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Product Theater: Otezla for Psoriasis
Dr. Paul Wallace presents on Otezla for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and reminds us all to treat the patient, not just the disease. The lecture, sponsored by Celgene Pharma, was part of the 2014 SDPA Fall Conference in San Diego.
Dr. Paul Wallace presented on behalf of Celgene Pharmaceuticals to educate on plaque psoriasis and the benefits of Otezla (apremilast) as part of a treatment regimen.
Dr. Wallace explained that psoriasis is a common, chronic, immune-mediated, inflammatory disease of the skin that affects 2% of the population. Plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are common forms seen in 85-90% and 30% of psoriasis patients respectively. Surveys show that many individuals who suffer from psoriasis feel that they are being undertreated for their condition. Dr. Wallace noted that according to survey reports, 51% of psoriasis patients are dissatisfied with treatment and less than 10% of patients are actually HAPPY with their treatment.
So what is available to our patients? Topical agents include moisturizers, topical steroids, tar preparations, dithranol, vitamin D, and vitamin A analogues. For phototherapy, UVA/B and PUVA are used, and for systemic therapy there are conventional options (methotrexate, cyclosporine, and acitretin) as well as biologic opions (TNF inhibitors, IL-12, IL-23). Dr. Wallace added, "But there is a new kid on the block." It's an oral PDE4 Inhibitor called Otezla (apremilast).
Otezla is indicated for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy as well as adult patients with active psoriatic arthritis. It is clinically proven to decrease lesional skin epidermal thickness, expression of proinflammatory genes, and inflammatory cell infiltration.
Otezla comes with warning and precaution for depression. Dr. Wallace suggests asking your patients about their history of depression and hearing their stories on exactly how psoriasis affects their mental condition. Otezla package insert supplies information from a clinical study. In the study cohort, 12/920 Otezla patients reported depression compared to 2/506 on placebo. Serious depression was reported in 1 of 1308 Otezla patients compared to 0/506 of the placebo patients.
Suicidal behavior was seen in 1 of 1308 on Otezla compared to 1/506 of the placebo patients. One patient of the placebo committed suicide.
The insert also warns of weigh loss. Dr. Wallace mentioned that this could simply be from the positive effects of symptom reduction. Perhaps once these patients experienced some clearance, they started to care about their lives – what they ate, the activities they engaged in, etc. In the study, body weight loss of 5-10% occurred in 96 of 784 patients treated with Otezla and in 19 of the 382 on the placebo.
The Otezla summary shows evidence that there is truly no other drug of its kind. Here's the run-down:
- Otezla offers a different mechanism of action
- It is an oral systemic drug
- Otezla demonstrated significant improvement in PASI-75 response rate vs placebo at week 16 in patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis
- The most common (>5%) adverse reactions were diarrhea and nausea, however these subsided after 2 weeks in most patients
- Otezla is also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis
- Moreover, Otezla SupportPlus has been designed to help both you and your patients with education, prescriptions, and insurance. For more
information on SupportPlus, call 1-844-4OTEZLA
Dr. Wallace concluded his talk with messages from the heart. "I really would like you to reconsider that psoriasis is more than just a skin disease," he said. "I hope you utilize in whatever communication you have to talk about psoriasis. So many patients are not getting treated for psoriasis or are undertreated. Treat the patient, not just the disease."


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Here are some patterns that I've made over the years for my various cosplays. Feel free to use them for your own cosplays! Some patterns include multiple sizes in one file so you can print them off and pick the size that best suits your needs!
If you use my patterns, please both credit and tag me! I want to see what you make!
Standard-sized Patterns
(Can be printed on 8.5×11 printer paper)
Mae Borowski Null Shirt Design
Prey Transtar Scientist Access Card
Tabloid-sized Patterns
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Sound Transit riders set new records for taking trains and buses in 2015
Sounder weekday commuter rail ridership up 15 percent over 2014
Sound Transit riders once again set all-time annual records in 2015 for boardings on commuter trains, buses and light rail in central Puget Sound. Sound Transit had an estimated 34.9 million total boardings last year, a 6 percent increase over 2014. Average weekday boardings were 116,839 in 2015.
"We continue to set new records for ridership by providing fast, reliable alternatives to driving," said Sound Transit Board Chair and King County Executive Dow Constantine. "More people than ever in our region are choosing transit to get to their destination."
Sound Transit's ST Express regional bus system led the nation in number of "Commuter Bus" boardings for 2015. Under Federal Transit Administration reporting guidelines, Commuter Bus routes are those that primarily connect outlying areas with a central city through bus services that operate with at least five miles of continuous closed-door service.
ST Express buses connect employment and housing centers in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties and operate primarily on interstate highways with limited stops.
The ridership numbers reported to the Sound Transit Board today mirror regional trends showing transit ridership has grown twice as fast as population over the past five years, according to the Puget Sound Regional Council. Light rail has added about 1 million riders a year since 2010.
Here's the breakdown for average weekday boardings in 2015:
- Sounder commuter rail: 14,600 – a 15 percent increase from 2014
- Link light rail: 35,573 – an 8 percent increase from 2014
- ST Express regional buses: 62,981 - a 3 percent increase from 2014
Sound Transit services saw impressive overall growth in addition to the average weekday boardings.
Here's a look at the 2015 annual boardings by the numbers:
- Sounder commuter rail: 3.8 million boardings, 13 percent increase from 2014
- Link light rail: 11.7 million boardings, 7 percent increase from 2014
- ST Express regional buses: 18.3 million boardings, 4 percent increase from 2014
The full 2015 annual ridership report can be found here:


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Tampa, Fla.—Dec. 13, 2018—The 2018 U.S. Hunter Jumper Association Annual Meeting, presented by World Equestrian Center, concluded today with the USHJA Board of Directors submitting recommendations to disapprove 34 rule change proposals and approve 27 rule change proposals in order to support rider safety and horse welfare.
Following last year's USHJA Annual Meeting, presented by World Equestrian Center, Joe Dotoli, a pioneer in standardizing safety helmets at USEF-licensed competitions many years ago, was tasked with chairing a Safety Ad Hoc Committee to look at rider safety at competitions. In partnership with the Amateur Task Force, these two groups brought forward two rule change proposals that the Board is sending forward to USEF with a recommendation to approve.
"Safety is important to us all I know. Over the years we've made great progress------ helmets, breakaway cups. That's great, but we all know this sport is not without risk," said Joe Dotoli. "We've reduced the number of accidents, but when something happens what is our level of care? It's not an easy task, but that's what we're working toward, improving outcomes for our riders. These rules are a step in the right direction."
The first rule change proposal (GR901.8 - Tracking No. 334-18) would require all Hunter/Jumper competitions to publish certain safety information in their prize lists to allow exhibitors to make informed decisions about where they compete. The rule change proposal will move forward to USEF with the requirement that competitions publish information on the mileage to the nearest hospital with emergency care and to the nearest Level 1 Trauma Center. The second proposal (HJ113.19 - Tracking No. 279-18) would require USEF Premier or Jumper Level 5 competitions to have at least one onsite medical professional be a paramedic, in an effort to improve outcomes for riders after a major injury.
Another safety issue heavily discussed last year and again this year was the use of electronic devices in schooling areas. This year, the Board of Directors unanimously recommended approval of rule change proposals for the Hunter, Jumper and Equitation chapters (HU Appendix A - Tracking No. 286-18, JP103.9 - Tracking No. 285-18, and EQ105.7 - Tracking No. 287-18) that would prohibit the unsafe use of electronic devices, including cell phones, with or without earphones/buds while mounted in all areas designated for schooling.
