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Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007 | 1:02 a.m.
It was a return home that had been scheduled and cancelled two times already.
After more than five months at Craig Hospital, a spinal cord rehabilitation center in Denver, Tom Urbanski finally returned home to Las Vegas with his wife, Kathy, on Saturday.
It was Urbanski's first travel since becoming paralyzed in a shooting outside the Minxx topless club on Feb. 19.
The jubilation of returning home was short lived. When Urbanski arrived at the hotel where he and Kathy will live until renovations on their home are completed - an estimated three to six more months - they found that none of the medical preparations that were supposed to have been in place were in order for his arrival.
There was no sign of the nurse or health tech who would help with his medical care. There was no lift to get him into bed, and his wheelchair could barely squeeze through the doorways and in next to the bed, where he ultimately did a "board transfer" with the help of two friends and his father to get into bed.
Originally, Urbanski was scheduled to come back to Las Vegas on Aug. 10, then a week later. Those trips were cancelled because the worker's compensation insurance company did not having preparations ready, according to Urbanski's family and attorney.
So when the Urbanskis rolled into their new housing in Henderson on Saturday afternoon, they were horrified to find that basic necessities for his well-being were still not in place.
"I was looking forward to coming home and seeing everybody, it was great, and then I walked in the hotel room and had to experience this," Urbanski said. "It's a nightmare. Nothing was here that I need. I was supposed to have a nurse here to help change the wound that I need changed and I'm supposed to have a health tech to help me shower and do a bowel program, and there's nobody here. I'm just mortified."
Urbanski's lawyer, Matthew Dushoff, is following up on the situation.


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GK group exhibition "Chi-Chu-Renge". The GK group celebrates its 60th anniversary with an exhibition commenting on life & the balance of humans, nature & dougu. (Dougu is a philosophy honoring the spirit which lives in man made things.)
Exploring the Future of Design with Organizational Creative Competence
The GK Group will mark the 60th anniversary of its foundation in 2012. Since the beginning, we have caught the trends of times and offered our design works and messages to society reflecting the trends. In particular, in the "Dougu Mandala Exhibition" in 1985, and the "The Origin of the Establishment of a Dougu Temple and a Dougu Village Exhibition" and others, we presented our attempts in the "figuration of things" and "relations with humans" in our search for the ideal relationship between humans and Dougu. For this exhibition, we expressed, from a broader perspective, the ideal mindset of humans to harmonize "nature, humans and Dougu" using the "Lotus Flowers in a Pond" 1) as a metaphor. It was an attempt to search for a "utopia of design" through producing things, and to show the future direction of all living on the earth.
(Dougu means tools, instruments, devices, equipment and so on)
Today, the GK Group with GK Design as its head office embraces various design firms which are engaged independently in designs in their respective special fields. In the background is the "organizational creative competence." For this exhibition, all the firms have come together to present the results of mutual cooperation.
Toward the Future
Building the "Future of Humans and Dougu" with the prayer for the repose of the souls of victims.
While we were preparing for this exhibition, the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011. Many lost their lives or were seriously affected, and the nation was deeply hurt mentally. We realized the great power of nature and learned the difficulty, pleasure and importance for nature, humans and Dougu to live together. It is our heartfelt wish that the Japanese people would unite to respect nature, humans and Dougu, and convey the feeling to the world. We will make every effort in designing and producing things with requiescat for post-earthquake rehabilitation and revitalization.
The image of utopia symbolized by "Lotus flowers in a pond." It implies that human desire can be infinitely expanded by the wisdom of the creation of nature and by being enveloped by the universe. We attempted to express this view of the world to be the closest possible to a natural landscape using a man-made universe in this exhibition space design.
With the picture of the Dougu Temple Dougu Village and the projected image of the moon in the background, the pond of lotuses extends all over the floor. The 250 square meters wide hall was filled with 1000 lotus flowers made of resin and paper. As they are reflected on the mirror walls on the three sides, the lotus flowers appear to continue endlessly.
Considering the movement from moonrise to moonset as a cycle, the lighting of the lotus pond, the sound of the wind bell, the singing of birds, and the movement of Kalavinka, an imaginary human-headed bird in Buddhist paradise are programmed and present the flow of time.
The lightly structured frame and large but fine wheel of the vehicle contains a message to "Large and heavy vehicles". With the look of a profound thinker, the celestial nymph coolly looks at the present society. Its figure appears to be floating in the air responding to the movement of the vehicle. Under the garment, the body is made of a truss structure and the head of a single pipe to emphasize its Noh mask-like face. By grasping the body symbolically, the physical presence of the body is weakened. Thus, a spiritual world beyond figurative representations is expressed. A new view of the world is created in which real images and virtual images are woven together.
The Kalavinka nestled in the serene lotus pond embodies the strength and tenderness of things living in harmony with nature. The figure of a bird that flexibly moves to the breeze sweeping across the pond is intentionally made of contrasting metallic materials. It is presented taking advantage of diverse and skillful surface finishes.
Precision bearings are built in a balancing structure. With the power of a soft wind , the neck, head, wings and the body of the bird move softly in coordination. By allowing all the parts to move randomly, the natural movement of a bird is reproduced which cannot be produced by an artificial control system. The motor is installed only on the foot part. By giving contrast to the movement of other parts, the beauty of life is expressed as a whole.


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Health Care Waste ManagementIt's a dirty job but somebody has to do it. And for good reason! Poor waste management practices in health facilities put health workers, patients, and communities at risk for injuries and also HIV, hepatitis, and other bloodborne diseases.
Since the 1990s, JSI has implemented global and regional health projects that have addressed HCWM in low-resource settings at global, national, and local levels. Our comprehensive and practical approaches to HCWM focus on building in-country capacity to properly segregate, handle, store, and dispose waste from healthcare programs. JSI provides technical support to countries through all stages of developing a system to address HCWM—from initial assessment to implementation and evaluation.
In Uganda, the JSI-led AIDSFree project provides healthcare waste management training for all U.S.-sponsored implementers that are scaling up HIV testing, voluntary medical male circumcision, and other programs that produce medical waste. In Nigeria, we work with local manufacturers to ensure the availability of safety boxes and other protective equipment at health facilities across the country and we are exploring innovative final disposal techniques for expired antiretroviral drugs. We have also supported a public-private partnership project in Madagascar with a U.S.-based recycling company to collect and recycle old long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets into bio-composite wood boards.
Representing the first sizable effort devoted to injection safety outside of immunization programs, JSI has implemented injection safety projects in over 11 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Our approach focuses primarily on preventing unsafe and medically unnecessary injections in the health care setting. We encourage supportive national policies that help sustain ongoing efforts to build the capacity of health workers to administer safe injections through training and behavior change communications.
JSI works with local partners in several countries to incorporate safe injection and healthcare waste management practices into their infection prevention and control efforts. From supporting curriculum development in medical and nursing colleges to ensuring that essential medical supplies are included in a country's procurement efforts, We combine deep experience in logistics, training, injection safety, and healthcare waste management to improve health systems.
Strengthening Ethiopia's Urban Health Program (SEUHP)
SEUHP is improving the health status of urban populations in Ethiopia by reducing HIV/TB-related maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality, and by reducing the incidence of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Environmental health management for voluntary medical male circumcision services. Training Guide.
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JSI is managing the Rwanda Injection Safety Project to ensure the safe disposal of used syringes and help prevent infections, especially among insulin-dependent diabetics.
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT: Technical Assistance for Supply Chain Strengthening & Commodity Security in Public Health
Health systems function smoothly when they are supported by effective supply chains. JSI's USAID | DELIVER PROJECT designed, developed, strengthened, and operated reliable and sustainable public health supply chains in developing countries.
Guidance on using the Toolkit for Health Care Waste Management in Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
A champion of waste management in Ethiopia
A sanitarian improves safety and efficiency at the Batu Health Center in Ziway, Ethiopia after receiving training in injection safety and health care waste management from the AIDSTAR-One project.
AIDSTAR-One (AIDS Support & Technical Assistance Resources)
AIDSTAR-One synthesized and disseminated scientific research and models of successful program implementation in all areas of HIV, and provided targeted technical assistance to build effective, sustainable programs.
Disposal of expired ARVs and test kits in Nigeria
The AIDSTAR-One project assists Nigeria in safely disposing of 70 tons of expired pharmaceuticals
Making Medical Injections Safer (MMIS)
JSI worked with national counterparts in 11 countries to establish an environment where patients, health care workers, and the community are better protected from the medical transmission of HIV and other bloodborne pathogens.
Reducing Unsafe Injections in Four African Countries: The Making Medical Injections Safer End of Project Report
Pharmacies are improved in Chuquisaca, Bolivia
The Health Management and Quality project reorganizes and systematizes inventories to increase cost effectiveness and reduce waste at pharmacies in Chuquisaca, Bolivia.


