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Quality Determines How Much New Vinyl Siding Costs
There are many factors that determine how much new vinyl siding costs, but one of the biggest is quality. Not all vinyl siding is the same, and there are many good reasons why homeowners interested in purchasing new vinyl siding want to go with a higher-quality material.
Determining Vinyl Siding Costs
Thicker vinyl siding stands up to aging, weather, and other stresses much better than thinner vinyl siding. Cheaper siding also can show imperfections in the framing--wall studs have a natural "crown," or outward curve, that carpenters face to the exterior when building. Thinner vinyl siding often shows these slight bulges when they are next to studs without much crown. The result is a "wavy" looking wall. Thicker vinyl siding is much more rigid and hides these imperfections.
Another major factor in determining how much new vinyl siding costs is style. Vinyl siding with a plain look costs less than siding with decorative styles, such as Dutch lap, board and batten, vinyl shake, etc. Siding with a standard horizontal lap won't be as expensive as these fancier styles.
Lastly, manufacturers prices vary slightly as well. Expect to pay between $.45 and $1.90 per square foot as a very rough estimate. With those numbers in mind, cladding a 2,300 square-foot home costs between $7,575 and $11,575 depending on what grade of siding you purchase.
Vinyl Siding Grades
Siding panels break down into five categories:
- Builder grade, .040 millimeters thick
- Thin Residential Grade, .042
- Standard residential grade, .044
- Thick residential grade, .046
- Super thick grade, .050
When comparing vinyl siding costs, make sure you are comparing the same grade, or thickness, of material.
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so….what's not to love about meatballs?
what's not to love about pizza?
I mean…really? the two of them together….even better!
add cheese on top of that…and OH.MY.WORD!!!
I made a yummy pot of spaghetti and meatballs this week for my family and had lots left over, so…what to do?….make pizza of course! Boy, was it gone in a heartbeat…seriously!
In fact….it was gone so fast that I didn't even get a pic once it was out of the oven! Insert a wink and a giggle.
you will need:
1/2 cup sauce
3 to 4 meatballs sliced
pizza dough
1/2 cup freshly grated mozzarella
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
salt & pepper to taste (I like to season my pizza's before they bake)
- preheat oven to 400°
- prepare your dough and roll out onto a sheet pan with parchment paper
- slather your sauce all over the dough (I use a minimum amount because I like my pizzas to be all about the toppings and cheese)
- place your sliced meatballs all over the pizza
- sprinkle with your mozzarella, then the Parmesan
- season with salt, pepper and oregano
- bake for 8 to 10 minutes in a 400° oven (ovens vary, so watch closely)
this is such an easy and yummy way to use leftover meatballs and your sauce and I promise you…it'll be eaten right up! you'll even wish you had more! enjoy!

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More than five years into the war in Syria it is not always easy for interested parties to get public opinion in the outside world to focus, yet again, on a conflict that can sometimes seem insoluble.
For many watching from a distance, the shock value of reports about the aftermath of barrel bombs, suicide attacks, torture and starving civilians can diminish with repetition.
One tactic that some Syrian activists are deploying to try to shortcut this is to tap into the global phenomenon that is Pokemon Go and to exploit it for all it's worth.
Pikachus, squirtles and weedles and the other characters in the augmented reality game have been unofficially co-opted to highlight the harsh realities of war.
This week the Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office - a group of media activists which supports groups opposed to President Assad's regime - has posted a series of photographs of children posing with drawings of Pokemon characters.
The drawings are all captioned with a line identifying that the child is from a particular town or village in a rebel-held area in northwest Syria. The one in the image below reads: "I'm from Kafr Nabl in Idlib province. Come and save me."
The circumstances in which the pictures were taken are not entirely clear. The RFS has not yet responded to a request for comment. But Kafr Nabl is a town which has a history of producing eye-catching banners to try to attract international attention, often appealing for Western military help against the Syrian government.
The message behind the Pokemon portraits - which have been shared thousands of times on social media - seems to be: if you can spend so much time chasing fantastical imaginary creatures then why can't you do more for children growing up in a war.
Image copyrightRFSImage captionThe caption says this boy appealing for help is in rebel-held area of Hama province
Artists outside the country have also borrowed Pokemon to make their point. The picture at the top of this article is by Moustafa Jano, a Syrian who now lives in Sweden. It's from a series that he has posted on Facebook, in which Pokemon is seen on the journey made by so many refugees who have fled the war and risked their lives at sea to face an uncertain future in Europe.
In one of his posts, Jano quotes a line from the Swedish novelist Jonas Gardell: "Grandpa, what did you do that summer of 2016, when the world was on fire? Oh, dear grandchildren, we were looking for Pokemon Characters in the phone!"
In Denmark, a Syrian graphic designer called Saif Tahhan has taken the game's distinctive player interface as his inspiration. He has produced scenes from an imaginary Syria Go game. Instead of searching for Pokemon, the quest is for security, education, medical supplies or some other essential resource in short supply for civilians caught up in the war.
Image copyrightSAIF TAHHAN
Tahhan is a refugee who left Syria in 2011. He travelled via Egypt and Italy, before settling in Denmark two years ago,
"I created these images as a way to turn attention to the Syrian cause and to focus on Syrian suffering instead of Pokémons (which people are crazy about NOW!)," he wrote in a message to Trending.
"The idea got thousands of likes and shares, so I can say that people like this way of awareness and I hope they will react very soon in the real life."
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In 2008, Cycles R Us started CRU Products. CRU Products carries a full line of cost cutting, quality replacement parts for motorcycles & ATVs, including replacement ATV axles, electrical components, drive line, braking, engine parts & much more.
As we started in the salvage business, we not only see what parts are in a very high demand but what parts are in a very high demand that are costly at the dealership. We pride ourselves in providing top quality aftermarket parts at a fraction of the OEM or competition's cost. Distributors & Dealers are welcome. Photos of new parts may not always be of the actual product.
Cycles R Us describes all parts as accurately as possible, but we are human and mistakes do happen. CRU Products Pre-Laced Rear Wheel Comes laced and trued with a Sunstar Rim 18x2.15 along with bearings and seals.Hub must be in good condition, no oblong holes and bearing surfaces must be good. Please check the spokes after first couple rides. They may need to be re-tightened.
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This interesting project involved the renovation of a semi-derelict farm house, and its" outbuildings. The original wainey battens were carefully retained, in order to preserve the traditional look of the roof from the inside of the open plan living areas. The roof was then built up on the outside, with a system of rigid insulation and counter battening (devised by ACSAP), before the original reclaimed tiles were blended with make-up tiles and laid to produce the finish apparent in the photographs.
The aviary and other outbuildings were structurally braced, new purlins installed and the roof clad with Kingspan composite roof sheets.


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A transformer failure and fire at Indian Point Energy nuclear power plant in Buchanan, New York sent smoke into the air and prompted the plant operator to shut down the impacted unit on Saturday evening.
Indian Point Energy said that there were no injures and that there was no threat to public safety. All systems had worked as designed during the shut down, the plant operator said.
The operator did not provide any information on what caused the failure and fire, according to Reuters.
Around 6 p.m. EDT, reports on social media indicated that sirens were going off and smoke could be seen in the air around the facility, which sits on the Hudson River approximately 50 miles north of New York City.
HuffPost was reaching out to local authorities and managers of the site for more information.
Buchanan Police confirmed there was no emergency threat from the explosion and resulting fire, according to WNBC.
"Indian Point is in safe, stable condition following transformer failure. No danger to community or employees at any time," the plant said in a statement. "All Indian Point emergency systems worked as designed; No threat to public safety at any time."
The incident forced the plant's Unit 3 reactor to be shut down, but the plant's other reactor was still operating, Entergy spokesman Jerry Nappi said. The reactor was not damaged, he added.
Entergy said the transformer that exploded explosion and caught fire was located outside of the plant, but was within the security perimeter, according to David Lochbaum, the Director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
In 2010, the plant south of Peekskill was shut down after transformers exploded. No one was hurt in the incident.
"Transformer explosions are not uncommon -- they happen roughly three or four times a year across the industry," Lochbaum told WNBC.
The Indian Point Energy Center is owned and operated by Entergy Corporation, according to the plant's website, and provides up to 25% of the electricity for New York City and Westchester Country.
The Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant on the banks of the Hudson River March 22, 2011 in Buchanan, NY.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.


