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Today looks very similar to yesterday. In the beginning repetition is important. Setting predictable scenarios helps my students feel safe and lowers their affective filter to facilitate learning.
Today, I engage my students in the reading of Chapter 2: "Tabby," with text dependent questions. I use two different reading techniques to make it an interactive process.
After we read, I will pose more questions to recount the key details of this chapter. I will use drawings, words, and phrases to accomplish this task. My students will take notes on their personal sheet.
My students will have the opportunity to write what they learned about Tabby.
Lesson Opening:
I start with students on the rug. I share the objective with the students. To get the point across about the importance of the illustrations in creating/enhancing meaning to the storyline, I review a wordless picture book titled the Wonder Bear by Tao Nyeu. I skim through a couple of pages. I review the comprehension strategy of questioning. Asking questions is an important skill in a reader. Teaching students to formulate thoughtful questions takes time and much practice.
I dismiss the students to their tables to find Chapter 2: Tabby in their anthology.
At their seats, I walk around and assist those students who need help locating the story and chapter 2 first in their table of contents and then in their anthology. Before proceeding to reading of Chapter 2, I ask the students to turn to their seat partner and ask each other what happened in Chapter 1. I ask the boys to ask the girls first. I have 22 students in my class and incredibly I have 11 boys and 11 girls. So I have sat them for the moment one girl and one boy to a desk. This will change as the year progresses. Sometimes this helps with the discipline.
Then, I ask a few students to share aloud. After this, we proceed with the reading of Chapter 2. Again, I use cloze and choral reading. Cloze readings include the teacher reading and intentionally leaving a word out for the students to read chorally. It keeps the pacing of the lesson moving fluidly and the students accountable.
As I read with them I ask text dependent questions that ask them to dig back into the text. I expect them to answer with complete sentences and provide evidence from the text.
At the beginning of the year, I teach them Brain Dance. Brain Dance constitutes of 8 movement patterns which helps to rewire the central nervous system. In these two minutes, I choose a couple of the steps to help my students wake up and feel reenergize to continue with our work.
We do this for about 2-3 minutes, no more is needed. I am attaching a document that gives more in depth details about this amazing practice:
I review the Chapter 1: Mr. Putter by referencing the large chart. I recount orally for them because my students benefit from listening to academic language so that they can approximate it and do it independently.
I ask students to go back to the beginning of Chapter 2. I ask them to pay attention to the title of the chapter. My students need direction to pay close attention titles so that they can understand how titles give us clues about what we are going to be reading. This helps my students stay focus on the idea that this chapter is about Tabby. This aids their comprehension. These are the questions I ask to get to the key details in this recounting:
I tell them we are going to be discussing what is happening with Mr. Putter. I am letting them we will be using the illustrations to help us understand.
I prompt the students with questions. I use pictures and words to guide students in recording our discussion. Students transcribe on their graphic organizer. The CCSS is about making the connections between the listening, speaking, reading, and writing tighter. That is why I am asking the students to use the graphic organizer. It will help retain the information.
Now the students will work independently to think about and write about what have we learned about the other character: Tabby. The question they will need to answer is:
•What have learned about Tabby?
•What do they tell us about the cat?
Unfortunately their work was misplaced but my students love animals and doing so, their writing was on target in terms of providing details sustained by evidence found in the text about Tabby. At this point they are writing simple sentences made up of 3-4 words and one of the skills I am going to be teaching them is how to write complex sentences, which have more than 5 words. That comes later.


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When it comes to clothes and products, I struggle to let anything go. I envy people who are able to adhere to the three month rule; there are dresses hanging in my wardrobe that have been there for years, mainly untouched.
I don't head down to Primark or H&M on a monthly basis to throw a hundred quid at the latest trend, only to disregard purchases a couple of months on. I make careful decisions about the clothes I buy, which makes them all that much harder to part with.
To date, my longest relationship has been with my favourite black jeans - we are forever faithful to each other; I continue to buy the same pair and they continue to hoist me up in all the right areas.
And it doesn't stop there. Call me crazy but I've developed an emotional bond with a lot of the clothes I own.
The contents of a wardrobe can hold cherished memories; for me, there are outfits from the days when I loved Nirvana, swiftly followed with what I wore whilst I had Kate Nash on repeat. There's the American Apparel dress I wore on my first night out and my first vintage designer handbag that I treasured like nothing else and still do/always will. Every time I wear the bodysuit I wore when I first met my boyfriend, I'm reminded of that evening. #Cringe but true.
In other words, I am a first-class hoarder.
Aside from a serious lack of space, holding on to pieces has it's perks. Trends in fashion have a habit of coming back around.
This dress is a good example of that. I bought it while I was at university; it wasn't insanely expensive but it is 100% silk and as a university student, there's no doubt that I saw it as more of an investment piece. Five years on and gingham is everywhere again and I'm having the last laugh.
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Two films whose futures remained unclear, especially considering that they didn't have a release date, have just landed fall premieres.
According to Box Office Mojo, "Gravity," Alfonso Cuarón's long-delayed sci-fi epic, and "Machete Kills," the follow-up to Robert Rodriguez's "Grindhouse" spin-off, will finally hit theaters this October and September, respectively.
Cuarón's first feature film in seven years stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as two astronauts who get stranded in space when their shuttle is destroyed. "Gravity" was originally expected to premiere this past fall, but a delay in May pushed it to an indefinite 2013 date. When it does finally bow on October 4, you'll be able to catch "Gravity" in IMAX.
Learn when you can catch "Machete Kills" after the jump!
Rodriguez's grindhouse throw-back sequel will hit theaters on September 13, less than a month before "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For," his long-awaited sequel to the 2005 comic book adaptation. "Machete Kills" stars pretty much every actor in Hollywood, including Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lady Gaga, and Sofia Vergara.
Stay with MTV News for more updates on "Gravity" and "Machete Kills" as they happen.


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Are you making your own lip balm? Why not?! Lip gloss, lip shimmers, & lip balms are all very easy and inexpensive to make. You can create an all natural mixture using organic essential oils and nourishing vegetable butters or you can get wild and make them sparkly and decadent with micas and flavors. But a word of warning - once you start making your own beautifully hand crafted lip balms you won't be able to buy another mediocre, manufactured, tube of low quality oil & wax again!
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We have easy to use pre-made lip balm bases that take all the work (like measuring) out of making your own lip balm.
Things you put on your lips need to be safe for use on skin and if consumed. That is why we compiled this list of colorants.
Our Flavor Oils are edible and lip safe. Never use fragrances - always make sure you are using flavor oils or edible essential oils.
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Apache 2.2.x configuration
This section is to give a little understanding of the basic ocnfiguration of Apache 2.2 for domus.Link.
Apache has the concept of Virtual Hosts and this is the best and easiest way to configure domus.Link served through your webserver.
This example is tested under Ubuntu 9.x and 10.04 and should apply to other distributions using Apache 2.2.x that use the "sites-available" directory method with a2ensite/a2dissite commands:
Assumption is that domus.Link is installed to directory /var/www/domus.Link. And that domus.Link is only web service that will be offered.
- Create your virtual host file in the /etc/apache2/sites-available directory called 'domuslink'
- The content of the file should look similar to the following:
<VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /var/www/domus.Link </VirtualHost>
If multiple sites maybe installed on your server, you may need to alias the path in the virtual host.
NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> <IfModule mod_alias.c> Alias /domus.Link [some path to]/domus.Link </IfModule> <Directory "[some path to]/domus.Link"> DirectoryIndex index.php AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI -MultiViews FollowSymLinks Includes Indexes Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> </VirtualHost>
- Run the following commands:
$ sudo a2dissite default
$ sudo a2ensite domuslink
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
This example is tested under CentOS 5.5 with Apache 2.2.3 and can apply to other distributions with similar setup:
- Create your virtual host file in a user directory (such as /usr/local/etc/http.conf) called 'domuslink'
- The content of the file should look similar to the example above.
- You will need to include this file into your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file. At the end of the file add :
Include /usr/local/etc/httpd.conf/domuslink
- Then run the apache reload command:
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Cyprus has long been established as a holiday destination, with its temperate climate in the winter and sun drenched beaches in the summer, its many attractions bring different types of tourist every year.
In more recent times, Cyprus has emerged as one of the leading spa destinations in the Mediterranean and is recognized as having a diverse choice of spas, including Day Spas which offer the essential needs of the modern woman, such as maintenance facials, manicures, pedicures & waxing and also cater for the urban man with treatments to provide stress relief as well as grooming. Mineral Spring Spas make the use of the natural healing properties of thermal springs renowned to be beneficial for joint and muscular ailments, with Thalassotherapy Spas offering freshly pumped Mediterranean seawater into pools of different salinity and temperature to provide the unique curative effects of mineral enriched seawater in combination with treatments utilizing products of the sea such as seaweed and sea salts.
Most of Cyprus's 4 and 5 star resorts now boast beautiful spa facilities offering the guest a respite from the sun and tourist attractions, with many guests now selecting a Hotel for its spa facilities. The standard is very high with many resorts receiving awards and accolades, with distinctions such as the "Best Spa Resort of the World" and "Best European Spa".
Many Hotels take advantage of their Spa facilities to offer Corporate Pampering to their conference and incentives groups. This offers the "burnt out" executive quality time with his peers and gives the Company an opportunity to show their appreciation. Larger spas can cater to up to 200 stressed out executives per day with their circuits of Thalassotherapy pools or Thermae Heat rooms and these have become annual events that have shown to improve morale and increase productivity, especially when incentive based.
Apart from the many pampering and relaxing offerings, more and more people are looking for a destination that offers Wellness and Recuperation. Some resorts have embraced wellness tourism and have collaborated with specialized wellness tour operators to offer packages which include nutrition, exercise programs and treatments. In recognition of the demand for a healthier lifestyle, wellness packages focus on the client as an individual, providing knowledge and a positive experience that the guest can take home with them in order to achieve their lifestyle enhancing goals.
Whether the guest to Cyprus is looking for holistic wellness, boot camp motivation, recuperation after surgery or medical procedure or pure unadulterated pampering, the world class spa facilities and activities available on the island tick all the boxes. Add to that the Cypriot hospitality, Mediterranean cuisine, the cultural and historical sites and Cyprus becomes the spa destination to be emulated.


