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Chaos | Self Portraits
My soul wasn't created to be composed; it wasn't made to fit into boxes, to follow timelines, to be orderly, to be dainty. I came into this lifetime screaming and I've been screaming ever since.
Screaming to be seen, screaming that I feel, that I feel so much most of the time that I can't possibly be anything but my emotions. I was intentionally created with love full to bursting, and this world taught me that love was the fast track to unbearable pain.
I shrunk myself and transfigured myself unnaturally to try to be what everyone told me I needed to be. I learned that I was somehow too much and not enough at the same time.
I came into this lifetime screaming and I've been screaming ever since. I will not be tied down by the darkest corners of my past. I was made a warrior responsible for this immense love I carry and the weight of the inevitable pain that comes with that responsibility.
On January 6th, 1412, Jeanne d'Arc was born in the French countryside and 19 years later, she was burned at the stake for following what she knew to be true to her deepest, purest self. Born screaming and died screaming. Alive with a fiery passion and perished in the flames.
582 years later, in rural Maryland, I came into the world under the crescent moon. Chaotic, beautiful, and connected to the stars. A daughter of God, a soldier of Christ. Born with fight coursing through my veins, born under strong footed, pure hearted women.
Made with a bellowing battle cry. Designed to be soft in love and resilient to war. I will not allow evil to turn me permanently to stone.
Bird's Eye Speedwell are the first wildflowers to bloom in Spring at home. They aren't native here, but they flourish before any other signs of life after the Winter. Impossible to miss, yet effortless, stunning, and they spread their beauty rapidly. A reminder that even in death, in isolation, in blackness, in Winter on the Earth and within ourselves, there is hope. There is a lot to be said by a simple wildflower fighting to not only survive, but spread beauty and magic where it doesn't feel at home.
Such is my life on this Earth.


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Today we have the 2nd edition of The Affordable Alternative. This month we take a look the two best most recent sneaker comparisons for all you sneakerheads out there. Both releases from footwear giants Nike and Adidas caused long winded debates about the brand's stances on authenticity, but are you choosing to spend big or save that hard-earned cash?
Off-White & Nike or just Nike?
Before Nike released the highly anticipated 9th shoe of their "The 10" collection with Off-White's Virgil Abloh – an Off-White spin on the classic Air Force 1. They released their Air Force 1 Utility pack, which stunned sneakerheads worldwide due to their identical look.
A genius business ploy? In my opinion yes. The creation of the Utility Air Force 1 fulfils Nike's goal of cultivating more people into the sneaker community, and off course, a massive increase in sales, as it plays on Off-White's signature motifs at a fraction of the price.
Sneakerheads will argue that the silhouette decreases the authenticity and exclusivity of the collaboration with Off-White, but with one priced at a resale mark-up of roughly £300 pounds and the other at £80, it leaves consumers with that affordable option.
Adidas Yeezy 700 Static or Adidas Yung 1's?
Another sneaker comparison for all you sneakerheads out there, this time with Nike's most fierce rivals, Adidas.
The Yeezy ranges have become a worldwide phenomenon, in fact, they are so popular, most dad's and mums are likely to know what they are. The latest Yeezy to release are the Static 700's, which play on the 'Dad' shoe trend with a chunkier and more detailed sole. These Yeezys have been a huge hit, resulting in a sell-out of its retail price of £250and now warranting a £350 price tag on the resale market.
With the popularity clearly on show, Adidas decided to come out with the Yung 1. The 90's inspired construction again epitomizes dadcore aesthetics, but at more than half the price, meaning you can join the dad shoe community for just £100.

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Maaya Sakamoto New Song (Video)
The official website of Maaya Sakamoto released the official video of her new single titled "Sayonara Santa". It was shot in the distant (for Japanese people) country of Ireland. Unlike with a lot other musicians, in Sakamoto-san's video we can actually see why she travelled the mesmerizing distance to shoot her newest video in such a faraway place. The historical architecture, the green fields, the amazing clouds, the specific rocks- it is all there in the video of "Sayonara Santa". Even more, it is all entwined with the singer's personal feel or kawaii giant soap bubbles and a lot of passion.
If you are wondering why am I telling you about this, then read this piece of trivia:
Maaya Sakamoto is the original voice actor for: Ceil Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji), Crona (Soul Eater), Amelia (Trigun), Sayaka Nakasugi (Tetsuwan Birdy Decode), Haruhi Fujioka (Ouran High School Host Club), Matsuri (Naruto and Shippuuden), Lunamaria Hawke (Mobile Suit Gundam) and more. She is also the wife of anime voice actor Kenichi Suzumura, who on his side has roles such as Lavi from D. Gray Man, Zack Fair from Final Fantasy VII, Okita SOugo from Gintama, Shinn Asuka from Mobile Suit Gundam, Akatsuki Chika from Zombie-Loan and more.
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Trauma-Informed Counseling in General
All of the staff at The Trauma Informed Counseling Center and Health for Life Grand Rapids are considered Trauma-Informed. While their personal counseling style and modalities may differ, our clinicians are all up to date and understand trauma, which is very important for the therapeutic process of anyone. Our office is a safe space where there will be no shame or blame put upon you for what you are going through (many have experienced such reactions from people in their lives, and unfortunately some non-trauma informed clinicians in the past). Our Counselors all recognize that anyone can experience both psychological (emotional) and physical (somatic) reactions to trauma (and/or disturbing life events). In fact, if someone has experienced multiple traumas, such as a victim of childhood abuse or neglect, the victim of a crime (both the experience and the aftermath), and other complex traumatic events, there may have a diverse set of unwanted symptoms and behaviors. Multiple longitudinal research studies, including The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Study, found long-term negative mental and physical health consequences that resulted from traumatic experiences during childhood and adolescence. Trauma-Informed Counseling, in general, is more of an overarching approach to providing compassionate and empirically proven care.
A trauma-informed counselor collaborates with their clients to help them understand the origins of symptoms and behaviors that they may be experiencing. Further, a trauma-informed counselor will suggest connections to activities outside of therapy that may help a person better regulate their emotional and physical health. A trauma-informed counselor will utilize interventions and exercises in therapy that are aimed at helping relieve the symptoms that resulted from trauma.
Trauma-Informed Counseling Center
Health for Life Grand Rapids is a multi-faceted clinic that aims to treat the whole person. Health for Life Grand Rapids houses the Trauma-Informed Counseling Center of Grand Rapids, two Naturopathic Consultants, a Medical Support Clinical Hypnotherapist, and a Health Coach. We're your one-stop shop for getting to the root of what is troubling you in mind and body, and helping you heal.
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With his 18th and most unexpected Grand Slam singles title in hand, it was not unreasonable to wonder if Roger Federer might steal a move from his friend and one-time tennis role model Pete Sampras and call it a career on the highest possible note.
Federer told me on Monday that the thought did briefly flit through his brain.
"I guess in a faraway place it did cross my mind: How could I ever top this?" he said by telephone from Prague. "But then again, the joy was so big, and I kept on watching the reaction of my team when I won the match point in Australia and how they were jumping for joy. Unbelievable. So much fun. I feel like I want to go through it again."
Sampras never played another tour-level match after winning his 14th and final major singles title at age 31 at the 2002 United States Open, formalizing his retirement less than a year later.
But Federer has other plans, and after winning the Australian Open on Jan. 29 by defeating his tennis yang Rafael Nadal in a transcendent five-set final, he said that he has every intention of playing on.
That is why he was in Prague on Monday exchanging half-earnest shots with the Czech star Tomas Berdych in the middle of winter on the deck of a boat on the Vltava River. The idea was to promote the first edition of the Laver Cup, the team tennis competition between Europe and an International squad that will be staged in Prague in September and in which Federer wants to play a major role after helping to create the event.
On Tuesday, he was to fly to Dubai to prepare for his return to tour competition at next week's Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, a tournament he has won seven times. After that, he has the hardcourt events in Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami on his schedule in March, but only if his 35-year-old body cooperates.
Federer said the upper leg injury that troubled him throughout much of the Australian Open — requiring treatment on and off the court — remains a concern. "I'm still not back in practice at 100 percent," he said, adding, "I have to be careful."
That has been the rare downbeat note in his particularly upbeat month as he has celebrated his first major singles title in nearly five years.
"This one definitely has had maybe the longest effect of any of the Grand Slam wins in my career," he said. "I'm so happy because I didn't have to play in the following weeks. It's really allowed me to reflect and enjoy. In the past in 2003, when I won Wimbledon for the first time, I was in Gstaad the next day practicing and stuff. It's very different this time. I'm still riding the wave, still feeling like I'm on cloud nine."
He gained some more altitude last week during his vacation in Switzerland, taking a day trip high into the mountains near his holiday home in Lenzerheide with his replica copy of the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, the trophy awarded to the Australian Open men's singles champion.
"I call it Norman," he said of the trophy. "I've had dinner with Norman, spent a lot of time with Norman. I know it's just a replica, but that's all right."
In 2003, when the Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli won the America's Cup sailing competition for Switzerland (while using a crew full of hired New Zealanders in New Zealand), Bertarelli vowed to celebrate by taking the America's Cup to the top of the Matterhorn.
"That's where I got my idea to take Norman into the mountains," Federer said. "I don't know if Ernesto ever did it, but I thought it was such a cool idea. To come from a faraway place like New Zealand or Australia and bring the trophy all the way back to the most important part of your homeland."
There would be no Matterhorn visit in this case, but Federer did take a series of ski lifts and one snowmobile ride to a mountaintop chalet where he and his wife, Mirka, and their friends had fondue and Federer sneaked outside into the snow with Norman for a series of Alpine group photos (Federer and Norman being the group).
"We tried a few different things up there, with the racket and a ball and Norman," Federer said, laughing. "I just thought it was super fun. I know it was super cheesy, but the fans just love it."
Federer is still not skiing himself, not wanting to risk an injury that could derail his tennis career.
"I don't dare do it," he said. "I take the kids and watch them and help them. I've got to be patient."
Skiing presumably will be one reward when his playing career finally ends. In light of his commitments and priorities and current form, it is difficult to see that happening until the end of 2017 at the earliest. But the question Federer asked himself however briefly — how can I ever top this? — definitely hangs in the air. A great number of things had to fall his way in Melbourne for him to win No. 18, including the early defeats of Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray and his own five-set victories over Kei Nishikori, Stan Wawrinka and Nadal.
There was also the fact that Federer felt unusually fresh in his legs and his head after six months away from tournament tennis — a forced break as he recovered from recurring left knee problems.
Does he feel now that this victory was meant to be?
"Honestly, I felt the French Open was more meant to be," he said referring to his first and still-only French Open title in 2009. "I had to work for this one."
When Federer won in Paris, Nadal, who was the overwhelming favorite to win any French Open at that stage, stunningly lost in the fourth round to Robin Soderling.
"There were tough matches with DelPo and Haas of course," Federer said, referring to his five-set French Open victories over Juan Martin del Potro and Tommy Haas in 2009. "But this one didn't feel like it was meant to be in that same way. I felt I was too fresh in the mind, wanted it too badly in the end, felt too good in the end about everything and riding that wave of the comeback with nothing to lose. I felt it was more one of those things. It was such a surprise. Meant to be doesn't come with nothing to lose. This one was different than any other one I've ever experienced."
Though the chances are all too good that Melbourne will remain a singular experience, he will very soon be back on the baseline in Dubai or elsewhere, ripping one-handed backhands against younger men with so much more left to prove.
"The goal, when I took my break of six months, was doing this for the next couple years, not just for one tournament," Federer said. "I understand people who say, 'Oh, this would be a perfect moment to go.' But I feel like I've put in so much work, and I love it so much, and I still have so much in the tank."