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- Science
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Mimicry is one of the eeriest feats of evolution. An insect doesn't know what a leaf looks like, and yet some species have evolved to resemble leaves down to the finest details. Their mimicry emerges from the ruthless cycle of evolution. The ancestors of leaf insects produced lots of genetic variation, thanks to mutations and mating. Some of that variation affected how they looked. Birds have been feasting on the insects for millions of years, and their victims have tended to be the easiest ones for them to see against their leafy background. The insects that were harder tended to survive and reproduce. Over time, evolution acted like a sculptor, turning an ordinary insect body into a shape that blended in with the surrounding leaves.
But the mimicry of leaf insects, as cool as it may be, is simple stuff compared to what's evolved in other species. The leaf insect mimics just one other living thing: a leaf. But there's another kind of animal that can mimic two different species, and for entirely different effects.
That animal is the cuckoo. Instead of building their own nests, female cuckoos slip into the nests of other birds and lay their own eggs. They're parasites, although not of the sort we may be familiar with, like a tapeworm that glides into our gut and exploits us from within. Cuckoos exploit the parental care of their hosts.
When a host bird returns after a visit from a cuckoo, it may recognize an alien egg in its brood and knock it out of the nest. But often it won't. That's because the cuckoo is very good at mimicking its host species. The shells of their eggs often closely match those of the species they exploit. Unable to tell the difference between the parasitic eggs and their own, the host birds will care for them all.
When the cuckoo chicks are born, they often will throw the other eggs out of the nest. It will even kick out the host's chicks, to starve to death on the ground. The murderous baby birds then open their mouths like any chick hungry for food. In some cuckoo species, chicks look remarkably like those of their foster parents. They even sing like their hosts. All this mimicry triggers responses in the host birds to feed the cuckoo chicks as if they were their own. Remarkably, the host will keep feeding the cuckoo long after you'd think it should notice something's wrong. For example:
But it turns out that cuckoos mimic a second kind of animal to succeed in their parasitic ways. They don't just pretend to be their hosts. They also pretend to be their hosts' enemies.
In many species of cuckoos, the adult birds develop stark stripes on the feathers covering their belly. The barred pattern looks remarkably like that of hawks and other raptors.
Why should cuckoos look like hawks–and why is the similarity most striking on their belly? Consider the fact that in order for a baby cuckoo to fool its foster parent, its mother first has to get into the nest to lay her eggs. The host bird doesn't just sit by and let this happen. Instead, it will often try to chase off the cuckoo intruder.
Cuckoos have evolved tricks to short-circuit this defense. In some species, a male cuckoo will fly around a nest, luring the host bird into a chase. While the nest is unguarded, his female partner slips into the nest and drops her eggs.
Given the evolutionary arms race in which cuckoos and their hosts are locked, one explanation for those hawk-like bars comes knocking loudly at the door. What if the cuckoo has evolved to look like a hawk?
A host bird looks up and sees barred feathers zooming into view. There's no time to mull a decision–if the host bird doesn't instantly fly away, it will be killed by the hawk to whom those stripes must belong.
Scientists have tested this idea in several ways. In some experiments, they've built cuckoo models and presented them to host birds. The birds are more likely to attack a model without bars than one with them.
But most of this work has been carried out on just one pair of birds–the common cuckoo and the Eurasian sparrowhawk. Even if this one cuckoo species is pretending to be a raptor, it's hard to know if the many other cuckoos that live across the Old World are pretending, too.
And there are other potential explanations for cuckoos to be striped. Cuckoos will lurk in trees before springing on a victim's nests, waiting for the right moment to swoop in. Maybe the stripes serve as camouflage.
Two biologists at the University of Cambridge, Thanh-Lan Gluckman and Nicholas Mundy, decided to test the predator mimic hypothesis in a new way. Other animals, they knew, have evolved to look like dangerous models. The English naturalist Henry Bates was the first scientist to discover this phenomenon as he studied butterflies in the Amazon in the late 1800s. Some of the butterflies were poisonous, and their bright markings warned off birds. Bates noticed that other butterflies that were harmless had similar markings. These so-called Batesian mimics could ward off birds without putting in the extra energy to store toxins in their tissues.
What's most striking about the butterflies Bates discovered is the fine detail of the mimicry. The poisonous butterfly species in one part of the Amazon look different from the species in other parts. Each mimic species has evolved to look identical with the poisonous species that overlaps its range. That's probably because birds recognize the markings of the poisonous butterflies that they encounter–either through instinctive reactions, or by learning from bitter experience. There's no advantage in looking like a poisonous butterfly from Peru if you're a harmless butterfly in Venezuela.
If cuckoos are indeed mimicking raptors, then they are also Batesian mimics. They are pretending to be an enemy of their hosts–in this case, a predator rather than poisonous prey. So Gluckman and Mundy wondered if, like Batesian butterflies, the cuckoos match their local raptors, too.
To find out, the scientists plunged into the collection of bird specimens kept by the Natural History Museum and took photographs of the barred bellies of a number of cuckoo species. The scientists also took photos of the raptors that live alongside them. Rather than eyeball the patterns, the scientists ran the pictures through a computer program. Taking into account how bird vision works, the scientists transformed the images to what the birds would see. They then transformed the feather patterns from each species into mathematical representations. It was then possible for the scientists to calculate how similar the patterns were to each other.
All the cuckoos, Gluckman and Mundy found, strongly resembled a species of raptor that shared their range. None resembled a species outside its range. While this tight link was striking, Gluckman and Mundy investigated some alternative explanations for its existence.
Perhaps it was due not to cuckoos mimicking local raptors, for example, but cuckoos and raptors both adapting to the same ecology. Maybe living in dim jungles or bright savannas influences how any bird's stripes evolve. But when Gluckman and Mundy looked at cuckoos that lived in similar ecosystems, they didn't find similar stripes.
Instead, it looks as if cuckoos are indeed Batesian mimics. They are evolving to look like local raptors to scare off their hosts, so that they can lay eggs in their nests.
This new study is just one of a growing number revealing just how deep the sophistication of mimicry can go. Mimics don't just mimic one feature in another species. They can be multi-dimensional in their disguises. An ant known as Protomognathus uses mimicry to turn other species of ants into its slaves. The queen invades a colony and releases chemicals that prompt the workers to treat her as one of their own. The queen's offpspring have the look and smell of their host's, tricking the workers into feeding them.
As I marveled about the double-con of cuckoos, I couldn't think of another animal that pulls a two-species scam. I asked Gluckman if she knew of any. She didn't, but asked around her lab.
Someone drew our attention to the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly. As a catepillar, it avoids getting eaten by birds by taking on the appearance of bird droppings. When it gets bigger, it takes on the appearance of a snake. And when it develops into an adult, it mimics a poisonous butterfly.
Which just goes to show, when you wonder whether something exists in the natural world, usually the answer is yes.


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The Dance AH organizes Arisia's Dance programming. This includes both dance instruction sessions and open dancing. The AH recruits session leaders who propose and then run their own dance sessions.
In addition to communicating with the session organizers, the Dance AH is responsible for supplying recruiting, invitation, publicity, and schedule information to the Communications and Web teams for posting and advertising. This position requires reliable access to email/Internet and the work is done mostly pre-convention.
At-con, Data entry, Managing performers, Pre-con (mostly), Project Management, Under 18, Seated


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Bootcamp on AI & ML
SmartBridge elated to announce TekHack 2019 - GNITS, Hyderabad for the students to develop solutions for the societal and industrial problem statements with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Identify the problem statements in following areas and build innovative solutions which can be viable & deployable
Team – up, Identify the Problem Statement, Come-up with an innovative idea, Register to submit your idea.
Three steps to confirm your slot in TEKHACK 2019 - GNITS, Hyderabad
Click the button below, which will redirect to the registration page and submit your idea & team details. Team size shall not exceed 5.
We will shortlist your applications based on your idea and send you the confirmation mails to join the hackathon.
Every participant will get a participation ticket before the event to join the hackathon
Do mind the deliverables you will be missing out, if you think this is some run of the mill kinda event. i.e.
On successful completion of TekHack, Participation certificate will be provided in collaboration with IBM
The winners of the hackathon will participate in state level hackathon
Mentors will support you to convert your idea into a working prototype.


