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So about 3 months ago, I came to the Bill Clevlen and asked if I could start doing a segment on our weekly trivia show that covered Comic Books, TV Shows, Movies and video games. Being the supportive fellow that he is, Bill said: "Really?" Fortunately, my enthusiasm wore him down and then it was time to come up with a clever name for the segment. "Geek Chix", "Haute Geek", "My Big, Fat Geek Segment" and several others were bandied about before I finally settled on "It's All Geek To Me."
After the first 4 segments, I had the urge to grow it a little. Let's face it; there are times when describing a picture or a video over the airwaves just becomes a little too problematic. And so a Facebook page and a Twitter account were both created so that I could talk about things as they were happening instead of waiting to do a weekend recap of the past 7 days events. Now I could direct people to go to my Facebook page and see the video or the picture about which I was speaking. I was even able to take interviews that I had done with Lou Ferrigno and Burt Ward and post them up on the website along with previous installments of the show in case people wanted to listen again or if they had missed hearing it the first time.
Like anything internet related, this snowballed even further. Now there is an Instagram account and, as of today, this blog! Ta-da!! And here's where the adventure begins. I could say more, but brevity is the soul of wit. Not that this was witty, but it was pretty brief! Hey, you can't hit the bullseye every time. But there will be much, much more to come. I promise. 🙂


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The HIV Blind Spot: Men and HIV Testing, Treatment and Care in Sub?Saharan Africa
DateJanuary 20
Shand, Tim
Thomson?de Boor, Hayley
van den Berg, Wessel
Peacock, Dean
Pascoe, Laura
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Evidence shows that men are significantly underrepresented in HIV and AIDS testing and treatment services – both in sub?Saharan Africa and globally. HIV policies within sub?Saharan Africa also have insufficient focus on ensuring national HIV responses encourage men to test, access anti?retroviral treatment and support the disproportionate burden of HIV care on women. Addressing these challenges is important for everyone's sake and must be approached within a context of addressing power differentials between men and women at all levels. This includes challenging the broader patriarchal power structures in which gender plays out, such as the assumption that care work is 'women's work' and therefore less valued, and the rigidity of gender norms that encourage men to participate in risk?taking behaviours that put their life and the life of those around them in jeopardy.
CitationShand, T., Thomson?de Boor, H., van den Berg, W., Peacock, D. and Pascoe, L. (2014) The HIV Blind Spot: Men and HIV Testing, Treatment and Care in Sub?Saharan Africa. IDS Bulletin 45(1): 53-60
Is part of seriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 45 Nos. 1
Rights holder© 2013 The Author. IDS Bulletin © 2013 Institute of Development Studies
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Recently I was happy to help out a dear friend online who was suffering emotionally. She has been there for me but hasn't always allowed me to be there for her. So it blessed my heart to return the kindness.
Thankfully I was indeed able to help her. I was aware that she had become very religious over the last six months or so. She's been a Christian ever since I've known her but now she has become even more so as of late and very outspoken about it.
The irony is that when I was that way she knew it was wrong but now that she is that way she justifies it and can not see the similarities. Even still, I've told her how I felt about but what she does is her business and her life.
As a "non-Christian" I have often found myself helping Christians cope with difficult situations. After all I know the scriptures quite well and know how to help direct them to passages in the Bible that speak to their needs. But, more recently I've left the Bible out and used what I have already inside me from my own experiences and studies to help them and done so successfully.
While helping my dear friend out I had this notion that it would be so nice if she could understand that the help I gave her was from deep inside me. Not some outside source like a god or Jesus, etc. I do know better so that notion was fleeting. It's just that I would love for people like her to see how amazing they are with out needing to give credit to an outside source for what actually came from within them.
When I was in the shoes she is in now there was no way I wouldn't find a way to give God ALL the glory for whatever good happened no matter where it really came from. I was well trained in how to twist any and all circumstances in order to give praise, thankfulness and glory to the Lord Jesus Christ. Of course I didn't see it as twisting, or manipulating, but I saw it as the right thing to do and I meant what I twisted with all my ignorant heart, (more like mind).
I was so trained not to be proud, and brag, but to be humble, and not to accept any credit but to give all the credit to God. So now that I've come out of all that I have to make a point not only to accept but to actually take the glory that I suffered, sweated and worked for.
I've learned a lot over the last six years. I've read, studied, researched and re-researched. I've washed my brainwashed mind, I've un-programed my programed brain. I've striped and reset myself. I did it! And often it was difficult and sometimes painful. But, I did it anyway. I've worked to darn hard to just throw my glory away and lie by saying it belonged to another. No, this is me. I did this!
The concept of God held me back. Though I believed one could only be free in Jesus, the concept of Jesus had me in bondage. Becoming a Pagan loosened the shackles and being an Atheist has freed me from them. Now, I live my life. Now, I am free to learn without fear.
Some folks may find this shocking but as an atheist I actually still have a conscious. In real life psychopaths can be spotted in a brain scan. There's an area of the brain that is inactive in a psychopaths brain. When a psychopath becomes a Christian they don't suddenly have that area activated and when one goes from being a Christian to an atheist it doesn't deactivate. It's a real human thing, not a religious thing. Actually, many psychopaths prefer to be religious then to be atheist. As as atheist they aren't as likely to get positions of power.
Okay, okay, you may be saying, "well their not real Christians." But who really is? "If you call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ though shalt be saved…." you may say. Sure, that works for some people. But some will still condemn you. You gotta be baptized in water, submerged, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. No! Wait! Make that in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, you did it wrong, start all over. The trinity is three in one, wait, no, that is three gods, there is only Jesus. This church is "alive", that one is "dead"…
And so on and on and on….
The way to be "saved" is interpreted so many different ways and then there's the argument over which church is oldest and which translation is correct and more so on's. Oh, but pardon me, yes yes, I know, yours is right and everyone else is wrong. How could I forget that!
Man! Am I ever glad to be out of that mess! Talk about Freedom!
Stripping away the need for religion isn't an easy task. It doesn't happen over night. We have a need as humans to understand things. In the past we didn't know what we know today so we came up with ideas and people bought (often literally) into them. Those ideas often became religion. Every time we had a scientific breakthrough people fought it not matter how obvious the evidence was. People have a certain way of thinking and they don't like it tampered with. So much so they have been known in many cases to kill the people they felt were challenging their beliefs. Some how science has marched on regardless. It may have been slowed down here and there, but truth has a way of breaking through.
It somehow broke through for me. It wasn't divine, it was psychological. Enough things added up, a major event occurred along with several others at the same time and my mind did what I call "woke up". My cognitive dissonance bubbles burst. It was mentally life shattering. I ended up moving far from everyone I knew just so I could rebuild myself. I felt, and still believe, that if I lived near anyone I knew before (I'm talking about adults) they would try to help rebuild me and I wasn't going to have that. Some of them would have done so with the best possible intentions, but I still couldn't have that. I wanted to be the only one to rebuild me.
It wasn't till much later, rather recently actually, that I came to the understanding that people are who they are because of who they spent most their time with growing up. In most cases in the US people are shaped by their peers at school. So really, I had the right idea that if I wanted to remake myself I had to get far far away from my then peers.
So, here I am now, me, authentically me. All my positive, all my negative, all the that I've done right, all my mistakes, it's all me. Sure I've been influenced by speakers and writers and such, but I've learned to research and to take things lightly 'til proven. To be ready to see my mistakes and fix them without damaging my pride. I'm fully aware I don't know a lot of stuff and thank goodness for that. If I did how boring life would become. I love learning new things!
When I help someone, it's me that is helping them. And I'm happy to take the glory for what I've accomplished!
Here's a quirky quick clip about a psychopaths brain. It doesn't actually have much info but it does have enough that you can get the idea and do your own research. The first time i heard of Dr. James Fallon was on the show called Through the Worm Hole, btw.
I wrote this article the other day and was surprised to see a post a friend shared on their faceBook wall today about another article that relates. It's worth a read.
The pictures are from Google images except for the clouds which I took.


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Thanks for your interest in Constant Contact User Permissions!