In support of horse welfare in the Equitation ring, the USHJA Board of Directors recommended USEF approve a rule change proposal (104.1 Tracking No. 289-18) that would ensure Equitation horses are provided the same protections as those in the Hunter ring, citing 19 inhumane practices currently explicitly prohibited in the Hunter ring.
The USHJA Board of Directors voted on 61 rule change proposals that will be considered ultimately by the USEF Board of Directors in January. Credit: Tricia Booker/USHJA
When it came to disapproving rule change proposals, again, the USHJA Board of Directors deliberated thoughtfully to provide recommendations and comments to the USEF Board of Directors. Key among those rule change proposals recommended for disapproval was a proposal (GR309 - Tracking No. 321-18) that sought to more clearly define four categories of Special Competitions, as well as define the application and review process of each category, the information needed for application purposes, and the modification process. The USHJA Board of Directors recommended disapproval, commenting that if approved with the four categories currently included, it may stifle and prevent innovation, inadvertently hurting potential future sport growth opportunities.
Among those recommended for disapproval and heavily discussed throughout the USHJA Annual Meeting was a proposal (GR311 - Tracking No. 325-18) to revert to the Pre-Green, First Year Green, and Second Year Green nomenclature that was changed to Green Hunter 3', 3'3", 3'6" and 3'9" in 2016. In a 10-4 vote, the Board recommended disapproval, citing the need to allow rule changes to be in effect for some time before revisiting them and noting the significant amount of work and consideration taken when the original nomenclature and structure changes were made to those sections.
Additionally, the Board recommended disapproval of two rule change proposals (GR609 - Tracking No. 349-18 and GR703 - Tracking No. 214-18) that would impose penalties and restrictions for people associated with individuals who receive temporary suspensions and permanent bans from the U.S. Center for Safe Sport. The Board indicated that while perpetrators should be penalized, the proposals were an overreach that unduly penalized innocent individuals.
The comprehensive list of recommendations made by the USHJA Board of Directors may be downloaded here. These recommendations will move forward to the USEF Board of Directors for consideration during their Annual Meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida, January 8-12, 2019. Only the USEF Board of Directors may enact a rule change for USEF-licensed competitions.
At the conclusion of the Board of Directors meeting, outgoing Board Member Shelley Campf addressed the incoming directors to ask them to add as their first agenda item revisiting a decision of the USHJA Board of Directors regarding the Board's nomination process.
Earlier this year, following the Nominating Committee's submission of the slate of candidates for the USHJA Board of Directors, Nominating Committee member and outgoing Board Member Tom Brennan sought to nominate himself to the slate of candidates during the 10-day Board floor nomination period. After submitting his name for candidacy, he resigned from the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee questioned whether his nomination was eligible for inclusion on the ballot. Based on legal counsel, the Board of Directors determined that it was not eligible, so his name was not included on the Board of Directors ballot.
"The Board of Directors followed the process outlined in our bylaws in accordance with legal counsel," said USHJA President Mary Babick. "We will continue to review and refine our processes and policies to ensure they are clear and best meet the needs of our members and the sport."
For more information about the USHJA Annual Meeting, presented by World Equestrian Center, visit ushja.org/AnnualMeeting.
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Night is falling fast and it's hard to make out the massive shape through the trees in the half-light. The man to my right, AK-47 slung over his shoulder, nudges me and points with his chin at a smaller shape moving next to it. I edge closer and the big shape lifts an enormous head, revealing a foot-long horn on the end of it, and looks at me with a tiny eye – a pin-prick in the gathering darkness.
I'm looking at Nandi, a female white rhino and her six-month-old calf, Malaika. They are two of just 10 rhinos in Uganda, and they're standing less than 30 feet away in a thicket of trees. There are no cages or pens in Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Reserve – just 7,000 hectares of jungle, marshes and grasslands surrounded by a vast swamp and a two-metre-high electric fence.
"It's not just to keep the rhinos in," says Johan Genade, one of the directors of Ziwa. "It's to keep the poachers out." And the firearms? "They're not for the rhinos either," he grins. At the park's headquarters, Jehan and his wife – Ziwa's executive director Angie Genade – tell me more about their work while a tame African bushbuck grazes six feet away.
Throughout former dictator Idi Amin's reign of terror, which gripped Uganda in the 1970s, and the civil war that followed in the early 1980s, rhinos were hunted for bush meat or killed for safety, and the species was wiped out by 1982. When relative stability returned, Rhino Fund Uganda was established to reintroduce rhinos to the country and repopulate Uganda's national parks with sustainable rhino families.
Ziwa opened in 2005 and is now home to 10 white rhinos, four of which were born in the reserve. The first rhino born in Uganda in more than 25 years was the offspring of an American mother donated by Disney's Animal Kingdom Park and a Kenyan father donated by the European Union. They named him Obama.
Like almost everything in Uganda, a visit to Ziwa is unique and intimate. It has an untouched feel that I haven't encountered in other African safari destinations – a calm before (or perhaps after) the storm. Tourists started to return to Uganda when current president Yoweri Museveni took power in 1986, restoring peace in a country that had seen decades of unrest and brutality. But ongoing conflict in the north and a lack of infrastructure meant that until recently, tourists were still a fairly endangered species.
The intrepid few who travelled to Uganda in the past usually did so to see the endangered mountain gorillas of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which is split between Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the appearance of several luxury safari lodges, improved infrastructure and a booming adventure travel scene have brought some much needed international attention to other parts of Uganda, which was named by Lonely Planet as the number one country to visit in 2012.
Instrumental to the development of Uganda's burgeoning tourism scene is Roni Madhvani, director of the Madhvani Group – a conglomerate of companies that owns a huge portfolio of assets in Uganda – and the former head of the Ugandan Tourism Board. Madhvani returned to Uganda in 1983, after living abroad for 11 years. His family were among the 30,000 Asians expelled from Uganda by Idi Amin in 1972, but peace brought new opportunities to rebuild his family empire, and tourism is now one of the fastest-growing sectors of the company's business portfolio.
Marasa Holdings, Madhvani's hospitality arm, owns and operates two luxury safari lodges in Murchison Falls National Park and one in Queen Elizabeth National Park, as well as luxury safari company Premier Safaris.
"Uganda is not a mass market destination so it remains waiting to be discovered as a unique and unspoilt place," says Madhvani. "The boom is yet to come and Uganda still remains off the beaten track, which is great for the discerning traveller as it still remains unspoilt and not commercialised."
This is the impression I get from the moment I leave the capital Kampala and embark on a four-hour drive to Murchison Falls National Park, in the northwestern corner of Uganda. The land is green and teeming with long-horned cattle. The only conflicts I can see evidence of today are between rival mobile phone companies battling it out for control of the market, their logos plastered over buildings in every town and village we pass through.
There are only five lodges in Murchison Falls National Park, which covers an area of 3,983 square kilometres at the northern end of the Albertine Rift Valley, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west, so there's little chance of bumping into the neighbours.
I spend the night at Paraa Safari Lodge, which is perched on the elevated northern bank of the Victoria Nile. Established in 1954, Paraa has a distinctly colonial feel, with warm wooden interiors, comfy armchairs next to the fireplace, and an old-fashioned billiard table, with comfortable guest rooms that all have panoramic views over the Nile.