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This post covers the basic parameters around designing for PixiCloud events and provides step-by-step instructions on how to export your design files so they are optimized for the software.
With basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, any amateur designer can easily create Billboard Screens and Photo Overlays for PixiCloud.
When creating an event in PixiCloud, you can upload up to six Billboards and six Overlays per event theme.
We have built Illustrator Templates to take the guess work out of designing each theme. Each template contains six Artboards, to correspond with the number of Billboards and Overlays allowable in the PixiCloud event builder.
After designing your theme in Adobe Illustrator, you'll need to export your Artboards as PNG files before uploading to PixiCloud.
To export for PixiCloud, follow these steps:
1. Go to "File" > "Export" > "Export As…"
2. Choose your export save destination
3. Name your file and "Save as type:" "PNG"
4. Check box for "Use Artboards"
5. Click "Export"
6. When prompted, set resolution to "Screen (72 ppi)"
7A. For Billboards, set background to "White"
7B. For Overlays, set background to "Transparent"
8. Click "OK"
Final File Specs:
Billboards – 1920px by 1200px PNG files
Overlays – 1800px by 1200px PNG files with transparent background
Then, log in to PixiCloud and upload your newly designed photo booth theme!


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Hacker sells access to Army website for under $500
When it comes to information security I think most of us expect that the government here in the US and governments abroad would take some significant precautions to be sure that the websites for various agencies and military branches were secure. That isn't always the case though.Financial Feed reports that late last week a security vendor called Imperva found that a hacker had gained access to the US Army Communications-Electronics Command website and was selling that access to other hackers for under $500. The hacker also claims to control other military, government and university websites.
The control would allow other nefarious types to get personal details about users that are stored in databases at the website. The security firm also states that it appeared the information on 300,000 people had already been stolen. Some of the government websites that are available include some from the states of Michigan and Utah as well of Italian government websites and a DoD website that works with the Department of Veterans Affairs to get prescription medications for vets.


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A theory stating that evolutionary changes particularly at the molecular level arise from genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral
Evolution pertains to the gradual progression of changes in the genetic composition of a biological population over successive generations. There are two major mechanisms that lead to evolution. These are natural selection and genetic drift.
Evolution that arises from genetic drift is called neutral theory of molecular evolution. Genetic drift produces random changes in the frequency of traits in a population. One of the possible consequences caused by genetic drift is the disappearance of certain alleles from a population or the new alleles becoming more common within the population. Another possible outcome is the genetically drifting of two populations that had the same genetic structure at the beginning.
The evolutionary changes occurring at the molecular level involves genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral, which means that the changes in the genes do not affect the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce.
This theory was first described in 1968 by Motoo Kimura, a Japanese biologist, and later on in 1969 by American biologists Jack Lester King and Thomas Hughes Jukes.
See also:
Neutral theory of molecular evolution


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Over the years, there have been plenty of fad diets that pop up and you'll hear from a friend or two that you "have to try it." Sure, some diets work for some people, but there's a lot more that goes into losing weight than just eating a particular type of food or slashing your food intake in general. Many people struggle with this and there's no shame in that. There are even more people who don't want to give up the foods they love altogether. With Noom, they aren't here to tell you you're never allowed to eat your favorite sweets. They are focused on the bigger picture.
Noom is a program created for long-term results by teaching you better eating habits and changing your behaviors, not to tell you you can't have a piece of cake. I've been using Noom for seven weeks now and have really been impressed by the experience. From the get-go, the process is very simple as you answer some initial questions about your eating habits, physical abilities, gender, and age. You even get to choose between a slow and fast dieting plan, in case you want to shed some weight quickly for a special occasion. You get to pick how long you want your plan to be and what you want your ultimate goals to be, whether you want to get fit or lose weight.
The day-to-day is very positive and reinforcing, as they use food science and psychology to better map out a weight loss plan for you. Noom's eating program is focused on caloric density, which boils down to which foods have higher nutrients to fill you up. The plan is broken down into three categories: green, yellow, or red foods. Green foods have the most nutrients and the least amount of calories to fill you up (like vegetables, fruits, whole grains), while yellow has more calories and fewer nutrients (like lean meats, legumes, and low-fat dairy). Red is the highest calorie foods with lower nutrients. The first thing that surprised me was foods that I didn't expect to be red were red, like cereal, but it makes sense because they aren't overly filling.
Something that I've found myself really doing more of is paying attention to serving size. I know that's a basic part of any weight loss plan, but it's never something I did a lot of. Measuring out cups and tablespoons of ingredients helped me keep an eye on my caloric intake. Noom has you weigh yourself every morning and there are some wild swings day to day when it comes to weight, something I also never realized. Any time you eat anything, you're supposed to track it, which can feel like a chore, but it does help with mapping out your day's eating. If you have some spare calories, you know you can fit dessert in later.
Each day has about 10 minutes or so of reading that helps explain healthy habits and how to change your overall behavior when it comes to eating. It comes in a checklist fashion, so once you've finished one, it moves you onto the next topic. But you can always revisit and even bookmark your favorite lessons. There are plenty of quizzes throughout the week as well, to make sure that you're doing the reading. While that may sound like homework, they are all informative and useful in your daily life.
There is support available to you throughout your time using Noom, as you are assigned a Goal Specialist right away who can talk through how the program is working for you. Your Goal Specialist will check in with you and answer questions you may have about the program, as well as continue to work with you through your plan. One thing that should be noted is that Goal Specialist aren't really available to you 24/7, only during business hours, and they aren't always the quickest at getting back to you. But after a few weeks of the program, you are placed into a support group with other Noom users and you can share what's been working for you and where you are struggling. There is a Group Coach who oversees the discussions and begins them each day. It can be a great place to see how other people are using the program and picking up helpful tips and tricks. It's there for positive reinforcement.
I found that tracking your food can be easy as well as difficult at times. You can scan the barcode of your food for it to come up in the food tracker but there have been numerous occasions where I've scanned a barcode and Noom didn't have the food in their library. You can add the food to help Noom, but if you eat that food more than once in a few days, you'll have to add it multiple times. But any recognized foods that you type in or scan will show up if it's a green, yellow, or red food. You'll also be able to log your food in different measurements like tablespoons, cups, or ounces, or even handfuls for things like nuts or popcorn. If you are getting food from a restaurant, Noom does a good job of just having a general estimate of how much something like chicken marsala would register on the tracker, rather than breaking down each ingredient. You can also create custom dishes and save them, if they are going to be something you eat frequently, like a smoothie.
As the program progresses, Noom will also start offering exercises and activities you can do to help you stay fit. You can choose what kind of workout you want (cardio, weight training, etc.) and Noom will cater your workouts to your preference. Every day your steps will be tracked, made easier if you have the Noom app for your smartphone, as it will follow your literal footsteps. Being given different exercises is a nice perk, as many people don't want to have to pay for both a gym membership and a dieting program. Noom is offering a 14-day trial, which you can cancel at any time. If you want to keep using it after that, it is $59 a month or there are auto-recurring payments that you can opt-in for like an annual fee of $199.
While using Noom, I've lost 17 pounds and am on my way to getting to my goals. I've found that it has been helpful for me, especially when it comes to planning out my calories each day. It will not work for everyone, especially those who don't want to commit to keeping track of every meal of their life. But I've seen improvements through my overall health and over 50 million users have as well. If you're looking for a new way to look at weight loss, Noom can be that fresh respective.
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Illinois increases penalties for assault against nurses
Springfield, IL – Assaulting a nurse in Illinois will be classified as aggravated battery – a third-degree felony carrying a prison sentence of two to five years – under legislation signed into law Aug. 16.
Supporters of the new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, say it will help protect nurses on the job from acts of violence.
"Nurses in emergency departments save lives; they shouldn't have to worry about their own lives while on the job," Emergency Nurses Association President JoAnn Lazarus said in a press release. "We are hopeful that this law is the first step in making emergency departments a safer place to work for our nurses."
In 2011, nursing care facility workers throughout the country suffered 27.2 injuries per 10,000 workers due to assaults and violent acts – 7 times the overall private-sector rate, according to a report released earlier this summer by Washington-based advocacy group Public Citizen.