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Diabetes symptoms in women
The symptoms of diabetes are almost the same in both men and women but there are a few ones that are only seen in women.
Rapid weight loss is the most prominent sign of a woman affected with Type 1 diabetes. This happens because the body loses its capability to use all the calories consumed, no matter if the person is following a healthy diet pattern. Without much physical exertion or labor the woman starts to lose weight in this case.
In both type of diabetes the need to go to the washroom increases to a great extent. Frequent urination may keep her up at night. This happens because the body tries to ward off the extra sugar from the body through urine.
Excessive urination not only leads to throwing off extra sugar from the body but also leads to flushing out lot of water too from the body. This may leave the person feeling dehydrated. This is the reason why thirst and urination both occur simultaneously. This is one of the major symptoms of diabetes in women.
If a woman is suffering from Type 2 diabetes the most common and prominent symptom is excessive eating also called polyphagia. When a person is suffering from this type of diabetes the body produces too much insulin. The basic work of insulin in the body is stimulating hunger. This can lead to women becoming overweight too.
One of the other common symptoms of diabetes in women is occurrence of skin infections. Vaginal yeast infection is also a common symptom of diabetes. Urinary tract infections start taking place frequently too.
Sexual dysfunction is also something which is commonly observed in women as a symptom of diabetes. It is believed that women affected with diabetes experience pain and discomfort while indulging in intercourse. Reduced vaginal sensitivity and inability to achieve orgasm is also commonly observed. Vaginal lubrication too reduces in diabetic women.
Apart form such physical symptoms some psychological symptoms too are observed in women affected with diabetes. They experience lethargy, irritability and unexplained mood swings.
In some cases when pregnant women suffer from high blood pressure, this may be a symptom of gestational diabetes.


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Thursday, March 22, 2007
The Great Terrorist Hunger Strike of 2007
The head of Islamic Jihad in the United States, Sami Al-Arian is on a hunger strike. Following in the footsteps of such great men as Al-Sharpton and Marwan Barghouti, last seen covertly stuffing his face when he thought no one was looking, Al-Arian is serving an 18 month sentence for refusing to testify before a grand jury.
CAIR, The Council on American-Islamic Relations is "calling on American Muslims and other people of conscience to write letters in support of Dr. Sami Al-Arian." Muslims are apparently by default people of conscience. Witness Al-Arian who raised money for terrorist attacks and the murder of men, women and children and is now putting on a show over an 18 month prison sentence, which he earned himself by refusing to testify in the first place. His victims would certainly be happy to take his place, if they were still alive.
Of course his situation is so tragic that his wife informs us that he "sounds fine and doesn't intend to give up his nearly month-long hunger strike." Rush the ambulances right over.
Meanwhile left wing and liberal groups continue to shamelessly defend and agitate on behalf of Al-Arian. Islamic Jihad is an Islamist organization, like Hamas. Its goal is an Islamic state. Liberals who defend Al-Arian are also defending a religious Jihad, rather than a secular nationalistic terrorist campaign.
The very same people who rant about theocracy in America are aiding those who are trying to implement it in Israel.
It's ironic that the leader within a terrorist organization responsible for the murders of people is trying to gain sympathy by merely fasting. This is part of a pattern by terrorists, in Israel, in Guantanamo Bay, in England by IRA terrorists of throwing hunger strikes to appear as martyrs while their sympathizers clamor about their victimization.
Not eating for them is a choice. They are in prison where they're fed better than much of the world is and they throw hunger strikes for political reasons. Their victims have no such choice. They're dead, murdered and cannot eat. It is a truly warped mind that sympathizes with the hunger striking terrorists rather than their slain victims.
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- James Biga said...
Here's am idea. Why not put him around some of the more dangerous inmates? Maybe he can go the way of Jeffrey Dahmer who didn't last a year in prison.
- 22/3/07
- Lemon Lime Moon said...
Phoney hunger strike is more like it. He looks fat enough.
There is no dehydration so evident he is watering himself.
Isn't it awful the anyone would care about his hunger when they all watched as the ghouls starved Terry Schiavo to death?
What a rotten world this has become.
- 22/3/07
- Debbie said...
There's a 'hunger strike' and then there's a real hunger strike. These guys call it a hunger strike when they don't eat any solid food, but gulp down anything that is in liquid or purified form. One can gain a lot of weight drinking juices, shakes, etc. You never saw Sharpton's suit sagging, did you? heh
Too bad, if the terrorists would truly starve themselves to death, I wouldn't cry. Of course in America we would never let that happen, not even in Gitmo. We would force feed/use feeding tube/IV's, etc. to keep them alive.
Right Truth
- 22/3/07
- Sultan Knish said...
Lemon - They usually find ways to eat, Bargouhti got caught stuffing his face
and yes the world cares when a terrorist goes hungry but cheers on murdering a woman by starving her to death
Debbie - they love themselves too much to actually starve themselves, but terrorists are also natural drama queens
the guys in gitmo couldn't stop making up ridiculous stories
btw your blog is really great and I've linked to you
- 22/3/07
- Keli Ata said...
Debbie is right. If it were a genuine fast--no food OR liquids--this monster would be dead within a couple of weeks.
How ironic and repulsive that when prisoners at Gitmo go on hunger strikes and the guards insert feeding tubes the world blasts it as inhumane and abusive but when Terri Schiavo is starved to death, even denied a drop of wine and ground up communion on her death bed, it's totally acceptable.
That's the new version of humane. People lie to themselves and make it easy to kill the innocent and shower mercy on the cruel.
Society has finally reverted to the old days of the Romans (or ws it Greeks?) and their "thumps up/thumps down" mentality on who should live and who should die.
When liberals and other morons turn cases against terrorists and their "plight" into "causes" and celebrity events they've essentially turned terrorism into a sport. We feel bad for this terrorist, he fits our political agenda for this point in history. Thumps up!
A profoundly handicapped woman? A burden on society. Useless. Thumps down!
G-d help us.
- 22/3/07
- Udiyah said...
No-one lasts an entire month fasting, really fasting - without food and drink. I can barely make it 25 hours through a Yom Kippur fast!
This parasite is drinking fluids in order to keep his lips moving. Otherwise he'd be too dehydrated to grandstand. Forgive me but I wish the whole lot of these liars would go on a massive group fast and bite the dust.
They're such media whores and the media is more than willing to accomodate them, falling all over one another to get a shot of the suffering, refugees. The entire scenario is contrived - every word and gesture. They do absolutely nothing without considering the impact it will make in the media.
This is where Israel fails miserably. Israel does next to nothing to counter the non stop propaganda - the sewer pipe of pro Palestinian hyperbole. How many times have we seen a picture of a dirty little kid, wailing woman, bereaved man with arms raised to the sky standing on top of a pile of rubble? I can't even count but the media never tires of it.
Israel counters by throwing Jews out of their homes en mass, hosting a gay parade and planning to open a Hooters.
If it weren't so pathetic it would be funny in a self-defeating, suicidal way.
I hope he starves...
- 23/3/07
- Sultan Knish said...
the terrorists excel at giving the media what it wants and the media excels at giving the terrorists what they want
it's a truly sick symbiotic relationship that's parasitical on american society
- 23/3/07
- Keli Ata said...
I hope he starves too, Udiyah, but I doubt he will. Someone is either sneaking him in food and liquids or its a ramadan type fast where he goes without food during the day and has a small meal at night. Still, most muslims dramatize how they fast for 30 days.
Does this doctor practice in the US? Why isn't the medical board yanking his license?
Shabbat shalom
- 23/3/07