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But in the meantime…
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In this day as well as age, the means your service operates online could make or break you.
Just how do most companies currently have a presence online?
The truth of the matter is, nonetheless, that sites have dramatically advanced over the previous years – and also the approaches of old are no longer useful for modern business.
Back in the day, it would certainly be enough to have a simple web site with a home page, services, prices, regarding us, as well as speak to pages.
A possible client would most likely to your website, scroll around, go to the various web pages and also consume material as they please.
Nonetheless, if you are an organisation investing any kind of loan on marketing, you want to regulate exactly what consumers are learning about on your site, present deals at the right time, and take full advantage of the earnings you make from each person.
Exactly how does one achieve this?
Utilizing sales funnels.
Enter ClickFunnels
ClickFunnels is the simplest way to make high transforming sales and also advertising funnels.
It is an one-of-a-kind tool developed particularly to turn potential clients into customers.
It actually is an all-in-one option to create sales funnels and also includes landing pages, e-mail combination, billing, webinars, subscription sites, and so a lot more. Not surprising that it has rapidly end up being a preferred device for online marketers.
Below is my detailed ClickFunnels Testimonial, including favorite functions, pricing, pros/cons, and contrasts versus rivals.
Constant Contact User Permissions: However First, What Exactly Is a Sales Channel?
Sales funnels (additionally called advertising and marketing funnels) are multi-step projects that are designed to relocate possible leads via your sales procedure, as well as turn them right into purchasers.
Picture a real-life funnel. At the top, you put liquid in, which narrows down towards one taken care of location.
In sales, a comparable event takes place. At the top, visitors reach your website, but not all who enter make it from the other end as customers.
Numerous points have to happen from the time a site visitor enters your funnel, to the time they act and also successfully complete an acquisition.
By breaking down the client's journey into smaller sized actions, you can be much more exact regarding exactly how when you present an offer to your audience.
The thorough steps in a funnel could look something like this:
- Unqualified lead comes to landing page
- Web page connects the very first offer (something totally free to accumulate an email).
- Once email is collected, primary deal is pitched.
- Lead becomes a paying customer.
- More e-mail communication delivering customer worth.
- Further connection structure
- Persisting sales.
ClickFunnels also has a visuals that clarifies this in a straightforward method:.
Exactly what is ClickFunnels?
As mentioned previously, ClickFunnels is the very best sales funnel software program around today.
The firm makes the strong claim of offering you everything you should market, sell, as well as supply your products online – as well as they certainly deliver.
A common channel will certainly make use of an opt-in page (to collect e-mail addresses), an email vehicle -responder (to send out emails to your clients), plus an additional sales web page with some material and an order type, perhaps adhered to by additional content, a subscription website, and so on
. Formerly, you would need to make use of different systems and also devices to complete all these jobs such as:
- Create a site
- Discover Hosting
- Locate an autoresponder solution
- Discover subscription website software program
- Find split-testing software program … and so on
However ClickFunnels deals with whatever with their system. You not only conserve a ton of cash by not having to acquire different products/services, however you additionally stay clear of the technological mess of having to establish every little thing up, and also could focus on exactly what's truly essential – expanding your service.
ClickFunnels provides a Cost-free 14-Day Trial, so you reach check out the tool and truly see if it's right for your business.
Preferred Functions
* Rapidly Create Pages Making Use Of Templates and Aspects *.
Before obtaining too far, it is very important to comprehend that a funnel is a collection of web pages put together in a critical order, with the objective of transforming as several prospects into clients. And also a web page is merely a collection of numerous components designed to obtain somebody to take a certain activity.
ClickFunnels offers even more than 50 different elements to help you build the ideal page. The editor is incredibly very easy to utilize as well as all you have to do is drag and also go down various elements on the web page, and upgrade the message and also look to fit your demands – no coding skills needed!
ClickFunnels additionally makes your life less complicated by giving you with a ton of free themes.
In fact, ClickFunnels gives over 37 sorts of pages for you to mix and match with. These are broken down into the adhering to 10 categories:
- Presell Pages: Survey Page, Write-up Web Page, Presell Page, Clickpop Web Page
- Optin Pages: Squeeze Web Page, Reverse Capture Web Page, Lead Magnet, Discount Coupon
- Thanks Pages: Thanks Web Page, Offer Wall Surface, Bridge Web Page, Share Page
- Sales Pages: Video Clip Sales Web Page, Sales Letter Web Page, Product Release Page
- OTO Pages: Upsell Web Page, Downsell Page
- Order Forms: 2 Action Order Web Page, Conventional Order Page, Video Clip Sales Letter Order Web Page, Sales Letter Order Web Page, Item Release Order Page
- Webinar Pages: Webinar Enrollment Web Page, Webinar Verification Page, Webinar Broadcast Space, Webinar Replay Room
- Subscription Pages: Access Page, Participant's Location
- Associate Pages: Access Web Page, Associate Location
- Various Other Pages: Application Page, Ask Web Page, Shop Front, Web Page, Hero Page, Hangout Page, Live Demonstration Web Page
The pre-built templates are fully personalized, as well as are exactly what most customers use.
You have the ability to choose a design template, modify or change the elements with your own, and your brand-new web page is ready to go.
You could also connect any funnel you develop with your own e-mail marketing service (if you don't use the one consisted of in ClickFunnels), and utilize the ClickFunnels constructed in invoicing system.
This is also a great time to point out that ClickFunnels provides very valuable as well as understandable training videos when you first join. I extremely suggest undergoing those due to the fact that they quickly enable you to make use of the tool at its full ability, and also you'll have more enjoyable messing around. Constant Contact User Permissions
* Produce One-Click Subscription Websites *.
Among the very best features with ClickFunnels is the ability to quickly develop membership websites and also deliver web content to your audience in one location.
Your membership website will certainly come complete with enrollment web pages, subscription gain access to web pages, as well as web content web pages which you can conveniently lock or drip feed to your consumers according to purchases they made in your funnel.
ClickFunnels membership websites permit you to send out emails, conveniently handle your emails, as well as construct a neighborhood all while eliminating the tension that's associated with various other solutions such as Kajabi, or WordPress systems.
It's actually helpful to not need to acquire a different software application or plugin to develop membership sites.
* Email Integration & Actionetics *.
With every funnel comes email list structure opportunities.
ClickFunnels sustains email assimilation with all of the major email automation platforms such as:
- Active Campaign
- Aweber
- Constant Contact
- ConvertKit
- Drip
- Get Response
- Hubspot
- InfusionSoft
- Mad Mimi
- MailChimp
- Market Hero
- Ontraport
- Salesforce
- Sendlane
- And others
Nonetheless, ClickFunnels additionally has their own powerful automation tool called Actionetics.
Although you can develop, schedule, and also provide e-mails as with other email advertising system, Actionetics is a lot more.
I love Actionetics due to the fact that it not only replaces your email advertising and marketing however messenger advertising and also SMS advertising and marketing softwares too. This takes automation to an entire brand-new level as well as assists you connect the perfect message to your customers, specifically when they require it. A video overview of Actionetics will be provided even more below.
* Invoicing and Settlement Combination *.
An outstanding feature within ClickFunnels is the capacity to accumulate all the invoicing details from your consumers right on your sales web page. Marketing is made a lot easier when clients don't have to leave your website.
ClickFunnels integrates with major settlement gateways such as PayPal, Red Stripe, and InfusionSoft, to name a few.
ClickFunnels Rates.
While you can begin with the Free 14-Day Test, there are 3 various pricing choices with ClickFunnels:
- $ 97/month.
- $ 297/month.
- $ 997 mass price cut strategy (advised).
I'll go into detail for every of these plans listed below.
1. ClickFunnels Requirement Strategy – $97/month.
The conventional strategy includes all of the functions you would need within ClickFunnels, however with restrictions on the variety of funnels (20) and also web pages (100) you can have in your account, along with how many visitors (20K) could watch your web pages monthly.
You additionally do not receive innovative functionality such as ClickFunnels own e-mail advertising and marketing and associate monitoring tools.
