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EGFR CA repeat polymorphism predict clinical outcome in EGFR mutation positive NSCLC patients treated with erlotinib
- Authors:
- 10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.06.016
- Abstract:
- OBJECTIVES: Somatic mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are predictors of efficacy for treatment with the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A CA repeat polymorphism in intron 1 of the EGFR gene influences the transcription of the EGFR gene. This study evaluates the association between the CA repeat polymorphism and outcome in NSCLC patients treated with erlotinib.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Number of CA repeats in the EGFR gene was evaluated with PCR-fragment length analysis by capillary electrophoresis in 432 advanced NSCLC patients treated with erlotinib irrespective of EGFR mutation status. Patients were dichotomized into harboring short allele (CA≤16 in any allele) or long alleles (CA>16 in both alleles). Number of repeats was correlated with clinical characteristic and outcome. A subgroup analysis was performed based on the somatic EGFR mutation status.RESULTS: In EGFR mutation positive patients (N=62) we demonstrate a significantly higher median progression free survival (HR=0.39 (0.22-0.70); p=0.002) and overall survival (HR=0.43 (0.23-0.78); p=0.006) in patients also harboring a short CA repeat length vs. a long (median follow-up time of 52.2 months). The result remained highly significant in a multivariate Cox proportional hazards model. This correlation was not seen in EGFR mutation negative patients.CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrate that in EGFR mutation positive NSCLC patients treated with erlotinib a low number of CA repeats in intron 1 of the EGFR gene is a predictor for both longer progression free survival and overall survival.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- Lung Cancer, 2014, Vol 85, Issue 3, p. 435-41
- Keywords:
- CA repeat; EGFR somatic mutations; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Erlotinib; Non-small cell lung cancer; Polymorphism
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
- 268684053


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Catamaran Charters
Fountaine Pajot is world renowned for building sleek, comfortable , purposeful catamarans and "Serendipity", a Venezia 42 is no doubt one of these catamarans. Located on the island of St.Lucia, "Serendipity" is in immaculate condition and available for private full day and multi-day charters to visitors on the island.
About The Boat
Vessel Name : Serendipity
Length: 42 ft
Beam: 23.3 ft
Draft: 4 ft
Manufacturer: Fountaine Pajot
Model: Venezia 42
Accomodation: 4 Double Berths each with queen sized beds, 2 oversized bathrooms with Hot / Cold Water Showers.
Engines: Twin 27hp Yanmar Diesel
As stated earlier, Serendipity is in immaculate condition and is ready to go with all the amenitites needed for comfortable cruising around St.Lucia. The vessel features four large double berths each with a queen sized bed, and can comfortably sleep eight persons on an overnight charter. As the crew have their own separate berths, the vessel never feels crowded. The vessel features over 1000 square feet of deck space, and the large transoms make snorkeling and swimming a pleasure. Some of her onboard amenities include:
» CD / MP3 Player with Ipod Connectivity
» Refrigerator / Freezer
» Full Kitchen with Oven
» Barbeque Grill
» Fishing Rods
» Snorkel Gear
» 110V Inverter ( For laptops, chargers and other small electronic items)
» Dingy with Outboard motor
Charter Options
Afternoon Charter
The afternoon charter would be perfect for clients who prefer a late start to their day and would still like to enjoy sailing, snorkelling , swimming and sightseeing. The sail starts off at 1pm and like most of our charters, heads north with the first stop being Marigot Bay for a bit of sightseeing. Snorkelling and swimming follows at the marine reserve at Anse Chcohon near the Ti Kaye Resort. On average we spend about an hour in the bay before continuing the 1 1/2 hour sailing trip back down to Soufriere and would arrive just after sunset. Champagne would be provided onboard at sunset .
Duration: 1pm PM to 6:30 PM
Inclusive of Snorkel Gear
Beverages – local beer, bottled water, sodas, rum punch, champagne
Light snacks
Private Full Day Charter
Serendipity can be yours for you and your party to enjoy a day out on the Caribbean Sea. Pick-up can be arranged from any location on the island for your convenience; and with no set schedule you can do whatever you want to do. Whether you choose to sail for the entire day, throw in a little snorkeling, swimming, fishing or perhaps even do a little dolphin watching, the choice is yours. Depending on your location you can sail passed ports such as Rodney Bay, Marigot Bay or Soufriere with its famous Pitons and try out the snorkeling at the Anse Chastanet marine park.
Duration: 9 A.M to 4 P.M
Inclusive of Snorkel Gear
Fishing Equipment
Two Day / One Night Special
With the North-East Trade Winds blowing across the Atlantic down to St.Lucia, the island is a favourite among both professional sailors and sailing enthusiasts around the world. The western coast of St.Lucia boasts many attractions for guests seeking to spend a night out on the ocean while on vacation in St.Lucia. Serendipity with its four spacious cabins, can accommodate up to eight persons for a comfortable overnight charter.
Guests from the South of the island can sail and spend one night in the north of the island at Marigot Bay or Rodney Bay marina and experience a different side of the island. Rodney Bay is the premier spot for visitors seeking great night life. Restaurants, bars and night clubs are just a few minutes from the Marina and offer great variety in both entertainment and food. On the second day, duty free shopping, golf, and/or sightseeing can be done before heading back down the coast.
Guests from the North can sail down to Soufriere for a very relaxing night anchored between the Pitons . You can either have dinner onboard or check out some the great dining spots in Soufriere, such as Ladera, Humming Bird and Anse Chastanet; or try some of the local restaurants to sample local St.Lucian cuisine, and then hit one of the local bars around the town. On the second day you can hike the Piton, visit the volcano, swim at a waterfall, or snorkel some more before heading back up the coast.
Past Guest Comments
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When the Baker family moved into their new house they knew they wanted a California native garden that, with minimal water, could survive the drought that California has been facing for years. Without hesitation, they removed the overgrown Boxwood hedges and a dried out lawn in their front yard. In September 2013, plans were made to begin this owner-installed garden that is now just over a year and a half young. The only remnant of the old garden is a rusted windmill that stands as a sentinel, undisturbed.
|Update April 2017: From front to back - Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum (Shasta Sulfur Buckwheat, Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina', Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman', Salvia sonomensis 'Bee's Bliss'.
|Update April 2017: Salvia sonomensis 'Bee's Bliss' in the foreground; California Poppies in the background.
|Update April 2017: Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum (Shasta Sulfur Buckwheat)
|Update April 2017: Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina'
|Salvia sonomensis 'Bee's Bliss'
|Rusted Windmill
| California Poppies in foreground, with
Salvia sonomensis 'Bee's Bliss' in background (right)
|Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum 'Shasta Sulfur' Buckwheat
|Plantings on undulating berms provide the necessary
drainage that California Native plants require,
while space between plants allows for
air flow and prevents diseases from occurring.
|Yellow flowering Eriogonum umbellatum polyanthum
'Shasta Sulfur' Buckwheat in foreground,
with purple flowering Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' in background (left)
|Shadow of Windmill amongst California Poppies
|Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'
|BEFORE - Front Yard with Boxwood hedges and dried out lawn


