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For many Canadians, house hunting is a rather enjoyable activity initially. You can lose yourself imagining what life may be like if you lived in each home you visit. However, house hunting can also become exhausting and tedious. If you are under pressure to find a new home to live in within a certain date, you may also feel pressure to find the right home quickly. Whether you find house hunting enjoyable, stressful or tedious, there are a few things that you can look for while house hunting to ensure that you make the right buying decision.
The Location
One of the most important features of any home is the physical location of the home. The home's location will affect the length of your commute to work each day, the schools your kids go to, the accessibility of stores and other retail centers and more. The fact is that you can find the most amazing home at the best price, but you may not enjoy living in the home if it is located in an inconvenient or undesirable location. When looking at the location of a home, also consider the neighbors near the home. If a property is vacant or located near raw land, consider researching the property's zoning and talk to the property owner about plans to develop the property or change use of the property. You don't want to move into a quiet home in a rural area only to find out afterward that the neighboring property will be developing a retail center or gas station next door.
The Homeowners' Association
You should also research the homeowner's association for the property. Some homeowners' associations are relatively weak and ineffective at enforcing rules in places for the properties in the neighborhood. Others may be overbearing and create unnecessary hardship on homeowners by enforcing the rules too strictly. If possible, when you visit a property, talk to a neighbor or passerby about the homeowners' association. If this is not possible, consider obtaining a copy of the homeowners' association rules from the seller and driving through the neighborhood to see how closely followed the rules area by others in the neighborhood. These rules are often in place to provide homeowners with a more enjoyable living experience and to protect property values, but you want to ensure that the rules will not place a burden on you. For example, a rule may state that homeowners cannot park a boat on their driveway, and you may have plans to store your boat on the driveway of a home you purchase.
The Home
A final consideration is the home itself. A home should be functional for your current needs, and if you plan to stay in the home for several years, it should accommodate known future needs. For example, if you have plans to have children in a few years, you may consider buying a home that has bedrooms for your children.
With current mortgage rates low, now is an ideal time for many people to buy their first home or to upgrade to a new home. However, you do want to ensure that you buy the right home for your needs. As you hunt for a new house, consider taking note of these important aspects of the properties you look at. If you are a first time home buyer, we recommend visiting http://www.mortgagerates.ca for everything you need to know about buying your first home.


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While the Google+ app received the feature last year, Google's free all-in-one communications app 'Hangouts' now allows you to join Hangouts On Air from the app. The update also includes small bug fixes.
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What is Wishary?
Wishary is a product discovery platform which enables its users to discover fashion products they love but don't know where to find. It has an image discovery technology which automatically sends recommendations to users from around the web's eCommerce sites to help them curate a look or a buy a product they love. Wishary's fashion editorial team from around the country gives style tips related to the products the user is looking for, making the startup as their one stop online fashion destination.
For example, an individual comes across a pair of shoes which she likes. All that she needs to do is click a picture of it and the startup will give the product recommendations from their eCommerce partner sites along with style tips as to how the user can wear it in a formal setting or on an occasion. Startup's intelligent algorithm keeps a track of its user's search behavior and likes so as to make the experience more personalized.
Wishary was started by four batchmates from CEIBS, Shanghai as product discovery and retail startup in Korea. In India it was launched in April 2015 by Hemanth Kumar Venugopal. "Fashion eCommerce industry has grown multi folds. With so many eCommerce websites and products available, it is hard to search for the kind one is looking for. Therefore, with Wishary we aim to streamline search of products on all eCommerce portals and help our users find products of choice" said the team.
What problems is it solving?
"While other platforms are focusing on a one dimensional aspect of the eCommerce market such as social shopping, filtered/text search or product discovery. Wishary aims to provide a holistic fashion experience" said the team.
The platform enables the users to find out news things and also get personalized recommendations of what will suit them.
Who is it competing with?
The startup is competing with Roposo, Voonik and Wooplr.
Present Status and Future Plans:
Funding: As of now the company has been funded by Wishary Korea. The funding was utilised in building the technology of image search engine. Currently the startup is in talks with a few VC's to raise funds.
Traction Rate: The company has 3500+ active registered users and unique visitors traffic has grown up to 60k+.
The startup has just launched its Android app and will soon be rolling out its iOS app. The startup service is pan India and works on an affiliate partnerships model. Delivery and customer redressals are handled by the company's eCommerce partners like Flipkart, Amazon, etc.
Future Plans: The company wants to broaden their eCommerce partner network to include the smaller boutique brands as well so as to offer variety to their customers and help further personalize the experience.


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"Food safety is a key component of health security and a shared responsibility among all stakeholders along the food chain. Governments need to make food safety a top priority and invest in food safety to the benefit of health and economic development. Government must also take responsibility and engage in regional and international cooperation." -World Health Organization Continue reading World Health Organization on Food Safety Music Score
He Cares Foundation Celebration
Here's to cap a blissful twelve months of tutoring, workshops and playing with the kids of Looban community in Quezon City.
The most rewarding thing has been seeing them improve in school and, of course, their smiles. Kudos to all the volunteers and everyone who makes this project a success year after year after year! Continue reading He Cares Foundation Celebration
Listahanan Radio Jingle
Composed a jingle to promote DSWD's survey program to improve the lives of the community. Continue reading Listahanan Radio Jingle
Storytelling and Field Trip at Museo Pambata
Spent the day with kids at Museo Pambata. We had storytelling, games, and a whole lot of fun with the tour. Continue reading Storytelling and Field Trip at Museo Pambata
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Treeplanting with Homeschoolers
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Storytelling with The Kids of Ipo Dam
We may not be able to plant as many trees as we want in our lifetime, but planting seeds of learning and caring for the environment in the hearts of children will surely go a long way. This was the simple guiding principle of an odd mix of people (my 60-year old mother, myself, and two young mountaineers) who decided to travel to Ipo Dam at least once a month to educate the children about earthkeeping.
Ipo Dam in Bulacan province is a reservoir that supplies Metro Manila its major water needs. But because of deforestation, clean water and flood management has been a major problem for everyone. Illegal settlers in Ipo Dam are the main culprits of kaingin (the slashing and burning of forest trees for cultivation purposes).
You can't see the book from this angle…but it's Noah's Ark! Talk about flood control.
Thankfully, they allow their children to attend our nature activities. Our informal classroom agenda consists of singing songs like "Ang Mga Ibon" (The Birds), games such as trash-gathering, stories like "Diola, Heroine of Philippine Eagles", bird-watching and rock piling. Of course, we also teach them about the dangers of kaingin.
Reading Diola: Heroine of Philippine Eagles.
We know that there is the challenge of understanding the big picture of things economy-wise, setting up alternative livelihood programs, and instilling a deep personal conviction of stewardship for our one and only home—the earth. But when we put our heads together and get on our feet, great things can happen from small beginnings! At least, that's what we believe.
By the way, if any of you are interested in doing something like this, let me know! Leave a comment below and let's make the world a better place.
WWF: The World Is Just Awesome
WWF Philippines' local version of Discovery Channel's "The World Is Just Awesome (Boom Deyada)". Continue reading WWF: The World Is Just Awesome
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URL: http://wwf.org.ph
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Marine Life Documentary
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Client: Mark Limchoa for WWF
Type: Documentary
Earth Hour Theme Song
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Child Sexual Abuse Docu
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Client: Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse
URL: http://www.cptcsa.org
Original songs, music score, sound design and production. Directed by Alwin Aguirre.
University of The Philippines – Presidents Centennial Awards
It's great to be part of a project that involves your alma mater especially when you're celebrating 100 years of academic freedom. Here is the University of the Philippines Centennial Awards staged last June 16 at the U.P. Theater.
We recorded the female voice talent at the College of Mass Communication and editing and mixing were done at Le Studio de Lit. No original music here. Just a pure Pinoy score.
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Client: Grace Leung
URL: http://www.unep.org
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Audio Documentary – The "I" in Life Podcasts – University of The Philippines
Title: The "I" in Life Podcasts
School: University of The Philippines Diliman
College: Mass Communication
Subject: BC111 Advanced Audio Production & Direction
Year: 2007
URL: http://theiinlife.podomatic.com
iFeel, iAct, iCan and iCare. 4 podcasts promoting public awareness, breaking stereotypes and empowering the visually-impaired. Produced by BC 111 students of U.P. Diliman.
Philippine Stock Exchange Documentary
Title: Philippine Stock Exchange, History & Growth
Client: Philippine Stock Exchange
Type: Documentary
URL: http://www.pse.com.ph
Original music score and sound design. For part 2 (Investing Wisely), click here.
Hoy Bata! Ika'y Mahalaga!
Title: Hoy Bata! Ika'y Mahalaga!
Client: Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse
Talents: Alwin Aguirre, Mitch Ong, Percival Sabanal, Terry Gangcuangco, Reev Robledo
URL: http://www.cptcsa.org
Original songs, music score, sound design and production. Lyrics and direction by Alwin Aguirre.
World Vision: TB Documentary
Title: TB, Kaya Natin `To!
Client: World Vision Development Foundation
Type: Docu-drama
URL: http://www.worldvision.org.ph
Original music and soundtrack production.
Music Score for Ramon Magsaysay Documentary
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Client: Ramon Magsaysay Foundation
Type: Documentary
URL: http://www.rmaf.org.ph/index.php
Music score, sound design and additional original soundtrack production. For full video, visit the foundation's website.
Title: Union
Client: Holcim Group of Companies
Type: Audio-Visual Presentation (AVP)
URL: http://www.holcim.com/ph
Original music and soundtrack production.
Peligro sa Balita
Title: Peligro Sa Balita
Producers: Mark Limchoa and Leo Zulueta
Type: Thesis Documentary for University of the Philippines Diliman
College of Mass Communication
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Podsilog (Podcasts) – University of The Philippines
Podsilog, podcasts featuring favorite Filipino pastimes. Broadcasting class of BC111, University of The Philippines Diliman.