2. ClickFunnels Etison Suite – $297/month.
This strategy consists of all the bells and whistles of the common plan, without any constraints. It additionally comes with 2 additional items created by ClickFunnels called Actionetics (email marketing) as well as Backpack (affiliate administration system).
In Actionetics – you could take care of all of your calls that register for your checklist, send out email programs, and also produce a host of various other automations. Constant Contact User Permissions
The distinction in between the two strategies truly is the constraints, and Actionetics/Backpack. If you are a standard customer and don't expect to utilize more than 20 funnels in your account – the Standard Plan need to be enough.
Nonetheless, if you prepare to have an affiliate program or intend to maintain your e-mail marketing within ClickFunnels and also not use a 3rd party software, the Etison Collection is for you.
You could always start on the lower strategy as well as upgrade if needed.
3. Funnel Hacks System – $997
For anyone that's significant concerning their service, the ClickFunnels Funnel Hacks System is the deal of the century.
The $997 Funnel Hacks System includes durable training programs packed with 6-month accessibility to the ClickFunnels Etison Collection.
This is an amazing offer since outside of this program, 6-months of Etison Suite alone would cost you $1782.
Not only are you saving $785 yet you're getting a ton of trainings and also overviews of help you obtain the most out of ClickFunnels!
ClickFunnels Advantages And Disadvantages
- Creating funnels is really basic, simple, as well as quick
- All-in-one system with every little thing your business should win
- Split screening as well as conversion monitoring consisted of
- Email combination with every one of the major email autoresponder systems
- Settlement processing abilities within ClickFunnels
- ClickFunnels is constantly adjusting and upgrading to the moments
- There is constantly support available (whether real-time or otherwise).
- Incredibly active Facebook Group Community.
- Free 14-Day Trial – allows you to attempt it risk totally free.
- As incredible as ClickFunnels is, it definitely is not a low-cost service and also needs a continuous membership to make use of
- Assistance isn't always the fastest and might draw from 1 minute to 24 hours relying on the problem.
ClickFunnels vs. Every person Else.
Lots of people ask just how ClickFunnels compares to various other touchdown web page builders such as Leadpages, Unbounce, and also Infusionsoft.
For the most part it's not really a fair contrast due to the fact that each of these devices stands out is one location or the various other.
The graph over gives a complete evaluation – yet I'll highlight a few of the significant contrasts below.
ClickFunnels vs Leadpages
Before ClickFunnels, Leadpages was the huge pet dog.
Leadpages is just a lead capture software program – absolutely nothing more. You could produce touchdown pages, lead boxes, collect leads … that's pretty much it. In addition, the Leadpages design templates are likewise limited on customization.
ClickFunnels is far more flexible – it's a lot easier to use as well as does so much more than create lead capture pages.
Simply put, Leadpages is really just a touchdown web page building contractor, while ClickFunnels is focused around developing very incorporated funnels.
ClickFunnels vs Infusionsoft
Infusionsoft is not a touchdown web page or sales web page builder. It has some of that performance developed it, yet that's not just what it's recognized for.
At it's core, Infusionsoft is a CRM platform – one that allows you to handle your whole consumer database. ClickFunnels has this capability with Actionetics, however it's not almost as advanced as Infusionsoft.
Infusionsoft is additionally very pricey and pressures every brand-new client to pay $2000 for a necessary kickstart coaching plan simply to learn how you can utilize the intricate system (which is infamously challenging to use).
ClickFunnels Associate Program
There are two major paths individuals decrease as ClickFunnels customers.
Those that choose to utilize the device for their service – in hopes of eventually achieve both Comma Club (over $1M in revenue).
And also those that want gaining easy income as a ClickFunnels Affiliate as well as winning the Dream Cars and truck Competition (where they pay $500/$1000 towards your desire car if you reach 100/200 energetic monthly signups, respectively).
With a monstrous 40% regular monthly reoccuring commission, ClickFunnels conveniently has one of the best associate programs of any platform around.
That's right – you earn money an ongoing 40% compensation on every affiliate signup you make via the ClickFunnels Affiliate Program. But, just what does that actually relate to?
The fundamental strategy is a $97/month financial investment and also the Etison Suite plan is a $297/month investment. therefore you make $38.80 each standard strategy as well as $118.80 each Etison Suite strategy … each and every month!
Typically, every 100 signups will certainly bring in $4000/month in affiliate commissions (basically depending upon the amount of Etison Plan users are in there).
Visit this site to find out more regarding becoming a ClickFunnels Affiliate.
The Bottom Line
ClickFunnels is hands down the best platform if you are wanting to conveniently develop high transforming sales funnels.
Since it was built from the ground up to be the most effective sales channel home builder, it beats out all the competition in that regard.
On the surface, it could not be the most inexpensive item around – but if you utilize it to its full capacity, your service will certainly end up being much more successful as well as you will save cash from not having to utilize various other devices. Constant Contact User Permissions
If you have actually reviewed this much into my ClickFunnels Review, I recommend you see for yourself with a Free 14-Day Trial here.


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Permit Book offers a revolutionary new way to manage commercial truck, trailer and driver documents electronically.
Glostone Trucking Solutions approached SingleMind in search of a creative solution to a growing issue causing inefficiency in the trucking industry. Long haul drivers often are required to carry massive amounts of compliance documentation per trip to stay safe and legal on the road – and it slows them down.
Why couldn't a fleet management team be in charge of aggregating a driver's required documents and exposing them to the driver on a digital platform? Erasing the need for a physical permit book would solve several problems at once; it would save time, reduce labor waste, and untether drivers from the office.
Spurred by Glostone's creativity paired with SingleMind's technical expertise, the Permit Book app was created as a solution that would streamline the compliance documentation accumulation and handoff processes so that drivers could begin their trips without the need to stop by a compliance office.
With the Permit Book app, drivers now can simply log in to view required documents organized by company, truck, trailer, and driver. Drivers are immediately able to interact with any given file, view it and−or download it, even when outside of cell range. To ensure documents are never outdated, each user's account automatically receives a push notification when one of their documents is updated or out of date.
Accompanying the Permit Book App, Permitbook.com functions as a backend document management system where Glostone staff can provision accounts, add, edit and manage user documents.
Their entire team's industry knowledge blended seamlessly with our technical experience – allowing us to rapidly push to an MVP.
In just under seven months, the Permit Book iPhone and Android applications launched along with Permitbook.com.
The project has succeeded in streamlining the operations of Glostone Trucking Solutions and the entire long haul trucking industry.


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La montée des eaux de Fabienne Cresens
From light to dark, Fabienne Cresens is a Belgian autodidact photographer. Born in Africa, she has not stopped since the age of seventeen, to expand the field of her art, from film to digital to today's photophone, with what she calls photographic objects that open the way to new fruitful experiments that it leads mainly to Brussels, city and creation (s).
When our perception of reality is asphyxiated to the point of giving rise to doubt about the truth of what we see and thereby throw confusion into consciousness, Fabienne Cresens works on the archeology of the real, its falls and its beauties. That's all the subtlety of Fabienne Cresens' long-term work. It escapes all binary shares. It's path (s). It is in this wake that the exhibition La Montée des Eaux seems to have been conceived; the idea of ??a series of observers in black and white bathing caps stretched between the little true fact and the destiny of humanity.
In La Montée des Eaux by Fabienne Cresens, they are faces of thoughts, landscapes of strangeness, moments of passion, that we travel, look, immersed in the universe that penetrates us, where the "I" and the "We" We come out different, transformed by a question: "What do these images, which evade matter and time, want? What do they want from me? ".
At the heart of Fabienne Cresens' work, there is the broken, dark vision, rendered to lyricism. But a lyricism that wants to be deeply realistic and humanistic in, between and with the images. There is something subtly poetic, at once narrative, political and aesthetic.
Since 2009, the photographer takes a look without concessions but not lacking in sweetness on a reality that many still refuse to see: climatic deregulations. And today, she surprises in that she composes a series of black and white photographs of pure attention to her environment, human beings and animals that are connected to it.
