text: Scientific ReviewsProposed quality measures for palliative care in the critically ill: A consensus from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care WorkgroupMularski, Richard A. MD, MSHS; Curtis, J Randall MD, MPH; Billings, J Andrew MD; Burt, Robert MD; Byock, Ira MD; Fuhrman, Cathy RN, BSN, CCRN, CNRN, CHPN; Mosenthal, Anne C. MD, FACS; Medina, Justine RN, MS; Ray, Daniel E. MD, MS; Rubenfeld, Gordon D. MD, MSc; Schneiderman, Lawrence J. MD; Treece, Patsy D. RN, MN; Truog, Robert D. MD; Levy, Mitchell M. MD, FCCMAuthor Information From the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Portland, OR (RAM); Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR (RAM); Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA (JRC); Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (JAB); Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (JAB); Yale Law School, Yale University, New Haven, CT (RB); Palliative Care Program, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH (IB); Departments of Anesthesiology and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH (IB); Medical Critical Care Program, Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA (CF); Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ (ACM); Professional Practice and Programs, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (JM); Department of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA (DER); Pulmonary Associates, Allentown, PA (DER); Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA (GDR); Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA (LJS); Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA (PDT); Medical Ethics and Anesthesia (Pediatrics), Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA (RDT); Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (RDT); and the Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI (MML). Critical Care Medicine: November 2006 - Volume 34 - Issue 11 - p S404-S411 doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000242910.00801.53 Buy Metrics Abstract For critically ill patients and their loved ones, high-quality health care includes the provision of excellent palliative care. To achieve this goal, the healthcare system needs to identify, measure, and report specific targets for quality palliative care for critically ill or injured patients. Our objective was to use a consensus process to develop a preliminary set of quality measures to assess palliative care in the critically ill. We built on earlier and ongoing efforts of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care End-of-Life Peer Workgroup to propose specific measures of the structure and process of palliative care. We used an informal iterative consensus process to identify and refine a set of candidate quality measures. These candidate measures were developed by reviewing previous literature reviews, supplementing the evidence base with recently published systematic reviews and consensus statements, identifying existing indicators and measures, and adapting indicators from related fields for our objective. Among our primary sources, we identified existing measures from the Voluntary Hospital Association's Transformation of the ICU program and a government-sponsored systematic review performed by RAND Health to identify palliative care quality measures for cancer care. Our consensus group proposes 18 quality measures to assess the quality of palliative care for the critically ill and injured. A total of 14 of the proposed measures assess processes of care at the patient level, and four measures explore structural aspects of critical care delivery. Future research is needed to assess the relationship of these measures to desired health outcomes. Subsequent measure sets should also attempt to include outcome measures, such as patient or surrogate satisfaction, as the field develops the means to rigorously measure such outcomes. The proposed measures are intended to stimulate further discussion, testing, and refinement for quality of care measurement and enhancement. © 2006 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins


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At first, trying to understand your HVAC may seem difficult. There is some truth to the idea that HVAC systems are complicated. But, some helpful tips may be all that is needed.
Clean the condenser coils and fan at the beginning of the year to help the unit run efficiently. If you are doing more than a light surface cleaning, make sure that the power is shut off to the HVAC unit. Clean the outside of your condenser unit regularly.
Clean the debris off your outdoor condenser unit. After a wind or rain storm things may pile up, causing problems with your system. It can cause your system to malfunction by overheating.
Each spring, try cleaning the fan blades and coils on the condenser fan. Make sure to turn off the fan's power first to be safe. Remove the grill and the blades, and then you can give them all a gentle clean.
When the trees are losing their leaves, your HVAC unit can suffer. Make sure the fan's grill is cleaned often during the fall. The fan must not have anything in the way so that air can flow into it, and if it is clogged, you'll have a lot of headaches eventually.
If your condenser comes with oil ports, you should lubricate it yearly. You will notice these ports have a rubber or metal cap covering them. Use SAE 20 oil that is lightweight and detergent free, and put ten drops or fewer into each one. Make sure not to overfill them.
If you are choosing where to place your outdoor compressor device, try to put it in a place where there is plenty of shade. The cooler air that the unit can suck in, the less work it will need to do to further cool the air.
When the weather starts to cool down, make sure you turn off outdoor condenser units. This means that you should turn it off to prevent damage if the weather falls under 60 degrees Farenheit. Your system will work longer for you this way.
Double pane your windows to prevent drafts. You can reduce your energy costs from energy leaking out through your windows by installing window that are double-paned. As with other steps you take to improve your ability to keep your air conditioned air or heated air inside your home, double-paned windows can help you save on energy costs.
Never let your home reach a dangerously hot temperature. Air conditioners can cool a home by just twenty degrees in a short time. This limits their overall benefit. Depending on how humid it is, this isn't really that safe for a person to sleep in when it's really hot.
Look for sizing calculators based on the air conditioner you have to figure out how big of a unit you need in your home. Proper sizing will increase efficiency. Any unit's manual will be able to give you an accurate idea for the size of the unit versus your home.
Now that you're done with this article, you know some things about the HVAC that you didn't know before. Take all that you've just read into account when working on any system. Once things begin to click inside your mind, you won't regret the decision.

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- Work synergistically with PI and Co-I in experimental designs, conducting experiments, troubleshooting and data analysis
- Conduct experiments involving wastewater and sludge treatment for removal and inactivation of human pathogens
- Support existing research personnel with WBE research
- Provide expertise on molecular biology for WBE analysis
- Design the sampling protocols and analytical methods applicable for different types analysis proposed
- Design, conduct and troubleshoot experiments in the laboratory
- Provide training to research associate/assistant on the relevant skills for the proposed project
- Summarize the findings in this project and produce the final report and recommendations for the sustainable treatment of sludge
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Donna Hammer, Director of Student and Education Services, was awarded the Outstanding Advisor for a Student Organization Award for her role as UMD Chapter Advisor of the Society of Physics Students. Donna was presented the Award on May 1 at the 35th Annual University Awards Banquet held in the Grand Ballroom of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.
The following is an excerpt from the nomination letter, submitted by the Society of Physics Students, which was read at the award presentation:
Donna meets with our officers on a monthly basis and talks us through our long and short-term objectives for the club. She provides the perfect balance of letting us grow our own ideas, but then following up with us to make sure we are meeting the appropriate milestones to accomplish those objectives. She is great at letting us develop the club and our own leadership skills on our own, but always stepping in should we need additional help or encouragement. I have always felt comfortable contacting her should I need any help, and I know I will get an insightful response or support.