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Program Structure
YMCA Adventure Guides (formally YMCA Indian Guides) is a family program designed for a dad (or other significant male) and his Kindergarten to 4th grade son. The core of the program is Team meetings and Expedition adventures through fun events designed to create shared memories and enforce our "Pals Forever" motto with our sons.
Guide and Explorer - Dad and son
Team - Group of Guides and Explorers based on geographically area of their school or friends
Big Creek Federation - Group of Expeditions within the North Royalton YMCA.
Expedition - Group of Teams based on the year they are in the program
Program Activities
meetings and gatherings - Some teams meet monthly in a family home and
once a month for Team adventures.
Expedition adventures - Periodically, Teams come together for Expedition adventures such as a parade, party, or campout. Many events are purposely either FREE or low cost.
Family-oriented activities - Program activities typically include games, crafts, songs, stories, skits, camping, and family adventures.
Program Theme
At the forefront of the program are the compass points. The compass points lend an inspiration for activities but also provide a framework which to build an adventure theme. The compass-points approach retains the program's focus on strengthening parent-child relationships through small Circle communities while participating in activities that help meet the program's objectives. The four main directional points on the compass are the essential components of the program:
- The Family is True North - the focal point of the program.
- Nature and the camping experience are integral parts of the program.
- The spirit of the program is experienced through belonging to a small community called a Circle or Team.
- Fun is the magic of the program.
The YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility make up the other directional points. Along the journey, adults should model, teach, and demonstrate these values. They also give children many opportunities to practice and celebrate these values and to discuss behavior that is inconsistent with the values. Initially, these values will provide guidance in helping children select activities, make decisions, and decide on an appropriate course of action, both within the program and in all aspects of their lives. Ideally, as children grow, these values become their own internal compasses.


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Utilities of Industrial Park(07/10/2011 06:54:58)
Post Office:Branch of Binh Duong Post and post offices are located within the Industrial Park which are very convenient for installing telecommunication equipments as well as communication demand of the investors and the labors…..Besides, VNTT Technology and Communication Joint Stock Company have installed fiber cable system and operated telecommunication services to increase the quality of services provided to the investors at the Industrial Park in vietnam, Industrial Park in binh duong.
Banks:the bank, ATM system of famous and popular banks such as Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Bank for foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), Eastern Asia Bank (EAB),…are also located in the Industrial Park to serve for the demand for transferring and receiving money of the investors in Industrial Park in vietnam, Industrial Park in binh duong as well as salary payment through ATM of the enterprises.
Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting: The professional fire fighting and fire prevention team are available at the Industrial Park. The fire fighting water supply system is provided along the local road axis. The 24/7 security force of the Industrial Park have professional skills on fire fighting and strike protection.
Security System: Security stations are located at necessary places in the Industrial Park with security staffs working 24/7 throughout the Industrial Park.
Labor Support and Consultancy Center: Office of the center is located at the Industrial Park to provide support and consultancy services for the investors in recruitment, labor policies; labor recruitment programs, job introduction and job support for the Industrial Park.
Inter-provincial coach and bus stations: Everyday, there are inter-provincial coach trips from My Phuoc Industrial Park (Binh Duong) to provinces in the Eastern Region and Northern provinces; Ho Chi Minh City – Thu Dau Mot Town- My Phuoc Industrial Park bus routes operate from 5:30 AM to 7:30 PM with the interval of 15 minutes/trip to meet traveling demand of the workers in the Industrial Park.
Market - Supermarket: located in the convenient places in the Industrial Park, each market and supermarket is divided into small areas and provides different services such as self-selecting supermarket, supermarket, drinks and foods and other services. Vinatex Supermarket and Binh Duong Mart with an area of more than 3,000m2 and more than 50,000 goods from about 600 suppliers will meet demands of the workers and local people.
My Phuoc Commercial Center with 8 storeys located in the center of the Industrial Park will meet accommodation demand for foreign experts and foreigners in the Industrial Park and neighboring areas. Besides the foreign investors are constructing other commercial centers and shopping centers…
My Phuoc Theater: with weekly performances, the theater will meet demand for entertainment and arts of the workers and local people.
- Type: Outdoor theater
- Scale: 3,000 seats
- Area: 6,400 m2
Industrial Park in vietnam, Industrial Park in binh duong
Sports Complex: including 04 tennis courts, football fields and volleyball fields, badminton fields which are operated regularly. The Industrial Park has organized many sport tournaments here to serve demand for relaxing, entertainment and exercise of the investors and the workers.
Schools: In the Industrial Park, private kindergartens, primary schools, vocational training and foreign language and computing centers to meet demand for studying of the workers and their children at the Industrial Park.
Besides, Mien Dong International University, member of Becamex IDC Corporation has operated to contribute actively to training and providing workers of high skills to the Industrial Park.
Accommodation Area for Workers and Experts: Besides Resettlement Areas and Hostel system constructed by the investors within the campus of the Industrial Park, Becamex IDC Corporation has invested to construct 2 buildings for the experts and staffs of the companies with the capacity of 1,800 shelters.
Currently, 12 social housing projects have been constructed by Becamex IDC Corporation in Hoa Loi Residential Area (Thu Dau Mot Town) and My Phuoc, Thoi Hoa and Bau Bang Industrial Parks and residential areas; A 4-storey building with the gross floor area of nearly 1,500,000 m2 (about 35,200 flats) with average area of 30 m2/flat (20m2 of the floor and 10m2 of mezzanine) offered at the price of about 100 million dongs will make the dream about a house of most of workers in Binh Duong come true.
My Phuoc Hospital: belonging to My Phuoc Hospital Joint Stock Company which is a member of Becamex IDC Corporation. The hospital has 200 beds with modern equipments and facilities and professional and experience doctors and nurses who are whole-hearted to their careers. The hospital will be expanded to meet the demand for disease examination and treatment of more than 500 patients at the best.
Restaurants and foods and drinks services: at the Industrial Park, there is the system of restaurants and foods and drinks services which have been constructed to meet the various demands for foods and drinks of the guests. Now, there are Dai Hong Cung Restaurant – My Phuoc 1 Industrial Park, Phuoc Thanh restaurant in My Phuoc 3 Industrial Park Vita Food Company with restaurant following Italian style located at My Phuoc 2 Industrial Park,…
Customer Service Center at My Phuoc Industrial Park:
Having principle office in My Phuoc I Industrial Park and representative offices in My Phuoc 2, 3 Industrial Parks, Bau Dang industrial and Urban Park, the center is specialized in providing import, export, legal consultancy, translation, procedures guiding, job introduction and consultancy services for enterprises and participating in solving problems raised during the operation of the enterprises.
VSIP Quang Ngai (16/05/2012 04:44:04)
- Investment Certificate Granting: 23/4/2012
- Area: 1,120 Ha comprising 600 Ha industrial zone and 520 Ha township
[Investment in Vietnam] Regulation on "The first time of investment in Vietnam" is full of contradictions (07/02/2012 05:20:53)
Pursuant to the Law on Investment 2005, a foreign investor who invests in Vietnam for the first time is obliged to have an investment project. In fact, they still can make a detour to avoid this regulation.
EIU Project Execution Progress (09/10/2011 08:18:03)
Current progress of construction:
- Completion of the university
- Dormitory: under completion progress
The influence of Eastern International University project (07/10/2011 08:59:43)
The investment in the construction of Eastern International University will create new opportunities for sustainable, continuous socio-economic development of Binh Duong. This project not only promotes the development, contributes to the stability, investment attraction but also changes the province's new appearance, showing the knowledge economy-oriented vision and determination of Binh Duong. This is the responsibility of both Becamex IDC investor to Binh Duong and the province to the southern key economic zone.
EIU Student Life (07/10/2011 08:55:25)
With the mission to become one of the universities to reach the international level, as the core of higher education system of the Southeastern region, the Library of Eastern International University strives to become a model electronic library managed, operated at the international level, affording to serve the information exploitation, development and supply for teaching, studying and scientific research in the areas of technology, engineering, economics, society, politics; Integrate in the national and international information networks, contribute to the expansion of the information exchange relationship with countries in the region and the world.