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I was traveling with the President of our company on a flight from Boston to New York after giving a client presentation. I was physically and mentally exhausted. I had worked around the clock to get this presentation prepared and perfect. The presentation was a success!
After waiting for just the right moment, the president said, "The client is worried about you and is not sure you can continue on the account." I was dumb-founded and devastated. I thought how could they not be happy with my work. It all went so well. Then it became clear that it was not the quality of my work but my less then enthusiastic behavior toward the work I had done. My usual positive Can Do attitude had become No Can Do.
This was my Moment of Change. I realized it's not all about me,
I can't do it all, and most importantly, I should not do it all.
The client's growing demands and expanded workload deserved more than I could give on my own. I was doing myself and our organization a disservice by trying to do it all. I needed help, I needed to ask for help, and I needed to believe in the collective expertise and value that a team would provide. This realization led to my paradigm shift.
After a good night sleep, I went to work with a new attitude and mindset -- one of a holistic leader. I needed to shed my ego, martyrdom, and fear and then channel my energy into identifying the right team to develop the right plan of action to succeed and grow as an organization. Ultimately we would be producing better results for our client.
The Best Year Yet process has taught me that the key to transformation of teams and organizations is personal responsibility. When we develop ourselves to the next level, our teams grow. When our teams grow, the organization transforms. It all begins by taking personal responsibility for our actions and setting a good example for our teams.
What we do matters and we are all in the position to influence and impact our organizations in positive ways with each move we make. As our self-knowledge grows and we let go of old ways of behaving and thinking, we transform not only ourselves but also the team and the organization. The more we grow and develop, the more our teams follow our lead and reflect our heightened levels of personal responsibility.
Once I was able and willing to let go, ask for help, and accept others support, talents and expertise, I became a respected leader, a valued mentor, and an effective coach. I set my intention to share my knowledge and to use my lessons to guide and develop a solid team to support our initiatives. As a result of my transformation, I built a collaborative work environment, aligned on the goals that would make the biggest difference to our results. We were accountable to our plan, and we succeeded in our efforts.
Our organization achieved their BEST YEAR YET!
Leaders, are you willing to ask for help to develop your team? Remember it starts with YOU -- and your success depends on it!
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Defense contractor Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) announced in a press statement Wednesday that it has received a $56.6 million U.S. Army contract, awarded in December, to produce its line of precision-guided artillery projectiles, the Excalibur Increment Ib. Receiving the contract marks the start of low-rate initial production for the line.
The Excalibur line uses GPS guidance to accurately target and fire 155-mm extended-range projectiles. Options for the Army's contract extend through FY 2016, with possible additional quantities for production to meet Army guidelines, sales, and requirements. Deliveries are expected to begin by the last quarter of this year.
Raytheon Missile Systems vice president of Army programs, Michelle Lohmeier, commented on the program in the release, saying, "The threats are constantly changing, and the way we counter them must also evolve and change... Excalibur Ib's design flexibility will allow software changes and capability improvements in response to future warfighter needs."


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By James Zetlen | January 28, 2016
Categories: Mozu Developers & Users
Mozu's theme engine has been one of the most powerful parts of our platform since its inception, and I don't just say that because I made lots of it. The frontend and Digital Experience team here at Mozu has worked for years to strike the perfect balance between ease of use, flexibility, and maintainability. Some of our inventions, like Hypr and Hypr Live, have proven to be really powerful systems for making simple, SEO-friendly webpages that smoothly enhance until they behave like powerful Web apps. The organization and modularity in the Core Theme have made it easy to navigate between areas of functionality without losing your bearings, even as a novice to our system. Dozens of gorgeous experiences are built on the single codebase of the Mozu Core Theme, and you'd never know it to look at them or use them. Flexibility, we nailed.
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Andy Hessenthaler's contract as Gillingham manager has been terminated after he failed to guide the club into the League Two play‑offs. The 46-year-old's second spell in charge at the Priestfield Stadium ended on Tuesday after a meeting with the chairman, Paul Scally.
He has, however, been offered a place on the board and a football development role at the club where he spent 10 years as a player.
A club statement read: "The chairman would like to thank Andy for all his hard work and effort over the past two years and both he and Andy, while disappointed the club has not achieved its aims this season or last, want nothing but success for the club going forward.
"Given the huge and invaluable contribution Andy has made to the club, the chairman has asked him to consider joining the board as a full company director in a role that would assume responsibility and oversee all club football development, scouting, recruitment and all other football‑related matters.
"Andy has agreed to consider this offer over the next few days.
"In light of the above, [the coach] Nicky Southall will be leaving the club forthwith. We wish him every success in the future."
Gillingham finished in eighth place this season, two points outside the play-off spots.


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Liverpool legends Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher reveal doubts over Mario Balotelli
MICHAEL OWEN reckons signing Mario Balotelli is a risk.
The Italy striker, 24, underwent a medical over the weekend and came through that before penning a three-year contract at Liverpool.
He arrives from AC Milan for £16m but Kop legend Owen admits he's not convinced the move will work out.
The ex-England striker tweeted: "It's official. Balotelli signs for Liverpool. General feeling is it's a risky buy but could be great value for money if Rodgers controls him."
Balotelli will earn around £80,000-a-week but that wage packet will be topped up by £2m-a-year if he does not break any rules surrounding his contract.
It's official. Balotelli signs for Liverpool. General feeling is it's a risky buy but could be great value for money if Rodgers controls him— michael owen (@themichaelowen) August 25, 2014
Rodgers has outlined certain things to the striker including attitude, punctuality and behaviour on the pitch.
Owen's former team-mate Jamie Carragher also has his doubts over the swoop.
He said: "When I first heard about it I was shocked. He wasn't someone I thought they were looking to bring in.
"Liverpool needed a striker and £16m is a great price for Italy's no.1 striker.
"But we want to see more than the Manchester City Mario Balotelli."


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- Enchant Weapon - Strength
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[Large Brilliant Shard] (4), [Essence of Earth] (4)
- Permanently enchant a melee weapon to grant +15 strength
- Tools: [Runed Arcanite Rod]
- Requires Enchanting 290
Permanently enchant a melee weapon to grant +15 strength. Weapons with this enchantment glow bright green.
4x[Runed Arcanite Rod]
[Formula: Enchant Weapon - Strength] is sold by Lokhtos Darkbargainer in Blackrock Depths. You must have friendly reputation with the Thorium Brotherhood to purchase this formula.
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- [Enchant Weapon - Strength] +15 strength
- [Enchant Weapon - Potency] +20 strength
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According to the American Council on Exercise, a compound exercise is one that works more than one major muscle group during the movement. Chest exercises that involve pushing motions utilize both the chest and triceps muscles. The chest muscles, or pectoralis major and minor muscles, are the primary movers, while the triceps are the secondary movers or stabilizers. There are certain exercises and techniques to incorporate into your program to emphasize both muscles during a single exercise.
Dumbbell Chest Press
Lie on either a flat bench or an incline bench, which works your upper chest and anterior shoulders as well. Grab a 10- to 20-lb. dumbbell in each hand and hold them straight over your chest. Keep your palms facing the midline of your body so that the dumbbells are parallel with each other. Bend your arms, keeping your elbows close to your body the whole time. Slowly lower the dumbbells so they finish at ribcage level, then press them back up. Repeat for three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions.
Close Grip Bench Press
Lie on a flat bench. Grab a barbell and hold it over your chest, but position your hands so they are within 6 inches of one another. Bend your arms and lower the barbell to your chest, hold for a second, then push it back up. Do three sets of 10 to 15 repetitions. Close-grip bench presses target your triceps more than normal or wide-grip bench presses while also working your chest muscles.
Stability Ball Pushups
Stability ball pushups utilize the pectoral muscles, but since the ball is unstable, your triceps and shoulders act as secondary stabilizers. Place your feet on the floor with your hands on the top of a stability ball and do pushups, keeping your elbows close to your sides. If you are a beginner, either start with the ball up against a wall, or on your knees rather than your feet. Do three sets of 15 or until you fatigue.
Parallel Dips
Do this exercise on parallel bars, dip bars or an assisted pull-up machine, which are available at most gyms. Start on the bars with your arms straight, supporting the weight of your body. Proceed to bend your arms and lower your body down as far as you can. Press back up to finish in starting position. These are very difficult, so if you are a beginner, start on the assisted machine to adjust how much weight you dip, or keep one foot on a bench for support. Do 10 to 15 repetitions or repeat until failure.
Dumbbell Pushups
Place dumbbells of any weight on the floor parallel to each other. Get into pushup position and hold onto the dumbbells. Do pushups, keeping your elbows close to your sides. Executing pushups on dumbbells allows you to lower your body deeper than floor pushups, really targeting the chest and triceps. If you are a beginner, try these on your knees first, and then progress to your feet.
- Advanced Health and Fitness Specialist Manual; American Council on Exercise
- American Council on Exercise: ACE-Sponsored Research: Top 3 Most Effective Chest Exercises
- ExRx.net: Barbell Close Grip Bench Press
- Muscle & Strength: The Top 5 Exercises for Increasing Chest Mass
- USA Swimming: Stability Ball Push-Up Plus
- American Council on Exercise: ACE-sponsored Research: Best Triceps Exercises
- Men's Fitness: The 15-Minute Full-Body Dumbbell Workout


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This weekend we caught some of the John Beargrease Dogsled Races right in the heart of Duluth. It's an amazing sport packed full of the local culture.
Henry even captured a short video to share.The dogs have amazing focus and I love watching them run by with their tongues flapping around, like they are really enjoying themselves. If the dogs could talk, this is what I think they would say..."Man, I could really use some jerky" and "It would be great if we could just stop for a second so I can wipe the snot off my cheek" and "Can I please be in front for a while? It stinks back here."