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With Christmas fast approaching, Santa Claus reached out for a little help from Stopbadware.org this week.
The consumer advocacy group said it was approached by an Incline Village, Nevada, man who has legally changed his name to Santa Claus, who asked them to help figure out why his Web site was being flagged by Google Inc.'s Web site filters.
It turned out that Santa's Web site, Santaslink.net had been hacked.
Claus is a children's advocate who has travelled across the U.S. meeting with legislators, according to his Web site. He also makes seasonal appearances as Saint Nick.
"He had consulted local experts, which we can only assume were elves, but they were unable to identify anything wrong with his site," wrote StopBadware.org Developer Jason Callina, in a Thursday blog posting.
"Nestled all snug in the bottom of his homepage was a nice little bit of code containing a badware link," he added.
The problem was soon resolved "and the workshop is once again a safe place," Callina said.
Stopbadware.org was founded earlier this year, with funding from Google Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. as a community watchdog organization to help protect consumers from malicious software like spyware and viruses.
Callina said he's learned something from the Santa Claus experience.
"The moral of the story is that the Grinches who are looking to spread their unsafe software are willing to hack even Santa's Web site."


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Look at that rubbish DPS! Look at all those hard points, why is it claiming there are only six? There are enough places to anchor half my inventory on that skin. Look at the lack of a propulsion boost that makes me quiver with fear. What now for my celebrated Brave Brave Sir Robin maneuver which thanks to Iain Banks I've now decided to relabel my "deflecting from current course and instigating a redisposition" maneuver?
Actually the fitting means I can run the medium repairer all the time and still regenerate cap. I can run the large repairer when things get sticky. The lack of DPS is due to the skills Large Hybrid guns II and BS II which will be easily boosted and would have been had I not been boosting some frigate combat skills. I need Drone Interfacing IV for sentry drones too though I prefer the thought of swapping drones in and out rather than just sitting there. All in all it is Noobs Moving Castle. It sits in a hole and spits out its gremlins to wreak havoc on the surrounding grid, all the while slowly preparing to vanish into the mist before things get crazy.
I've been prodding a local level 4 security mission agent for a few days. The first mission looked a little worrying so I declined it. The second mission, offered the next day, was situated in low sec. Who does this agent think I am? Sending a poorly skilled Dominix into a level 4 mission in low sec? I haven't prepared my huge "Cannon Fodder Free For All At This Location" flag, so sadly I decline this mission too. Today's offer is a little more my style. "Gone Beserk" is three bunches of battleships with some minor extra spawns of cruisers and frigates. The only thing wrong is that the damage type doesn't fit my guns that well. Since my main damage is coming from drones anyway I just switch them all out for Caldari kinetic dealing drones, shame I'm only six hours from upping the mediums to T2 versions. Job done. The cannons will still help to finish the enemy off.
Tip : Look up the missions on http://eve-survival.org before you go and alter your damage and resistance modules accordingly. Any tactics left there are also good to read..... if you are a coward! Yep, I read 'em. Do not ignore planning wave trigger events as I did or the place might get a little crowded.
Warping into the location I find a large ruin with three distinct groups of enemies just as expected. It looks like a bunch of Amarr battleships. For some reason I mess up the initial set up and manage to aggro two groups rather than just one at once. Even zoomed out to far tactical view I can see the trails left by cruise missiles on their way to pay a visit. Oh well, I'm not running for it just yet, and at a maximum speed of 100ms I have a while to think about it even if I did. I bring up all the hardeners I've chosen and set the heavy drones onto the nearest incoming battleship. For the hell of it I set the guns on it too.
It's slow going and I have to engage the large repairer a couple of times but gradually I start to prevail. At one point some cruisers try to get all in my face but I swap out the heavy drones for mediums and tear them to pieces. This annoys the enemy so much they make a tactical mistake. They send in some elite frigates with webbing capability. I don't know why either. With no scram they are probably making it easier for me to turn around and warp out. What do they think they are nullifying? My awesome 100 ms speed at 40km from the enemy that is so useful? They'd be welcome to it apart from the fact that they have now annoyed me. I recall the heavy drones once more and spit out a squad of T2 light drones which make short work of a couple of idiot frigates.
After this it is back to the heavy drones, damage soaking and blasting the hell out of them once through the shields. It's a tactical game. As long as I was calm and watched out for smaller enemies getting too close then I was fine. The main worry was that Heavy drones are SLOW. They resemble zombies, shuffling along, taking their time getting to the meaty part and then going beserk in an orgy of blood and hull. This is how I imagine it anyway, I was making a cup of tea in a couple of the fights so I didn't see what they did then. They take their time shambling back to get swapped out for lighter drones though.
Job done, field cleared, I warp out with my armour already back to full and my shield regenerating. I then turn up in a Vexor. It's tanked normally, just in case, but the high slots hold two tractor beams and three salvager mods. It's easy to fly through the area and tow wrecks along until they're in salvagable, lootable groups. The only problem is the loot. I end up having to dock twice to empty the hold. It looks like there are over 20 wrecks left, mainly battleships dropping large guns and cruise missile launchers and lots of other goodies that I can't use but somehow am excited to get a hold of. I'm a noob, remember. This is more loot than I've ever seen.
In the end I earn something like this:
10.8 million in bounties.
19.8 million in estimated loot and salvage, nothing outstanding in the loot just normal/meta 1-4 stuff
1.11 million mission reward
1.15 million bonus mission reward
3376 LP mission reward
Time spent : around 2 hours including salvage. It was by far the easiest level 4 I'd seen offered so far and you could tell by the ISK reward which should serve as a measure of difficulty.
Some of that salvage will generate another million in manufacturing profits over its market price since I'll put it into rig manufacture. That should pay for my ammo which was Federation Navy Antimatter. It is around 30 million all told given the odd estimated cost of some of the modules I looted. Given that my alt had mined around 15-20 million at the same time it was a nice evenings work. It wasn't the 50-75 million an hour they say you can earn doing these missions but I have very low skills and it is only going to get better and faster.
After all this the Dominix no longer looked like a space potato. It looked sleeker and deadlier somehow. No longer was the bridge reminiscent of a neanderthal cranial ridge, it was now the command centre of a highly (un)organised cash for death machine.
NOTE: Apologies for spending more time pasting a potato into an image than I did on the quality of the text. It was amusing at the time, I promise.


