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Remedies For Achilles Tendon Blister
How can I get rid of blisters on my Achilles tendon?
Get Evaluated: The cause of the blisters needs to be determined. Causes could be things such as local areas of friction or excessive swelling in the extremity. An evaluation by your primary care physician or podiatrist could be beneficial. ...Read more
Tendon (Definition)
Tendons are made up of collagen and are the functional tissue that interfaces between muscles and bone. Muscles generate force that is transmitted through its tendon that inserts on a specific bone that is moved in the plane of the connecting joint made ...Read more
If my Achilles tendon is swollon and icy hot is not working, what other remedy can I use?
Use ice: Use ice, wrap with ace bandage and put heel lift in shoe. Try biofreeze. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Ankle MRI report - ant tib tendon bowing, tendonitis in ant tib, tenosynovitis in posterior tib, mild tendonitis in Achilles'. Best treatment?
Cold compresses help: I have found that tendinitis frequently responds to application of cold compresses, particularly gel devices kept in a freezer which when applied to tendinitis will cut the inflammation down and provide comfort without the potential side effects of listed medications (which help as well but can cause considerable side effects). Such gel devices can be found in drug stores (OTC). ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Which is the best treatment for short Achilles tendons in a 22 month old?
Continue stretching.: See your physician to make sure no neurological problems are left untreated. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Which treatment for short Achilles tendons in a 22 month old is the very best?
See below: The first thing would be to try stretching and casting. If this does not work then surgery may be required. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What is the treatment for Achilles tendons injury?
Depends : It all depends on the extend of injury. Achilles tendinitis vs. Rupture have different courses of treatment. For tendinitis physical therapy, orthotics and shoe modification along with stretching can help. For rupture then surgical repair is needed. ...Read more
My knees & Achilles' tendons have hurt a lot lately and more recently my lower back has caused discomfort. Any advice (stretching, treatment, etc)?
Do your feet: flatten when standing? I would recommend orthotics…. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Can i tear my Achilles tendon?
You could: Achilles tendon rupture can result from an injury, and the degree of pain and disability depends on how extensive the tear is. Sometimes there is a palpable knot in the back or above the back of the heel, and bearing weight there is quite painful and/or difficult. See a doctor as soon as possible for a proper evaluation. Good luck! ...Read more
Why does my Achilles tendon hurt?
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The markets for pumping systems are seeing an ever-increasing focus on energy efficiency in an effort to reduce carbon emissions, resource usage and costs of operation. Industrial pump system users have heightened their focus on efficiency initiatives as natural resource and raw material usage costs increase. External drivers include the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which has highlighted data showing that pump systems represent approximately 6 percent of the total U.S. industrial energy consumption.
Plant Water Usage
When assessing the overall operating efficiency of plants, water usage can become a significant energy cost of its own. Water is commonly used as a primary system in power cycles. It is also used as a secondary system for cooling, dilution or cleaning. Closed-loop water systems require pumps, cooling towers and makeup water treatment systems that can consume significant electrical and thermal energy. Open-loop systems also require effluent treatment before returning the water to its source. Efforts to reduce water use and the associated energy costs are often a component of industrial plant best practices for efficiency improvement.
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Significant opportunities for improvement exist for energy and water use reductions in pump systems. Pumps are often operated at suboptimal flow and head, significantly decreasing efficiency. The Hydraulic Institute (HI) introduced the educational initiative "Pump Systems Matter" to help increase focus on this opportunity.
Certain types of sealing systems can have a large impact not only on energy but water usage as well. In some cases, the combined power use can equal or exceed that of the pump driver. The opportunities to reduce energy usage in sealing systems can be far greater than those achieved by correcting pump efficiency issues.
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The Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) and the European Sealing Association (ESA) have produced a seal life-cycle cost calculator tool that estimates the relative energy consumption of different sealing system configurations. This tool can be used to help customers identify the most efficient system option for their applications.
ISO Assessment Standard
In addition to FSA's calculator tool, draft Standard pr ISO 14414, "Energy Assessment for Pumping Systems," has been released for comment in 2013. The draft contains an annex that provides simplified guidance on selecting sealing systems based on energy and water efficiency considerations. Figure 1 provides a quick reference to the thermal, water and electrical efficiencies of different seal arrangements and their supporting API piping plans. This figure is based on Table B.4 in Annex B of the ISO draft with permission from ISO. This "Sealing Sense" will provide an overview of the contents of this table, with examples of selected inefficient API piping plans and their energy and water usage impacts, along with alternatives to those plans.