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Times Herald-Record Raves ABout Vinum at Brotherhood Winery
Vinum Cafe scores with sweet cuisine
French and Chilean mixes well in Washingtonville
By Kelly Kingman
For the Times Herald-Record
Published: 2:00 AM - 05/13/11
Last updated: 3:43 PM - 05/13/11
The clusters of buildings on the grounds of Brotherhood Winery gave the atmosphere of being a little village. There was the Victorian mansion, built by the founder of the original winery back in the early 1800s, and there were the modern winemaking facilities. There were picnic tables scattered in between, no doubt a lovely place to enjoy a glass of wine on a late-spring or summer evening.
Vinum Cafe occupies the low-slung brick building that housed the original winery around 1839. According to the website, Vinum Cafe encompasses a formal dining room and a more casual cafe area surrounding the bar itself.
We arrived on a Friday evening; the dining room was not very full, but the strains of a jazz trio entertained a robust bar crowd. After a few awkward minutes we were greeted by a dapper gentleman whom I thought at first was our maitre d' but became our server for the remainder of our evening. One other staff member, a young woman, was on the floor as well, but she seemed to be in training.
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Cuisine: Eclectic
Where: 84 Brotherhood Plaza Drive, Washingtonville
Hours: 5-9 p.m. Wed.-Sun.
Call: 496-9001
Visit: www.vinumcafe.com
Ratings (out of five stars)
Food: 4 stars
Service: 2 stars
Ambience: 3.5 stars
Brotherhood enjoys the distinction of being the oldest operating winery in America, and it has seen many owners over its long history. Now the operation is run by a partnership of Chilean winemaking families, which is why the wine list consists of Brotherhood vintages and a series of wines described only as "Chilean." Vinum is operated independently of the winery by a French chef.
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Kiernan Plaza sale now a done deal
NanoCollege purchase makes eminent domain proceeding unnecessary
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering closed Wednesday on its purchase of historic Peter D. Kiernan Plaza, the vacant former Broadway train station slated to become an incubator for tech companies working to make cities more efficient.
The $3 million sale, which is expected to be announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, means that the college — and its nonprofit real estate arm, Fuller Road Management Corp. — won't need Albany Industrial Development Agency to take the 113-year-old building, formerly known as Union Station, through eminent domain.
"We couldn't be happier. It's such an incredible building. It belongs in the public trust," said Michael Fancher, the college's vice president for economic outreach and business development, calling the sale "a huge milestone in achieving Governor Cuomo's vision of bringing Nanotech to the heart of downtown."
Fuller Road Management Corp. is buying the building with part of a $4 million grant from the competitive regional economic development system established by Cuomo.
The remainder will go toward renovating common areas to accommodate multiple tenants, Fancher said.
The IDA was preparing to wield its authority to seize the property to free it from a complex financial arrangement that would have otherwise blocked its sale by a real estate investment trust until 2019, at which point it would likely have been vacant for a decade.
But once the panel voted to green light the condemnation proceedings, the way was paved to negotiate the sale from First States Investors 5200 LLC, Fancher said.
From the beginning, city and college officials had described the transaction as non-adversarial, with eminent domain serving as a tool to free the building from a group of more than 200 held as collateral for a large loan.
NanoCollege officials hope to transform the Beaux-Arts landmark into Smart Cities Technology Innovation Center, which will be a hub for companies — new and established — to develop technology that can makes cities more efficient through innovations such as smarter parking meters and traffic lights.
Not only will the so-called SCiTI Center take the college's high-tech work from its main campus along Fuller Road to downtown, it also will allow Albany to serve as a proving ground for some of the technologies developed there, Fancher said.
"Albany is an ideal size for a city, whereas if you try to go down to New York City right off the bat, it's a little overwhelming," he said.
The only announced tenant for the building so far is engineering firm CHA — formerly known as Clough Harbour & Associates — which plans to move its offices there from Colonie.
Fancher said the building will be ready for CHA immediately, with other as-yet-unannounced tenants joining "in the very near future."
In all, the new tenants are expected to spend an additional $6 million in private money to refit the building, which was last occupied by Bank of America in 2009. The building is expected to put 250 jobs downtown — 150 of them new.
In January, Mayor Jerry Jennings used the building — restored in the 1980s by Peter D. Kiernan, then the head of Norstar Bancorp based there — as a backdrop to his State of the City Address.
Though the building will now be owned by a nonprofit entity, Fuller Road Management Corp. has agreed to make payments in lieu of taxes to the city, county and school district equivalent to the taxes owed on it for the next 15 years.
The NanoCollege is currently part of the University at Albany but will split from it starting with the 2014-15 school year.
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The Companies Act 2006 Act reduced the accounting and reporting requirements associated with a company in the Isle of Man, further changes have been made with the objective of easing both the incorporation process of new companies.
The 2006 Act introduced a new form of company which is a modern, flexible and simplified without many of the traditional company law formalities, including the concept of authorised share capital, the requirement to maintain capital, the requirement to hold an annual general meeting and no distinction between public and private companies.
Incorporating a company in the Isle of man, once all documents are received the process can take as little as two days.
To incorporate a Isle of Man company the following is required for the Financial Supervision Commission:
As of the 2006 Companies act there is no distinction in many ways between a public and private company, no restrictions on offering shares to the public and no restrictions on the transfer of shares.
A company limited by shares is equivalent to a UK Private Limited Company and therefore is the most popular method of structuring a new incorporation in the Isle of Man.
There is no minimum share capital requirements for a company in the Isle of Man, but the minimum issued number of shares is two. The minimum payable duty is valid up to £2,000, share capital over this amount are required to pay additional duty charges.
Only one shareholder is required for a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, with no restrictions placed on nationality or residency.
Shares can be issued as standard registered shares or as bearer shares - bearer shares offer high levels of confidentiality to the shareholder(s). Further confidentiality and public anonymity of the shareholders may be obtained by the employment of nominee shareholders.
Only one director is required for a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, with no restrictions on nationality or residency.
At least one professionally qualified company secretary is required, who must be resident in the Isle of Man.
Company names must be submitted to and approved by the Financial Supervision Commission and must bear the suffix "Limited" or "Ltd" after the name.
We check that your Isle of Man company name is acceptable and is not already incorporated with the Financial Supervision Commission.
Once incorporated we provide a set of corporate documents for your Isle of Man company which, includes the Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum of Association the Articles of Association and share certificates. Copies of the company incorporation documents are sent via email and the originals from the companies registry are sent to you in a corporate folder. A receipt from the Isle of Man Government will also be provided which is evidence of all company registration and licence fee payments.
A registered office in the Isle of Man is mandatory, and hold an license issued by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission. The purpose of a registered office is to maintain the company and provide a physical location where documents may be legally served - we can provide your company a registered office in the Isle of Man.
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The NY Now (formerly known as the New York International Gift Fair) is a great place to check out new scented products – from candles and diffusers to perfumes and skin care. Here is a sampling of my favorite new things I saw at the February 2014 show.
I am a big fan of Archipelago candles - not just for their great scents, but for the way they package them to reach every demographic. Take for example the new Cartouche line, with metallic accents that seem perfect for Tori Burch lovers. Or their new mason jar candles, which capture the spirit of simplicity and pioneer roots, but with black enameled design to fit their upscale aesthetic. I am normally not a fan of oceanic scents, but their new Marine smelled really good and I love the coconut body care products they had on display. I predict that their Rosewater candle will be a major hit for them, with a strong but not overpowering rose scent that can be enjoyed by anyone.
A good thing about these shows is being able to find the up-and-coming independent companies who bring fresh ideas to the table. Love Nature NYC partnered with the ceramic studio Francis & Fern to produce the Duo line of candles. The jars are handmade by artisans and feel like a custom piece of art. When lit, the candles glow through the clay quite gorgeously. The cedar wood & amber candle is really nice, though I really fell in love with the three dimensional-feeling scent of Frankincense & Myrrh.
Newly relocated to Seattle, West Third Brand showed new eaux de Parfums. Retailing for , the 15ml scents are a bit stronger and more full-bodied than their tonic line. Catching my attention was Right Now, Girth & Poise, and Crazy Enough. Sniffing through their value-priced Tonic Line (2oz for ), three patchouli-based scents stood out - the licorice spice Road Trip, the vanilla/tobacco Amber Bound, and the incense-y Woodstock. For beginners to the fragrance world or those looking for a cheap (but good) thrill, the West Third Brand is fun, interesting, and engaging.
It's rare that I sniff a line and fall in love with every single one. The Black Current line from Aquiesse were a true highlight of the day. I would buy Black Coco Havanna, Black Tea & Cognac, and Black Currant Patchouli if I saw them in the store. The other three - Black Orchid, Black Sandalwood, and Black Cypress & Cassis were all really strong also. Priced for under , the 11oz tins burn for more than 100 hours and would make a perfect gift for anyone not afraid to explore their dark side.
Nomaterra means traveller of the earth, and each of their oil-based scents are inspired by different US locations - Oahu (tropical flowers), Savannah (peach and grapefruit), East Hampton (magnolia and cedar), and DC (cherry blossom and musk). The scents are available as roll on perfume oil, eau de parfum travel sprays, fragrance wipes, and hand-poured soy candles. If you are ever in Brooklyn, check out their store for the local exclusive Brooklyn violet-leaf. It is incredible as a perfume oil and I can only imagine what it would be like as a candle.
Keith Haring Candles
So often products are created for licensed names and brands that do not fit. When I saw the new candle lines with artwork from Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, I was fearful. With scents created by Givaudan, I was delighted to see that the candles were as fun, interesting, and creative as the artwork on the jars. Standing out was the caramel/vanilla red heart Haring candle - though honestly all 12 candle were definitely purchase-worthy. I would definitely buy any of these as gifts for friends or to decorate my house.
Walking by the Serene House booth, their design grabs your attention. Their Scentilizer combines a humidifier and a diffuser together in a ultramodern objet d'art. Not only does it come in different colors, but different models often add lighting effects and music (via speaker port for your mp3 player). For those on the go, their car scent diffusers (sparkler and stellar) plug into the power port and scent your entire vehicle. You can tell this company has a lot of fun designing their products as well - with both a yoyo and a top that can be scented to distribute fragrance as well.
Here's a candle that I would have bought on the spot. The Midnight Vanilla candle was narcotic with its dark sweetness and the art glass bottle was absolutely gorgeous. In a room of candles, I smelled this one while walking by and it wasn't even lit. It wouldn't surprise me if lighting it would scent a whole house. Perfect for gifts and the art glass bottle would fit any decor.
I am always looking for something different - so in a sea of soy candles, the beeswax candles from Qualitas stood out. As you would expect, the company is firm in their support of beekeepers and use only natural, sustainable beeswax. I've yet to burn one, but am told that beeswax candles have a stronger throw and burn cleaner than soy. Sniffing around their display was overwhelming, with what seemed like a hundred different scents. Standouts for me were black currant, amber, fig tree, garden mint, mimosa tree, and wild honey.
Here's one booth that had what seemed like a million different scents available in a plethora of configurations. Yes, it was a bit overwhelming but when I found Epiphany - it really stood out. Although it is described as amber, jasmine, and bergamot - to me it smelled like the ultimate clove candle. Decadent and strong, Epiphany would be a great fall/winter/holiday candle.
Here's a modern take on aromatic diffusion. Petalwell diffusers are sleek black USB-charged devices that spread a few drops of essential oil blends throughout the room. Their six oil blends target six modes of improving your well-being (energizing, breathing easy, calming, romance, travel restoration, and sleeping). For those on the go, these are much more hotel room-friendly than candles.
I am a fan of Nest candles because they smell great, fill the room, and have a sleek modernist design that feels clean but not cold. Their new Vanilla Orchid & Almond candle was a highlight of the day. On display also was their high-end line for Calvin Klein, with hand made marble vessels and wooden perfumed beads and the lacquered asian-inspired designs for Natori.
Men's lines are few and far between and either so clinical or so cliched. Based in New York City, Bloke is international, with six scents based on guys from different countries - Michael, Ofer, Benji, etc. - from Italy, France, Israel etc. The scents seemed nice based on quick sniffs but even more interesting were their four skin dual purpose skin care products. Called Duel - the skincare line includes - shampoo & conditioner, facial cleanser & daily scrub, pre-shave oil & shave cream, and aftershave and moisturizer. These are all well thought-out products - and packaged as four small tubes would be perfect for any guy's travel kit.
Best known for their Whoopie! butter creams and moisturizers that smell just like the traditional southern whoopie pie, the various products from Farmhouse Fresh are so good you almost want to eat them. That was certainly the case for their decadent Butter Rum Brown Sugar and Triple Shot Caramel Coffee, which I had to resist the urge of tasting. For those of us watching our weight but who still want to indulge our senses with desserts, here is a the perfect line.
Whenever I see powder puffs, they catch my attention. There is something really beautiful about the classic elegance that just draw me in. Yes, I know they are for women, but I can still admire them. The Shelley Kyle strikes me as aimed at the modern southern woman who wants to respect tradition and legacy while staying current in the 2010s. The fruit and floral scents are their strength - Ballerine was my favorite on first sniff, with Annabelle, Tiramani, and De La Mere also being quite nice.
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Believe none that you hear and only half what you see - a phrase often preached throughout my childhood by my parents, yet seldom practiced. The underlying lesson nonetheless: beware gossip; your eyes can deceive you. Avoiding mouthy busybodies was the easy part; the concept of an elasticity to reality - in any present moment - was unsettling.
Your eyes can deceive you. Optical Illusions. Visually perceived images which are deceptive and misleading. Mirages. Phantasms misguiding the mind, often leading to a cognitive illusion.
In his book, Inevitable Illusions : How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini writes:
Your eyes can deceive you. Optical Illusions. Visually perceived images which are deceptive and misleading. Mirages. Phantasms misguiding the mind, often leading to a cognitive illusion.
In his book, Inevitable Illusions : How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini writes:
In the world of perception an [optical] illusion is to reality what a fallacy is to reasoning: an argument that is not true but has the appearance of being so. There is always some truth in any illusion; there is always some persuasion in a fallacy. Our business is to distinguish between angels and devils.
Wow. Ariel or Caliban, indeed. This Principal Research Associate for the Center for Cognitive Science at MIT is suddenly sounding like a teacher of acting. The statement referencing some 'truth in any illusion' is a koan for every actor. As artists in the theatre, one of our primary tasks is nothing less than verisimilitude - making out of a fallacy, some reason. A tricky business. It's easy to get in the way of this process, to block the path. In rehearsals we have to be keenly aware of our own perceptions, our own given circumstances, assumptions, intuitions, 'gut-feelings'. By clocking all of that maybe then we can better focus on the character's perception, reality.
Piattelli-Palmarini also writes:
It seems that all of us employ, and pursue to their end, some genuine and easy (as well as fallacious) shortcuts in our minds. Finding a shortcut is usually a good thing, but in these cases the shortcuts serve to render our thinking accessible to correction; they lead us to quite different destinations from that at which we intended to arrive.
If you think you're free of cognitive illusions, answer these questions:
1) Reno is east or west of Los Angeles? (West)
2) Rome is north or south of New York? (North)
3) When you fly south from Detroit, what is the first country you encounter? (Canada)
4) The arch in St. Louis is higher than taller or taller than higher or equal? (Equal)
Finally, this quote from Piattelli-Palmarini:
This study, as well as others, shows that the discrepancy between correctness of response and overconfidence increases as the respondent is more knowledgeable. Those who know less have a reduced level of overconfidence. On the other hand, when the answer is more elaborate, requires considerable reasoning, and is based on specialized knowledge, the level of accuracy increases, yes, but the level of overconfidence increases to a far greater degree.
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Healthy Cranberry Gingerbread Recipe
I was inspired to make a healthy holiday dessert, a healthier alternative to one of my favorite holiday treats: gingerbread! I made a healthy, guilt-free, cranberry gingerbread. This gingerbread is incredibly moist, and has a layer of cranberry in the middle, and cranberry on top, complete with candied ginger. It tastes very natural, with just the perfect amount of sweet. This is great as a dessert, or a special breakfast around the holidays.