Here, Fabienne Cresens comes closest to a face, from child to adult, known or less known, as if it were seen for the first time. The face is naked, simple and overwhelming, surprisingly alive. He recounts with his eyes open and closed mouth something of what men do to mountains, forests, glaciers, to heaven as to the earth. There, the fixed face goes to the essential to embody a responsibility, a vigilance, an attitude towards the powerful destruction of the elements in fury - torrential rains, floods, devastating winds, storms, cyclones or tsunamis.
The series Montee des Eaux does not weigh down on explanatory pedagogy or cheap moral considerations to say "no" to the nightmare of final annihilation. In an enterprising sweetness, it imposes a look at the sensory and magnetic acuity. In his slightest jolts, his ascetic beauty, his silent revolt is the sign of a possible (re) birth in the world, another step. Hic et nunc, the faces never sleep.
Notes, Sylvia Botella, January 2019
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The immune system is both complex and individualised. Although researchers know that people have weakened immune systems if they suffer from chronic conditions, such as diabetes, or engage in poor habits, such as smoking, there is still little known about why some people never get sick.
"The most obvious reason … is simply that [they] are lucky," says Stephen Morse, professor of epidemiology at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
"It's likely due to a combination of ingredients," says William Schaffner, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
Schaffner, a widely respected epidemiologist adds that, "Some people are simply healthier than others," and that "There are people who lead healthier lifestyles … they are less likely to become ill and it is a milder illness [when they do]."
HIV-AIDSSome individuals are born with a mutation in the CCR5 gene, known as the CCR5 – delta 32 mutation, that renders them immune to HIV. This is due to the way HIV infects one body.
HIV infects the body via the CD4 receptor and its co-receptor CCR5, using them as a gateway for infection of the host, in this case being our body. In individuals gifted with such a mutation, HIV would be unable to infect its host as it requires the presence of the CCR5-delta 32 receptor, and without CCR5 on the surface of cells, HIV would not be able to infect and proliferate.
As a result, individuals with two copies of the CCR5-delta32 gene, inherited from both parents, are granted with virtual immunity to HIV infections. This occurs in about 1% of Caucasian people. However, this mutation is virtually absent in African and Asian populations.
Those with one copy of this mutation are granted some form of protection against infections; even if infection were to result, the resulting infection would be less severe. This more common infection is found in up to 20% of Caucasians.
However, further studies have shown that this is not a guarantee against contracting AIDS, and scientists are actively finding out how does resistance work in some individuals, identifying them and hopefully, a cure or vaccine can be developed from the findings.
In another research last August, scientists have discovered that cytotoxic T cells are able to find and eradicate the cells in which HIV would remain dormant in, potentially opening up a cure at long last for HIV–AIDS virus. The cytotoxic T cells are produced naturally in the body, but are not in abundance to counter HIV.
HIV has been tested positive in 36.7 million living individuals, and there are a total of 5,324 patients living with HIV in Singapore.
EbolaIn the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it was discovered that a group of woman remained healthy despite exposures to Ebola, and in one remarkable case, one woman has Ebola antibodies despite no medical history of contracting Ebola.
The reasons for such immunity are yet unknown, but as Miles Carroll, Virologist and Head of Research at Public Health England's national infection service, told The Guardian, "It may be that these people are genetically unique and have an innate response strong enough to fight Ebola before it can get a foothold (in one's body)."
In fact, Ebola was recently found in a man's sperm after 500 days, in what scientist suspect as a "Trojan Horse' strategy for its own survival, and has reignited the alarm after 2014's outbreak. It has a mortality rate of 90%, and was first identified in Africa in 1976.
Influenza virusVaccines that protect us from influenza are readily available and are usually recommended, but some individuals reported never developing flu despite not receiving the shots.
This revelation comes after a 2011 study of the science behind those with natural immunity to the flu, and found no symptoms of flu despite testing positive for infection. The study revealed significant and complex immune responses in those with immunity. In addition, researchers found changes in their blood up to 36 hours before their symptoms surfaced. However, the exact reason as to why and how some are immune to flu is yet unknown.
"People who are more socially connected in terms of positive relationships have fewer colds," says Jon Temte, a University of Wisconsin health family medicine physician and chair of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices.
"They don't just report fewer colds, they have fewer colds." However, he adds that there are also others who contract viruses, but avoid experiencing illness themselves, which is known as an asymptomatic infection.
"We're learning more and more about this group called super spreaders. These are people who are responsible for spreading [illness] but don't get sick themselves," says Temte. "I think the science behind that is basically in its infancy."
Genetic diseasesGenes are passed on from parents to children, and two recessive copies of a gene, or a single dominant copy results in the traits being expressed. However, there are 13 unique individuals in the world who possess genetic mutations to some of the most crippling genetic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, and familial dysautonomia but suffer from absolutely none of the symptoms.
This research comes from the analysis of data from 23andMe, the 1000 Genomes Project and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. From the analysis of more than 580,000 healthy individual's genome, a mere 13 participants tested positive for one of eight genetic diseases: cystic fibrosis, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, familial dysautonomia, epidermolysis bullosa simplex, Pfeiffer syndrome, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome, acampomelic campomelic dysplasia, and atelosteogenesis.
The reasons are yet unknown, but scientists hope that an understanding of why and how they are immune can provide hope for those who suffer from such debilitating diseases. MIMS
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Author(s): Stephen Gill
At the age of twenty-eight, William Wordsworth had neither a settled income nor the professional qualifications needed to secure one. He had no home, and he could not support the illegitimate child he had fathered during an impetuous love affair in France. The total sum of his achievements since he had left Cambridge consisted of one slim, anonymously issued volume of Lyrical Ballads. Recognition came slowly, but by age seventy, he was revered as a cultural icon, the Poet Laureate of England, and the most celebrated native of the Lake Country. Based on an intimate knowledge of the poet's manuscripts, on a fresh assessment of contemporary records, and a careful analysis of a wealth of new research, this vividly written volume presents the first serious biography of Wordsworth to appear in over twenty-five years. Stephen Gill, a leading authority on Wordsworth, reveals that, in many ways, this giant of English literature led a heroic life. Despite critical condemnation, numbing blows from the death of friends and family, including three of his own children, and his inability to earn a living as a writer in his early years, his dedication to his art did not waver. Moreover, Gill corrects the image of the older Wordsworth as a stodgy betrayer of his radical youth. While his politics certainly did change, and his poetic power waned from 1799 almost to his death in 1850, Wordsworth single-mindedly shaped his own life in submission to a power of imagination whose importance he never doubted. Offering unparalleled insight into Wordsworth's poetic achievement, Gill illuminates what was most essential to Wordsworth himself: his life as a writer.
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Claire Handrick has misjudged the challenges of being the mother of a teenager and has decided to chronicle the joys, frustrations, hair-pulling moments and deep-rooted fears she's experiencing. This week (or the past three, actually) has been mostly about weathering the storm.
I wish I had written this three weeks ago when all was brilliant, my daughter was happy and wanted to hang out at home and to go out as a family.
It was a happy house, and then the bubble burst and it's been a bit shit ever since.
There's been a lot going on for my teenager and I had thought, a week ago, that it couldn't get any worse. We had weathered another storm and were coming out slightly battered, but OK. But it seems I was so wrong: it could get worse and there was a tornado waiting just around the corner.
Most of it is normal teenage/parent stuff – arguments, boundaries, booze, friends, tears and tantrums – but it is exhausting and this last round of dramas has left me needing to pause for breath for a while.
Yesterday I was in floods of tears, frustrated by the lack of respect, the rudeness, by the constant need to push back against me, by the hatred that has been coming my way.
"She's bright and beautiful and she could do anything she wanted, but she has a little band of mates who also do fuck all and that seems to be OK."
To the best of my abilities I listen, advise, support, protect, reassure and she knows I am there for her, but this comes with little desire to do any of this for herself and I have been left wondering if I have been doing it all wrong. Maybe I need to let her get on with it and bugger the consequences.
But I am the parent and my role is to protect her even when she thinks she knows best, which she frequently does. Is it also my job to take this abuse though?