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Adam Baldwin confirmed for Supanova... but no GamerGate questions
American actor Adam Baldwin will be appearing at this year's Supanova Pop Culture Expos in Perth and Sydney after all, but don't even think to ask about the controversy which threatened his visit.
Many protested the Firefly and Full Metal Jacket star's presence in Australia over claims he had advanced the GamerGate movement, an internet firestorm which reportedly lead to harassment, rape and death threats.
Nearly 6,000 people signed an online petition urging Supanova staff to revoke their invitation to Baldwin.
A counter movement was set up in response and Baldwin supporters proved themselves just as passionate.
On Friday, event director Daniel Zachariou responded to what he termed as an "avalanche" of opinions.
"To exclude someone from Supanova for their views, even if we don't share them, goes completely against the spirit of the expo that we've presented all these years as all our stars appear to discuss their work in pop culture, not their personal political or ideological viewpoints," he wrote, via the Supanova Facebook page.
"Further, the concerns are far-reaching and complex, and contain an immense amount of discord. We feel, as Supanova, that we're not positioned to adjudicate either way."
Mr Zachariou wrote that the concerns had been raised with Baldwin and that it had been agreed that "pop culture conventions [were] inappropriate venues for controversial topics".
He stated that questions on the issue would not be permitted during the scheduled Q & A sessions and that fans were bound to comply with that instruction as part of a "code of conduct" which was a condition of entry.
"Given that so many fans continue to support Adam's appearance as part of our Serenity 10th Anniversary celebration, we will be proceeding with Adam's attendance as planned," Mr Zachariou wrote.
"As a professional organisation, we must fulfil our contractual obligations... Supanova will be providing the highest level of enforcement of our Code of Conduct to ensure our strong anti-bullying and anti-harassment policies are maintained."
Event organisers have been accused of deleting unfavourable comments on its Facebook page, though the reaction on Twitter has been mixed.
Meanwhile, exciting news for Game of Thrones fans with Finn Jones (Ser Loras Tyrell) and Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne) locked in to appear at the upcoming Oz Comic-Con expos in Adelaide and Perth events.
Will you head along to Supanova or Oz Comic-Con this year? Share your thoughts in the comments below.


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We are just a couple of days away from the MyHeritage users conference in Amsterdam. Today, MyHeritage announced that the company will live stream the genealogy and DNA lecture tracks online throughout the conference. Yes, you can attend "in absentia" without leaving home.
The following message was written by MyHeritage:
The live stream will be available on the MyHeritage LIVE website and on the MyHeritage Facebook page, so please tune in from 9:00 a.m. Amsterdam time on September 7th. If you need help calculating the time difference to your local time zone, you can use https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/.
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Sand Hill Energy Center
Austin, Texas
Sand Hill Energy Center is Austin's most efficient, natural gas-fired power plant. In 2010, Encotech was retained to provide Structural Engineering and construction administrative services in support of the plants 100 megawatt (MW) expansion, which included the addition of two gas turbines to boost the power generation capacity.
Encotech provided structural engineering support for equipment foundations, elevated structural steel platforms, and miscellaneous pipe supports.
As construction administrator, the firm coordinated with mechanical, electrical and civil consultants and equipment manufacturers. This included observing and inspecting civil and piping work for compliance with contract documents; processing contractor shop drawings and submittal data; evaluating contractor requests for payment; reviewing construction schedules and proposed implementation ideas to reduce construction time, and issuing supplemental instructions to the contractor.