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so much done and 0.07? are you planin 10 times more?
Tiberian Apocalypse is a Partial Conversion for Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars with the goal to create a true Tiberian Sun sequel. GDI, Nod and the Scrin are getting a complete overhaul.
I nearly lost all of my progress of the past 2 or 3 years is gone, and I don`t know if I will continue TA - so I think it would be best to release what I have for now.
so much done and 0.07? are you planin 10 times more?
Well, GDI is half done, Nod about a quarter done and Scrin aren't done at all.
well ..i lovin the models..awesome models
Well done Helge, you did good.
you should do one faction at a time and concetrate on how make each the best you can, and more importantly how to make it differ from the other factions
if he does that it can easily happen that the balancing is broken.
tthank you man i think i speak for all of us when i say we have been looking forward to this
and what do you mean by all of it has gone?
This mod has nice models and graphical stuffs. A lot of adjustment and tweaking are still needed before a full release. It brings back the old feeling of Tiberian Sun.
I like the subterranean technique this mod uses. It feels realistic.
The tick tank should not turn itself into a structure when deployed (as it is very hard to control in large group and only one structure can be selected at a time). You might make it turns into a more-armored unit that cannot move instead.
The problem is, you would get a "No way dude!" cursor unless you ordered them to attack :/
loving the mod but like casojin said it does need a few tweaks like the aircraft hovering movements are a bit quick maybey slowing that down
either way if you would like i could help you with any auido for units and even icons for stuff if you want as i see great potential in this mod
also the big fat vehicle transport doend give the units back as when it picks them up they just dissapear and when it drops them off they arnt there
either way greate work soo far man love it
Really like the Orca model and texture!
But i'm all out of bubblegum :(
You mustn't quit, this is one of the best mods out there. Just keep regular backups, preferably more than one back up.
Kinda suprised this hadn't been done on the mod already. Every modder fears the inevitable crash or delete of doom, God bless flashdrives and SD cards :D
Any info how to install this?
like any other mod of cnc3 I think.
place it in your mod folder and launch it via launcher.
if you've never installed a mod for cnc3 - GIYF (Google Is Your Friend)
btw nice avatar
Well i installed it and launched it via launcher but nothing shows up in the game
You too :D
Delete the .rar file out of the folder an don't use the datas inside.
I'll test next if they'll work to, but i needed to delete that .rar file first
ôk, do not use the .rar file inside the .rar file....
Ok thanks :3
Finally a realese! It's real sad to hear that you will quit. What do you mean with this?:
"I nearly all of my progress of the past 2 or 3 years is gone"
Fixed. I said I don't know if I will continue...I did never say that I "will" quit. It means, I lost most of the .max models I had - but I recovered most of the .w3xes and textures.
sry to here that..that is why i dont mod anymore..l;ost my 3dsmax program and i aint got the money to get it again.and it wont work with my new comp for some odd reason...apparently it dont like my version of win7
what happend ? maybe its not too late, there many possiblities to recover datas
not with these new systems..if it gets erased or "lost" it is GONE..most of the time...but if it is gone like what helge is sayin which mean the comp either had a memory malfunction or it got wiped for some odd reason..the memory is gone..not just temporarily gone...entirely gone
i am finding that the GDI AA battery is not shooting down the air units in 0.07
as I said, it's a lot of unfinished stuff, but all I have for now.
ok, just wanting to let you know :)
<- likes the mod
Thank you for sharing Tib Apo, I and many other people have been waiting for your mod. Same thing really happened to me when my system got down with many models and ready to code staff. don't give up
Not work. Help me plz. This very interesting mod for me. The white screen after begin battle.
I don't know what causes that to be honest :/
I very much like your models and that you carry out Westwood not realized ideas. I hope that you will restore, that has lost, and new models will be even better.
Well, I hope you do continue TA. I've had a lot of fun with this mod, and I was getting pretty excited about all the cool stuff you got going for this.
BTW GDI drop pods have problems. The normal one only gives 1 squad of Rifleman (at the cost of 1500) and the Zone Trooper Drop gives nothing at all (just cost money).
The normal drop pods are supposed to give only one squad. I didn't know about the zonetrooper pods...must have changed their OCL at some point D:
Cost adjustment is needed then.
1500 per 1 Riflemen squad is not worth it.
No stuff for scrin? Bad...
Downloading! Thx!
is anyone playing this mod??is it a virus???
Have you seen all the pictures of the work put into this mod?
i hope that the full version will be downloadable soon!!
Nicely done. The stuff you have in there is fantastic. Maybe consider merging with some other mod like Tiberium Essence?
No, I'm doing TA to (as far as the game allows) realise my own ideas without limitations, other than them having to fit into GDI, Nod or Scrin.
remains to wait until the full version
those are epic units and structures keep up the good work
i really am a fan of those unit appearances
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For this lesson, we need to bring one or more audio recorders, cameras, and the Scratch board.
The students will continue work in their teams
The students will use the pictures they took in Scratch projects
The students will experiment with the Scratch board
The students will save their work with an eye to present at the beginning of the next class
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On the third day, we will briefly talk about what we did on day 2, and discuss if their projects went according to plan.
Students will have the opportunity to present their projects.
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Let the students play with the scratch board
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As more companies become conscious of how much of the business' reputation is tied to the quality of the software it puts in front of customers, investments in quality assurance have been rising.
But while that represents a significant advance in terms of how business leaders think about software, a new global survey of 1,200 business and IT executives from Capgemini and Hewlett-Packard finds that much of the application testing being done still relies on manual processes that tend to be cumbersome and time consuming.
That's not to say that use of automated testing is not on the rise. Murat Aksu, head of the HP Software alliance for Capgemini, says that the study clearly shows that not only is there more reliance on automation, there's much more use of software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms in the cloud to test more applications than ever. This is a major development trend, says Aksu, because it means that more organizations are gaining ready access to these tools, which means that the number of applications being tested is increasing. And with increased testing there should be a corresponding rise in software quality. But there is still a lot of reliance on manual testing processes that makes it challenging to scale application testing in an era where there are more new applications heading for the cloud than ever.
The other major trend, says Aksu, is that quality assurance teams are now gaining access to security testing tools, which means security issues are now being addressed as an element of the overall quality assurance process. There is still a tug of war going on over whom ultimately has responsibility for application security within the IT organization, but the survey clearly shows that quality assurance teams are starting to exercise more influence.
The study, notes Aksu, also shows that emerging countries are investing more aggressively in automation tools and the cloud. It's not clear if that is simply because that's where more application development and testing work is being done or whether more industrialized countries already have automated processes in place.
In either case, it's clear that businesses across the board are taking software quality assurance more seriously even in the face of ongoing economic turmoil. In theory at least, that should help mitigate concerns over the quality of new software in the years ahead.
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Above all it is a party and not a festival without competitions and ceremonies, in which the only recognition provided will be the public BNL Prize, awarded by the audience, like last year. The real news this year will be the "close encounters" with the audience, the opportunity for the viewers to hear the likes of Tom Hanks, David Mamet, Meryl Streep, Daniel Libeskind and even Oliver Stone, Andrzej Wajda, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lorenzo Cherubini, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Conte. Four Italian films are scheduled in the program: 7 minuti by Michele Placido, Sole cuore amore by Daniele Vicari, Naples '44 and Maria per Roma by Karen Di Porto. Much also expected The birth of a nation by Nate Parker, Florence Foster Jenkins by Stephen Frears, Manchester by the Sea by Kenneth Lonergan, the aforementioned Moonlight and Afterimage by Andrzej Wajda. Among the documentaries, Into the hell by Werner Herzog, set in Antarctica and Rolling Stones olé olé olé about the concert on the historic American band held earlier this year in Havana.
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Antonio Iovine, a top mafia boss in the Casalesi crime family, was arrested today after 14 years on the run, reports the AP.
The dashing mob man, nicknamed "o ninno" (or "the baby") for his boyish looks, was arrested with virtually no resistance after being tracked to a crawl space. Iovine has already been convicted in absentia for "murder and criminal association. however, "He never left his territory. A real boss never leaves his territory," according to Santi Giuffre, the Naples police chief.
Police celebrated as they escorted Iovine to a safe location, knowing they had captured one of Italy's most wanted men. According to the AP:
In an idea of the Casalesi's clout on Italy's organized crime scene, police have seized about euro2 billion ($2.7 billion) worth of assets allegedly illegally gained by its members over the last few years.
Investigators contend that the Casalesi family runs a lucrative illegal business in transporting and disposing of tons of toxic waste, a murky world explored in the book and film "Gomorrah."
However, it wasn't only the police who were smiling. Iovine kept a big grin on his face as he walked through the crowd flanked by members of the polizia. Although he intermittently covered his face with his hands, Iovine by and large seemed thrilled with his current predicament. Was the mobster happy, or was it a nervous smile? Check out the photos below and vote.