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Vancomycin is an antibiotic drug used to treat serious, life-threatening infections by gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to less-toxic agents.
The reference range for vancomycin trough levels is 5-15 mcg/mL. The reference range for vancomycin peak levels is 20-40 mcg/mL.[1]
Vancomycin trough concentrations below 10 µg/mL are associated with inadequate therapy and an increased risk of developing bacterial resistance.
Vancomycin trough concentrations above the therapeutic range may increase the risk of nephrotoxicity.
Vancomycin peak concentrations above the therapeutic range may be associated with an increased the risk of nephrotoxicity, although peak concentrations do not correlate well with toxicity.
Specifics for collection and panels are as follows:
Specimen type: Blood serum
Container: Vacutainer, red top
Collection method: Venipuncture
Specimen volume: 1 mL
Other instructions are as follows:
Do not draw specimens until steady state is achieved (ie, before fourth dose)
Draw trough specimen immediately before (≤30 min) next dose
Draw peak specimen 1-2 hours after completion of intravenous dosage
Related tests: Blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine, creatinine clearance, Clostridium difficile toxin
Vancomycin is a glycopeptide antibiotic first isolated in 1953. It is a natural occurring antimicrobial synthesized by soil bacterium Amycolatopsis orientalis. Generic vancomycin is became available and approved for use in 1958 and quickly became a common antibiotic in treating rapidly growing penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species. However, this antibiotic never became a first-line treatment owing to its poor oral bioavailability and its various adverse effects leading, to the belief that less toxic alternatives may be more beneficial.[2]
The emergence of pseudomembranous enterocolitis, coupled with the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), led to a resurgence in the use of vancomycin. It is used to treat serious, life-threatening infections by gram-positive bacteria that are resistant to less-toxic agents. The oral formulation, which is not absorbed, is used in the treatment of pseudomembranous colitis caused by C difficile.[3] Vancomycin is also used in patients who are intolerant or allergic to beta-lactams.
Common uses of vancomycin in current medical practice include the following:
MRSA infection
Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) infection
In individuals with severe allergies to penicillin
Pseudomembranous colitis (C difficile infection)
Prophylaxis for endocarditis
Surgical prophylaxis for implantation of prostheses in individuals at high risk or institutions with high rates of MRSA or MRSE infection
General indications for measuring vancomycin trough levels include risk of nephrotoxicity and inadequate therapeutic response. Monitor at regular intervals. Specifically, trough levels should be measured in the following patients at risk for nephrotoxicity:
Patients also receiving other potentially nephrotoxic drugs - Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), NSAIDs, aminoglycoside antibiotics, sulfonamides, chemotherapy agents
Patients with reduced or changing renal function
Patients receiving higher than usual doses
Patients on prolonged therapy (>3-5 days)
Vancomycin dosing adjustments based on creatinine clearance (CrCl) for patients with renal impairment are as follows[4] :
CrCl greater than 60 mL/min: No adjustment required
CrCl 40-60 mL/min: 10-15 mg/kg q12-24h
CrCl 20-40 mL/min: 5-10 mg/kg q24h
CrCl 10-20 mL/min: 5-10 mg/kg q24-48h
CrCl less than 10 mL/min: 10-15 mg/kg IV loading + redose according to serum vancomycin level
Dialysis: 15-20 mg/kg load, then 500 mg IV post hemodialysis only
The application of serum vancomycin monitoring has been a source of debate for many years. A consensus statement from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists[5] contains recommendations for monitoring vancomycin therapy, based on a critical evaluation of the available scientific evidence.[6] Their recommendations are as follows:
Vancomycin serum concentrations should be checked to optimize therapy and used as a surrogate marker of effectiveness.
Trough, rather than peak, levels should be monitored.
Trough levels should be checked just before the fourth dose, when steady-state levels are likely to have been achieved. More frequent monitoring may be considered in patients with fluctuating renal function.
Trough levels should be higher than 10 mg/L to prevent the development of resistance.
To improve antibiotic penetration and optimize the likelihood of achieving pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic targets, trough levels of 15 to 20 mg/L are recommended for pathogens with a vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 1 mg/L or higher and for complicated infections such as endocarditis, osteomyelitis, meningitis, and hospital-acquired pneumonia.
For prolonged courses, it is appropriate to check vancomycin levels weekly in hemodynamically stable patients and more often in those who are not hemodynamically stable.
A retrospective analysis of patients receiving vancomycin between 1974 and 1981 revealed the following findings[7] :
Auditory toxicity was not seen.
Fever and rash were uncommon (1-3% of patients).
Phlebitis affected 13% of patients and necessitated discontinuation of therapy for 2% of patients.
Nephrotoxicity was infrequent (5% of patients) and reversible, but it was possibly potentiated by concomitant aminoglycoside therapy.
Neutropenia occurred in 2% of patients but was rapidly reversible.
In rare cases, interstitial nephritis arises in association with vancomycin.[8, 2] Reportedly, the combination of vancomycin and aminoglycosides can result in renal failure, particularly in adults who are undergoing prolonged therapy and have trough serum vancomycin concentrations of 10 mg/L or more.[9, 10]
A meta-analysis demonstrates that therapeutic drug monitoring significantly increases the rate of clinical efficacy and decreases the rate of nephrotoxicity in patients treated with vancomycin.[11]
Evaluate BUN, creatinine, and CrCl before starting therapy and at intervals, or as needed to monitor renal status thereafter.
Each hospital may have different protocols with antibiotic stewardship, vancomycin level monitoring, and treatment duration. Please consult local hospital infectious diseases team/local hospital network protocol.


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Zantac was one of the leading medications for upset stomachs on the market. However, it is removed from the market because of a potential side effect of one of its ingredients. NDMA (N-Nitrosodimethylamine) is a contaminant that was found in Zantac, and the amount of NDMA found exceeded the recommended minimum dosage. It exceeded the dosage by so much that the FDA decided that Zantac needed to be taken off of the market, and many argue that the manufacturer should know that it was there. This is why many people are taking legal action against the makers of Zantac.
If you or someone that you know took Zantac and developed cancer, you may be able to file a Zantac lawsuit. Consult a lawyer before taking legal action to see if you have a plausible case. You may also be able to join one of the many class-action lawsuits that are building against the company.
Signs of Zantac Complications
The U.S.Food & Drug Administration followed up research on Zantac with a recommendation that anyone who has a prescription for it and wants to switch should talk to their doctors. It also recommended that Zantac be removed from the market in as many places as possible. However, people can still take Zantac if they do not experience complications from it. These Zantac complications can include:
- Insomnia: Insomnia is an inability to sleep due to underlying reasons despite being physically and mentally exhausted.
- Diarrhea: Diarrhea is a digestive problem where stool does not form into a solid, and the patient must go to the bathroom very frequently. It can be dangerous since it can quickly lead to dehydration.
- Dizziness: Dizziness is an inability to maintain balance even while sitting still.
- Drowsiness: Drowsiness is difficulty staying awake even under normal stimulation.
- Constipation: Constipation is difficulty having bowel movements.
- Fatigue: Fatigue is a condition where you are continuously tired even after resting an appropriate amount of time.
- Low sex drive: Low sex drive is a reduced desire to have sex, even when properly stimulated.
- Cancer: Cancer is a potential side effect of NDMA, which is believed to be a carcinogen. Zantac had unacceptably high amounts of NDMA, which would not be used in the manufacturing process.
There are other Zantac complications not covered on this list. If you take Zantac and experience any of these conditions, it is important to see your doctor as soon as possible. If untreated, Zantac complications can lead to more serious conditions.
Long-Term Adverse Impacts of Zantac Use
Although it is confirmed, taking Zantac long-term can lead to long-term adverse effects. Perhaps the most prevalent of these are cancer thanks to the NDMA found in Zantac tablets. Research by the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health shows that these effects become more prevalent as the length of exposure to the medication increases. Zantac may also cause ulcers and stomach irritation after long-term exposure.
Understanding Your Rights
If you or a loved one is injured by taking medication, then you have the right to take legal action against the manufacturer. However, that manufacturer can only be held responsible in specific conditions, which is the case with the makers of Zantac.
The manufacturer likely knew that a medication could hurt patients or should know through effective testing during the trial phase that the medication could be harmful. In this case, many argue that the makers of Zantac should have known about the NDMA problem since the amount of NDMA is so high compared to the acceptable limit. This would likely be made apparent through a testing process to get the medication approved for the market. Although Zantac was approved, the company's internal testing should have shown signs of NDMA contamination as well. Because of this, and the length of time that people suffered exposure, many people are looking at ways to take legal action to recover compensation.
When to Seek Legal Action
You can seek legal action whenever you feel that you are a victim of negligence by a company. However, it is a better choice to wait until you have proof of negative impacts on your health and life, as well as evidence of wrongdoing. A lawyer can help you gather evidence and build a case against a manufacturer.
Contact Us Today
Zantac has largely been removed from the market, except for prescription use. This offers some level of protection for people who are not taking Zantac going forward. However, there are many people that took Zantac and are suffering from serious illnesses and related expenses. One of their options to address this problem is to file a Zantac lawsuit so that they can recover compensation to help with the expenses.
If you or a loved one has cancer and took Zantac, consider speaking to a lawyer about a possible Zantac lawsuit. Call Pintas & Mullins Law Firm at (800) 635-1144 to speak to our legal team about your options going forward. Winning a lawsuit against the makers of Zantac could help you recover compensation and relieve some of the stress caused by Zantac's related healthcare issues.