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Procedural Justice, Cultures of Trust and the Fine Art of Neuroscience
Last October, I posted a blog entitled "All I Really Need to Know about Procedural Justice I Learned in Kindergarten" which compared the four pillars of procedural justice to what we learned in kindergarten. Today, I am taking the leap from kindergarten to higher education, neuroscience to be specific, to explore what a better understanding of neurochemicals can teach us about law enforcement.
Policing as a Culture of Trust
My journey begins with the Harvard Business Review article, "The Neuroscience of Trust" in which Paul J. Zak "found that building a culture of trust is what makes a meaningful difference" in empowering and challenging employees. Through his experiments, he concluded that increased levels of the neurochemical oxytocin "increases a person's level of empathy," which can lead to a better ability to trust. However – and important to the police profession – he says that "high stress is a potent oxytocin inhibitor." If higher oxytocin increases empathy, and stress decreases oxytocin, then Zak's article makes me wonder: what can police chiefs and supervisors do to increase officers' ability to empathize and build trust in the stressful environment of police work?
Applying Neuroscience Knowledge to Policing
Zak's experiments led him to identify eight behaviors that increase levels of oxytocin and foster trust. As in my previous blog, I compare the relationship among Zak's eight behaviors, the report from President Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing and the concepts of procedural justice, especially internal procedural justice to demonstrate how science from other disciplines can inform police practices.
Although Zak describes developing the culture of trust within organizations, the need for a culture of trust within the police department and between the police department and the community is just as strong – if not stronger. Building and maintaining trust between the police and the people that they protect has been fundamental to policing at least as far back as the development of Sir Robert Peel's Principles of Law Enforcement. The concept of procedural justice is derived from these principles. Research shows that practicing procedural justice helps create trust between police departments and the communities they serve and is a key component of ensuring stronger, safer communities. Zak identifies eight behaviors:
1. Recognize excellence.
According to Zak, "neuroscience shows that recognition [of work done] has the largest effect on trust when it occurs immediately after a goal has been met, when it comes from peers, and when it's tangible, unexpected, personal and public." To retain employees, police departments also need to recognize employee successes. The publication "Police Recruitment and Retention for the New Millennium" identifies methods to encourage positive behaviors including letters of commendation, thank you notes and posting compliments of the department and officers. Police departments can use this recognition to reinforce behaviors that increase officer-community engagement and help to build trust.
2. Induce challenge stress.
The author notes that assigning a team a difficult but achievable job releases neurochemicals that intensify people's focus and strengthens social connections, however, too much stress can have a negative impact. By the nature of the job, police officers experience challenge stress every day. A chief or supervisor needs to be able to recognize when that moderate stress turns more severe. More importantly, supervisors need to recognize stress begins to impact an officer's health or how an officer interacts with the public. Pillar 6 offers several recommendations regarding officer wellness such as supporting research into the efficacy of annual mental health checks for officers, promoting safety and wellness at all levels of the organization and implementing scientifically supported shift lengths.
3. Give people discretion in how they do their work.
President Obama's Task Force Report includes 15 policy and oversight recommendations, but police officers have a great deal of discretion as they patrol our communities and must make independent decisions in often rapidly changing situations. Allowing discretion in police work promotes job satisfaction and, in the right circumstances, allows officers to provide people a second chance, improving the public perception of the police.
4. Enable job crafting.
While there are many requirements of a police officer's job, engaging in community policing, problem solving and relationship development as recommended by President Obama's Task Force necessarily requires officers to be creative, in some respects crafting their own jobs. This "job crafting" allows officers to be responsive to community needs and increases community engagement, which are critical elements of building trust. Departments can support this process by providing direct responsibility for problem solving and community engagement and measuring progress and activity that arises as a result.
5. Share information broadly.
Transparency is a key element of both internal and external procedural justice. The President's Task Force notes that "internal procedural justice begins with the clear articulation of organizational core values and the transparent creation and fair application of an organizations polices, protocols, and decision making processes." Similarly, Task Force Recommendation 1.3 recognizes the importance of establishing a culture of transparency and accountability in order to build public trust and legitimacy.
6. Intentionally build relationships.
President Obama's Task Force discusses building relationships throughout the report and stresses the importance of community engagement (4.1), engaging multidisciplinary community teams (4.3) and working with community residents to co-produce public safety (4.5). Developing community relationships both at the department and officer level builds trust and is a key element to successful policing.
7. Facilitate whole person growth.
The President's Task Force's Training and Education Pillar (Pillar 5) recommends that agencies provide leadership training to all personnel throughout their careers (5.3) and encourage and incentivize higher education for law enforcement officers (5.11). The Task Force also encourages law enforcement agencies to provide training throughout an officer's career. Training and education allows officers to keep up with evolving complexities of police work and enhances their knowledge to enable fair and procedurally just policing.
8. Show vulnerability.
As President Obama's Task Force indicates, it is past time to overturn the tradition of officers not sharing their psychological issues. The report encourages Officer Safety and Wellness initiatives that allow officers the opportunity to seek help and not be ostracized or demeaned for seeking help (Pillar 6). When officers feel supported by their departments and are physically, mentally and emotionally healthy, they are more likely to accept and comply with department policies and productively engage with the public.
Corporations and law enforcement agencies are not, of course, the same. Law enforcement agencies are held to a higher standard of public service and officers are the frontline of police-community interactions. Nonetheless, insights into building trust in the corporate world can give law enforcement agencies actionable points to consider when seeking to fulfill their public safety mission, which rests on the need for internal and external trust.
Although policing is more of an art than a science, Zak's insight into neurochemistry present a welcome opportunity to use neuroscience to inform and improve the art – and heart – of the profession.


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Need a filling? Don't avoid it!
In this modern age, it is all too easy to ignore the problems that surround us, as well as our personal ones. Reading the news is so depressing that many of us avoid it at all, and those who do bother tend to skim read the points that would otherwise be too upsetting if dwelt on. Wars and famines and diseases go through the world taking lives left right and center, and yet it is easier to get upset about a lost puppy than thousands of lives in another country. Facing these problems only becomes more difficult when we start to avoid the issues that are actually affecting our own personal lives, like a job that isn't fulfilling us anymore or a partner that is seeming more distant. But if you want to start making a change and taking things like this more seriously, perhaps the best place to start is in the little things that are nonetheless very important. That toothache, for example.
Studies have shown that toothache is one of the number one things that we ignore, even if it is giving us a huge amount of pain – and the trouble with a toothache is that, unless you do something about it, it is almost impossible for it to simply disappear! Our teeth cannot just heal themselves, and though in very rare occasions when you may be fighting off an infection, your immune system may be able to leap forward and eventually fight it off, the pain that you will experience during that time will be extreme, and just a simple trip to the dentist will create the same result with almost half the time – and potentially no pain!
And yet going to the dentist seems to be far too much for many of us. We would prefer to avoid the dentist and live with the pain of toothache for some reason, as though it is weak to decide that something needs to be done in order to get help. For dentists in San Diego, tooth restorations are rarely requested, although they are very often needed. A tooth restoration is another term for a filling, and it needed when a toothache has been ignored for so long that part of the tooth has become damaged beyond healing. It will need to be repaired, usually with a filling, and although San Diego tooth restorations are freely available to those who live in the area, very few people think to go and specifically ask a dentist whether they can help them.
So why is this? Well, it comes down to our love of avoiding things. It is far easier to ignore the pain of toothache and the fear of getting a filling than actually going to see a dentist, and see what needs to be done. You may be surprised; dental technology has changed so much in the last ten years that the process of receiving a filling is almost unrecognizable. There is almost no pain and discomfort while you are receiving the filling, and even the noise – the part that frightens most people – is much fewer thanks to changes to dental drill technology. Many people are able to go to the dentist in their lunch break in San Diego, tooth restorations completed in an hour or less, and then go back to work! It doesn't seem possible, but when you think that your toothache could be over in just one day, it makes you wonder whether it's time to swallow that fear, and get yourself to a dentist!


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Can beads and wire have character? Surely not!
Well click here to meet the Spiral Folk over at Spiral Rose and you might change your mind.
Cathy Rose, the face behind the business explains:
I started Spiral Rose just over two years ago, and at the time I was making wire-wrapped jewellery. I wanted to expand my range to include items that nobody else made, and the Eureka moment came when someone suggested I should make fairies.
Using wire, pearls and lucite flower beads, I came up with a 2.5 inch high fairy that immediately proved popular and it wasn't long before people started asking for adaptations, like elves, witches, angels and even steampunk fairies. The Spiral Folk were born!
I thought it would be fun to personalise the figures, giving them charms to represent hobbies and occupations and started posting silly photos of them on the Spiral Rose Facebook page.
The Spiral Fairies, on the other hand, were mischievous little tykes who regularly got into trouble, often involving the over-consumption of food and alcohol! (Did you know that fairies puke glitter?)
Followers of the Facebook page really embraced the Spiral Folk and started suggesting scenarios for photo shoots and stories about their lives. Requests came in for 'Mini-me' Spiral Folk that actually looked like real people! (Have you ever tried to draw a recognisable face on a 10mm pearl? It's not easy!).
Do you recognise this one – of course it is our very own Andy Murray!
The Spiral Folk community has grown and they've found homes all over the world. They have a variety of jobs and hobbies including medics, Police officers, fire fighters, musicians, sports stars and crafters. Or how about Spiral Cavemen?
Cathy kindly made two Spiral Witches who help me out on the Glitterwitch Facebook page, they are called Purl & Pearl and are very well behaved and hard working.
So, can beads and wire have character? Of course they can!
If you'd like to commission a Spiral figure, contact Cathy on her Spiral Rose Facebook page here. Prices start at £6 plus p&p
That is it for today folks, tomorrows blog is more about using Beads & Wire.