Figure 1. Energy Efficiency of Piping Plans and Seal Configurations
API Plan 32, commonly used on single seals (see Figure 2) stands out as the option with a potentially major impact on efficiency for thermal, water usage and electrical energy usage, having a rating of Major Impact in both thermal and water efficiency categories. FSA member company data indicates that approximately 15 to 20 percent of applications with temperatures of more than 200 C (400 F) use an API Plan 32. It is also a common selection in general industry slurry applications. This piping plan has long been a first recommendation for situations in which the pumped process fluid does not provide a suitable environment or lubricant for the seal. Injection of a cool, clean fluid with good lubrication properties solves this problem without requiring more expensive or robust seal designs to tolerate the process fluid conditions. However, the trade-off to using simple seal and system designs with this API plan is high energy use.
Figure 2. API Plan 32
Thermal and Electrical Energy Usage
Thermal energy usage can be very high when the Plan 32 injected fluid must be evaporated later in the process, such as in black liquor slurry applications. This is explained in detail in a case study in the draft ISO14414 Annex. In that case study, the combined energy usage of the piping plan is 84 kilowatts (113 horsepower) largely because of the need to evaporate the injected water. Water usage can also be high with Plan 32 when water is used as the injected fluid.
Alternative Sealing Systems
Alternatives to single seals with API Plan 32 depend on the application requirements. When Plan 32 is used for temperature control purposes, API Plan 23 provides a good alternative, with the use of a heat exchanger in a closed-loop system to remove heat. Dual seals with API Plan 53 provide an alternative when the process fluid does not provide sufficient lubrication for the seal. Single seal designs with API Plan 02, occasionally with a Plan 62 external quench, provide an alternative for slurry applications, although they commonly require more robust seal designs to tolerate those conditions.

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The tombstone in the opening scene is dated 1873, but in several episodes that took place BEFORE this one, the year is 1875.
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Their names do not roll with the thunder of Jefferson or Paine, but between 1866 and 1882 for thirty dollars a month and found, these hard and lonely men pushed five million cattle into the heartland of a growing nation. They were the builders of this land.
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Tait Cavanaugh: Man won't go along with the railroad, he's finished. In a few short years there won't be no such thing as a trail drive. We gotta face that.
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I had a good, to the point and relevant introduction to this post, but I just finished watching Fruitvale (a film about police racism and brutality in America) and I'm bawling, so fuck that. If you ever need a Netflix film to watch, or want something to think about, that's your film. I know, especially in Britain, that racism can sometimes feel like it's on a back burner and that it's being overcome (key word here is being), but this was a good reminder that it still exists in our society. (Oh, and fuck police brutality. Seriously – giving an already violent and hateful group who have the authority to punish people and cover their own asses fucking weapons? Good one, America.) Personally, I believe we're lucky with the British police force when it comes to racism; there's always going to be cries of racism especially in areas like mine where we're inner city but not the nice part, but I think we can honestly say that for our police it's more a case of stereotyping than racism. A lot of my friends are black, but I only get stopped with certain ones – and it has more to do with the way they speak, how they carry themselves, what they wear etc. rather than their skin-colour. Same for my friends that are white.
Films like this are really hard hitting for me because those black guys – the funny ones, a bit aimless, with that easy charm and a mouth that will get them into trouble – those black guys are people I know; I'm mixed race – those guys are half my family, they're my uncles, my cousins. Hell, they're my friends. And the shit that happens in these things can happen to anyone because (like in this film) it's a matter of wrong place, wrong mood for the police officer to be in.
Anyway, it's pretty rare that I have a legitimate excuse for not posting – but today is one such rarity! Sorry for the lack of updates and for not having time to catch up with everyone's blogs (don't worry – that's what today's for!) but all my deadlines are this month and my exams are next, which means a rather upsetting amount of revision and homework has been taking over my life.
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It is now undeniably Spring – which means we now have no excuse for walking around in hoodies and leggings anymore. And, yes, I totally excuse myself from that because . . . college. I wish I could muster up enough effort to dress myself properly, but sometimes it's all I can do to put mascara on. I'm only here to guide you towards the light, not to touch it myself.
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Roofing company pleads guilty
A roofing company that had an employee who fractured his legs after falling off a wet roof will be back in court in May after pleading guilty to not providing proper safety training.