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According to the Center for Disease Control, 12.3 percent of Americans have diabetes, and rates of Diabetes, especially Diabetes type 2 are on the rise. This course will demonstrate how anti-hyperglycemics works, the injectable medicines used to treat diabetes and how insulin is used to treat diabetes. Users of the course should be able to talk about issues surrounding glycemic control.
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LG's new QWERTY Android slider, once dubbed the "LG Gelato" is set to come to a handful of American carriers as the LG Enlighten. According to pocketnow, the LG Enlighten will come to Sprint, US Cellular, Cellular South and Verizon.
The LG Enlighten features a 3.2 HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, and an 800mhz processor. 150mb of internal memory with a 2gb microsSD card in the box, of course the microSD slot can handle up to 32gb. It also features a full QWERTY keyboard.
Even though this is by no stretch a superphone, LG did very well with an entry to mid-range Android device last year when they released the original Optimus 1 to multiple carriers. Pocketnow is also reporting that there is a keyboard-less version of the LG Enlighten known as the Net P960 that would be more of an LG Optimus-1 Part deux.
The LG Enlighten is expected to start around $100 on a new two year agreement with most of the carriers. It's also expected to be released as early as this Thursday.
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text: This dental practice with a special interest in treating nervous patients runs two clinics, one at Leek, Staffordshire and the other at Ashbourne in Derbyshire. The team strives to make patients comfortable and relaxed without compromising on giving the latest that dentistry has to offer by updating the technology and techniques used by the clinic. Services at both clinics include examinations and hygiene services, children's dentistry, general dental care, cosmetic smile makeovers, sedation dentistry and fitting dentures or surgically placing dental implants to replace missing teeth.


text: Home > Search for a project or place > Egmont Avenue, Warradale - 058695-15SA-RTR Egmont Avenue, Warradale - 058695-15SA-RTR Funding Program:Roads to Recovery Program Status:Completed Transport Mode:Road Expected Start/Finish:Jul 2015 - Aug 2015 Australian Government Contribution:$59,005 Local Council/Shire:Corporation of the City of Marion State:SA Project DescriptionThere are large areas of cracking and patches, also some surface deformation and an oxidised seal, the road seal is over 20 years old. This is a low traffic volume road.Edge plane the asphalt 30mm, deep lift the pavement failures, then complete the project with a 30mm AC10 Light Traffic Mix Overlay - 2748 sq m Disclaimer: The material contained in this site is made available on the understanding that the Department is not thereby engaged in rendering professional advice for a particular purpose. Before relying on the material in any important matter, users should carefully evaluate the accuracy, completeness and relevance of the information for their purposes and should obtain appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances. Project details last updated: 10/05/2016


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Small Space Solutions: Adding a Foyer
From the email box last night: a link to an "apartment for two" designed for a young couple by KNQ Associates. Our favorite element of the design (and one we'd love to add to our own apartment) is the foyer, created simply and beautifully out of what was previously blank space as you enter the home - jump below for the before/after:
Entrance area, after
What an amazing difference! A super smart solution for creating a foyer - this design takes up very little space visually, but adds tons of functionality, storage and a sense of architecture to the main living area.
A mirrored closet, small bench and laminated fabric glass panel create another "room" where there was nothing, and while it wasn't a "weekend" project, it is one that is worth the effort and expense for the both the functionality and beauty it adds to a small home.
Some thoughts from the designers: Creating an illusion of space involves more than simply opening up an apartment's interior. Simply dividing a space into different 'pockets' can sometimes give the illusion that it is roomier. Instead of knocking down walls, we proposed to reconfigure the living room entrance by putting up a partition because the original 'open' configuration meant one would walk right into the living room upon entry. The newly carved-out section becomes an inviting foyer and shoe storage area.
Check out the rest of the project by KNQ Associates at their blog, Home Rejuvenation.
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The Singularity is one form of the idea that machines are constantly being improved and will one day make us all unemployable. Phrased that way, it should be no surprise that discussions of the Singularity are often compared with those of the Luddites from 1816.
"It's different now!" many people say. Are they right to think that those differences are important?
There have been so many articles and blog posts (and books) about the Singularity that I need to be careful to make clear which type of "Singularity" I'm writing about.
I don't believe in real infinities. Any of them. Something will get in the way before you reach them. I therefore do not believe in any single runaway process that becomes a deity-like A.I. in a finite time.
That doesn't stop me worrying about "paperclip optimisers" that are just smart enough to cause catastrophic damage (this already definitely happens even with very dumb A.I.); nor does it stop me worrying about the effect of machines with an IQ of only 200 that can outsmart all but the single smartest human, and rendering mental labour as redundant as physical labour already is, or even an IQ of 85, which would make 15.9% of the world permanently unemployable (some do claim that machines can never be artistic, but, well, machines are already doing "creative" jobs in music, literature and painting, and even if they were not there is a limit as to how many such jobs there can be).
So, for "the Singularity", what I mean is this:
"A date after which the average human cannot keep up with the rate of progress."
By this definition, I think it's already happened. How many people have kept track of these things?:
- You can chat online with more people than you will have heartbeats.
- A £4 computer does arithmetic faster than all of humanity combined, and still would even if we were all as good as the current world record holder.
- We have augmented reality text-translation and (multiple) systems for real-time voice translation, search engines that can cope with images, answer engines that can solve calculus, decent voice controls on most new mobile phones, tablets and watches.
- There are self-driving cars that (almost) never cause accidents have driven significantly further than the average American will in a lifetime. Did you read that those cars need special 3D maps of the roads? Well, guess what Google Street View is. Did you read that the software can't cope with street signs? They've started putting street signs into CAPTCHAs, meaning you're teaching it to read them just by using the internet.
- There are over-night software updates that add autopilot modes to cars bought years earlier.
- We can print internal organs. We did that 5 years ago. Now we're onto new 3D printed ovaries that allow infertile mice to give birth.
- Matthew 11:5 says the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers healed, the deaf hear, and the dead raised to life. We've been able to make the deaf hear for some time, but did you know we can make (an increasing fraction of) the blind see? We cured leprosy ages ago, but did you know that Oscar Pistorius was banned from an olympic race because his artificial legs gave him an advantage over able-bodied humans? As for raising the dead… not yet (I'm aware of but do not buy into the argument that the definition of "dead" has moved since biblical times, because an extra 5 minutes of "well technically" isn't good enough for me).
- Even the lame who keep their legs can benefit from robotic exoskeletons.
- We send rockets between planets. Divert rivers. Move mountains. Turn stone and sand into mechanical servants. (Mark Stanley pointed that one out, so don't give me credit!)
- We can make self-replicating, evolving, chemicals. We can make entire custom genomes. We can synthesise working cells just from knowing their DNA sequence.
- A.I. have taught themselves our artistic styles and shown us they can apply those styles to arbitrary existing images.
- A.I. have taught themselves to play many of our games, at super-human levels. Not just Go.
- There are at least 5 projects to reverse extinction.
- Between its creation in 2009 and a blog dated 26 Jan 2016, the Bitcoin protocol calculated 18±10% septillion hashes. And yes, "septillion" is a real number, it's a trillion multiplied by a trillion.
- We can analyse the atmosphere of planets ~40 light years away. Oh, and we have found thousands of planets outside our solar system.
- We do, to an extent, control the weather. We make snow in industrial quantities and we stop the wind.
- We can wear robot arms that improvise a drum beat for us.
- The best 3D printing is already at the 10nm stage, only a factor of 100 or so from atomic resolution.
- Accidentally post a photo of your keys online? Well, that means criminals can print a copy and let themselves in at their own pleasure. Kept photos off the internet? Well, that just means the criminals need a telescopic lens.
- We can look around corners with time-of-flight sensors, and listen through glass by using high-frame-rate cameras to watch plants vibrate from the noise.
- We can make autonomous weapons. We can print rocket engines and jet engines. We can print some printers.
- Think seeing is believing? How does the real-time manipulation of standard video footage make you feel?
- Machines can figure out from the way we write that "man" is to "woman" as "king" is to "queen", without being taught explicitly by any programmer.
- Writing used to be a purely human endeavour. But there are machine journalists now. (The Japanese novel you may have read about is better described as AI-assisted, not AI-created. Like my music A.I., only, well, good).
- Think we need people to milk the cows? Robots have been milking cows for us since the early 1990s! Similar things are happening to harvesting, even for fruit crops such as grapes and strawberries where "traditional" machines like combine harvesters would be out of place.
Most of this was unbelievable science fiction when I was born. Between my birth and 2006, only a few of these things became reality. More than half are things that happened or were invented in the 2010s. When Google's AlphaGo went up against Lee Sedol he thought he'd easily beat it, 5-0 or 4-1, instead he lost 1-4.
If you're too young to have a Facebook account, there's a good chance you'll never need to learn any foreign language. Or make any physical object. Or learn to drive… there's a fairly good chance you won't be allowed to drive. And once you become an adult, if you come up with an invention or a plot for a novel or a motif for a song, there will be at least four billion other humans racing against you to publish it.
Sure, we don't have a von Neumann probe nor even a clanking replicator at this stage (we don't even know how to make one yet, unless you count "copy an existing life form"), but given we've got 3D printers working at 10 nanometers already, it's not all that unreasonable to assume we will in the near future. The fact that life exists proves such machines are possible, after all.
None of this is to say humans cannot or will not adapt to change. We've been adapting to changes for a long time, we have a lot of experience of adapting to changes, we will adapt more. But there is a question:
"How fast can you adapt?"
Time, as they say, is money. Does it take you a week to learn a new job? A machine that already knows how to do it has a £500 advantage over you. A month? The machine has a £2,200 advantage. You need to get another degree? It has an £80,000 advantage even if the degree was free. That's just for the average UK salary with none of the extra things employers have to care about.
We don't face problems just from the machines outsmarting us, we face problems if all the people working on automation can between them outpace any significant fraction of the workforce. And there's a strong business incentive to pay for such automation, because humans are one of the most expensive things businesses have to pay for.
I don't have enough of a feeling for economics to guess what might happen if too many people are unemployed and therefore unable to afford the goods produced by machine labour, all I can say is that when I was in secondary school, all of us young enough to be without income, pirating software and music was common. (I was the only one with a Mac, so I had to make do with magazine cover CDs for my software, but I think the observation is still worth something).