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After all the stress and planing the MC2 in Fashion Photo exhbit turned out to be a success.
Despite running around and still having to work, I had an amazing time. It was very Glarmorous. It was really funny because when I got there they couldnt find my name on the list... and I was like BUT I MADE THE LIST! how crazy is that... haha They actually lost the list and Jean Luc had to come and get us. Thank God all of the models made it there and on time... I was in charge of having a car pick them up. I new everyone at this event, it was amazing! This industry is crazy. When you love it you just really LOVE IT!
See Naomi Campbell in person was unbelievable. She just has this radiance to her and she looks like such a powerful woman. I was standing right next to her and I have to say I was a little star struck. I still get excited about famous people. There are so many people I talk to who are like yeah I saw so and so who is famous and its like no big deal to them. I guess im still like a kid when it comes to that stuff. I just love meeting new people and the artist that i admire and look up too. Now im not going to lie and say that i have been a big fan of Naomi all my life, because really I havent. She is a wonderful model but she has never really been one of my most favorite models.
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When we moved back to the U.S. for last season, we let go of some of our favorite things about Europe for some comforts of home. We exchanged more exotic cheeses for an abundance of sharp cheddar. We exchanged a cereal section that consists of four types of muesli for an entire aisle of delicious crunchiness. We exchanged another year of unknowns and new languages and a bit of loneliness for the comfort of place we've lived happily before. And it all worked out brilliantly. Until it was over.
Because we don't know if we'll have the chance again, we've exchanged the cheddar for the Jarlsberg and the amazing cereal selection for the muesli and the comfort of a place we know for somewhere new. And it feels just as good to be exchanging this way as it did the other way. We find ourselves happy wherever we are. As long as there is cheese.
Being back here does bring, however, that bit of loneliness I mentioned before. In addition to not knowing anyone here before we arrived, there is that additional feeling of isolation that you can't help but feel when you don't understand the language. Even though nearly everyone here speaks English quite well, there is still that barrier to complete comprehension. When in a group of Norwegians they, naturally, tend to transition back to Norwegian when they aren't addressing you directly, and you kind of feel a bit disconnected from the whole of the conversation…although a bit of wine can help that. When you turn on the T.V. for background noise, the very foreign sounds of a foreign language tend to get annoying rather than soothing. When people pass you on the path and say something to your dogs, you don't know what it is, so you just nod and smile knowing that may be the completely wrong reaction for their question/statement/request.
So despite that the fact that feeling lonely is only a tiny part of life abroad, it's important to find ways to combat those feelings so they don't have a chance to grow bigger. And yesterday, while the men were away in battle, I took refuge in two by spending time with two things that I truly love: books and a Midwestern girl.
On a glorious sunny day, Blair Curley Bostrom and I headed to the main branch of the Oslo public library to get our library cards and find ourselves some books in ENGLISH! It was amazingly easy to get the card, just a passport and a little note in my pocket to remind me of my address. We spent time slowly going up and down the section with books in English, reading the spines, touching the books, weighing our choices. I love libraries under any circumstance, but when I've already torn through the three books I packed and can't bring myself to buy the overpriced English books in the bookstore, the library is like an oasis in the desert. An oasis that smells like dust and sounds like learning. We emerged victorious, books in our bags ready to take on the world.
The rest of the day was spent wandering, with our only real goal being to stumble upon a Subway (success!), and discovering some cute cafés, a giant cruise ship and an amazing fortress overlooking the harbor. I when I got my tired feet and my sore back on the subway to return home, I didn't feel quite as lonely among the foreign language and the surrounding strangers. Curled up on the couch with a book and my dogs, I spent the rest of the night feeling a little closer to home.


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The clip, in which an injured Mean Joe is so touched by a young fan offering up his own soda to the tired, limping player that Mean Joe tosses the kid (billed officially as "The Kid" and played by 12-year-old actor Tommy Okun) his Steelers jersey."Hey kid, catch! " says Okun, after the NFL-er chugged the soda and gifted him with the shirt.
But that was far (far, far) from the only Coca-Cola Joe drank in the making of the commercial.
Mustafa, who filmed the initial ad in one uncut take, also went on to guest star on TV shows like , and in 2011 beat out romance novel cover boy Fabio in a competition to determine which of them would be the Old Spice spokesman.
And in the past 52 years, we've seen a ton of really great ads..some others that, well, may have missed the mark.
6, 2005, just a month after marrieds Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced their separation, and during a time that gossip swirled he had fallen in love with his P. One more Pitt/Heineken connection: Aniston later starred in her own Heineken commercial, which was shown only in foreign countries. VW's "The Force" (aka "Darth Vader Kid"), 2011" data-reactid="46" fan — complete with a killer Darth Vader costume — wanders around his house trying to use Jedi mind tricks to move objects and start his dad's car. with a little help from a remote starter for his dad's new Passat." data-reactid="47" fan — complete with a killer Darth Vader costume — wanders around his house trying to use Jedi mind tricks to move objects and start his dad's car. with a little help from a remote starter for his dad's new Passat.
Tidbits: The ad, created by the agency of one-time CNBC host Donny Deutsch, has more than 61 million views on You Tube, which proves just how many of us identify with having fantasies about Darth Vader powers.
(Honestly, we're surprised some of these even made it past the drawing board.) Ahead, 30 Super Bowl commercials that received a ton of backlash.
Having not advertised during the Super Bowl for years, Mountain Dew had heads turn—in a WTF kind of way—with this puppy monkey baby.


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Don't miss a gripping final episode to a sensational second series of Top of the Lake
In the wake of the shooting at the brothel, Puss has packed up his favourite cats and done a runner – but the police are more concerned with finding the gunman, who is now on the loose and thought to be hiding in plain sight on Bondi Beach.
Robin (Elisabeth Moss) is desperately attempting to sober up with help from her new best buddy Miranda (Gwendoline Christie) – it's a real shame we had to wait so long for these two to make friends – but how will Robin be able to remain focused and professional, considering that the case has become far more personal than she ever expected?
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This session will cover FICO's use case for Couchbase. It covers the decision to use Couchbase for collecting and storing large objects across multiple datacenters. We will share how the architecture is running side by side with an Oracle cluster. We will share the architectural and implementation challenges we experienced along the way. We will also briefly cover a few of the key feature requests we have for future considerations. Finally, we will share our experience interacting with the Couchbase sales, support, and product teams.


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A classroom issue has left Wyoming a little thinner in the defensive secondary than they were at the beginning of the week.
A school spokesperson confirmed to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle that Davion Freeman is no longer a member of the Craig Bohl's Cowboys football team. Unspecified academic issues were given as the reason behind the cornerback's departure.
After redshirting as a true freshman, Freeman played in all 14 games last season. He wasn't, however, credited with a tackle in that span.
Coming out of spring practice this year, he was one of the Cowboys' starting kick returners and was a backup punt returner. He failed to crack to the two-deep depth chart at any of the corner spots.
In addition to Freeman, the Tribune Eagle also notes that offensive lineman Richard Bettencourt has been medically disqualified because of an ongoing shoulder issue. The junior played in 11 games during his time with the Cowboys.


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While St. Bernard was in the church one night at matins, he had a vision, in which God made known to him the manner in which the religious were saying their prayers. He saw the angel guardians of the monks standing near them with pens in their hands. Some of these angels wrote in letters of gold, and others in letters of silver. Some were writing with common ink, and others with water, while a few stood sorrowfully, and did not write anything at all in their books.
As the Saint was gazing in wonder at the vision, and pondering in his mind what it signified, an angel said to him: "The religious whose guardian angels are writing in letters of gold are those who say their prayers with great attention, and are full of Divine love. Those whose angels are writing in silver letters love God well, and pray with great attention, but are less fervent and less perfect than the others. Those whose guardian angels are writing with ink have, indeed, a certain desire to please God, but there is not much fervor in their souls; while those whose angels are writing with water are honoring God only with their lips; their hearts are far from Him, and are full of distractions. Those beside whom the angels are standing with sad countenances, and are writing nothing in their books, have already lost the grace of God, and their prayers are only a mockery of Him."
The holy man made known to them in the morning what he had seen. Those who were fervent were encouraged to persevere, and those who had become negligent were aroused to serve God more faithfully.
The Catechism in Examples (Life of St. Salvi) by Rev. Chisholm, NAS Letter June 2010


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Give them time. The first step to this was getting the front-sd driver running which will let us boot from the SD-card which is in PoC 0.3. Now that front-sd support is finished they'll be able to start working on user interfaces, such as gamecube controller as a virtual keyboard or, even better, usb keyboard support. Frozen-Solid 9:54am April 5, 2008