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TGC New York, USA 2018
Review by Nick Graziade:
Simply put, the 2018 Touch Guitar Circle (TGC) in NY was invigorating. It was my first TGC experience – I had planned on attending the 2016 NY event, but illness and abysmal weather kept me homebound. Now that I've had a chance to participate, I am already eager for my next opportunity to join in.
I play an 8-String Warr Guitar, but most other folks played Touch Guitars and Chapman Sticks. I really enjoyed this aspect of the group; regardless of touch-style instrument, we were united in our desire to expand our understanding of our unique instruments. Markus's facility as both a mentor and participant drove us all forward to new heights. We focused heavily on refining different Family techniques with four to five sessions daily. Each of these sessions (typically an hour or two) were themselves hyper-focused on the fine-grained details. However, this was the greatest reward of the sessions – we worked on doing "more with less" by developing our technical facilities with amazing precision. I can't stress it enough – Markus's TGC method is second-to-none.
It would be insane to say that the TGC was just lessons and practice – it is also the people who share a desire to learn more and more about this craft! I have made amazing new friends who will forever be my "comrades in arms: in the Family technique."
Sadly, I was only able to attend for three of the five days (I started a new job shortly thereafter). However, in those three days, I experienced more than I could have imagined. Would I recommend this experience? Absolutely! The pedagogy and camaraderie will enlighten you beyond your own expectations.


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Campbelltown Anglican Churches is having a Pupil Free Day of Fun!
We would love your K-6 Children to join us as we enjoy games, craft/construction time, Bible time and food.
When: Monday 30th April, 8.30am to 3.30pm
Cost: $10 per child
BYO lunch (morning and afternoon tea will be provided).
Registration is essential. Book today to secure your place!


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Following a media blip after the 2004 coup in Haiti, Montreal's Gildan Activewear has again scored media attention in Canada, this time for its operations in post-coup Honduras.
The National Post reported today that:
While the day-to-day operations of Gildan's manufacturing facilities are unlikely to be affected, an estimated 60% of its activewear and more than 50% of its socks are made in Honduras.
So after 30 years of peaceful democracy, [Desjardins Securities analyst Martin Landry] now believes investors will apply a geopolitical risk discount to Gildan. The analyst sees little risk that the country's assets will be nationalized and suggested the coup may turn out to be a positive for Gildan if it brings back a more business-friendly government.
(Emphasis mine). I think it's time to set the Canada Haiti Action Network's team of intrepid researchers on Honduras, following the scent of a sweatshop-made t-shirt.
[Photo of street fighting in Tegucigalpa immediately following the coup by Oswaldo Rivas.]
What is the context of the photo? Does it relate to Gildan in some way?
The photo is of repression immediately following the coup. I'll write a clearer caption.
a few years ago, Gildan actually announced that they were scaling back their operations in northern Honduras in order to scale up their ops in Haiti. that was post-2004, of course, & was also around the time that there were really serious organizing drives run by women working in the sweatshops in the industrial parks between El Progreso & San Pedro Sula...
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Color is the easiest way to make the room look beautiful. It's like the snap of a finger without the cost expensive. I'm glad all Scandinavian Style space as in a sense, each of cheerful, bright and easy to make. Do you want it in small doses as a bright throw pillows, or make major changes in the color of the walls, adding color is always changing mood of the room. A bit of color would not be too influential, or you want a thick paint for a particular space, taking the old cabinets and provides a layer of shiny, happy, colorful paint is needed to turn a new life. Here is a collection of Scandinavia that will inspire in the color of your home!
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How to maintain missing enrties in TJ05 via customizing
Due to various reasons, some entries might be missing in TJ05 for object type and business transaction. For example, entries with Z business transaction are missing after system upgrade.
Entries might be missing due to wrong customizing or system upgrade. This table is maintained by SAP only. System upgrade will overwrite the whole table.
- Assuming entry [ object type COH – business transaction ZZZZ ] is missing in TJ05. Follow the steps below.
- execute tcode BS12;
- go to ZZZZ and set flag on its check box;
- save;
- go to table TJ05 in SE16 and COH – ZZZZ can be found in it.
When executing tcode BS12, an information will be displayed on bottom left corner, specifying that this table is maintained by SAP only and system upgrade will
overwrite the whole table. Thus please use standard system status and business transactions rather than creating Z business transaction.


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In writing about Dayan Viciedo's prospects for 2014, Cash Kruth at MLB.com gave Todd Steverson something resembling a competency check.
Although he only turns 25 in March, this year marks Viciedo's third full Major League season. Will this be the year he lives up to his potential?
That, White Sox hitting coach Todd Steverson said, is a dangerous question.
For example, if Viciedo -- long-tagged as a power hitter -- hits .315 with 10 home runs and a .380 on-base percentage, is he a failure?
"If people label you as a power guy and you only hit 10, some people may turn around and say, 'Hit .270 with 25,'" said Steverson, adding he would not consider such a season a disappointment for Viciedo.
"Not a disappointment" is just one of a few correct responses Steverson could have given to a universe in which Viciedo posts a .380 OBP (especially 70 points above his batting average). I also would have accepted:
- Confusion, because that'd mean Viciedo turned into Dustin Pedroia overnight somehow.
- Cha-ching!
- Are you wearing a wire?
Setting aside implausible developments, the article proposes that Viciedo's 2013 wasn't as much of a step back as it seemed because "injuries prevented him from getting into a rhythm," and he finished strong. I'm not inclined to put a lot of weight in either, because the timing of Viciedo's highs and lows don't match up with those theories.
Starting with the idea of strong finishes...
*He had a nice September in 2012 (.259/.340/.556), including a thunderous final series in Cleveland. He then started the year hitting .229 over his first 16 games before the oblique strain.
*Viciedo's first 16 games after the oblique strain represented one of the best stretches of his season (.333/.415/.500). The wheels came off toward the end of May, and he had nothing in June.
*The jammed thumb he suffered on Aug. 5 didn't change his power numbers, at least compared to the kind of hitter he looked like before the injury.
- 141 PA before: .277/.326/.462 (7 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR)
- 140 PA after: .301/.329/.474 (8 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR)
I wouldn't wholly dismiss the impact of injuries, but there's no simple cause-and-effect going on. It's probably safe to assume that inconsistent hitters don't need inconsistent physical states, but if you're feeling flippant, there's more direct evidence that injuries force him to be more patient.
No matter what, we're all intimately familiar with what's holding Viciedo back. That said, if you still want to be optimistic about Viciedo, there are other places to look besides injuries.
On Thursday at FanGraphs, Tony Blengino (the Mariners' former stat guy) wrote about the pros and cons of pulling a baseball. Basically, it's great to be able to pull the ball in the air, because that's where the power is. However, being too pull-conscious leads to a lot of grounders, and that can be game-planned against.
At the end, he points to Matt Holliday as a guy who successfully changes the shape of the field.
The guys who effectively cover the field with authority do control the dialogue. One guy who has quietly done so for quite some time is Matt Holliday. His pull ratios for all types of batted balls are below the league average, and he hit more fly balls to the opposite field than he pulled in 2013. He also happens to be in decline, though it's very difficult to tell from his results. The authority with which he impacts the baseball, while still better than MLB average, is beginning to deteriorate, according to his hard/soft fly/grounder rates, and his ground ball pull ratio did increase a bit in 2013. At age 34 in 2014, however, chances are that he has many productive years ahead. Harvesting hasn't even crossed his mind yet, but someday it will, and if he keeps his defense at a level where he remains viable in left field, a productive harvesting phase awaits.
Holliday brings this discussion to an interesting closing point. All around baseball, people tend to buzz about the offensive exploits of various power-hitting clubs, but the only ink received by the 2013 St. Louis Cardinals revolved around their success with runners in scoring position. Well, Cardinals' righthanded hitters had cumulative fly, liner, and grounder Pull Ratios of 0.83, 1.25 and 2.80, respectively, not far off of Holliday's individual marks, and much less pull-oriented than league norms. One can talk about exploiting inefficiencies in the game ad nauseam, but how about this one……use the entire field, hit the ball where it's pitched, avoid the allure of "going for the pump" – but know how to go for it when the opportunity presents itself.
We (or at least I) can't get as granular with Viciedo's numbers as Blengino can get with Holliday, but we know that Viciedo has the ability to keep his opposite-field batted balls lower to the ground than most hitters.
|Viciedo - Pull
|Holliday - Pull
|Viciedo - Center
|Holliday - Center
|Viciedo - Oppo
|Holliday - Oppo
Not by coincidence, Holliday has a .343 lifetime BABIP. That number is inflated by Coors Field's huge outfield, but even with the Cardinals, it's never been lower than .322. These days, being difficult to shift against helps, and Viciedo could be in a position for a BABIP advantage.
Let's end the comparison between Holliday and Viciedo here (plate discipline!). Let's continue talking about Viciedo's ability to muscle the ball to right field, because he's in the right park for it. Checking out his Hit Tracker Online data, six of Viciedo's 14 homers went the other way. None of them cleared by much.
In fact, if he were in another park, most of them would be doubles at best.
But he plays in the Cell, so line drives like this are worth four bases:
Six opposite-field homers is hard to accomplish, even at U.S. Cellular Field. For instance, Paul Konerko hit 70 homers from 2010 to 2011. Guess how many were to right field?
Four. Viciedo put more homers out to right field in a disappointing, supposedly injury-hampered season than Konerko did across his best two years.
That's why it's hard to give up on Viciedo at this point, because it's possible for him to have a productive season either by force or by fluke. And man, if he ever had good luck and a somewhat-improved approach, his strength would be a sight to behold.
The approach question is a massive "if." Pitch recognition is a problem, and it's exacerbated by a wonky trigger. And heck, even if health really held him back in 2013, he's not the best bet to stay off the DL over 162 games. The two injuries cited in the MLB.com were caused by recurring characters -- the big swing tweaked his oblique, and an awkward diving attempt left him with a sore thumb. Neither of those are going away, at least until the DH spot opens up.
Patience is wearing thin for a reason, and a little more patience is warranted. Viciedo's in a weird spot, and if a new hitting coach can't get him off the pot this season, it will be hard to find new reasons to explain it all away.


