14% respectively.
It was also found that repeat participants in the PHM program for the years 2008 and 2009 had lower healthcare costs compared to non-participants in the same time period. In 2008 the healthcare costs for repeat participants was $934 less than that of non-participants whereas in 2009 the difference was $ 782.
Thus it can be seen that the adoption of PHM programs can help effectively manage the health of the population as well as reduce the healthcare costs, one such perfect example being Boulder County in Colorado, U.S. Keeping in view these benefits of PHM programs it is expected that the adoption of PHM programs is going to grow rapidly across the globe thus providing ample opportunities to all the stakeholders involved.


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Name of man killed at landfill released
Published Friday, March 23, 2012 3:08PM CST
A 45-year-old Regina man who was killed in a workplace accident at the city's landfill has been identified as Stan Adamek.
Adamek was an employee with Loraas Disposal, the company confirmed at a news conference Friday.
Emergency responders were called to the dump shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday.
The provincial coroner and occupational health and safety are assisting in the investigation. Police say there was nothing criminal about the accident.


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Once the travel bug's bitten, the itchy feet never go away do they? We can be sensible and responsible for a while, finish study, save for things, have babies and settle down, but the need to travel creeps back in.
Money and time are always the biggest hurdles, but really the issue is about justifying our need to travel compared to other things. This is why I've long been a lover of the trip that helps you further your knowledge, saves you money or at least goes a long way to helping cover costs.
This means we can travel a lot more. However, if you're serious about making it work financially it means travelling on a budget, with cheap flights and accommodation. However, the best adventures are always the ones where you have to think creatively. It's where the really interesting stuff happens.
1. Shop for a year's worth of clothes and Christmas and birthday gifts while on holiday
It's funny because I don't really like shopping, but I like shopping overseas or on holiday. For me, the boring task at home turns into an exciting adventure elsewhere, probably because everything is different and otherworldly. The items on the shopping list become like a treasure hunt.
Yes, you can shop online for things overseas, but sometimes the hidden costs of online shopping can make it futile, like the cheeky and creative exchange rates banks and websites seem to make up, credit card surcharges and delivery costs (ironically in researching this article I discovered a way to make online shopping cheaper, but I'll get to that later).
Where to go
First step on the adventure is choosing a place that works with the kind of things you want to buy. Perhaps, the Night handcraft markets of Luang Prabang, Laos with locally made silk clothes and jewellery would serve you well. The hand woven cotton shirt with buttons the old lady stitched on for me at that Laotian street stall is one of my all time favourites.
Or would the achingly hip and vintage stores of Tokyo's Shimokitazawa district and reduced cost of technological gizmos work better? If this is your thing, check out Design Cherry and Hello Sandwich for more info.
Fancy a bite of the Big Apple? Ooh, the Brooklyn flea markets of New York and a sneak into the Black Friday sales the Friday after Thanksgiving and Super Saturday sales, the last Saturday before Christmas could be a good excuse for heading over.
Or are the Ubud Art markets of Bali, combined with the designer discount outlets more your speed?
The second important step is to travel with only carry on luggage only for the flight over, because you'll need all your luggage allowance on the way home.
Third step, write a list of who needs what.
Lastly, you'll need to shop around and a cheeky little, 'Is that your best price?' always helps, even in shops. The Favado app is a great price comparison app if you're shopping, buying flights or accommodation in the US.
2. Lease out your home for holiday rentals
Do you live in a holiday destination type place? Or is there a big event coming up in your city? Even if neither is the case people want to rent all sorts of places for all sorts of reasons. We're thinking of trying this out while we duck off on our summer holidays.
The inspiration for us was chatting to a man who rents out his family's home through a local holiday rental agency every school holiday for a couple of weeks at a time. Yes, it sounds like a hassle, but it pays the mortgage.
'It's taken a bit to get it to work,' he said. 'But the benefits have been huge and not just the money.' The first time they moved out they took six trailer loads of stuff to the in-laws' house for storage, but now they're down to one trailer load to store. 'We've got rid of so much we didn't need and have had the most amazing holidays.'
When he runs out of work holidays, they find a campground or similar somewhere an hour or two from his work and he commutes. 'It's completely changed our lives, we spend so much more time with the kids and we're paying for our mortgage at the same time.'
I'm not sure I could do it every holidays, but maybe it's one of those things you just start doing and if it's working you keep going. A few of our friends do this on a smaller scale through AirBnb. Do you think you could do it?
It may just be cheaper to learn a new hobby or skill overseas. You also have the advantage of doing an intensive course without the distractions of home. I'm thinking it would be fun to qualify as a yoga teacher in India, flamenco dance instructor in Buenos Ares, ski coach in New Zealand or scuba guide in Bali.