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|We Claim:
1. A toilet modified for disposal of dialysis waste,
comprising: a base;
a bowl;
a water
port; a
drain port;
an air gap device disposed in the dialysis drain port for establishing a gap between ends of first and second drain tubes received by an upper portion of the air gap device and fluid level in the air gap device; and
a path from the dialysis drain port to the bowl of the toilet.
2. The toilet of Claim 1, wherein the upper portion of the air gap device has first and second stems for receiving the first and second drain tubes.
3. The toilet of Claim 2, wherein the air gap device includes a chamber below said stems for collecting dialysis waste as it flows through the air gap device to the bowl through the path, the chamber including windows to allow overflow in the chamber to spill out the chamber away from the first and second drain tubes.
4. The toilet of Claim 3, wherein the air gap device includes ribs defining backflow channels that direct backflow from said path to the bowl of the toilet out of the air gap device prior to entering the chamber.
5. The toilet of Claim 4, wherein the path from the dialysis drain port to the bowl of the toilet induces a vortex in the resulting stream.
6. The toilet of Claim 2, wherein the first and second drain pipes are for RO water and effluent from a dialysis machine.
7. The toilet of Claim 6, wherein the RO water and effluent from the dialysis machine mix in the air gap device prior to entering the path from the dialysis drain port to the bowl.
8. A method for disposing of products of a dialysis machine,
comprising: modifying a toilet to include a dialysis drain port and
a path from the dialysis drain port to a bowl; locating an air gap device in the dialysis drain port;
connecting waste tubes from the dialysis machines to the air gap
establishing anti-backflow prevention measures to prevent backflow of the products of the dialysis machine through the air gap; and
causing the products of the dialysis machine to be passed through the dialysis drain port at the air gap to the bowl.
9. The method of Claim 8, wherein the products of the dialysis machine is RO water and effluent.
10. The method of Claim 9, further comprising providing an upper portion of the air gap device with first and second stems for receiving first and second drain tubes.
11. The method of Claim 10, further comprising mixing the RO water and effluent from the dialysis machine mix in the air gap device prior to passing the products to the bowl.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority from U.S. Application No. 62/367,350, filed
July 27, 2016, and from U.S. Application No. 15/486,552, filed April 13, 2017, incorporated by reference in their entireties.
In humans, the kidneys have an important role in maintaining health. When healthy, the kidneys maintain the body's internal equilibrium of water and minerals (sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfate). The acidic metabolism end-products that the body cannot get rid of via respiration are also excreted through the kidneys. The kidneys also function as a part of the endocrine system, producing erythropoietin, calcitriol and renin.
Erythropoietin is involved in the production of red blood cells and calcitriol plays a role in bone formation. Dialysis is a process for removing waste and excess water from a patient's blood, and is used in many cases where a patient has lost kidney function or suffer from kidney failure.
Dialysis may be used for those with an acute disturbance in kidney function (acute kidney injury, previously acute renal failure) or progressive but chronically worsening kidney function— a state known as chronic kidney disease stage 5 (previously chronic renal failure or end- stage renal disease). The latter form may develop over months or years, but in contrast to acute kidney injury is not usually reversible and dialysis is regarded as a "holding measure" until a kidney transplant can be performed or sometimes as the only supportive measure in those for whom a transplant would be inappropriate.
Dialysis is an imperfect treatment to replace kidney function because it does not correct the compromised endocrine functions of the kidney. Dialysis treatments replace some of these functions through diffusion (waste removal) and ultrafiltration (fluid removal). To accomplish this, the dialysis machine mixes and monitors the dialysate. Dialysate is the fluid that helps remove the unwanted waste products from your blood. It also helps get a patient's electrolytes and minerals to their proper levels in your body. The machine also monitors the flow of blood while it is outside of the patient's body. A typical dialysis machine uses one or more container that is used in the dialysis process. These containers hold the liquids used to mix the dialysate. The machine mixes the dialysate, which is made up of an acidified solution, bicarbonate and purified water. The acidified solution contains electrolytes and minerals, sometimes referred to by patients as "acid." The other solution is bicarbonate or bicarb, which is like baking soda. Both solutions are mixed inside the dialysis machine with purified water. While the patient is dialyzing, dialysate and blood flow through the dialyzer (through separate and unconnected paths). Fresh dialysate from the machine enters the dialyzer throughout the treatment. Impurities are filtered out of the patient's blood and into the dialysate. Dialysate containing unwanted waste products and excess electrolytes leave the dialyzer and are flushed into a waste receptacle.
The disposal of the product of the dialysis procedure is governed by various health codes. An example of a typical health code is Title 77 of the Illinois Health Code, Section 890.740, which states: a) The water supply inlet to kidney dialysis equipment shall have a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer assembly complying with ASSE 1013 or a fixed air gap. 1) A portable dialysis unit or machine shall have a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer assembly installed on the water supply inlet on the unit.
2) Stationary dialysis equipment within a facility shall require, at the filter room or the dialysis machines, a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer assembly on the water supply or a water supply with a fixed air gap.
3) Dialysis equipment shall be installed in accordance with this Part and the manufacturer's specifications. Any conflicts shall be submitted to the Department forresolution. b) The water supply to a dialysis reuse room or dialysis machine repair room shall be isolated from all other deionized (DI) or reverse osmosis (RO) water lines by an RPZ or an air gap. c) A sign no smaller than 8 by 10 inches with the wording "This Water For Dialysis Only" shall be placed above a sink with DI water or RO water supplied to the faucet. d) The discharge for each dialysis unit or machine, portable or stationary, shall be provided with an individual indirect waste connection to the sanitary drainage system. Each stand pipe shall be individually trapped and vented.
Each State has its own Plumbing Code, which is similar, and governing bodies include the Department of Public Health and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The issue with the disposal of the waste is that few hospital rooms or patient care facilities are equipped to comply with the last requirement of the health code cited above. That is, the requirement that each discharge shall be provided with an individual indirect waste connection to the sanitary drainage system. Thus, many hospitals and other patient care facilities do not comply with the health codes associated with dialysis byproduct waste. The art would benefit from an easy solution to this problem that brings the facility in compliance with the health codes in a reliable and safe manner.
The invention seeks to solve this dilemma. The invention converts any hospital or healthcare facility (or domestic) bathroom into a fully compliant portable dialysis compatible disposal system. Typically, non-compliant hospitals use as the water supply a make-shift cut in the valve under the sink, or a rubber hose attached to the goose neck of a faucet. Both of these items would need a small back flow check valve to make the systems code compliant. On the waste side, the dialysis byproduct is routed to the nearest drain or toilet in an "open" line, although the code requires an "air gap" which is often ignored.
The invention allows a simple but effective modification of a commercial toilet hook- up to be code compliant. To accomplish the modified toilet system, which can be original hardware or a kit to modify existing toilets, include a conduit leading from the toilet base to a passage way that leads to outlets on the rim of the bowl. This allows for the portable dialysis machine to drain the unused, byproducts of filtering RO water needed for the procedure and the effluent from the dialysis treatment directly into the toilet/sewer system. The invention accommodates approximately 8 to 15 gallons a minute, and connects directly to the toilet at the conduit. Currently, these drain lines are being dumped into shower drains and, in some cases, sink drains or the toilet bowl directly. This is very unsanitary. This current situation is being overlooked by the regulatory agencies due to the high volume of portable dialysis needed in a hospital setting. To accommodate the codes for drainage, the conduit seats an air gap/back flow prevention device to ensure no waste enters the water supply system.
The present invention requires no significant changes to the layout of the bathroom, such as opening up walls and running new waste lines, supply lines, primer traps and specialized dialysis boxes, which could cost many thousands of dollars to effect for each bathroom and would take the bathroom out of service for the duration of the repair. Conversely, the present invention can be installed in a single day or less with multiple rooms done in the same time frame given the crew size and the patient/patients would not necessarily need to be moved. With the retrofit in an existing building, there is no need to install infection barriers, negative air set up or any other needed items for a construction related project.
In most cases the present invention is considered a repair (but in some cases may require an OSHPD permit), requiring no special permits by Statewide Health Planning and Development, or other governing bodies for all construction work done in a hospital setting. The invention involves adding a conduit adjacent the toilet water supply, whether the toilet is wall mounted or floor mounted. This allows for a portable dialysis machine to drain the unused, byproducts of filtering RO water needed for the procedure and the waste from the dialysis treatment, via two tubes, into the conduit at the air gap device to convey the waste directly into the toilet's sewer system. Dumping the byproducts directly into a toilet is found to be the best way to dispose of these byproduct.
These, and other benefits of the present invention, will best be understood with reference to the accompanying figures and the discussion in the detailed description of the invention set forth below.
FIG. 1 is an elevated, perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an elevated, perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 from below;
FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of the toilet of FIG. 1 taken along line 3 - 3;
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the toilet of FIG. 1 taken along line 4
- 4; and
FIG. 5 is an elevated perspective view of an air gap device inserted into the conduit of FIG. 1.
It is required by building codes that dialysis water treatment equipment be connected to a source of water through a backflow prevention device (also known as a reverse flow prevention device). The purpose of this is to prevent water from the water treatment equipment being pulled backward through the building's water supply piping. The backflow prevention device prevents the draining back of water from the treatment system. The backflow prevention device also prevents the backflow of chemicals into the building water main during the process of chemical disinfection of the water treatment system, thus eliminating the risk of chemical exposure to the other parts of the building. That is, if the system was being disinfected, the chemical would be pulled into the water main as well. A toilet having the features of the present invention is generally illustrated in
FIGs. 1-2
The toilet 10 includes a base 15 and a bowl 70, and a water supply port 20 that receives water from a water source (not shown) as is customary. Figure 1 also depicts a second port or conduit 30 adjacent the water supply port 20, where the byproducts of a dialysis procedure can be directly drained to the toilet 10. Inserted releasably into the conduit 30 is an air gap device, shown in more detail in Figure 5. The air gap device 200 receives tubes 205,210 from the dialysis machine carrying effluent and RO water from the dialysis system. The tubes 205, 210 are fitted onto stems 215, 220 mounted on the cover 225, and the stems have inlets to direct the fluid into a chamber within the air gap device. The chamber includes windows 230 that allow fluid backing up from the toilet out of the air gap device so that if the fluid level rises to the window it will spill out before it returns to the tubes 205, 210. The chamber funnels to the inlet of the conduit 30, and the air gap device 200 has a narrow exit 250 with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the conduit 30. Ribs 255 define backflow channels 240 such that fluid back flow from the conduit will overflow the conduit 30 at the channels 240 before entering the chamber of the air gap device, preventing return of the waste and effluent into the dialysis system. Figure 3 illustrates the toilet and the port 20 for the water supply to help evacuate waste from the toilet 10. Water enters the port 20 and collects in a reservoir 40, before being released through a vortex inducing exit port at the upper rim of the bowl 70. The water and waste drain through the passage 50 and exit to a sewage line connected to outlet 55.
Figure 4 illustrates the disposal pathway for the byproduct of the dialysis procedure. The RO water and effluent from the dialysis machine enter the air gap device 200 at conduit 30. The liquids mix in the air gap device before exiting the air gap device into a passage 90 formed inside a channel 92 on the underside of the base 15 of the toilet 10. The waste fluids flow gravitationally downward through the passage 90 and are released into the bowl 70 at outlet 75, where they circle the bowl and are evacuated when the toilet is flushed along with the water and any other waste. The backflow prevention device, or air gap device 200, prevents any of the contents in the passage 90 flowing back up into the RO water supply or the waste tube, as the fluid would spill out of the air gap device before it reached to tubes 205, 210.
While the inventors' preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described and depicted in the foregoing descriptions and accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that one of ordinary skill in the art would readily appreciate that certain modifications and substitutions can be made to the embodiments described and depicted herein. Further, it is intended by the inventors that the present invention include all such modifications and substitutions. Accordingly, the present invention is not limited to any particular embodiment described herein unless expressly so limited, and that the scope of the invention is properly interpreted by the words of the appended claims using their customary and ordinary meanings.
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USAID and the Association for Investigation and Integral Development AIDER celebrated the achievements of the project Social Capital for Forestry Management in 5 cacataibo indigenous communities and 6 population centers in Padre Abad and Irazola districts in the Ucayali Region.
Thanks to the collaborative work with AIDER and our communitarian partners, technical, economic, organizational and environmental capacities have been strengthened; promoting collective development, sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation.
Productive activities such as transformation from cacao into chocolate, products made of latex (vegetal leather) obtained from the Shiringa tree and basketry from the bombonaje plant were developed by the communities.
