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One never knows exactly where life's tracks will take you. The School of Police Staff and Command is not for the faint of heart. The course description even refers to it as "intense". But Sergeant Chris Hurst of the Lowell Police Department found himself in the role of a student throughout 2016.
Continuing Education
In any field it's important to learn new things even with decades of experience. Sergeant Hurst has been with the LPD since 1994. After a promotion to a supervisory role he was required to take the School of Police Staff and Command course through Northwestern University which is only offered every three years in this area. Officers in a leadership role benefit from the class by learning higher level aspects of running a police department.
The 10 week curriculum was taught in weekly segments throughout the year. During his week in school each month Sgt. Hurst did not have any duties in the department in order to focus on classwork. The three weeks between instruction were used to study as well as research and write papers. Hurst said he authored approximately 10 assignments in addition to a larger research paper turned in toward the end of the class.
Leadership aspects of the program were the easy part as Sgt. Hurst has this experience from his time in the army and department roles including field training officer, maintaining personnel files, and supervising other officers. However resource allocation concepts were new and confusing at first. But after a day or so on the topic it became easier.
When asked what he found to be most beneficial after completing the course Sgt. Hurst noted networking with other supervisors helped share ideas. Budgeting techniques were also an area of interest for Hurst. He also notes there was a lot of work involved. During a recount of his experience it was revealed one of the assignments for class was written in a remote cabin up north. Just an officer, a computer, a candle, some thoughts, and hope that the computer's battery would last led to writing inspiration.
Moving Ahead
Sgt. Hurst will take what he learned and apply it to his efforts within the department. Remember that big research paper he worked on? Students selected an idea, researched the concept, and determined whether it could be applied within their department. The subject of his report detailed a physical fitness program.
Upon completion of the paper Chief Bukala had to sign off on it. When it was returned to Sgt. Hurst a note was included indicating the program would be introduced to Lowell Police Department officers. The department has a voluntary compliance physical fitness regimen in place but Hurst's plan will provide officers with further direction and tracking. In addition friendly in-house competition will encourage the team as a whole to be more physically fit.
Sgt. Hurst completed the School of Police Staff and Command class in November 2016. His countless hours spent reading, studying, and writing paid off. He received a 4.0! The quiet guy who works night shift and prefers to be out of the spotlight should still stand proud and be congratulated on such an accomplishment. The police department and Lowell community is a better place under his watch.
**Photos of Sgt. Hurst used with his permission.


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April 23, Administrative Professionals' Dayby Sergio Musetti on 04/22/14
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Venezuela's Maduro vows to fight congress, won't release 'political prisoners'
Expectations that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro might emerge more cooperative and chastised after his ruling party was pummeled in Sunday's legislative race didn't last long.
On Tuesday night, a combative Maduro vowed to fight the legislature at every step, saying he would not allow the release of "political prisoners" like Leopoldo López and Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma, and wouldn't allow the legislature to dismantle the country's international cooperation plans that have been key to keeping regional support.
He also asked for the resignation of his entire cabinet as he said the Bolivarian Revolution needed to assume a war-footing against the new legislature, which will take power Jan. 5.
Freeing those political prisoners was one of the campaign promises of the opposition coalition known as the MUD, which won the legislature for the first time in more than 15 years. Late Tuesday the National Electoral Council (CNE) confirmed that the coalition had won 112 of 167 seats in congress, a two-thirds supermajority that gives it broad leeway in passing laws and hemming in the power of the executive.
Speaking from the hilltop tomb of late President Hugo Chávez, Maduro said he would reject any legislative attempts at amnesty for the high-profile prisoners that the government has called "murderers" and criminals, for their role in protests last year that left more than 40 dead.
"They can send me a thousand laws, but the killers of the people have to be judged and have to pay for their crimes," Maduro said.
The president also balked at opposition plans to restrict Venezuela's petrol-diplomacy programs, which sell cheap crude to regional allies at favorable terms.
"They want to destroy Petrocaribe to affect the new independence," Maduro said, adding that he would defend the program and other regional initiatives, like the ALBA and UNASUR bloc of nations, which have helped bolster Venezuela's international status.
Meanwhile, the legislature, which is currently controlled by the ruling party, is likely to go into overdrive in its waning days. National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello on Tuesday said the body would be appointing 12 new Supreme Court justices before his term ends.
And Maduro said he would push a "labor stabilization" law that would keep employers from being able to fire workers through 2018.
"I want to continue the Grand Missions," Maduro said, referring to free housing, education and health programs that have been an administration hallmark. "But will we be able to continue them with the National Assembly in the hands of the right?"
In a note to clients, Bank of America said the opposition had emerged from the elections with "substantial bargaining power, as it has at its disposal several mechanisms that it can use to replace other branches of government."
"The heads of the judiciary, electoral and accountability branches would then have to choose whether to negotiate with the legislative — in which case they would have a chance of avoiding dissolution of their branch — or maintaining their support of the Maduro government, in which case they would run the risk of being replaced," the bank added.
In mid-2106, congress will also have the option of launching a recall referendum against Maduro.
Addressing that threat, the president said he trusted the people to defend democracy.
"If they take the recall road, we'll go to that fight and the people will decide," he said. "We revolutionaries are prepared for any battle that's coming."
Maduro had won praise for quickly accepting Sunday's defeat, and there were some who thought it might even open the door to a new level of cooperation between the bitter foes.