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This is a run through on how to install adobe acrobat across your organization via Group Policy. The information on how to do this is scattered across the net so this last time I decided to create a how-to for the rest of us.
Go here and sign up for the redistributable once you get the redistribute you can proceed with the rest of the guide, I suggest putting it in a folder labeled Adobe 9:
Also get the Customization Package here:
From Command line in the folder containing the adobe redistributable run:
"AdbeRdr90_en_US.exe -nos_o"Reader 9" -nos_ne"
This will expand redistributable .exe to .msi This will create a "Reader 9" Folder in the same directory as the exe to be used later.
IMPORTANT:(There is no space between the quote and nos_o, you will get an error if you space them)
Copy Adobe 9 Folder to a UNC (\\servername\software\)that is accessible by the appropriate members of the GPO you are pushing to.
If you are using the computer deployment in this walk through you will need to make sure authenticated users or everyone is allowed read permissions. This is a common area of failure when pushing out a piece of software.
Install and Run Customization Wizard (downloaded in step 1).
File->Open package created in the expansion found in the "Reader 9" Folder (\\servername\software\Reader 9\AcroRead.msi) that you copied.
Customize as you see fit for your organization.
(I personally choose silent install, with silent updates, I also add the UNC path of the Reader 9 folder for Additional Server Location Paths)
Once customizations have been made click Transform -> Create Transform file. Save it in the "Reader 9" folder as Enterprise_Adobe.
Create a GPO for the OU you are going to deploy to. I suggest a test OU at first to make sure everything is working the way you want it to.
If you need help creating group policy objects look here:
Under Computer Configuration -> Software Settings Right click and create new package
Select the AcroRead.msi
You will want to do an Advanced Install to select the MST you created in step 4.
Under Modifications tab, Add the Enterprise_Adobe.mst
You will need to wait for replication and test on the Computers that are memebers of the OU you tied the policy to.
Or if you are impatient like me you can do this:
On the server that you created the GPO; Click Start->Run and type 'repadmin /syncall" (this replicates AD)
Go to a PC within the GPO "physically"; Click Start-Run and type "gpupdate /force" and reboot it to make sure the app installs.
You should see a happy "Installing adobe acrobat 9 " for about a minute depending on the speed of your network and pc. If you just see if flash by quickly it probably did not install. Check event viewer for issues.
Windows XP will not install the first or second time it reboots, check here for the reason:
Your milage may vary on this setup but you can use this guide as a cheat sheet for many different MSI installs.
Flash player doesnt have a Customization package but you can still deploy this way.
Once your test group is working, you can link the GPO to the proper group. This will push the install to any PC. When updating to the next version it will uninstall the previous one.
Let me know if there are any errors and I will update this guide properly.
Thanks for the reference file and How-to.
I used to unpack AdobeReader for the msi in a much more convoluted way!
As did I, after searching a temp folder so many times you get to thinking to yourself "There has GOT to be a better way" :)
Fantastic, short but complete explanation.
Just perfect!
Thanks, it sure beats the 24 page reference I used earlier.
Excellent write-up. Very concise!
A very useful "how-to" - well done Digital... keep up the great work!
remote executing
psexec -t \\hostname gpupdate /force
FYI all - I did this before i saw this how to but ran in to a major issue what adobe seems to know off...PDF's seem to not display in the browser (even if you change the setting in preferences)... SO make sure you test that first.
Yes i got the same problem, but pdf it is displaying in the browser firefox but not in Internet Explorer.
ya the plugin issues with firefox vs IE and pushing out the update are fun fun fun. Wait until you have someone with adobe professional and you hit them with an acrobat reader update...
short and sweet..
Neatly written how to
PsExec does not seem to have a -t switch, at least according to its built-in help. Can you expand on what that switch does?
Thank you.
Exactly what i was looking for. Thanks!
How should I go about updating Adobe Acrobat Reader after a msi install?
Same method, there is an update option in the GP.