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Join us for this charity fundraiser and help make some money for Help for Heroes, the leading charity helping to provide better facilities for British servicemen and women who have been injured in the line of duty.
We shall be joined by five incredible performers: Phil Caisley, Daryl Burns, Cameron Sharp, Tamara and Dirty Dogs.
This event is FREE and all are welcome, and shall be running from 5pm-10pm upstairs at Bar Loco.


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Lots (1600 and growing) of short videos, low-tech so they load easily even on low-grade home computers. Each video is like a very charming talking blackboard - you hear, you see, you understand. Low-tech, low stress.
All of them created by one man, Salman Khan, who describes his work like this:
I teach the way that I wish I was taught. The lectures are coming from me, an actual human being who is fascinated by the world around him. The concepts are conveyed as they are understood by me, not as they are written in a textbook developed by an educational bureaucracy. Viewers know that it is the labor of love of one somewhat quirky and determined man who has a passion for learning and teaching.
I don't usually like online learning packages much but here it's not the technology you take note of, it's the way it all makes sense.
And what an end: "With just a computer and a pen-tablet-mouse, one can educate the world!" Inspirational.


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Onion chopped 1/2cup(medium size onion 1)
Ginger chopped 1/4"pc
Tomato Chopped 1
Ash gourd cut into cubes 1 cup
Moong dal (washed and soaked)3/4 cup
Salt to taste
Red chilli powder 1/4tsp
Water 2cups
Oil 2tsp
Coriander leaves finely chopped 1tsp
1. Heat oil in pressure cooker pan fry onions, ginger for 1 minute.
2. Add chopped tomato and saute for few more minutes.
3. Add ash gourd mix well and fry.
4. Add salt, chilli powder, moong dal with 2cups of water, mix well and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
Wait for 15 minutes, remove lid, let it cool for some time, blend the mixture as a smooth puree.
5. Now Strain the puree by using strainer.
6. Add 1/2 cup water to dal puree, reheat the dal mixture and bring it to boil, remove from heat.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves on top
Serve hot...
Adjust chilli powder and ginger to your spice level.
you can also use garlic cloves 1 or 2.


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There are two subjects that keep speaking to me: the body and childhood. Specifically, body awareness and children, the development of the sense of material self, the moments before that consciousness, and the occasional spells of disconnectedness from it.
For some time, I've been drawing and painting from vintage photographs of children, from the figure, and from small objects like rocks, leaves, and twigs. I typically begin by aiming toward a faithful reproduction of the child or figure, or increasingly a part of the child or figure, in a drawing. Then I paint, hoping to create a new context, one that divorces the subject from nostalgic or sentimental constructs and, instead, through the use of space, texture and color, references more adult existential longings.
I always work in mixed media. Charcoal, acrylics, and collage are fragmented and combined in a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract that, I hope, finds resonance in wordless regions of consciousness.


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Over the weekend, Dennis Mudd stepped down as CEO of Slacker, though he remains on the board.
Dennis does not shy away from big challenges. In 1997 he founded one of the earliest digital music companies, Musicmatch, which operated the popular Musicmatch Jukebox that was eventually sold to Yahoo! for $160 million in 2004.
In 2006 he dove back into the competitive digital music space by launching Slacker, which develops a personalized portable music player.
The company said Mudd wanted to spend more time with his family and had been gradually transitioning much of his daily responsibilities to COO/PresidentJim Cady.
Slacker is a disruptive device that has raised about $70 million in venture funding since its launch from funds that include Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, Austin Ventures, Mission Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds.
With a growing number of digital music options available to consumers, from satellite radio to free online streaming or mobile subscription services, Slacker has faced its share of challenges in the past few years.
In addition, after Apple introduced the iPhone and opened its app store up to developers Sirius, Pandora, and Clear Channel quickly launched streaming music iPhone apps. Slacker has released its own BlackBerry and iPhone apps, but the competition has been rough.


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Participants diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis needed for research study focused on improving dietary habits
This study will utilize an online telehealth program to deliver diet and exercise recommendations. To participate in this study you must be ages 21-65, have a diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS, have internet access and want to improve your diet. Participation is free, and compensation is provided. For more information, please call Alex Yates at 205-403-5525 or email@example.com


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Brenda Schoborg age 51 of Westbrook, formerly of Heron Lake and Brewster, passed away unexpectedly Monday, February 13, 2017 at Sanford Westbrook Medical Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 16 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Westbrook. Visitation is 4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday AT THE CHURCH and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Thursday. Burial is in Westbrook Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service – Westbrook Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Brenda Ann (Remmers) Schoborg was born July 19, 1965 in Heron Lake, Minnesota to Duane and Carol (Frey) Remmers. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Heron Lake. Brenda graduated from Heron Lake Okabena High School, and furthered her education at the Vo-Tec school in Mankato for sales and marketing. On October 21, 1989 she married Mark Schoborg at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Westbrook. Brenda worked at Brown's Shoe Fit where she sold shoes, and then worked as a CNA at the nursing home in Windom. She later worked as a bartender for 18 years, and most recently worked as a cook at Sanford Westbrook Medical Center. In 1998, Brenda, Mark and their children miraculously survived an F4 tornado which wiped out their whole farm. Brenda served as area CCW president, provided noon meals for Kiwanis for many years, and was involved in an Extension Club. She loved mowing lawn and helping Mark on the farm. She loved her children beyond measure, and she attended all of their events. Brenda was known as a generous person, and even in death, her giving continues as her donation of tissues will touch numerous lives.
Brenda is survived by her husband Mark of Westbrook; children: Shane (Jazmin) of Tracy, Sara of Lake Crystal, and Tyler of Westbrook; parents Duane and Carol Remmers of Westbrook; siblings: Tracy (Steve) Gundermann of Westbrook and Chad (Tammy) Remmers of Austin; nieces and nephews: Candace Stolp and family, Catherine Olsem and family, Joshua Gundermann, Stephanie Byers and family, Lucus and Jacob Remmers; brothers-in-law Scott Schoborg and family and Greg Schoborg and family; and many other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, and parents-in-law Pete and Betty Schoborg.