On Wednesday, analysts seemed to think those hopes were dashed.
"There will be no cooperation with the new National Assembly," Jesús Seguías, a political analyst wrote after Maduro's speech. "What we'll see is total confrontation. . . . It's a train wreck."


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Review: Bloodhound: The Legend of Beka Cooper #2
Set roughly a year and a half after Terrier, Beka Cooper's adventures continue in Bloodhound: The Legend of Beka Cooper #2. Beka is now a full Dog but she has problems keeping her partners -- unfortunately, no one can quite meet the standards that Beka keeps to in patrolling the Lower City and keeping the law. After arresting one partner and having another one drop her because she was too enthusiastic (while he was too lazy) Beka finds herself partnered with Tunstall and Goodwin once again.
Life in the Lower City is never routine, but things become rougher than normal when coles (counterfeit silver coins with a brass center) are found and the bread prices rise. After a riot leaves Tunstall with two broken legs, Cooper and Goodwin are sent to Port Caynn to hunt down the source of the coles... hopefully before people starve in the hard winter to come.
While I didn't enjoy Bloodhound as much as I loved Terrier, it is a great book written in Tamora Pierce's Tortall universe. I would have loved to have seen more of Rosto, Kora, and the other Corus Rogues, but it was interesting to see how Dogs and Rogues worked together in another city. Beka really comes into her own in this tale: Still impatient and spontaneous, she must rely on her own wits -- with the company of Slapper and Achoo -- while trying to keep one step ahead of both the local dogs and the Court of the Rogue. Full of danger, romance, corruption, and mystery, this is another must read book for anyone who loves Pierce's writing and the stories she creates.
If Bloodhound: The Legend of Beka Cooper #2 sounds like a novel that you'd enjoy, the kindle edition can be found at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UZNR6E/?tag=shasworofboo-20.
If you enjoyed my review, please help me share it by marking it as being helpful on Amazon. I have included the link to the Amazon review in the Source section at the bottom of this review.


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This plugin is used to emulate axonometric views by distorting a group or component and viewing it from a defined direction. Useful for technical and architectural drawings. Called from Extensions > Eneroth Axonometric Projection.
For simple models all content is typically turned into a component. A copy of this component is moved away a bit from the original so it's not visible in the view and the tool is used on it.
For more advanced models the whole model can be imported (File > Import) to a blank Sketchup file and the tool be applied to this imported component. This component can be reloaded in the component browser to update the axonometric view when the master model is drawn to.
A wide range of projections such as isometric, dimetric, trimetric, cavalier, cabinet and approximations of these can be applied by setting the angle for right and left axes (measured from horizontal) and scale on all 3 axes.
Since this tool only applies a transformation to an individual group or component and not the camera itself shadows won't work properly. Line drawings will however work just fine.


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It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested
and tortured with whips and scourges by the king,
to force them to eat pork in violation of God's law.
One of the brothers, speaking for the others, said:
"What do you expect to achieve by questioning us?
We are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors."
At the point of death he said:
"You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life,
but the King of the world will raise us up to live again forever.
It is for his laws that we are dying."
After him the third suffered their cruel sport.
He put out his tongue at once when told to do so,
and bravely held out his hands, as he spoke these noble words:
"It was from Heaven that I received these;
for the sake of his laws I disdain them;
from him I hope to receive them again."
Even the king and his attendants marveled at the young man's courage,
because he regarded his sufferings as nothing.
After he had died,
they tortured and maltreated the fourth brother in the same way.
When he was near death, he said,
"It is my choice to die at the hands of men
with the hope God gives of being raised up by him;
but for you, there will be no resurrection to life."
Responsorial Psalm
Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full.
Reading 2
Brothers and sisters:
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement
and good hope through his grace,
encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed
and word.
Finally, brothers and sisters, pray for us,
so that the word of the Lord may speed forward and be glorified,
as it did among you,
and that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people,
for not all have faith.
But the Lord is faithful;
he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you,
you are doing and will continue to do.
May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God
and to the endurance of Christ.
Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us,
If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child,
his brother must take the wife
and raise up descendants for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers;
the first married a woman but died childless.
Then the second and the third married her,
and likewise all the seven died childless.
Finally the woman also died.
Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be?
For all seven had been married to her."
Jesus said to them,
"The children of this age marry and remarry;
but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die,
for they are like angels;
and they are the children of God
because they are the ones who will rise.
That the dead will rise
even Moses made known in the passage about the bush,
when he called out 'Lord, '
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;
and he is not God of the dead, but of the living,
for to him all are alive."
Summing up all the readings -> Have FAITH!
The first reading is telling me that faith has been in existence even before Christ. The believers knew that it is worth dying for the Lord. And their dying is not their end but the beginning of their eternal life. In the same way, the second reading is telling me to be strong in my faith to keep me from evil. May the Lord grant my heart, similar to the people mentioned in the first reading, to endure everything for Christ. I am human. I am weak. But as long as my faith is strong, my God will never forsake me. I am not only hoping. I am believing. I have faith that the Lord will guide me to do everything for the greater glory of God. The Gospel is telling me that it iterates from the first reading that death is not the end. Death is the resurrection to life. We will have eternal life after our earthly death.


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YotaPhone is manufactured by Russia-based manufacturer Yota. It is the first smartphone which will have two displays, one at the back and one at the front of the device. The back screen is actually an e-ink screen which is mainly used as a notifications display and in some cases expands app functionality.