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Response to hepatitis C (HCV) treatment is associated with improved survival in patients with advanced disease, researchers reported.
In a large international study, patients with a sustained virological response (SVR) – defined as absence of viremia 24 weeks after the end of therapy -- had an 8.9% 10-year cumulative rate of all-cause mortality, according to Harry Janssen, MD, PhD, of Erasmus MC University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues.
In contrast, the all-cause mortality rate among patients who did not achieve SVR after interferon-based therapy was 26%, Janssen and colleagues reported in the Dec. 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The SVR is used as a surrogate endpoint in clinical trials but data on its relationship to improved survival are scarce, according to the researchers.
To help fill the gap, they analyzed outcomes for a cohort of 530 patients from five tertiary care hospitals in Europe and Canada who started an interferon-based treatment regimen for chronic HCV between 1990 and 2003.
Patients in the cohort had advanced hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis and were treated with one of three regimens:
- Interferon monotherapy (approved by the FDA in 1991)
- Interferon and ribavirin (approved in 1998)
- Pegylated interferon and ribavirin (approved in 2001)
Approximately a third of the patients in the cohort, followed for a median of 8.4 years, were treated with each of the regimens.
The primary endpoint of the analysis was all-cause mortality; secondary outcomes included liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver-related mortality or liver transplantation.
Data analysis showed 192 patients, or 36%, achieved an SVR. Of those, 13 died, compared with 100 deaths in the 338 patients without SVR. Those figures yielded 10-year cumulative all-cause mortality rates of 8.9% and 26%, respectively (P<0.001).
In a time-dependent multivariate Cox regression analysis, SVR was associated with a 73% reduction in the risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio 0.26, 95% CI 0.14 to 0.49). It was also associated with a reduced risk of liver-related mortality or transplantation (HR 0.06, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.19, P<0.001).
The 10-year cumulative incidence rate of liver-related mortality or transplantation was 1.9% with SVR and 27.4% without, Janssen and colleagues reported.
In addition, seven patients with SVR and 76 without SVR developed hepatocellular carcinoma, for 10-year cumulative incidence rates of 5.1% and 21.8%, respectively. Four patients with SVR and 111 without SVR had liver failure, for 10-year cumulative incidence rates of 2.1% and 29.9%, respectively (P<0.001).
The researchers determined that "the risk of all-cause mortality was almost four-fold lower in patients with SVR compared with patients without SVR."
The finding will be important for patients considering HCV treatment, especially as new direct acting anti-viral agents become available, they noted, and it will also help inform decisions about screening.
Janssen and colleagues cautioned that the retrospective nature of the analysis might have selected a relatively healthy cirrhotic patient group, because those with the most severe disease are often not considered for therapy.
The study had support from the Foundation for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Janssen reported financial links with Roche, Merck, Abbott, Santaris, Anadys, Medtronic, Tibotec, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Gilead.
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Journal of the American Medical AssociationSource Reference: Van der Meer AJ, et al "Association between sustained virological response and all-cause mortality among patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced hepatic fibrosis" JAMA 2012; 308: 2584-2593.


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PORTLAND — The annual Memorial Day parade will step off at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 25.
The parade, sponsored by Harold T. Andrews American Legion Post No. 17, will begin at Longfellow Square and proceed down Congress Street before ending at Monument Square.
Joe Rich, the parade coordinator for the Andrews Post, said there will be a presentation at Monument Square once the parade arrives. He said Legion member and master of ceremonies Ernie Shorey will speak, as will University of Southern Maine professor Herb Adams on the history of Memorial Day.
Mayor Michael Brennan will be there as well, and will also speak, Rich said.
Rich said wreaths will be laid in Monument Square, and, prior to the parade, at the John Ford statue at Gorham's Corner (the intersection of York, Pleasant, Fore and Center streets), the Veteran's Memorial Bridge, and at Harold T. Andrew's grave in Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Avenue.
Rich said the All City High School Band will be featured in the parade, along with several veteran's organizations, and annual participants like the Boy Scouts.
Congress Street will be closed to traffic from approximately 10:15-11:30 a.m., according to City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Grondin.