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Mr Chris Merritt
Management Accountant, Finance
+44 (0) 1392 726472
Xfi Building, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4ST, UK
Chris joined Finance Services in September 2009 as a Research Accountant. After 4 years in this role Chris moved to the Corporate Management Accounting team as a Management Accountant. In this role he worked in partnership with Budget Centres (Services and Colleges) to ensure they were able to fulfil their responsibilities under the Financial Framework, whilst providing assurance to University senior management in respect of the Budget Centres' financial management and planning.
Chris moved to the Business School in April 2016 as Management Accountant.
Prior to joining the University, he most recently worked as an Accountant responsible for School budgets for Leicestershire County Council and before that, in finance roles at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Areas of Responsibility
- Budgeting & planning
- Forecasting
- In year monitoring
- Providing financial support and advice
- Management of the Finance team in the Business School
Nationality: British
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – ACMA, CGMA
- BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance
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Things To Do
Enjoy a picnic in Myrtle Beach SC for national picnic month
Did you know that July is national picnic month?
Sounds like a great excuse to get family and friends together for a picnic.
There is something nostalgic about picnics. They take us back to a simpler time. I remember going on picnics as a child with my family.
I always looked forward to the outdoor meal and the fun that would always come after on the playground, throwing a frisbee, and the many other games we would play outdoors.
Myrtle Beach is a great place to create memories while enjoying a picnic.
Here's a look at some of the places you can have a picnic along the Grand Strand.
Grand Park in The Market Common offers plenty of space for picnics and play. The park has several shelters and picnic areas. Kids will love the playground area. While you are there, take a walk along the one-mile fitness trail and enjoy the large lake and all of the waterfowl that love to swim in it.
The Myrtle Beach State Park is a great location for a picnic. You can chose to have your picnic with an ocean view or nestled in the forest. There are also several shelters that are great for large gatherings. Kids will love the playgrounds that located near the picnic areas. To work up an update or burn off some calories after you eat take a walk along one of the nature trails.
Another state park that is great for picnics is Huntington Beach State Park. This park in Murrells Inlet also offers shelters and picnic areas. While at Huntington, you can enjoy the beach, the marsh and the trails.
Across the street from Huntington Beach State Park, you will find Brookgreen Gardens. Brookgreen offers a picnic area and shelter. Before or after your picnic you can enjoy the gardens and kids will love the Lowcountry Zoo and the Enchanted Storybook Forest playground.
McLEAN PARK
McLean Park in North Myrtle Beach SC is home to 10 acres that includes a lake. There are several shelters and areas to have a picnic. While there for your picnic, you can play tennis, go for a walk along the lake, or relax in the meditation garden. There are also two playgrounds that the kids will love.