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Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counterculture, discusses his book, his journey as a writer, and self-publishing on Kindle.
DAVID WISEHART: What can you tell us about Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counterculture?
PAUL KRASSNER: In December 2010, the writers' organization PEN presented me with their Lifetime Achievement Award. This book provides the reason for that honor. It's an expanded edition of my autobiography, originally published by Simon & Schuster in 1993. Since then, all rights were reverted back to me, and I decided to self-publish this time.
In Confessions, there's a chapter on my friendship with controversial comic Lenny Bruce—which blossomed when I edited his autobiography, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People—and a chapter on my association with Hustler publisher Larry Flynt, plus my investigation of Scientology and Charles Manson. There's an entire chapter, "The Parts Left Out of the Kennedy Book," about my most notorious article.
Here's the origin of the book's title: A couple of FBI agents came to one of my stand-up performances and stated in their report, "He purported to be humorous about government policies." My FBI files indicate that after Life magazine published a favorable profile of me, the FBI sent a poison-pen letter to the editor, complaining: "To classify Krassner as a social rebel is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut."
DAVID WISEHART: What was your most memorable "misadventure"?
PAUL KRASSNER: It's a tie between attending the Grateful Dead outdoor concerts in Egypt and the time I ingested a tab of LSD before testifying in the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Suddenly I was thrust into the middle of a Looney Tunes cartoon. It happened at the precise moment that I was escorted into the courtroom by Tom Hayden and Jerry Rubin—or, as I perceived then, Tom and Jerry. The furniture started dancing merrily. Judge Julius Hoffman looked exactly like Elmer Fudd. I expected him to proclaim, "Let's git them pesky wadicals!"
DAVID WISEHART: Who do you imagine is your ideal reader?
PAUL KRASSNER: Anyone interested in humor, conspiracy, countercultural history, insanity, the underground press, protest demonstrations, the war on drugs, the Merry Pranksters, pornography, censorship, John Lennon, the Woodstock Festival.
DAVID WISEHART: What was your journey as a writer?
PAUL KRASSNER: I wrote for Mad but that was aimed at teenagers and there was no satirical magazine for adults, so I launched a groundbreaking satirical magazine, The Realist, from 1958 to 1974, and reincarnated it as a newsletter in 1985. "The taboos may have changed," I wrote, "but irreverence is still our only sacred cow." When People magazine called me "Father of the underground press," I immediately demanded a paternity test. The final issue was published in Spring 2001. All the issues are online at The Realist Archive Project.
My style of personal journalism constantly blurred the line between observer and participant. I interviewed a doctor who performed abortions when it was illegal; then ran an underground abortion referral service. I covered the antiwar movement; then co-founded the Yippies with Abbie Hoffman (writing a few animated re-enactment scenes for the documentary Chicago 10 four decades later). I published material on the psychedelic revolution; then took LSD with Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, and Ken Kesey, later accompanying Groucho Marx on his first and only acid trip. The most gratifying feedback came from three of my own influences:
George Carlin: "Paul's own writing, in particular, seemed daring and adventurous to me; it took big chances and made important arguments in relentlessly funny ways. I felt, down deep, that maybe I had some of that in me, too; that maybe I could be using my skills to better express my beliefs. The Realist was the inspiration that kept pushing me to the next level; there was no way I could continue reading it and remain the same."
Kurt Vonnegut: "I told Krassner one time that his writings made me hopeful. He found this an odd compliment to offer a satirist. I explained that he made supposedly serious matters seem ridiculous, and that this inspired many of his readers to decide for themselves what was ridiculous and what was not. Knowing that there were people doing that, better late than never, made me optimistic."
Lewis Black: "I have been a fan of his since I was a snot-nosed kid, and his words have been a driving force and influence on my life. If you have read his work before, you know the joys that you are in for. If you haven't, start reading, and consider this your lucky day. For Paul Krassner is an activist, a philosopher, a lunatic and a saint, but most of all he is funny."
DAVID WISEHART: What is your writing process?
PAUL KRASSNER: I keep a pen and pad in my pocket, in my office, the living room, the dining room, the bedroom, the bathroom, keeping notes on ideas that stem from contradictions, hypocrisy and absurdity in the news as well as notions that pop up from my subconscious. These get transferred to my computer and developed further. I always work from an outline that also surrenders to spontaneity, imagination and metaphorical truth triggered by the facts.
DAVID WISEHART: What authors most inspire you?
PAUL KRASSNER: Joseph Heller's Catch 22 was my biggest inspiration, but I also appreciate tidbits in the news, such as an item that mentioned a political wife who called a journalist in the middle of the night and confided about her husband's corruption, fully aware that it would be reported the next day; I thought that the choice of the word "confided" was appropriate sarcasm.
DAVID WISEHART: What one book, written by someone else, do you wish you'd written yourself?
PAUL KRASSNER: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, about a soldier who was wounded so severely that he was limbless, blind, and a deaf mute. He had to learn when he was awake and when he was dreaming. All he had left in the shell of his body was his consciousness and the utter need to communicate.
DAVID WISEHART: How have you marketed and promoted your work?
PAUL KRASSNER: Interviews on print and electronic media, bookstore readings, magazine essays, newspaper op-eds and mini-excerpts Facebook, which I recently quit, because 5000+ friends became a distraction from my current obsession—working on my first novel, about a contemporary controversial Lenny Bruce-type performer.
DAVID WISEHART: Why publish on Kindle?
PAUL KRASSNER: Simple—to dive into the new media and reach potential readers who no longer buy physical books which are less convenient and more expensive. I've become almost as much in awe of technology as I am of Nature.
DAVID WISEHART: What advice would you give to a first-time author thinking of self-publishing on Kindle?
PAUL KRASSNER: Why not? You don't need a literary agent or a publisher who can keep you waiting for six months to a year. And it's not an either/or situation where one must decide between paper and online publication. You can do both.
DAVID WISEHART: Thanks, and best of luck with your books.
On the other hand, a couple of FBI agents went to one of his performances and stated in their report, "He purported to be humorous about government policies." His FBI files indicate that after Life magazine published a favorable profile of him, the FBI sent a poison-pen letter to the editor, complaining: "To classify Krassner as a social rebel is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut."
"The FBI was right," says George Carlin. "This man is dangerous—and funny; and necessary."
ABC newscaster Harry Reasoner wrote in his memoirs, "Krassner not only attacks establishment values; he attacks decency in general." So Krassner named his one-person show Attacking Decency in General, receiving awards from the L.A. Weekly and DramaLogue. He is the only person in the world ever to win awards from both Playboy (for satire) and the Feminist Party Media Workshop (for journalism). When People magazine called Krassner "Father of the underground press," he immediately demanded a paternity test. Actually, he had published The Realist magazine from 1958 to 1974. He reincarnated it as a newsletter in 1985. "The taboos may have changed," he wrote, "but irreverence is still our only sacred cow." The final issue was published in Spring 2001.
He was nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award in the Album Notes category for his 5,000-word essay accompanying a 6-CD package, Lenny Bruce: Let the Buyer Beware. Krassner rarely works the comedy-club circuit, preferring to perform on campuses, at theaters and in art galleries.
He has been a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher; on Air America Radio with Janeane Garofalo and on WTFpod.com with Marc Maron. He hosted his own radio call-in show in San Francisco.
Paul writes columns for High Times, AVN [Adult Video News], and is an occasional contributor to the Huffington Post. His articles have appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, Playboy, Penthouse, Mother Jones, the Nation, New York, National Lampoon, Utne Reader, the Village Voice, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, the L.A. Weekly, New York Press, and Funny Times.
His venues have ranged from the New Age Expo to the Skeptics Conference, from a Neo-Pagan Festival to the L.A. County Bar Association, from a Swingers Convention to the Brentwood Bakery, where members of the audience were each given a free pastry of their choice. Over the years, he has built up a cult following that has steadily been edging into mainstream awareness.
His reviews have been highly complimentary. The New York Times: "He is an expert at ferreting out hypocrisy and absurdism from the more solemn crannies of American culture." The Los Angeles Times: "He has the uncanny ability to alter your perceptions permanently." The San Francisco Chronicle: "Krassner is absolutely compelling. He has lived on the edge so long he gets his mail delivered there."
He was head writer for an HBO special satirizing the 1980 presidential election campaign, did on-air commentary for the Fox network's Wilton-North Report, and—a decade after poking fun at Ronald Reagan—was a writer on Ron Reagan's syndicated late-night TV talk show.
Mercury Records released his first two comedy albums, We Have Ways of Making You Laugh and Brain Damage Control. Artemis Records released his next four: Sex, Drugs and the Antichrist: Paul Krassner at MIT, Campaign in the Ass, Irony Lives! and The Zen Bastard Rides Again.
His autobiography, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture, published by Simon & Schuster, sold 30,000 copies. An expanded edition is now available on Paul's website and also as an e-book on Kindle.
His other books include: The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race: The Satirical Writings of Paul Krassner, with an introduction by Kurt Vonnegut; a trilogy of anthologies—Pot Stories For the Soul, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison, Psychedelic Trips For the Mind and Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs: From Toad Slime to Ecstasy—Sex, Drugs and the Twinkie Murders: 40 Years of Countercultural Journalism; Impolite Interviews; Murder At the Conspiracy Convention and Other American Absurdities, with an introduction by George Carlin; One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Satirist, with a foreword by Harry Shearer and an introduction by Lewis Black; In Praise of Indecency: Dispatches From the Valley of Porn; and Who's to Say What's Obscene: Politics, Culture & Comedy in America Today, with a foreword by Arianna Huffington.
In May 2004, he received an ACLU Uppie (Upton Sinclair) Award for dedication to freedom of expression. At the 14th annual Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, Paul Krassner was inducted into the Counterculture Hall of Fame, "my ambition," he claims, "since I was three years old." In December, 2010, the writers' organization PEN honored him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. "I'm very happy to receive this award," Paul concluded in his acceptance speech, "and even happier that it wasn't posthumous."
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- Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women in Turkish Politics
Yeşim Arat's work, Rethinking Islam and Lsiberal Democracy: Islamist Women in Turkish Politics, is a welcome addition to the remarkably rich academic discourse on Islam in contemporary Turkey. Several excellent social scientists both in Turkey and abroad have contributed to elevating the discussion on Islam in modern Turkey to a complex and sophisticated level. For example, Jenny White's award-winning work, Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics (2002), is an ethnography of Istanbul which maps the origins and continuing appeal of Islamic politics in Turkish society. Esra Özyürek's notable work, Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey (2006), demonstrates how power struggles between secular and Islamist political movements are reconfiguring popular notions of citizenship and the sacred in Turkey. The work under review not only engages the available scholarship, it adds a new dimension to the discussion.
Based on a study of women activists of the Islamist Refah (Welfare) Party in Turkey, Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy examines the relationship between secularism and Islam in a liberal democracy. The author attempts to understand the women activists of the Refah Party using qualitative methods via in-depth interviews. She argues that, although the Refah Party women's organizations only came into being in 1989 and were shut down in 1998 along with the party by a constitutional court decision, they played an important role in bringing their party to power and engaging a large female constituency in politics (1). Arat's work is particularly valuable because, in tracing the "cross-fertilization" between Islamists and their secular adversaries, she provides an important [End Page 103] perspective on the problems of accommodating liberalism and Islam. She suggests that liberalism and Islam may not be pure and irreconcilable ideologies, but rather, that there may be room for overlap, dialogue, and common ground between the two. While this idea may seem simple, it is revolutionary. The Turkish context is uniquely suited for such a project because of the particular history of secularism and Islam in the Republic of Turkey. Studying women in this context not only fills a lacuna but also captures generational shifts in attitudes toward the government and contradictions within each of these ideologies. As Arat demonstrates, while the secular state expanded women's opportunities and status in society, women were marginalized in political life and party politics. In its most common interpretations, Islam is often seen as restrictive in terms of women. To the contrary, the women Arat interviewed for this project were able to increase their political participation and status by returning to Islam. Thus, for some, what appeared to be an illogical decision at best, and a betrayal of a gift given by the early Republic at worst, emerged as a rational personal choice and a critique of the Republic. The Refah Party registered an unprecedented number of women in six years—close to one million. Arat's carefully researched book, built upon empirical data, thoroughly elucidates why women joined the Refah Party, how they networked, how they crossed boundaries, and how they politicized the traditionally apolitical mediums. She also illuminates their successes and failures (9–10).
Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy is divided into five chapRethinking chapters in addition to the Introduction and Conclusion. Chapter one, titled "Women of the Republic and Islam: Between the Private and the Political," examines the consequences of being an Islamist woman in the Turkish context. Women who had long supported the state because of the expanded civil and political rights they had been granted by the Republican regime began to openly critique the state in the 1980s. This chapter examines women and women's rights as Islamist women began moving into the public space against the backdrop of the developing feminist oppositionary discourse and the political turpitude of the 1980s.
Chapter two, "Refah Party and the Organization of the Ladies' Commissions," focuses on the party's female members' commitment to moving into...