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You are correct in stating the new ATP rules will go into place beginning August 1, 2014. If you pass you ATP written before that date, those new rules won't apply to you and you will have 24 months to pass your checkride. After August 1st, ATP candidates must complete a Certification Training Program (CTP) including of 30 hours of classroom training before being allowed to take the written test. Note, that instruction cannot be provided online. The CTP requires large-airplane simulator training and must be delivered by Part 121, 135, 141, or 142 certificate holders. However, those CTP courses will likely not fully prepare candidates to score highly on the FAA Knowledge test. The King Schools ATP courses will continue to provide the best preparation available for taking the written.
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The most recent victim is Renren Media Limited (www.renren.com) a Hong Kong portal that laid off about one-third of its work force, 102 of 270 employees, in August.
Some of the layoffs resulted from a consolidation of staff following acquisitions of four consumer sites.
In a story replayed from U.S. dot-coms, the company has reduced its ad budget and in the future will put more emphasis on less expensive online ads in place of outdoor and TV. This year's budget was not disclosed, but Renren spent $3 million from May 1999 through April 2000. Advertising and media buying are handled by Leo Burnett Co., Hong Kong, and sibling media agency Starcom Worldwide.
Renren, which means "everyone" in Mandarin, is one of China's top 10 portals, offering chat rooms, forums, home page hosting, classifieds, free e-mail and polls as well as content from CNET Networks, Reuters, News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox and Asian music broadcaster Channel [V]. The company is majority owned by a News Corp.-led consortium.
The main portal site (www.ren
ren.com) receives about 5 million unique visitors per month who spend on average 25 minutes per visit. It has nearly 1 million registered users.
"Renren management are reacting quickly to market changes," said Chengwei Ventures Partner Bo Feng, one of Renren's investors in Beijing. "I think it is tough market for companies like Renren, but there are still opportunities out there. We're confident that strong management will grow the site in areas to be profitable and leverage its brand presence in China."
Renren Chairman-CEO Michael Robinson defended the layoffs as "just a matter of fiscal responsibility. We're not the first and not the last."
Indeed, several Hong Kong rivals have made similar decisions. In June, 18 jobs were scrapped at SCMP.com, the Internet publishing arm of the South China Morning Post. In July, sibling publishing companies Next Media (nextmedia.com) and Apple Daily Online (apple
daily.com) laid off 98 staffers. In late July, CEO Sing Wang fired 80 of 500 employees in Hong Kong at Tom.com, a Chinese-language portal owned by tycoon Li Ka-shing.
While some major Chinese Internet players such as chinadotcom Corp. (www.corp.china.com) and Asiacontent.com (asiacontent.com) have displayed strong business plans and distinct offerings, China's three biggest portals -- Sina.com, Sohu.-com and Netease.com -- suffered big losses during the recent quarter.
But the most ominous indication that the tides are turning was the collapse of Chinese Books Cyberstore, an e-commerce site (www.chinesebooks.net) founded in January 1997 to sell books online. It later branched out to music, videotapes and other merchandise.
Publicized as north Asia's answer to Amazon.com, Chinese Books Cyberstore has been widely described as the Boo.com of Asia, a reference to Europe's first prominent dot-com failure earlier this year. The site proved unable to meet diverse Chinese tastes with communities spread out around the globe and faced more than 300 competitors by the time it went into liquidation in August.
More failures are on the way, said Joe Sweeney, Asia research director at consultancy Gartner Group. He said 85% of Asian dot-coms will go bankrupt or be swallowed up by bigger companies by 2004 due to slow growth of online advertising in Asia and poor fiscal management. He also said copycat sites -- based on U.S. models such as Amazon.com and eBay -- are not designed for Asian markets.
Lehman Bros. forecasts online advertising in China will grow rapidly during the next five years -- even though the market will remain smaller than Japan and South Korea in dollars -- to $293 million by 2005. Lehman analysts also expected China's consumer e-commerce market to reach $453 million while its online business-to-business category will be worth $169 billion, making it the second-largest b-to-b market in Asia after Japan by 2005.
"But as it stands now, companies in Asia are taking a wait-and-see approach to advertising online," said International Data Corp. Asia/Pacific Internet Analyst Matthew McGarvey in Hong Kong.


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If seeing David McCallum juggle two wives (snicker snicker) in Run for Your Wife is a gas (tee hee hee) seeing him juggle them twice (ho ho ho) is a laughing fit. Harriet and Jack Kaye saw McCallum in the play in London, then turned up for his opening night at Fort Lauderdale's Parker Playhouse, too. "All the supporting players are different," reported Harriet, between chuckles. "But they're all very good."
Apparently so. Giggling their way through two acts of hanky-panky were Virginia Young, Fern Mayhue, Elaine Heinrich, Phil and Shirley Cheany, Phil and Babs Baumgarten, Peter Clayton, Edna-Gene Davidson, Elizabeth and Ernest Mayer (her slinky gold-and-black gown complementing his slinky gold-and-black brocade jacket), Nell Lewis, Bill Moffatt, Sue Snyder, Steve Coleman, Jo Leiser, Lucille Montone (looking snakey as all get out in a snakeskin-trimmed dress), Bob Dusenberg, Vicki Alee and the rest of the first-night bunch.
After the final curtain, Zev and Vilma Bufman invited 250 of their nearest and dearest over to September to meet McCallum in the flesh. (Yes, he still radiates the same appeal as in his U.N.C.L.E. days. Only more so - he's all grown up now. Sigh!)
The Bufmans looked tan and fit after a week of mountain climbing at the Canyon Ranch in Tucson. No kidding. It's nothing new for this pair; they have climbed Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens (before it popped its cork) and lots of other peaks. To them, Canyon Ranch was a beginners' slope. "It was beautiful," raved Vilma. "The air was clear and fresh, the cactus was in bloom. You carry your backpack and your water. It's wonderful." Yeah, sure. But if I had my druthers, I think I'd druther climb into a comfy seat at Parker, and watch David (ha ha ha) McCallum.
Did you know that at the Pine Crest School's big auction at Pier 66 this month, auctioneer Gordan Latz, party chairman Joanna Maytin, acquisitions chairman Rosemary Zenobia and the rest of the workers raised a cool $100,000 for student scholarships? Well, you know now ... When the Computer System Division of Gould Inc. was awarded a plaque at the last Nova University Executive Breakfast Forum, it was the second time around. Gould had been awarded the plaque at a previous breakfast for giving Nova $170,000 worth of computers. But while making the award, Stephen Goldstein, Nova's director of University Relations and Development, noticed a comma in the wrong place, a grammatical error. "How would it look?" Goldstein asked the Gould representative. "You'd hang it on your wall and someone would read it and say, 'You gave all those computers to the university and the dummies made a grammatical error on your plaque?"' So Goldstein ordered it redone and presented it again at the next breakfast. Goldstein had to get up at 4 a.m. that day to pick up the breakfast's speaker, columnist George Will, at the airport. Ever hear Will speak? He's only dynamic, informative and witty - just smashing. The breakfasters pretty much agreed Will was worth getting up at 4 a.m. for. (Especially when it was Goldstein who had to do it and not they.) ... St. Patrick's Day again was celebrated thoroughly in these parts. Gil and Magda Berken of Emerald Hills tossed their yearly bash for all the old members of the 43rd Avenue gang and the rest of their buddies. And, Janet Collins and Jim Jordan opened the doors of their new home for their third annual St. Pat's party. (Both couples have houses just made for parties.) And the same week, they wore the green at virtually every club in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties. (Faith and begorra, but I don't want to look at corned beef and cabbage again for a year!)


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I'm feeling a bit disheveled again
as I slop onto the bright white sofa.
Cushions arranged
Table polished
And bite size treats baked.
Effortless calm
around me
friends from long ago
still connected by years
of tapestry.
Maybe I should
have brushed, washed
and dressed myself
a bit more carefully.
Surrendered love
around me.
Not for show
Not everyday
Not just the good parts.
But come as you are
nice to see
and sew another stitch.
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Jackson Voorhaar Can't Play Guitar, The Laughing Horse@The Counting House, 4-28 August, 2.15pm, Free.
Voorhaar lingers pre-show in the bar for a little self-promotion, which he does without arrogance in an appealingly awkward manner. Despite the fact he must hear "I thought you were Australian?!" twenty times a day in response to his recently acquired London accent, Voorhaar hasn't yet adopted the impatience towards irritating questions that seems so common in off-stage comedians. Happily justifying himself to yet another group of people that don't know him, this new fringe act nicely manages to drum up enough interest to almost fill the small, dark room allocated to him, an achievement that is particularly impressive at 2.15 in the afternoon on one of Edinburgh's approximate four days of annual sunshine.
Voorhaar manages to get his audience onside instantly and launches straight into his well-structured routine. 'Slick' would not be a word that would instantly jump to mind when watching him extend his elongated skinny-jeaned frame around the stage and swing his lion mane head of hair back and forth whilst donning a 'Guitar Hero' prop, but this act is definitely well-oiled and coherent.
Voorhaar deals well with Unforeseen Circumstances, the dreaded arch-nemesis of so many new acts at this festival. These affirmations of quick-wittedness, mixed with an always popular touch of self-deprecation, sent his likeability stock soaring with the audience. Throw in a simplistic and fresh take on popular culture and controversial issues, and the course was clear for the comedian to steer his crowd safely through the shark-infested waters of sex, drugs, rock & roll and Satanism. These are all perilous routes which may have quite easily left a lesser talent floundering and drowning.
Voorhaar runs with the room and tests out his boundaries, vowing to stop at anything that results in "an immediate scab". Although there were a few quieter periods towards the end, this doesn't turn out to be much of a problem and the highlights definitely outshine the low. Someone who can get away with referring to Italians as "a little bit rapey" without receiving a single sharp intake of breath, despite the sobriety of a mid-afternoon international demographic, is definitely one to watch.
Both Voorhaar and his show are witty and likeably offensive. Confidently and warmly delivered without a hint of arrogance, 'Jackson Voorhaar Can't Play Guitar' is definitely worth a break from working on that disheartening milky sunburn.