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Happy New Year Blog Family! I apologize for my absence over the past few weeks. Life has been quite busy… full of lots of new beginnings, celebrations and good times! First things first…. My baby niece (Micah Grace) arrived on December 21… nearly 6 weeks early… but beautiful and healthy. Yay!!! She is such a blessing!!! And I already know there will be lots of spoiling going on. She is beyond adorable. (I'm sure she'll be making many guest appearances in the blog!) So between her arrival, my standard last minute Christmas shopping, prepping for hosting Christmas this year, a one day trip to the parents house on Christmas Eve, a trip back to Charlotte on Christmas Day with everyone in tow and a full week of family in town… umm… I'm bushed! But I wouldn't trade it for anything! It was such a great time. There is nothing like a new baby and her arrival made the holiday and the family time even more special. It was exactly what the holiday should be all about….
Anyway, if you haven't noticed… sweater coats are definitely making a comeback this winter and this time, lots of vibrant prints and deep, rich colors are being added to this classic piece! Of course my take on any jacket or coat is that it is just another "accessory" for your ensemble. And the sweater coat is no exception to that. It's an easy way to add instant polish to any look and make a statement while doing it! It's extremely versatile and a great layering option. And to me, it's a little more jazzy that the classic cardigan but can be paired in virtually the same way…. How could you ask for more??
This particular look is more of a thin sweater coat… And I loved it for that very reason. It literally "floated" as I walked. There is something about that effortless floaty look that just makes you feel so chic!!! Love it. Even if this look is not for you, there are so many variations of it, it's easy to make your own (consider a chunky knit version or a ski sweater coat for instance).
What I'm Wearing: Village Road Sweater Coat, Project Social Tee, J. Crew Skinny Jeans, Kelsi Dagger Riding Boots, Versona Accessories Necklace and Earrings, Kate Spade Sunnies
How are you wearing this trend? What other knit trends are you loving right now? Let me know.
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The three big expenses of a family vacation are transportation, lodging and food. Figure out a way to save on those, and suddenly a family vacation is much more affordable. For my family, saving on food is the easiest option. Not because I don't feed my kids when we're on vacation, but because we don't eat out every meal, particularly breakfast.
If we are house swapping, we have access to a full kitchen, so even before we move into the house, we head to the grocery to pick up boxes of cereal, milk, fruit and other fixings for a healthy breakfast.
If we are staying at a hotel along the way of a multi-day road trip, we look for one that includes free breakfast. It is a little harder to find healthy options on those carb-laden buffets, but most offer cereal (try to steer the kids away from the sugary stuff, especially if they'll be strapped into carseats for the next few hours) and some even offer hard-boiled eggs.
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A NEW bar is set to open in the Northern Quarter. This will occupy the former Nickleby's pub site in June 2014.
Work has yet to begin but plans for the bar already include an 'indoor living wall' and a corrugated iron bar'
'Combining rustic charm with fresh produce', Allotment aims to be the perfect lazy summer location. Owners Gavin Williams and James Kennedy intend to create 'a welcoming and homely atmosphere, leaving you with a lovely warm feeling and a desire to return.'
The new venture will be located in the former Nickleby's Pub location on the cusp of Dale Street and Little Lever Street. Work has yet to begin but plans for the bar already include an 'indoor living wall' and a 'corrugated iron bar'.
Allotment will occupy the former site of Nickleby's Pub
Both the food and drinks menus will reflect the outdoors theme of this bar with locally sourced fresh produce (of course, what else?) making its way into dishes such as steak and ale pie, fish finger butties, Beef Wellington and steak sandwich with sautéed apples and red onions.
The menu will also offer a sharing option called the Picnic Basket Platter, which will aim to 'recreate the excitement and anticipation experienced as you open up a picnic hamper to reveal the treats inside'. Eh?
Allotment will continue their outdoor living theme through to their cocktails. Instead of the typical spirit sections, the bar menu will offer a rosemary section and a thyme section. Alongside cocktails, beers from around the globe will be available with Heineken, Amstel, Birra Moretti and Krusovice on draught, with cask ales from Southport Brewery and Caledonian Deuchars.
"Our cocktail menu is planned to make people take a step out of their comfort zone. Encouraging them to drink something they've not necessarily had before," says owner James Kennedy.
The editor, Schofield, recalls a visit to Nickleby's fifteen years ago.
"I went with some mates on a Northern Quarter pub crawl. The idea was we'd only visit un-gentified traditional pubs. We measured these by the stickiness of the carpets. Nickleby's was run down with no proper ale just fighting lagers, seats with holes in them and a general air of anger and menace. It was a shocker, but not as bad as the Gullivers on Oldham Street where a Glaswegian tried to sell me his wife for a fiver."
Clearly Allotment despite its weird semi-rural name on one of the most 'urban' of streets will be an improvement.
Work is scheduled for May with an opening date in early June.
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Another bar, really? A bar called Allotment sounds like a ridiculous joke.
Ah no. Another place to socialise with friends & enjoy ourselves?! How awful. Lighten up, dick head. This city is too full of people like you, wanting to whinge about anything & everything. Bore off. Have a drink.
Don't go there then ! Stay in the Locks
This weekend I'm going to remove all pointlessly negative rants. Only constructive ones will be retained. It's Bank Holiday Weekend and idiotically downbeat comments such as Dan's are simply too depressing, too sweeping and too uninformed. Confidential will be mostly wearing a smile over these next four days. We'll be Manchester Sweetness And Light Confidential.
Fuck yes - thank you, Schofield. People like Dan should crawl off and live somewhere miserable. I cannot believe how often a new opening announcement is immediately followed by negativity - before the place is even open. Oh and although it's "another bar", it's replacing a pub. So not really "another". Just different.
To be consistent Ali,you should mention Mr SCHOFIELD own super negative review of a certain new French steak restaurant on King Street,that he denounced for being different.
I don't have the time, David. Bugger off.
What about negative rants about Piccadilly Gardens?
They're allowed Joan - it's not negativity, its outrage at neglect & incompetence. Totally different animal.
Sorry Councillor Davies negative rants about Picadilly 'gardens' are perfectly justified. If you'd like them to stop have a word with Sirs Leese and Bernstien.
Anonymous: my question was made within the context of JS's comments. I have neither stated nor implied that negative rants about Piccadilly Gardens are not justified.
Rosemary and thyme in cocktails? How bloody pretentious! I'm boycotting the place before its even opened! (Only joking! I love botanical cocktails me. Gin = good, thyme = good: ergo gin + thyme = GOOD!) Plus at least the outside of the building is atypical of the other NQ bars. I'll be checking it out for sure. (Is there going to be any outside space though?)
Looking forward to getting some decent ales in the NQ - good choice getting Southport and Deuchars under the pump.
you mean to go with the myriad other decent ales that are sold in the NQ?
I would hope that Anon is being sarcastic
Doesn't dusk til pawn have a corrugated iron bar?
It's too in there dark to notice (great cocktails though).
And they put Sage and Peas in their cocktails....
Sounds good to me, worth a try.
Will they have outside space? I hope so with the garden theme...
So, don't leave us hanging, did you take him up on the offer?
Dan's comment is totally innocuous, I don't see why people are so upset by it. I read it and shrugged my shoulders, seen a LOT worse than that.
He's being negative about the place before it's even open. What an arse. Give the owners a break.
We had the place back in 1988 - Glad to hear that life is being put back into the old place - Good Luck with the venture!
That's the kind of posting we need more of :)
Good luck to them
Just ignore Dan. He'll go away eventually. Or get annoyed and explode. Either way it's a result.
I used to work here too Phil was such a legend, what happened to him??Read more
No Gretch, Cllr Gillard is Withington ward, part of which is famous for student house parties.…Read more
Sure those "skanks" would say Port Street beer house was populated by bearded identikit Chorlton…Read more
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Cray's next-generation "Cascade" supercomputer is based on a future Intel "Ivy Bridge" Xeon processors, and the company has just taken $140m from Chipzilla in exchange for the intellectual property and people associated with its "Gemini" and "Aries" supercomputer interconnects. So it was no surprise that Cray talked about using Intel's Xeon Phi x86 coprocessors in the future Cascade machines, which lash tens of thousands of those future Xeons together using the Aries interconnect.
Now Nvidia is finally getting a little love for its "Kepler" GPU coprocessors inside the future Cascade machines. So if you have written code that runs in hybrid mode on AMD's Opteron processors and Nvidia's Tesla GPU coprocessors, as many supercomputing shops have begun doing, you can breathe a sigh of relief. You won't be forced to port your code to Xeon Phi coprocessors, formerly known as "Knights Corner."
The current Cray XK6 hybrid CPU-GPU supercomputers are what you get when you rip out half of the eight Opteron 6200 processors on a system blade, replace them with Tesla X2090 GPU coprocessors, and then link them to the remaining four Opterons.
Given that two of the largest supercomputers in the world – the 20 petaflops "Titan" super going into Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the similarly-sized "Blue Waters" super going into the University of Illinois – are using Nvidia's future "Kepler" GPUs in their coprocessors (and specifically, the Tesla K20 coprocessors aimed at jobs that need lots of double-precision floating point math), it was a pretty good bet that Cray was going to support Nvidia GPU coprocessors in Cascades. The US government labs paying for Cascade systems would not have it any other way.
This article originally appeared in The Register.
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Partisan Politics Enter Fray As Regents Consider Closing Colleges
CARSON CITY – Campus closures, consolidations and mergers are back on the table after the Board of Regents today undid a vote from last month to not consider campus closures, which itself followed a February vote to consider campus closures.
Many of the smaller colleges are in districts represented by Republicans.
Some Republicans consider the Regents' move a political one. The threat of campus closures could be a bargaining chip Democrats can use later to convince Republicans to vote for tax increases.
"I've never seen political hayday as bad as this," said Assemblyman John Ellison, R-Elko, whose district includes Great Basin College. "I'm not a supporter of blackmail."
Democrats refuted the claims.
"It's more of a reality check that they're going to have to take some pretty drastic measures," said Debbie Smith, D-Sparks, the chairwoman of the Assembly Ways and Means committee.
But, she said, the Legislature is a political environment. Last month, Assembly Republicans released their own list of bargaining chips that they would trade for taxes.
"We're fooling ourselves if we think that these decisions won't be somewhat political," Smith said.
The Board voted 10 – 3 to again consider closing campuses. They did not, however, vote on any actual campus closures.
Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, spoke at the meeting in Las Vegas in support of considering campus closures.
Horsford has been a driving force in putting the possibility of closures back on the table. He earlier asked Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Dan Klaich to develop full plans for how the universities and colleges of Nevada will absorb Gov. Brian Sandoval's proposed $162.4 million higher-education budget reduction.
"I would urge you to reconsider your earlier action that took campus closures off the table as one of the implications of reduced funding for higher education," Horsford said. "One of the realities we must face – in light of the new information on the full extent of the governor's proposed cuts – is that if those cuts are accepted, campuses would have to close."
The debate in the Legislature mirrored the Regents' debate about campus closures.
"It's hogwash, it's politics, and I'm not in favor of it," said Jack Schofield, a regent representing Clark County. "I'm not in favor of getting this thing back in where we can emasculate anything that we've worked for."
Regent Michael Wixom, who represents Clark County, said that all they are doing is gathering information about campus closures.
"If I'm going to make an informed decision, I have to follow that process," he said.
Regent Ron Knecht, a former Republican Assemblyman from Carson City, was the primary supporter of keeping campus closures off the table. He said it would cause undue stress and demoralize students, staff and faculty at institutions considered for closure.
"Apparently some politicians have some political battle to fight with the governor and minority party legislators and that fight is more important that those considerations," he said.
Assemblyman Pete Livermore, R-Carson City, represents a district that includes Western Nevada College.
"I believe it's an issue of targeted political pressure," he said.
The Regents met in March at Western Nevada College and heard a preliminary report from Klaich that closures could save $7 to $15 million.
The Regents voted to not further consider closures at that meeting after hearing hours of public testimony during which students and faculty described how detrimental those considerations could be to morale.
Following today's vote, the Regents will again consider all options to mitigate cuts. To that end, they also voted unanimously to support raising revenue for higher education.
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A new study from NerdWallet found that taking six years to complete a bachelor's degree could cost a student as much as $300,000 in additional tuition costs, loan interest, and lost income and retirement savings. That's a problem since the National Center for Education Statistics reported that just 40% of college students graduate in four years.
One solution being tested is making the fifth year free for students who are unable to finish in four. Such programs normally come with strict eligibility requirements, such as working with an academic advisor, taking a full course load each semester, and passing all classes, but it is a way to help reduce anxiety about college costs, according to Tom Kazee, president of the University of Evansville, Evansville, IN.
Evansville launched a fifth-year-free program this fall, but is not alone in trying the solution. The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, provides students with a free fifth year when they are pursuing academic interests outside of their majors, while Clark University, Worcester, MA, offers some undergrads a fifth year for free to complete both a bachelor's and master's degree. In another approach, Howard University, Washington, D.C., offers a 50% rebate off the final semester of tuition to students who finish early or on time.
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Another celebratory Friday was in store for LRMR CEO Maverick Carter as his birthday continued on with a team outing. Maverick and his LRMR Team celebrated his birthday and recent accomplishments over lunch.
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FEBRUARY 2013, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton Edition of The Union News
MSA's unemployment rate increases to 9.5 percent
REGION, February 4th- According to labor data provided by the Pennsylvania, Department of Labor and Industry, the region's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, increasing by one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous report, which was released approximately four weeks before. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties of Pennsylvania. Twelve months ago the unemployment rate for the region was 9.1 percent.
The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania is 7.9 percent, rising by one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous report. Pennsylvania has a seasonally adjusted civilian labor force of 6,559,000 with 517,000 not working and 6,042,000 with employment. Pennsylvania's unemployment increasedby two-tenths of a percentage point over the past year.
The national unemployment rate is 7.8 percent, unchanged from the previous report. The national unemployment rate decreased by seven-tenths of a percentage point from twelve months ago. The unemployment rate does not include civilians that unemployment benefits have expired and stopped looking for work.
There are 12,206,000 civilians in the nation reported to be unemployed. That number also does not include civilians that have exhausted their unemployment benefits and have stopped looking for work.
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The Johnstown MSA has the second highest unemployment rate in the commonwealth at 8.9 percent, the Philadelphia MSA has the third highest at 8.7 percent. The Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton MSA has the fourth highest unemployment rate at 8.6 percent, with the Williamsport MSA fifth at 8.2 percent.
The State College MSA has the lowest unemployment rate in Pennsylvania at 5.7 percent. The Lebanon MSA and the Lancaster MSA are tied with the second lowest unemployment rate at 6.7 percent. The Harrisburg MSA has the third lowest unemployment rate at 7.2 percent followed by the Pittsburgh MSA at 7.3 percent.
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre MSA has the fourth largest labor force in Pennsylvania with 292,300 civilians and 27,700 of them are without employment. The Philadelphia MSA has the largest labor-force in Pennsylvania at 3,027,500 with 262,000 not working; the Pittsburgh MSA has the second largest labor-force at 1,268,100 with 92,000 without jobs; and the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton MSA has the third largest labor force at 433,800 with 37,200 not working.
The Williamsport MSA has the smallest labor force in Pennsylvania with 63,900 civilians and 5,200 of them have no jobs. The Altoona MSA has the second smallest labor-force with 66,400 civilians with 4,800 without employment and the Johnstown MSA is third with a labor-force of 69,500 and 6,200 of them are not working.
Lackawanna County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the MSA at 9.2 percent, increasing by five-tenths of a percentage point from the previous report and rising by four-tenths of a percentage point during the past year. Lackawanna County has a civilian labor force of 110,600. There are 10,200 civilians without employment in Lackawanna County, rising by 600 from the previous report and increasing by 800 over the past year.
Wyoming County has the highest unemployment rate within the MSA at 11.5 percent, increasing by one and three-tenths of a percentage point from the previous report. Wyoming County has a civilian labor-force of 15,100, with 1,700 unemployed, rising by 200 from the previous report and increasing by 800 during the past twelve months.
Luzerne County has a unemployment rate of 10.1 percent, increasing by eight-tenths of a percentage point from the previous report and rising by a full percentage point from twelve months ago. Luzerne County has the largest civilian labor-force in the MSA at 166,400 and 16,800 civilians are unemployed increasing by 3,300 from the previous report and rsing by 2,200 during the past year.