The ring of wooden posts around the perimeter are designed to keep hippos out of the pool and other large animals away from the lodge, says general manager Crispus Mwamidi, moments after I emerge from an evening swim that was pleasantly hippo-free.
"The little ones can still get through the posts, which is why we have the rangers patrolling the perimeter. Sometimes they find their way into the dining room looking for food," he explains. Wildlife is rife in Murchison Falls National Park. In 1907, Winston Churchill described it as, "Kew Gardens and the zoo combined on an unlimited scale." Just over 100 years later, it seems little has changed.
Earlier that day I saw some of the park's inhabitants firsthand on a three-hour cruise upriver to the mighty Murchison Falls – named after former Royal Geographic Society president Sir Roderick Murchison – where I ticked off most of Uganda's big game minutes after the African Queen pulled away from the jetty.
The river bank was teeming with life – elephants, buffalos, hippos, Nile crocodiles, Jackson's hartebeest, Ugandan kob, giraffes, families of warthogs and troops of baboons – all grouped in easy-to-photograph clusters.
Just above Murchison Falls itself, the Victoria Nile is forced through a six-metre gully, pushing the water over a 43-metre drop with ferocious power. From here, the river travels another 55kms to Lake Albert and the Albert Delta, a haven for ornithologists who come for some of the best bird watching in Africa and the chance to catch a glimpse of the rare African shoebill, whose huge shoe-shaped beak and demonic eyes make it look truly prehistoric.
The following morning, I set off at first light to explore the park from the comfort of a Land Cruiser with pop-up roof for easy game viewing, with destination consultant Marc Obwalatum from Realm Africa Safaris at the wheel. A network of well-maintained roads criss-cross the vast reserve, and within minutes we lose sight of the other safari vehicles that set off from the lodge at the same time as us.
With the exception of a small group of safari trucks at a spot where the last big cat sightings were reported, and a lone photographer crouched in the long grass by the hippo pool, I don't see any other visitors. Marc points out some of the more intimate details of the animals we spot, such as the scars on the throat of a male giraffe that indicate that he has survived a lion attack. Herds of buffalo graze all over the grasslands, while white cattle egrets perch on their backs to feed on flies and warn the buffalo of threats by flying away at the first sign of danger. "Nature's CCTV," says Marc.
Murchison is a bird-watcher's paradise. In the space of a few hours, we see red-throated bee-eaters, pied and giant kingfishers, African darters, African fish eagles, red bishops, crown-crested cranes (the national bird of Uganda), hamerkop, helmeted guineafowl and the flightless Abyssinian ground hornbill.
As the vehicle rounds a corner on a conspicuously quiet stretch of land, we skid to a halt and come face to face with a lioness lying breathless in the middle of the road. Our arrival doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest and it's not until we attempt to manoeuvre around her that she leaps up and growls in annoyance.
Later that afternoon I visit Chobe Safari Lodge, a handsomely renovated resort whose stilted tents are fitted out with luxurious interiors decorated with local art, all with stunning views of the river. Lunch on the terrace is an unforgettable experience, with a wide panorama of the Nile ahead and a group of hippos wallowing in the shallow waters near the shore below providing a natural chorus to my meal.
At the lodge's private airstrip, four enormous buffalo are basking in the sunshine, indifferent to the comings and goings at the lodge. Journey times in Uganda can be long, but you can charter a small aircraft in Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, direct to Murchison. Accessibility and infrastructure are two of the biggest obstacles holding Uganda back, but the launch last year of a daily flight between Entebbe and Doha by Qatar Airways is the first of what the government hopes will be many new flights into the country.
Back in Ziwa, the Genades hope two new luxury chalets and the introduction of new bird-watching tours will bring in more visitors in 2012. But the arrival or six new female rhinos from South Africa is the most anticipated event of the year, and another step towards the ultimate goal of reintroducing the rhinos of Ziwa to Uganda's stunning national parks. n
As we went to press, Johan Genade called to tell us that a female calf had just been born at Ziwa, bringing the total number of rhinos in Uganda to 11.
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In March, the nation's Sleep Foundation (NSF) released its annual Sleep in America® poll, entitled "Transportation Workers' Sleep." The NSF's 2012 survey examined the sleep habits and work performance of transportation workers, including pilots, train operators, and truck, bus, taxi and limousine motorists.
The internet survey was conducted for that National Sleep Foundation by WB&An Industry Research, utilizing a sample of just one,087 adults over age 25. Individuals surveyed incorporated 202 pilots, 203 truck motorists, 180 rail transportation workers, and 210 bus, taxi and limo motorists, in addition to a control number of 292 non-transportation workers.
The transportation workers were requested concerning the duration and excellence of their sleep, particularly on work nights, and just how it impacts the work they do performance. Questions incorporated just how much sleep they get, in contrast to just how much they think they have to operate their vehicles securely, when they feel sleepy at the office, and when sleepiness at work has ever led to unsafe conditions for their and themselves passengers. Laptop computer also requested if their current work schedules allow sufficient time for sleep and recovery.
Outcomes of the research
The outcomes from the poll are a few reason for alarm, and reinforce the growing problem rest disorders and the hazards they pose, for example commuter vehicle accidents and errors by public transit motorists responsible for most people. A few of the outcomes of laptop computer are:
About one-4th from the train operators and pilots polled stated that sleepiness has affected their job performance at least one time per week.
1 in 5 pilots polled – about 20 % – stated they've designed a "serious error" because of on-the-job sleepiness.
1 in 5 pilots and 1 in 6 train operators admit to some "near miss" because of on-the-job sleepiness.
Pilots and train operators are more inclined than non-transportation workers to possess tried a sleep-related vehicle accident while commuting.
Of all workers surveyed, train operators and pilots report probably the most workday sleep dissatisfaction.
Almost two-thirds of train operators and something-1 / 2 of pilots say they rarely or never obtain a good night's sleep on work nights.
About one-third of bus, taxi, and limo motorists stated they rarely or never obtain a good night's sleep on work nights.


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The Kent State University Police Department has received law enforcement accreditation for the seventh consecutive time since 1991 from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
KSU police received the Advanced Accreditation with Excellence Award from CALEA.
The Excellence Award required the agency to submit to the more demanding Gold Standard Assessment format that focuses primarily on processes and outcomes associated with standards specific to agency policies.
KSU police previously been recognized as a Flagship Agency for three consecutive accreditation cycles, or nine years.
The Excellence Award replaced the Flagship designation, making KSU police the only CALEA accredited agency to receive the highest award available for an unprecedented four times and is also designated as a Meritorious Agency for having the distinction of being accredited for more than 15 years.
"Accreditation through CALEA is the long-established, national 'gold standard' for public safety in the United States," said John Peach, Kent State's director of public safety and chief of police.
"The fact that Kent State Police Services was awarded the highest CALEA reaccreditation award four consecutive times, and most recently 'Accreditation with Excellence Award,' makes us the 'best of the best' of accredited law enforcement agencies in the country. No other local, county or state law enforcement agency has that distinction.
"Put succinctly, Kent State Police Services is the recognized national law enforcement agency of 'excellence' relative to policies, procedures, organizational improvement, public safety services and leadership," Peach said. "It is both a highly prestigious award and accomplishment for our police services in its service, dedication and commitment to the Kent State campus community."