When it is bad, I am shouted at, criticised, belittled and scowled at. At times she is so angry, mainly with me, and I just don't know why: I am not abusive or cruel, I am loving and understanding and there for her when she needs me, but she can walk all over that and it hurts like nothing else. It also leaves me struggling to know what to do for the best.
She's lost; she has very little enthusiasm for anything other than her friends; she's bored but she won't do anything about it – and she won't listen to me because I am boring and just a mum.
She's bright and beautiful and she could do anything she wanted, but she has a little band of mates who also do fuck all and that seems to be OK.
If I was to ask her what she is rebelling against I know she would go all Brando on me.
Underneath all the sometimes vile bravado I see a young girl who doesn't know what she wants or who she wants to be and that makes me feel even more helpless than ever because she has to work that out for herself.
All I can do is just do what I do – enjoy the brilliant days, be there when she needs me and keep weathering each storm until it passes…
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Stealth Force Corp. is a new guild I created for Assassins/Ninjas/Gunslingers/Rogues. With the exception of one support or random class in each squad. This Guild is made up of 4 Squads with a Captain representing each one. The ranks go from Capt-->Lieut.-->1st seat of Squad(_)--> 2nd seat of Squad(_)--> and so on.
To Overthrow a Capt. or become a higher rank. you either have to have a higher lvl than someone above you or have high devotion to the guild. You can either request higher tax. or Just level up like crazy with low tax. As of now the taxes are set like this. Capt=5% Lieutenant=2% Seats=2% The reason the taxes are low for lower positions is so that they can level up faster to reach a higher lvl next to Capt & Lieutenants. Eventually I will change the tax to Capt=10% Liet.& Seat=5%. If any more rising in tax. It would be discussed later on at a meeting.
For now I'm only looking for loyal, active, and friendly members that will help each other train or fight MVP (pretty much just casual play). Eventually I hope to increase the # of members in this guild to then participate in WOE.
Misc: I do understand that Assassins and Rogues can transcend but, I am only looking for Assassins and Rogues. That way the members within that squad can train together.
-Respect Members
-Don't ask for a certain title for your position
-And just have fun
Available Positions
-2nd Seat of Squad 1
-3rd Seat of Squad 1
*Random Class Pos. Avail.
-3rd Seat of Squad 2
-2nd Seat of Squad 3
-3rd Seat of Squad 3
*Random Class Pos. Avail.
-Captain of Squad 4
-Lieutenant of Squad 4
-1st Seat of Squad 4
-2nd Seat of Squad 4
-3rd Seat of Squad 4
*Random Class Pos. Avail.
If Interested:
Just reply on this forum. or PM on here or my in game character "Jyuno"
In game character name:
*accepting ANYONE whose active and friendly.
so don't be afraid to respond even if you're new
I'll check for response every day around noon pacific time
Thank You
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Oldham County High School officials and Oldham County police are investigating a weekend incident in which two people were seen on surveillance video painting racial and sexual graffiti on a school building.
The Oldham County school district said in a statement that two people were seen in the video vandalizing an exterior wall on the back side of Oldham County High School, but the dark hoodies they were wearing has so far made it difficult to identify the perpetrators.
In addition to the graffiti, the vandals also painted the names of two school assistant principals.
The incident took place between 1:40 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. Saturday, the statement said.
District officials were made aware of the incident Saturday afternoon, and a maintenance crew painted over the graffiti a short time later. The maintenance workers also power-washed the brick veneer on Sunday and were scheduled to use a permanent acid-wash remover on Monday.
The district said it will work with police "to make sure the perpetrators are prosecuted to the full extent of that law, and if the perpetrators are found to be students, they will also be disciplined to the full extent of board policy."
This story will be updated.
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text: Two local football players from the Drumheller Titans have made a provincial Alberta team to play the ABC Bowl in Kelowna May 25/19. Chase Sattler plays Slot back for the Senior Titans . Teigan Sattler plays DB for the Bantam Titans. Both boys will have the opportunity to represent Alberta in BC this May. Chase will be playing Slot Back for the Rising Selects and Teigan will be Safety for the Future Stars. Each game will be live streamed on YouTube by VBN Sports.


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Avoid a trip to the ER.
No matter what the weather is like, we figured there's no better time than the present for this useful reminder of how to identify venomous snakes. Because why not save a trip to the ER?
- Related: Have you heard of 'Snake Road?'
Identify venomous snakes
There are four different types of poisonous snakes in the US.
1. Rattlesnake.
These are probably the most well-known species. Maybe because you can find them all across the country. They get their name from rattles at the ends of their tails they use when threatened.
2. Cottonmouth (or Water Moccasin depending on where you're from)
If you've ever had a day out on the water in the South, you've probably seen one of these skimming across the top. Their skin ranges from dark tan to black with dark crossbands around it.
3. Copperhead
Found in states from the East Coast to the Midwest. Can be found in forests, rocky areas and swamps.
4. Coral Snake
Found in Southern states. These sneaky guys like to hide in leaf piles and burrow into the ground. And they're really similar to King Snakes, which is the inspiration for the rhyme we've all heard. It varies from person to person, but the idea is the same.
Red Touch Yellow – Kills a Fellow
Red Touch Black – Venom Lack
Yellow Touches Red – Soon You'll Be Dead
Red Touches Black – Friend of Jack
According to the CDC, around 7,000 to 8,000 people get bit by a venomous snake every year in the U.S. alone.
But even with that high a number, there are only around 5 deaths a year as a result of getting bitten.
Another thing to watch out for is that some venomous snakes have a broad, triangular head. Which is an indication of the venom sacks under their jaw.
Their pupils are also elliptical shaped instead of round. You know, if you get close enough to tell.
The exception to each of those indicators (broad head, elliptical eyes) is the ever tricky Coral Snake, who has a small head and round eyes. So stick to the rhyme with that one!
Alright, so you can identify venomous snakes … what else should you know about snakes in general?
Snakes tend to get more active at night, and in warm weather, which could be why we see so many snake videos in the summer.
And we feel like we shouldn't have to say this, but we're going to. Don't try to pick up or handle snakes you come across.
The best way to not get bitten is to just leave them alone.


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Condo residents concerned about impact of city's proposed sewer through Marina
To the Editor:
A representative group of Marina residents and boaters has attended meetings concerning a new sewer to be built either on the Marina Peninsula in the City of Los Angeles or on Via Marina in Marina del Rey. The last opportunity to be heard will be Wednesday, December 3rd, before the Los Angeles City Council Public Works Committee in Room 1060 at City Hall.
The committee chairman, Councilman Bill Rosendahl, will then make his recommendation to the full City Council.
The City of Los Angeles Sanitation Department marks this project urgent because the existing sewer on the beach is 54 years old and it does not favor a second sewer on the beach.
It feels very strange to us that Playa del Rey residents in the City of Los Angeles, down whose streets the sewer will pass once it crosses under the Main Channel, were told about this project with a presentation, a meeting and notices to homeowners in 2003, whereas those of us who own condominiums along Via Marina in the county jurisdiction of Marina del Rey within ten to 12 feet of the tunneling and shaft boring sites never received any notice until an Argonaut article appeared in July of this year.
We asked for a recirculation of the environmental impact report. Instead, we were given this additional hearing on December 3rd and an opportunity to hear another presentation from the chief engineer before the December 3rd meeting. He will come to the Marina.
The county and the Marina Lessees Association want Via Marina clear for their massive development projects, but those among us who have read the EIR (environmental impact report) are concerned about the impact of vibration on the sea walls of the harbors, of ground settlement to the stability of our buildings and of a rupture to the waters of the Marina.
In my opinion, condominium owners ought to avail themselves of the opportunity to find out first-hand about the project and to question and voice their objections. The condominium owners might also think about showing up at City Hall.
Lynne Shapiro, Marina del Rey
[See related story on Page 9. — Editor]
Column on Ballona Creek 'brought tears to my eyes'
To the Editor:
"Through my eyes," by Bettina Gantsweg, brought tears to my eyes. Why? Because I am a "regular" who loves my walks along Ballona Creek and the path I take from my home to the end of the jetty and back.
