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Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin. It has important antioxidant properties. There are several forms of vitamin E. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans. It protects the body's cells from the actions of free radicals (oxidants), which are the waste products of energy metabolism. Free radicals can damage body cells through oxidation and increase the risk of heart disease and cancer. It has been theorized that vitamin E may reduce the incidence of heart disease and cancer through its antioxidant effects. Studies evaluating the effect of vitamin E supplementation have been contradictory. More studies are needed to fully evaluate the ability of vitamin E to reduce heart disease and cancer. Foods that contain vitamin E are nuts, oils, green leafy vegetables and fortified cereals. The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin E is 22.5 IU (international units) per day for men and women 14 years of age and older. Little information is known regarding excessive supplementation with vitamin E. However, due to the potential for blood thinning activity, following the RDA for vitamin E is recommended.
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Graduate programs in the Department of Educational Psychology prepare students for productive roles in research, teaching, and many other areas in which educational psychology is applied. The department offers master of arts in educational psychology and doctor of philosophy with a major in educational psychology. Student programs in each area are individualized with a wide range of courses, internships, and research offerings.
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Master of Arts with an Emphasis in Educational Psychology
Doctorate in Educational Psychology
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Immigration in the US 'Arizona May only Be the Beginning'
In the United States, a large number of people support a strong clampdown on immigration -- including a controversial Arizona law that allows people to be detained if they do not have proper paperwork. Political scientist Jens Hainmueller argues the debate will get more heated in the coming months.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Another fierce debate on immigration policy is looming in the United States. The State of Arizona just adopted a tough new anti-immigration law which allows police to stop anyone whom it suspects to be undocumented. Are Americans fed up with immigration?
Jens Hainmueller: These developments are not surprising given the historical record. The foreign born population in the US has risen dramatically in recent decades from 5 percent in 1970 to about 13 percent in 2007. That amounts to 39 million people and constitutes the highest level recorded in the census since 1930, a time when policy makers caved to public pressures and introduced new restrictions that slowed down the inflow of immigrants for decades. So the fierce immigrant debate that we currently see in Arizona may only be the beginning.
However, despite these recent developments, I think an equally harsh clampdown on immigration is unlikely today. In fact, in a recent survey experiment that I conducted with my colleague Michael Hiscox from Harvard, we find that the majority of Americans is not opposed to an increase in immigration, as long as the immigrants are highly-skilled.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: So, engineers and computer programers would be more welcome in the United States?
Hainmueller: Exactly. Although more than 60 percent of Americans oppose an increase in low-skilled immigration, such as manual laborers, only 40 percent are opposed to an increase in highly skilled immigration. Somewhat strikingly, this strong preference for highly skilled immigrants is shared among all segments of society including richer and poorer respondents, respondents who live in states with fewer or more immigrants, and even respondents with low or high levels of education. This is despite the fact that highly skilled citizens may compete for jobs with highly skilled immigrants in the labor market.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Congress is starting debate on comprehensive immigration reform soon. Some members suggested focusing primarily on attracting highly qualified immigrants. Is that the way to go?
Hainmueller: Our results suggest that reform proposals that are targeted towards highly qualified immigrants will be much easier to "sell" politically, and I believe policy makers are becoming increasingly aware of this. Historically, US immigration policy has often been very sensitive to trends in public opinion.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: But recent studies reveal that the qualifications of US immigrants are much more varied than often suggested. Particularly in large cities, they work in all kinds of jobs -- be it as doctors, lawyers, manual labor or whatever. Should that development not soften opposition to the influx of immigrants?
Hainmueller: To the contrary, I expect the debate to become more heated in the coming months. Despite the preference for highly skilled immigrants, the data suggests that the American public is deeply divided over how much immigration is generally good for the country. And other sticking points remain unresolved, such as the contentious issue of undocumented immigrants. These societal fissure lines will be intensified once politicians begin to mobilize voters with anti-immigrant rhetoric.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: A large chunk of economic growth in the US, however, would not be feasible without these workers from abroad.
Hainmueller: Politically, it can be very difficult to communicate these long-term benefits of immigration to voters. It tends to be much easier to mobilize voters against immigration than it is to marshal support in favor of immigration. Voters are often easily swayed by populist rhetoric that portrays immigrants as poaching jobs from native workers, burdening the welfare state and disrupting local communities. While studies have found little systematic empirical evidence for any of these claims, these campaign messages still tend to resonate well with many voters.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: What conclusions can be applied to other countries, such as Germany? Is the attitude towards immigration comparable there?
Hainmueller: There is less data on this specific question outside the US case. However, some evidence points in a similar direction. For example, in a previous study we found that in Germany and all other 22 countries included in the European Social Survey there exists a strong positive correlation between citizens' education levels and support for all types of immigration. This includes support for more highly skilled immigrants from richer European and Non-European countries. So more highly educated Germans are more likely to welcome highly trained immigrants from say France or the US, even though they may compete with them in the labor market.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: The German public debates are hardly encouraging, though. We all remember the " Kinder statt Inder" (Children instead of Indians) campaign, which urged Germans in 2000 to have more babies instead of attracting highly qualified immigrants from India and other countries as then Chancellor Gerhard Schröder moved to introduce a Green Card program for IT workers.
Hainmueller: Which highlights another important difference: Compared to the US, voters in Germany are generally more strongly opposed to immigration. This deep-seated skepticism makes it even easier for politicians to drum up anti-immigrant sentiment. Compared to the US -- where Latinos make up more than 25 percent of the voters in about 20 percent of US House districts -- German society as a whole has come a much longer way in appreciating the benefits of plurality.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Isn't that really counterproductive, given that Germany with its low birthrate would need immigration much more urgently than the US?
Hainmueller: The situation in Germany is akin to a demographic time bomb. Given the problems of the aging and shrinking population, virtually all experts agree that the country desperately needs to take in more immigrants to overcome severe skills shortages and rescue the social security net and pensions system. Germany also needs to better integrate its existing immigrant populations.
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The Point Arena – Stornetta public lands bill passed the House Committee on Natural Resources Wednesday, advancing a long-sought goal by Northern California Democrats to expand the California Coastal National Monument by 1,255 acres near Mendocino.
It would be the first land area added to the coastal monument.
It's the first bill introduced by first-term Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael. The project was initiated by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, whose district used to include the area. The bill is supported by California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, who earlier this year with Huffman and Thompson urged President Obama to include the area in the monument by executive designation under the Antiquities Act.
The bill would add 10 miles to the California Coastal Trail and includes the Garcia Estuary and two miles of the Garcia River, a critical habitat for salmon and steelhead, Huffman's office said in a press release, and "keeps the current recreational, ranching, and research uses of the land." That would include a 10-year lease by the Stornetta family ranch that expires next year.
There appears to be no opposition to the expansion.
The development follows the administration's move last December to double the size of two California marine sanctuaries, the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries.