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On the web Shopping India – the elite e-commerce brand, endeavors to offer the online habitué a handful of major-league brands at a extremely nominal price. Barthol shared somewhat in the excitement that was sweeping the higher neighborhood about the all-in-one" shopping center about to rise on the website of her former home – a brand new discount division store and contemporary supermarket all beneath 1 roof.
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The Pussycat Doll joins Kem Cetinay and Sam Thompson in the new Movember campaign
We're used to seeing Ashley Roberts preened to perfection – whether that's at a glitzy red carpet event or hitting the dancefloor on Strictly Come Dancing.
But the 37-year-old has completely transformed for a new campaign with the Movember Foundation – and we definitely didn't recognise her.
Ashley took on the role of Charlie Chaplin as she teamed up with Love Island winner Kem Cetinay and Made In Chelsea's Sam Thompson to launch the annual Grow a Mo' campaign.
MORE: Awks! Did Kem Cetinay just hint that he made the WRONG decision by coupling up with Amber Davies on Love Island?
Kem, 22, turned into WWE's Hulk Hogan, while 26-year-old Sam took on the role of Sasha Baron Cohen's character Borat.
And while there's no denying they all look hilarious dressed up, there's a very serious reason behind the moustaches.
The Movember Foundation is a charity dedicated to changing the face of men's mental health and encourages men to speak up about their personal experiences.
Its aim is to reduce the number of men dying from health issues such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide by 25% by 2030.
MORE: Love Island star Chris Hughes shares hilarious video of Kem Cetinay NAKED in the back of a car
And they want you to get involved, too! Whether that's by encouraging your man to grow a mo, or walking 60 kilometres over the month (one km for the 60 men we lose to suicide every hour) to raise money for this very important cause.
Owen Sharp, CEO for the Movember Foundation, says: 'Every year we strive to raise awareness, drive conversation and most importantly encourage friends, family and colleagues to donate to those willing to grow a moustache for the whole of November.
'Our number one goal is to continue funding projects and organisations to stop men dying too young so they can enjoy happier, healthier and longer lives.'
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Dümmen Orange Researchers Study Impact of Light on Plant Fragrance
In the past few months, Dümmen Orange has participated in an indoor trial of a selection of its annuals at the Dutch indoor farming company Seven Steps To Heaven in Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
The Seven Steps To Heaven team's experience, knowledge, techniques and location provided an opportunity for Dümmen Orange to test its crops under different circumstances and the potential of fragrance in the products.
The combination of optimal growth conditions for crops, production opportunities close to the market and a controlled and biological environment is synergistic towards growers as well as consumers.
The main objective of this research was to find out if plants produce more fragrance under high light conditions rather than under low light conditions. Over a six-week period, trials were executed under different circumstances (normal greenhouse in the Netherlands, low intensity photosynthesis, and high intensity photosynthesis in combination with optimal temperature and evaporation).
Several crops were tested, including begonia, lavender and sweet alyssum. The test team assumed that a larger photosynthetic capacity, caused by high intensity LED light, would lead to the formation of more secondary metabolites, which should make the fragrance more intense than under low light conditions.
The team discovered that some crops emit a fragrance in the indoor farm but did not when tested in a regular greenhouse. Additionally, they found that high light intensity results in more fragrance. Growers can enhance their marketing opportunities by applying a photosynthesis boost in a later stage, to increase the fragrance of his crop.
Although the test was preliminary, the effect of light and other trial circumstances will definitely impact the future of producing plants.


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Over the weekend, singer Taylor Swift showed off a shorter 'do at Liberty Ross' birthday!
Swift's bangs and layered locks were created by celebrity hairstylists Tracey Cunningham and Gareth Bromell, who even hung out with her at the party.
Swift was also seen posing for pics in the photo booth with Liberty and Mary J. Blige. A source told Us Weekly, "Taylor was also busting moves with Mary J. [Blige] on the dance floor for awhile."
Mary and Taylor became single ladies after their recent breakups. In July, Mary filed for divorce after 12 years of marriage with husband Kendu Isaacs, while Taylor and Tom Hiddleston broke up earlier this month.
Taylor was also spotted hanging with another A-lister. An insider added, "Gwyneth Paltrow was dancing with Taylor Swift and hanging out with her a lot. They seemed like good friends. Taylor was in an amazing mood and very social."
Some of the other big-name stars to attend the bash include Mick Jagger and James Corden.


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Where young homeowners put down roots
Unzipped: Homeownership is rare among young adults -- except in these ZIP Codes
It's no secret that the share of adults who own their own homes has been dropping for decades. The reasons are obvious: The housing crash; the enormous share of young Americans with crippling student debt; and a delay in getting married.
But a new report issued this month by the Pew Research Center says the disappearance of young homeowners may be even bigger than many Americans thought.
"Though the overall homeownership rate has fallen to about its 1994 level (before home values started their sharp ascent), homeownership rates for several key demographic subgroups have sunk below their 1994 levels," Pew reports.
"In 1982, 41.2% of households headed by an adult younger than 35 were homeowners, a share that fell to 37.3% in 1994 and only stands at 35.2% today," the organization continues.
This is true in Houston, a city that young people have flocked to in recent years. Here, only 17.1 percent of homes headed by someone under the age of 35 are owner-occupied — less than half the national average.
But there are pockets of the city where you're more likely to find young homeowners than the national average — 25 distinct ZIP Codes within the loop, to be exact. As one would expect, these areas have lower home values than the city's average, making it easier for young adults to afford the investment.
In 77048, for example, the average list price of a property is $175,335, according to the real estate website Trulia. That's just a fraction of the city's average Trulia listing of $402,980. This is likely a big reason why 77048 has the second highest rate of young homeowners in the city, with 53.5 percent of homes headed by adults under the age of 35 occupied by owners. (The top ZIP Code in the city for this marker is 77044, which has become a beacon for young people, and has a homeownership rate of 68.7 percent among householders younger than 35, according to the Census.)
As home prices rise in some of the glitzier parts of town, the presence of young homeowners falls. In downtown's 77010, where the average list price climbs about the half-million-dollar mark, the Census reports there is not a single owner-occupied home headed by someone under the age of 35.
Bookmark Gray Matters. It has lower home values than the city's average.