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Glossary of Terms
Navigating the language of eye care and eye problems can be challenging. The Center for Vision Loss has developed this basic glossary for informational purposes only. It is not meant to take the place of visiting your eye doctor annually to receive professional advice to diagnose or treat an eye health problem.
Age-Related Macular Degeneration—this degenerative eye disease causes damage to the macula of the eye. People affected with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have problems reading, driving and performing activities that require clear central vision. AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in the senior population and has two stages: dry and wet. In the dry stage the delicate tissues of the macula become thinned and slowly lose function. This is the more common form. The wet stage is caused by the growth of abnormal blood vessels which tend to leak or hemorrhage resulting in the formation of scar tissue. This is the less common form of AMD but also the most damaging.
Amblyopia—the most common eye problem that causes poor vision in children and is often called "lazy eye." The problem occurs when the pathways that carry vision messages from one of the eyes to the brain don't grow strong enough causing the brain to favor the good eye. The weaker eye then needs to be made stronger so that it can function normally. Eye patching, surgery or special glasses may be prescribed.
Cataract—a clouding of the eye's lens. The majority of cataracts are related to age. Most people do not even realize they have a cataract as cataracts grow slowly and may not affect vision early on. Surgery is the only treatment.
Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS)—this is a little known manifestation of vision loss that is experienced by some people with visual impairment. It consists of visual hallucinations that can seem very real. People with CBS may see hallucinations of patterns and lines which can become quite intricate. Or they may also see more complicated images of people, places, landscapes and groups of people sometimes life size and other times in miniature. These images appear out of the blue and can continue for a few minutes or sometimes several hours. CBS generally affects people who have lost their sight later in life. In addition, many times this condition is not talked about because of the anxiety it causes regarding mental illness.
Diabetic Retinopathy—a complication of diabetes that is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina. When blood vessels in the retina are damaged, they may leak blood and grow fragile, brush-like branches and damage tissue. This blurs or distorts the vision images that the retina sends to the brain. Diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of blindness in the United States.
Glaucoma—a group of eye diseases causing optic nerve damage. In glaucoma, eye pressure plays a role in damaging the nerve fibers of the optic nerve. When a significant number of nerve fibers are damaged, blind spots develop in the field of vision. If the entire nerve is damaged, blindness results. Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the world. Early detection and treatment by an ophthalmologist is the key to preventing optic nerve damage and vision loss from glaucoma.
Hyperopia—or farsightedness, is an abnormal condition of the eye in which vision is better for distant objects than for near objects. It can be corrected with eye glasses and contact lenses.
Legal Blindness—occurs when the best corrected acuity is less than 20/200 in the better eye and/or a person's side, or peripheral, vision is restricted to 20 degrees or less in the better eye. Some useful vision may remain, however. If you are legally blind, you may qualify for certain government benefits.
Low Vision—a level of vision below normal (20/70 or less) that cannot be corrected with conventional glasses or contact lenses. Low vision is not the same as blindness. People with low vision can use their remaining sight, however, low vision may interfere with the performance of daily activities.
Low Vision Specialist—a licensed ophthalmologist or optometrist who is skilled in the examination, treatment and management of patients with visual impairments that are not treatable by medical, surgical or conventional use of eyewear or contact lenses. The Low Vision Specialist is able to define the extent of an individual's functional level of vision and then recommend low vision aids and devices to help use that remaining sight.
Myopia—also known as nearsightedness, an eye disorder rather than an eye disease in which the patient has difficulty seeing distant objects. Myopia is commonly treated using eye glasses or contact lenses.
Optician—this eye care professional designs, finishes, fits and dispenses eye glasses and contact lenses based on an eye doctor's prescription.
Ophthalmologist—a physician (doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy) who is qualified by lengthy medical education, training and experience to provide total eye care including vision services, contact lenses, eye exams, medical eye care and surgical eye care and is licensed by a state regulatory board to practice medicine and surgery.
Optometrist—a health care professional who has earned the degree of doctor of optometry (OD) and is trained and state licensed to provide primary eye care services including eye health and vision exams; diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and vision disorders; and the prescription of glasses, contact lenses, low vision rehabilitation, vision therapy and medications.
Presbyopia—an eye condition that occurs as part of the normal aging process over a number of years. It manifests itself as the loss of the eye's ability to focus on close objects.
Snellen Chart—the test chart used to assess visual acuity which contains rows of letters, numbers or symbols in standardized graded sizes.
Visual Acuity—the measure of the eye's ability to distinguish the smallest identifiable letter or symbol, its details and shape, usually at a distance of 20 feet. This measurement is usually given as a fraction. The top number is the testing distance and the bottom number is the distance from which a normal eye can see the shape or letter. Perfect vision is 20/20. If your vision is 20/60, you can see at a distance of 20 feet what someone with perfect vision can see at 60 feet.
Visual Impairment—occurs when neither of your eyes can see better than 20/60 without improvement from glasses or contact lenses. Poor night vision, limited side vision, double vision, and loss of vision in one eye may also determine visual impairment.
Strabismus—an eye condition in children which causes one or both eyes to turn inward ("crossed eyes"), outward ("wall eyes"), upward or downward. The resulting vision is not clear and needs to be corrected as early as possible.


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Welcome to Justiceline, ThinkProgress Justice's morning round-up of the latest legal news and developments. Remember to follow us on Twitter at @TPJustice
- Legislation to repeal the death penalty in Colorado, at least for future crimes, could be introduced as soon as this week.
- Meanwhile, Florida is considering amending its death penalty laws to require a unanimous jury to recommend killing a defendant before they can be sentenced to die. Florida and Alabama are the only states that do not already have this requirement, of the states where the death penalty is still allowed.
- Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) and Joe McCarthy impersonator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will headline an upcoming National Rifle Association conference this May. We can't imagine two men more suited for the gig.
- Meanwhile, the NRA is stepping up its efforts to block new gun safety laws in Connecticut, where the Sandy Hook massacre occurred.
- And, finally, in case you needed another reason to think Justice Sotomayor is awesome, here you go.