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The Operations Office is responsible for Transportation , School Choice School Zone Transfers through House Bill 251, School Nutrition Services, Grounds & Facilities Maintenance , facilities planning, school safety, EMA/Homeland Security/NIMS, and Title IX Compliance for athletics.
The Bulloch County Board of Education's Transportation Department provides approximately 4,900 students with service to and from 16 schools. The mission of the Transportation Department is to safely transport students to school each morning in a frame of mind ready to learn and then return them home safely each afternoon.
Bulloch County Schools' Facility Management Department is responsible for the ongoing custodial support, landscaping, maintenance, energy use management, utilities management, and minor construction and repair of the interior and exterior of the school system's 15 schools and their athletic/playground facilities, central office, bus garages, transportation and technology annex, and school food services annex. This encompasses more than 1.7 million sq. ft. of internal/external space and nearly 1,000 acres of landscaping space to maintain. This department is tasked with keeping our learning environments clean, comfortable, healthy and well maintained to be good stewards of our community's investment.
The School Nutrition staff at each school invites and encourages your child's participation in the breakfast, lunch, and snack programs. Nutritious meals and snacks are planned, prepared, and served daily. Each week's meals meet the dietary guidelines for students in the specified grade levels.
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Behind-the-Scenes: My Blog & Life Goals For September 2015
So...it's September. I'm just going to brush past that, alright? Alright.
Well, things have changed around here over the past month. I realigned my purpose for this blog with what matters most to me in life, and I've never felt better because of it. So you'll see in this monthly series that my goals will be slightly different too. More in tune with me, my life and the path I want to go down. Thank you all so much for your support over these past few weeks - your words have meant so much to me and I love that you're all high-fiving me about this new venture! Setting goals at the start of the month is a great way to align my work with the things in life that matter to me the most. Plus, sharing them with you motivates me even more to complete them, and I love reading about the goals you set for yourself too. Today, I'm sharing with you how I got on in August as well as the goals I'll be working towards during September.
1. Finish My Extra Secret Opt-In
This wasn't completed due to the simple fact that the overall outlook for my blog changed and I'm not sure whether this opt in idea aligns with it anymore. I still want to create it, but I'm not entirely sure I want to create it now.
2. Order a New Laptop
Not done. Do you know how expensive these things are? Very. And my bank account ain't having it yet. Not at all.
3. Start Planning Another Secret Project
You know what? I can't even remember what this other secret project was. It's funny how things work out, isn't it? That probably just goes to show that I definitely made the right decision.
4. Do My First Periscope
This was so close to happening! But then life happens. With a few other bloggers, we're planning a group periscope (which is going to be awesome). Unfortunately a couple of things cropped up for some of the girls so we're trying to rearrange it. Keep an eye on your screens!
GOALS FOR september 2015:
1. Plan and Rearrange My Blog Categories
So now ABOH isn't going to just be another how-to, info blog on digital marketing, it means my categories have to change a little.
Categories are fundamental to every blog. They provide clarity, consistency and help to define what your brand is about. Sure, you may have the same categories as some other bloggers – but it's your voice and what you choose to talk about that makes you unique. It's best to have between 4 and 6 categories, and ideally no more than 6, or else it'll probably make things more difficult for you. So soon enough, my categories will be revamped and my "Start Here" page will start to represent my new purpose a lot more. Watch this space!
2. Start Living In The Now
For the past four years, I've been a day to day kinda girl. I only focused on the day I was in, didn't plan what I was doing until a new day started and was only aware of the moment I was in. But lately that's changed. In the back of my mind, I've had one eye on the future at all times, thinking where will I be in 5 years. Will I be happy? Will I be earning enough? Will I be getting ready to start a family? Will I be fulfilled in my career? And all these other questions that have been whizzing around in my subconscious.
It seems that I've been so focused on what I have to do tomorrow, this week and this month, that I've completely lost sight of living in the moment. Being intentional just hasn't been happening for me lately. That's something that I want to work on this month. I was happier with myself when I was a day to day kinda girl. So that's what I'm going to try to be.
3. Get Back Into Photography
My blog photography skills have never been my strongest point. For the past few months, I used stock photos. But during September I want to get the tripod out and get back to taking my own photos. Nothing makes a blog more personal than when the blogger uses their own photography. Plus, with Tom getting a brand new super-cool camera for his birthday next month, I may officially hire him as my photographer – free of charge! ;)
4. Completely Hijack My Bedroom
I love living at home with my parents and brother. I know I'm so lucky that we have the relationships we do, and even luckier that I love my house. But as most of you will agree, my bedroom is my haven. It's my own space. But it's not felt like me lately. It's felt messy and unstructured – like it doesn't really have a purpose. Sort of like my blog, come to think of it. So over the course of a few days, I want to completely go through everything. My wardrobe, my belongings, my drawers, everything, and give it a good clean and tidy. Do you ever find that your mood instantly lifts when you've got a freshly tidied room?
Now, onto the review.
I won't talk much about ABOH here as I've already outlined my new goals for it earlier and in this post – just click the link to read it. I'm still over the moon with the Squarespace platform, and I'm really looking forward to this first month with my new direction. Social media posts will still feature every week, because as you can see below, they're some of my most popular posts every month!
Three Most Popular Posts Of The Month:
15 Reasons You Aren't Getting More Followers On Social Media (+ How To Fix It)
101 Of The Best Sites Online Right Now (Part 3)
How To Create Your Personal Social Media Posting Schedule In 5 Minutes
I'm still keeping this section of the review but it's now going to change. Since my business idea is on hold, my side projects now refer to freelancing. Yep, after sending out application after application, it seems that eventually, someone will get back to you. I'm now a regular writer for Launch & Hustle, Career Addict, and I'm hoping there's another one in the pipeline. I've also got a couple of guest posts going live over the next couple of weeks which I'm really excited about! So my business didn't come true, but my dream of earning a side income freelancing did :)
I have found the perfect job. At the start of August, I found a job at my old sixth form College as a School's Liaison and Marketing Assistant. It's the best job I've ever had and I'm loving every minute. Liaising with schools, parents, doing social media, email marketing, website content, photography, videos – it's like what I'm doing for my blog, I'm doing for the College and more. But there's a catch. Isn't there always? It's temporary until the end of September, so I have to reapply for a slightly higher up job that they've advertised, for a Marketing Coordinator. I've applied for it and soon enough I should find out if I've been shortlisted. Then it could come down to a task, presentation and interview. Safe to say, I've never been more nervous. But this is THE dream job, right here. So I'm going to try my best to succeed.
If you've not tried any of the FitnessBlender videos, you're seriously missing out. It seems that my body has just got too used to the 30 day shred and let me tell you – my body has never ached more than when I do these videos. I try and workout everyday after work (apart from Friday depending on what's going on) for about half an hour, and then do an hour workout on Sunday. I alternate which area of the body I focus on. So my routine looks a little like this:
Monday: arms
Tuesday: abs
Wednesday: full body
Thursday: legs/bum
Friday: arms/abs (depending on whether I exercise or not)
Saturday: rest or a walk
Sunday: full body
It really works. Since I've been doing these workouts my body has been changing. My abs are more defined, my legs are toned and I'm getting fitter. A month ago, I couldn't do full press ups. Now I can. That's how great they are!