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Reforestum – An App to Help You Offset Your Carbon Footprint
Here at Save the Earth Co-operative, we're stupendously excited about our brand new Ethical Business Network. It's a place where businesses with green sensibilities can trade products and services, as well as share ideas and inspiration, with both our ever-growing ethically-minded audience and each other.
Of course, without our valued Creator Member Companies, there would be no network! That's why we've decided to shine a light on some of the businesses we have on board, such as the ingenious Reforestum. We invited its CEO and founder, Diego Sanz Prieto, to contribute to our article and explain what Reforestum is all about. This is what he had to say:
Reforestum – An Introduction
Have you ever wanted to plant a tree to help make the world a better place? How about planting an entire forest? No matter how small or large your forest, there is a startup called Reforestum that can assist you.
Through the power of today's technology, Reforestum measures the carbon footprint of your daily activities, offering any individual, collective or company the opportunity to become carbon neutral by planning and developing their own forests.
You can manage, track, expand or even offer a forest as a gift. The process enables you to have a whole lot of fun and do something amazing for our environment at the same time.
Perhaps the biggest innovation about Reforestum is that you will be connected to your forest. You can create and expand it. It's not like you are donating money and will never know what happened to it. You can literally see how your investment grows either by the using the App or by visiting your own forests.
Becoming Carbon Neutral
Creating a forest is as easy as following 4 straightforward steps:
1. Design Your Own Forest
By defining your budget, desired surface area, or the amount of CO2 you would like to capture, Reforestum will guide you through your decision.
2. Choose Your Location
Select an option among the available locations around the world.
3. A New Forest is Planted
Our experts design the forest, make all the preparations, plant, and take care of the tree development. Since Reforestum works in advance, you will practically own a forest instantly.
4. Sync With Your Forest
Once your forest has been planted, you will be able to consult satellite images, get notifications, track the amount of carbon that is being captured, expand it, and more.
For instance, you can go to the website, choose a location, select how much money you can afford to put towards your own forest and the App will provide calculations right on the spot. I tried that with 30 €, and the App directly tells you that this will enable you to build a new forest on an area of 10m² which will capture almost 2 tons of carbon over a span of 25 years.
Current Project Progress and Expansion Plans
So far, Reforestum has a total of almost 900 members, including a handful of companies that have decided to join as part of their corporate social responsibility policies. These companies have made a commitment to offset the carbon footprint derived from their annual activities.
Reforestum is planning to open forest locations in numerous locations around the world. At the time of writing this article, there is a first forest location available in Spain called Génesis, which has 4.6 hectares of new forest.
Génesis was founded with the help of a successful Kickstarter campaign that concluded on 15th February of 2017. The funds raised are being used to develop the App, which will be released in June 2017.
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CMLL (FRI) 05/10/2019 Arena México [CMLL, Lucha Central, Marca, Ovaciones, Record]
1) Magia Blanca & Stigma b Espanto Jr. & Hijo del Signo
13:18. Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Drone, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Kawato San, Pólvora, Vangellys
14:10. Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) Kaho Kobayashi DCOR Amapola [lightning]
6:03. Double countout as they brawled outside the ring. The two agreed to a a hair match.
4) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Soberano Jr. b Hijo del Villano III, Rey Bucanero, Villano IV
13:03. Tecnicos took 1/3.
5) Cuatrero, Máscara Año 2000, Sansón b Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
8:11. Dinamitas took straight falls, Mascara sneaking in a foul on Ultimo Guerrero. The two agreed to a hair match.
6) Dragón Lee, Místico, Volador Jr. b Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
11:51. Tecnicos took 1/3.
Kaho Kobayashi says she's not leaving Mexico until she takes Amapola's hair. Amapola's promo tells Kaho to get better. Kaho's hair is purple now, would she purple-ize her hair if she was losing it soon? Maybe? The Atlantis and Villano Family made challenges, as did the Dinamitas and Guerreros.
A totally skippable show match quality wise. It was important in making it clear matches were going to happen, but that is dependent on you caring about those matches. Both Amapola/Kobayashi and Mascara/Guerrero were definitely agreed to on this show, which leads into a press conference announced for Thursday. CMLL should announce date(s?) for those two matches, maybe a tournament, maybe more.
Dragon Lee's reason, if there is one, for being on this show remains a mystery. He did catch up with Exatlon teammates after the match.
Nothing big going on this weekend. AAA has this weekend off. The Saturday and Sunday CMLL have nothing critically important. Metalico maybe becoming a tecnico again is the only thing that sticks out. IWRG has a promising if not super important card. Most of the big indie promotions are off. The most interesting indie show might be the Lucha Libre London shows, with Santo, Casandro, and Fantasma. The first of the doubleheader is already done by the time you're reading it and we'll probably not see more than clips from it.
SuperLuchas has a wide-reaching interview with Dorian Roldan, from the TV Azteca offices. That location, and recent SuperLuchas articles reporting much lower ratings that it seemed AAA & TV Azteca were reporting suggested it be an interview focusing on that subject. It turns out those numbers really never directly come up, though a lot of other things about AAA's TV. This is one where you're better reading it for yourself; I'm going to summarize what I can here.
The most interesting part to me was the extended history of AAA's TV deals. Let me try to condense it into a timeline:
- 1992: Antonio Pena & Televisa start a lucha libre promotion. They initially want to call it OILL (Oraganizacion Internacional de Lucha Libre) but eventually decide to use "Asistencia, Asesoria, Administracion de Espectaculos", a name Televisa had used for other projects. Televisa pays Pena for the TV rights but gets to sell sponsorships. Televisa also takes care of production.
- 1995: Mexico economy craters and Televisa wants to get out of AAA. Pena creates Promociones Antonio Pena as a separate entity and it buys full control of AAA.
- Somewhere in here, Televisa stops paying Pena rights for the TV but gives Pena the power to sell sponsorship rights (so he's the one making the money off the Corona logo at this point.)
- 2000-ish: Televisa tells AAA that they're no longer paying for production and it is up to AAA to pay for it. AAA rents a production unit from MVS.
- 2002: AAA decides to stop renting production and buy their own in-house production equipment. Televisa's only role at this point is to air the show, and they dictate how long that show will be. (CMLL also had to pay for production by this point.)
- 2008: WWE comes to Televisa and TV Azteca. Things go really well for a while.
- 2013: things are going less well for WWE & Televisa. The ratings have tanked and Televisa decides to get rid of wrestling from their broadcast channels. All wrestling, which means AAA & CMLL need to go too, though they could continue on the TDN cable station. This decision is made around September of the year. Dorian Roldan meets with Televisa executives, tells them he's got sponsorships thru the end of the year dependent on AAA being on broadcast TV and asks for a reprieve until December to figure something out.
- 2013-2016: Televisa allows AAA to buy TV time to keep their slot. Roldan says AAA was making the most money at this point by selling sponsorships for broadcast TV, so it made sense to do what they had to keep that air time. Roldan says CMLL made at least one attempt to get back on Televisa, only to find out they would be required to pay for TV time as well and pass.
- 2017: AAA wants to get on Univision (US), but Roldan is not confident AAA looked good enough to get picked up because their production unit is outdated. AAA decides to not only to pay Televisa for TV time but also pay them to produce the AAA show. AAA's deal with Univision does not get done and they see no improvement in Mexico.
- 2018: AAA has done good numbers with their TripleMania specials for two years. This seems like a good thing. Televisa apparently is not impressed. They raise the rate they're charging AAA for TV time. Roldan talks to TV Azteca, who with they share some prominent sponsors and decides to make the move.
- 2019: AAA debuts on TV Azteca. TV Azteca is paying CMLL a rights fee. Televisa reacts and brings back CMLL (and is believed to be paying them a rights fee.)
There's a lot of other big pictures thoughts in here. Dorian Roldan feels WWE has made Mexico and Latin America a low priority and doesn't see them as a big threat domestically to AAA. He welcomes the idea of WWE trying a NXT Mexico but does not think they'd do well, that there's not a fan base big enough to support them without WWE being on strong broadcast TV and that an NXT Mexico show wouldn't get that TV deal either. Roldan sees the wrestling fans of Mexico split three ways
- 5% are the hardcores who follow everything super closely, know the AEW guys and NJPW.
- 45% know the difference between AAA & CMLL but aren't more knowledgable than that.
- 50% have so little knowledge that go to an Arena Mexico show thinking they're seeing AAA
Dorian Roldan's big goal still is the United States, feeling there's just so much money to be made there (and holding up the Mexican National Team playing in the US as proof.) He also feels like, by going after the Hispanic market, he won't be as directly competing with WWE as AEW might be. The Madison Square Garden show will determine how strong they go in that path forward. AAA was not expecting to sell out like AEW show, believing the Hispanic market isn't going to buy tickets that far in advance, but feels like they've done well given how little noise they've made so far. AAA plans on making a lot more noise.
The thing that's going to get the most noise from this interview is Dorian Roldan talking about the meetings he's had with various other heads of companies. Roldan mentions speaking with Joe Koff (Ring of Honor), Ed Norholm (Impact Wrestling) and Billy Corgan (National Wrestling Alliance) over WrestleMania weekend. Roldan pushes the idea that even though they're competitors, they should be building bridges to work together. "You need a talent, I have another talent signed with Lucha Underground, what are we fighting for?" In Roldan's telling of it, he got Willie Mack to appear for the NWA and the Lucha Brothers to appear for AEW. That's a completely opposite version of the Mack/NWA story from what's been told by Mack and other people involved, where AAA/LU/Roldan was threatening legal action if the NWA (& ROH) continued to use Willie Mack. I tend to believe Mack's side of this story and wonder what pieces are missing from Roldan's side.
There's a lot more here – you can read yourself about Roldan's thoughts about an AAA/CMLL show, about wrestling in Monterrey ("I do not know a place in the world where promoters fright mone – there they strive to see who loses the most money") and about egos in general.
AAA posted a Mother's Day promo with Faby Apache and Marvin. You could watch Marvin grow up before your eyes if you watched the annual version of these interviews all in a row.
Add 07/06 in Guadalajara (Zapopan) to the upcoming AAA TV tapings. As that page notes, this would be AAA's first taping in the Guadalajara in four years. They haven't been since the 2015 Rey de Reyes show, which was twice delayed and included a fatal bus accident.
El Universal interviews Tiffany and her mom La Diabolica.
05/24 (Friday) The Crash
- Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs Los Traumas
- Lucha Brothers (c) vs MechaWolf & Bestia 666 in a TLC match for The Crash Tag Team Championship
- Rey Horus & Hijo del Fantasma vs Caristico & Austin Theory
- Flamita vs Black Danger vs Adam Brooks
- Los Haraganes (Animal, Demencia, Silver Star) vs Triple Amenaza (Star Boy, Viento, Zarco) – new
LuchaWorld has the latest news update.
Voices of Wrestling has a review of the ChairoKingdom show.
El Sol de Durango interviews Escoria.
Segunda Caida writes about a 1994 Negro Casas match.
This week's Puma King video talks about having 9 matches in 5 days and ends especially weird.
CMLL (FRI) 05/17/2019 Arena México
1) Magia Blanca & Star Jr. vs Akuma & Espanto Jr.
2) Kaho Kobayashi, Marcela, Sanely vs Amapola, Metálica, Tiffany
3) Esfinge, Rey Cometa, Tritón vs Felino, Hechicero, Tiger
4) Soberano Jr. vs Negro Casas [lightning]
5) Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero vs Ephesto, Máscara Año 2000, Mephisto
6) Carístico, Místico, Volador Jr. vs Cuatrero, Matt Taven, Sansón
Matt Taven returns for the first time since the Gran Prix weekend. He's pictured with the Ring of Honor title. It seems possible he'd defend the title here. The next Ring of Honor shows are June 1st and 2nd, so he could stick around for the 05/24 CMLL show.
Otherwise, the two CMLL feuds continue. Matches 3/4 could be good. Magia Blanca and Espanto are back together in the opener, which would be very not good.