Yotaphone 2 will definitely bring more powerful hardware, a better looking design and software refinements. It is going to be shown off at an invitation only event in London on December 3. The device made its debut at Mobile World Congress back in February. The details on the pricing are remain unknown until this entry was published.
The device which was detailed back in February this year, will include a 5-inch 1920×1080 AMOLED screen on one side and a 4.7-inch 960×540 e-ink panel on the other. It will be running on a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, a 8-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel cameras. There will be a unique feature called Smart Power Mode feature which will allow users to turned off the AMOLED screen and rely on e-ink in other to extend the life of the device.
After knowing the possible technical specification but without knowing the pricing, are you considering of having one?


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The word "Art" comes from the Latin word "Ars". When we refer to the term art we speak of it as an expression of human activity, which is manifested by a vision of something that is real or imagined.
Artwork is a means to convey an artist's feelings and emotions to the viewer, based on a person's ability to experience the feelings of others through their own individual perception.
The arts are divided and classified into different areas; one of the many existing classifications is the Visual Arts.
In the group classified as the Visual Arts one will find: painting, sculpture, photography, metalwork and glyptic (carving or engraving especially on stone) among many others. Each of these branches of the fine arts has a historic importance.
It is the art of expressing feelings, emotions or ideas with images, real or fictitious representations made by an artist, created on a two-dimensional surface using different substances or certain "pictorial techniques".
There has been data found which shows the existence of prehistory paintings. The art of painting has evolved from prehistory to the present day and there are various techniques for creating a painting.
There are various ways to classify painting techniques: oils, watercolors and temperas, wax or encaustic, acrylic and mixed media.
More information about:
Oil, Watercolor, Tempera, Encaustic / Wax, Acrylic
Engraving is a process of duplication, creating, copying, stamping and the printing of images or words. This is achieved by using a plate to imprint the desired words or designs onto another surface of some kind, like paper for example.
The board that is used as a plate has been treated through various techniques to give it the reverse of an image, once it has had ink put on it may be printed on paper through a press.
There are various techniques and methods that have been developed through many centuries to create the images on the plates. A few of the many procedures used to obtain the engravings are: engraving manually executed by a using a chisel or power tool with a similar effect, by chemical means (etching), mechanical engravings (photomechanical, photochemical, electrochemical, electronics).
Another way to classify the engraving is to define it into two categories: hollow and relief, differentiating according to the materials used for the manufacture of the plate which can be copper, zinc, aluminum, steel, glass, stone, wood, linoleum, silk, etc.
Procedures of Engraving
The artist will choose from a variety of methods for the implementation of a manual engraving; the relief method, hollow, visually, monotype or stenciled, each one having a different procedure.
More information about Engraving:
Engraving in Relief, Woodcut Method, Engraving in Linoleum /Linocut,
Engraving on Contra Fiber, Etching, Aquatint Engraving,
Drypoint Engraving, Mezzotint Engraving,
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This morning I came across a rather timely new website GiveEmThis which has had me both intrigued & feeling a little uncomfortable at the same time. The site promises to help me work out the perfect gifts for those closest to me with the simple click of a button. For anyone who's feeling time poor at the moment it does seem like the perfect solution doesn't it?
With GiveEmThis, all you have to do to create your gift shopping list is simply select a friend from your facebook list, hit a button and the website analyses said friend's every click, comment, 'like', and piece of personal information to create a list of 'right' suggestions.
I thought it rather important I experiment a little and so began my short stint at stalking...
First off, I was intrigued to see what the perfect gift would be for me - especially useful as I have no idea what I want from Santa this year! I'm sad to say that the 'right' suggestions in my opinion were really all 'wrong' and I'd probably be offended if anyone who really loves me gave me items from the list. And my favourite suggestion - Junket Rennet Tablets - ummmm?? I had to look these up and found they are tablets to make easily digested milk foods. Really makes me wonder what I've been searching and clicking on???
Not overly blown away by the suggestions for me, I thought I'd try my best friend to see if the website was any better at stalking her. At seeing the results I nearly fell off my chair with laughter. The top suggestion was a very lovely book on Celtic Tatting. If you know who my BFF is, you would know how far wrong this would be as a 'perfect' gift... but then again it makes me question - does she have a secret thing for Celtic Tatting and has been hiding it from me?!
You can see how this website can play with your mind!
So as we fast approach Christmas and hit the 1st of December tomorrow, may I suggest that rather than stalking people with the latest technological tools, perhaps simply ask your loved ones what they would like for Christmas? Better yet reflect on what you know about them and think of something creative.
Then again... maybe it's time to just accept that technology and the data know best and simply get those seemingly ridiculous gifts that your friends secretly desire!
Let the count down to Christmas begin...


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Show Me the Money: Why Bringing on a Long-term IT Contractor Isn't as Pricey as You Think
By Outside-In® Team Member Zach Werde
Why would you bring on a long-term IT contractor? It's twice as expensive as hiring someone permanently, right? WRONG! At a glance, it may seem that bringing on a senior contractor may be exponentially more expensive than hiring a permanent resource. The $100k you were looking to spend to hire someone permanently may turn into a $100 per hour charge from your staffing agency after agency markup and accounting for the fact that a contractor will need more money. Holy cow, that's more than twice as much money over the course of a year if my contractor works 52 weeks at 40 hrs/week! Here's where I say….hold the phone! Let's look at the true differences in cost comparing the hiring of a 100k salaried employee through a staffing agency or bringing on a $100/hr contractor for a year through a staffing agency.