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Dangerous Cribs – New Study Shows Cribs Responsible For Many Injured Babies
Parents rely on cribs as a safe haven – a secure place to leave babies unsupervised while they tend to other responsibilities. According to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, cribs are not nearly as safe as we think.
Cribs, playpens and bassinets are responsible for injuries to 26 babies each day (9,500 every year) in the United States. Those figures do not take into account the approximately 100 crib-related infant deaths ("crib death") that occur each each year.
The author of this study, Gary Smith is also the director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He says that "cribs are unique among other children's products. Parents expect to be able to place a child in a crib and know when they walk away that child will be safe. We need to hold cribs to much higher safety standards as opposed to baby equipment you are supposed to only use with parental supervision."
The study focused on the number of injuries in children under the age of 2 who were treated in hospital emergency rooms for crib-related injuries between 1990 and 2008. It's authors relied on data from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. Many more children are treated in doctor's offices or urgent-care centers and those cases are not even included in the study.
The CPSC has been regulating cribs for decades. It first promulgated safety standards in the 70's aimed at protecting children from defective cribs that could result in strangulation, suffocation and falls. Clearly, better regulation is needed.
In 2009, children under the age of 5 suffered more than 14,500 crib-related injuries.
Most of the research and news reports dealing with the topic of infant deaths have focused on fluffy bedding, strangulation and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Rarely is any attention paid to injuries linked directly to the cribs.
SIDS is often a diagnosis of exclusion which means when the ER doctors can't determine what the cause of death really is, they default to SIDS. Could defective cribs be the culprit?
More than 9 million cribs have been recalled by the CPSC since 2007 due to safety hazards. A ban on drop-side cribs will take effect in June.
Nearly 182,000 children were hurt in cribs during the study period. Most of them were injured due to a fall, especially as the babies became older and more mobile. Smith feels new designs should take this into account, whether that means taller crib rails or some other design change to protect against this foreseeable hazard.
The Florida injury lawyers at Hannon Legal Group have sucessfully litigated many product defect cases including those involving defective cribs and other child products.
Anyone who may have been affected by a defective crib or other defective child product is encouraged to contact an experienced Florida product liability attorney at Hannon Legal Group for a free and confidential consultation or by calling (866) 835-6872.


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So I recently learned about a program to create HDR photographs. HDR stands for high dynamic range and has to do with allowing a greater difference between the light and dark areas of a photograph. It can be created from using multiple images shot at different exposures and then mapping them together or it can be done with software like NIK HDR (which is what I've been playing with).
I only have a 15 day trial, but I've really enjoyed it so far. Obviously I need to work on getting the HDR better, but here are some samples I've worked on.
NYC skyline before and after:
Amsterdam Avenue before and after:
Pepsi can before and after:
Mossy log before and after:
Rose before and afters (two different images):
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The first May day celebration in Italy took place in 1890. It started initially as an attempt to celebrate workers' achievements in their struggle for their rights and for better social and economic conditions. It was abolished under the Fascist Regime and immediately restored after the Second World War. (During the fascist period, a "Holiday of the Italian labour" (Festa del lavoro italiano) was celebrated on the 21st of April, the date of Natale di Roma, when ancient Rome was allegedly founded.) Now, May Day is an important celebration in Italy. Very popular is the Concerto del Primo Maggio ("1 May's Concert"), organized by Italian Labour Unions in Rome in Piazza San Giovanni. It is attended by more than 300,000 people every year, and involves participation of many famous bands and songwriters. The concert is usually broadcasted live by Rai Tre.
In the United Kingdom in recent years, the anti-capitalist movement has organised a number of large protests in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Doncaster. In London, these have resulted in clashes with the police. In the last few years, demonstrations have been more peaceful, with marches and gatherings, particularly in central London. The current Conservative-led coalition government in March 2011 announced plans to move the May Day bank holiday to October in order to lengthen the tourist season. A London rally on May Day is organised by the London May Day Organising Committee (LMDOC).