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Author: Siobhan Dowd
Lexile Score: n/a
Genre: fiction
Maturity level: Oooh, I would've said 4th or 5th grade but there was a mention of the possibility of a child being kidnapped for "sex stuff" that might be too much of a difficult issue for elementary book club.
Pages: 323 Chapters: 41 Average Chapter Length: 10 pages
Theme: Differences, Communication
Project ideas: Develop a glossary of English (American) terms that people from another country might not understand.
First Line: My favourite thing to do in London is to fly the Eye.
Main Character: Ted Spark, "whose brain runs on its own unique operating system."
Review in 25 words or less: An intriguing plot strengthened by a main character with a "disability" that turns out to be an asset in solving the disappearance of his cousin. (BOOYA! 25 exactly!)
Grade: A
As I read, I planned a zillion extension lessons on vocabulary and language. Because the novel is set in London, the author uses terminology that might not be understood by young readers, but it seems she senses this and gives context clues for most. Examples of unfamiliar vocabulary: buskers, lilo, serviette, fag, queue, post, skiving, bloody (used quite often!), BBC, biro, etc. In addition, because the main character's "disability" (never mentioned by name, but I assume an Autism Spectrum Disorder) makes it difficult for him to understand idioms or body language, many opportunities to explore how humans communicate arise naturally within the text. Idioms such as "talking up a storm" and "shake a leg" give Ted Spark pause, and as he puzzles through them, we are allowed to view the intricacies of comprehension. Dowd keeps the tension high as readers try to solve the mystery of Ted's cousin Salim's disappearance, and manages to honestly and accurately portray Ted's uniqueness and his relationship with his family and the world around him.


text: This short documentary examines the unique history of the Armenian community in Calcutta, India and highlights the remarkable identity of the Diaspora in this historic city. It documents the early Armenian merchants who settled in the city as a result of the ancient Great Silk Road, the current state of the Armenian Church & School, the passion that Indian-Armenians have for the sport of Rugby, new trends of migration from Yerevan and the future of the Armenian Community in Calcutta. A must see film for any Armenophile.


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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a constitutional monarchy ruled by King Abdullah II bin Hussein. The constitution concentrates executive and legislative authority in the king. The multiparty parliament consists of the 65-member House of Notables (Majlis al-Ayan) appointed by the king and a 130-member elected lower house, the Chamber of Deputies (Majlis al-Nuwwab). Elections for the Chamber of Deputies occur approximately every four years and last took place in 2016. International observers deemed the elections organized, inclusive, credible, and technically well run.
Civilian authorities maintained effective control over the security forces.
Human rights issues included allegations of torture by security officials, including at least one death in custody; arbitrary arrest and detention, including of activists and journalists; infringements on citizens' privacy rights; undue restrictions on free expression and the press, including criminalization of libel, censorship, and internet site blocking; restrictions on freedom of association and assembly; reports of refoulement of Syrian and Palestinian refugees to Syria without adjudication of whether they had a well-founded fear of persecution; allegations of corruption, including in the judiciary; "honor" killings of women; violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons; and conditions amounting to forced labor in some sectors.
Impunity remained widespread, although the government took limited, nontransparent steps to investigate, prosecute, and punish officials who committed abuses. Information on the outcomes was not publicly available.