If you speak to your HR department, they will confirm that there is something in the neighborhood of a 15% burden to put this person on your payroll and pay the associated taxes, fees, and insurance. Tack on the $3.5k cost per hire that is the national average and that will bring your annual cost up to $118.5k.
Let's talk about benefits. I'm sure you are aware of the Affordable Care Act. Employer contribution varies incredibly depending on the insurance you offer your employees, but I imagine your HR department will confirm you are spending between $500-$600 per month on healthcare per employee. It could be more depending on the premiums you offer. If your company offers the standard 3% match on 401k, go ahead and tack on another $3k. Do you offer a bonus? Many firms offer 15%-20% based on individual performance and/or company performance. Let's say you are only at 10% annually for a good employee and you hire another a good person. There's another 10k for the year. Assuming you don't offer any other benefits (which I am sure you do), the benefits total another $19k-$20.2k which brings your cost to $137.5k-$138.7k to hire your "$100k" employee.
Don't forget, if you are working through an agency and want them to find you a permanent resource, they are going to charge a 20% fee, or more. Tack on another $20k. Now your "true" cost for one year to hire a $100k salaried employee through an agency is around $157.5k-$158.7k.
Perhaps you noticed I left PTO out of the benefits conversation. Remember, assuming your organization offers holidays and vacation time, you are paying them for 52 weeks even though they are only working 47 weeks (I'm guessing they have off for 10 holidays, another 10 business days of vacation, and another 5 for personal days). However, for a contractor, you only pay time worked. All other factors aside, if your contractor works 47 weeks out of the year, you aren't paying him/her for 5 weeks of the year. So, at $100/hr, even if they work 40/hrs per week, that means your total, all inclusive cost for a contractor for the year is $188k. If they work 37.5 hours a week, you're looking at $176.2k. For sure, they won't work during your holidays (since you will be closed), and contractors will take time off just like everyone else, they just won't be paid for it.
That means, looking at the entire picture, you are spending between 11%-19.5% more over the course of 1 year to bring on a year long contractor, instead of hiring a permanent resource. Not exactly double anymore, is it? Obviously, if they stay on less than a year, then it may actually be less expensive to bring the contractor in, although they may be working less.
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[…] What if you encountered an agency who could, from day one, have a credible conversation because they have the experience and expertise to actually consult with you? Instead of telling you what you want to hear, they can have the conversation you'd typically be having with your vendor after having worked on your position for 4 weeks on the first day. That saves you time, which saves you money. What if you were working with a partner who actually "gets it"? Instead of blasting you with ten resumes a week, they took the time identify what it is you are really looking for and sent you only the qualified candidates. This saves you time, which saves you money. […]
[…] yet the position has been open for a long time? You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't consider bringing in a contractor as a band-aid until the right match can be found. Or, would you consider implementing a […]


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A mailer from opponents of Portland's Question 2 claims it could allow "just one person to block investments in our city." That is false.
For developers who play by established zoning rules – including variances and conditional-use projects – nothing would change. But when a developer wants to loosen restrictions, Question 2 would make the process a little less lopsided for local residents, often up against a deep-pocketed developer's lobbyist, public relations consultant and friends in the right places.
Voters within 500 feet of proposed rezoning could file a protest, and potentially be successful, but not if the applicant secured sufficient support within 1,000 feet of the targeted area. A prudent developer would prevail by engaging the community.
Yes on Question 2 will tell City Hall and developers that when they reshape our community pact known as zoning, Portland residents deserve a fair shot at ensuring that revisions will promote thoughtful growth.
Mark McCain


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Do you remember that post I had up a few days again to get a trip to Whole Foods at 1/2 price. Well, today I got the deal and I can spend $50 worth of organic food at Whole Foods for only $25. Yay me and yay reader Lara who also got in on one. Now the question is how to spend the $50 (really $25) wisely. Since I don't shop at Whole Foods
often ever, I really don't know their prices so it's hard for me to put up good match ups. I can supply a list of coupons available for healthy, organic products that they sell.
Coupons from the Whole Deal December coupon book (found at the store). These would be considered store coupons:
- $1.00 off any (1) Annie's Homegrown Cereal
- $1.00 off any (2) Bossa Nova Superfruit Juices
- $1.00 off any (2) Pacific Natural Foods 32 oz. Creamy Soup
- $.75 off any (1) Dagoba Organic Chocolate Product
- $1.00 off any (1) Numi Tea
- $1.00 off any (1) 2lb Box King Arthur Unbleached Cake Flour
- $.55 off any (1) San-J Rice Cracker
- $1.00 off any (1) Seeds of Change Microwavable Rice & Grains or Simmer Sauce
- $.25 off any (1) Dr. McDougall's Soup
- $1.00 off any (2) Lifeway Kefir products
- $1.00 off any (1) Arrowhead mills product
- $1.00 off any (1) SunSpire or Tropical Source Baking Chips
- $1.00 off any (2) Jars Muir Glen Pasta Sauce
- $1.00 off any (1) Cascal 4 pack
- $1.00 off any (1) 44 oz. Agave Wholesome Sweetener
- $1.00 off any (1) Wolfgang Puck Organic Soup
(Thanks AFullCup!)