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AASP-MN represents nearly 800 independent mechanical and collision repair shops and industry suppliers in the state of Minnesota. The association is dedicated to improving the state's automotive service industry and the success of its members. A full-service organization, AASP-MN provides education and training opportunities; group buying programs; legislative and regulatory representation; and the opportunity to network and learn from others in the industry.
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Now this is a unique concealment. A 100 foot concealed pole painted like a pencil. Frankly, it's hard to get too creative with a pole, but this client nailed it and what makes it even better is when it goes up without a hitch. Great job install crew!
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Lucas H. Forcella is an Associate in the firm's Billings office. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2009, graduating cum laude. After graduation, Lucas commissioned as a counterintelligence and intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps, and has served in numerous overseas and domestic locations. Lucas left active duty in 2015 and is currently a Major in the Marine Corps Reserve.
Lucas received his Juris Doctorate from the University of North Carolina School of Law. While in law school, Lucas served as the Web Editor for the North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology and clerked for the Honorable Judge Hunter Murphy of the North Carolina Court of Appeals and for the Honorable United States Magistrate Judge Robert T. Numbers, II.
Lucas' practice focuses on commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions and commercial real estate acquisitions, sales, and leases.
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Who said police officers can't drive environmental cars? Nissan has just delivered a fleet of eight Leaf electric cars for Portugal's PSP (Polícia de Segurança Pública) - the security force responsible for policing the large urban areas of the country.
The car driven by the police is a standard Leaf, but features flashing blue lights, sirens, and clear "Polícia" markings. The Police Leaf is still powered by the same electric drive motor that delivers a total of 107 HP and 208 lbs-ft of torque. With only 30 minutes of charge, the car has an autonomy of 80 miles.
"We pride ourselves in being the first police force in the world to incorporate cars with zero-emission technology as part of our 5,000 vehicle fleet," said Superintendent Paul Gomes Valente, National Director of PSP. "We want to continue reducing pollution in large urban centres and the introduction of the 100 per cent electric Nissan LEAF sets a new benchmark for our fleet," he added.