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Group Members: Travis Croom, Zeyu Wen, Will Rathman, Johana Guerra
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Initial Idea from Spring 2014:
1. What is the action
This action implements a physical drop box in the IES building for the purpose of sustainable use and reuse of various items. The purpose of this drop box is to eliminate unnecessary waste and reduce the consumption of resources by IES students (both present and future). During a study abroad experience students acquire many items that are only useful in the abroad setting. With this drop box, we are hoping to avoid the disposal of these useful items upon each students departure. This drop box will be advertised via a video and it will be located in the building where students can freely deposit relevant items at their convenience. At the end of the semester the collected items will be stored at IES until new students arrive, at which point these items will be available for their use.
Useful items for the drop box include: Books, city maps, metro maps, unused notebooks, pens, pencils, cell phones, computer adapters, cell phone chargers/adapters, etc. and even unwanted clothing.
1.1. Why this action makes things more sustainable
This action is improving the sustainablility of IES Abroad Barcelona for a few key reasons. First of all, the way in which this action is designed does not require the use of any new materials. We have adopted a waste=food approach for the drop box. We will use a cardboard box that would otherwise be thrown out to store the donated items. In addition, this action improves the eco-efficiency of IES. Due to the fact that the drop box cannot address the raw material use and manufacturing practices of the companies who produce the wanted objects, there is no way to increase eco-effectiveness. However, by reducing the amount of waste we can stop the material flow system and avoid the downcycling of these useful products. This action simultaneously reduces waste and reduces consumption, which inevitably increases the eco-efficiency. Also this action, if carried out completely, will act as a closed feedback loop. Usable items will be placed in the box and at the end of each semester items will be returned or donated. Ideally the number of items in the box will increase over time so more students can benefit from the drop box and even more waste can be avoided.
1.2. "Cradle to Cradle" Design
As mentioned previously, this action has all of the elements of a "cradle to cradle" design. We will use a cardboard box for the collection of donated items and these items, which might have ended up as waste, will be utilized by future IES students (Reuse). Since we will be offering future students with useful items we will cut down on both consumption of new items and waste of old items (Reduce). Also, as part of our action implementation the paper used for fliers will be recycled or reused, depending on the condition of the flyer, upon completion of the item collection (Recycle). In addition to these aspects, we must address the possibility of donated items becoming outdated or useless. The paper products such as books and maps must be correctly recycled in a recycling bin. However, many of these donated items will be electronics such as cell phones, computer chargers, adapters, etc. These items cannot simply be thrown away in any garbage can. Once electronic items become useless they must be disposed of in the correct manner according to the eCycling document below. In addition, there is a second link provided that explains the Barcelona trash and recycling disposal system. This link can be used to decide which type of trash bin is appropriate for different types of materials. This also applies to clothing that students do not wish to take home. This is common for returning students to not want to pack more than what they arrived with and therefore want to leave behind clothes they have overused too much. As opposed to disposing them incorrectly, they can be donated and reused by those in need of these articles of clothing.
Barcelona trash and recycling
1.3. Similar actions from previous semesters
Looking back to previous semesters we found a couple similar actions to this drop box action. These actions were Electronics Recycling Program/Electronics Buy Back Program and Recycling Used Electronics. These designed actions have a very similar idea however the main difference is that they only have one focus. These actions focus solely on the recycling of electronic devices and adapters, but they do not incorporate the recycling of other useful items such as books, maps, school supplies, etc. It does not require more space to gather these additional items and they can be very useful to future IES students. Our action basically takes the same idea as the electronic recycling actions and adds other items that can be recycled.
Electronics Recycling Program
Electronics Buy Back Program
Recycling Used Electronics
1.3.1. Why this or a similar action didn't succeed in previous semesters
The common problem with all of these actions is that the students who begin the implementation in one semester are not present to finish the other half of the action during the next semester. The only way to correctly eliminate this problem would be to find a professor or other IES staff member who would be willing to initiate the second phase of the action. The only thing this person would need to do would be to put up fliers to inform new IES students of the items available for their use. This way the new students would be able to take advantage of the donated items and hopefully donate more items at the end of their own semester. __In order for this process to work efficiently, the actions executed by the current year students must be streamlined to the following semester. Getting the project up and running this semester would have a lasting effect as students and staff members would see the positive impact that these actions would produce. There are various times at the beginning of each semester where all of the students are gathered together. These times could be opportunities where a teacher or staff member presents a concise power point featuring our video as the finale to outline the current benefits of the project and its future goals. These actions were not taken in previous semesters.
Also, the dropbox has its limitations because it could definitely not work for organic matter recycling. The reason is that the IES staff have a sentiment against having students bring in food into the building to decompose. Then again, the project could fail anyways if student and staff are not well informed about the project. __
2. Implementation:
2.1. The Action
The implementation phase of the action will take at least a semester. The first step in implementation is awareness. We believe that in order to have a successful drop-box that is actually used in IES-- flyers and other posters need to be put up so that students, faculty and staff alike can help improve the eco-efficiency of IES. Aside from just the advertising factor, IES needs to become aware of what goes in the drop-box. It will not be used as a trash can or for compost, but rather for goods that we purchase specifically for Europe-- that we will not need when we return home to the States. For example, lets say a student buys a European charger and at the end of the semester, plans to just throw it away in the trash. Well, that is a waste of time, energy, and resources. Now, IES students can pull from our implemented action and waste no time, money, or energy! To increase the awareness of IES students, our group made a video and posted it to youtube. Ideally, this video could be shown to next semester IES students on their first day in the program. The link to the video is posted below.
2.2. Troubleshooting
The previous semesters designed drop box action was far too specific for IES students to take part in. They wanted students, faculty, and staff to make sure that every electronic, adapter, etc. was in working condition and to make sure all information necessary was on the device put in the drop box. Realistically, this is not a good way of going about implementing this action because you can not have 24/7 drop box surveillance on the IES first floor. As a solution, you can advertise "Please only put working devices in the drop-box," students, faculty, and staff are old enough to know and respect what we are trying to do for our community. Another previously implemented action that has an easy solution is the price. Previously, the drop-box was meant to be a bin that was purchased. However, since we are trying to be sustainable and eco-efficient-- instead of going out and purchasing a bin, we thought that we would use a recyclable cardboard box and freshen it up a bit, and that it would work just as well as a bin you can buy at a store for money. Another problem inherent in the system is that flyers and posters are an unsustainable and wasteful process if they need to be reprinted year after year. In the actual implementation of the project we plan to incorporate a short video offering information about the drop box which can be retained in a common place for IES administration to either post on the IES Facebook page at the beginning of each semester or to be shown at the Orientation/Welcome party at the beginning of each semester. This way there will be information available to students from the very beginning about the Dropbox and students will have the whole semester to think about what they can put in the dropbox. We avoided unnecessary waste of paper by making a video to advertise our project. This allows us to not use paper to convey our project but rather have students watch the video that we made to make them more aware
2.3. How will this action be sustained when you are not here?
The question of how this plan of action will be sustained after our tenure in Barcelona is over is a simple question. We will enlist the help of a member of the IES staff to look over the drop box and make sure that everything is running smoothly. The action is self sustainable and that's is the best part of this implementation. As long as a member of the staff lets the incoming students know what the purpose and function of the drop box is than students will be able to take and bring back what they need. At the end of the semester students should have plenty of "European only" waste that the drop box will be restocked and replenished in anticipation of the new students. A problem we saw with this approach was that it takes a lot of effort for one person to get all the IES students together and then to actually educate them about the Dropbox so we saw it as more likely that a person would be motivated to educate IES students if they just had to post a link to a video. So we plan to make a video that provides the education on the dropbox which can be easily distributed through either Facebook or Email. As for the clothing, one volunteer can take these pieces to contenedor HUMANA on Ronda Universitat, 19, which is about a five minute walk from IES. This store is known to accept clothing donations and it is convenient for the volunteer to leave them there because of its close proximity. We recruited the help of Pilar Gracia, an IES employee, to monitor and supervise our box after we leave Barcelona. The pledge of this full-time IES employee will ensure that our project will be sustained for future IES students next semester
3. Bibliography
"A Container for Each Thing | Management of Waste | Cleaning and Management of Waste | Environmental Vectors | Environment | Barcelona City Council." A Container for Each Thing | Management of Waste | Cleaning and Management of Waste | Environmental Vectors | Environment | Barcelona City Council. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014.
"ECycling, Common Wastes & Materials." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014.
4. Other Refrences
How to make a recycling bin
"How to Make a Recycling Bin out of Soda Boxes (and Particle Board)." Instructables.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014.
Should be cost free to build the drop box by using materials that are going to thrown away regardless.
5. Annexes
5.1. Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge those teams from previous years that have already developed some of the ideas and highlighted the strengths & weaknesses of those ideas. The groups mentioned above under heading 1.3 have compiled information that helped us to fully formulate our action.
5.2. Students involved in this action
Alex Sharrin, Matt Vine, Ben Breiner
There wasn't a point during the process where we assigned a "leader" of the group. We met together and compiled ideas/suggestions in order to make the best possible action.