The KSU Police Department is one of only 648 police agencies accredited by CALEA throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Barbados, and along with the Brimfield Police Department one of only two such accredited agencies in Portage County. CALEA standards require an agency to establish a management process for monitoring and measuring performance and reviewing and evaluating policy and procedure. This ensures an agency's continual growth, improvement and use of best practices. CALEA audits accredited agencies every three years to ensure the agencies continue to meet the commission's standards of professional excellence.
KSU Police Sgt. Nancy Shefchuk serves as the department's accreditation manager and assisted the CALEA assessors as they toured and inspected the university's police facilities and equipment and reviewed its policies and practices during a four-day, on-site inspection this past August. The assessors also interviewed many people within the police department and the greater university community.
"As a part of this Gold Standard Assessment process, the assessors interviewed and observed everyone at our department, including the secretaries, records personnel, dispatchers, officers, IT staff and administrators," Shefchuk said. "This accreditation award is a testament to everyone's hard work and dedication to the process."
Agencies designated with the Excellence Award are considered the best among elite law enforcement agencies in North America. CALEA provides for an independent, objective review of an agency's programs and practices relative to 482 professional standards and a proven modern management model. CALEA is an independent, nonprofit organization that was created in 1979 and started granting accreditation awards in 1984. The program has become the primary method for law enforcement agencies to demonstrate their commitment to excellence. For more information about the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, visit www.calea.org.
The KSU Police Department was one of the first nationally accredited law enforcement agencies in Ohio and was only the second university police department in the United States to be accredited by CALEA. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/police.


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Sir Richard Branson is an anomaly among the billionaires of our acquaintance. To be honest, he's the only billionaire of our acquaintance—most people we know store their savings in their change pocket. But there's more to Sir Richard than meets the eye, despite the fact that meeting the eye is a talent of his: His daring escapades, animated hair , and infinite money are catnip to bored journalists who prefer the questionable adventures of a handsome billionaire to the handsome growth charts of questionable billionaires.
Sir Richard, not surprisingly, is a long-time fan of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. As a schoolchild he was a conundrum: a brilliant child who nevertheless couldn't seem to learn to read. Sir Richard has dyslexia, a mixed blessing that confers a constellation of intellectual advantages (many startup founders are dyslexian, as were Einstein and da Vinci) alongside an incongruous inability to benefit from conventional reading instruction. On his last day of school, the headmaster told him that he'd either end up in prison or become a millionaire (a nearly guaranteed prophesy, given that without a supportive family, dyslexians who could have changed the world often do end up in prison).
Sir Richard began building his octopusial 400-company mega-business, Virgin Group, in a basement in West London when he was 20. (At that age, what we were doing in the basement was not founding companies. Ah, youth! How we wasted you!) He started with a magazine against the Vietnamese War and moved on to a record shop, christened Virgin to reflect his status as a business virgin. The name lives on, despite the fact that his virginity (in that realm—we don't speculate further) is long lost.
Sir Richard credits his success in part to luck—a rarely acknowledged lady in the self-satisfied halls of billionairehood, but apparently Sir Richard's good friend. How else to explain that his 1982 foray into music production—a recording of sheep baaing along with a drum machine—reached number 42 on the UK charts? While pop songs often sound as if the vocalists were born in a barn, vocalists that actually were born in a barn are rarely considered star material. To appreciate their potential requires some serious outside-the-box thinking. As Sir Richard has said, "My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them…from the perspective of wanting to live life to the fullest." Making a hit record from barnyard noises seems to qualify in every respect.
Having laid his business virginity to rest once and for all, Sir Richard moved on to quixotic challenges that involve lots of money. His attempt to make the fastest Atlantic crossing in an expensive yacht was foiled when the yacht capsized, necessitating his rescue by helicopter. His effort to win a car-racing bet ended with him on an Air Asia flight in a stewardess uniform, serving passengers coffee. Standing on his dignity doesn't appear to be a pastime of Sir Richard's. As he has said, "You don't learn to walk by following the rules. You learn by doing and by falling over."
Luckily, Sir Richard's fallings-over have only bolstered his renown. This knight errant is not only the UK's premier twitterer, an honor in itself, but also the world's most social CEO and most followed person on LinkedIn—and an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church Monastery. When British Airways paid him £500,000 to settle a lawsuit, he distributed it to his staff. As moguls go, that's uncommon.
All in all, the five judges are extraordinarily nice rich people. As to how they got that way, it's our conviction that people who've suffered unjustly, through no fault of their own (not enough to break their humanity mainspring, just enough to seed compassion), are likely to be empathetic. All five of these judges (well, four definitely—Butler we're not sure about) have battled against—and overcome—unfair misjudgment: Sir Richard against myths about dyslexia; Banks against adolescent and fashion-industry narrowmindedness; Kelly against preconceptions about the working-class; Blakely against…uncomfortable pantyhose (and, to her credit, the men who make them). As a result, we believe, they share a sympathy with humanity—with us, to be specific—that's rare in their colleagues in the one percent. Their presence made it a privilege to be part of the VOOM final.
Next, the contest! Which was notable for its lack of Shark Tankian contestant belittling and inter-judge bickering, but we'll do our best with what we have.
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Catherine Gates is Senior Director of Content & Partnerships for Workmatters. She oversees the development, distribution and support of Workmatters content to equip marketplace leaders to live out their faith at work. She also builds partnerships with clients and other marketplace ministries. Catherine has a broad range of experience in technology, sales, training, public speaking and curriculum development. She's passionate about her faith and helping people tap into more of God's best for their lives while bringing God glory.
The Bible has a great deal to say about both fasting and praying, including commands to fast and pray. The Bible also gives us examples of people who fasted and prayed, using different types of fasts for different reasons, all of which are very positive results. Jesus fasted and prayed. Jesus' disciples fasted and prayed after the Resurrection. Many of the Old Testament heroes and heroines of the faith fasted and prayed. The followers of John the Baptist fasted and prayed.Many people in the early church fasted and prayed. What the Scriptures have taught us directly and by the examples of the saints is surely something we are to do.
16-hour fast (aka 16:8): The most popular type of intermittent fast, the 16-hour fast encourages you to eat all of your meals in an 8-hour window, such as noon to 8pm. To activate the full benefits of intermittent fasting, try an 18-hour fast, once you've adapted to 16 hours. This would mean eating between noon and 6pm or between 2pm and 8pm. Simply avoid eating after dinner, and skip breakfast in the morning. Limit carbs to dinner.
Finally, fasting was frequently associated with supplicatory prayer. David prayed and fasted over his sick child ( 2 Sam 12:16 ), weeping before the Lord in earnest intercession (vv. 21-22). Nehemiah, having heard of Jerusalem's desolation, wept, fasted, and prayed that God would give him favor with King Artaxerxes of Persia so that he might return to his homeland and repair its ruins ( Neh 1:4-11 ). Esther, under similar circumstances, urged Mordecai and the Jews to fast for her as she planned to appear before her husband the king ( Esther 4:16 ). Clearly, fasting and petition are here one and the same (cf. Jer 14:12 ).
I am just besides myself right now I'm so happy I'm alive and living for the savior. I am freely serving Jehovah God. I keep my headphones in while on route to work I take bus and trains I talk to my savoir walking, and I am so bless I play my songs and or listen to pastor Jentenzen while working I must admit I got a little distracted today but his Grace oh his sweet Grace.