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The Witch's Cupboard:
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The cards show sweet kisses of candy roses,
Sugar covered pears & vanilla romance in your future.
Roses hanging in the air,
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Herbs dancing in the background:
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Imagine being bathed in the glittering lights of the Dubai skyline whilst sipping a drink at 200 meters above sea level, comfortably sitting in the luxurious bar of one of the world's most luxurious hotels, one of those hotels which can turn almost any dream into a reality. Welcome to the SkyView bar of the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, the kingdom of Falil Mohamed Jayah, from Sri Lanka.
Working in Dubai
"I came to Dubai about 15 years ago. Becoming a part of the bartending movement that was growing in the UAE was a stimulating challenge. The customers were very demanding. They were used to high standards and we had to adapt. Things developed at a rapid pace and they couldn't be put on hold. It was an important time for growth for me".
Days to remember
"One of my most memorable days behind the bar was the first competition I entered with Cherry Herring in 2014. Then the day of the first purchase of our World's Most Expensive Cocktail comes second. The cocktail named "27.321" was sold on 16 April 2008, just two days after its launch on 14 April 2008. The price was 27.321 AED (£7777.77 GBP) and broke the existing record, held by the Merchant Hotel in Belfast, which was £750 GBP. The cocktail was sold twice to two buyers from the United States of America. The first sale happened very spontaneously. The guest entered our busy Skyview Bar at around 10.30 pm and looked through the menu, whilst having another drink at the bar counter. The eye-catching first page of our menu, which listed the "World's Most Expensive Cocktail", attracted the guest so much that he had a look at our 27.321. He ordered the drink. We immediately set ourselves up for preparing it and looked for guests with a standing in the community to be witnesses of the purchase. We also called a bar manager from a nearby hotel to witness its preparation with an expert eye. The witnesses were Sach, the bar manager from the 1897 Bar of the Kempinski, Hanan Merefie, and Glen Coomber, both working for renowed media and broadcasting agencies".
How will you be celebrating the Cherry Heering bicentenary?
The year 2016 inspired our drink for the Cherry Heering bicentenary. In 2016, the Burj Al Arab Hotel introduced the 'North Deck', an outdoor luxury leisure concept which was a world-first masterpiece. It was fully constructed in Finland, and took six months to be shipped the 4,500 km half way around the world before reaching its final destination in Dubai. The idea behind my cocktail, "Master Piece", is to combine two main ingredients, Cherry Heering and Godet Antarctica Icy Cognac. Cherry Heering is thought to be one of the oldest cherry liqueurs in the world with a 200-year history. Icy Cognac is a clear Cognac which is pure and clean. Together they make a world-first cocktail that is tranquil and unique.
The cocktail is mainly made for the winter festive season. Sweet spices such as cinnamon, star anise and nutmeg powder are mixed with Finnish chocolates and red berries (cherries & strawberries) together with milk, making the unique, inspired drink. Master Piece is an egg-nog style drink.
Bartending of the future according to Mohamed Falil Jayah
"Bartending is using culinary techniques and ingredients and combining them into cocktails more and more. The kitchen and bar were once separate kingdoms, eyeing each other warily. That's no longer true. Bartenders today raid the larder for veggies, herbs and even meat (in the form of bacon-infused bourbon) for added depth and intrigue. Even ice will be an ingredient requiring attention." Ice? "Cracked, cubed, crushed, hand-chipped, flaming, spherical—ice is now to a drink what a stove is to cooking. Better cubes determine the rate of dilution and should complement the particular drink you're having".
Bartending and environmental sustainability
"A wide range of fruit and vegetables is essential to giving our cocktails great flavours. Ensuring that we source them sustainably not only ensures that we can meet consumer demand, but also enables us to make a positive environmental and social impact, while making a difference to thousands of lives".
A future goal for improving the bar industry
"Recruiting people with the right attitude and passion for the profession is the most forward-thinking thing that the hospitality industry can do. Greater investment must be made during the recruitment process, and a positive outcome will be guaranteed in the short term. It all goes back to the bar hiring process. If you bring someone on board with impressive experience but a terrible attitude, your drinks will look pretty but your bar will soon be empty. Team dynamics, personality, and work ethic are a lot more difficult for bar masters to teach than the best pouring methods."
40ml Godet Antarctica Icy Cognac
15ml Cherry Heering
30ml white chocolate cream (homemade)*
30ml spiced strawberry syrup (homemade)**
2ml rhubarb bitters
2ml chocolate bitters
Style: Egg-nog
Method: Shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into clay pot filled with crushed ice
Glassware: Clay pot
Garnish: Mix of berries, rosemaryon top of a layer of Massa Ticino and dust with icing sugar on top
*Preparation of white chocolate cream
200ml fresh cream
100ml milk
30ml egg yolk (only)
100 ml white chocolate
Method:sous vide 60°C 20 minutes
** Preparation of spiced strawberry syrup
500g acacia honey
500g Boiron strawberry puree
30g cinnamon (whole)
3gr cloves
15g nutmeg powder
5gr black peppercorns
10g star anise (whole)
10g sumac powder
30g chocolate nibs
Method:sous vide 60°C 30 minutes


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Five stories from the art world this week which piqued our interest at MyArtBroker HQ.
1. Last month an historically themed French amusement park bought a silver ring, supposedly that of Joan of Arc, at auction in London for £300,000 (£286,000 over the top estimate). The auction battle for the French amusement park is, however, not yet won due to guidelines that state anyone exporting antiques worth more than £39,219, or have been in the UK for more than 50 years need an export license – this ring, which matches the description of the one Joan of Arc wore at her trial where she was burned at the stake, has resided in the UK for the last 600 years. The ring is due to appear in a ceremony at the Puy du Fou theme park tomorrow, but without an export license it will need to be returned until there is one, in which time, a British buyer may have appeared from the wings. (via Art Net)
2. Kanye West's tweets are contemporary art, according to Kanye West. As whimsical as it may initially sound, West's leap into contemporary art might not be that far a stretch – Ai Weiwei famously used Twitter as a vehicle to express his opinions and feelings from 2009-14 – which were later transcribed onto rice paper and exhibited in New South Wales, Australia. West, who's twitter profile is a portrait of West by George Condo, said: "My tweets are a form of contemporary art only compromised by people trying to tell me what to tweet and not to tweet…" He may also be joining Instagram, but remember "no one can ask me or try to tell me what to Instagram… It's my art…" And, you never know, he may well prove himself to be right. (via Art Net)
3. Francis Bacon once said to the critic David Sylvester "I loathe my own face." But a rather flattering, and so rare, self-portrait of Francis bacon will be up for sale for the first time on the 11 May. Two Studies of a Self Portrait was painted in 1970, a year before his exhibition at Paris' Grand Palais (which made him the second living artist after Picasso to have exhibited there). Oliver Barker, Sotheby's senior specialist in international art, described it as "No 1 of all the paintings I've handled in my career." He added: "Discovering a work such as this is like finding gold dust … It's certainly among the greatest self-portraits ever offered at auction." Exhibitions of Bacon's work are planned at Tate Liverpool, the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. (via The Guardian)
4. Banksy's former agent Steve Lazarides has teamed up with Sotheby's for a second time for Asia's first street art exhibition, They Would Be Kings, running in Hong Kong until Saturday 26 March. Artists featured in the show include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Os Gêmeos, Tsang Tsou Choi (King of Kowloon), Banksy, Futura, KAWS (pictured), Ramelzee, JR, and Vhils. As Steve Lazarides said in regards to the exhibition and its title: "I view what is now dubbed "street art" as a philosophy rather than a specific style of art. It is about a sense of freedom from the frankly boring and blinkered confines of the traditional art world. These artists forged their own path; they bludgeoned their way into the public consciousness, and then were finally noticed by the art world." Lazarides currently represents JR and David Choe among a number of other street artists. (via Sotheby's)
5. In a reaction to a street art exhibition being held in Italy, street artist Blu has erased all of his works. He covered 20 years worth of works with grey paint in protest of the exhibition Street Art: Banksy & Co, in Bologne, which features 250 works of art, some of which have been removed from their public locations without the consent of the artist – Blu being one of those artists. The exhibition has been organized by Fabio Roversi Monaco, one of the city's wealthiest patrons and has sparked criticism from street artists as the city contradicts itself by fining graffiti artists one on hand, and on the other, hoards the works away and "valorizes" it. (via Smithsonian)