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On Friday I scheduled a field trip up to Tahoe at Taylor Creek to see the Kokanee salmon run. We had to wake up really early for the drive up there and I wasn't really looking forward to that but it all turned out really well. After a long drive and some crankiness (from me), we made it there. Who hates being late and landing yourself in traffic? Not this mama, even if it's one of the most beautiful places on earth.
So, I was late of course to our scheduled tour time. Only by a few minutes but the ranger and our friends were waiting for us. I apologized and took a deep breath.
This salmon species was introduced into Lake Tahoe in 1944 and are the landlocked cousins of the seagoing sockeye salmon. They quickly adapted to the alpine environment and now spawn every year on Taylor Creek with the help of humans. I say with the help of humans because the creek has to be artificially flooded from the dam at Fallen Leaf Lake for this to occur and there is a breeding program that supplements the stock. You can see above the spawning pairs hovering over their redds to protect them.
There are lots of dead salmon in the river. When we left I asked the kids what they learned and Eli said, "I learned about the cycle of life." These salmon spawn and die in the same spot where they began their life. When they enter the lake as silvers they circle the lake clockwise until they are genetically predisposed to return to the creek. This can happen when they are 2, 3 or 4 years old.
Ranger Jean was awesome. At the end of our tour she told the kids that she really enjoys her job.
The cherry on the top of this day was the Bald Eagle we saw while eating lunch after our tour. It was the first one I have ever seen in the wild. Although Amelia has seen them in Florida.
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BBC Radio 4 Week in Westminster Saturday 8th December 2012 11:00am gives a glimpse by a couple of very experinced journalists who have served on a couple of Inquiries, which have not leaked their findings before the official publication of their reports.
BBC iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p6n7x/Week_in_Westminster_08_12_2012/
Recently the government has had some success in keeping announcements secret as was the case with the appointment of the new governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney. On the other hand Whitehall leaks occur with some regularity and even sometimes with approval. Is there a new impetus to preserve secrecy and if so how necessary is it in an open accountable society? Peter Riddell director of the Institute for Government and George Jones of the Leveson inquiry recount their involvement with secrecy.
Here is a Spy Blog transcript of the relevant programme segment.
N.B. nobody who debates the Interception of phone calls or of eavesdropping electronic audio or video "probes" should understimate the difficulty of producing accurate transcripts of audio conversations, - no software can do this 100% and humans (like us) usually have to reply sections several times, even of broadcast quality recordings like this one:
Sue Cameron [SC] The autumn statement didn't leak, well, apart from what you might call official leaks that were actually authorised by the Treasury. But there we no unofficial leaks. And a week earlier, Chancellor George Osborne had enjoyed a great moment of political theatre, with his surprise Commons announcement that the new Governor of the Bank of England was to be Mark Carney, currently Governor of the Bank of Canada. That news never leaked either and nor did the findings of the Leveson Inquiry into the press. So is government secrecy back in fashion ?
I discussed the secrets of secrecy with Peter Riddle, the director of the Institute for Government and journalist George Jones, one of Lord Justice Leveson's advisors. I began by asking Peter Riddle if Budget secrecy had been really tight in the past.
Peter Riddle [PR]: Absolutely, indeed, a Chancellor of the Exchequer had to resign, in 1947, Hugh Dalton, because he was crossing the Lobby and, er, a very distinguished political correspondent came up and said "is there a bit more on fags, a bit more on booze ?" and he kind of nodded and it appeared in what was then the Stop Press of the papers, which was [sic] technically appeared before he had made a Statement and he had to resign.
[SC]: How have things changed ? Have they changed because, Special Advisors and the Treasury itself are "leaking" much more or are explaining things much more to people ?
[PR]: I think there are two factors, one is an underlying one towards greater openness in government, reinforced by the internet, I mean there is far, far more information. There is a much more open public debate that the Treasury used to guard its secrets or forecasts, where now you've got an independent Office of Budget Responsibility which does the forecasts and lots and lots of people outside are, so it's no longer got a monopoly of the advice or forecasting on that. And there's a whole atmosphere where things are much more open, I mean not totally open, not as open as they pretend, but thet are much more open.
And the second thing is the issue of managing expectations and the Treasury want to be in there, influencing the way that the Budget will be recieved and that I think has trumped Budget secrecy, in the priority of Chancellors of the Exchequer. And you've had some ones who are very keen on getting the politics right, Gordon Brown and certainly now with George Osborne, so that's why, things come out, because they want to affect expectations.
SC: Now there is still, of course, a great deal of secrecy in other areas, George Jones, you were one of the Assessors, one of the advisors, in the Leveson Inquiry, and that did not leak, before it came out officially. What sort of precautions, were taken, to keep the whole Leveson proceedings secret ?
George Jones [GJ]: Well we were asked to sign up to quite a complicated and quite severe confidentiality agreement and also we were allowed to see in advance Witness Statements, but we could only read those through a secure link, on a computer . You couldn't print it off, so I could sit at home and I could read it, but I couldn't print it off in the old fashioned way and read a, a paper version of it. And then of course, when we began the actual draughting of the report, we had to go up to, a secure office in the High Court, in the Strand, where we could read sections of the Report, but we couldn't take them away with us, so, you put them back in an envelope when you had finished reading them. I think they were really worried that people when they get to a [sic fairly advanced age that I am, you would take it away with you, I'd sitting reading it on the train, fall asleep, either some body would take it away read it or I would leave it on the train.
Much younger, supposedly highly trustworthy people in Whitehall, also leave secret documents on the train e.g.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell loses Cabinet ministerial "red box" correspondence on a train
Terrorist financing and money laundering Treasury documents left on a train - time for Whitehall mandarins and Ministerial heads to roll
Top Secret Joint Intelligence Committee current intelligence assessments left on a train
It meant a lot of travelling, but actually I think that way, keeping it secure in the building, means, it doesn't get mislaid and it does prevent leaks.
SC: But you said you could see Witness Statements on computers, could you see parts of the Report on computer at home ?
GJ: No, we couldn't, there was no emailing of any sections of it, so email traffic, text traffic, messages like that, weren't allowed for the, sensitive, elements of the Report. And of course, in the closing days, as we had to decide how much of the Report we would be prepared to sign up to and some of the more controversial elements over statutory underpinning and statutory backstops, they were very sensitive and of course that was the stuff which remained secure and didn't leak.
SC: Peter, you were on a Judicial Inquiry, one about rendition and Guantanamo Bay, although that was wound down, but were your experiences similar ?
Is even the name of the Detainee Inquiry headed by the retired senior Judge and Privy Counsellor Rt.Hon. Sir Peter Gibson (who resigned early from his position as RIPA Intelligence Services Commissioner) now a secret ?
See our Spy Blog Detainee Inquiry archive
The Detainee Inquiry was not a Judicial Inquiry although headed up by a retired senior Judge / RIPA Commissioner - it had no powers to compell witnessses etc. under the Inquiries Act 2005, unlike the Leveson Inquiry. After the inordinate delays to the Detainee Inquiry, Peter Riddle, reasonably enough resigned from it when he took up his current post.
PR: Yes, I mean, they wern't quite akin, ours was a Privy Council inquiry, which is a seperate legal basis, but the effect was very similar, to what George Jones describes and it dealt with some very sensitive Top Secret intelligence information, which we, saw. But you could only see it in the offices of the Inquiry, which were part of designated rooms which have a certain classification in Whitehall, where you can read secure stuff and you couldn't take anything away, there was no homework, so the only thing for which you got an email was entirely the mundane stuff about "We are meeting next Tuesday at ten o'clock" type stuff.
Even such "mundane" emails, sent through the government's own email system (to which the UK intelligence agencies have access to the Communications Data of, without any warrant or permsission from a Secretary of State - no judicial warrant reqired in the UK) would have been a critical leak of sensitive information, if those meetings had involved any evidence or face to face testimony from any intelligence service or other insiders who were acting as whistleblowers.
See Spy Blog letter to the Detainee Inquiry re: lack of whistleblower anonymity protection and immunity from prosecution
GJ: We were terribly worried that becaause we were an Inquiry looking into things , particularly phone hacking, blagging and accessing emails and that sort of thing, we thought, it would be a huge prize for some newspaper, if they could actually "hack" the Inquiry into phone hacking. So I think that was one of the reasons why, we kept such a tight grip on not sending stuff by email.
SC: Was it really justified, all this secrecy, you can quite understand it if you're dealing with foreign countries, with Guantanamo Bay, or with criminal offences, but things like whether you should have a legal underpinning to regulate the press, do you really have to go, is it really justifiable to have so much secrecy ?
Given the number of powerful people and vested interests trying to spin their way out of criticism by the Leveson Inquiry including some of them with access to Communications Data and perhaps even the contents of emailks or home or mobile computers or smartphones, this level of secrecy was necessary and it did no harm to the public.
GJ: Well, I think it is, because we could speak frankly and openly and we could say what we thought, and I think if you're going to reach a decision its very important, but don't forget that all the evidence , all the sessions, were televised. I mean anybody who followed the Inquiry, could clearly see the way that it was going, but I thiink when you come to reach key decisions and you want people to speak frankly, they need to do it, in a confidential atmosphere.
PR: In general, I think there has to be a "safe space", to use this ghastly cliche, where people are able to give advice, however, one wants as much as possible otherwise open. Also every one is aware of Freedom of Information Act, the one factor which hasn't been mentioned, and certainly in Whitehall they are very aware that, on many areas, the interpretation by the Information Commissioner mean that even more is being revealed than Whitehall would like.
Nothing of any value has come out of the Detainee Inquiry, no witnesses, nothing published - there is an interim report (wiythout having interviewed any witnesses) delivered to the Prime Minister David Cameron on 27th June 2012 but which is still being kept secret by Downing Street and the Ministry of Justice
Only our Freedom of Information Act request for the supposed intelligence agency witness / whistleblower protection from prosecution by the Cabinet Office and Attorney General might be if some use in a future Inquiry.
Witness but not whistleblower protection for the Detainee Inquiry into torture complicity of MI5, SIS, GCHQ


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This Snow Cap Bean Stew is hearty and comforting with its silky tomato broth - a hint of spiciness - tender quinoa, fragrant herbs and plenty of chunky veggies in each warm, delicious spoonful. Packed with nutrients and plenty of protein, fiber and antioxidants - this is a one-bowl-wonder meal. Serve with some crusty bread - warm and crispy from the oven - and dinner is done. (And leftover bliss is even better!)
And you don't have to use snow cap heirloom beans like I did - but if you can find them, they are quite a treat!..


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Luckily there are usually options for Celiacs. My first choice at Chinese food restaurants is usually Singapore Noodles - a rice noodle dish that isn't in a sauce. Of course, I always ask the server to ensure they don't use soy sauce or other sauces, or other gluten products. Sometimes it is tough to get a concise answer though! (If you have any suggestions of other dishes to try, please leave a comment!)
But...this review isn't about Chinese restaurants. It's about a great Thai restaurant on Northfield in Waterloo called Ben Thanh. It's actually a chain with a few locations in Ontario. (Guelph, Waterloo, Cambridge, Burlington, London and Hamilton).
The good thing about Thai restaurants is they usually have a lot of fresh options, and not as many dishes that are fried or are in sauces. Ben Thanh is great because they seem to know their dishes well. I've been there many times and the server always goes to talk to the chefs about what dishes would be safe for me to eat.
So far, here are my findings:
- The Lean Beef Pho Soup is gluten-free, and makes a great meal. I don't eat the sauce that comes on the side.
- The Pad Thai is gluten-free
- The fresh shrimp rolls are gluten-free (shrimp wrapped in rice paper, with lettuce and mint). Again I avoid the sauce.
- The fried spring rolls (again wrapped in rice paper) might be gluten-free, but I'm almost certain a separate fryer is not used (so I'd avoid them).
- The Vermicelli platters all have meat that is marinated in soy sauce - stay away from these dishes.
So far that's all the information I've discovered. Been to Ben Thanh or other Thai restaurants? Please leave a comment if you have anything to share!
Oh and finally, it's always recommended to ask your server - don't just take my word for it. Preparation techniques or ingredients can change at any time.
Enjoy eating out!