Side effects of fasting include dizziness, headaches, low blood sugar, muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue. Prolonged fasting can lead to anemia, a weakened immune system, liver and kidney problems, and irregular heartbeat. Fasting can also result in vitamin and mineral deficiencies, muscle breakdown, and diarrhea. When you drink laxative concoctions during a fast, there is an increased risk of fluid imbalance and dehydration.
Unger's Bible Dictionary explains that the word fast in the Bible is from the Hebrew word sum, meaning "to cover" the mouth, or from the Greek word nesteuo , meaning "to abstain." For spiritual purposes, it means to go without eating and drinking (Esther 4:16 Esther 4:16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Also, for many people, a full 16 hours of fasting just isn't realistic, says Cynthia Sass, a New York City– and L.A.-based performance nutritionist. She recommends 12 hours of overnight fasting at most and believes the 16-hour gap is especially tough on those who exercise early in the morning or late at night. "If fasting makes you feel miserable and results in intense cravings and rebound overeating, it's not the right path for you," she says.
Fasting is important, more important perhaps, than many of us have supposed . . . when exercised with a pure heart and a right motive, fasting may provide us with a key to unlock doors where other keys have failed; a window opening up new horizons in the unseen world; a spiritual weapon of God's provision, mighty, to the pulling down of strongholds. [Arthur Wallis, God's Chosen Fast].
For charismatic Christians fasting is undertaken at what is described as the leading of God. Fasting is done in order to seek a closer intimacy with God, as well as an act of petition. Some take up a regular fast of one or two days each week as a spiritual observance. Members of holiness movements, such as those started by John Wesley and George Whitefield, often practice such regular fasts as part of their regimen.
In addition to our attitudes towards God and our stance before man, our motives must also be correct. We should fast in order to further the building up of God's kingdom by seeking to minister to others. The prophet Isaiah received from the Lord the acceptable motives for our fasts: "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter -- when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?" (Isaiah 58:6-7).
As far back as the 1930s, scientists have been exploring the benefits of reducing calories by skipping meals. During that time, one American scientist found that significantly reducing calories helped mice live longer, healthier lives. More recently, researches have found the same in fruit flies, roundworms and monkeys. Studies have also shown that decreasing calorie consumption by 30 to 40 percent (regardless of how it's done) can extend life span by a third or more. Plus, there's data to suggest that limiting food intake may reduce the risk of many common diseases. Some believe fasting may also increase the body's responsiveness to insulin, which regulates blood sugar and helps control hunger.
In the Bahá'í Faith, fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset during the Bahá'í month of 'Ala' ( 1 or 2 March – 19 or 20 March).[22] Bahá'u'lláh established the guidelines in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. It is the complete abstaining from both food and drink during daylight hours (including abstaining from smoking). Consumption of prescribed medications is not restricted. Observing the fast is an individual obligation and is binding on Bahá'ís between 15 years (considered the age of maturity) and 70 years old.[22] Exceptions to fasting include individuals younger than 15 or older than 70; those suffering illness; women who are pregnant, nursing, or menstruating; travellers who meet specific criteria; individuals whose profession involves heavy labor and those who are very sick, where fasting would be considered dangerous. For those involved in heavy labor, they are advised to eat in private and generally to have simpler or smaller meals than are normal.


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Brown and his team have shown all the signs of a winning car the last handful of races, and now the three-time world champion is ready for the payoff in his 10,000-horsepower Matco Tools dragster. He's confident it can come on the ultra-fast racing surface at Virginia Motorsports Park, and it's just a matter of putting the last three races together during one weekend.
"The car is there and now we're getting our bearings right," Brown said. "We had a new combination starting in Pomona and the more laps we get, the more we figure it out. We've learned a lot and to see the way the team has gelled together has been amazing. We're getting things worked out and it's shown a lot of potential. We know this car can 60-foot now. Before, we had to make it up, but now we're leaving with the front runners and that's a good sign."
Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Courtney Force (Funny Car), Tanner Gray (Pro Stock) and LE Tonglet (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are the defending winners of a race that will be televised on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) in 2019, including final eliminations coverage starting at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 19. It is the eighth of 24 races during a 2019 NHRA season that has started to come together for Brown, a 66-time event winner who has endured plenty of adversity since the start of the 2018 campaign.
The team dealt with personnel changes and a major switch in the engine combination a year ago, winning just one race. That was a far cry from the past seven seasons when Brown won four or more races each year, but the veteran star has stayed the course. They changed the combination on the dragster to open 2019, but things have come together quickly. Brown advanced to the final round in Houston, qualified second in Charlotte and posted the quickest qualifying time in eliminations at Atlanta, giving Brown every indication things are about to change.
Brown is thrilled to get to Virginia, where he will take on a talented Top Fuel class that includes points leader and defending champ Steve Torrence, who has back-to-back wins, 2017 world champ Brittany Force, Clay Millican, Leah Pritchett, Doug Kalitta and Richie Crampton. It will be a tough road to get back on top, but Brown likes what he's seen from his team, which is led by crew chiefs Mark Oswald and Brad Mason, and he's ready to pounce in Virginia.
"The track is super smooth and the (Franklin) family does an incredible job with the track," Brown said. "We're going to go out and hit it hard, and it's going to be nice. We felt (Atlanta) was our race to win, so we're ready to race in Richmond right now. When you're on the verge of something and it's there, you want to race right now."
Funny Car is loaded with talent, including points leader Robert Hight, defending world champion J.R. Todd, John Force, Matt Hagan and Ron Capps, who won the most recent race in Atlanta.
Looking for their first victory in Richmond in Pro Stock Motorcycle are a number of talented competitors, including defending world champ Matt Smith and points leader Andrew Hines.
The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service makes the fifth of 12 stops in 2019 at Virginia Motorsports Park. Defending world champion Mike Janis is the also defending Pro Mod winner at the race. The event also features thrilling competition in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, showcasing the future stars of the sport.
As always, fans can interact with their favorite drivers as they're granted an exclusive pit pass to the most powerful and sensory-filled motorsports attraction on the planet. This unique opportunity gives fans direct access to the teams, allowing them to see firsthand the highly-skilled mechanics service their hot rods between rounds, and get autographs from their favorite NHRA drivers.
Fans also will want to visit NHRA's popular Nitro Alley and Manufacturers Midway, where sponsors and race vendors create a carnival atmosphere, with interactive displays, simulated competitions, merchandise, food and fun for the entire family.
NHRA fans can take part in the Mello Yello Walking Tour to see the cars and teams hard at work in the pits. Fans can also attend Nitro School to learn more about how the cars operate and reach their thrilling speeds. Virginia Motorsports Park will host a Mello Yello autograph session and allow fans to meet their favorite drivers as well as the Cruising with Castello Sealmaster Track Walk hosted by NHRA announcer Joe Castello. A can't-miss experience of any NHRA event is the winner's circle celebration on Sunday after racing concludes. NHRA fans are invited to congratulate the winners of the event as they celebrate their NHRA Virginia Nationals victories.
Mello Yello Drag Racing Series qualifying will feature two rounds at 1:45 and 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 17, and the final two rounds of qualifying at 12:45 and 3:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. Final eliminations are scheduled for 12 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.
To purchase general admission or reserved seats, call 800-884-NHRA (6472). Tickets also are available online at www.NHRA.com/tickets. Kids 12 and under are free in general admission areas with a paid adult. All students can save 50 percent on general admission at the gate with a student ID. To honor the Salute to First Responders, military and first responders can save 20 percent on general admission tickets at the gate.