I have also attended many of the meetings over the last 14 years — the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Regional Planning, Design Control Board, California Coastal Commission, and some others — as many caring residents and members of the public have desperately been putting their fingers in the dike to keep the beautiful waters of Marina del Rey from being rendered useless for the purposes it was intended, boating and recreation, and, instead, seeing the Marina being flooded with concrete and construction out to and over the water.
The Board of Supervisors and the developers do not seem to be stoppable, and it is so sad. It should bring tears to everyone's eyes, and action on the part of all media and all the citizens of Los Angeles County and beyond to demand a master plan regarding the needed revitalization of Marina del Rey in a responsible way that retains it for what it was originally intended to be.
Roslyn E. Walker, Marina del Rey
Says Prop. 8 not an equal rights issue
To the Editor:
[Re: Argonaut cover story November 13th, "Proposition 8 opponents take to the streets; legal battles on the horizon."]
Sorry guys, but this is not an equal rights issue. All most people ask is not to call it "marriage." Is 5,000 years of an institution to remain the same asking too much?
Furthermore, we are the majority in a democratic system — not haters, not bigots and certainly not the ones who are using threats, intimidation and domestic terrorism to vent our frustration.
And yes, to many of us it is a moral issue and we also have a right to that one. In fact, that's one we don't apologize for.
Thank you to those [who voted "yes" on Proposition 8] in the Mormon church and the black community and the majority of people who vote their conscience. I urge everyone to stand firm in their principles.
Ken Rizzo, Los Angeles
City of Santa Monica's updated 'Volunteer Services Directory' available on-line
The City of Santa Monica's Volunteer Program, working within the city's Community and Cultural Services Department, has released the updated 2008-2010 edition of the Volunteer Services Directory Guide for Santa Monica and the Westside.
The directory is considered a resource to the community as it provides a listing of many of the local nonprofit and human service agencies which exist for the betterment of all types of populations and also greatly benefit from the services of volunteers, a city spokesperson said.
Youths seeking community service hours for school, adults seeking involvement in their community and those seeking to make new connections can search for the information in the volunteer directory.
The directory includes contact information for each agency listed for potential volunteers. The new edition also answers two questions frequently asked of the City's Volunteer Program office:
"Does your agency utilize youth volunteers?" and "Does your agency take employee groups for short-term or one-day projects?"
For a copy, go to www.01.sm gov.net/comm_progs/, visit the Ken Edwards Center first floor, 1527 Fourth St., Monday through Friday, or send an email to volun email@example.com/.
Information, (310) 458-8300.


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If I could sum up my ideal client/shoot/brand/EVERYTHING in one session, it would be this one. Ladylike, refined, joyful, pastels…this really was a dream come true!
I've wanted to shoot among the almond blossoms for years. There is something so lovely about their blush colored petals and sweet scent. I contacted my friend Katie with the idea and she was on-board, quickly assembling a killer team of vendors to make this thing happen. The bride's beauty look was created by none other than Jen Plus Colour, who started working at sunrise so that we could leave on time. I believe we drove 7 hours…it was worth it! THANK YOU to the many incredible vendors who came together on this shoot. We're all just thrilled to see it featured on Ruffled this week.
Venue: Luke's Almond Acres | Photography: Katie McGihon | Planning and Design: First Comes Love Events | Florals: Fleurie Flower Studio | Film Lab: Richard Photo Lab | Hair/makeup: Jen Plus Colour | Cake: Over the Rainbow Desserts | Cupcakes: KT's Cakes Cupcakes | Bridal Attire/Accessories: Nic and Day | Groom's Attire: Express | Jewelry: Belladaar| Stationary: Poste | Calligraphy: Kelsey Malie Calligraphy | Bouquet Ribbon: Frou Frou Chic | Table Linen: Silk and Willow | Rentals: Circle of Events | Vow Book, Sign-In Book, Table Numbers: BHLDN | Dishwear: Dish Wish | Models: Tim and Christina Creiglow


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A graduate of Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Alberta, Kita's love for technology and data started at a young age. With a father who worked in the technology industry, she had motherboards, soldering pens and a Commodore 64 to enliven her already curious mind.
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"Trojan Horse" is a person, group or device planted in to enemy ranks to undermine and destroy from within the enemy.
What is the Real Strategy of UMNO? You can forget about Barisan National, its now all about UMNO. The BN Supreme Council Meeting is just is just an avenue to check the other components parties and to put them under a tight leash. Read on below:
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin gave a sneak peek of this insecure feeling during yesterday's Barisan Nasional (BN) supreme council meeting.
During the meeting, Gerakan president Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon highlighted a series of incendiary commentaries in the Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia and said he was troubled by the effect it was having on race relations.
Responding to this, Muhyiddin, who is shaping up to be a hawk (hawk? c'mon.. more like a Cow..Moo..) in the administration, justified the pitch taken by saying that Malays believe that Umno is weak and giving in too much to the demands of non-Malays.
It is understood that none of the leaders of BN component parties challenged this view. (Oh.. what a pity.. Master is angry and they all kept very quiet with their head hanging down).
A BN leader told The Malaysian Insider: "There is a hardening of Umno's position. The openness and willingness to become more inclusive is not evident."
Read More in The Malaysian Insider HERE.
Read The Malaysian-Unplug HERE.


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text: Carrn 284 Report post Posted September 24, 2016 Figured I'd make a master thread about it since there's already been 2 posts and it hasn't yet been 24 hours since the patch notes went live PATCH NOTES TL;DR Outlaw mildly nerfed Sin mildly buffed Sub buffed Quote What does this mean for us? A: Ehhh, not much The biggest difference is that all 3 specs are effectively equal until a higher gear level, when Sub starts to pull ahead (although not by much) The Agonizing Poison build pulls ahead of the Exsanguinate build as we move away from pre-raid gear and into Heroic EN, and continues to stay ahead. This means that Mastery is once again valuable for Sin Even then, Outlaw's possible ceiling is still going to be higher, although that still takes quite a bit of luck and possibly some rigged dice. Outlaw's cleave will also always be better Quote So what spec should I play? A: Literally anything you want It's not worth swapping specs over, since all 3 are so close. You should still be comfortable playing Outlaw, since that will be to go-to spec for AoE Quote But... One has to be higher than the others... What should I be playing? A: No seriously whatever you want. Initial simulations are showing all 3 specs to be within about 8k of one another - and that's from highest to lowest. Pick whatever spec you enjoy the most, get good at it, and play that. Here's an image of the comparison. You'll see there are 4 builds there as talents - Sin, Sin Exsang, Sub, and Outlaw. Each of those is represented 3 times; once for pre-raid gear levels, once for Heroic EN gear, and once for Mythic EN. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Cash for College can help you find grants, loans, and scholarships for college. FREE workshops will be held throughout San Francisco high schools from January 19 to February 3. High School seniors who attend any of the workshops, complete a survey, and submit their FAFSA & Cal-Grant by the March 2nd deadline become automatically eligible for a $1,000 scholarship!
What to bring:
- Social Security card for each family member or ITIN number for each working adult
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Planning to attend the No. 18 Mississippi State at Kansas State football game on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas?
Wildcats officials announced Thursday some grass parking lots will be restricted due to recent torrential rains, which have dumped more than 10 inches in some areas around Manhattan and caused significant flooding.
More than 300 Manhattan residents were displaced from their homes by rising waters.
[Photo gallery: Manhattan flooding]
The decision was made because several lots have standing water and muddy conditions with more rain in the forecast through Friday evening.
Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and all lots will open at 6 a.m.
The affected lots are north of the stadium.
Only 300 of the usual 1,000 spaces in the Ag Sciences parking lots will be available and all grass parking at the Grain Sciences building will be closed. Paved areas around Grain Sciences will be accessible.
Roughly half of the usual 1,000 unpaved spaces in Lot 9 will be available.
Parking for recreational vehicles north of the KSU Foundation will be open as usual and an additional 130 spots for car parking will be available for $20.