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Monday, July 2, 2012
S'more Milkshakes
One of my favorite things about the magazine is the little booklets of 50 recipes for one type of thing, like Christmas cookies or tacos. This month's booklet was for milkshakes - we knew there would be some happening in our house!
These were the first ones we decide to try, and they were amazing. The broiled marshmallows add a delicious flavor and texture, and I would like it even with more graham crackers: they were just crumbled on top, but could have been inside too. Overall, a great quick dessert that will be made again with friends!
(I apologize for the dark iPhone pictures: I am away and didn't bring my good camera!) Enjoy! <3
(from Food Network Magazine)
8 marshmallows
1/4 cup milk
1 pint chocolate ice cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
A few graham crackers
Broil marshmallows for a couple of minutes, flipping until evenly browned.
Blend together the milk, ice cream, vanilla, salt, and 6 of the marshmallows until creamy and well mixed.
Pour into glasses and top with each with a broiled marshmallow and graham cracker crumbs.
-makes 2 milkshakes
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Diane E. Meier's argument against the legalization of assisted suicide makes sense (Op-Ed, April 24). The more we learn about the dangers of assisted suicide -- the threat of patient dehumanization and abandonment, the likelihood that health maintenance organizations may be used to legitimize hastened death as a way to boost profits -- the less appealing it becomes.
More important, as the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law concluded in 1995, assisted suicide is unnecessary. If the sick and disabled are given proper treatment for pain and depression as well as emotional support, almost all requests for assisted suicide fade away.
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From filming Cats in London to surprising fans in Los Angeles, Taylor Swift has been all over the map in 2019—except for the red carpet. Despite her own 2019 Grammy nomination and her boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, appearing in the awards season darling The Favourite, Swift was conspicuously absent from the bulk of music and film's recent red-carpet events. Instead she showed up at the after-parties and, in the case of the Golden Globes, as a surprise presenter during the awards ceremony itself.
Well, Swift's days of avoiding the red carpet finally ended Thursday night at the iHeart Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas. Her comeback was for a meaningful reason: to accept the Tour of the Year award for her record-breaking Reputation tour in 2018.
Swift brought the upbeat vibes of her $266-million-grossing tour—the highest-selling in U.S. history—with her through the eye-catching outfit she wore to the event. She made her grand reentrance to the red carpet in a short-sleeve romper entirely covered in iridescent paillette sequins.
It may have been Swift's first red-carpet outfit in several months, but photographers on the step-and-repeat weren't the first to see it. She gave her fans a sneak peek at her mermaid-like style ahead of the awards show on Instagram. "Bout to walk the @iheartradio carpet, thought I'd show you first," she captioned a photo of her red-carpet look.
Thanks to a second post from her stylist, Joseph Cassell, it didn't take long to track down her romper's origins. It's a $250 hand-stitched piece by British label Rosa Bloom, which specializes in handmade and bespoke sequined garments.
Anyone who has tracked Swift's fashion will recognize that her multicolored romper is more than a flashy red-carpet look. It likely signals an aesthetic shift. During her Reputation era of the past two years, she leaned toward dark, edgy clothing with recognizable designer labels to match her new sound. Swift's first red-carpet outfit of 2019 went in the opposite direction: It was colorful, almost optimistic, with sequins reflecting light in blue, pink, and purple tones. Her accessories also incorporated bright colors and imagery. She paired her reflective romper with butterfly-accented heels by Sophia Webster and an assortment of gemstone jewelry by State Property and Stefere Jewelry.
The "Delicate" singer even brightened up her beauty look for the event. Swift's blond hair is something of a trademark, but she switched up her usual color with a neon-pink streak in her ponytail. You can catch a glimpse of it as she walks the red carpet, below.
She also delivered an emotional speech entirely dedicated to her fans. "You guys are the reason why this tour—and the only reason why this tour—wasn't a massive failure and why it ended up being the highest-selling tour in U.S. history," she said. "I love seeing all the things you're posting online, and I just wanted to let you know, when there's new music, you will be the first to know. I love you so much."
Swift has said that she enjoys experimenting with fashion and that her wardrobe choices are often related to her music. Fans already guessed that new music was on the way—so now that she's officially unveiled a sparkly new look, they can assume it's coming soon.


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Slooowpoke here again. Just saw this and thought it was the most totally awesome cool thing ever. Since I hadn't heard of it until now, I figured maybe others hadn't either?
As reported here (with details and the such) is the announcement of a play (?) that will take place in late January (tickets have been selling since November) based off the song Aku no Musume by mothy_悪ノP featuring Rin and Len Kagamine (whose characters are named Lillian and Alen respectively in the play).
Hopefully, this play will some how reach NicoNico so a wider audience of fans might be able to watch. Still, pretty cool idea. Seems like many VOCALOID songs are starting to get their own series' and spinoff events. Next one? I'd like to put my money on Kokoro. . .


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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mothers Day
Feliz Diaz de las Madres y Happy Mothers Day from the Princess of Pensacola, Maya Sophia, baby Evan Alexander and father Ray to our mama, Melissa, baba Sylvia in Canada and Abuelita Elizabeth in Miami! Have a great wonderful day and make sure everyone else cooks you dinner - at least for today!
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Headshots are used for all kinds of businesses, from C.E.O'S or Real Estate agents to Actors. Acting headshots range from Commercial and Film to Industrial and Theatrical. It is important that it is a true representation of you, your "look" or the way you want others to perceive you. Sometimes people will want a variety of looks. Headshots are more commonly taken in the studio, although there are times a location shot may be more appropriate.
Your first step is to contact an agency, requesting an appointment. Be prepared with your resume and a photo. If they are interested they will have you come in for an audition. Have a monologue ready, in case they ask. Prepare yourself with as much training as possible. Regardless of what agency you decide to sign with, they will need a professional headshot. I believe you look more professional with a good headshot in hand.


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that trump sign…
July 24, 2014 § 6 Comments
[2016 REPOST: While architecturefarm maintains a policy of strict political neutrality, we are unstinting in our belief that proper kerning should be a baseline qualification for just about any public office. In honor of this week's historic election, we are pleased to repost the following from 2014.]
So, this has been the cause celebre in Chicago's architectural blogosphere the last couple of months. I've enjoyed the snark–in particular Blair Kamin's takedown of the "five-letter ego trip," and the random Curbed commenter who referred to it as the "Trump Stamp." That, I think, is now its official name.
Trump has a long history of getting the graphics utterly wrong–witness the bronze Rockwell Bold on New York's Trump Tower, a font somewhere just above Copperplate in its subtlety. And this one is no exception. Critics and even Mayor Emanuel have complained about just how tacky the thing looks. The position of the sign, at the lower mechanical floor, makes the building look like its pants have fallen down a bit, drawing your eyes to the lower third when what you really want to do is to follow the building's vertical lines and massing to the (very elegant) top.
But why, exactly, is the sign itself so bad? I think it's not just the size of the letters, which even at something around 20′ seem tiny compared to the overall mass of the tower. (For the record, the largest building sign in history was Citroen's electric signage that ran the full height of the Eiffel Tower, which must have been incredible). Kamin points out that the font is all wrong for the tower–it's a serif font on a sleek curtain wall that's the architectonic essence of sans serif modern (For the record, the SOM-designed interior signage is in Futura Light). That's undoubtedly true, and I think it's worsened by the fact that the font–god knows what it actually is, but it looks like a bastardized version of, yes, Trump Medieval, which is what his company's website uses–is both pumped up on boldness steroids and outlined. The effect is like wearing a shirt that's tailored a size too large and then wearing an overly padded suit jacket. Bigness upon bigness, set against one of the most elegant, pinstriped curtain walls in the city. It's the sort of graphic mistake that would get one of my design students sent back to the drawing board (OK, back to the Illustrator file) to re-do the final boards.
But there's another issue here. Even if the signage designers can claim that the font choice and the pumped-up boldness of the letters came down to them from Trump himself (my guess), couldn't they have at least taken ten minutes to explain kerning to him? Font nerds will recognize this immediately, but for laypersons unencumbered by graphic obsession, let me ruin the rest of your life for you: take this quiz (I'll wait the two or three hours you'll spend adjusting letters…)
The human eye is exquisitely sensitive to visual balance and proportion, and what typeface designers spend a huge amount of their time doing is designing not just the shapes of letters themselves, but the spaces between those letters. Nearly all fonts have a wide range of spacing between their letters depending on stroke width, serifs, solid/void percentage, etc. You can adjust the kerning in most word processing software, and what's immediately apparent is that small changes in letter spacing make huge differences in readability–too wide or too tight and our eyes get strained quickly.
In the case of the Trump sign, it's like the designer didn't even try to kern the letters properly. There's about half again as much space between them as there would be in a properly kerned line of type, and the spacing isn't visually even–it looks like "TR U M P" to my eyes, anyway.
In fairness, it may be that the signage fabricators had to work to the cladding grid–in other words, since the sign wasn't part of the original SOM design, they may have been left with trying to fix the letters to existing mullions. Typeface never works on an even grid, though, and this might explain why the letters seem so unevenly placed–because, in fact, they are evenly placed, and with the combination of serifs and letter widths, the 'U" ends up looking lonely.
It's a free country, of course, and as some supporters have pointed out (in tweets that are invariably retweeted on The Donald's legendary Twitter feed), the sign is well within Chicago's regulations for the area. You can't legislate taste, of course, or even graphic literacy. It may be that only font snobs have had their Wabash Ave. vista truly wrecked while the rest of the world seems perfectly capable of getting on with their lives. But if just one architect starts paying attention to kerning, then the human tragedy that is the Trump sign may well end up having a silver lining. And maybe the anti-Trump signage movement will gain momentum, and a tasteful Futura Light version of the sign will replace this one On the upper mechanical levels, where your eyes want it to be…
§ 6 Responses to that trump sign…
The only thing to say in support of the sign is that, at night, the letters are backlit, and it looks reaonably handsome.- far better than during the day.
I agree – I like the building very much, but the Trump Stamp (hahaha) is a blight upon it.
I believe the Trump Tower signage is in the disco-tastic Lubalin Graph. It goes very nicely with the overdone brass railings in the foyer. That use by Trump is very much so-bad-it's-good. This one is just horrible.
Exquisite article! Not much here about architecture or the defacement of architecture. Good architecture explains itself and does not require a sign. It's not just about kerning it's about ass-holes, people like Trump who think that brass is gold. Legislating against them will take care of "good taste". Criticize SOM here too for allowing it to happen, they should of known it was going to happen, passed on the project or offered something less verbose. We once created a large state building, something special and after complete the owner nailed a sign to it….tried to get them to take it down, but wouldn't, so we commissioned a granite tombs stone with a black Vail stating "Design – RIP" and put in the front yard. We were uninvited to the ribbon cutting but we went down fighting.
Hi, I work at Business Insider and have a question for the author of this post. If you could email me using the address I provided to submit this comment, I would appreciate it. Thanks!
Would anyone be able to suggest the name of the exact font used on the tower? Or a font that is extremely close to a match. About to photoshop something amazing lol