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Do you want to vent in a safe place? Have a good cry without fear of harsh judgment? An oncology talk therapist can be good listener, someone who can provide that safe place to process some of the feelings that go with a cancer diagnosis, and much more than that.
Talk therapy can be objective and supportive. It helped me to hear that it is normal to be upset by abnormal circumstances (cancer). My therapist helped me sort out what is what—the emotions from the hormone changes from chemotherapy, the sleep difficulties and more. Objective suggestions were often more helpful than a family/friend hug and another, "Oh, poor Barb."
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Having someone to process the intense emotions with me helped the emotions from coming out sideways. I could slow down. I could pull a tool out of my growing emotional toolbox rather than flopping around and possibly hurting someone close to me. Sadly, I won't say that never happened, but I will say, because of my talk therapist, it probably happened less.
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What is the objective of financial strategy?
This book resolutely focuses on ROI (return on investment, also termed ROCE - return on capital employed) as being the prime goal of a business, all other objectives and goals being secondary or supportive. This turns thinking on its head; the company is now driven by finance - making a return through pointing out physical actions/strategies that will deliver the components of the ultimate financial strategy, that strategy being to make the best return for shareholders or investors.
Chapter 2 demonstrates this 'truth' with simple numerical examples. Readers will no doubt dissent, but if this chapter results in thought and discussion as to what your company's objectives and supporting strategies really are, that is good. In today's world, one unfortunate side effect of well-intentioned political correctness is that businesses may be forced to be deceitful, not to be honest as to their true motives and intentions. These debatable comments are further explored in later chapters.
There are many feasible financial strategies but for clarity and to aid understanding, financial strategies may be classified as two distinct types:
1 Operational financial strategy, meaning plans (physical strategies) as identified, reported and implemented using financial models, measures and responses. The strategies that plan, report and deliver results: profits, cost reductions, efficiencies and so on.
Without an operational financial strategy there is no continuing business. Operating strategies may have to be very nimble, responsive to the sudden changes faced by many industries today, for example in the service sector.
Operating strategies may be very consistent and boring - but they still need to exist and to be constantly monitored and improved if possible.
2 Structural financial strategy, meaning plans to finance the business in an efficient and effective manner. Examples are gearing up a balance sheet, leasing as opposed to purchasing equipment, and factoring debts. Unless you are large and powerful or have generous and willing friends and supporters (as you must have to be able to work a private equity strategy), financial strategy is very much constrained by external parties, in particular funders - the banks.
The two distinct types of financial strategy give rise to many different approaches with aims that should be complementary or aligned (to use another overused word). The overall operational or structural strategy will have sub-strategies or tactics to aid its delivery.
The chapters that follow refer to how the topic relates to operational or financial strategy, or both. This will help you to understand the importance of the accounting statement or practice being studied. Their place in applying tactics and delivering strategy should be clear. The problems and limitations of reports and practices will also become evident - you must know what prevents a tactic working and a strategy being delivered.


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Meetings in Tschernowitz, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy and Zaporozhye in late June started the second year of efforts to support Ukraine's territorial reform. The project is run by the Education for Democracy Foundation under Poland's development cooperation.
The meetings brought together approximately one hundred representatives of 48 amalgamated hromadas. They offered an opportunity to highlight the results of last year's actions, discuss plans and share experiences and expectations regarding Ukraine's ongoing territorial reform. The panel on good practices in culture, investment and city cooperation, organized in the framework of expert meetings, attracted great interest. Polish practitioners looked into the possibilities for inhabitants to organize themselves. They also discussed issues related to social capital growth, analysis of communes' resources and development of investment plans. Spotlight was put on fostering tourism and organizing education facilities.
The aim of the project "Decentralization in practice 2 – we learn from each other" is to support amalgamated hromadas in managing units and upskill staff in attracting investments and writing project proposals. It also aims to improve cooperation of authorities with inhabitants and plan and implement changes in local communities. The project draws not only on Polish expertise and cases, but also on good practices developed by Ukraine's hromadas which succeeded within the changing local government system.
Study visits will be held in Poland and Ukraine to exchange experiences and success stories and to analyze problems and failures. Members of local governments taking part in the project will also sign up for training courses, consultations and a study visit to Poland. They will draft plans of changes in their communes with support of Polish experts. The project will conclude with a forum "We are changing our hromadas" which will take stock of the outcomes and create a platform for exchange of experiences and opinions between the hromadas concerned.
For more information on the project funded by Polish Aid, please visit the website: https://fed.org.pl/wiele-malych-zwyciestw/


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These almond-filled tarts are an easy and delicious treat!
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1⁄2 cupSolo Almond Paste
1⁄4 cupbrown sugar
1⁄4 cupall purpose flour
4 tablespoonunsalted butter, room temperature (additional butter needed for basting)
2egg (large)
1⁄2 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 packagebite-sized tart cups
1pear (cut into thin slices)
1⁄4 cuppowdered sugar (for dusting)
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- Combine almond paste and sugar in a food processor.
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- Incorporate the eggs and vanilla extract.
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- Bake at 325°F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils designs for a new football stadium for UK National League team Forest Green Rovers — constructed almost entirely of wood
Internationally renowned architecture and interior design firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has won the competition to design a new stadium in Stroud, Gloucestershire, for the Forest Green Rovers, a team which plays in the National League, the fifth-highest in the overall England football league system.
The stadium will be the centrepiece of the £100 million Eco Park development, a proposed 100-acre sports and green technology business park proposal by green energy specialist Ecotricity — and in a world first, it will be built almost entirely of wood.
"Zaha Hadid Architects has built some fantastic sports stadia and facilities around the world, including one at the Olympic Park in London, they've designed one of the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup, and now they've designed one for Forest Green," says Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder and Forest Green Rovers chairman.
He noted that around three-quarters of the lifetime carbon impact of any stadium comes from its building materials — and that the team's new stadium designed by ZHA would have the lowest embodied carbon of any stadium in the world, using wood as its primary construction material. "Wood is not only naturally occurring, it has very low embodied carbon — about as low as it gets for a building material."
According to ZHA director Jim Heverin, the stadium will be the centrepiece of Eco Park. "The design retains and enhances the existing meadow landscape of the site while adding the stadium and other functions for the town," he explains. "Embodying low carbon construction methods and operational processes, it will be the first all-timber football stadium with almost every element made of sustainably-sourced timber, including its structure, roof cantilevers and louvered cladding."
The stadium's roof will be covered with a transparent membrane, which contributes to turf growth, minimises stark shadows for players and fans and reduces the volumetric impact of the stadium from distant views in the surrounding landscape. The design also incorporates the club's future growth. Initially for 5,000 spectators, increasing to 10,000 with the club's success, expansion from phase 1 to phase 2 can be achieved without the costs of major construction works.
Forest Green Rovers' new stadium and Eco Park both aim to be carbon-neutral or carbon-negative, including measures such as the provision of on-site renewable energy generation. "The buildings on the site, and their embodied energy, play a substantial role in achieving this ambitious target and demonstrate sustainable architecture can be dynamic and beautiful," Heverin concludes.


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Never one to miss a song title reference for a post title, I must nevertheless confess that this one by Bachelor Girl is a) one I had to look up to make sure I had it right, b) is actually a song that I don't have (note to self: go get…).
And now that we're in the confessional sort of mood, I am also exaggerating – I will be going by train to Århus later today (in order not to have to get up in the middle of the night to be there in time tomorrow). But not by bus. At least not according to plans.