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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The Malaysian prime minister has thanked King Salman for his support during a visit to Saudi Arabia meant to deepen ties between the two major Muslim countries.
Najib Razak's visit comes after Malaysia's attorney general in January decided not to prosecute the prime minister, saying the $681 deposited in his accounts were a "personal donation" from the Saudi royal family.
The chief prosecutor also said most of the Saudi donation had been returned.
Razak's critics, however, accuse him of corruption and claim hundreds of millions of dollars channeled into his accounts came from the indebted 1MDB fund, which he founded in 2009.
Najib met with King Salman on Wednesday and earlier spoke at an economic forum in Saudi Arabia, where he "personally thanked" the Saudi royal family for their support.


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Quick verdict
The Polar M600 is currently unique. It's not just an effective sports partner, it's also a great smartwatch.
- Solid design
- Sports takes priority over smartwatch
- All of Android Wear's functions
- Polar Flow does so much
- Respectable battery performance for a smartwatch
- IPX8 waterproofing
- Design could be more exciting
- Swimming could be better served
- Heart rate can be a little erratic
- Price
The explosion of smartwatches and fitness trackers has knocked down some real gems and real shit, so we all have to be careful when choosing a new device. Polar is a well-established name in fitness equipment, one of the oldest when it comes to monitoring heart rate.
In an expanding Polar portfolio, more A-family lifestyle devices were born, and the capabilities of the M (sports) and V (pro) devices were expanded, with the brand connectivity gradually increasing.
The M600 is a rethink. He uses an appropriate smartwatch platform and offers the features of the fitness tracker for which the company is known, with more functions on the watch side than it would normally have. The result is one of the most respected sports equipment we've seen so far, and certainly one of the best Android Wear devices.
Design and build
The Polar M600 adapts to the body module with a rubber band. As with the TomTom Spark, the body is pushed into the belt so that the two sections can be easily separated when cleaning.
The design is very similar to the previous Polar watches, although it is quite thick, which means you need enough wrist to sit on. If you belong to the thin forearm variant, you may think that it is too big, but we found that it sits well on an average male arm. The blockiness gives him some substance and looks good both from a sporting point of view as well as a smartwatch.
Compared to other Android Wear devices, Polar's experience in making watches is obvious, as it's much nicer than the Moto 360 Sport and looks better than the previous one. As with other Polar devices, the screen is square to match the family design of Polar.
On to the more serious things. With IPX8 protection, a good water seal is guaranteed, so swimming is supported. The screen is protected with Gorilla Glass to prevent scratches. The metal details that frame the display to the left and right provide a first-class look. You can choose between black and white, though we would like a range of belt colors to make the design more appealing.
The rubber band is easy to adjust and uses a conventional two-pronged buckle with two straps to prevent the replacement strap from hanging on objects. Most importantly, the M600 is comfortable to wear and penetrates. With a weight of 65 g it is not too heavy.
Sports features first
First designed as a sports watch, there are two buttons. The first button on the left is the standard Android Wear button that allows you to go home, wake up the display, or long press to access the menu.
The second button on the front brings you directly to the sports page and opens the Polar App. This is a very athletic field, and we really like that Polar was not distracted by Android Wear: it has taken over and belongs to the platform instead of skipping Google's smartwatch capabilities.
The hardware tells a similar story. With an optical heart rate sensor on board and your own GPS, you can run out of the house and leave your smartphone at home. However, there is no compass or barometer. Direction and altitude are based on GPS. There is also support for accessories. If you have a H7 Polar chest strap, you have the option to use it. This is the preferred option for cyclists.
One of the features Polar has inherited from Android Wear is support for Bluetooth headphones and local storage for your music. This means that you can take your music without a cell phone. TomTom Spark 3 offers this as well as the Apple Watch 2. This feature will surely be popular.
The great thing is that this comprehensive feature set, which is supported by this hardware, is an excellent fitness device even before you touch the smartwatch page.
Hardware specs and display
The Polar M600 is powered by a MediaTek chipset with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of standard memory. The battery is 500mAh, which is pretty good for this device type and explains the thickness.
On the front there is a 1.3-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 240 pixels. This is not the biggest or sharpest Android Wear watch ad, but as I said, the screen fits and we found a good size for reading on the go. It always supports features, dims in normal wear and brightens when you move the clock.
An LCD screen is a backlit full-color display that is lit instead of using the lower-power displays that other sports watches offer. It looks good, which increases the attractiveness, but the battery charged more heavily than for example the Mono TomTom or Garmin displays. Although it has an ambient light sensor, but adapts to the lighting conditions.
Battery life and charging
With the 500mAh battery, you can use about two days if you're connected to an Android device, including exercise time. You may be able to wear it for something more at leisure. We did not test the Polar M600 on an iPhone, but there are reports that this will be reduced to about a day with Apple's phone. In reality, the Android Wear experience in combination with an Android phone is significantly improved, and unlike the Apple Watch you have at least the option.
Two days are good for Android Wear devices, but compared to many other sports watches, this means regular recharging, which may give you five or more active days – but does not offer truly smart features.
That's the compromise here: The Polar M600 is not particularly endurous in terms of sport, but offers much more functionality, meaning that it describes much more than just the time when walking.
Charging takes place via the magnetic connection point on the back. In the past few weeks, when we used the M600, we usually chose to charge every other day without going blank. The charger can be neatly attached to the back of the watch without any need to attach it.
Polar M600 review: Running and sports functions
Press this button on the front panel and the Polar App will open on the M600. There are two sections, one section where you can check your daily activities more closely, and the second to start recording a sport.
Polar gives you the freedom to choose your sports profiles according to your activities. For many, this will be running, cycling or swimming, but there is a wide choice of sports, such as badminton, dancing, football or just plain old walking. That's great because you do not have to compromise on categorizing your activity. Do you want to pick up your dog while running? No problem. Would you like to record your Friday rowing session? No problem.
For outdoor sports there is GPS tracking. For example, there are different profiles for swimming and swimming outdoors, which we really like, and you just have to have the sports on your watch that you actually need. Do not you want "other outdoor"? You can remove it. Visit the Polar Flow website and you can further customize your sports profiles by changing the information on your watch, which is really smart.
When you have selected your activity, the watch sensors will be activated, look for GPS and turn on the optical heart rate sensor on the back panel. You can start the activity immediately or wait for these sensors to turn on, but over time it may be good to start without waiting.
However, we noticed that the GPS locks quickly, so there was never too much delay in getting started.
During your sport you will receive a series of screens with relevant information based on your activity. To run, you get a main screen similar to other Polar devices like the V800. The M600 offers the benefit of color. As you move through different heart rate zones, the color of the HR screen also changes to get information at a glance. There is also clear evidence of speed and distance while running.
Swimming is not as good as it could be because swimming in the pool lacks the option of automatically detecting lengths, as is the case with the Apple Watch 2. So you have heart rate measurement and time, which is good enough. We also found out that the flow of water could pass through the screens, so we often stop a set in the pool with something else on the display.
Since Android Wear automatically dims the display, Polar has added the option to always keep the display on. This means that you can view and see the statistics without having to touch, and avoid the problem of not being able to see the screen without exaggerated gesture. This will consume more battery power, but if you have the guts to beat your 10k PB run, you do not care, all you have to do is keep track of your pace.
If there's one thing we want to improve on the watch's athletic credentials, it's another button. We'd love a start / stop button instead of having to use the display, but that's a minor matter. There is also no automatic detection for your activities, but if you are closer to a reputable running watch, we think that this is fine: There is already a distinction between the activity levels in the daily tracking. It is not a disadvantage if you select the sport for detailed tracking.
The Polar Flow website offers much more information than other platforms. You will get an overview of your progress. You estimate how much fatigue you may have had from previous workouts and tell you whether you are over or under training. You can also sign up for exercise programs, which means it has much to offer beyond your actual running statistics.
Polar M600 review: A full Android Wear experience
Here, most sports equipment would reach its limits, but on the Android Wear platform, the Polar M600 offers a whole lot more.
You get a comprehensive selection of alerts and notifications. If you have an Android smartphone, this is truly a first-rate offer, especially compared to other sports equipment. It is something that is offered by other Polar watches and some Garmin devices, but here you are supported by the Android community for their functionality, not just Polar.
We mentioned apps, and one of the things the Android M600 does get is the support for Bluetooth headphones and music. You can connect any Bluetooth headset, but music support is limited to Google Play Music service. You must download and sync it from your phone. This is a bit crazy, so it's worth just syncing music for running. You do not have to carry this old iPod on the run.
Among other Android Wear highlights, you'll have Google Maps for navigation while connected to your phone. Plus, you'll support Google voice control so you can respond to messages. Then you have all the fun things, such. For example, you can stop Spotify music from your watch, control Netflix through your Chromecast, or get the instructions from Citymapper directly on your wrist.
Although Android Wear has a poor repeat of smooth early devices, the Polar M600 is not. This is a sports watch that benefits from a host of extra features that Android Wear allows, resulting in some fun and functionality. In many ways, the Polar M600 is currently incomparable.
The Polar M600 is a fusion of smartwatch and sports equipment. The platform and laces of Android take advantage of sports and fitness tracking capabilities, but maintain a balance that some devices do not master. It succeeds in being both where others have failed. It feels like a real Polar sports watch, enhanced by the best of Android Wear.
For an Android smartphone user, this is a device that is worth considering. If you've been shy of Android Wear so far, you can make Android Wear so fun. It's not about a bland presentation, it's about bolstering something more exciting. In this case, it's a fully functional activity watch that's perfect for running and does not feel like Android Wear.
The Polar M600 is currently unique. It's not just an effective sports partner, it's also a great smartwatch.