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Monday evening:
I got back from Ukiah around 5:00. I swapped out the refrigerator batteries and connected the dead battery to the charger. The generator had been running all day so I decided to let it run until it was out of gas. It ran out around 7:30.
About ten minutes after the generator quit Bob showed up. He said that he had a good paddle on the Albion river. I saw the pictures and it looked pretty nice.
You might want to check it out on his blog for this date.
His blog is called "Bobs Eyes".
Making firewood.
Around 11:00am, Bob and I decided that we had to get some thing done so we started the chore of cutting down trees for firewood. The groop I wanted to cut down were it the beginning of the short driveway to the cabin where it meets the Homestead road.
Here is bob standing in the middle of the group of Tan Oaks that are slated for cutting.
Checking the trees out to decide where to start.
Bob gets started.
One down.
Number three got stuck in a tree.
It took several cuts to get it to come down.
Eventually it was on the ground.
Once we had the trees on the ground we had to clean the debris off the homestead road.
Bob did a good job cutting down the trees.
Now I have a large project to work on; cutting, splitting, moving and stacking all this wood. It will probably take me all summer.
Here's another fine mess you've gotten me into Bob.
Finishing the dead tree removal from the Bear Spring Road.
We spent bout 4 hours removing that big old chunk of wood at the crossing on Bear Springs Road. I forgot to take my camera with me until after lunch so I only got one picture after the log was removed.
Later in the day I got a picture of one of the bulbs Patti planted. I'm not sure what kind of flower it is.
Okay that's it for Wednesday.
Puttered around in the morning.
Bob and I improved the path to the bench on the hill and I rolled a big old redwood round up the hill to use for a table by the bench..
Bob left around 2:00 and I went into Boonville to get gas for the generator.
Goofed off the rest of the day.
To day is the day the old narrow stair treads have to be replaced.
The first thing to do was to remove the old treads so I started the generator so I could use my Milwaukie to pull out the 12" long lag-bolts that were holding the tread to the rest of the structure.
Once the bolts were removed the old tread lifted out easily. I only removed one tread at a time so I could still climb the stairs if I needed to.
I picked out the blanks that it was going to use for the treads and laid them on a couple of old saw horses so I could work on them. I had to try and true them up a bit on the top and bottom. The blanks both had a pretty good twist in them. After some work with my old home made fro and a draw knife I got them cleaned up enough to use.
After a couple of hours of lifting, grunting, fitting and several breaks; I eventually got the stairs back together just about the time the rain started to sprinkle.
Right now, I'm sitting at the table in the cabin with a fire going in the stove listening to the rain on the tin roof and writing this blog.
A delightful end to a productive day.
Lounged around the cabin in the morning drinking instant coffee mixed with hot cocoa, staring into the fire and listening to the radio.
Eventually I got going.
I swapped the batteries and started the generator.
After that I swept out the cabin and refilled the wood box. That left the porch empty of wood.
The next thing was to split enough wood to put a sizable stack on the porch.
That meant about 3 wheel barrows full
It didn't take too long to have a good pile of wood on the porch.
After messing with the fire wood I went in to have lunch. After lunch I fell asleep in my chair. The chair isn't that comfortable so I must have been tired from the wood splitting.
I just kind of hung out enjoying the cabin for the rest of the day.
Another long slow morning. The stove is getting to full with ashes so I let the fire burn down with the plan to dig some of the ashes out later in the day and put them in a metal bucket to cool. I won't remove all the ash; just enough to have a good lip at the door. The fire burns better on a bead of ash and cinders. The waste ash, I'll let cool for a while and eventually spread it around; It's good for the soil.
Started the generator around 1:00. This may be the last time that I will have to run it on this trip. I hope so.
After that I got in the jeep and went up to the trail head for the Cabin Loup Trail.
I did a little cutting on the tree that is across the trail there.
I got some of the tree bucked up and the logs out of the trail. There is still more work to do but that was all my back would take.
I took my rake and headed up the trail. I did some trail maintenance and some improvements.
At a brake I this scene caught my eye.
I puttered around out there for a while and then decided to head back to the jeep.
It is starting to get dark and cold so I have to stop here and get the fire going in the stove.
Dave showed up around 10:30. We sat around and chatted for a while then I wanted to go out the trail to pickup a couple tools that I left there the last time I was there. So we headed out the trail.
Along the trail we came across this beautiful alligator lizard.
From noes to tail it looked to be around eight inches long.
When we got back to camp Dave got to work putting up his camp. He will leave it up until late fall.
I puttered around getting things together to go home tomorrow.
Dave left around 11:00.
I puttered around for a while longer. While I was picking up some stuff behind the cabin and saw these two Alligator Lizards fighting or perhaps mating.
They kept it up for quite a while. When I first noticed them I didn't have the camera, it was packed. I had to go find it.
After a while the stronger of the two drug the other off.
The last I saw of them was their tails disappearing under a set of shelves behind the cabin.
I left the cabin around 3:00 and got home by 4:30.
Okay that was the last seven days at the cabin. I hope you enjoyed it.