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Ladder with their hands
Stairs - obligatory architectural elementmulti-story and attic houses, providing a link between the different levels of being in the premises. Must it in the first place to ensure the comfort and safety, the second - to fit into a composite picture of the interior. Without compliance with the rules and without production calculations staircase built with their own hands will be, at least, fail to require global rework and costly rework. To eliminate the need to improve the failed attempt, it is better to do all initially, focusing on building codes.
- What is going to build a ladder?
- Arguments ladder material selection
- Maximum simple design
- Building a ladder with their hands
- Design and project requirements
- To prepare the necessary material
- Properly done stringers
- Installation steps elements
- Establish the balusters and handrails
What is going to build a ladder?
The simplest solution will be modular stairs -with their hands they only need to collect from manned parts, strictly follow the manufacturer's instructions. Ready-made kits are available for assembly and screw propulsion variants are equipped with a complete set of fasteners and structural components.
Arguments ladder material selection
For the construction of welded metal stairsnecessary skills welder and inverter unit. Learn the basics of the weld can be the case on their own, but for building presentable initial course design is not enough. Pouring concrete construction often determine the operating conditions. Stairs made of concrete equip two, three-storey houses made of bricks, concrete blocks, gas-silicate panels. In addition, the cold concrete structure still have to sheathe timber or other material to coat. The result is that have to do double duty.
Attention. In two, three-storey cottage in accordance with fire safety requirements must be installed concrete or metal stairs to ensure the evacuation of the upper floors in case of fire.
For those who need staircase to the attic constructed by their own hands in a rustic wooden building, it is necessary to prefer wood. The material is light, is simple to handle, will not push overlap.
Council. For the arrangement of the new low-rise wooden buildings recommended by the stairs of wood due poststroitelnoy shrinkage. It is difficult to predict how see reduced ceiling height, and what the difference is between a concrete or metal staircase and ceiling.
There are a lot of useful information on how toconstructed of wood stairs with his hands: video courses, milestone descriptions. Possible errors in the manufacture of wooden construction, it will be easier to fix. In the end, not too expensive and will be a complete reworking of the remaining elements after failing to always find a use.
Maximum simple design
Those who wish to learn how to make your stairshands for the first time, and make a reality of ideas no one advises to start with a complex screw type. If the limited size of the room does not allow you to choose a simple flat option is better to buy ready-made kit modules, or turn to the builders.
Pologoye "means interfloor posts»It takes a lot of space, but the ascent and descent especially when it will be most comfortable. Optimally, the angle of inclination of no more than 37 ?. The slope of 45? automatically translates the design into the category Extra. Going down will need to forward your back on it. The slope of 40? not too convenient for the descent.
If the firm is the question "how to make a ladder on a limited size area" should be preferred to the construction of the half-pace the landing or zabezhnymi steps.
Attention. Between the direction towards each other marches straight distance should be at least 100 mm.
ladder can rely on their carriersbeams, stringers, can be attached to the bolt-Bolz wall may be connected to two lateral string. Consider the example of the construction of stairs with stringers.
Building a ladder with their hands
Regardless of the presence or lack of experiencemanufacture of stairs with their hands any webmaster should begin with calculation and design. The project should focus on the safety and the creation of better conditions for the move.
Design and project requirements
- The design is to keep the load in excess of the average weight of a person with an average build.
- The ladder must be equipped with guards, the location of which must be taken into account at the stage of the project.
- Fences must be equipped with handrails and balusters, the distance between standing next balusters must be less than the size of the baby's head.
Note. To protect the stairs to prevent threatening situations users can not balusters and continuous "canvas" of plexiglass or mesh, if small children are in the house.
- The height of the structure is calculated from the finishing floors of both floors or according to their estimated marks.
- By the standards of the sum of the width of the tread andcorresponding riser height should not exceed 50 cm (possible minor deviations). Recommended height of the riser in the range of 14-17 cm, width 25-32 cm tread for a full foot support.
- Passage height 1.9-2.0 m. The amount depends on the user growth is calculated taking into account the growth of the highest member of the family + 5 cm.
- A comfortable interior staircase width is the distance between the wall and the handrail or between two rails of 0.90 - 1.00 m.
Design - the most important stageladder structure. Approved during the construction of the stairs will make mistakes with their hands in a waste of time, effort and money. Projects of all stairways run along the lines, regardless of the material, and identical rules, and calculations.
To prepare the necessary material
Finally decided that build a ladder theirhands of lumber. For the production of stringers suitable pine boards with a width of 40 mm. Riser, from which you can install and give up, can also be made from softwood. Optimally, if the tread is made of solid woods.
Council. It is better to buy ready-made stage of plywood, laminated veneer lumber by like the bars of a different fiber direction. They will not warp, crack, crack.
Properly done stringers
According to the projected size stagewill draw curve. Then apply markup on board and drank a kind of jigsaw teeth on it. Those who wish to know how to build a ladder their hands with no errors and rework, surely guessed that all the elements must be symmetrical. So, the first beam sawed with teeth will serve as a template for the production of a second, and if the width of the stairs will be 1.20 or 1.50 m, and the third.
Installation steps elements
Treads and risers to the stringers fastened with nailsand self-tapping screws. Master who chooses not to use the factory-ready components, need to cut it out and even these elements made for them patterns.
It considered more reliable structure for carryingwhich beam is first adjusted simple triangular or more complex fillies. For their mounting and dowel and require pre-made grooves.
Establish the balusters and handrails
To install each baluster will useanchor or stud. First, by marking "plant a" glue on the pin end, which take root across the tread then kosour, then tighten it and probably on the free end of baluster. Similarly, the set fence posts between which a baluster. At the end of posts and balusters are equipped with handrails.
The process of building stairs autographicIt can not be classified as a simple, but highly complex task and it also is not. The main snag is proper design. And then the lead performer must meticulousness and accuracy, and probably all turn out.