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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Right royal cook up!
In the presence of HRH Princess Mary of Denmark at Sydney's Sofitel Wentworth hotel today to hear a discussion on the world's hottest food destination at the moment - Denmark. Copenhagen has more Michelin starred chefs/restaurants for its size than many of Europe's glittering cities.
Rasmus Kofoed is the numero uno top chef in the world according to Bocuse d'Or competition. Rasmus held bronze, silver and then cracked the big one with his amazing technique, style and creativity.
When did Denmark discover good food? In the past it has not had much polish except for a decent sandwich - but now, the entire culinary world is looking its way.
This morning, coinciding with a visit by Prince Frederick and Princess Mary and their twins, Danish food and expertise was on show at the hotel.
Matt Moran was there playing for Australia and he and Rasmus prepared two stunning dishes that a few of us had the privilege to taste. Matt - the spanner crab from Noosa was brilliant and Rasmus - that 'Very Green' dessert was one of the sexiest, silky desserts ever invented, thank you.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
France to Tuscany
Hardly time to blog - I've had a brilliant trip to New Zealand (will post later) and am now in Tuscany, about 20 minutes from Florence. We arrived (a small group familiarisation - yep, that's what they call it) at Rome airport to a sunny day then coached it north. We left behind a rainy gloomy looking Nice - but only after a few splendid days in Provence.
The 'A's' have it
Avignon and Aix-en-Provence were the spots we looked at and enjoyed.
We had a wonderful lunch in a small town at a tucked-away Michelin starred cook's Le Jardin du Quai. Chef Daniel Hebet gave us a masterclass 'demo' on creating the perfect macrons. Perfect little pink beauties.
* The 21/2 hour fast train trip (TVG) from Paris to Avignon
* The dinner at night in a restaurant over a thundering river - we were eating trout too
* A stroll around the walled town of Avignon checking the Pope's Palace - those crazy pope's and their indulgences!
* Lunch at an exquisite private home in Provence - set in the middle of its vineyard
* Counting the dogs being taken for a walk in Aix-en-Provence
This is just a taste - more to come later. Off to buy ingredients in Florence with the chef from the villa here. We are then going to take a cooking class - bella!
Ciao for now
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Baseball Crank has a list of 73 things you need to do if you are going to run for the Republican presidential nomination. I particularly liked these two:
24-Being a consistent conservative will help you more than pandering to nuts on the Right. If you can't tell the difference between the two, don't run.
25-Winning campaigns attract crazy and stupid people as supporters; you can't get a majority without them. This does not mean you should have crazy or stupid people as your advisers or spokespeople.People forget this now, but the conservative movement during the Reagan ascendancy was absolutely be-set with loons, many of whom managed to get on the news and embarrass themselves and the movement. (that's why the media has always tried to play up the alleged "crazies" in the Tea Party. They remember the halcyon days when a Bircher droning about the fluoridation of the water supply was considered good TV, so long as it made the Right look bad). Probably the ultimate right-wing crazy person was Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior, James Watt. Among other things he:
1. got into a beef with the Beach Boys (which he lost)
2. once said, "I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns, whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to leave the resources needed for future generations.
3. once said, "If you want an example of the failure of socialism, don't go to Russia, come to America and go to the Indian reservations."
4. and, most famously, he described the make-up of a coal-leasing panel as comprising: "A black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent." This last bon mot cost him his job.On the other hand, he did not say "After the last tree is felled, Christ will come back." That's apocryphal. (phew!) But, it gives you an idea of what people thought Watt was capable of saying at any second. To say that James Watt lacked message discipline is putting it nicely.
On the other hand, Watt was everything you would want from an evil right-wing Secretary of the Interior. He delighted in leasing federal lands for mining, drilling, timber cutting, what have you. Let wiki-pedia tell the rest of the tale:
Watt resisted accepting donations of private land to be used for conservation purposes. He suggested that all 80 million acres (320,000 km²) of undeveloped land in the United States be opened for drilling and mining in the year 2000. The area leased to coal mining companies quintupled during his term as Secretary of the Interior. Watt boasted that he leased "a billion acres" (4 million km²) of U.S. coastal waters, even though only a small portion of that area would ever be drilled. Watt once stated, "We will mine more, drill more, cut more timber."Great stuff, but because Watt acted like he had a mouthful of buckshot every time he spoke in public, no one remembers any of it.
Look, Reagan was a movement conservative. So was Watt. So were a lot of people inside and outside the administration. They were constantly getting p*ssed with the 40th president, holding his feet to the fire, etc. Ronaldus had to prove and re-prove his conservative bona-fides to an extent that would have left RINO's like Mitt Romney and John McCain covered in flop sweat.
More important, and unlike the "disciplined" campaigns of the early 21st century GOP, Reagan was not above firing the idiots and reckless word-meisters who were drawn to his message, campaigned for him passionately, and then threatened to destroy the last best hope on earth with ill-chosen words about minorities, the Civil Rights Act, etc. Of course, the king of the gaffe was Ron himself, but he was the indispensable man and any way his mistakes had a certain charm that the likes of James Watt utterly lacked.
It's an iron law of Anglo-American political systems that the conservative party is the Stupid Party. We can live with that. But, even stupid people know and understand what is or is not acceptable public discourse. If you are running for president and you find yourself talking about Gardasil causing mental retardation; or you have a close adviser who thinks, in all sincerity that Abraham Lincoln was a tyrant (then why are you a member of the party of Lincoln); or you can't stop talking about "sodomy" (get a room), you are probably not meant to make a serious run for the GOP nomination. Just sayin'.