And now for a bunch of organic manufacturer coupons which you can pair with any above (I've starred the coupons that can be stacked):
Delicious Living Coupons
Health-e Savers Coupons
Mambo Sprouts Coupons
Annies Homegrown Coupons **can be stacked
Batter Blaster
Brown Cow Coupons
Good Earth Coffee & Teas Coupons
Kashi Coupons
Kettle Chips Coupon
Laura's Beef Coupon
Lifeway Kefir Coupons **can be stacked
Method Coupon
Newman's Own Coupons
Organic Prairie Coupons
Organic Valley Coupons
RW Knudsen Coupons
Santa Cruz Coupons
Seeds of Change Coupons **Can be stacked
Seventh Generation Coupons
Silk Soy Milk Coupon
Tribe Hummus Coupons
YoBaby Coupons
Organic Coupons on Coupon.com:
- So Delicious Yogurt
- So Delicious Coconut Milk
- Luna Bars
- Purely Decadent Ice Cream
- Natural Dentist
- McCann's Irish Oatmeal
- Muir Glen **can be stacked
- Burt's Bees
- Steaz Iced Tea
Organic Coupons on Smart Source:
- Alexia Crunchy Snacks
- Sugar in the Raw
Organic Coupons on Red Plum:
- Naked Juice Rebate
- Stash Tea
If you weren't able to get in on the Whole Foods Daily Wish Deal you can still take advantage of these coupons. And, there is still one more day to try for the Whole Foods Deal tomorrow (Wed) at 1:30 pm EST.


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Residues of Fossil
(Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
Increase Allergic Responses
Breathing Easier
UCLA researchers have joined the effort to establish a connection
between the residues of fossil fuel combustion [aromatic hydrocarbons,
such as the propellant solvent xylene which, according to the label,
composed at least half of the Diazinon formulation used on the
SBU campus] and an epidemic of respiratory allergies.
Two centuries ago, "airway" diseases such as hay fever and allergic
asthma were rare and mostly minor afflictions. Today, according to
Dr. Andrew Saxon, chief of the UCLA School of Medicines Division
of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, approximately 40 percent of the
worlds population is at risk. And, despite vastly improved knowledge
of the pathophysiology and treatment of allergic asthma, that condition
is not only more common, but also more severe than ever before.
Intrigued by the history of the epidemic, Saxon and colleagues
(Drs. Oliver Hankinson, Harvey Herschman and André Nel) at the
UCLA Asthma, Allergy and Immunologic Disease Center began
looking at possible underlying causes.
"Human genetics have changed trivially over 200 years," says Saxon.
"The plants in our environment are not that different. The major change
has been industrialization." In particular, the researchers were interested
in studies conducted in Japan suggesting that materials from fossil
fuel combustion could affect the mucous membranes in the lungs and
nose, boosting an allergic response. "We decided that if this were true,
it would be very important to bring molecular immunology, molecular
biology and molecular genetics to bear on the issue," Saxon says.
Saxon, whose own background is in research on the structure of the
genes that make the proteins that cause allergies in humans, began
to study the impact of airborne pollutants on these genes as a way
of accounting for the increasing incidence and severity of asthma.
He chose to focus on diesel exhaust particles, not because he thought
it likely that they were the only culprit (although as less coal is burned,
they are, in fact, an increasingly important source of airborne particulates),
but because diesel exhaust can be measured in the environment
and reproduced in a laboratory setting. Diesel and other fossil fuel
combustion products, known as xenobiotics, carry chemicals which,
once inside the airway, penetrate the cell membrane and attach to a
special aromatic hydrocarbon receptor, which is involved in breaking
down such materials.
Saxon hypothesized that this process stimulates the immune system
so that, in the presence of these chemicals, an antigen that the body
might otherwise ignore triggers an allergic response.
In studies that began in the test tube and eventually involved volunteer
human subjects, Saxon found that among individuals who were sensitive
to a particular allergen, instilling the allergen, plus diesel exhaust particles,
in the nose in doses equivalent to breathing the air in Los Angeles for
one to three days produced a fivefold increase in total allergic protein
level and a 50 fold increase in the number of reaction inducing allergic
antibodies. ...
For the information on the complete research study, please see
the complete article at the Research@UCLA Website.
For more information on the Aromatic Hydrocarbons such as
the xylene used on the SBU campus, please see the Aromatic
Hydrocarbon and Other Toxic Solvents Information Page.
Source: http://www.research.ucla.edu/chal/28.htm
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I admit, when I opened this from Josh on Christmas Day I wasn't exactly sure what it was...the only thing I knew was that he'd been hiding himself away in the loft making it for hours.
All became clear when I laid it out on the floor...
I'd wanted a big map to pin favourite holidays and plan adventures on, but I never imagined that he'd make me one from cork floor tiles!
The boards had a backing, which peeled off to reveal a sticky back, like double sided sticky tape
He pinned the boards to the wall and projected an image on to them so that it could be drawn straight on to the boards. Taking a stanley knife, the image was cut out carefully, and this was the result.
When I realised what it was I was so excited :) I couldn't wait to go home and put it up. The sticky backing made it really simple to put on the wall too.
Try it yourself, or maybe try something slightly different; how about a big map of the UK and plan adventures closer to home? Oh, and don't forget to share your creations!


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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030922
Description of problem:
No mozilla/security/coreconf/Linux2.6.mk. There is a Linux2.5.mk file.