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The Guild meets at 6:30 pm. on the first Thursday of each month, typically. A thorough schedule of events is found on our Calendar and dates for our monthly meetings are written along the side margin. Members are often asked to bring supplies or pre-register to get the most out of meeting events, so pay attention to all the fine print!
Our location address is:
The Hyatt Place
5020 Main Street
Amherst, NY 14226
Enjoy the slide show of our new home!
The story behind choosing Hyatt Place as our new location may be found here and a detailed description of the slide show's photos and what we can expect is written up, here.
More information specific to the hotel can be found on their website,
Hyatt Place Buffalo/Amherst.


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JoomReporter Documentation
This documentation contains Guides and How-tos to setup and configure JoomReporter on your Joomla site and how to make it work with various other extensions.
Before we begin, ensure that you have met the System Requirements in order for JoomReporter to operate correctly. You may find the most basic requirements for JoomReporter below:
Every information related to PHP and MySQL is presented on Joomla's page, click here to see details
- Joomla 3.x
PHP Requirements
JoomReporter runs on PHP and it requires PHP to exist on the site.
- 5.3+ and above.
MySQL Requirements
JoomPush requires a minimum version of MySQL 5+
Checking System Requirements
You may review these requirements from the management system: System → System Information → PHP Settings
You can also create a very simple PHP script and include the codes below in your php file.
// This is a very simple method to load up php's settings.
Installation and Configuration
Assuming that you have already downloaded the JoomReporter package
and unzipped / extracted the file then
- Login to yoursite.com/administrator
- In backend, access to Extension Manager > Select file (com_joomreporter) and install.
- Successful installation message will displayed once extension get installed.
- In backend, go to Components menu > JoomReporter > Options.
- Set 'yes' to Show report and save.
Administrator Guide
This view shows specific content reported by the user with total report count.
Reported Content
This view shows the Reported content per user (unique count) and some other important statistics
We make sure that all the user data is saved in our database and this list view will display all the data. We also show the details of the guest user who has reported the content.
With Recommendations we will be adding one more functionality with which any Joomla content can be recommended by a user to his friend by providing his email id.
Once the content is recommended to someone by the user, the receiver gets an email stating the same with a link to the article.
JoomReporter is customizable, everything can be changed right from button class to messages and emails. To make this even simpler we have made sure that the settings are easy to understand and are in different tabs for different functionalities. Click on the options button once you enter the JoomReporter menu to see the self-explanatory settings.
Since Reporting and Recommending any content with JoomReporter is not just limited to "Joomla Articles" (already integrated) and will practically work with any extension to Report and Recommend almost anything. You need to add the following code in override file of the extension you want it to integrate with.
Notice: To make it work with Joomla article you just have to install and enable JoomReporter plugin from given package. Before you perform anything, please make sure you add the following code in override file of the extension on which you want to show the Report and Recommend button.
$loader = JPATH_ROOT . '/components/com_joomreporter/load.php';
if (file_exists ( $loader )) {
require_once $loader;
echo JoomReporterLoad::quick_init( {content_client}, {content_id} , {content_title} );
} ?>
For example, if you want to integrate it with com_k2 component item detail view then add following code in item detail override file
$loader = JPATH_ROOT . '/components/com_joomreporter/load.php';
if (file_exists ( $loader )) {
require_once $loader;
echo JoomReporterLoad::quick_init( 'com_k2', $this->item->id, $this->item->title);
} ?>
{content_client}: (type:string) - name of component : com_content.article, com_content.category, com_k2, com_virtuemart or com_easyblog ....
{content_id}: (type:integer} - ID of item (maybe is article, blog item...)
- {content_title}: (type:string} - title of item (maybe is article title, blog title...)
Email Cron Setting
JoomReporter sends emails for Reporting and Recommending content on the site. The emails are sent to both the admin and the user who Reported or Recommended it. In order to get these emails working, you will have to setup Cronjob for JoomReporter.
Let's see how that is done:
Cronjobs are scheduled task that runs at the intervals or predefined times on the server. The purpose of cronjob is to execute series of simple tasks from a script file provided by the user. This cronjob can be done through cPanel in which it offers the user interface as a tool to ease users to setup cronjobs for his site.
Accessing your cPanel
To access the cronjobs section on your cPanel, you just need to click on the crojob icon highlighted in the screenshot below.
Setup Email
Specify an email address at the cron email section to receive notification or status messages whenever your cronjobs are executed.
Adding a cron job
There are several steps allocated for this section. You'll need to follow the provided steps carefully in order to make your cornjobs working correctly on your site.
1. Setting Up Cronjob Interval.
To setting up cronjobs, you'll need to configure the interval at which second do you wish to run the cronjob.
- Minutes
Use this menu to select the number of minutes between running the cronjob or the minute of each hour for which you wish to run the cronjobs.
- Hour
Use this menu to select the number of hours between running the cron job, or the hour each day on which you wish to run the cron job.
- Day
Use this menu to select the number of days between running the cron job, or the day of the month on which you wish to run the cron job.
- Month
*Use this menu to select the number of months between running the cron job, or the month of the year in which you wish to run the cron *
- Weekday
Use this menu to select the day(s) of the week on which you wish to run the cron job.
2. Setting Up Cronjob Command
In the command field, you'll need to add the correct command for cronjobs to run properly
/bin/wget -O /dev/null "http://yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_joomreporter&task=sendMail"
You can have cron to send an email for each time it runs a command. However, if you do not want an email to be sent for an individual cronjob, you can redirect the command's output to a wormhole by adding this command line.
/dev/null like this: mycommand >/dev/null 2>&1
3. Store Cronjobs
Once you've finished configuring the cronjobs, you'll need to click on Save Crontab button and you're ready to test your cronjob on your site.
This concludes how to create a cron job in cPanel.