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Slow cooking meats in a smoker is a cornerstone of classic barbecue where the low temperature of the indirect heat breaks down the collagen fibers in the meat, making it extra tender and juicy. But smokers don't need to be those huge industrial beasts you see around the back of commercial barbecue spots. You can make one yourself at home for probably less than you would spend on a standard barbecue grill.
Putting heat to meat
Set your container in a safe space for smoking. Its outside surfaces will get extremely hot, so be sure it has plenty of room. Likewise, your smoker will, quite unsurprisingly, put out quite a lot of smoke; if your yard is small, think of your neighbors and set it up as far away from them as possible.
Decide whether you're going to use the "electric hot plate" method made popular by Alton Brown on his TV show "Good Eats," or use a manual, stoked-fire method. Purists will tell you that there's no substitute for a real fire burning real wood logs, but for our small-scale backyard smoker the hot plate makes a lot of sense. A fire would require you to create an access hatch in the side of your container for tending the fire while cooking. Placing a hot plate in the bottom of your container is the set-and-forget equivalent, as it will cycle the heat on and off to maintain a constant temperature.
Drill a hole in the side of your trash can, or use the drainage hole in the base of the flowerpot to run the power cord to an extension. Many recommend drilling subsequent holes or placing the pot on raised feet to allow better airflow through the bottom of the smoker. I recommend waiting until you've tested the smoker once before doing this -- it's easier to drill extra holes if you need them later, rather than trying to seal up superfluous ones.
Fill a metal container such as a cast iron pan (handle removed) or baking tray with wood chips and set it on top of the hot plate. The most popular choices for wood include apple, cherry, oak and mesquite, experiment with each or try blending them together to find a favorite. After a short period on the heat, you will start to see some smoke; splash the chips with some cold water to accelerate it.
Place the barbecue grill on top, ensuring that it is stable and set firmly in the container. If you chose to use a trash can as a container, you may have to create some tabs or feet for your grill to sit on. If you went for the flowerpot, the tapered shape should help the grill set firmly in one place. Once you're happy all is secure, add your meat or fish, cover with the lid and wait. It may take some time to decide on the ideal cooking time -- use your selected recipe as a general guide -- but trial and error is a rite of passage of all barbecue enthusiasts!
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It is weird to me to think we've been working on this diary project for almost 2 weeks now! And when I say, "we", I mean you and I. I really do hope what I'm doing is showing you that there is an easy way to coupon. The time put in is up to me. There are days that I don't have time to look at much (example: yesterday's diary entry) and I have days when I can spend time mapping things out. I actually thought I would have more time this week with my Hubby traveling, but something about 4 kids kept me busy!
Like today; I really didn't spend time on couponing. I decided to paint the girls' room. Crazy, I know, but we tend to live on spur of the moment ideas around here. I do have to say it turned out good (with a big thanks to Shannan for helping, of course). I didn't spend a penny. I used old paint we had from our kitchen years ago. It's a coco color. Their room has a chair rail and the top is a light pink with the bottom a pink/purple stripe. I just covered the stripe. My next goal for them is new bedding for the older two. Ataviah's bedding isn't that old and is in good shape (plus I love it).
While thinking about my cheap project, I started thinking about couponing and how things are cheap if not free. One thing I do add to my couponing activities is free samples. One site I have "liked" on Facebook is "Allyou Magazine". They post a free sample everyday and I, in turn, sign up for it and post it for our readers. It's not silly stuff either (a small roll of Cottenelle toilet paper I got from Walmart is silly. Literally). A few days ago I was able to sign up for U-Kotex girly items. It was really nice because I got to decide between 4 sample packs! I picked the one with the tampons and panty liners (thats how I roll. Not a pad girl by any means). Yesterday it was some deep hydrating conditioner and today was a perfume thats new on the market. I'm not a perfume person, but hey, you never know unless you try. And hey, if you're going to try something new, you might as well get it for free!
See, I told you it was silly! I haven't used mine, but Shannan said she got 3 trips out of it. Just looking at it makes me giggle.
To find sites on free samples click here and go the the Sample section!
My Total Left to Spend This Week: $1.29
Happy Couponing!
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Fletcher Bay, Coromandel Peninsula
Image: Russell Street | Creative Commons
Located in the Coromandel region
All campgrounds in the Northern Coromandel are now Pack In, Pack Out for waste management.
Head north from Coromandel town to Colville. At the t-intersection 2.9 km north of Colville, turn left onto Port Jackson Road for the western side camps or turn right onto Port Charles Road for the eastern side camps.
Both roads are no exit roads, ending at Fletcher Bay and Stony Bay with the 10 km Coromandel Coastal walkway in-between. The Waikawau Beach Road will take you back to Coromandel town.
The Northern Coromandel Campgrounds offer visitors an isolated back to nature conservation experience so make sure you come prepared and are self-sufficient.
Booking online for all camps is recommended.
If you have not booked in advance and arrive outside of office hours, cash will be required for your camp self-registration. During office hours eftpos is available.
From mid-December through to Waitangi weekend, the camp offices will open at varying times. Notice of these times will be on display when you arrive.
Fires are not permitted at Waikawau Bay, Fantail Bay or Stony Bay Campgrounds. Outside of the fire ban, they may be used at Fletcher Bay campground and at one end of the Port Jackson campground.
Bring your own firewood, Do not cut or burn any conservation land vegetation.
Campers may use gas or spirit burners in campgrounds, but not charcoal barbecues.
Dogs and other domestic animals are strictly prohibited at campsites and on DOC land in the Northern Coromandel.
All Northern Coromandel campgrounds operate on a Pack In Pack Out policy. There are no facilities for waste disposal or recycling. The nearest waste transfer station is Hauraki Road, Coromandel.
To reduce smells and vermin, food waste can be processed onsite in the compost bins provided. It's a good idea to bring your own sealed bucket. Fish waste must be returned to the sea or buried deep below the high tide mark.
You should boil all water from Coromandel rivers, streams and campsites before drinking to eliminate any risk of infection from giardia. Waikawau Bay camp now has a filtered water system
All campgrounds have toilets. Campers may use their own chemical toilets. For health reasons, pit toilets are not allowed.
We expect good behaviour from visitors to conservation areas:


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North Korea says it has test-shot another "strategic guided weapon" with a "ground-breaking warhead", the principal such test since talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un finished without understanding.
State media gave few subtleties, yet experts state this is probably not going to be an arrival to the long-extend rocket tests seen as a danger to the US.
A comparative test last November was seen as an endeavor to weight the US.
There has been little advancement in atomic talks since the last summit.
In February, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi to talk about De-nuclearisation, yet exchanges separated and the two chiefs left suddenly.
A week ago, Mr Kim said Mr Trump needed the "right mentality" for converses with proceed.
As per the Korean Focal News Office (KCNA) the test was directed by Mr Kim himself.
KCNA detailed that the test was "led in different methods of discharging at various targets", which experts trust implies the weapon could be propelled from land, ocean or air.
Mr Kim said the improvement was "of extremely profound importance in expanding the battle intensity of the General population's Military".
The report gave couple of different subtleties, so it's not in any case clear whether this was a kind of rocket – yet most onlookers concur it was likely a short-run weapon.
A year ago, the North Korean pioneer said he would stop atomic testing and would never again dispatch intercontinental ballistic rockets, as Pyongyang's atomic abilities had been "checked".
Atomic action gives off an impression of being proceeding, be that as it may, and satellite pictures at North Korea's fundamental atomic site a week ago demonstrated development, recommending the nation could be reprocessing radioactive material into bomb fuel.
North Korea's rocket and atomic program
Nine diagrams which disclose to all of you have to think about North Korea
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The nation claims it has built up an atomic bomb little enough to fit on a long-run rocket, just as ballistic rockets that could possibly achieve the territory US.