Should probably just copy Linux2.5.mk to Linux2.6.mk.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mozilla-1.4.1-18 kernel-smp-2.6.0-0.test11.1.99
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install mozilla SRPM and 2.6 kernel from arjan'v people page
2. Reboot machine with 2.6 kernel
3. "rpmbuild -ba mozilla.spec"
Actual Results: Error message of of the following.
../coreconf/config.mk:67: ../coreconf/Linux2.6.mk: No such file or
../coreconf/config.mk:167: no file name for `-include'
/usr/bin/gmake -j1: *** No rule to make target
../coreconf/Linux2.6.mk. Stop.
gmake[2]: *** [../coreconf/Linux2.6.mk] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
gmake[1]: *** [.nss.cleaned] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory
make: *** [export] Error 2
Expected Results: Build mozilla RPMs
Additional info:
Gonna have to fix this one.
Linux2.6.mk was added to Mozilla on 2003-07-19 and is in all releases
since 1.5b and could easily be ported to the 1.4 branch. That said, I
wish we didn't have to deal with the NSS build system.
Rawhide includes 1.6 at this point so this is fixed.


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The cat is bored. He tries to have fun. He plays with yarn. He scratches his tummy. He takes a nap. He drinks milk. He is still bored. He sees a mouse. The mouse is eating cheese. The cat steal the cheese. The mouse is angry. The mouse chases the cat. The cat is having fun.
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Heat transfer enhancement characteristics, through a transition scenario of flow bifurcations in symmetric wavy wall channels, are investigated by direct numerical simulations of the mass, momentum, and energy equations using spectral element methods. Flow bifurcations, transition scenarios, and heat transfer characteristics are determined by increasing the Reynolds numbers from a laminar to a transitional flow for the geometrical aspect ratios r=0.125 and r=0.375. The numerical results demonstrate that the transition scenario to transitional flow regimes depends on the aspect ratio. For r=0.375, the transition scenario is characterized by one Hopf flow bifurcation in a frequency-doubling transition scenario, where further increases in the Reynolds number always lead to periodic flows; whereas, for r=0.125, the transition scenario is characterized by a first Hopf flow bifurcation from a laminar to a time-dependent periodic flow and a second Hopf flow bifurcation from a periodic to a quasiperiodic flow. For r=0.125, the flow bifurcation scenario is similar to the Ruelle–Takens–Newhouse (RTN) transition scenario to Eulerian chaos observed in asymmetric wavy and grooved channels. The periodic and quasiperiodic flows are characterized by fundamental frequencies ω1, and ω1 and ω2, respectively. For the aspect ratio r=0.375, the Nusselt number increases slightly as the Reynolds number increases in the laminar regime until it reaches a critical Reynolds number of Rec≈126. As the flow becomes periodic, and then quasiperiodic, the Nusselt number continuously increases with respect to the laminar regime, up to a factor of 4, which represents a significant heat transfer enhancement due to a better flow mixing.
Schematic of the symmetric wavy wall channel: (a) extended domain with 14 furrows and plane inlet and outlet regions, and (b) reduced domain with a spatially periodic length L
Computational mesh for the reduced domain with 16×8 macro-elements and 8×8 nodal points per macro-element for the aspect ratio r=0.125
Velocity characteristics for extended domain simulations for r=0.125: (a) u-velocity for a laminar flow, (b) u-velocity for a time-dependent flow regime, (c) streamlines for a laminar flow, and (d) streamlines for a time-periodic flow regime
Pressure field and streamlines for the aspect ratio r=0.375: Instantaneous representations during a time period of periodic flow regime for a Reynolds number of Re≈554.
Eulerian flow characteristics of a periodic flow for Reynolds number of Re≈554 and aspect ratio r=0.375: (a) temporal evolution of the u- and v-velocities, (b) Fourier power spectra of the u-velocity, and (c) phase-portrait of the u- and v-velocity components
Normalized time period T∗/T versus normalized Reynolds number Re/Re∗ for r=0.375
Temporal evolution of the u- and v-velocities of a quasiperiodic flow for Reynolds number of Re≈356 and aspect ratio r=0.125
Transition scenarios from laminar to transitional flows by flow bifurcations for aspect ratios r=0.125 and r=0.375. Two successive Hopf bifurcations, B1 and B2, for the critical Reynolds numbers Rec1 and Rec2, respectively, developed for r=0.125 leading to a quasiperiodic flow through a RTN transition scenario. For the aspect ratio r=0.375, only one flow bifurcation from laminar to time-periodic flow regime develops at the critical Reynolds number Rec, through a frequency-doubling transition scenario.
Poiseuille plane channel friction factor and symmetric wavy channel friction factors for aspect ratios r=0.125 and r=0.375 for increasing Reynolds numbers
Symmetric wavy channel temperature distribution for r=0.375: (a) laminar flow for Re≈54 and (b) eight instantaneous representations during a time period τ for a periodic flow of Re≈554
Heat transfer parameters: (a) time-averaged mean Nusselt number versus Reynolds number for laminar and transitional flow regimes for the aspect ratio r=0.375 and (b) pumping power versus Nusselt number for laminar and transitional flow regimes
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Paranormal Survivor - Season 3
In Season 3 opener, a teenage girl suffers scratches and other physical torment by a malevolent spirit and things get worse when another teen uses a spirit board to try to contact the entity behind everything.