Island Wide Roofing and Renovations Inc., through one of its owners, Daniel Hogan, entered the guilty plea in provincial court in Charlottetown on March 21.
The court heard that on Aug. 10, the company was doing a roofing job in New Glasgow.
All of the proper anchor points were in place on the roof for safety equipment, but one of the employees didn't attach a lanyard to his harness.
The roof was wet and the employee fell to the ground after slipping on a piece of plywood.
He suffered injuries that included leg fractures.
That employee didn't have proper safety training, which the company had planned to provide but rescheduled.
The company provided that training three days after the accident.
Crown attorney Gerald Quinn suggested a fine in the range of $10,000 and said the penalty needs to make it clear that one person falling and getting hurt is one too many.
Defence lawyer Brendan Hubley said the company's owners were under the mistaken belief they had 30 days to get employees trained.
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Just to continue yesterday's theme of retro design and graphics, I also acquired recently these great little ABC books. These are the kind of thing every train-, bus-, truckspotter in the country ought to have had in the heyday of road and rail transport. I have, at times in the past, perhaps fairly, been described as a geek, but I would like to make it clear that I have never in my life been so much as tempted to go trainspotting. However, the graphics on the front of these little books really does appeal.
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Everyone has one or two unbelievable experiences in their life that they will remember forever. The kind of experience that makes you look around and think: "Wow, this is actually happening." In many cases, we may work a lifetime to achieve these moments. Other times, they are completely unpredictable and just sort of happen.
In this case, I'm going to tell you a story of the unpredictable and just sort of happened kind. It all started with an e-mail in my inbox titled "WINNER," one that I would normally write off as Spam and ignore completely. But this e-mail was from Osprey, who I had recently entered in a Facebook contest with to win a trip to the Telluride Jazz Festival. Things like this never happen to me, I was dreaming. After asking the nearest person to pinch my arm, I read the details and enthusiastically responded to the message. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, flight and lodging confirmations arrived in my inbox and a cardboard bundle of joy containing an Osprey Ozone 22 bag and Comet pack landed on my doorstep. It was real. I was going to the Telluride Jazz Festival.
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After a quick geek-out over our epic condo in Mountain Village, we high-tailed it down to the festival; we didn't want to miss the "Spirits Tasting" or any of the evening entertainment. Five samples of miscellaneous liquor and two Tempter IPAs later, the alpenglow started to simmer on the peaks surrounding our venue and the good vibes started to flow throughout the entire valley. It was my first time to Telluride and I had no idea such a small town could nonchalantly carry so much charisma and personality. There couldn't be a better setting for such a brilliant event.
The rest of the weekend wasn't any less incredible. We tasted local food, watched some truly amazing musicians and visited the iconic Bridal Veil Falls. Best of all, we met a bouquet of people from all different walks of life, each with an interesting story and unique reason for finding themselves at Telluride Jazz. When Sunday came around, although I felt completely satisfied and successful with our weekend, I was not ready to wake up from my dream.
Monday morning, I zipped up my pack and quietly stood in the village waiting for our ride to the airport, sipping in my last breaths of Rocky Mountain air and contemplating my good fortune. I still can't believe that all just happened. Thank you Osprey, Elevation Vacations and the organizers of the Telluride Jazz Festival. I will remember this forever.
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Note: First check if there is an existing working on same language, in which case better join it than start another one.. google for "language linux" "language localization" , "language locale", "language gnome" etc.. to get better results of existing work. Also check the l10n sections of different projects to see if they already have a language team or not.
- Defining the goals & objectives
- Have a home page/wiki
- Have a mailing list/forum for online discussions
- Achieving the basic L10n support, read LanguageHowto


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Aims and scope
Ecologica Montenegrina (ISSN 2336-9744 (online) | ISSN 2337-0173 (print) is peer-reviewed, open access journal in which scientific articles and reports are quickly published. The papers are in the fields of taxonomy, biogeography and ecology (for example: new taxa for science, taxonomic revision, and/or fundamental ecology and biogeography papers). The papers are published in English. The journal is fee-free for the contributing authors. Bibliographies and catalogs could also be published after approval of the Editorial board as Supplements.
Based on length, three categories of papers are considered.
1) Research article
Research articles are significant papers of four or more printed pages reporting original research.
Ecologica Montenegrina encourages large comprehensive works. Single species descriptions should be clearly justified based on their scientific interest. There is no upper limit on the length of manuscripts.