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Oneida County Bar Association
The Oneida County Bar Association was officially incorporated in 1906 even though attorneys and other legal professionals had been meeting informally for at least 30 years prior to its incorporation. The bar association's mission has many prongs, all relating to improving the legal profession, the administration of justice, promoting a sense of community within the legal professionals and helping out the community whenever possible.
LegalMatch offers a valuable service for individuals seeking legal representation in New York. A prominent online matching service, LegalMatch maintains an extensive network of qualified attorneys in New York and throughout the United States. Although bar associates often offer lawyer referral services, the service provided by LegalMatch is entirely free and is applicable to cases in all areas of the law.
The Oneida County Bar Association maintains an online directory of each member attorney and has the database searchable by either name or practice area. In addition, the bar association offers its members various Continuing Legal Education classes and seminars at a reduced tuition rate. These classes help the members fulfill their required minimum hours of CLE credit each year.
Contact the Oneida County Bar Association
258 Genesee Street Suite 302, Utica, NY 13502
Tel: (315) 724-4901
Fax: (315) 724-6010


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This is a good listing, but what is the best one for a complete newb in this area. One for someone coming from a higher level background (VB6,C#,Java,Python) - not to familiar with C or C++. I'm much more interested in hand-written parsing versus Lex/Yacc at this stage.
If I had just majored in Computer Science instead of Psychology I might have taken a class on this in college. Oh well.


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Last Week to Get it Right. Get it Right !! Well I'm not sure if you've been doing this challenge slash experiment with me but if you have I commend you on sticking it through. I can tell you that I missed 2 days because my lower back locked up on me ( not from the workout but from a… Read more →


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Today, renewable energies (hydro, solar, biomass, solar, geothermal and wind) remain largely untapped largely due to high investment cost of installation. Private investors can play a strong role in renewable energy infrastructure development. As they bring forward the required financing innovative technologies, and risk management to ensure project success.
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Nice to Meet You! We are Leslie and Iris from Meet You at the Bridge, your go-to travel inspiration and information blog. On the 13th of September 2015 we packed our backpacks and two Doppers and set out for Saint Petersburg for the start of our journey around the world. During our travels, we see, experience and a gain an understanding of how other countries and cultures deal with drinking water and (plastic) waste. We will be sharing our experiences in our blog: Dopper Bridges Borders.
We first reach the beach of Dulan, an artistic Aboriginal village in the east of Taiwan, after four months of travelling. When we take our first dive into the ocean, we feel blessed. The long coast is scattered with the most gorgeous stones, shells and pieces of coral, but unfortunately also with a lot of trash. Plastic caps, flip flops, shoes, fishing nets, tyres, a cracked iPhone and countless tiny pieces of plastic in all colours. How aware are the locals themselves of the impact of this waste on the environment?
Every time we leave the beach we try to take as much trash with us as possible, but there is just too much for four hands. That's why we tried to get as many people as possible together to take part in a beach clean-up on Christmas Eve. This is how we met Mark, co-owner of the surfing school in Dulan, who is confronted with large amounts of litter on a daily basis. "It's unbelievable what I come across every day when I'm surfing. The disturbing thing is the fact that it's primarily the locals who are polluting their own beach. They don't see the beach as a lovely place to take a walk or work out, they see it as a landfill." Mark first arrived in Dulan eleven years ago. He tells us that back then you hardly saw any people on the beach. Before the relationship between Taiwan and China improved in 1987, the beach only served as a military gateway and not as a place to sunbathe. "Most locals can't swim because they were never taught to swim and as a result their children also can't swim. Ever since the number of surfers has gone up in Taiwan, you can see that the beach has increasingly become a place of recreation."
It's bizarre that we travel thousands of kilometres to take a dip in the crystal blue ocean and to sunbathe on that perfect white sandy beach lined with palm trees, while the children that only live 500 meters from said beach have never seen it. Mark tells us about his plan to teach the children in Dulan why they need to keep their beach clean through play.
"By getting kids to leave their computers and take them out hiking in the mountains, swimming, snorkelling, surfing, and playing on the beach, I intend to make them more aware of nature. It's important that it becomes self-evident to keep the island clean, because they're the next generation."
The beach clean-up on Christmas Day was a success. With a group of ten locals and travellers, we achieved some great results: ten full trash bags, a clean beach, a great feeling and hopefully enhanced awareness. While picking up the trash, we saw how much micro plastic is created as a result of plastic lying around for a while. The coastline is full of it. Those tiny pieces of plastic are consumed by the fish and the birds and eventually also by us. This is a terrible outcome and one we need to prevent at all cost. By creating awareness, and using as little single-use plastic as possible, by recycling and regularly organising a beach clean-up, we can take baby steps in the right direction to create a better world.
During our trip we get to see, experience and discover how other countries and cultures deal with drinking water and plastic waste. Every month we will be sharing what has inspired and/or surprised us at that destination. Make sure to also read our previous blogs about Japan and Mongolia!


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I missed posting the details of our first dinner in Rome, which was absolutely wonderful. Pierfrancesco from the hotel directed us to a delightful restaurant behind Piazza Navona, La Pace del Palato (with a note to Renato, the owner). In no small way I credit that note for the superb treatment we received.
We started with an amouse-bouche of arancini con tartufo (a fried risotto with truffle dumpling). We were then served a white bean, clams, and pasta soup. It was an unexpected combination; I am not a bean person and I loved the salty brine the clams brought to the potage. To cap off the antipasti, we received gorgonzola/grape/speck layered crostini (think of a tiny club sandwich), an apple cheese concoction wrapped in wax paper (I could barely tell there was apple; it was gorgeously gooey), and probably the best eggplant caponata I've ever had.
For the primi plato, we chose to try two of Rome's signature pasta dishes: the buccattini all'amatriciana (thick spaghetti with a tomato pancetta sauce) and pasta caccio e peppe (cheese and black pepper) with scampi. Both were delicious. After all the starters and the decadent pastas, we were stuffed but couldn't pass up the house polpette (meatballs). We split the secondi and called it a night.
As for wine, I did not look at the list but judging by the size of it, I see why it was hard to choose. We went for a classic Chianti to open the trip. Chianti is made primarily from Sangiovese grapes, an easy pairing with the different dishes we had. The picture attached to this post was from tonight's dinner.
It was not a cheap meal, but we were more than satisfied with the food and attentiveness of Renato and the waitress (I wish I remembered her name). The bar was set high for the meals in this awesome trip.