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Slam dunk contest results
Fred Jones, player for the Indiana Pacers is the new NBA Slam Dunk champion. Jones compiled 86 points in the final round against Richardson who only managed to score 78 after winning the past two year's trophee.
Jones managed to nail two 50-points dunk insuring him to get the title against the unlucky Jason Richardson.
Participants were as follow:
Chris Andersen – Denver Nuggets
Ricky Davis – Boston celtics
Fred Jones – Indiana Pacers
Jason Richardson – Golden State Wariors


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Our Roz Weston met up with Madonna at the grand opening of Hard Candy Fitness Toronto and she didn't hold back. The fitness buff gave our senior entertainment reporter a diagnostics test and, well, she thinks he has some work to do.
"You need to work out!" she told him after feeling his flexed arm. "I'm not into big bulky muscles, but a little more definition would be good."
She further explained: "I like a lean, mean, fighting machine!"
Madonna, 55, not only works it out in the gym, she worked it in a sexy black lace number by dsquared2 teamed with heels on the red carpet at the opening event.
Sporting a tensor bandage for a current injury – a sore left foot injured during a dance routine – though, she admits, "sneakers don't look good with a skirt, so I'm suffering right now."
And despite Madonna's insanely fit figure, the songstress admits she is like "most girls" when it comes to her body image. "I have a love/hate relationship with my body," she says. "Some days I'm happy with it and other days… I wasn't born with Gisele Bundchen's body unfortunately, so you got to work for it – but it's okay."
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May 7, 2012
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, a nonprofit organization of more than 300 leading neuroscientists, works to advance public awareness about the progress and promise of brain research. As eminent neuroscientists, Alliance members harbor an intense passion for scientific research and progress, but many of our members also have passions outside neuroscience: Some are musicians, others visual artists, and one member even makes his own wine. This is the second of a series of conversations with Alliance members about their artistic pursuits.
"You know how scientists are, we obsess about what's going on the lab; we think about it all the time," he said in an interview earlier this month. "But when I go home and do photography, I'm thinking about that, so I'm using a different part of my brain. It's really very relaxing."
Dr. Froehner's research is supported largely by NIH but also by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest nonprofit in the United States dedicated solely to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dr. Froehner first became acquainted with PPMD around 10 years ago when he received an email from Pat Furlong, the organization's founder, who wanted him to attend its annual meeting.
"I had never known anyone who had any connection with a boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy [DMD], and here there were 400 parents," he said. "And I left that meeting thinking 'This isn't just an intellectual exercise. For these people, this is real life.'"
Each year, there are about 20,000 new cases of Duchenne, which affects about 1 in every 3,500 live male births. There is no cure for DMD. Because the disease is particularly aggressive, boys with Duchenne typically need assistance with breathing at night by the time they are teenagers. However, now that respiratory care has improved, cardiac problems are the cause of death in an increasing number of cases. Dr. Froehner's lab studies the effects of sildenafil, an FDA-approved drug that inhibits cardiac and diaphragm dysfunction in mouse models of Duchenne. The drug is more commonly known as Viagra.
"I got a mixture of strange looks and nervous laughter," he said of telling the parents at the annual PPMD conference about this latest research.
Trials with Viagra on DMD boys are underway. Dr. Froehner, who has done basic science research for most of his career and is continuing his work on dystrophin, which can cause Duchenne when it's mutated, enjoys doing something with serious clinical and translational impact.
"There are certainly some connections to science," he said. "Several features are similar between the retina and the [camera] sensors. And then there's the creative aspect of photography – composition and the rule of thirds; it's related to what the brain and the visual system like."
His work, with subjects that range from landscapes to performance art, was recently featured on the cover of Journal of Neurophysiology.
"There's a performance artist who does these amazing soap bubble displays," he said of the journal cover. The artist, Richard Twist, whose work sometimes resembles physiological structures, was found by William Betz, the chair of physiology at Colorado, who was visiting the University of Washington for an endowed lecture.
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Dr. Froehner has also begun taking photography trips, including a trip to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska last summer and Monument Valley and the Four Corners area of the Southwest this year. More frequently, he photographs performers at the Seattle jazz club Jazz Alley, which he visits with his wife, who has a passion for music.
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Wednesday, 09/16/2015
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Lafayette, California
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September 5, 2015
Brentwood: Seniors' Club Annual Western Style BBQ on September 12
Seniors' Club Western Style BBQ
Saturday, 09/12/2015
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On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Jan Roland Eriksson wrote: > >> This group has a long history of shooting down proposed CSS rules for >> styling the default look of
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 is an empty element, just like <foo/> and <bar/>. It is not a control character. Maybe you were thinking of
 as an entity reference? > Browsers are supposed to interpret a BR as a command to move the next > point of content rendering to a 'new line'. No, browsers are free to interpret
 however they like, the semantics of the element per HTML4 are "The BR element forcibly breaks (ends) the current line of text". > If the clear attribute is used in addition, the command needs to be > given a further level of interpretation to find the next 'new line' > where the value of the clear attribute is satisfied. That's non-normative ("can be used"). But that's the idea, yes. > But no where in this process I can see a stylable box to be generated. Every element is stylable in CSS, including
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Publishers Lunch on all things digital:
E-News: Sony Reader in Europe, Frustration with Kindle Licenses, and More
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But don't expect the Daily Edition, Sony's touchscreen wireless reader, to be available in the UK anytime soon. Sony did confirm it will be sold there, but that it may take "a year or two."PC ProAt the same event where the new readers were launched, Sony warned the UK book trade that e-book prices are going to have to drop. The Bookseller
The Sony Reader Touch and Pocket Editions will be also sold in the Netherlands through BOL.com, priced at 299 and 199 Euros, respectively.BOL (via Teleread)
Sony also has come out in favor of the Google Books Settlement, saying in a court filing that the agreement will "foster competition, spur innovation and create efficiencies that will substantially benefit consumers."Bloomberg
Slate's Farhad Manjoo offers his take on Sony's new e-reader and offers a slew of bulletpoint lessons for Amazon's competitors on "how to beat the Kindle": ramp up the features, emphasize service over the device, and embrace open-source.Slate
Add one more company to the e-reader mix, as Asus sets to introduce one under its Eee PC brand by year's end.Wired
Discovery Communications, which launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Amazon and the Kindle earlier this year (Amazon then countersued in May on similar grounds), filed a patent for "an electronic device that lets people read and buy books" earlier this year, but it only showed up this week.TechFlash
And in their quest to get more information about the vagaries of Kindle licenses, Consumerist receives very vague answers from Amazon on that front.Consumerist