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Conflict mediator
Report immediately incident to the right people.
Explain your project idea (2,000 characters)Often, the simplest ideas are the best. This is about creating an application and platform dedicated to conflicts. The purpose of the application is to prevent a conflict (often, wars start with small conflicts), the goal being to make all voices heard. Let's use technology to bring people together. Indeed, we have seen that Facebook is increasingly used during the birth of conflicts. But, Facebook is not optimal for this and the messages are little or badly heard. Our idea is to build an adapted space where conflicts can be immediately reported to journalists (local / international), NGOs and sometimes the police. Often, information travels badly and does not reach the right person at the right time. We want to change that and prevent conflicts from growing. Our platform will have this service: ( and it will be similar in some ways to Facebook). - Users can log in and contact directly all NGO/ or journalist they want. - Users can send pictures and vidéos trough the platform. - They can open discussion and create forum for their topic. - They can ask for a moderator. To resume our idea, it's a platform where it will be possible to send informations to the right people. A tools, nothing else.
Who are the beneficiaries? (1,000 characters)The beneficiaries will be the inhabitants of the most remote towns and villages. Those who do not have a "voice" precisely. For example, it may be police-struck students in Dakar, Senegal, or victims of police violence in Ukraine. We will put in place a system where it will not be necessary to have a smartphone, but a simple cell phone (GSM) will suffice.
How is your idea unique? (1,000 characters)Our idea is unique because we want to create something who will bring together and unite humanitarian actors. They are too isolated from each other. Our idea is innovating because we will create a new thing from something who already exist. We think it will be a perfect tools for many organization. A kind of a social media dedicated to conflict. A great data base for non-profit organization. Something useful, for sure.
Idea Proposal Stage (choose one)
- Initial Design: I am exploring the idea, gathering the inspiration and information I need to test it with real users.
Tell us more about your organization/company (1 sentence and website URL)Our organization is composed of a team of 5 peoples, working in NGO and different associations. For now, we don't have yet a website. But we are working on it.
Expertise in sector
- 3-5 years
Organization Filing Status
- No, but we plan to register in the future.
In 3-4 sentences, tell us the inspiration or story that encouraged you to start this project.I have a degree in Political Science and completed my end-of-study internship in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I noticed at that time how people can be isolated from the media and journalists. They feel they have no voice or no voice. The idea of giving them a place and a "speaker" has become an idea that has developed over time. Today, with hindsight, I see what impact such an application could have around the world. Sometimes, simple conflicts degenerate quickly because the parties did not get
Please explain how your selected topic areas are influenced, in the local context of your project (1,000 characters).Our project can help city and community to stay in peace or at least to work on their conflict, by communication. The prosperity of a nation is also about peace and woking on it will serve definitely the peace.
Who will work alongside your organization in the project idea? (1,000 characters)We cannot provide you a great example but the way how organisation try to communicate about their work, it's already a "proof of concept " for us.
Please share some of the top strengths identified in the community which your project will serve (500 characters)The top strengths is our strong network on NGOs and organization. We will start to work with them at the beginning because they have tools and people, the only thing they don't have, it's a direct bridge with the population they want help.
Geographic FocusOur solution can be effective in USA or in Africa. But, probably, we 'll start in Africa, Senegal.
How many months are required for the project idea? (500 characters)In 3 month, we can build the platform and the app. The next 3 month will be the time to list all NGOs, associations and organizations in our database. After that, we will communicate and promote our solution to the media. After that, we will work an improve the way people use our solution.
Did you submit this idea to our 2017 BridgeBuilder Challenge? (Y/N)
- No


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Events covered: Game Night, Photoshop Contest, Quiz Bowl, Run Club
Hey everyone! I have a few different things I'd like to talk about and I don't want to flood the main page with multiple posts so here is your all in one stop shop for Ja - ket poe tay toes (cuckoo, anyone? No? OK). First up:
Game Night
We will be playing Evolve on PC on Tuesday, August 2nd at 8PM EST
Yes. This is not in July. This month is my birthday, a vacation, and also I have to give an hour long presentation on the glory of my scientific progress on the 21st. Due to this I'm pushing it back a bit. We will still have an August game night at the end of August.
Evolve is now free to play and available on Steam. We will work out teams on the night of.
Photoshop Contest
I mentioned it earlier but I will be putting the contest on hiatus unless someone wants to take up the mantle for a while. I will resume it after Quiz Bowl has ended. I made a bit of a pact with myself a while back that I wasn't going to let TAY monopolize my time :D.
TAY Trivia Challenge
The first round of Quiz Bowl is going to be tomorrow July 13th at 8pm Eastern. The first two teams to play are already aware and have worked very well to find a time where for the first time in history, we have all 8 people in attendance. This is almost as exciting as that time when I pushed the event start 3 hours later so Barkspawn could attend and then she flaked on us! Wow!
ANYWAY...make sure to stop by the TAY Discord to watch and discuss and laugh, cry, and generally empathize with the herding of cats both literal and figuratively that is TAY TRIVIA CHALLENGE/QUIZ BOWL/STUFF. I also made an updated bracket
In this new bracket, the next teams to play (sorry for any confusion pigmatron!) is team Barkstar NoviGore and TRHP. After that the winner of round one will face off against PTPT, followed by round two winners vs. shkg.
Note that until the first week of august the questions will not be indicative of the final format but will be "whatever furby can find lying around that is a question with an answer"
Team Abraquidechkadow: Quiddity, Kidechka, DisturbedShadow, Abracadaniel
The Doomed Dukes of Lolicat: Meathead, Raithulu, Armuun, AlmightyDuke
Team PTPT: PHC, Pigmatron, TGRIP, Twinkling82
Team SHKG: Hyconner, shardik, kcet, Gugsy
Team BarkStar NoviGore: Geostar, Tygore (maybe), Novibear, Barkspawn
Team PSwii2008, Celia, Reiner, Twizm
Run Club
Quiddity did you give up on ever finishing the game? Otherwise if anyone wants to run and just log points I can make a spreadsheet for us. I won't be doing a formal run club until the Fall. I am on Nike+ so if anyone wants to add me we can do challenges against each other in the interim.