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Journal of Robotics
Volume 2011, Article ID 735407, 15 pages
Output-Based Control of Robots with Variable Stiffness Actuation
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Received 12 April 2011; Accepted 25 August 2011
Academic Editor: G. Muscato
Copyright © 2011 Gianluca Palli and Claudio Melchiorri. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The output-based control of a redundant robotic manipulator with relevant and adjustable joint stiffness is addressed. The proposed controller is configured as a cascade system that allows the decoupling of the actuators dynamics from the arm dynamics and the consequent reduction of the order of the manipulator dynamic model. Moreover, the proposed controller does not require the knowledge of the whole robot state: only the positions of the actuators and of the joints are necessary. This approach represents a significant simplification with respect to previously proposed state feedback techniques. The problem of controlling simultaneously the position trajectory and the desired stiffness in both the joint and work space is investigated, and the relations between the manipulator redundancy and the selection of both the joint and work space stiffness of the manipulator are discussed. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is verified by simulations of a 3 degrees of freedom planar manipulator.


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Behind the Scenes: Knitscene Accessories
We just went to press on Knitscene Accessories and thought that this might be a nice time to give you a peek behind the scenes at our photo shoot. The shoots involve a lot of planning, but our team makes the days come together smoothly and with a healthy dose of humor! And we always find time to have some fun, even in sudden snow, or really hot sun, or whatever situation the weather throws at us…
|Hair Stylist Janie Rocek at work
|Senior Designer Kit Kinseth bundled against the cold
|Nate and Caleb out and about in Fort Collins
|At Starry Night Cafe in Old Town Fort Collins
|Amy with photogaphers Caleb and Nate at the airport
|Getting the PERFECT angle
|Makeup Artist Kira soaking up some sun
|A shot in progress
|Our bags were packed
|We were all happy at the end of the day!
The preview for this issue will be up in the coming weeks, with photos of all the fantastic knit wear. But we hope you liked this little look at some of what happens behind the scenes.
Knit happy!


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Three tips for better Facebook video marketing on mobile
The majority of the content in the future will be video, says Dion Magee, Head of Fashion UK of Facebook
The majority of the content in the future will be video, says Dion Magee, Head of Fashion UK of Facebook
Consultant Mark Tillison says that being consistently pretty good across the ecommerce customer journey beats patchy brilliance.
Capgemini VP Gagndeep Gadri says that a total strategy, starting with some soul-searching questions, is needed to craft a great customer experience.
Marketers are excited about AI... but they're also terrified (as are many consumers). Take baby steps and make small bets, says the head of a UK customer engagement agency.
Learn how trend advertising can boost the efficiency and impact of your holiday campaign.
Slendertone took to the stage at eCommerce Expo to tell us how their clever marketing automation programme has won back 20% of lapsed customers.
The story of Tesco's ill-fated NutriCentre retail and ecommerce operations, told by the former head of online, Relton Herron.
The Single Customer View is the holy grail for most businesses, but do you believe SCV is a realistic objective or is it just a fantasy?
The development of platforms and creation of new features made 2015 an important year for online advertising.
Interview: Standard Life's Head of Digital Marketing, Mickael Paris talks about the firm's conversion rate optimisation campaign.


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For more than 90 years, Canadian Tire Corporation has been providing customers with everything they need for life in Canada. We are a Family of Companies that includes Canadian Tire retail stores, PartSource, Gas+, FGL Sports, Mark's, Canadian Tire Financial Services, CT REIT and Canadian Tire Jumpstart, a nationally registered charity dedicated to removing financial barriers so kids across Canada can participate in sports and physical activities. With nearly 1,700 retail and gasoline outlets from coast-to-coast, its primary retail business categories – Automotive, Living, Fixing, Playing and Apparel – are supported and strengthened by its Financial Services division and the approximately tens of thousands of corporate and retail employees across the Company.
Estée Lauder founded this company in 1946 armed with four products and an unshakeable belief: that every woman can be beautiful. Today, more than 60 years later, that simple notion has literally changed the face of the beauty business. This technologically advanced, innovative company has gained a worldwide reputation for elegance, luxury and superior quality. Our products come with a promise to uphold the finest standards of excellence. Through extensive research and stringent product evaluation, we are pleased to bring you skincare, makeup and fragrance products that are both gentle and highly effective.
Labatt Breweries of Canada has been shaped by close to 170 years of brewing excellence and commitment to the communities where it operates. Throughout the company's history, Labatt has never lost sight of the fact that it is in business to exceed the expectations of its customers. From Newfoundland to British Columbia, 3,000 employees come to work every day dedicated to exactly this objective. In 1847, the company's first brewery produced close to 1,000 bottles of beer a year. Today, Labatt is a proud member of the global Anheuser-Busch InBev family and brews a total of about 10 million hectolitres annually – the equivalent of more than 350 million bottles of beer to customers across Canada. Much has changed at Labatt since its founding, but one thing remains the same — our commitment to brewing great beer.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Loblaw Companies Limited, is the licensor of full-service retail drug stores operating under the name Shoppers Drug Mart® (Pharmaprix® in Québec). Founded in 1962 by Toronto pharmacist Murray Koffler, the Company has grown to a network of more than 1,240 Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix stores across Canada. These conveniently located stores are owned and operated by the Company's licensed Associate-owners who have helped build a brand that is synonymous with exceptional service, value and trust. The Company also licenses or owns more than 59 medical clinic pharmacies operating under the name Shoppers Simply Pharmacy® (Pharmaprix Simplement Santé® in Québec) and six luxury beauty destinations operating as Murale™.
The Tim Hortons (TDL Group) chain was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario. The chain's focus on top quality, always fresh product, value, great service and community leadership has allowed it to grow into the largest quick service restaurant chain in Canada specializing in always fresh coffee, baked goods and homestyle lunches. The chain's biggest drawing card remains its legendary Tim Hortons coffee. The special blend is also available in cans, as are Tim Hortons hot chocolate and English Toffee and French Vanilla cappuccinos, so guests can also enjoy these great tasting products at home. In 1995, Tim Hortons merged with Wendy's International, Inc., giving new focus and impetus to the expansion of the Tim Hortons concept in the United States.


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Doodlekit Can Make A Website For Your Church
There are a lot of churches that use Doodlekit to make their website. Many of them opt to use our free website builder plan because it costs nothing, several end up upgrading to take advantage of Doodlekit's advanced website builder tools. There are lots of options to pick from when it comes to website building. Doodlekit is a great choice when it comes to finding the best church website builder for your congregation.
Blogging is a great way to keep your church members up to date on all church events. Everything from weddings to fundraisers, you can post the information your followers need to know. You can also post pictures and make comments afterwards about the event. Blogs are like newsletters and can keep everyone in your church community updated.
Forums are perfect for communities and organizations like churches. Unlike blogs, forums require membership approval before you can comment and post topics. This allows a more secure way for your congregation to communicate with each other. People can post questions about faith, religion, events, etc. here and see responses from people they know. Forums allow for maximum community participation in a safe environment. You can even make the forums private if you want.
Picture Galleries
With Doodlekit you can create multiple photo albums of your uploaded pictures. You can even create gallery pages that contain multiple albums. Church events often have lots of pictures associated with them. Using our tools, you can post pictures from each event in its own album or gallery. This is a great way to share photos with your community of followers.
When it comes to picking a church website builder, Doodlekit is a great choice. There are even more tools for design options when it comes to what you want your church website to look like. The best way to figure out if Doodlekit is good for you is to try it out for free and find out yourself!


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Photographers ChuanDo & Frey are sharing with us their latest Officiel Hommes editorials and cover shoot.
On the cover (above) model Filip Hrivnak @Soul Artist Management, styled by Paul Stura, Hair Enrico Mariotti, Grooming Rommy Najor. Production Vanessa Cheng.
'Au Naturel' feature model Dan Murphy @Ave Management also shot by ChuanDo & Frey bien sur with Styling by Brian Anderson and Grooming Nigel Stanislaus.
Au Naturel by ChuanDo & Frey
The second story also from L'Officiel Hommes is titled 'The Wild Ones' and feature Filip Hrivnak, Mikkel Jensen, Oraine Barrett, River Viiperi & Maximilian Wefers, all represented by Soul Artist Management.