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WhatsApp Messenger is the all-time most popular messaging application for smartphones with a user base of over 1 billion. Founded in 2009, WhatsApp currently has over 1.2 billion users from all around the world, numbers that are second to none. Before Facebook took over WhatsApp in a deal valued at over $19 billion, this messaging app was known only as an alternative method to SMS messaging as to avoid carrier fees for texting. With the help of Facebook's visionaries, WhatsApp has soon expanded its services range to audio and video calls, as well as the ability to attach photos, documents, location, and much more.
Needless to say, the combination of smartphones, mobile data and these brilliant apps have enormously reduced our monthly expenses on SMSs and phone calls via carriers. Of course data mobile comes at a fee too, but compared to the old-school communication and messaging methods, this versatile option is much more cost-efficient. One of the best features of this Internet app nowadays is the WhatsApp group chat. Fighting off a bad day with a group chat with your friends, family, cousins or complete strangers can be more fun than one would think so.
While creating a group and adding people is relatively easy, coming up with creative group names is a real challenge. If you're a part of multiple groups, it would be confusing to have all groups named default or not have named them at all. Since the maximum number of members a single group can handle is 100, naming each and every group you're a part of will make it easier and funnier for you, as well as for the other group members. However, I understand that you may need a little help with these group names, so I've complied a cool group names list.
How do you come up with the best WhatsApp group names for friends? Well it's not rocket science, but it's not a piece of cake either. If you want to create your own cool and unique WhatsApp group name, here are some ideas, rules, tips and tricks I followed to comply my list:
- Use a movie or TV show popular reference that you and your group members know and like (such as The Incredibles, Guardians of WhatsApp, Legen… wait for it… DARY, F.R.I.E.N.D.S., ETC.);
- Name it after an inside joke between you and the other group members;
- Try to use the first and last initials of all group members and try to come up with a catchy word;
- Reference a food all of the group likes (such as Pineapple Pizza Club, Happy Burgers, etc.);
- Reference a common interest (such as Walking Dead, Almighty Elven, etc.);
- Reference a favorite animal (such as Cat Lovers, Leo Wannabees, etc.);
For all of you here for the list of best WhatsApp group names for friends, family, cousins, as well as WhatsApp group name for lovers, let's pick a name for your new group. From funny to serious, from movie references to funny puns, this diverse list of WhatsApp group names will definitely meet your unique demands.
WhatsApp Group Names for Friends
The Online Tormentors
The Geek Squad
Happy 3 Friends
Members of the League of Injustice
Licensed Pirates
Professional Chatters
The Retarded Ones
Designated Weirdos
The Speedsters
Sports Junkies
The Famous Drifters
Local Celebrities
Zone of Socially Awkward People
Gossip Bees
Dangerous Queens
Change Makers
Average Facebookers
Real A$$holes
Dues Payers
Yellow Monkeys
Nasty Rascals
Group for When We're Drunk
Let's Chat
Classical Woosies
Keep Calm and Let's Chat
Keep Calm and Let's Spread Rumors
We Know the Friendzone Game
The Hobbits
Elfen and Men
We Believe in Trump
18+ Group
You Enter at Your Own Risk
Non-sense Group
Trash Talks with
The Drunk Goats
Guardians of WhatsApp
The Talksters
Singles Only
WOW (Women of Wisdom)
MOTH (Men of the Hour)
We Don't Share Porn
The Adventures of Chatters
Classical Master Minds
WhatsApp Wizards
The Curious Case of
Chat of Villains
Where Killing Time Matters
The Suicide Squad
Fabulous Zone
Weekend Party Animals
Text or Next
New Age Rules
Indigo Children
Soldiers of Fortune
Hitler Believers
Brown Panties
New Kids on the Block
Republic of Rebels
Ignorant Friends
Chamber of Secrets
Welcome to the Jungle
The Enlightened
Exchange of Dirty Thoughts
Gold Diggers
Yu-Gi-Oh Duelists
Gotham Protectors
The Office Men
WhatsApp Group Names for Family Members, Cousins
Family Connection
The Family
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Solomons
The Adams Family
My Family, My All
Family Chat
My Whole World
How I Met My Family
Drama Club
ABC Family
Cousins in Law
The Family of
Cousins by Accident
Where We Bond
Strong Ties
Lord of Words
Forever Connected by Blood
You, Me and More of You
Fantastic 4
The Coolest of My Cousins
The Real Avengers
Obnoxious Cousins
Dad, Mom, Me and
Spy Kids vol. 3
We Will Rock You
Devil's Home
Top Class Home
Kung Fu Family
The Family Squad
Fantastic Family
We Are One
Family Dinner is Due
The Incredibles
Irritating Family
Parental Advisory
We Don't Smoke or Drink
Talented Family
Home of the Gifted
The Marvels


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It was a dark and stormy morning. I started it off on the wrong foot by putting my bare one into an alarmingly big (and remarkably cold) puddle by the table in the kitchen. That's what I get for running around barefoot. My late, lamented stepmother found this habit deplorable. To her, only poor people went around with no shoes and it was utterly shameful.
Unfortunately for all of us, she was not around to see me get my comeuppance, or to notice the other big puddle near the sliding glass doors. Feeling like my house was falling apart around me, I went to feed the kitties, only to discover a large and slimy banana slug* in Clyde's dish. I'm not sure which of us was more concerned. Clyde looked at it in horror (maybe it had bare feet) while I threw caution and the slug to the winds by grabbing it in my bare hands and chucking it into the woods. Why should my feet have all the fun?
The fun was just beginning. When I turned on the water in the shower, the water stayed persistently cold. It normally takes a while to warm up, and in the winter, I don't have to add cold water to the hot, but it soon became clear that the pilot light in the flash heater was out.
As you would only expect in a house as eccentric as mine, where the light switches say "NO" when they're on and you turn them off by flipping them up, the flash heater is located outside. Yes, where they keep the wind and the rain.
I pulled my coat, hat and flowered rain boots on over my PJs and deplorably bare feet and went out to investigate with a flashlight. It's at moments like this when you realize that no matter how faux, you are in fact a grown up, and no one else is going to fix your flash heater in the early morning rainy darkness. I thought longingly of my brother-in-law Rob, sleeping innocently just yards away, and his ability to fix everything**. He could take care of this in less time than it took me to put on my coat and hat.
I couldn't make it light by pushing the igniting button, so I went back inside and got one of those barbecue lighters. Then I pressed the gas button with one hand and, leaning back as far as possible, applied the lighter through the hole in the front and hoped for the best. I am pleased to report that nothing exploded and I lived to tell the tale. Also that the flash heater lit and stayed lit, much like F. Scott Fitzgerald.
On the other hand, my bare feet also discovered that Clyde had thrown up on the bathmat. At least it was on the way into the shower.
*When I still lived in the city, I came up here to visit my sister. Her bathroom is off the front porch, and when I went to use it late one night, I discovered a banana slug had wrapped itself around the doorknob by wrapping my hand around the banana slug. I shrieked with horror and I still think I could hear my brother-in-law snickering.
**He's building more shelves for me! Stay tuned!
A YEAR AGO: Remembering my beloved father on his birthday.


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Rapper's in trouble for drug possession
Lil' Wayne has been arrested again, this time for drug-related charges.
The rapper whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr was arrested in Arizona for possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of narcotics says Hiphopdx.com.
The tour bus on which he was traveling was pulled over and searched, and Wayne is currently being held by the Yuma County Sheriff's Department.
He was previously arrested in Idaho in October 2007 for possession of drugs, and in July 2006 in New York for possesion of a handgun.
–By our New York staff.
The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 are coming soon – and it's time to have your say. Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsvote and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.


text: Strong Women Do Exist! In my life, I've had the opportunity to be around some strong women. My mother, who demonstrated great work ethics; my grandmother who has managed our family with the wisdom of the creator; my sister and my cousin, who has encouraged me over the years to do what I do. These women may not hold titles known across the country, but I think they have influenced many people one way or another along the way and during their lifetime here on this earth. The foundation has been Strong Women Do Exist! Onika Shirley 07/22/2016


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New York Ukulele School: Music
Yardbird Suite
(Leah and Mark Michaels)
One of the nice things about having a musician in the house: Instant Duo! Recorded at Greepoint Sound by Bruce Gordon, Leah nailed this track in one take--at 15 yrs. old! I am on two tracks of tenor uke, my "Fluke." Thanks, Bird!


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Dear writers,
First and foremost, a huge thank you to the teachers who work with your club at the high school for coordinating my visit last week. They are some pretty amazing folks. Did you know, they teach all day, then attend your meeting, then coach various and asunder sports before going home, where I'm sure they also have adult life sorts of things to do? You probably knew this, but I'm not sure I did when I was in high school. (So, yeah, umm… a hearty thanks to all of my teachers/coaches, some twenty-ish years ago, for all of that. *blushes in embarrassment*)
Anyway, I digress. Though with good reason, as gratitude is always a worthy side ramble.
What I wanted to say to each and every one of you, is that you are amazing. And you have stories. And I'm going to need you to write them. Whether they take the form of poems, or songs, or plays, or short stories, or novels, or screenplays, or essays, or doctoral theses, or graphic novels, or some other form that doesn't exist yet (perhaps because you haven't invented it).