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By TJ Horgan
So, Jon Lester has joined just about every other member of the Boston Red Sox over age 26 in being the most recent name to be available for trade inquiries. The five-year question in Boston has been whether or not Lester is an "Ace," and the Red Sox have been answering that with a resounding "YES!" by not putting legitimate effort into acquiring a better pitcher.
As reported by Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, Lester is looking for a "competitive offer consistent with the market." The immediate question this elicits is, of course, what is the current market for a Jon Lester-caliber pitcher?
Believe it or not, from 2010-2014, Lester has the sixth-highest Wins Above Replacement (WAR) among all pitchers (32.0). Despite not even including his 16-6 2008 or 15-8 2009, that number is good enough to top Roy Halladay, Adam Wainwright, CC Sabathia, Max Scherzer, Cole Hamels, and Zack Greinke.
I will compare Jon Lester to CC Sabathia from a contractual standpoint, as both pitchers had a similar WAR from 2008-2014 (Sabathia: 32.4, Lester: 32.0). Sabathia received a 7-year, $161 million deal from the Yankees in 2009, when he was 29 years of age. Prior to his deal, Sabathia averaged a 4.5 WAR/year in an 8-year career.
Lester, on the other hand, will be 30 or 31 (turns 31 on January 7) when receiving his deal. However, Lester, in his first seven MLB seasons, has also averaged a, wait for it, 4.5 WAR/year, and I won't be remiss in mentioning that Lester is currently on track to have the best season of his career. Despite having a dismal 2012, Lester currently holds a 4.6 WAR, career-best ERA (2.52), and career-best WHIP (1.12).
Lester is set to hit the open market at the end of the 2014 season, and with numbers virtually identical to Sabathia, what's stopping Lester from asking for a similar contract? On the surface, Lester's career-best 3.21 ERA and 1.20 WHIP are not laudable feats, but the money is not in box score statistics. Jon Lester's xFIP (Expected Fielding-Independent Pitching) was 5th-best in the MLB in 2009, and 8th-best in 2010. Oh, and did I mention that Lester is in the midst of a career-best statistical year?
In terms of how the financial element has changed from Sabathia's 2009 contract, well, that only favors Lester. Recently, the market for starting pitchers has become exponentially more lucrative. Adam Wainwright scored five years and $100 million at age 32. Zack Greinke earned six years, $147 million at age 29, and Cole Hamels signed a 6-year, $144 million deal at age 29.
If CC Sabathia can get $23 million for seven years at age 29, what is stopping Lester from earning at least $20 million for at least another six years? The obvious answer is nothing, so pay up, Red Sox.


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Friday, 10 July 2015
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Checkout 51 has a minimum $20 cash out requirement and they only send out cheques which generally takes about one and half weeks to two weeks to arrive. Accounts are per person so if you want to setup an account in your name and your husband's name to take advantage of multiple offers, you can do so. Cheques can be sent to the same address.
They have on average about 40 offers each week and tend to have bonus offers where they will pay you bonus cash for sharing an item on facebook, or buying all the items in a special category on your list.
A specific offer once sold out does not get restocked, so it is wise to buy any offer you want quickly especially if it is a hot deal. Always double check the offer you want is still available before you shop as well, because lots of offers can disappear as fast as Friday or Saturday.
Always read the fine print on the offers - sometimes you can't buy a specific store, or you can buy more than 1 item for redemption, or it has to be a specific size or kind. If you upload a receipt that does not match an offer, it can be rejected so make sure to read the offers before you purchase to avoid issues.
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Without giving much thought to the matter the man blurted out, "Make the
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Have you heard about Global Warming? Well our planet is changing as a result of it, and we're going to give you all the facts as to why!
Everybody is seeing changes all over the world, from glaciers that are melting, temperatures that are rising, storms and floods are more viscous and extreme, causing loads of damage. It's even affecting our wildlife as insects are coming out earlier, and flowers are blooming earlier too. In some places bears have even stopped hibernating and birds are laying eggs way before they're meant to. Those are some serious changes that we're seeing. These changes are due to Global Warming. Let's take a look at what it's all about.
Right now, Earth is the only planet that can support life.The reason Earth is different is because of a number of things; for example we get the right amount of energy from the sun. If we were closer we'd all probably burn up and if we were further it would be rather chilly!
Well without the Greenhouse Effect, we wouldn't be able to live on Earth as it would be way too cold for us.
Atmosphere – is a mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.
Greenhouse gases – a greenhouse gas is any gas in the atmosphere that can absorb infra-red rays. It traps and holds heat in the atmosphere.
Infra-red rays – a ray that produces a thermal effect, which makes things hotter.
Fossil fuels – a fuel that comes from petroleum, coal or natural gas, which comes from living matter.
Water vapor – water which has turned into a state of gas.