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The Director
Ray DePaul
Ray DePaul was appointed as the inaugural Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in February 2012. Before joining, Ray was the President and CEO of RapidMind Inc., a spin-off company from the University of Waterloo. Ray steered RapidMind through $11M of venture funding, significant market growth, and turned the company into an industry leader, resulting in the acquisition by Intel Corp. Prior to Rapidmind, Ray spent five years with Research In Motion (now BlackBerry) and was responsible for product management of the iconic BlackBerry. Today, Ray DePaul is a valued member of the Mount Royal and Calgary community as a mentor and advisor to students, founders, startups and businesses.
Ray holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and a Masters in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University, where he was awarded the alumni award for Innovation in 2011. In 2016, Ray was named as one of three finalists for the national BDC Mentorship Award and was the recipient of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year Award in 2017.
The Institute's Team
Dr. Simon Raby
Associate Director
Dr. Simon Raby is a "pracademic" working as an Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University Bissett School of Business and co-founder of Business Improvement and Growth (BIG) Associates Ltd. BIG identifies the drivers of growth, challenges convention and offers practical ways for ambitious business owners and their organizations to achieve sustained growth and performance.
Simon's research program is focused on uncovering the strategies, practices and methods of support that enable business growth, leadership transitions and people's performance. Most recently, Simon delivered a program of research on the growth of Alberta's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to understand the drivers of growth, innovation and diversification for these firms. This research has since led to the creation of The Leader's Growth Mindset.
Simon is a trustee and board member for the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, a large, well-established network that enables excellence in small business and entrepreneurship, and builds bridges between research, policy and practice. Simon serves on the editorial board of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.
Dr. David J. Finch
Associate Director
Dr. David J. Finch's professional background reflects a commitment to the convergence of theory and practice. David holds a Ph.D. in management and is an active educator, scholar and practitioner. David currently holds several academic appointments including Associate Professor at Mount Royal University Bissett School of Business in Calgary, Alberta, a Visiting Professor at Ohio University and Visiting Fellow at the Henley Business School at the University of Reading in the U.K.
Prior to joining academia over two decades ago, David held progressively senior roles in areas of corporate strategy in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. with Bell Canada Enterprises, Rogers Communications and Harris Corporation. In addition, David was a founding partner at T1 Agency, Canada's largest sports and sponsorship marketing agency supporting brands such as Esso, Nike, Hudson's Bay, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, BC Ferries, the Calgary Stampede and Yellow Pages.
Jenn MacDonald
Entrepreneur Development Manager - On Leave
Jenn MacDonald joined the Institute in 2014 after graduating from the Mount Royal Innovation and Entrepreneurship program. Jenn has been instrumental in building a community of students from across campus looking to step outside their comfort zone, to learn through experience, and to validate, launch and grow their idea. Jenn is responsible for all of the extracurricular programs for Mount Royal students. She's passionate about spreading the mindset across campus to help revitalize and re-imagine Calgary's job market.
Jenn holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with minors in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Mount Royal University and is pursuing a Masters degree in Economic Development and Innovation at the University of Waterloo.
Emily Knight
Entrepreneur Development Manager - Interim
Emily is a Mount Royal University Alumni who joined the Institute's team in 2017 during her final year of study. As a student at MRU, she focused her studies and extra-curricular involvement on Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Today, she plays an integral role in fostering community and opportunities for innovators, entrepreneurs, and changemakers from across campus. Emily believes that entrepreneurship is a unique opportunity to explore curiosity and play, unlocking the bold child within each of us and ultimately leading to the words most impactful innovations. She is energized by the opportunity to help students develop their entrepreneurial mindset, leading them to exciting careers, new venture ideas and roles as changemakers in their communities.
Emily holds a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree with minors in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Tracy Pfeifer
Administrative Assistant
Tracy has dedicated over 17 years to Mount Royal University. She provides administrative support to both the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Institute for Community Prosperity. Tracy plays a critical role of being the interface between the Institute's team of impatient entrepreneurs and the university's many policies and procedures.
Kelsey Prout
Program Coordinator
Kelsey is a Mount Royal Alumni and a 2017 LaunchPad Alumni. Kelsey joins the Institute's team with a wealth of knowledge gained from her experience starting her business Good + Wild, an online retail store curating sustainable and ethical apparel, as a Mount Royal student. Kelsey will be launching new Institute programs using the same entrepreneurial mindset she uses everyday in her business.
Kelsey holds a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree with minors in Social Innovation, Business and Society, and Entrepreneurship.
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Ormhel is the Co-Founder of Carberri, a startup providing private party auto financing for car buyers looking to purchase their dream car somewhere other than an auto dealership. Ormhel began working on Carberri while completing his business degree at Mount Royal. Ormhel is an expert in the validation of your idea, pivoting your offering to meet product-market-fit, and fund development by way of pitch competitions.
Ormhel holds a Bachelors of Business Administration Degree with a minor in Finance.