Guilliame Ancelin, a French baker and pastry chef (ex-Zumbo) and teacher at the Cordon Bleu school in Bangkok, says that their short courses are really popular. 'Places book out as soon as the dates are announced.' Probably because people can learn 'baking, but also (and for some mostly!) enjoy the perks of Bangkok, shopping, sightseeing, dining, night life…'
Seriously, think about it. Even if you have kids, it might be possible. Perhaps, the family goes on holiday with you and while they head out for a day of adventures you go to school. The idea of covering the costs won't stretch across the entire family, but… Hmm… chocolate making in Costa Rica. Okay, now I'm getting carried away, but I just want to plant the idea.
Is there something you'd love to learn?
4. Getting dolled up for a big event
Need dresses made, suits tailored, facials done, massages had, tans faked, hair cut and coloured? Thailand might be your ticket. To make this work takes a bit of research and planning.
When having clothes made and tailored, you'll need to allow enough time, at least a few days, but ideally a week, for items to be made with an extra fitting. The dress I had made took four days, because there was a communication breakdown or two, so you might need to run to the tailor as soon as the plane lands on the tarmac. Also, you'll definitely want to choose your own fabric, if not take your own.
For facials, massages and so forth, I like to ask some of the fancy places for referrals for treatments they don't offer. Otherwise, here are some recommendations from The Luxury Travel blog.
If you are having hair coloured, ask your regular hairdresser to write down the mix you usually have with any instructions and give that to the overseas hairdresser. If you have sensitive skin and want to have facials, research the products used or ask for a spot test when booking to check for allergies.
Have you had treatments overseas? Do you have any wisdom you'd like to share in the comments below?
This one is a lot more individual and depends on your skill set. It also takes a bit of getting out there, talking to people and a fair bit of luck. My favourite version of this story is a friend of my dad's who managed to swindle a gig reporting on the America's Cup with no journalism experience.
Not everyone can talk themselves in (and probably out) of that sort of job, but there are all sorts of odd jobs. Do a Gumtree or Craigslist search in the destination you want to head to and see what's on offer. If you're planning on doing this overseas, you may need to chat to your accountant.
You will need to keep your wits about you and probably ask to be paid upfront or half and half and maybe the money won't be great, but sometimes work that isn't your normal work can teach you a lot about yourself and the lives of others.
Have you ever worked while holidaying? I'd love to hear what you did in the comments below.


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Firefighters in Calgary struggled to haul four women on board their boat Saturday night as they clung to orange buoys in the Bow River that mark what officials call the "drowning machine."
Every year, firefighters have to rescue boaters who drift too far down the river and get too close to the river's weir, or small dam.
City officials say the buoys, with chain strung in between, are where boaters or swimmers can make what they call a "last attempt" to save themselves before being sucked into the weir and drowned.
All four women were wearing life-jackets when they went into the water and grabbed onto the chain linking the buoys together.
They told firefighters they had tried to get to shore in their boat before hitting the danger zone, but had failed.
All four women, said to be in their 20s, declined to be taken to hospital to be examined.


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Jul 8, 2001, 14:02 #1
page updated, keep from loading from cache?
how can you keep a page from loading from the cache every time you update a page? im in the process of creating and updating the entire wvmimaging.com site but every time i view a page i have to shift-reload. im sure any users won't know to do this. and once the site is all up, i'm still going to update. that means the user won't know when they have to shift-reload! there must be some code that automatically downloads the page once it's updated, cuz no other site seems to have this problem
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This usually cures the problem
Put this in between your <head></head> tags:
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Jul 8, 2001, 18:34 #3
hmmm well what does that do? does that make it not load from the cache? cuz thats not what i want. i want it to only not load from the cache if there has been an update.
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The tag stops your page from being saved to the cache, so when a user visits that page the next time he/she will only see the newest content.
I think it means that it'll load at the same rate everytime (instead of faster because of images already stored).
I don't think you'll be able to do some 'custom' caching.
Hope that helps?!
Jul 8, 2001, 19:12 #5
okay well thats not gonna help... sorry =(
you see, there's no way that im the only site on the web having this problem. when sitepoint updates their links or their articles or whatever, how does everyone's browser know to update their cache? there must be a way. there's no way its only my site with the problem.
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It might just be your browser settings. If you're using IE, go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Temporary Files -> Settings. Which box is checked under "Check for new versions of stored pages?"?
Usually, if a browser has a page cached, it will send an HTTP request like this:
GET /page.html HTTP/1.1
If-Modified-Since: 17 Mar 2001 13:01:59
If the server detects that the last modification of page.html was before or on the date specified in the I-M-S header, it will send the "304 not modified" response code to the browser. That tells it to use the copy it has stored on the HD.