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About our Investor Relations
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Adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) were
Adjustments to pre-tax income totaled
Consolidated sales were
PC's profit margins held relatively steady compared with prior year as this business continues to benefit from strong underlying demand in its served end markets. The results for RUPS were negatively impacted due to lower year-over-year revenues as well as reduced margins due to an oversupply of inventory in the commercial crosstie market that had a negative effect on pricing. CMC operating profitability, on an adjusted basis, was substantially higher than the prior year period primarily due to the benefits from its consolidation strategy and lower average raw material costs, which were partially offset by decreased volumes and lower selling prices of certain products.
Commenting on the quarter, President and CEO
Summary of Fourth-Quarter Financial Performance:
2017 Outlook
Commenting on the 2017 forecast, Mr. Ball said, "We expect further improvement in our PC business this year due to higher sales volumes of copper-based products driven by the market's continued shift towards higher retention products. CMC should also see significant savings from a full year of restructuring savings and lower raw material costs. Those positive developments will likely be somewhat muted by a softer crosstie market in our RUPS segment. We believe that our 2017 outlook is achievable while incorporating an appropriate level of caution given the potential for higher average copper pricing as well as the uncertain impact of rising interest rates on our PC end markets."
Mr. Ball continued, "From a capital deployment standpoint, we anticipate capital expenditures to be in the range of
For the company's guidance, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS excludes restructuring, impairment, non-cash LIFO charges, and non-cash mark-to-market commodity hedging. The forecasted amounts for these items cannot be reasonably estimated due to their nature, but may be significant. For that reason, the company is unable to provide GAAP earnings estimates at this time; however, definitions and reconciliations for historical non-GAAP measures presented herein are provided per footnote 1 below.
Record Date for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
The Board of Directors of Koppers Holdings Inc. has established a record date for its 2017 annual meeting of shareholders. Koppers shareholders of record at the close of business on March 21, 2017, will be entitled to notice of the annual meeting and to vote upon matters considered at the meeting. As previously announced, the annual meeting will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 4, 2017.
Investor Conference Call and Web Simulcast
Interested parties may access the live audio broadcast by dialing 866-719-0110 in
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If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on www.koppers.com and www.streetevents.com shortly after the live call and continuing through
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This press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and may include, but are not limited to, statements about sales levels, acquisitions, restructuring, declines in the value of
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Crisis Intervention is psychological counselling aimed at assisting individuals in a crisis situation to restore balance in their day-to-day functioning and to minimize the potential of trauma. Crisis occurs when the ability to cope exceeds the demands of the situation. The priority of crisis intervention/counseling is to facilitate stabilization.
Crises can occur on a personal or societal level. Personal Trauma can be situations where a person is making suicidal threats, experiencing threat, witnessing homicide or suicide, or experiencing personal loss. Societal or mass trauma typically affects a large group or society. Such instances are school shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural/manmade disasters.
Crisis intervention includes:-
- Assessment of safety in personal trauma
- Guiding the client to take help from social support systems
- Prevention of breakdown
- Awareness about the temporary nature of trauma
- Identification of maladaptive responses and providing problem solving skills
- Resolution of the crisis
- Adaptation to new situations and encouragement on self reliance
Counselling is usually long terms from 5-15 sessions depending on the severity of the crisis.
For queries, contact us or look at the FAQ'S


text: I am unable to view/download market apps on my poor little D1. Someone suggested I reformat the phone, then I should be able to access all apps, but to back up everything first. I've backed up via LookOut but how do I know what/if has been backed up: apps, texts, contacts, etc. Not too worried about contacts since husband has all contacts on his Droid but the apps are a pain to remember then download again. Also, I have ongoing text conversations with clients and I'd like to save those too. Is there any/another app or method of backing up (maybe to laptop) that may be safer & surer? :heart: this little phone even though many questions remain.


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Today's Workout
Press 5-5-5+
Wendler Cycle 2, Week 1
65%, 75%, 85%
For time:
50 Flutter Kicks (2-count)
10 Arch-ups
40 Flutter Kicks
20 Arch-ups
30 Flutter Kicks
30 Arch-ups
20 Flutter Kicks
40 Arch-ups
10 Flutter Kicks
50 Arch-upsAs an athlete, what does being in training mean to you? Are you in training only when you are working out? Or is being in training a whole practice? When you are working for results, there are a lot of things that you want to consider as a part of your training.
Right off the bat are the easy ones – nutrition and mobilization. If you really want your results, you can't ignore what you put in as fuel and you definitely don't want to ignore the parts of you that don't move as well as they should. You should have a plan for these as much as you want to have a plan for your workouts — goals, schedules, etc. Less obvious might be rest. Some might consider rest as not training. When you are looking out over the long term, taking time off is an integral part of training. We are all accustomed to weekly cycles of workout and rest, but as an athlete, I make sure to take time off from working out for 2 weeks at least once, if not twice a year. This is part of the training. If you ever find yourself consistently performing below what you consider to be normal for you, it may be time to take a rest — as a part of the training.
The benefit to treating all of these aspects as training is that you will actually be present to it when you might normally not be. What can you take on when you rest? What kind of restorative practices? Yoga, hiking, staying well hydrated, getting treated for persistent or nagging injuries or pain, keeping your nutrition dialed in. Don't think of not working out as being "off the bandwagon." Take on your whole life as being in training and see what kind of results you get.
What do you include in your training that is not working out?
It takes more than just heavy lifting to win…right Danny?


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I've always been of a mind that the more people in a band usually results in a more compromised sound. Too many chefs in the kitchen, stuff like that. I'm almost always right, as well. A clarity in vision and singular attention to detail can result in some of the most marvelous creations. Orchestras are ruled by the dictatorship of a conductor, Films ruled by auteurs. With bands, it becomes a little tougher. Independent bands are much more democratic affairs, and aspirations to a focused sound can fail more often than succeed.
With a group of seasoned veterans, experienced by playing in livehouses and stadiums across Japan, the chances of genius might be thwarted and a diamond in the rough appear. Atata make this claim by positioning 6 people in the same practice room and essentially letting each one play their instruments like insane people. But these are insane people all on the same drugs, all seeing the same delusion and all laughing in unison. Somehow they play together as one, as an orchestra, but each with distinct voices and no clear conductor to be found.
What's to be especially admired with each of the songs is the level of craftsmanship with which they're designed. There aren't clear choruses or verses in all the songs, and there are almost never two parts of a song that sound exactly alike. Like a jazz track, each instrument is constantly moving, improvising, and refreshing each refrain, independent of each other. The mastery of each is amazing. Angular, dueling guitars; versatile keyboards, going from buzzing moog to orchestral piano in the same song; sublime drumming that knows exactly when to hit the groove hard; bass that is as jazzy and smooth as it is deep and growling; vocals that are human and angelic at once, hitting every note perfectly. There's just a lot to their songs.
For me, music is really about feelings. What does this music evoke in me, how does it make me feel, what does it remind me of? Most music I like can evoke profound memories of important times in my life. In fact, it is one of my favorite past-times to analyze why I'm enjoying something at the moment. When I was thinking about Atata's newest album, and what it was reminding me of, I ended up making a list. Every song on the album is a different face of a single identity. Each song is its own ecosystem, and somehow I found myself lost in the myriad of memories hidden in each. Star Soldier reminded me of lullabies and Naht's The Spelling of My Solution, one of my favorite albums. Minority Fight Song put me back in college, driving down the interstate with the Get Up Kids or the Anniversary blaring from my dinky tape deck. Recito was every break-up I've been through, complete with the initial sadness and final recovery and triumph.
I say all this to express that this album is fucking great. Too often do you see bands full of veterans produce tired music, void of personality and passion. This is not one of those bands or albums. Watching their recent video for Star Soldier only reinforced the fun and passion they have for playing music for people. Every song on this 8 song album is just a finely crafted masterpiece. I've already listened to the album 5 times today, and I can see myself listening to it for months and months more, there's just so much to it.
The album is available in a couple places, that I can find at the moment. On Ototoy it is 900 yen from today (4/20) to May 3rd. After that it will change to 1500 yen. That translates to about 11.00 USD, so you might be better off just heading to iTunes, where you can get it for $9.99 or $1.29 per track. This is really an amazing album and you owe it to yourself to at least check out the video above. Below I'm posting a megamix, which has some of the choice parts from each song all mushed together. It's worth a listen too. The 3 tracks that I posted about earlier are on the album but they've re-recorded them, so there are some definite improvements. Even though there's only 8 songs, each is really long and the album clocks in at around 40 minutes.