So in case you want to try them out, here are the workouts I did last week.
Day 2: Fitness Blender's Free 5 Day Workout Challenge For Busy People
Total Body Strength Training & Core Workout For Beginners - Low Impact Workout At Home
Bodyweight Cardio Calorie Blaster - 30 Minute Cardio Workout At Home
Butt & Abs Tabata Workout - Fat Blasting Cardio Interval Workout
Life this month has involved us all getting back to reality. We ended the Summer with a family trip to Penrith for the bank holiday weekend. We spent three days walking (we did over 20,000 steps on Saturday!), eating good food, relaxing in a hot tub and laughing. More than anything else, we laughed.
We managed to take some beautiful pictures so you can look out for a blog post on the trip soon!
Thanks for reading, friends. Come on then – what are your goals for September? Leave a comment and let me know!


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Two shows will be opening on Friday 5 December at Eastside Projects:
- One-Day-Comic by Henrik Schrat (with special guests – a.a.s, Access Local, Asia Alfasi, Simon & Tom Bloor, Celine Condorelli, Hans Christian Dany, Shezad Dawood, Stefan Heidenreich, Karin Kihlberg & Reuben Henry, Plastique Fantastique and Olav Westphalen)
- Feature: Architecture by Shezad Dawood
There'll be talks by Shezad Dawood and Henrik Shrat at 5.30pm on the Friday, with both shows officially opening at 7pm.
After that the shows will run from 6 Dec 2008 to 31 Jan 2009 (closed 21 December – 7 January). Eastside Projects is open Thursday to Saturday, 12-5pm. There's more info on the shows here.
As an aside, I'm pretty sure One Day Comic was meant to be part of the New Generation Arts Festival back in June. Or maybe it's developed since then.


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The final day of the RC44 Valletta Cup brought sun, but the wind never filled in enough to allow the final races to be sailed, despite the 10 boat fleet venturing out on to the water. And so the final event of the year and the resulting RC44 Fleet Racing Championship have once again concluded with impossibly close results: With Saturday's positions standing, Chris Bake's Team Aqua has won the RC44 Valletta Cup by a point from Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. But with a two point advantage going into this final event, Team CEEREF claims the overall RC44 Fleet Racing Championship title for 2016 by a point from Team Aqua.
Being the longest-standing teams in the RC44 class, it is appropriate that Team Aqua and Team CEEREF should dominate the fleet racing in this 10th anniversary season for the Russell Coutts-inspired one designs. As Team Nika managed in 2015, so this year Team CEEREF scored the coveted 'double': Victory in the overall season championship as well as the World Championship, this year held in Sotogrande, Spain.
In fact this year's World Championship results proved critical to the outcome of the season for the two teams. In calculating the RC44 Fleet Racing Championship final results, each team is permitted one discard, but this excludes the World Championship, which must count. While Team CEEREF's could discard its worse result – a sixth place in Portsmouth, Team Aqua was unable to shed its sixth place at the Sotogrande World Championship. Had this been possible, they would have finished the 2016 Championship one point ahead of their Slovenian rivals.
In his first full season in the class, Alexander Novoselov's Katusha finished a creditable third in the RC44 Valletta Cup, but this still left the Russian team three points clear of the final step of the podium in the 2016 championship. This was taken by Torbjörn Törnqvist's Artemis Racing, winner of the RC44 Cascais Cup in September. On Wednesday the Swedish team also claimed the 2016 RC44 Match Racing Championship title.
Once again emphasising the high level of competition in the RC44 class, Team Aqua was the only campaign to win two events this season.
Just four points separated the fourth to seven placed boats at the final season's tally, demonstrating how close the racing was even in the mid-fleet and how vital it was to achieve a good result here in Malta.
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She also doesn't realize that canvas and canvass are homophones with very different meanings. Canvas is a heavy, coarse cloth; canvass (with an additional S) means to examine carefully or to conduct a poll or survey.


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S10 E17 Do You Know?
Cristina does a delicate operation where she's able to repair a car accident victim's heart, but the guy, Jason, is paralyzed. He'll never breathe on his own again. His wife, Elise, wants Cristina to ask her husband if he wants to be taken off the ventilator. The answer is yes. This experience leads to Cristina questioning the way she's living her life.
In one possible future, Jackson hurts his hand just as Cristina tells Owen that she wants to spend the rest of her life with him. She gives him a passionate kiss. They wake up on the floor of their unfurnished home. A short time later, they are picking out a dog. They name him Mrs. Rodriguez. Cristina actually likes the cute pooch because, well, the dog totally gets her.
Jackson is told he's barred from surgeries. The board says his hand needs more time to recover even though it's been two years since his accident. After Jackson storms out of the room, Owen announces to the board that he's been offered a plum job in Germany. Cristina doesn't want to go. This sets the stage for a major argument between them. The fact that Mrs. Rodriguez won't stop barking only adds to the tension.
Time passes. Cristina is pregnant. April calls them belly buddies because she's pregnant, too. Cristina assures her that they are most certainly NOT belly buddies. She has her baby. When Owen is out of earshot, she tells Meredith that she screwed up. Sleepless nights with a crying baby ensue. Time passes and Cristina freaks out when her now-older baby gets hurt at the park. She orders Shane to take over Phase 3 of her clinical trial.
Time passes. Cristina has a chat with Meredith at the former baby Bailey's 7th birthday bash. She's sporting a snazzy new hairdo. Oh, and she's pregnant again. Jackson is donning an odd goatee these days and he's still not able to operate because of his hand. Oh, and he's drinking from a flask. Time passes and Cristina honors the recipient of the Harper-Avery Award: Dr. Shane Ross. He thanks her for what she's meant to him. Then he thanks a patient he saved a dozen years ago. This has Cristina in tears in a nearby stairwell moments later.
In the present day, Cristina asks her patient, Jason, if he wants to be taken off the ventilator. This time the answer is no. This time, in another possible future, Cristina does not tell Owen he's the love of her life as Jackson hurts his hand. Instead, she tells him how great she feels about saving her patient's life. This leads to another casual round of lovemaking. Time passes. Owen wants more out of their relationship but Cristina assures him that can't happen. They break up only to fall back into their old pattern of just having sex.
Jason is still alive, but not happy. He agrees to a test that will allow him to walk with the help of a futuristic device. Jason has an accident. He's hurt, but Cristina declines to help with the case. He's not her patient anymore and she has important work to do with her trial. Owen is angry at Cristina for not comforting Jason's wife, Elise. He tries to do so and learns that she's always wanted a child. Owen totally understands. Elise kisses him. Owen doesn't pull away. He later tells Cristina that he needs more from her.