K-State is encouraging fans to utilize the Equine Lot, which is located north of the fire station off Denison Avenue. That lot can accommodate 1,000 vehicles for $20 per car.
Free parking also is available at CiCo Park, which is located two miles west of the stadium on Kimball Avenue and can accommodate another 1,000 cars.
Additional on-campus parking, where tailgating will be prohibited, is available at the KSU Parking Garage and several other lots — B16 and B17 north of Weber Hall; A17 and A18 north of Waters Hall; B5, east of Vet Med; B11 and B13, near Dole Hall; B4, north of Call Hall, and A1, A2 and A3 at the corner of Manhattan and Bluemont.
Here's a map of the K-State campus.
There will be a free shuttle with postgame return service on campus beginning two hours prior to kickoff from the south circle on 17th Street near the K-State Parking Garage and Union.
The aTa bus, Manhattan's public transportation system, also runs a gameday shuttle.
Parking in other lots around the stadium will remain unchanged and is reserved for members of the Ahearn Fund with limited parking for fans with disabilities on a first-come, first-served basis for $20.
Some tickets are still available for the game online, by calling at 1-800-221-CATS or at the main ticket office inside Bramlage Coliseum.


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As expected, the NAIC's Captive and Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Use (E) Subgroup adopted its white paper, which it has been toiling with for many months.
The white paper adopted by the subgroup and sent to the parent committee on June 6 during an NAIC open conference call puts to bed the classification by some of captives as a "shadow" industry, and brings to fruition the product of much regulatory concern.
The white paper was adopted by the subgroup a week before the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance at Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) will receive a report on regulatory developments relating to reinsurance captives done under Washington's top financial regulator, William White. FIO Director Michael McRaith also targeted captive reinsurance transactions as something Treasury should follow in its monitoring of the domestic industry.
In another group meeting, on the same day, a new committee was being born.
Some state regulators pointed to the work done on captives to try and stay on top of developing issues that could cause real solvency concerns down the road in deciding to go ahead with a new subgroup devoted to examining how investment managers, whether hedge funds or private equity firms, are getting into insurance, specifically in the purchases of large fixed annuity businesses.
The Financial Analysis (E) Working Group (FAWG), which is charged with, among other tasks, promoting multistate efforts in addressing potential solvency problems, including identifying industry trends, has been discussing the increased interest in the insurance industry by private equity (PE) interest and hedge fund managers.
In a conference call June 6, Pennsylvania's Deputy Insurance Commissioner Steve Johnson, FAWG's chair, said the group was trying to be proactive as regulators.
During the call, Johnson said that investment firms might never create a problem, but we don't want to be in that position, if they do, and we aren't involved. The call was hosted by Rhode Island Insurance Superintendent Joseph Torti III (who chairs the Financial Condition (E) Committee and who spurred much of the work on the captives and SPV oversight issues.
Torti agreed that the industry developments were important issues that needed to be further explored and discussed, and the group unanimously voted to release for comment Johnson's May 6 memo outlining possible best practices and new procedures to address the market trend, including potentially changing the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law to provide regulators additional authority to require approval of transactions with nonaffiliates and changing state investment laws to provide regulators more authority in limiting risks.
There will also be a new subgroup, as there was for captives, to study the issues. There are a number of transactions underway or pending, including the sale of Des Moines, Iowa-based Aviva USA to Athene Holding Ltd.
Athene Holding is not the only company with ties to a global alternative investment manager (in this case, Apollo Global management) which has been active in the indexed annuity space in recent months. Guggenheim Partners, one of the rumored buyers of Aviva USA, snapped up the U.S. annuity line of Sun Life Financial Inc. for $1.35 billion in December 2012. In August, two Guggenheim affiliates, Security Benefit Life Insurance Co. and Equitrust Life Insurance Co., agreed to purchase the U.S. fixed annuity business of another Canadian-based insurer, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc., for $800 million.
Some wonder what these investment managers managing risks for five years out, not a lifetime, can do with the annuity portfolio. Overall annuity sales continued their downward arc in the first quarter, according to several recently released statistical reports. But there were some rays of light peeking through the clouds despite the lingering slump.
Industry-wide, annuity sales in the first quarter totaled about $49.6 billion, down 2 percent from $50.6 billion in the final quarter of last year and a 6.6 percent drop from Q1 2012 when sales amounted to $53.1 billion, the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) reported.
Former Iowa insurance commissioner and NAIC President Susan Voss spoke up on the conference call to express concern for the developments. Former NAIC CEO Terri Vaughan, and a former Iowa insurance commissioner, also expressed concern for these transactions at a conference in Washington last month, and asked what regulators were doing to address these purchases. Wary New York regulators are taking more aggressive action and subpoenaing these investment firms and hedge funds for information.
As for the Captive and SPV Use Subgroup's white paper, it takes a measured approach compared with former incarnations, recommending the development of guidance and on-going analysis of transactions involving captives and SPVs, more monitoring and more disclosure in ceding company statements. The paper has an eye toward on-going developments with respect to International Association of Insurance Supervisors' (IAIS) principles and passing muster with future FSAP reviews.
One regulator, Steve Kinion, director of the Bureau of Captive and Financial Insurance Products for the Delaware Department of Insurance, argued on the conference call against the paper's adoption. He stated that it should be noted in the paper that captives do lower the cost of term and other life insurance, and the subgroup did not involve all of the states, and it should not be adopted without revisions.
The white paper recommends further work by the NAIC, including a possible formation of a separate subgroup to address "any remaining Triple X and Triple X perceived redundancies." The use of captives in an attempt by some life insurers to right-size the reserves required for these actuarial guidelines for certain term and life products spurred the NAIC subgroup's examination of captive industry in the first place.
The NAIC subgroup concluded that because changes made to the treatment AG 38 by the NAIC in 2012 under an industry-embraced compromise for the bifurcated treatment of old business and prospective business, the creation of new captives and SPVs should no longer be needed for such financing transactions.
However, if there are XXX and AXXX issues that have not been addressed, those issues should be addressed directly — not through the use of captives and SPVs, the white paper stated. For example, the NAIC could consider modifications to the statutory accounting framework to recognize, "in strictly limited situations," certain tier 2 type assets so that the need for the separate transaction wouldn't be needed.
The American Council of Life Insurance (ACLI) supports the NAIC in exploring modifications to the current statutory accounting framework to allow "tier two type assets," such as letters of credit (LOC), in certain situations.
Some state regulators had been concerned about the way captives are being used to avoid the burden of reserve redundancies and free up much-needed capital while some are concerned about how captives are being portrayed. The subgroup approach creates more leniency so insurers in some instances do not have to go running to a captive for reinsurance reserves.
The Captives subgroup also recommends that the NAIC should further encourage the states to adopt the NAIC's Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicle Model Act (#789) and should consider making the model an accreditation standard, which remains controversial.
Due to changes made to AG 38 by the NAIC in 2012, the creation of new captives and SPVs should no longer be needed for such financing transactions; but, if there are XXX and AXXX issues that have not been addressed, those issues should be addressed directly, as opposed to through the use of captives and SPVs, the white paper stated.
The subgroup also recommends that the NAIC study the issue of confidentiality related to commercially owned captives and SPVs more closely. The Subgroup believes it may be necessary to develop a framework that would provide greater uniformity in what should and should not be considered confidential.
"We appreciate the hard work of the subgroup and look forward to further discussions," stated the ACLI, which was very supportive of the white paper on the call.


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fluoxetine (floo-OK-seh-teen) is a drug used to treat depression.
Information about Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) widely used as an antidepressant.
Liver safety of Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine therapy can be associated with transient asymptomatic elevations in serum aminotransferase levels and has been linked to rare instances of clinically apparent acute liver injury.
Mechanism of action of Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine (floo ox' e teen) is an antidepressant which was one of the first of the class of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) introduced into clinical use. By blocking the reuptake of serotonin in CNS synaptic clefts, SSRIs increase serotonin levels in the brain which is associated with their antidepressant effect. Fluoxetine
FDA approval information for Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine was approved for use in the United States in 1987 and it became one of the most widely used antidepressant medications, more than 20 million prescriptions being written yearly.