It sounds like it's just a problem with your browser....
Jul 8, 2001, 19:45 #7
hmmm yeah i switched it thanks. same thing was on my client's computer and he uses netscape... hmm
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Take a look at this thread:
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On each web page you design and modify add the following
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:59:00 GMT">
in your <head> section. Change the Content= date when you modify the date. If the date has past for the browser of your viewer, it will not display the cache but download the new page.
The EXPIRES descriptor specifies the date and time after which the document should be considered expired. Controls cacheing in HTTP/1.0. In Netscape Navigator, a request for a document whose expires time has passed will generate a new network request (possibly with If-Modified-Since). An illegal Expires date, e.g. "0", is interpreted as "now". Setting Expires to 0 may thus be used to force a modification check at each visit.
NOTICE: Web robots may delete expired documents from a search engine, or schedule a revisit.
Dates must be given in RFC850 ( http://www.alternic.org/rfcs/rfc800/rfc850.txt ) format, in GMT. E.g. (META tag):
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or (HTTP header):
Expires: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT
In HTTP 1.0, an invalid value (such as "0") may be used to mean "immediately".
Note: While the Expires HTML META tag appears to work properly with Netscape Navigator, other browsers may ignore it, and it is ignored by Web proxies. Use of the equivalent HTTP header, as supported by e.g. Apache, is more reliable.
See also http://vancouver-webpages.com/CacheNow/ for discussion about cache control, page expiry, etc.
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The following is a list of the winners in all categories at the 84th Academy Awards.
- Best picture: The Artist. - Best director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist. - Best leading actor: Jean Dujardin in The Artist. - Best leading actress: Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady.
- Best supporting actor: Christopher Plummer in Beginners.
- Best supporting actress: Octavia Spencer in The Help.
- Best foreign language film: A Separation (Iran).
- Best animated feature: Rango.
- Best original screenplay: Midnight in Paris.
- Best adapted screenplay: The Descendants.
- Best original score: The Artist.
- Best original song: Man or Muppet from The Muppets.
- Best art direction: Hugo.
- Best cinematography: Hugo.
- Best costume design: The Artist.
- Best documentary feature: Undefeated.
- Best documentary short: Saving Face.
- Best film editing: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- Best makeup: The Iron Lady.
- Best short animated film: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore.
- Best short live action film: The Shore.
- Best sound editing: Hugo.
- Best sound mixing: Hugo.
- Best visual effects: Hugo.
Most Oscars won
The Artist - 5
Hugo - 5
The Iron Lady - 2
Beginners - 1
The Help - 1
Midnight in Paris - 1
The Descendants - 1
A Separation - 1
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 1
Undefeated - 1
The following nominated films failed to win any awards:
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Children's and the NIH have created a state-of-the-art cardiac imaging and intervention site dedicated to finding better methods for children.
At Children's, we don't just use the latest technology—we are active in developing newer and safer ways to perform imaging scans. For example, our team pioneered the use of digital echocardiography, a noninvasive ultrasound of the heart. We performed the nation's first Interventional Cardiac MRI right heart catheterization on a pediatric patient in 2015. At Children's, our heart specialists perform thousands of imaging scans every year, giving us unparalleled experience and expertise.
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Echocardiography, sometimes called echocardiogram, is an ultrasound of the heart. Children's pediatric echocardiography laboratory, the world's first, is one of the busiest in the United States, performing more than 18,000 studies annually. We are a national leader in noninvasive imaging of congenital heart disease.
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Cardiac MRI is a noninvasive imaging scan that uses powerful magnetic technology to get clear, detailed pictures of your child's heart structure and function. In addition to our sophisticated lab, we partner with National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. Together, we are working to develop new MRI techniques to help us diagnose and treat children and adults with congenital heart disease.
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We perform cardiac MRI scans in our dedicated lab. During the scan:
Through a partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), we offer an Interventional Cardiac MRI for our patients. This is a specialized cardiac-specific MRI suite we use for diagnosis, evaluation, and intervention of newborns and children with congenital heart disease.
One of the main advantages of MRI scans is that children are not exposed to the radiation of X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans. As children with congenital heart defects are thriving, living longer and fuller lives than ever before, it is increasingly important that we are able to monitor their health in the safest way possible.
Additionally, we can perform MRI and cardiac catheterization procedures on the same day. This reduces the need for sedation and multiple procedures.
Features of this program include:
Children's National is currently using the next generation of imaging: XFM scans, which combine X-ray with MRI. In these studies, we use radiation-free CMR images to guide cardiac catheterization in order to minimize radiation requirements. Future developments include undergoing cardiac catheterization entirely in the CMR scanner, which will dramatically minimize X-ray exposure.
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