Meredith wonders why her person keeps doing this to herself. Cristina asks her person to stop her from going back to Owen, who is blowing up at colleagues and struggling with his job, which is not the Chief. That title belongs to Meredith. Owen is drinking heavily. He's intoxicated when he tells Cristina he loves her. He begs her to marry him. Time passes. Cristina dresses for a formal event, but her presenter is a late. Owen is busy at work at the hospital. He screws up and a patient suffers. The individual Cristina was waiting for finally shows. It's Shane. He's presenting her with the Harper-Avery award.
The hospital board votes to terminate Owen. As for Cristina, she gives a speech where she mentions how one moment can change your life forever. She talks about asking yourself if you want to live the way you are living. In the present, Cristina asks her patient, Jason, if he wants to be removed from the ventilator. The answer is yes.
This time Cristina doesn't approach Owen at all. This allows her a moment to warn Jackson to be careful with his hand while fixing a machine. The accident to his hand never happens. Cristina watches as Owen enters the elevator. She lets him go. Then she goes back to work.


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Have trouble remembering where you parked the car? A double shot espresso could help.
A new study in the journal Nature Neuroscience suggests that the same amount of caffeine you'd find in a grande latte can enhance long-term memory in humans.
"We report for the first time a specific effect of caffeine on reducing forgetting over 24 hours," Michael Yassa, a professor of brain science who recently moved his lab from Johns Hopkins University to UC Irvine, said in a statement.
To test how caffeine effects memory in the human brain, researchers at Yassa's lab at Johns Hopkins recruited 60 people who have a relatively low daily caffeine intake. Subjects were asked to look at 200 pictures of everyday objects like a chair, or a coffee mug on a screen and tell the researchers whether the object was an indoor item or outdoor item.
"It didn't matter what they said, we just wanted them to pay attention to the pictures," said Yassa.
Five minutes after the volunteers completed the task, half of them were given 200 milligrams of caffeine in the form of two small pills. The other half were given two placebo pills that looked exactly the same. The study was double blind, so neither the subjects nor the researchers knew who got the caffeine pills and who got the placebos.
The next day, the subjects were asked to look at another set of images and identify which pictures they had seen the day before, which pictures were new, and which pictures were similar, but a little different to the ones they had already seen. For example, maybe a coffee cup that was a different color, or a chair photographed from a different angle.
While both groups had the same success rate when it came to identifying pictures that were the same and pictures that were different, the volunteers who received the caffeine pills were better at remembering that a picture was similar, but a little different to one they had seen before.
"It is a much more detailed memory," said Yassa. "If all they remembered was 'coffee mug,' they would say the picture was the same. But they were remembering the exact coffee mug they saw."
Scientists call this type of memory -- when we can determine that something is similar but not exactly the same as something we've seen or done before -- "pattern separation memory." It is the type of memory we use at the end of a work day when we remember where we parked our car in the morning, rather than yesterday morning, or the morning before.
To see if more caffeine lead to better memory boosts, the researchers tried the trial again with 300 miligrams of caffeine. The results were about the same as with the 200 miligram dose, and some of the test subjects reported some uncomfortable side effects from the increased caffeine levels including nausea and jitters
Yassa said that there is no magic in taking caffeine five minutes after something that occurs that you need to remember. "Before or between or after or during, it would all work," he said. "The only thing I would say is don't drink caffeine to pull an all-nighter. Sleep is really good for memory, but if you are going to drink coffee to stay up you won't get the boost from either one."
The next step for Yassa and his team is to figure out why caffeine helps with pattern seperation memory. One potential explanation is that caffeine increases arousal levels, which can be associated with better memory.
"Other scientists have found that when animals are shocked or scared or stimulated in some way they have better memory," Yassa told the Los Angeles Times. "We know that with caffeine your heart rate can go up and there is jitteriness, and other symptoms of arousal too. Maybe these moderate doses of caffeine can boost our memory without these other side effects."
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Kickstarter and Indiegogo, two of the most popular donation-based crowdfunding sites in the country, give creative people the opportunity to fund their projects via online donations or pre-purchasing of products or experiences. Every few weeks, The Report on Small Business will provide a snapshot of the top 10 Canadian entrepreneurial crowdfunding campaigns of the moment. The figures are accurate as of Feb. 4, 2014.
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Goal: $100,000
Fund for Officer Vincent and Corporal Cirillo
This campaign is for the families of warrant officer Patrice Vincent and Corporal Nathan Cirillo. #Standonguardfund.com
Reached on Indiegogo (ended): $393,725
Goal: $100,000
Rockwell Razors
The Rockwell 6S is a razor that adjusts to any and every man. Customize your razor, stop buying cartridges, and reinvent your shave. Rockwell Razors is a Toronto-based company.
Reached on Kickstarter (ended): $147,891
Goal: $12,000
A fund for the Canadian victims of terrorism
This campaign is raising money for the families of the victims of terrorism in Canada, Patrice Vincent and Nathan Cirillo.
Reached on Indiegogo (ended): $103,760
Goal: $100,000
Impressions Playing Cards
Experience the touch and feel of the artwork on a deck of cards, produced using state of the art virko raised gloss effect technology. Make Playing Cards is a Vancouver-based company.
Reached on Kickstarter (ended): $81,591
Goal: $5,000
VSSL Outdoor Utility Tools
VSSL (pron. vessel) is a range of multi-functional tools with components that are critical for outdoor survival and zombie protection. Todd Weimer is the Vancouver-based entrepreneur behind this project.
Reached on Kickstarter (ended): $76,927
Goal: $25,000 goal
FuelWear: The first smart heated base layer
Stay warm this winter with the Flame Base Layer; the first intelligent heated base layer ever. The project was developed in partnership with U of T's Hatchery.
Reached on Indiegogo (ends Nov. 7): $74,830
Goal: $20,000
The Space Between feature film
Amy Jo Johnson's debut feature film about a proud new daddy who finds out his child is not his own.
Reached on Indiegogo: $73,530 (ends Nov. 23)
Goal: $75,000
Mia Melon - Weatherproof hoodies for the 21st century
The last hoodie you'll ever need. Combining technical performance with fashionable style. A weatherproof hoodie for everyone. Todd Listwin is the Vancouver-based entrepreneur behind this project.
Reached on Kickstarter (ended): $65,217
Goal: $40,000


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Seven years ago, Agent Melinda May was in talks with her then-husband, Andrew, about starting a family. However, she tells Coulson that she's staying in the field. Their current mission involves Eva Belyakov, who is believed to possess enhanced strength. S.H.I.E.L.D. wants this woman as an asset. If Belyakov doesn't comply, it'll be time to call in the cavalry.
In Bahrain, an attempt to reason with Belyakov goes south fast. One person is shot. Several agents and a young girl are kidnapped. A rescue effort ends with Coulson and May being left all alone. May convinces Coulson to send her in to save the day. This is a violation of a direct order. May gets advice from Andrew on how to approach the kidnapped girl. Then she springs into action. May takes down a couple bad guys, but soon realizes that everyone else is being controlled by Belyakov.