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Stirling Freezers
Announcing the New Freezer Purchase Policy
Fred Hutch has more than 850 freezers located throughout the labs and shared resource departments of which approximately 450 are ultralow or -80°C freezers. The Fairview Freezer Facility houses 200 freezers and has reached capacity for power and floor space. In order to address the significant space and power requirements necessary for storing valuable research materials, Fred Hutch has chosen the Stirling as the sole source model when purchasing a new ultralow (-80°C) freezer. When budgeting capital or requesting a -80°C freezer as part of a grant application or a capital request be sure to list the Stirling freezer and include the cost of accessories such as shelves, racks, and boxes with your request.
This initiative is great news as the Stirling freezer offers many advantages over a traditional -80°C freezer. Some of these include:
- Highest sample storage capacity per square foot of floor space and energy use of any freezer on the market.
- Shelves are fully adjustable to fit all types of racks. 600-660 box capacity depending on configuration.
- Significantly quieter operation that conventional compressor driven freezers. This allows placement in the lab.
- The layout of the freezer allows easier reach to samples on the top shelves without the conventional compressor occupying the lower shelf space. The piston engine rests on top of the freezer.
- Fastest pull-down from ambient temperature as well as slowest warm-up time.
- Plugs into any outlet! Stirling freezers run off either 120v or 208v by changing a cord, making installation easier.
- Operating off 120v allows more Stirling freezers to operate in the shared freezer facility than conventional freezers.
- There is a door gasket defrost to keep the door free of ice buildup! No more scrapping required = less work for researchers.
- Best warranty, Stirling covers 2 years parts and labor and 7 years parts on piston engine compared to only 5 years on compressor engines.
- Stirling maintains a constant internal temperature (within 0.5°C) versus the fluctuations of a conventional freezer which fluctuate several degrees above and below the set point.
- Options available include chart recorder, CO2 and LN2 back-up systems.
- Made in USA
- Uses 50% less power to operate than a conventional compressor freezer (verified by FE).
- Heat generated during operation is reduced which results in 50% less energy needed to run the AC needed to control room temperature.
- Uses 80% less refrigerants and no oil to operate.
- Although the technology is new to scientific freezers, the piston engine has been around for 20 years and found to be very reliable in other applications.
- The production process uses 52% less CO2 to manufacture than a conventional freezer.
- Weight is only 625 lbs versus 1000 lbs making it easier for FE to move.
If you are ready to purchase a new freezer or need additional information please contact Shared Resources at x5879.
Doing Business with Research Freezers and Sample Storage


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Some new images from last Tuesday's Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony Resort 2012 Show; new pics from the show, the preparations and the after party have been uploaded to the gallery. Check out also the below video from the show and its preparations: Update Jun 14: Looks like the above video has been removed from … Continue reading More from Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony Resort 2012 Show
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Chloë in Cass Bird and Sophomore "Truth or Dare" video
Check out Chloë Sevigny appearing in this "Truth or Dare" video from Cass Bird and Sophomore NYC, in which Sophomore founder and co-designer Chrissie Miller plays Truth or Dare with a slew of her friends. Also featured in the video are e.g. Jen Brill, Lesley Arfin, Drea de Matteo and Scott Campbell.


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Treatment an Option in NY Gambling Court
Offenders who appear in the nation's first gambling court in suburban Buffalo, N.Y., can receive treatment instead of jail time.
Justice Mark G. Farrell presides, overseeing a docket of crimes that range from burglary to check forgery, according to the New York Times.
Court staffers say more than half of around 100 defendants who have appeared in the Amherst court since it opened it opened in 2001 have successfully completed treatment programs for gambling addiction.


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Newsletter 01-2020
Kremer Pigmente
For a long time the recipe for Chinese blue of the HAN time was a mystery. Today we are able to offer this slightly reddish blue barium copper frit.
Chinese-blue or magenta are full-synthetic pigments - they were created about 2600 years ago by early experiments of Chinese chemists. The chemical composition of Chinese-blue is BaCuSi4O10 and Chinese magenta BaCuSi2O6. Both of them are barium copper silicates, made from a barium mineral (for example barytes), a copper mineral (for example malachite or azurite) and sand (quartz) at about 1000°C.
Investigations showed that Chinese magenta contains a copper-copper connection. Chemical bonds between metals are, except in metals themselves, a chemical peculiarity, and for today's experts it is kind of a sensation, that the early Chinese chemists could already produce this bond in Chinese magenta.
Probably the recipes of Chinese blue and Chinese magenta are based on Egyptian-blue (CaCuSi4O10), a man made pigment too, invented by the Egyptians 5000 years ago, obviously due to the lack of stable natural blue pigments.
#10071 HAN-Blue, fine
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Quinacridone Pink, transparent
particularly bright magenta, Pigment Red 122, C.I. 73915
Quinacridone Pink is a highly transparent, pure, bluish version of Pigment Red 122. It has very good flocculation stability, flowability and gloss in most paint binders. For this reason, the pigment is particularly suitable for glazing color applications, e.g. in watercolor.
The very fine pigment has high coloring power and color brilliance. It comes closest to the primary color "magenta" and therefore works very well for blends with blue or yellow pigments. Like all synthetic organic pigments, this PR 122 can be ground well in oil, but should be processed with a quick-drying oil. When processing into watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint or tempera, a wetting agent may be necessary. It is advisable to grind the pigment carefully so that it can develop its full luminosity.
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Silicate fixative based on acrylic
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XIRALLIC® NXT M260-70 SW Amur Black is the first deep black pearlescent pigment with a high gloss. A slight admixture of, for example, Dioxazine Violet (#23451) or Phthalo Blue (#23050) deepens the blackness while maintaining sparkle. The effect can also be achieved with up to 15% Furnace Black (#47250).
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A Brief History of Georg Kremer's Quiet Revolution in Color
By Rebecca Bengal
Article in Ursula: Issue 5, 27.11.2019
Especially in his later years, Whitten experimented assiduously with pigments he bought from a man named Georg Kremer, whose small storefront has been supplying painters with raw materials for almost 30 years, coming to function as a secret shaper of the ethos of significant swaths of New York painting during that time.
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Better places to go than Mrs. Dr. Marie-France Horn Zahnarzt?
I'm relatively new to this place and have not been to any dentist yet but its time for me to go.
So i'm just asking this question to hear if anyone from Fribourg or the area has any experience with Mrs. Dr. Marie-France Horn Zahnarzt
I think i need braces but i'm very scared if it will ruin me financially.
So a few questions:
- Is it a clean clinic?
- What are previous patients saying?
- How long has it been around?
- Is Dentiste Vitadent SA a better alternative?
I head a story from my mother that said its gone wrong before however that was from another place.
What are your thoughts?
Contact information for Mrs. Dr. Marie-France Horn Zahnarzt
Mrs. Dr. Marie-France Horn Zahnarzt is located in Fribourg, CH on the address Route de Beaumont 22.


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Veggie Rice Salad
This recipe is a crunchy, tangy salad. It's a great use for leftover rice and quick to prepare.—Judi Brinegar, Liberty, North Carolina
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 15 min.
Makes2 servings
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 1/3 cup shredded carrot
- 1/4 cup diced celery
- 1/4 cup diced green pepper
- 1 jar (2 ounces) diced pimientos, drained
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons cider or red wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In a jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine oil, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper; shake well. Pour over salad and toss. Chill until serving.