Short papers on species of economic, environmental or phylogenetic importance may be accepted at the discretion of editors, who will generally encourage and advise authors to add value to the paper by providing more information. Short papers of 2 to 5 pages accepted for publication may be shortened for publication in the Correspondence section.
2) Correspondence
High quality and important short manuscripts of 1 to 5 pages are considered at the end of each multi-paper issue. The journal policy is that faunistic papers can be published only as Collective article.
These short contributions should have no more than 20 references and its total length should not exceed five printed pages (except editorials). Neither an abstract nor a list of key words is needed; major headings (Introduction, Material and methods…) should NOT be used, except for new taxon heading and references. A typical correspondence should consist of (1) a short and concise title, (2) author name and address (email address), (3) a series of paragraphs of the main text, and (4) a list of references if any. For correspondence of 3 or 4 pages, the first or last paragraph may be a summary.
3) Collective articles
Short faunistic paper dealing with a single species new for national fauna can be published in collective article. All contributors shall be considered co-authors of such collective articles. The authors responsible for each record are listed at the beginning of each section. Relevant reports should be submitted as sections (normally no more than one printed page) of a collective article and not as separate research articles or short communications.The authors should structure their text (restricted to 500 words), without headings, as follows: (1) Introduction and scope of the contribution: 4-5 lines; Brief description of the materials and methods used. The authors are strongly advised to avoid a detailed presentation (and references) of well known and/or widely accepted methods. (2) Results and discussion; References: 4-5 key references, following the format of the journal; Figures: a maximum of two (tables are also considered as figures).
Series A. 'New Balkan Biodiversity Records (June/December 201x)': This series will included new records of species found in the Balkan region and/or information on the spatial distribution of already established species of particular interest. Photos of the species and co-ordinates of the sites they were found are necessary. Here is an example of collective article.
Commentaries on published papers are intended for scholarly exchange of different views or interpretations of published data and should not contain personal attack; authors of concerned papers may be invited to reply to comments on their papers.
Preparation of manuscripts
1) General. All papers must be in English. Authors whose native language is not English are encouraged to have their manuscripts read by a native English-speaking colleague before submission. Nomenclature must be in agreement with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th edition 1999), which came into force on 1 January 2000.
Names of new species can be published in electronic-only journals, but they are not available for nomenclatural purposes unless the publication is registered in ZooBank. This is a recent change to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Here is the web site for registration of papers in ZooBank: http://zoobank.org/
Author(s) of species name must be provided when the scientific name of any animal species is first mentioned (the year of publication needs not be given; if you give it, then provide a full reference of this in the reference list). Metric systems should be used. If possible, use the common font New Times Roman and use as little formatting as possible (use only bold and italics where necessary and indentions of paragraphs except the first). Special symbols (e.g. male or female sign) should be avoided because they are likely to be altered when files are read on different machines (Mac versus PC with different language systems). You can code them as m# and f#, which can be replaced during page setting. The style of each author is generally respected but they must follow the following general guidelines.
2) Manuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text; acknowledgments; appendixes (as appropriate); references; table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).
· Title: the title should be concise and complete. Include order and family names of any organisms cited in the title.
· Authors: the names of all authors should appear below the title, typed in the format first name, middle initial (if available), last name in , e.g. Boris Sket & Peter Trontelj.
· Address: The address of each author should be given in italics each starting a separate line. E-mail address(es) should be provided if available. One author should be identified as the Corresponding Author.
· Abstract: The abstract should be concise and informative. Any new names or new combinations proposed in the paper should be mentioned.
· Keywords: The abstract should be followed by a list of key words that are not present in the title. Abstract and key words are not needed in short correspondence.
· All scientific names of genus of lower rank should be italicized. When an animal or plant species or sub species is first mentioned in the text, the binomical or trinomial should be spelled out in full, followed by the author's name and year. Spell out any genus or species names that may be confused with other names in the text. Spell out genus names when used at the beginning of the sentence.
· Section headings should be concise.
· Acknowledgements: Acknowledgements, if appropriate, should appear before the references.
· References: authors should be listed alphabetically and chronologically. References should be cited in the text as Smith (1999), Smith & Smith (2000) or Smith et al. (2001) (3 or more authors), or alternatively in a parenthesis (Smith 2000; Smith & Smith 2000a, b; Smith et al. 2001). All literature cited in the text must be listed in the references in the following format.