In the present day, May tells the S.H.I.E.L.D. team she's currently hanging with that she has no idea about the "Theta Protocol" Coulson has initiated. She wants to try to talk him in peacefully. She lets a surprised Simmons know that she's been working on Deathlok technology which is contrary to what Coulson had told her.
May wants to get to the truth. She knows Coulson doesn't go off the reservation unless there's a good reason. Evidence suggests that Coulson is building a base for super-powered people. He may also be recruiting Andrew to help on the psychological front. This has May ordering Simmons to open the toolbox
In Afterlife, Jaiying encourages Skye to embrace her powers to amplify the frequency of a nearby mountain. Moments later, snow drifts fall in the form of a harmless avalanche. Skye is amazed. She literally just moved a mountain. Skye's memories of foster care creep up after another exercise. She finds it hard to believe that what's happening to her now isn't going to end well. A tearful Jaiying lets Skye know that she won't be abandoned here. She reveals that she is, in fact, her mother.
Jaiying tells Skye of how people have died when the process for selection and training is ignored. She speaks of a woman who didn't trust her judgment. Her name was Eva Belyakov. Everything she did was for her daughter, Katia. This is the same little girl May desperately tried to save in Bahrain. Katia was too young. She went insane leaching off the emotions of others with one touch. May had no choice but to stop her in a lethal way.
This tragic incident serves as the main reason no one can know Jaiying and Skye's true relationship. Mother convinces daughter to join her father for one dinner. Cal is grateful for this. He tells Skye all about the day she was born. She's caught off guard by the realization that she's 26 years old.
Back in Bahrain, May was dubbed the cavalry after having taken out all the bad guys. She saved many agents that day, but was devastated by the one little girl she lost. This all served as the beginning of the end of her marriage and hopes of having children.
In the present day, Gordon tries to assure Raina that she's not a monster. Lincoln doesn't want her to give up on them just yet after hearing all about her recent dream. Raina eventually agrees to let Gordon guide her. As for Lincoln, he gazes in at Skye's dinner with her parents. The scene is identical to the one Raina described in her dream. Of course, now there's a chance that it wasn't a dream at all.
Fitz manages to open Fury's toolbox. He makes contact with Coulson and Hunter. He knows that he's being followed. A quick lesson on how to shake a tail is needed. Once Hunter sees that Fitz is hiding in a restroom equipped with an electric hand dryer, he knows just what to do. Coulson can't help but let out a slight smile.


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One of the top players in the country for 2019, Palm Beach Central's Akeem Dent, is no longer committed to Miami.
Dent, rated by 247Sports as the No. 1 cornerback in his class, shared that news in a tweet on Monday. He did not give a specific reason.
Dent, who has played at Royal Palm Beach and Pahokee in the past two years, transferred to Palm Beach Central after winning a state title with Pahokee as a sophomore. He committed to UM at Paradise Camp last July, saying he "wanted to be a part" of the "legends and the legacy" at the school.
"Being here and being a part of this makes me feel like I belong here," Dent told The Post at the time.
Miami now has two players committed for 2019: five-star linebacker Diamante Howard (Miami Southridge High) and unranked linebacker Jesiah Pierre (Mount Dora-Christian Home and Bible).
UM has the nation's top-ranked class for 2018, a group that includes five-star running back Lorenzo Lingard. Lingard had a message for Dent after he announced his decision:


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Based on my earlier research about drinking water in Serbia, media coverage and daily discussions on the quality of water in the country often have one common underlying issue: the types of water pipes and their effect on healthiness of potable water. Dealing with that topic, however, is burdened with numerous misconceptions and false information, as shown by my research of 10 years of media archives and politicians' statements on local and nation level. While most attention is paid to asbestos water pipes, and their alleged cancerogenicity, toxic lead pipes are underreported. After consulting World Health Organisation office in Belgrade, European Union Info Centre in Serbia, Serbian Institute for Public Health, and Republic Directorate for Waters, along with online data from international organisations and media, prevailing myths present in public discourse about asbestos water pipes are busted, while at the same time, attention has been raised on danger of lead pipes.
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Add former Buccaneers corner back Ronde Barber to the list of people who are in Tom Brady's corner. The future Hall-of-Famer, speaking on the Tiki and Tierney radio show, thinks Brady's suspension should be eradicated.
"What should happen, in my opinion, is this should all go away," Barber said. "In my personal opinion, this is a non-story that has turned into an offseason worth of press. If Tom Brady goes down for however many games his suspension is upheld, every other quarterback in the league needs to take the same suspension. I know for a fact that other teams manipulate footballs.
"Now, we can get into the science of this and whether the results were false or whether they made a mistake in the readings or (whether) they made (this) up . . . just to satisfy convicting Tom Brady," Barber continued. "But to me, this is a non-story. So when they go into his appeal, I'm sure they're going to come (out) throwing everything at Goodell. And Goodell, if he's smart, he makes this go away – because Bob Kraft and the New England Patriots completely laid on the sword of Tom Brady, I think. They're giving up a draft pick (and $1 million) without being proven guilty. . . . To me, this should go away."
At this point, it almost seems like it's no secret that other teams manipulate footballs. It'd be nice if more people felt the way he did, but sadly not everyone is as rational and logical as the rest of us.
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Kala azar or black fever (visceral leishmaniasis) is a tropical, parasitic disease caused by the bite of the sandfly. It is almost always fatal if left untreated. Below is the firsthand account of a doctor who is part of the kala azar ward run by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Sadar District Hospital, Vaishali in Bihar.
In the past four years, Dr Deepak Kumar has been through both – days of disappointment and triumph – in the daily battle against kala azar. The experiences of some patients are therefore etched in his mind.
One such is of a 50-year-old man who had HIV, uncontrolled diabetes and fell ill with kala azar six times, leading to a complicated situation that endangered his life.
"We questioned ourselves on why there was multiple relapse in him. Both kala azar and HIV lower immunity. But we found out that his diabetes was the problem," says Kumar. The respite that this realisation gave to the medical team was, however, shortlived as a pressing concern loomed – how do you monitor the patient's condition, much less restrain it in a rural setting?
The team set its target in tackling parameters including fasting, blood sugar and his CD4 count (through which the strength of a person's immune system can be gauged).
"Now, with vigorous monitoring, we have almost controlled his diabetes. He's feeling better," says Kumar.
MSF and kala azar
A kala azar patient can be swamped by weakness, troubled by persistent fever, lose appetite and have an enlarged liver and spleen. While it is curable, kala azar still snatches away many lives due to reasons which include insufficient awareness and late treatment. It is endemic in 76 countries with Bihar having one of the highest incidences of the disease in the world.
Apart from the ward, MSF staff in Bihar have been taking care of patients with kala azar, and who have co-infections like HIV or added illnesses, at five Primary Health Centres. Suspected or complicated kala azar cases are referred to the hospital by them and by private doctors at times. The ward receives patients from outside the state as well.