Clinical use of Fluoxetine
Current indications include major depressive disorders, panic and obsessive compulsive disorders, bulemia nervosa and bipolar illness in combination with other agents.
FDA approval information for Fluoxetine
Fluoxetine is available as tablets and capsules of 10, 20 and 40 mg and in an oral solution of 20 mg/5 mL, in multiple generic forms and under the brand names of Prozac and Sarafem. Fixed combinations of fluoxetine with olanzapine (Symbyax and generic forms) are also available. A long acting formulation of 90 mg of fluoxetine has been developed for once weekly dosing (Prozac weekly).
Dosage and administration for Fluoxetine
The recommended dosage of standard formulations of fluoxetine in adults is 20 mg once daily, increasing to 40 mg daily if necessary and not exceeding 80 mg daily.
Side effects of Fluoxetine
Common side effects are drowsiness,dyspepsia, nausea, headache, increased sweating, increased appetite, weight gain and sexual dysfunction.
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Former DBM chief Emy Boncodin passes away
March 15, 2010 11:37 pm
MANILA, March 15 Former Budget Secretary Emilia T. Boncodin, 54, passed away Monday afternoon after a lingering illness at the National Kidney Institute (NKI) on East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.
Former Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman announced the untimely death of Boncodin over private radio station DZXL.
Soliman said Boncodin had been undergoing dialysis since she was in Cabinet.
Many government employees, especially DBM employees, have been endeared to Boncodin due to her warm and friendly ways.
She earned the respect of all rank-and-file state workers because of her full support of the salary standardization law (SSL) implementation during the time of then President Fidel V. Ramos.
It can be recalled that together with six cabinet official and three government executives, Boncodin resigned at the height of the Hello Garci scandal over charges of electoral fraud against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The group came to be collectively known as the Hyatt 10 which came out in the open in August 2006.
No announcement yet on burial plans has been made, Soliman said.
Boncodin, a career official of DBM, started out in the agency in 1978 and became Secretary in 1998 during the time of President Fidel V. Ramos. In 2001 to 2005, she was again appointed in the same position by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
She was a faculty member of the University of the Philippines National College for Public Administration and Governance (1998-2000). She was born in 1954 in Iriga City, Camarines Sur.
She graduated with a degree of Business Administration and Accountancy at the University of the Philippines (1975), passed the Certified Public Accountant Board Examination (1975) given by the Professional Regulation Commision (PRC).
She took up her Master's Degree in Public Administration at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1986). (PNA) RMA/JCA


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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the Canadian Federal Deficit which has reached $5.9 billion half way through the fiscal year.
As John goes into, Canada's private debt to GDP has reached 266.89% in 2016 (the 2017 numbers are yet to be released and are likely to be much higher). The Canadian private debt to GDP is the highest in the world according to Trading Economics.
Currently, Canada's consumer credit is third in the world at 594,551 CAD Million.
This system HAS to come down. The fundamentals are off the table due to the level of manipulation in both the monetary system and the markets. We know it's going to happen we just cannot call the crash by the day or even month. The markets and economy in Canada are incredibly unsustainable. This is why people need to prepare themselves.
While the media continues to make claims that the markets and economy are doing better under Trudeau, the truth is the dollar appears to be climbing compared to an even further devaluing US dollar. The markets are overheated and the debt accumilation is astronomical.
From housing markets in Vancouver and Toronto to vast fiat printing at the Bank of Canada, a pension crisis, a stock market crisis and a tiny labor force participation rate, when this comes down alongside global economies and markets, it will be like nothing the world has ever seen.
So people need to solve this issue independently because the state and banking system depends on debt. So people should look towards over preparing in the worst case scenario which is certainly better than not being prepared at all. Food, water, shelter, defense, gold, silver, Bitcoin, decentralized assets, all of the above can be crucial to insuring wealth and surviving a crash that will make 2008 and the Great Depression look like nothing.
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This very week, UNESCO's World Heritage committee met in Brasil and accepted eleven convict sites across Australia, including Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, Port Arthur near Hobart, Norfolk Island penal settlement and Fremantle Prison in Perth. The Weekend Australian (7/8/2010) noted that these 11 sites provided a complete representation of all the significant elements of Australian convictism in 1788-1868. They covered penal stations, gang labour, assignment, female factories and the Tasmanian probation system.
Port Arthur now combines history and scenic beauty with innovative interpretation to tell the stories of the harsh discipline and determined industry of the settlements during the convict era. The boulevards of towering oaks and English elms, the charismatic ruins set amid expanses of lawns and convict-era gardens contrast the natural bushland setting on a stunning harbour and the harsh discipline of its past.


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Choline Acetyltransferase
This product may be used as blocking peptide for Goat anti human choline acetyltransferase antibody (product code: 2080-0000) at a suggested concentration range of 2-5 μg/ml. The antigen should be incubated with the antibody for 3 hours at 4°C before being used on tissue sections.
Product Details
- Target Species
- Rat
- Product Form
- Purified recombinant ChAT- liquid
- Preparation
- Purified recombinant rat choline acetyltransferase expressed in Escherichia coli.
- Buffer Solution
- Phosphate buffered saline
- Preservative Stabilisers
- 10% Glycerol
- Approx. Protein Concentrations
- Total protein concentration 0.25 mg/ml
Storage Information
- Storage
- Store at -20oC only.
Storage in frost-free freezers is not recommended.
This product should be stored undiluted. Avoid repeated freezing and thawing as this may denature the protein. Should this product contain a precipitate we recommend microcentrifugation before use.
- Guarantee
- 6 months from date of despatch
More Information
- UniProt
- Entrez Gene
- Chat
- GO Terms
- GO:0001547 antral ovarian follicle growth
- GO:0001666 response to hypoxia
- GO:0004102 choline O-acetyltransferase activity
- GO:0005737 cytoplasm
- GO:0007584 response to nutrient
- GO:0007613 memory
- GO:0008292 acetylcholine biosynthetic process
- GO:0042493 response to drug
- GO:0019717 synaptosome
- GO:0033265 choline binding
- GO:0045471 response to ethanol
- Regulatory
- For research purposes only
Applications of Choline Acetyltransferase
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Since taking a group on an incredible wine tour of Alsace, Chef Jacques Haeringer had been reminiscing about the food of his father's native Alsace. Most restaurants in Alsace have a more formal gastronomique dining room as well as a casual, bistro-style dining room known in the region as a weinstube. There, diners can enjoy traditional, hearty Alsatian dishes accompanied by local wine.
As a special tribute to his father and rich Alsatian culinary heritage, Chef Jacques opened Jacques' Brasserie at L'Auberge Chez Francois in 2011, serving some of his favorite recipes, including some that came from a handwritten notebook his father brought with him when he moved from France to the United States. Bar Rouge, the bar lounge just off the Brasserie, was named for its dazzling scarlet counter top, providing space for a cocktail and casual gathering.
Operating Hours:
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Sunday, all day from 12:00 Noon – 7:30 pm.
Tuesday-Friday, 5:00pm – 9:00pm
Saturday, 4:30pm – 9:30pm
Sunday, 3:00pm – 7:30pm
Happy Hour
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Sundays, 12:00pm to 6:30pm
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Precious Little Pictures
All of my children love arts & crafts of all sorts. Crayons and paper can provide hours of entertainment. I have boxes filled with artwork going back to when Chloe was a toddler! Occasionally I will share some of the children's art & crafts here with you, I think it's all great, naturally of course I am… Continue reading Precious Little Pictures


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Campsite Le Bleu Lavande **
General information
At Campsite Le Bleu Lavande in Saint-Martin-de-Brômes (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) camping costs as little as €16,- per night during low season with CampingCard ACSI. At one of the 26 touring pitches you will get a discounted rate during the period 22-08-2020 - 31-10-2020. At this campsite you can not only use your CampingCard ACSI for inexpensive camping, you can also use your ACSI Club ID (as an alternative ID).
Campsite in terrace formation with a panoramic view of the picturesque village of St. Martin-de-Brômes.
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