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The End: Introspection (LP, 1969/Re)
Tapestry Records TPT 208
Used tags: psychedelic
Grading cover: MINT/SS | Grading vinyl: MINT/SS
"Although Introspection bombed due to a belated release, collectors have since heralded it as one of the finest albums from the brief British psychedelic wave. Produced by Rolling Stone Bill Wyman in early 1968, the spirit of the era (or maybe that of the previous summer) is sonically created, with sumptuous results. Giffin and Graham's gentle harmony vocals tread a similar path to Odessey and Oracle-era Zombies, while sessionman Nicky Hopkins' harpsichord, a pumping Hammond, Terry Taylor's searing Cream-like fuzztone guitar leads, psychedelic duel-ragas, and floating Mellotron recreate the colors of a rainbow ... With an abundance of moods, tones, and a gloriously over the top production, Introspection is a superb period piece, and rightfully deserves it's near-classic status." (AllMusic)
"Among the records included as part of Decca Records release schedule in November 1969 appeared an album that in retrospect should have receive more commercial attention than it attained. The album was "Introspection" by The End, a psychedelic masterpiece that owed its existence due to the patronage of Rolling Stone Bill Wyman and is itself a part of Rolling Stones history." (BillWyman.com)


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Darkness and Light Blu Ray
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In this feature-length documentary, an artist interviews eleven wounded veterans, largely post-9/11 war veterans and Marines, through the lens of her photography series, "You. Are. Beautiful." - a project which celebrates the human spirit and beauty in all people.
Themes around darkness and light post-war, and within the human spirit, emerge in these candid, unscripted and conversational interviews. Ultimately, the themes that emerge will tie back to one of the project's main sources of inspiration: love.
The audience will learn more about who these wounded veterans are simply as human beings. The veterans share messages that may help and inspire other injured veterans. Finally, anyone, military or non-military, may come from a new place of understanding of how to find light within the depths of darkness.
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Bigfoot Adventures offers Bike Skills programmes to schools, various bike instructional courses, bike hire and mountain biking tours to the public.
Our 'Cycle Safety' programmes within schools follows national cycle safety guidelines covering bike safety checks, legal requirements, clothing choice and safe riding techniques and will be a whole new experience for many students. Cycle training enhances students cycling skills and teaches them how to ride their bikes safely and confidently. The school training is fully funded by Auckland Transport. For schools outside this region, try approaching your own regional council for a subsidy or consider charging students a small fee to cover our costs of running this important Cycle Safety Programme.
Throughout the year we are also involved with various other cycle skills training and events; 'Beginner Bike' and 'Intro to Cycling on Road' courses for adults, to more advanced skills, maintenance, repair stations/pit stops, guided rides and community events.
In School
Book with Auckland Transport now: https://at.govt.nz/cycling-walking/school-travel/travelwise-schools/cycling-and-scooting/bike-safe-cycle-safety-programme/
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To book onto these free events run by Auckland Transport visit: https://at.govt.nz/cycling-walking/training-and-events/
Our qualified instructors are passionate about teaching cycling skills and providing a fun, safe and practical training. All instructors have undergone police vetting, hold current first aid certificates and have received training specific to the course.
To find out more on the Cycle Safety School Programme, contact us on 0800 BIGFOOT (0800 244 366).
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Today I went on a run down the Cunningham Trail. This trail follows Old Route 24. I have done this before, many times. It is right across from Sunrise Lake. It is a very nice trail, wide enough, well maintained, smooth. It follows the Whippany River and small brooks most of the way. I took the white trail to East Main Street, to Dismal, and then turned around and went down the blue trail that splits from it. This takes you through Brookside and brings you all the way to Ralston. I only ran up to Cold Hill Road before turning around.
The trail follows the Rockaway Valley Railroad (Rockabye Railroad). That is why it is very flat and straight. There are a couple long straight-aways that look like an actual railroad bed. Nearing Cold Hill Road there is a long straight-away that is the old rail bed on a ridge crossing, there are steep cliffs on either side, like the land was built up to keep the rail way level. If you continue to Ralston you follow this rail bed most of the way. It is a very interesting trail. Long ago it was the white trail, but they changed it to blue around 2000 maybe. Beautiful trail.


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Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha will play at WOMEX 2015
WOMEX announced its first official showcase artists yesterday, and Finland's Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha were among the acts chosen to perform at the event. Väärä Raha, whose music is a blend of Balkan gypsy music, Russian romances and old Finnish humppa, will perform at the world's most important world and folk music event in October in Budapest, Hungary.
Jaakko Laitinen, the frontman of the group comments on his initial thoughts after the announcement: "We were really surprised and happy. You look at the numbers of how many bands are applying and how few get approved, and you see that the statistical possibility to get invited is really small. But we did it, and now we'll get to show everybody why we are said to be the wildest live band in Finland!"
Regarding the group's connection to Hungary, Laitinen says:
"Väärä Raha has played in many countries, but not in Hungary. I have a personal connection for the country, because I used to live in Szeged, city in South Hungary almost ten years ago. Officially I was there as an exchange student studying librarian and information studies, but in reality I chose the location because of music of the region. Although I could and can not dance, I was a regular visitor of the táncházes, enjoying the music and vibes. I was influenced so much by Hungary, so it will be great to come back and give something back. I wish to have some time road-tripping in the country before or after WOMEX."
This summer Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha will tour around Finland, mostly in Lapland, at summer festivals and weddings. In the fall the group will play international shows in Italy and Denmark. In Germany Väärä Raha will play at Noch Besser Leben and Altstadtfest in Jena, and at Supamolly in Berlin. On album plans Laitinen says: "New songs are getting ready, and at some point we'll start making our fourth album, although we were planning to make two albums this time, one sweet and acoustic, another crazy and electric. But we'll see, these kind of plans tend to live and change."
WOMEX will be held in Budapest, Hungary on 21–25 October 2015.