Kala azar is the second biggest parasitic killer after malaria in the world and for Kumar, every life saved gives him the motivation to go on.
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I always love how my parents try to interact with the world of social media that I am so interested in and now (as of Monday) work full time in. Every conversation with my dad or mum involves them telling me about the latest article that they've just read on social media – and emails come in with links all the time. Mum is also immensely proud that she introduced me to Twitter back in 2008.
It's brilliant. While we (I'm led to believe that others in my team have had the same thing happen with their families) might get frustrated sometimes – yes mum, I do know about Tumbr, I don't need to read that article – it's their attempt to interact with and understand a media that is changing and moving so much faster than anything they had while they were growing up that is so fantastic. My dad was born in 1938 in the UK, at the start of World War Two. He remembers air raids and being sent to live in the country. He had to serve two years in the army (not during any major war) because there was still mandatory conscription. Yet he loves the idea of social media, he understands why I have a passion for it and can see the possibilities in communication that it is opening up. And sometimes they will bring to my attention things about the area that are really interesting and inspiring.
I went home for a few days last week, and when dad picked me up from the airport, one of the main things he talked about in the car on the way back down the coast was this lecture that he'd seen from the Guardian's editor Alan Rusbridger (@arusbridger). A few days later I had the chance to watch the video on iView with dad, and I could see immediately what had grabbed his interest.
Alan was speaking at the 2010 Andrew Olle Media Lecture hosted by the ABC. As editor of the Guardian in the UK he has watched as the media landscape has changed with incredible speed over the last few years. From the point of view of a journalist, the insights he shared during the lecture were invaluable to anyone in the media industry, whether it be public relations, advertising, marketing or journalists themselves.
"Facebook? It's where teenagers post all the stuff which will make them unemployable later in life.
[But]…if that's all we see when we look at [Facebook] then we're missing the picture."
He finished up his lecture with fifteen reasons why (and how) Twitter is so important. These points are really relevant to social media in general:
- Highly effective form of distribution – spreading ideas, information and content efficiently, far and fast.
- Where things happen first – increasingly news happens first on Twitter because of the millions of human monitors that will pick up anything and everything – and sometimes that anything is very important. A few recent examples are the spread of the news of the A380 engine issue (where misinformation actually spread faster than the correct information could) and the Brazilian teenager who broadcast live on his Twitter account (@vozdacomunidade) a drug crackdown in his favela in Rio de Janeiro.
- Rivals Google as a search engine – harnessing the power of mass human intelligence to find information that is new, valuable, relevant or entertaining.
- Formidable aggregation tool – a personalised news feed from people you admire or respect. You can sit back and let others find the most relevant or interesting things. Very hard for a news organisation to offer the same level of personalisation.
- Great reporting tool – I often now see my friends from university who are working as journalists using Facebook or Twitter to source quotes or information for a story – as Alan Rusbridger said, it's the "…so-called wisdom of crowds… the 'they know more than we do' theory."
- A marketing tool – another platform to spread the word about your latest blog (it is probably even be how you arrived on this very post) – or in marketing speak, driving traffic and engagement.
- A series of common conversations and an instant reaction – not only can people read what you've written, they can respond, agreeing or disagreeing. "It's not transmission, it's communication. It's the ability to share and discuss with scores, or hundreds, or thousands of people in real time. Twitter can be fragmented. It can be the opposite of fragmentation. It's a parallel universe of common conversations."
- It is diverse – allowing anyone and everyone to have a voice, rather than the traditional media template of one voice speaking to many.
- Changes the tone of writing – there is more humour, more engagement, more entertainment, more personality in Twitter because it involves listening as well as talking.
- A level playing field – while someone who is recognised by 'name' may initially attract a few followers, they communication has to be interesting. Twitter rewards people who can say things crisply and entertainingly, and ignores those that can't.
- Promotes different news values – what journalists consider to be newsworthy and what the general public does can often be different – and when you have tens of thousands of people expressing those views, it is increasingly having a ripple effect back into the newsroom.
- Has long attention span – while not something usually associated with Twitter, the attention span of Twitterers might put the newspapers to shame if you look at the conversation happening around a keyword or issue.
- It creates communities – around issues, people, events, cultures, ideas, subjects – the list goes on. And whether these are short or long lived, these communities are there and recognisable.
- Authority is shifted – not removed per say, but changed. As well as responding to those that are 'names' in the Twittersphere (be it journalists, celebrities or politicians), people respond to others like them. A 32 year old mother is very likely to be drawn to other mothers who talk and have similar experiences to her.
- As an agent of change – "As this ability of people to combine around issues and to articulate them grows, so it will have increasing effect on people in authority. Companies are already learning to respect, even fear, the power of collaborative media. Increasingly, social media will challenge conventional politics and, for instance, the laws relating to expression and speech."
It's that last point that I think brilliantly summarises up the rest for me. Collaborative or open media is changing the way that everyone, including businesses, politics and journalism, operates. It's not just Twitter. That could be dead in a years time – who knows. But it's the implications of these new mediums on everyone one of our lives that is so revolutionary. And scary. And exciting. And daunting. And inspiring.
I can see why my dad, who embodies everything that you'd imagine of the traditionalist generation, is convinced that social media is changing the world. I'll say it again – it's brilliant.
The full transcript of the lecture can be found here, it can be podcasted or the video downloaded from the Big Ideas website.


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It's Just So …, by Brenda Faatz and Peter Trimarco | Book Giveaway
Enter to win an autographed copy of It's Just So, written by Brenda Faatz and Peter Trimarco. The grand prize winner will also receive a signed and framed original line drawing from the making of the book. Giveaway begins July 28, 2016, at 12:01 A.M. PST


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This is a question somebody asked on the RadioDJ forums earlier today.
"Please could all of you give me some good ideas on cheap microphones I can use with radio DJ that will link into the soundcard of my tower"
We're guessing this guy wants to just be able to plug a cheap microphone straight into his computer and have the audio from that go through RadioDJ
I posted awhile back about people wanting a Microphone input in RadioDJ to bypass the need for a mixer.
Some people seem to think the Input button in RadioDJ is for a microphone. That's not what the input button in RadioDJ is for…
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Seeds have been the staple of the human diet for millions of years. Humans and other animals who can gather and store their food have an advantage over those who can only graze. Our ancestors found that the easiest, most abundant foods to gather, carry and store are seeds.
Seeds come in many sizes and shapes, but they share the same basic design: a tiny germ, or baby plant; an energy supply of carbohydrates or fat to fuel the first stages of growth; and a protective outer skin, husk or shell. Everything necessary to start a new life is packaged in each seed, so for humans and other animals, seeds are nutritional powerhouses. They have the vitamins, minerals, protein and essential fatty acids we need, as well as fiber to provide bulk and calories to give us energy.
Grains, beans and nuts have nourished the human race throughout our evolution. Only in our recent history have we adopted the unfortunate practice of stripping seeds of most of their nutritional value and consuming only the energy sources (the starch and the fat). North Americans eat huge amounts of refined flours and vegetable oils. A diet that includes lots of refined grains and extracted oils is likely to be deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and fiber.