And just to round it off – three's the number, innit – the picture above is from Copenhagen Central Station whereas I will board at Høje Taastrup. And the train type is off as well as far as I can tell. Hey, what can I say – it is Monday morning…
But music there had to be (Monday morning, I said!) and music there was:
Voulez Vous – ABBA
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
Self Control – Laura Branigan
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Don't Look Any Further – M People
The Boy From New York City – Darts
Hey Joe – Jimi Hendrix
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Since sex hormones like testosterone are positively associated with acne AND with increased telomerase activity, the study probably just captured this effect.
Panacea has a negative connotation only if you don't believe in one
Panacea was the Greek god of healing, not quackery. What if there was one way to help multiple organ systems?
Claudine's testimonial- aka "The Panacea effect"
I am on TA 65 for a year now and have cut back on a lot of other supplements. I plan of taking TA 65 for the rest of my life. I am 57 years old and feel great. Thank you for your dedication, your educational webcasts and your book. It is all very much appreciated!
TA-65 is for the Birds – literally!!
Well, two weeks ago, a study was published showing that TA-65 causes finch feathers to regenerate faster. Since I've told you that the telomerase mechanisms are the same in all animals, this shouldn't surprise you.
84 yo Bob talks about his age spots disappearing
Note: My patients are the BEST! They are smart, interesting, open-minded, and positive. Here is an email I got tonight from Bob S, 84-years-young. He has been taking TA-65 for 2 years. Note the changes in skin are not uncommon. To learn more about TA effects on the skin, see PODCAST 34: "The Skin Show" http://youtu.be/abRAieD6NQ8 Hi, Dr. Park …
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Huaka'i: Destination Tahiti at the Royal Hawaiian
We are returning back to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Monarch Room for this year's Huaka'i and we look forward to you joining us in honoring the Tahitians. The Tahitians provided not only essential translation assistance to the ABCFM missionaries, they also represented a strong culture and spiritual bond with the Hawaiians. It will be a memorable event!


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ESSVE Purlin anchor
Pick main part(1) part that exists in a building object and that determines the position number for the assembly or cast unit and the direction of assembly or cast unit drawings
(1) Main part can be an assembly main part or a cast unit main part.
(2) input part that the user selects first when creating a component
(2) Connections and details always have a component main part.
and secondary part(1) part that exists in a building object and that is connected to the main part
(1) Secondary part can be an assembly secondary part or a cast unit secondary part.
(2) input part that the user selects after selecting the component main part when creating a component
(2) A component can have none, one or more component secondary parts.
to apply the purlin anchor to the beams. The positioning regarding the rotation of the beams should be set to front or back.
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Hi. I have a roll of oil primed linen from a company that describe their production process like this - "For an 'oil canvas', zinc white is used as the primer, bound with linseed oil."
Given the issues associated with the use of Zinc what are your recommendations - use this product or not?
Many thanks.
While there is a longish tradition among some suppliers of preprimed canvases for using zinc, with everything we currently know about the embrittlement of zinc oxide when used in oil paints, I would not recommend its use in a ground - especially if stretched. If you felt compelled to use it, then mount it to panel at the very least, or use it for casual studies.
That said, a high-end supplier like Claessens has a long history of making canvasses using zinc as an initial layer, followed by titanium white, and I do not know of a study that expressly looked at how their canvases have fared. Perhaps that particular layered structure lessens the concerns? Don't know. But again, to err on the side of safety, I would personally hesitate to recommend any ground with zinc.
Yes precisely what Sarah said....also there have been several threads thus far about zinc and its related issues (accompanied by practical suggestions)....if you type in the word "zinc" in the search field many of these should come up. Let us know if you have any additional questions after reading through some of them.


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Ever had one of those days when nothing seemed to go right? Well Z Tejas Southwestern Grill in Phoenix recently had one of those days, or was it Bob having one of those days?
We had wanted to eat there for awhile after getting a to go menu while visiting Texaz Grill for some great chicken fried steak. Bob wanted to try a smoked chicken chile relleno and Jo wanted to try a wild mushroom enchilada.
When our food arrived Bob tried to break off a corner and it felt like he was hitting the plate instead of the entree. Using a serrated knife he was barely able to cut through. No problem they will make another, besides Jo's wild mushroom enchilada was very good and their corn bread is also excellent :-)
The manager came by and was all apologetic and offered something to eat while Bob's new entree was cooking, probably to save some food for Jo. The smoked chicken chorizo soup sounded good and it was. The new entree arrived shortly thereafter and it was really good, but then, you just knew there was a but coming didn't ya? Bob saw what looked like the stem of the chile on his plate but it was not the stem it was a chicken bone. They smoke and hand pick the chicken there so both the waitress and the manager were very apologetic again. Luckily it was a big enough piece that it never got to the mouth or became a choking hazard.
We finished the rest of the meal and asked for to go containers and Bob's drink in a to go cup. Guess what happens next, they were all out of lids for the to go cups. We bring this up not to condemn Z Tejas but to compliment them. When you eat out as much as we do there is going to be problems, how the place handles the problem is what you are looking for. The waitress did not hesitate to let the manager know when the problems occurred. The manager was very attentive after that even offering a free cup of soup while Bob waited. When it came time to pay both of our meals were free. We made sure to tip the waitress for the full value of the meals and told her we would not hesitate to eat there again. The food was excellent and when problems surfaced they were handled correctly.
So if you are ever in Arizona, California, Utah or Texas give Z Tejas a chance, you won't be disappointed.
Till next time,
Bob and Jo
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Now THAT'S what I call Customer Service..... sure, things go wrong, but it's when they make it right that makes the difference. Sounds like a lot of places could take a lesson fro this place.ReplyDelete
Always nice when the place does what's right. I got a chicken enchilada at a local Mexican restaurant once, rather than the cheese I had ordered. When I told the waiter he said I got what I ordered because, he said (holding his order pad and pen in hand), "My pen don't lie." Needless to sayI walked out and have never been back and have told lots of people about this incident. No excuse for that!ReplyDelete
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What are the best resources for children who would like to learn to do magic? I'm especially interested in recommendations as to Internet sites that teach magic to kids, as well as the best books in this area.
Inner circle
2004 Posts
Public librarys usually have a good selection of books. Whats nice about library books, if the child isn't interested in the subject, no out of pocket expense up front. If there is a good showing of interest, there are many good books for beginers. Not in any particular order to name a few...
Harry Lorayn's Magic Book
Mark Wilson Course in Magic
Bill Tarr's Now You See it series.
I'm confident that you will get even more suggestions than what I have passed along.
Dick Oslund
Inner circle
8363 Posts
That's how I began. It's important to realize that the youngster who has no real interest, will soon quit due to no real interest.
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Magic for Dummies (David Pogue)
Complete Course in Magic (Mark Wilson)
Magic - The Complete Course (Joshua Jay) -> with a DVD included
The Magic Book (Harry Lorayne)
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8575 Posts
You might be able to teach tricks, but magic must be learned.
One key factor is observing what trick they choose from a book and work on to create and effect of magic.
Watching others perform on a video will not allow that. Learning tricks on the Internet only prepares one to do tricks on the Internet.
Mark Wilson's book has an advantage in illustrating a routine form two perspectives - the performer's and the observer's.
you say, "children who would like to learn to do magic?" How was the interest expressed? Was it a spontaneous "bubbling up" for youthful imagination,
or something plunked in their head by an adult. Did it follow the viewing of a live magic show or watching AGT?