A) Journal paper:
Smith, A. (1999) Title of the paper. Title of the journal in full, volume (number), page range.
B) Book chapter:
Smith, A. & Smith, B. (2000) Title of the Chapter. In: Smith, A, Smith, B. & Smith, C. (Eds.), Title of Book. Publisher name and location, pp. x-y.
C) Book:
Smith, A., Smith, B. & Smith, C. (2001) Title of Book. Publisher name and location, xyz pp.
Author (2002) Title of website, database or other resources, Publisher name and location (if indicated), number of pages (if known). Available from: http://xxx.xxx.xxx/ (Date of access).
· Authors must adhere to SI units. Units are not italicized.
· When using a word which is or is asserted to be a proprietary term or trade mark, authors must use the symbol ® or ™.
· Dissertations resulting from graduate studies and non-serial proceedings of conferences/symposia are to be treated as books and cited as such. Papers not cited must not be listed in the references.
· Please note that (1) journal titles must be written in full (not abbreviated); (2) journal titles and volume numbers are followed by a ","; (3) page ranges are connected by "n dash", not hyphen "-", which is used to connect two words. For websites, it is important to include the last date when you see that site, as it can be moved or deleted from that address in the future.
· Illustrations: Legends of illustrations should be listed after the list of references. Small illustrations should be grouped into plates. When preparing illustrations, authors should bear in mind that the journal has a matter size of 25 cm by 17 cm and is printed on A4 paper. For species illustration, line drawings are preferred, although good quality B&W or colour photographs are also acceptable. Please ensure that all imported scanned material is scanned at the appropriate resolution: 600-1200 dpi for line art, 300-600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color. Figures must be saved separate to text. Please do not embed figures in the paper file. Files should be saved as TIFF (tagged image file format).
· Tables: if any, should be given at the end of the manuscript. Please use the table function in your word processor to build tables so that the cells, rows and columns can remain aligned when font size and width of the table are changed. Please do not use Tab key or space bar to type tables.
Submission of manuscripts
Please follow the above basic guidelines and check if your manuscript has been prepared according to the style and format of the journal. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts by e-mail as attachments to the Chief editor (E-mail: email@example.com).
When you submit your manuscript to your editor, it will be more expedient to the review process if you offer the names of two more potential reviewers with their email addresses.
In submitting a manuscript, authors accept all terms of copyright:
- They are authorized by their co-authors to enter into these arrangements.
- The work described has not been published before (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture, review or thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication has been approved by all the author(s) and by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – of the institutes where the work has been carried out.
- They secure the right to reproduce any material that has already been published or copyrighted elsewhere.
- They agree to the following license and copyright agreement:
Authors who publish with Ecologica Montenegrina agree to the following terms:
a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
b) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
c) Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
Review process
When a manuscript is received by the Chief editor, he/she will have it reviewed by at least two peers qualified to evaluate the manuscript and he/she normally asks the reviewers to complete the review in three weeks. However, the reviewing process will normally take longer, depending on the length of the manuscript and reviewer's responses. All the reviewers of a paper remain anonymous to the authors and act independently before, during and after the evaluation process. They have different affiliation, are usually located in different countries, and they are not aware of each other's identities. If the decisions of the two reviewers are not the same (accept/reject), the paper is rejected.
Once the manuscript is accepted by Chief editor, he will then link with author and the printer to ensure that the paper is published without unnecessary delay. Normally the proof will be sent to the author for checking 1 to 3 days after the final files are accepted.
Printed Version and Reprints (downloaded as pdf)
Ecologica Montenegrina | ISSN 2337-0173 (print) | is published in identical print (high-resolution, black and white) and online (PDF) versions. The print version is issued in a limited edition of 50 copies, printed before any is distributed, and intended to permanently archive the work in a manner that preserves the content and layout.
As of January 2015 the EM journal is only available on line.
The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal Ecologica Montenegrina is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher and the society.
Centre for Biodiversity of Montenegro as publisher of the journal Ecologica Montenegrina takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and we recognize our ethical and other responsibilities.
We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, the Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.
Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work.
Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Review and professional publication articles should also be accurate and objective, and editorial opinion works should be clearly identified as such.
Data access and retention
Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review, and should be prepared to provide public access to such data, if practicable, and should in any event be prepared to retain such data for a reasonable time after publication.