Eat lots of seeds the way nature provides them: whole grains, such as wheat, barley, corn, rye and oats; legumes, such as beans, peas and lentils; and other seeds and nuts -- preferably whole and prepared by you so you know nothing has been removed. Some seeds, such as flaxseeds, are particularly rich sources of omega-3's, but you don't need to seek them out. An unhealthy diet sprinkled with a tablespoon of flaxseeds is still an unhealthy diet. If you eat lots of different whole seeds and make them the staple of your diet, you will get plenty of omega-3's, vitamins and minerals.
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There are so many remarkable animal groups around the country, and the people who have the passion and heart to run them are truly my heroes!
I am so excited to share the new look of our blog page with you!
The challenge, if we chose to accept it, was to blog for 30 days… 30 consecutive days! I chose to accept that challenge.
Do you ever have those periods of time where you just seem to have lost your ability to be upbeat?
I love the song, "If I Could Write A Letter To Me", by Brad Paisley. The song is about what you would say to your younger self if you had the chance.
For most of my adult life I have had some wonderful cats, and boy have I learned, and continue to learn, some great life lessons from them.
We have dipped our toe into social media and are looking at expanding our knowledge on how to navigate the waters.
Lately I have been going through some things that have me looking for inspiration.
I found out how to make our own milk and cream sauce from nuts!
It is really amazing how some simple words can really give you strength.
Do you ever feel like the universe (or something bigger than you) is subtly trying to nudge you in the right direction?
On this 4th of July holiday, we are thinking of pet safety, not only on this day, but all summer long.
We stopped at one of our favorite fruit stands and took a sample of one of the most delicious peaches we had even eaten.
Back in February, I wrote a blog post about some pretty incredible experiences I had in my previous life before starting my own hand poured soy candle business.
Do you love doing crossword puzzles and other brain stimulating games?
As you may know, I made the decision to become vegan not too long ago and I also made the commitment to cook more at home.
Sometimes inspiration comes in strange places. Mine came recently from a sweet, determined little bird.
Yesterday, the founder of Indie Business Network posted a question to those of us who are still blogging as a part of the challenge, "share one reason why you are still hanging in there".
I found a great and easy recipe I'd like to share with you. We have been having some hot summer days and I was looking for a cool snack that fit in with my new clean eating, vegan ways!
Why buy handmade? For starters, when you support small businesses that make their items by hand, you are supporting a community of people who love what they do, who give back, and who want to connect with you.
The year is almost half over… wait a minute, what!? It's hard to believe, isn't it?
I was talking to someone the other day about my candle business and the question came up "what is it like to run your own business, what do you like best about it?"
An important component to our business, as you may already know, is the charity aspect. Each month, we will highlight an animal charity that we have donated to...
Ah, summertime has arrived! We have some amazing scents that will delight your senses, and may just bring you back to a place where you have wonderful memories.
A little over a month ago, I made the decision to become Vegan. I took control of my professional life, starting my own business for crying out loud; I could take control of my own body!
A couple of weeks ago as I was getting ready to head out the door for a local craft show, I was a little antsy, wondering if I had dotted all the "i's" and crossed all the "t's".
Today I met an extraordinary young man, his family and the band that featured him in a music video about bullying. I have followed his story on FB for over a year now and I wanted to meet him in person.
When we started our company, we knew that we wanted to be mindful of how our products would affect the planet.
So you just got a nice soy candle as a gift (Shen & Sam Co….hint hint). It is going to replace that candle that never lived up to its full potential.
One of the most frequently asked questions we get about our business is what is the significance of the name of the company, Shen & Sam Co.
I participated in a few more shows that again were great learning experiences, but I still didn't feel like I had hit my stride yet. Until… I found Patchwork Shows!
I am embarking on a formal 30 Day Blog Challenge within the group that quite frankly terrifies me a bit! The challenge is to write a blog post once a day. Yes, you read that right, a post a DAY, 30 consecutive days!
We participated in a fundraiser for one of our favorite animal charities where we donated some candles.
One of the most wonderful things about scented candles is their ability conjure up memories for us.
I am learning a lot from a group I belong to called Indie Business Network and am loving being a part of it. An unexpected surprise was that I found my new favorite skincare product.
As I was renewing my business license, it was unbelievable that it had been a year since I had applied for the original one.
A part of our business model is donating a portion of the sale of every candle to animal charities. I would like to spotlight the wonderful group that has been a big inspiration to us and is responsible for rescuing our kitties and allowing us to give them forever homes.
While working at The Beverly Hilton hotel many years ago, I had some pretty amazing experiences. I thought it might be fun to share some of them with you.
Are you an amateur photographer trying to take professional looking product pictures?
Meeting the Vice President of the United States is an amazing experience in itself, but when a Secret Service Agent is narrating the arrival, it becomes extraordinary!
I had the privilege of being invited to "share" a booth at the February show, which is billed as "A Vintage Marketplace with Valentine Gifts & Decor".
When we started our candle business we knew that we wanted to "give back" in some way. We are huge animal lovers so it was a natural fit to choose animal charities as our partners.
Candles can be made with different types of wax, have you ever wondered why we use soy wax instead of other types?
I recently completed my first big craft fair and it was a great experience in so many ways.
I was reading a couple of stories online about people choosing a "word of the year" to help keep them focused on their goals, to use as a personal mantra of sorts.
I had an extraordinary experience last night. It is a perfect example of never giving up and always believing in your dreams.
Every now and then you have an experience that helps you remember what it feels like to be so confident in your ideas, even if they sound a bit crazy!
We are huge animal lovers so it was a natural fit to choose animal charities as our partners.
We are so excited! We are in the final stages of preparing to launch our company!


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We at Altac Interactive Inc. want to revolutionize the construction industry. We understand this is a huge undertaking, which is why we've focused on creating a product that is progressive, rugged and easy to use. The Digital Communication Table (DCT) uses cutting-edge interactive touch screen technology to streamline your communications, procedures and policies, thereby increasing efficiencies in time and cost while cutting back on and even eliminating paper waste. The DCT applies familiar computer technology coupled with the industry's need for durability, quality, and easy manipulation and sending of digital files.
These days, it seems everyone is wired in and looking for green options to run their businesses more efficiently. It's crazy to think how much time and paper is wasted in the construction industry alone. Simple drawing files which are initially created and drawn digitally are often printed and scanned over and over again. Our goal is to change the mind frame of hitting PRINT, and encourage people to instead send files digitally, mark them up on their computers, then send them directly to the DCT to use on site.
We strive to reduce and even eliminate paper use by providing a file sharing, communication and alteration tool that is practical and easy to use. The DCT offers the construction industry the rugged, progressive, interactive tool necessary to change work habits that are redundant and wasteful.