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Waikiki Meatballs
1 1/2 lb ground beef
2/3 cup cracker crumbs
1/3 cup onion; minced
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 cup milk; for meatballs
1 tbsp shortening
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup brown sugar; packed
1 (14 oz) can pineapple chunks in syrup, drained (reserve syrup)
1/3 cup vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/3 cup green pepper; chopped
Mix meat, crumbs, onion, egg, salt, ginger and milk. Shape into balls.
Melt shortening, brown and cook meatballs. Remove meat and keep warm, remove
Mix cornstarch and sugar. Stir in reserved pineapple syrup, vinegar, and soy
sauce until smooth. Cook, stirring, until boiling. Boil and stir one minute.
Add meatballs pineapple and green pepper, heat through.
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It is widely recognised that there is an on-going conflict between the need to protect companies' commercial information and the widespread use of social networks.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys, on behalf of a renowned recruitment agency, Executive Network Sales Limited (ENS), has successfully obtained an order for an injunction and disclosure of LinkedIn accounts against three former employees of the agency and their new employer.
The former employees used LinkedIn for their day to day work, contacting ENS clients and candidates and setting up LinkedIn groups. Each of the former employees had signed undertakings acknowledging that the LinkedIn profiles, and contacts within them, belong to ENS. Each former employee's contract of employment also contained several restrictive covenants preventing them from poaching former clients and candidates.
Upon resignation, the former employees joined a competitor and continued to use the LinkedIn accounts, which ENS allege was in order to solicit clients and candidates. With ENS' assistance, Harrison Clark Rickerbys gathered evidence to establish whether the former employees had misused ENS' confidential LinkedIn information and had breached the restrictive covenants set out in their contracts of employment in support of the injunction.
ENS then made an application to the High Court, Chancery Division, for an injunction and order in respect of breach of restrictive covenants and undertakings, misuse of confidential information and breach of database rights in the LinkedIn accounts.
Adam Finch, partner and head of the Cheltenham commercial litigation team, said: "We are delighted that ENS obtained the order and the defendants were also required to make a contribution towards our client's costs of the hearing. The case highlights the importance of restrictive covenants and taking steps to ensure that any databases, such as LinkedIn accounts, are properly protected."
Adam continued: "This was a complex case and I was very glad to have the support of an excellent team, including senior associates Jenny Raymond and Gillie Abbotts-Jones, whose expertise and attention to detail were invaluable."
If you would like to discuss the case further or you would like to check whether you have the right levels of protection in place, please contact Adam Finch at email@example.com.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has 400 staff and partners based at offices in Cheltenham, the Wye Valley, Hereford, Worcester, Birmingham and the Thames Valley, who provide a complete spectrum of legal services to both business and private clients, regionally and nationwide. The firm also has a number of highly successful teams specialising in individual market sectors, including health and social care, education, agricultural and rural affairs, hospitality and leisure, defence, security and the forces, and construction.


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Privately Democratic strategists and experts are coming around to the realization that Democrats are likely to lose the Senate. Of course, to appease their partisan masters they argue this is only a possible scenario even if Obamacare woes continue. Democrats saving grace may be that there are currently only a small number of Senate seats the GOP is competing for. These states include the seven states Romney won in 2012 that have Democratic incumbents. Three of them are open seat races (WV, SD and MT) and four of them have Democratic incumbents (LA, AR, AK and NC).
Each of these seven states has its own dynamics and the voters in each state are unique. For example, while Montana has voted GOP for President since 1964 Republicans have lost 19 of the state's last 22 races for Senate yet have held the at-large House seat (basically a mini-Senate race) in 11 straight elections. West Virginia has voted GOP for President since 2000 yet still has a Democratic governor, state legislature and two Democratic Senators. Louisiana and Arkansas have taken hard right turns in recent years. In 2008 Mark Pryor won reelection unopposed and Landrieu won against an underwhelming opponent with 53% of the vote. In 2008 Arkansas also had a Democratic legislature and a federal delegation of 5D/1R. Today, those numbers are reversed (1D/5R) and Pryor is the lone Democratic in the state's federal delegation. The state legislature is also controlled by the GOP and the Governor's race is leaning rightward. Landrieu has seen her state reelect a GOP Governor, elect a dominant GP majority in the legislature and knock out a long-time Blue Dog Congressmen in 2010.
As for Alaska and North Carolina Democrats can console themselves with the facts that Alaska is a truly unique state politically. While the state has a strong GOP tradition that tradition has been more energy/business friendly. Begich's narrow victory in 2008 courting business interests and minorities offers him a path to victory in 2014. In North Carolina, once a GOP stronghold the state now has a distinctly purplish tinge as evidenced by Hagan's and Obama's wins in 2008. Yet, in 2012 the state elected three new GOP Congressmen, a GOP Governor and Romney won the state by 2%.
Democrats always knew these races would be tough to win. But Democrats also anticipated better recruiting in open seat races. For example in Montana Democrats expected to former Governor Brian Schweitzer to run for the seat but he declined. Democrats have had to settle for Lt. Governor Jon Walsh, an attractive veteran but not a seasoned politico like potential GOP nominee, freshman Congressman Steve Daines. In South Dakota, Democrats have a candidate that is far more liberal than the state and is hostile to energy interests while in West Virginia Democrats have an attractive candidate, SofS Natalie Tennant, but is also untested in partisan races.
In the four races where Democrats have incumbents the GOP has not struggled with recruiting. In Louisiana the GOP recruited Congressman Bill Cassidy. In Arkansas the GOP recruited freshman Congressman Tom Cotton and in Alaska the GOP has two strong contenders in Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell and state Natural Resources Commissioner Dan Sullivan. Only in North Carolina has the GOP struggled to find a top-tier candidate. Yet this may not matter if polls are accurate in the state.
Obamacare has taken a toll on Democrats that no other scandal originating from this White House has. The NSA wiretapping of people's phones and emails, IRS auditing of Tea Party groups, Benghazi and spying on foreign leaders only registered as a minor bump in public views of the Democratic Party and White House. But Obamacare is a whole another story. Specifically relating to the White House, on October 1st when the exchange and website debuted the President had a 50.6% approval rating in the RCP compilation of polls. At the time of this writing, November 26, only 41% approve and 55% disapprove. Also, perhaps more importantly, for the first time ever a majority of people now do not trust the President according to a recent NBC/WSJ survey.
Endangered Democratic incumbents have suffered as a result. In North Carolina, Arkansas and Louisiana the polls have narrowed significantly and all three Democratic Senators have underwater approval ratings. There is no polling data out of Alaska. Before Obamacare rolled out Republican candidates led in West Virginia and South Dakota. The most recent poll out of Montana gives Steve Daines a huge lead over Walsh due to Obamacare.
Even more worrisome has been a string of new polling data out of Michigan, Iowa and Colorado. Michigan and Iowa feature Democratic open seat races once thought to be solidly in the Democrat's camp. In Michigan Democrats recruited Congressman Gary Peters while Republicans settled for former SofS Terri Lynn. In Iowa Republicans have a crowded field to face off against Democratic contender Congressman Bruce Braley. Colorado features popular freshman Democratic Senator Tom Udall running against an underwhelming GOP field. Until recently these races all looked to be safely in the Democratic camp and ensuring the GOP path to the majority was extremely narrow.
New polls argue differently. Specifically, a Harper (R) survey finds that in Iowa Braley has narrow leads ranging from 3-6 points against his possible GOP opponents. In Colorado, Quinnipiac finds that Udall leads by 3-9 points against his possible opponents. Lastly, in Michigan, a bipartisan survey finds Peters leading Lynn by a mere 37%-36%. A number of other races in Minnesota and New Hampshire could also be competitive but scant polling has been done on these races to date.
Democrats contend they have strong candidates in Kentucky and Georgia giving the party a chance to pick off a GOP seat. Even so, in Kentucky Mitch McConnell is a formidable contender and his challenger, SofS Allison Grimes, is untested in federal races. In Georgia, while a fractured GOP field gives non-profit executive Michelle Nunn (a political dynasty in the state) a chance the political environment and midterm electorate favor whoever makes it out of the GOP primary.
Democrats have not succumbed to this reality. They continue to hold out hope Obamacare can be fixed and the public will focus on other issues such as social and local issues as the midterm nears. However, Republicans are unlikely to let this happen, especially in key Senate races, and Obamacare has numerous issues that will continue to plague the party well into next year (ie. the business mandate and exchanges being unaffordable due to sick and elderly getting on and young and healthy doing the opposite). Further, health premiums will continue to climb and more policy cancellations are expected. Democrats should start planning for 2016 where the Senate landscape is more favorable (2010 GOP gains will be up for reelection) and the White House will once again be open for a new occupant.


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The NFL attempts to construct the Week 17 slate of games to ensure maximum drama. With eight games at 1:00 p.m. ET, seven at 4:25 p.m. ET, and a playoff play-in game between the Eagles and Cowboys at 8:30 p.m. ET, the league once again has done a great job of it.
But there's one situation that will take a little excitement away from the final Sunday of the regular season. With a four-team scrum unfolding for the sixth seed in the AFC, the San Diego Chargers will know when their home game against the Chiefs begins at 4:25 p.m. ET (or not long after it starts, at the latest) whether a victory will propel the Chargers into the playoffs. Since the only way to avoid that would be to start the Chargers game at 10:00 a.m. local time, it's an unavoidable complication.
The other three teams that make up the chase for the last golden ticket square off at 1:00 p.m. ET. If the Ravens or Dolphins win, the Chargers will know they can't get in.
That said, the Chiefs-Chargers game will still carry some drama, if both the Ravens and Dolphins prevail in their early games. Under that scenario, a Chargers win sends Miami to the playoffs and a Chiefs win gives Baltimore the berth.
If the Ravens and Dolphins lose and the Steelers beat the Browns, a Chargers win gives San Diego the sixth seed; a loss hands it to the Steelers. If all three of the contenders lose their 1:00 starts, the Chargers remain win-and-in. A loss would give the spot to the Ravens.
Confused? Get used to it. Only one of 12 specific playoff seeds — the Chiefs with No. 5 in the AFC — have been locked in. By the time the Eagles-Cowboys game begins, the dust will have mostly settled.