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These are some useful links suggested by your fellow grad students. Please comment below with other things you'd like to see here.
Other Local Marine Institutions
- UMass Boston EEOS Dept Course Listing
- UMass Boston EEOS Dept Seminar
- UMass Lowell EEAS Dept
- UMass Amherst NRC Dept Course Listing
- UMass Amherst Geosciences Dept Course Listing
- UMass Amherst Biology Dept Course Listing
- UMass Amherst Main Graduate Programs webpage
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Marine Biological Laboratory
- URI Graduate School of Oceanography
- UConn Marine Science Program
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute
- Northeastern University Marine Science Center
Professional Societies
- American Fisheries Society
- American Fisheries Society – Southern New England Chapter
- American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists
- American Geophysical Union
- American Meteorological Society
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Estuarine Research Federation
- New England Estuarine Research Society
- Sigma Xi – Scientific Research Society
Fisheries Related
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop
- NMFS Northeast Regional Office
- New England Fishery Management Council
- MA Division of Marine Fisheries
- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
- FAO Fisheries and Agriculture
- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
- International Council for the Exploration of the SeaFishBase
DEOS Related
- GoMoos Data
- National Data Buoy Center
- National Oceanographic Data Center
- World Ocean Data Base
- British Oceanographic Data Centre
- Canadian Oceanographic Data
- PODAAC (at JPL)
- CISL Research Data Archive
- NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data
- FVCOM NECOFS data
- Ocean Surface Currents
- Coriolis Force Movie
- Gallery of Fluid Dynamics
- Encyclopaedia of Math
- Remote Sensing Tutorial
- MIT free online courses in earth sciences
- Our Ocean Planet (free online book)
- Intro PO by Stewart (free online book)
- Intro PO by Tomczak (free online book)
Links for Programming
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When You Seek Information About Hobbies, This Article Is It
People the world over love their hobbies. From sewing to sports, hobbies provide the escape and enjoyment that many people need to help them face the strains of daily life. If you are interested in learning more about hobbies and what they can do to enrich your life, this article is for you.
If you don't have a hobby yet that you enjoy doing, it's time to find one. The first step to take in finding the perfect hobby for you is to consider whether you want to do it alone or with a group. Either option has its benefits and its pitfalls.
A peculiar yet fun hobby to have is metal detecting. Metal detecting might seem like a weird, almost taboo thing to start doing, but it can actually be really fun and addicting. You just never know what you'll find out there while combing the sand. You might find buried treasure!
When you think about starting a new hobby, consider the costs involved. Some hobbies you can participate in right away. However, other hobbies may require an initial investment of supplies. For example, learning how to paint will require you to buy paint, brushes and canvases for your work. Before choosing your hobby, consider how much you can spend.
Sewing is a fantastic hobby. Not only is it fun to do, but it can save you money as well. By sewing clothing and household accessories like bedding and draperies, you can save a ton versus what you would pay in the stores. In addition, you can sew for friends and family, saving money on gifts too.
A cool hobby to have is to start reading comic books. Comic books are still going strong and they're not just for children. There are many adult themed comic books and they can be very fun to read. You might even catch onto something that may become a movie in the future.
An enjoyable hobby to have could be making model ships. Making model ships can be fun and very rewarding. It requires a lot of patience and a very steady hand, but you'll be able to display an awesome piece that you can put in your house or where you work.
In this economy, some people might tell you that hobbies are a waste of money. Others may tell you that it is selfish for you to spend money on a hobby. Both of thoughts are wrong. Actually, you can save money if you have a hobby. Hobbies are a known way to relieve stress. Trust me, most hobbies are less costly than visiting a doctor and purchasing medicines to relieve stress.
Gardening is a hobby that allows you to relax and focus on a specific goal. You can grow food to eat and flowers to enjoy. Your children can get in on the fun and kids are much more likely to eat healthy vegetables that they have grown and nurtured themselves.
Hobbies are a beloved pastime for millions of folks across the globe. Though the categories of hobbies in which people engage are endless, the central theme is that they provide fun, relaxation and enjoyment. Utilize the advice found above, and you soon start benefitting from all that hobbies have to offer.


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WEBSTER GROVES, MO – A Webster Groves community is searching for answers after a fire destroys a popular playground at a neighborhood park.
What`s even more troubling for residents is that authorities believe the fire was intentionally set.
It all unfolded at a playground at Deer Creek Park just off Marshall Avenue in Webster Groves.
"It`s shocking, it`s emotional, it makes me sad, it makes me nervous and feel a little unsafe," said concerned resident Stephanie Ginger.
She is among the residents shocked and saddened by the fire that destroyed the playground.
Stephanie`s twin 10-year-olds spent a lot of time at the playground.
"It was fun playing on the stuff and there`s so many great memories there," said her daughter Clover Harris.
Stephanie`s son Fisher Harris added, "I remember us moving here and it being so exciting that there was a huge playground down there."
Stephanie told us, "It`s a park that everyone uses. I just can`t imagine why anyone would do something so destructive or hurtful."
The fire was reported just after 2 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Crews were able to put the flames out before they impacted any nearby homes.
But the playground was a total loss and authorities say arson is suspected.
Missy Castro walks her dog in the area all the time.
"It`s a neighborhood playground you know where little kids play so it kind of concerns me," said Missy.
Nearby mother Barrie Chappeau added, "I don`t know why somebody would do that. But I know that we`re all broken people and so people do things that they regret. I hope somebody regrets that at some point."
The Webster Groves Police Department confirms there have been no arrests and that arson is possible because there is no evidence of natural causes.
Residents hope someone is caught soon and that the playground can be rebuilt.
"It hurts in the heart. You know it was important for all of us. So, I don`t know why someone would want to take that away," said Stephanie.
Residents in this neighborhood say police have been knocking on doors looking for information.
If you have any information, you are asked to call Webster Groves Police.


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Is there any way to change your screen name and leave everything else the same? Inquiring minds...
Gotcha. I'm still sorta new here so I guess you mean by PM?
Yes, although she may see this as I tagged her.Gotcha. I'm still sorta new here so I guess you mean by PM?
Rather observant of you to notice that subtle change. I thought maybe there was a connection there somewhere but no soap. I even Googled it w/o any luck."Sweet candy britches" is already taken....you'll have to come up with another name.


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"Everything which would ordinarily go into the waste paper basket after use"
The washed-up map
How strong is paper? Some people will go to ridiculous lengths to demonstrate the hardy qualities of paper, such as this small boat made out of paper which was used to sail across the North Sea. Experience tell us that paper will start to disintegrate on contact with water, reverting to its primal state of pulp, but there's no reason why, properly reinforced and water-proofed, it can't be used to build all sorts of things. After all, it is basically just wood, albeit in a refined form.
What about a single sheet of 90gsm though? Not just immersed in water but washed about in a salty maelstrom and subjected to the pounding forces of an angry sea. It wouldn't stand a chance, would it?
Not so long ago, walking along a storm-tossed beach I came across this fragment of a map lying caught in the driftwood and assorted debris. This was in the wake, so to speak, of one of the biggest storms in recent years with huge tides surging up the beach. The amount of detritus flung above the high water mark was astonishing; mountains of wood, most of which had been swept out to sea from the nearby river which was in flood, as well as the usual collection of plastic rubbish – drink bottles, flip flops, polystyrene sculpted into rock-like formations, and endless discarded cigarette lighters, one Bic per metre.
And there, in amongst all the rusted and rotting debris, was this scrap of paper, a torn and ragged sliver of print, crushed and creased.
There is a frisson of excitement in discovering a fragment of paper on a beach. Perhaps it is a message from a far-off place, a plea for help from a lost castaway? And how much more exciting if it turns out to be a map. Treasure, of course! A map suggests a location, a point of origin from which a journey can be extrapolated. Possibly it is a destination too.
In this case, the map is of the Crowdy Bay National Park in NSW just down the coast from the beach where the fragment was found. It shows some of the camping areas in the park, in fact places where I've actually camped. It's possible that the paper floated up the coast from Crowdy Bay before being swept onto the beach, which is nevertheless quite a journey for a piece of paper. Or maybe it came from somebody living locally and only had to travel a short distance.
Either way it's remarkable it survived at all, considering how smashed up and broken some of the wood, metal and plastic items had become. It shouldn't even exist at all.
And yet it does. Tough stuff, this paper.