The most challenging part of introducing the new technology to your job site is changing habits of the past. By replacing them with an easy to use, more efficient tool, the DCT allows you to introduce the technology with confidence and ease.
The DCT's uses for the construction industry and job sites are virtually endless. Not only that, we continually look for suggestions or modifications to further upgrade our products usefulness, so we can help your business even more.
Has owned and operated Altac Services Inc. for over 10 years and is a third generation plumber. His experience in both the field and office has driven his desire to fill the void of inefficiency between on site and office communications by creating the DCT.
Is one of the best in his field and has designed over 150 Reverse Osmosis water systems in Western Canada. A skilled tradesman, John has over 25 tickets in his field of expertise.
Steve Morgan has been in the plumbing industry for 35 years in various capacities. Currently, he is working at Altac Services Inc. as the Operations and IT Manager. He has always been interested in technology and its progress and the use of technology to drive the industry to a higher efficiency.


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May 6, 2016
S&P JUNE FUTURES (SPm6)
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2036, 2026-8, 2007-9 Support
2064-5, 2084-6, 2097, 2105-6 Resistance
S&P Futures: Short SPM6- No change-(Stop lowered to 2067) Target 2026, with outside chance of 2007 into early next week, but skeptical that 2000 is broken, and various cycles indicate an above-average chance to buy dips should be right around the corner. For now, the near-term trend remains bearish, and additional weakness looks likely.
EuroSTOXX 50- EuroSTOXX looks to be within 2-3 days of finding a low, but for now the trend is down, and additional weakness looks likely to 2883-5, with 2860 being max downside on this pullback.
Hang Seng China Enterprise index- Bearish- Similar to SX5E, the trend is lower but looks very close to finding support,which should arise just above early April lows with 8500-8550 being an ideal zone to think this bottoms. Following a low on Friday into Monday of next week, a long bias makes sense, cutting shorts and assuming long positions forarise back over 9000.
Attractive Technical Risk/reward Longs
Bullish, but extended- Buy Pullbacks- VMC, FIS, MBT, AEM,TRXC, EBF, DG, CHD, OC, PM, MCD, SONC, POOL
Attractive Technical Risk/reward Shorts: AAP, DDD, TSLA, VSLR, BBBY, MAT, GT, RHI, ANF, GPS, HTZ, CF, SPLS,, AWI, WDAY, CIEN, QLIK, LC, SQ, DF, ADS,MNK, P, RL, CROX, FOSL, HOG, MYL
Bearish but extended- Sell Rallies- EFOI, KONA, CSIQ, FSLR, FIT
Equities sold off to near support, but remain just above, but technically i expect trading lows to appear between Friday and next Tuesday before a counter-trend rally gets underway.
The combination of near-term oversold conditions on intra-day charts, combined with counter-trend signals of downside exhaustion, along with short-term cycles all suggest that this pullback has nearly run its course. Breadth has begun to wane on the downside on this selloff, and both Healthcare and Technology look well positioned to bottom out in the next 2-3 days, which should provide a meaningful tailwind to Equities after this recent drawdown. Sentiment, as has been mentioned, remains subdued, and AAII data from 5/5/16 showed Bears with an 8 point lead over Bulls with 30 vs 22 percent. Given that equities remain just 3% off highs and most remain deeply pessimistic and/or uncertain about the economy, China and the upcoming Election, it seems logical that this minor pullback within the bull trend from mid-February should give way to a move back to new highs. For now though, the trend from mid-April is Bearish, but nearing support as part of a bull trend, and the next 3-5 days should be key in seeing how this is resolved.
In Treasury land, both US 10-Year Treasuries and German Bund yields showed signs of following the recent downturn in equities, and finished the day near the lows, with 10year yields all the way down to near 1.75 which was thought to be important, while bund yields plummeted down to 16 bps, and are in range of testing prior lows, which would arise in the days ahead before bottoming. If this equity rally is to begin next week, than much further selling in Bund and TY yields is unlikely past early next week, so the patterns in place in both could allow for some stabilization into early next week before a rally (In Yield terms)
The US Dollar rose for a 3rd straight session, but remains in a bearish downtrend, and for the first time in the last few weeks we saw commodity strength coinciding with the USD rise, as both Crude oil and Precious metals finished higher on the day, despite a strong Dollar. Overall, its tough to get too bullish on the Dollar after just a few days of gains, nor get too bearish on commodities just yet without sufficient proof. From a technical perspective, the base case scenario is for a stalling out in the US Dollar and pullback to challenge recent lows, which at that time, could provide some additional signs of basing which would lead to a more meaningful upturn. Gold, Silver, Copper, Crude oil should all lift into late next week before any high is in place for commodities, and i suspect a test and brief move above former highs can happen into late next week before a stalling out near 5/13. To reiterate what was mentioned in prior reports, the case for selling Silver is strong in mid-May into late June which has been lower the last 29 of 43 years,for a 69% success ratio. Given factors such as overbought conditions and rampant speculation now in the metals (NON-Commercial CFTC data shows Metals and Oil with significant long positions in the "Specs") technically it is likely that we witness a stalling out and turn back to the downside. For now, selling the metals looks premature and additional gains back to the highs looks likely first.
Charts and comments below.
S&P managed to close out right near its lows, and daily charts show momentum to be down and not oversold, with prices still above key support. The odds favor a final washout to this decline before any bottom can happen and i suspect this happens into early next week before any meaningful bounce, but at this point, shorts should be kept on a tight leash given the presence of counter-trend indications of exhaustion, not only in US indices, but Europe and Asia as well. This indicates at least a pause in the decline, which i feel happens in the upcoming days.
Europe has been showing even greater weakness in the last week, month and 3-month period than the US and its equity indices are now down to key make-or break support in the short run after the selloff in the STOXX 50 index back down to trendline support. Some type of tradable low is expected into next week with April lows at 2860 not likely to be violated on this first go-around technically before bouncing. ETF's such as FEZ are liquid ways to play this index which might be given further review.
Ten-Year Treasury yields have moved in a very similar pattern to equities and are much more positively correlated to Stocks than Crude oil, which has dropped down to nearly 0 correlation since the April 20 high in the S&P. Yields have backed down following a similar move in Bund yields, and should find strong support near April lows in the next 2-3 days that produces a bounce after the recent selling in yields since mid-April. Overall, given that yields and various US, European,and Asian equities all seem to be at or near trendline support and within striking distance of April lows in a less than sanguine environment, a low seems to be right around the corner, for both equities and Treasury yields.
AAII sentiment which came out this week now shows Bears to be 8 percentage points over Bulls in the American Association of Individual Investors polling, which despite being just one source, has predictably shown very pessimistic readings near market lows and uber-optimism near highs. The latest rise shows Bears-bulls at 8 which reached highs near 30 at mid-February of this year and in 2013, while being very complacent at a -40 in mid-2014, right when Small Caps peaked and the commodity decline began to start in earnest. Currently, a sharp uptick in Bearish sentiment doesn't seem to warrant a defensive stance given that indices are within 3% of all-time highs.
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