Originality and plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that this has been appropriately cited or quoted. Plagiarism takes many forms, from passing off anothers paper as the authors own paper, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of anothers paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.
Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable. In general, an author should not submit for consideration in another journal a previously published paper. Publication of some kinds of articles (e.g. translations) in more than one journal is sometimes justifiable, provided certain conditions are met. The authors and editors of the journals concerned must agree to the secondary publication, which must reflect the same data and interpretation of the primary document. The primary reference must be cited in the secondary publication.
Acknowledgement of sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. Information obtained privately, as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential services, such as refereeing manuscripts or grant applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.
Authorship of the paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
Hazards and human or animal subjects
If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript. If the work involves the use of animal or human subjects, the author should ensure that the manuscript contains a statement that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines and that the appropriate institutional committee(s) has approved them. Authors should include a statement in the manuscript that informed consent was obtained for experimentation with human subjects. The privacy rights of human subjects must always be observed.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the authors obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.


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Michael Ciri UAS Vice Chancellor for Administration
UAS Community,
The recording of the budget forum is now available on the UAS SPBAC website.
Unfortunately, the actual meeting starts 32 minutes into the recording, so fast forwarding is advised.
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Renfrow Street was a street in Ealing. It was just around the corner of Bannerman Road. Clyde Langer lived on 2 Renfrow Street together with his mother Carla Langer. Beryl also lived there. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer)
In 2009 there was a house on the street that has been condemned, which got loads of "Police keep out" tape outside. Luke and Clyde used some of this tape to stop people from bumping into a forcefield around 39 Bannerman Road. Sarah Jane Smith later made sure that the taken tape was replaced. (AUDIO: The Ghost House)


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Look and feel
Probably the best thing this tablet has going for it; the Smart Tab II is a good-looking combination of the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7. This is let down by an ill-fitting panel on the back.
Ease of Use
Running Ice Cream Sandwich, there are no tricksy elements to get used to here. The text input software is excellent.
Decent speakers, striking design on rear, and expandable memory.
The 1GHz processor handles most tasks well but the occasionally unresponsive screen is an annoyance.
Battery life
A 3550 mAh battery gave us five hours of continuous video streaming at full brightness.
Review by Sunetra Chakravati,11/26/2012 5:05:27 PM
Ease of use
Affordable, 3G, wide selection of apps available, attractive device.
Poor build quality, terrible viewing angles, sluggish touchscreen.
Just as the iPad spawned a glut of imitators, so too, has the Google Nexus 7. The most recent of which is Vodafone's Smart Tab II, powered by Lenovo.
Lenovo has a reputation for making solid laptops, and its other slates are all decent mid-range performers, so what about this...
Well, the Vodafone Smart Tab II is the Lenovo 2107 in a different frock. It's a nice frock, but what's underneath is exactly the same.
Golf ball backside
The seven-inch has the right looks and a nicely textured rear – reminiscent of a golf ball – and the device has a decent amount of heft. At 400g it's 60g heavier than the Nexus 7, and has almost 25 per cent on the iPad Mini's 308g.
On paper, this is a perfectly reasonable option for someone after a mid-powered Android tablet, but its only after living with it for a while that some unforgivable flaws appear.
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Secondly, the panel covering the SIM and MicroSD slots does not fit correctly. Of course, out of the box it is in place but this was presumably achieved using witchcraft because nobody in the Mobile Choice office could get it back in place again.
Washed-out video
Consumers already using higher-end smartphones and tablets will find the touchscreen sluggish. Taps are often not registered. The 1GHz processor seems to struggle sometimes, which is puzzling as the device is refreshingly free of bloatware. Coming pre-packed with things like YouTube, InTune Radio and the genuinely useful Docs To Go, there's little on the Smart Tab that you'll want to kill off. In fact, there are some elements you'll wish were on your other devices, particularly the excellent TouchPal keyboard, which has a fantastically intuitive and responsive swipe system.
While games look great, the 1024 x 600 screen has an unfortunate habit of making photos and video look washed-out – but the 3550 mAh battery will play your washed out videos for just over five hours, without the all-too-common problem of making the device hot to touch.
Sound is acceptable, the two speakers at the base of the rear giving decenyt volume levels without distortion or tinyness. It's not going to power any parties, but for personal viewing/listening, it's perfectly suitable.
With just 4GB internal memory, there is (mercifully) the option to add a further 32GB via microSD.