Such answers might help you select the best way to encourage their learning.
You might try performing a couple of simple effects. Then hand them a book and say, "See if you can learn how I did that - it's in there somewhere."
I am biased here from personal experience. When I went to the State Library to check out magic books at age eleven, the librarian asked what tricks I could already perform.
I picked up an eraser from his desk in my right hand and nothing in my left. Close fists. When I opened them the eraser was in my left hand. He let me into the reserved section with some very old magic books. No one taught me that trick. I had found it in another book. You will never see that trick performed on a video either.
It is great that you wish to help children learn of magic. Please "guide" and not "teach."
"you ask why an innocent child can find magic --
and cause magical things to happen?
that is an answer, you see -- not a question.
the scrolls of Eskiyalı (circa 1360AD)
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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On Feb 11, 2019, funsway wrote:
This sounds like very good advice (and the other replies above do, too). Thank you.
The boy I have in mind is the 9-year old son of some good friends of mine. His parents have mentioned to me repeatedly that he is interested in magic -- and I have begun to wonder whether they are hinting that they would like me to guide him into learning it, since they know I am an amateur magician. I have already begun to work on a plan such as you suggest -- showing him small magic every time I see him -- and suggesting to his parents that they take him to the library to look for books on magic that might be most suitable for him. They say they plan to do that. But, what concerns me about the library idea is that he is not an eager reader, as many children today are not. He has learned an impressive amount from TV and the Internet, however. So, I was wondering whether he might be able to learn some magic, also, that same way? I know of a few websites that feature videos that seem to be aimed at children, as well as some books that include links to video performances of the tricks they teach. I am wondering, just in general, if the day of learning mainly by the printed word, as I did, may be over? All of this is what was behind my original post above. Thanks again.
Inner circle
East Orange, NJ
3181 Posts
Show him a trick from a book he ought to be able to read at his age. Perform it, don't explain it. Then hand him the book and let him look up the trick and learn how to do it by reading the book. If he is really interested in learning the trick, he will do it. Stay near-by to see if he needs help in reading or in understanding what he is reading, but let him work it out for himself as much as possible. Meanwhile, find another trick in the same book and when he has mastered the first, perform the second trick and let him find the solution in the book. Maybe on the third trick, have him look through the book and find a trick he would like to learn, and that one you read and learn together. More than 100 Wiz Kids have learned both magic and reading that way since I started in 1980.
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An excellent mentoring formula, Jim. Experienced magicians face different challenges today compared with decades ago, and back in the "age of giants" of the twentieth century.
We must teach beginner show to extract knowledge from books and audiences how to appreciate magic over puzzles and "gotcha" and trying to impress people.
Somewhere in those books are also Rules of Magic and lessons on Routing and audience engagement. These can be "discovered" or "Assigned."
Methinks that later on there is nothing wrong with watching a video together to learn a technique - then link it to the "real secrets of magic" never found on YouTube.
At some point introducing them to the Nook may be great also.
"the more one pretends at magic, the more awe and wonder will be found in real life." Arnold Furst
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Princeton, NJ
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It's important that kids have an interest in magic first. Show them a few videos of David Blaine, Penn and Teller etc. and then if they like it library books are a great resource. Inter-library loans are great as they allow you to borrow books on magic not commonly found in most libraries for free.
- Just my humble opinion
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One of my earliest books was Scarne on Cards. Amazing card magic without sleight of hand. Highly recommended for kids 8+.
Todsky's Magic Shop: over 15,000 tricks, books, DVD s and Card decks. www.magicstore.ca
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The Australian Magician/Escapist Cosentino learnt to read via a magic book, he now has a series of books each with a trick and ideas exposed throughout the story. My 7 year old son was inpired enough to perform at his school talent show. A summer tutorial at our local magic shop with a bit of crafting has inpired him even more. Te best advice I received: teach and learn one trick at a time... The temptation with a book is to learn all of tem at once! You Tube dare I say is a good resource to veiw performances of a trick to see how it can be adapted to his own tastes. https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Myste......EALw_wcB
Harry Lorayne
New York City
8431 Posts
One of the main reasons I wrote THE MAGIFC BOOK for the public was for young people. Glad to see some here advising it.
Regular user
102 Posts
I think YouTube is a pretty good resource for beginner magic. Provided you find some good channels. I recommend Disturb Reality, 52 Kards, Guide to Street Magic and Free Magic Live.
Magical Moments
Regular user
113 Posts
Many begin their journey into magic with a magic set. I did not begin that way. I went to shops and bought beginner tricks which I could afford. Then, a Deland deck.
Books came a little bit later for me and I believe the first one was Magic Tricks and Card Tricks by Wilfred Johnson. I loved that book!
If kids get the wrong start such as tricks which are too difficult to learn, they will quickly lose interest.
A mentor to assist in the growth can be a very valuable asset if one can be acquired.
For me, I knew I loved magic immediately and would want it to be an important part of my journey through life. That is not always the case for some kids.
Veteran user
Washington, DC
397 Posts
The Magic Book by Mr. Harry Lorayne. It is a slam dunk.
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1487 Posts
I would highly recommend the Joshua Jay book (Magic: The Complete Course), because it comes with a DVD in which he demonstrates and teaches many of the routines in the book.
The book itself has lots of glossy pictures, and has a fantastic range of tricks for beginners. Really good stuff, and it's ideal for older children to start with.
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On Feb 9, 2019, Hushai wrote:
There are a few links at the end of this article that I can recommend, with several good online videos geared specifically to teach children some basic card tricks:
How to Get Started In Card Magic
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Salt Lake City, Utah
13 Posts
Plenty of videos in YouTube for kids. Go learn....
New user
Salt Lake City, Utah
13 Posts
Magic After Hours, At the Illusionist's Table, Six Impossible Things by Joshua Jay, The Enigmatist by David Kwong, The Amazing Max by Max Darwin. Those are some great shows. Happy traveling.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
A Little Wild Baby Shower Card
It's been quite a while since I've been able to update my blog. This summer has been busy busy. And I've also had minimal time to get any crafting done and I've had a lack of motivation to do anything. But I've been plugging away in my craft room, so I'm hoping to have more to share with you in the future.
Today's card is one that I did for a friend's baby shower this past weekend. I love how it came out. It also got me back into my groove. I just needed a little coloring to get me going. :) I took inspiration from the invitation. Those baby animals were so cute and I knew I had stamps that could replicate this. I used the Animal Outing and A Little Wild stamp sets. I colored these guys in with my Blends. (FAVORITE markers ever!!) If you have not used these markers yet, you must. They make coloring so smooth and blend so well. I like to do my coloring on shimmer card stock. It's a little thicker plus who doesn't love a little extra shimmer!
After I colored them, I used their coordinating die cuts to cut them out. I also stamped and cut out some leaves from the Animal Outing bundle. The background of the card is more shimmer white card stock that was painted with my aqua painter and Balmy Blue ink. The sentiment is from Special Celebrations, stamped in Night of Navy ink and glued to the front of Night of Navy card stock. I also added some polka dot tulle ribbon under the sentiment because I just love this ribbon and want to add it to every card! :) The final touch was sequins because again, I love them too. I am glad I was able to have this card match the invitations as well as the theme of her shower.
Is that something you guys have ever tried doing. Matching cards to the invitations you get?? I try to do this as much as I can. Well thanks for stopping by and I will try my hardest to post something again soon!!
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