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Aping the Nexus 7's textured rear is a clever ploy, but this is a pretender to the crown and simply has too many flaws to succeed in the increasingly competitive world of 7-inch slates.


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Country Music Star Mindy McCreedy, Dies At 37
A member of our community, that of recovery, has died after fighting a very long and public battle with addiction.
According to numerous media networks, including E News, McCreedy apparently succumbed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head as revealed by the Arkansas sheriff's department.
Her death occurred on Sunday afternoon, February 17, just a little over a month after the alleged suicide of her live-in boyfriend, David Wilson, on January 13, 2013.
Although an investigation regarding Wilson's death is still on-going, he allegedly died of a single gunshot wound to his head as well.
McCreedy's music career debut occurred back in 1996 with the release of Ten Thousand Angels, which went multi-platinum and spawned two number one country hit singles. McCreedy became an overnight sensation and subsequently released four additional country albums, never to the same acclaim as the first.
Despite being a hit recording artist, McCreedy suffered her fair share of tragedies, among them being a victim of domestic violence; a very public end to a longtime affair with a married major league baseball player; and a highly publicized prescription pill addiction.
In fact, although she escaped prison time she was convicted of prescription drug fraud in 2004.
While on parole for the 2004 prescription drug conviction, McCreedy was sent to jail for several months in 2007 for violating the terms of her parole.
Most recently McCreedy lost custody of her children, as they were placed in foster care, and she was ordered to go to in-patient rehabilitation due to concerns that she was in "grave danger of hurting herself."
Days after being discharged and instructed to attend an outpatient rehabilitation program, McCreedy was found dead on the porch of a home in Herber Springs, Arkansas. Authorities were dispatched after individuals reported hearing a gunshot fired.
To all the newcomers out there, it does not have to end this way! Let the tragic end of the life of the very talented McCreedy be a cautionary tale.
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Gran Turismo Sport was gearing up for a PS4 exclusive release in November, now it's not.
This message comes from head honcho Kazunori Yamauchi over on the PlayStation Blog:
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More news as we get it.


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Two athletic apparel companies ran away with the top prizes in the film genre at Cannes.
Nike's epic "Write the Future" ad – created by Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam – took the Grand Prix in the film category. It featured fast-moving soccer stars on the field and projected out to each of their individual futures, which would be spectacular or dismal, based on how they played the game.
The three-minute film showcased the skills of soccer players such as Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo and included humorous cameos of basketball star Kobe Bryant and Homer Simpson.
The ad "leaves you feeling really, really inspired," said film jury President Tony Granger.
A Puma ad titled "After Hours Athlete" – created by Droga5, New York – snared the Grand Prix in film craft. That category examines the tools and techniques used in the filmmaking process, such as photography, copywriting, editing and sound design.
"After Hours Athlete" promotes the Puma Social line, which is geared to those who play darts, billiards or other games in social settings. The ad honors the "after-hour athlete" and shows young adults at dimly lit pool tables and well-lighted bowling alleys. It talks of "being three pints in" and having "steady hands, blurry eyes."
"When last call calls, don't answer," advices the voiceover. "The night too, is for sport."
The film didn't have the big-budget, blockbuster feel of the Nike ad, but film craft jury President Keith Rose said its exceptional individual craft elements made it stand out as best in class. Various techniques, such as skillful shooting, great lighting, smart casting and a strong voiceover, all came together to make this one exceptional film, he said.
"It was the sum of all parts," Rose said. "This was the clear winner."


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Chapala Vacation Packages
Chapala is a popular place to head to in Guadalajara as many of the city's main attractions are close. Two destinations that should be at the top of every visitor's to-do list is the fascinating Jesus Gonzalez Gallo Cultural Center and the ever-popular Chula Vista Country Club. Two other interesting attractions that are within a short distance of Chapala are the Centro Laguna Shopping and Tobolandia.
Guadalajara offers tourists a wide range of sights. While you are arranging your itinerary, make sure you set aside sufficient time to visit as many of them as you can. The Church of Ajijic in Ajijic offers travellers to Guadalajara a chance to better understand the role religion has played in the area.
To make the most of this fascinating part of the world, think about staying close by in one of the area's hotel or serviced apartment options. The Hacienda del Lago Boutique Hotel, Ajijic, the Casa Tres Leones, Ajijic and the Hotel Danza del Sol, Ajijic are just some of the best places to find a warm welcome and a good night's rest.