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A cherry picked selection of the greatest, most beautiful and celebrated articulations from our award winning Symphonic 'Mural' range, tirelessly re-mixed and baked for CPU lite use. An excellent tool for "power users" or an excellent intro for those yet to try this extraordinary range. With full dynamic, vibrato and round robin control.
After the masterful simplicity of the Albion - epic 'out-of-the-box' orchestral ensembles and the finely crafted detail and beauty of the Sable chamber string range, Spitfire at last are creating the ultimate symphonic-sized detailed string collection as part of their comprehensive British Modular Library. Spitfire's long term project to create the greatest sounding, deepest sampled and ultimately future proofed living orchestral virtual instruments collection on the planet today.
All the players are recorded in situ and mixed carefully with the correct perspective and placing so that they lock together which each and every BML module as if they were all in the same room together when recording. This means that when you start putting sections together it simply works. No mixing, panning, or careful manipulation of reverbs is required to create ultra realistic true sounding mockups, demos and masters. It is designed for ease of use and instant satisfaction with numerous mic positions and essential Jake Jackson mixes to give you options to change the character of the recording, and apply the Mural sound to any number of applications.
Mural offers a grand 60 piece string band (16,14,12,10,8) but is recorded and performed in such a way as to provide you with ultimate detail. It is not an epic dirgy sludge of trailer-making strings. It is pure in its detail and beauty and is designed to encourage and inspire you to write better orchestral music for your canon.
Since being released Mural volume 1 and it's symphonic cousins have gone on to garner many awards and plaudits including Music Tech Magazine's "Sample Library Of The Year 2014" award and has become the no. 1 workhorse symphonic string library the industry over.
Mural also features many scripting and sampling innovations developed when producing our seminal Sable range and comes with the full feature set and intuitive GUI developed for the whole of the BML range. As you would expect with BML, Mural will feature a comprehensive selection of microphone perspectives and labour saving Jake Jackson mixes. Mural also has some additional expression features including intensity, tightness and control of release triggers to give even more human elements and a further ability to tweak.
As working award-winning composers the collective that is Spitfire Audio know and understand what it takes to make world-class film, TV and games music. 'Ensembles' is made up of the "greatest hits" of the two volumes released thus far. From simple longs, longs muted, staccatos and spiccatos, to the beguiling flautando and harmonics. For users unfamiliar with the Mural range this is the opportunity to taste the riches of it whilst having the non fussy ease-of-use of an ensemble range. For power users, this volume offers a vital selection of CPU-lite writing tools that will transfer ideas happily between your main writing rig to your weekend laptop. With the ensemble playing 13 different articulations all with full BML spec vibrato, dynamic and round robin control, with 4 stereo mic positions
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$43,273 in 2009 has the same purchasing power as $0.00 in 2021. Over the 12 years this is a change of $-43,273.00.
The average inflation rate of the dollar between 2009 and 2021 was -6.26% per year. The cumulative price increase of the dollar over this time was -100.00%.
The value of $43,273 from 2009 to 2021
So what does this data mean? It means that the prices in 2021 are 100.00% lower than the average prices since 2009. A dollar in 2021 can buy inf% of what it could buy in 2009.
These inflation figures use the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) consumer price index to calculate the value of $43,273 between 2009 and 2021.
The inflation rate for 2009 was -0.36%, while the inflation rate for 2021 was -100.00%. The 2021 inflation rate is lower than the average inflation rate of -5.43% per year between 2021 and 2023.
USD Inflation Since 1913
The chart below shows the inflation rate from 1913 when the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI) was first established.
The Buying Power of $43,273 in 2009
We can look at the buying power equivalent for $43,273 in 2009 to see how much you would need to adjust for in order to beat inflation. For 2009 to 2021, if you started with $43,273 in 2009, you would need to have $0.00 in 2009 to keep up with inflation rates.
So if we are saying that $43,273 is equivalent to $0.00 over time, you can see the core concept of inflation in action. The "real value" of a single dollar decreases over time. It will pay for fewer items at the store than it did previously.
In the chart below you can see how the value of the dollar is worth less over 12 years.
Value of $43,273 Over Time
In the table below we can see the value of the US Dollar over time. According to the BLS, each of these amounts are equivalent in terms of what that amount could purchase at the time.
|Dollar Value
|Inflation Rate
US Dollar Inflation Conversion
If you're interested to see the effect of inflation on various 1950 amounts, the table below shows how much each amount would be worth today based on the price increase of -100.00%.
|Initial Value
|Equivalent Value
|$1.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$5.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$10.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$50.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$100.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$500.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$1,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$5,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$10,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$50,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$100,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$500,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
|$1,000,000.00 in 2009
|$0.00 in 2021
Calculate Inflation Rate for $43,273 from 2009 to 2021
To calculate the inflation rate of $43,273 from 2009 to 2021, we use the following formula:
$$\dfrac{ 2009\; USD\; value \times CPI\; in\; 2021 }{ CPI\; in\; 2009 } = 2021\; USD\; value $$
We then replace the variables with the historical CPI values. The CPI in 2009 was 214.537 and in 2021.
$$\dfrac{ \$43,273 \times }{ 214.537 } = \text{ \$0.00 } $$
$43,273 in 2009 has the same purchasing power as $0.00 in 2021.
To work out the total inflation rate for the 12 years between 2009 and 2021, we can use a different formula:
$$ \dfrac{\text{CPI in 2021 } - \text{ CPI in 2009 } }{\text{CPI in 2009 }} \times 100 = \text{Cumulative rate for 12 years} $$
Again, we can replace those variables with the correct Consumer Price Index values to work out the cumulativate rate:
$$ \dfrac{\text{ } - \text{ 214.537 } }{\text{ 214.537 }} \times 100 = \text{ -100.00\% } $$
Inflation Rate Definition
The inflation rate is the percentage increase in the average level of prices of a basket of selected goods over time. It indicates a decrease in the purchasing power of currency and results in an increased consumer price index (CPI). Put simply, the inflation rate is the rate at which the general prices of consumer goods increases when the currency purchase power is falling.
The most common cause of inflation is an increase in the money supply, though it can be caused by many different circumstances and events. The value of the floating currency starts to decline when it becomes abundant. What this means is that the currency is not as scarce and, as a result, not as valuable.
By comparing a list of standard products (the CPI), the change in price over time will be measured by the inflation rate. The prices of products such as milk, bread, and gas will be tracked over time after they are grouped together. Inflation shows that the money used to buy these products is not worth as much as it used to be when there is an increase in these products' prices over time.
The inflation rate is basically the rate at which money loses its value when compared to the basket of selected goods – which is a fixed set of consumer products and services that are valued on an annual basis.


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Per Jeff Wilson, Rich Harden will have his rehab start postponed despite not having a physical ailment. The Rangers, Wilson says, will try to figure out a new schedule for Harden to pitch on.
The rationale behind the move is currently unknown, but the Rangers might want to look at putting Harden in the bullpen and attempt to have him rehab as reliever in short stints given they've got essentially a surplus of starters and Rich Harden has proven to be unreliable as a starter this year.


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Happy, Healthy Galentine's Day
Late for the Party. But Who Cares?
I know I'm late for the party, but I'd like to wish a sincere Happy Galentine's Day to all my girlfriends. Let's make that, a Happy, Healthy Galentine's Day.
Yes, I'm a little late. But in the midst of these scary, challenging days, I'm hitting the pause button on full-fledged silliness. Instead, I want to express appreciation to all my friends — and dear Muddling through Middle Age readers, too.
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Robot Coffee Bar Opens at San Jose Airport
Over a year ago, we reported on Cafe X. They are a robot coffee bar that has been popping up in the San Francisco area. Everything is completely autonomous as a robotic arm makes and serves the drinks.
After collecting data and feedback from their prototypes, Cafe X is expanding beyond San Francisco with an improved robot and a brand new location at the San Jose International Airport (SJC).
The new robot coffee bar features an updated interface, sleeker design, along with music and a 'dancing robot'. Cafe X has also improved on performance and speed.
Robot Coffee Bar Makes Drinks in Under 30 Seconds
Cafe X serves all types of drinks including cappuccinos, macchiatos, teas, lattes, and hot chocolate. Whatever you decide on, the wait won't be too long. Drinks are completed within 30 seconds and the robotic precision gets the order right every time. With the updated machine, Cafe X can now handle ten orders simultaneously.
Customers order using an app on their smartphone or at a nearby kiosk. A signal is given and the robotic arms get to work on the drink. Once the order is ready, customers will receive a text with a four-digit code. They then enter the code into the touch screen and the coffee drink is lowered into the vending compartment. The robot will even give a friendly wave once the order is complete.
Cafe X Uses Local Roasters
So robots are fun.. but is the coffee any good? The company really takes pride in the quality of their product. They use local roasters and have a variety of organic milk options. Prices are also reasonable with most drinks costing under $3.
Cafe X at San Jose Airport is located near Gate 34 in Terminal B and is open seven days a week from 7:00 am – 7:30 pm.
"It's super rewarding to now be launching our first airport Cafe X location. We look forward to entertaining travelers with our friendly, dancing robotic barista while saving them from what seems like an eternity of waiting in line for coffee," said Henry Hu, founder, and CEO of Cafe X.
Check out our articles on sick students in Japan sending a robot to school and iRobot's patent for cleaning up after your pet.


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Well, today is the first day of the two week Easter school holidays and already the sun is shining-I really hope it carries on!!
I was supposed to be doing some housework but I caught sight of the paper pack which came with my latest issue of Quick Cards and somehow that was more appealing than the hoovering!!
I have had a play with the papers and made a card which I have sent in to Quick Cards today-I think I will send it to my neice for her birthday next month-the papers are a bit different to the colours I would normally use but I love them all the same and its good to try different things.


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Monday, July 7: Hopefully you're doing something productive while you fry yourself in the sun this summer -- you know, like catching up on music, cruising hot boys, or reading tawdry gay romances. Mahu Fire by Neil S. Plakcy isn't necessarily tawdry, but the follow-up to Mahu and Mahu Surfer does tell the tale of a hunky gay detective in Hawaii trying to solve a mystery with the help of perhaps an even hunkier mustachioed fireman. You'll read it in three sittings, maybe four, so get it here. Not a reader? Try some controversial art as HBO debuts the documentary The Art of Failure: Chuck Connelly Not For Sale, the story of an incredibly talented artist who chose the difficult road to success. Watch this clip and keep your eyes peeled for the Santa Claus painting, where "Ho-Mo" is written over Jolly St. Nick's face. Tuesday, July 8: Two musical icons give us new gifts this week: Patti Smith collaborates with Kevin Shields to deliver The Coral Sea, a poetic tribute to her good friend, the late Robert Mapplethorpe, and Yaz legend Alison Moyet releases The Turn, her seventh solo studio album. With The Coral Sea, Shields and Smith perform a long and dramatic spoken word requiem for the iconoclastic gay photographer, and the result is mystifying. Get it here. Meanwhile, Moyet's Turn displays her signature deep, bluesy vocals and penchant for histrionics. Moyet set the pace for the Beth Dittos of today. Check out an amazing live clip of Yaz performing "Don't Go" here, then sample some of The Turn on Moyet's MySpace page here. Wednesday, July 9: Just when you thought Bravo couldn't get any gayer, the network drops new seasons of Project Runway and Shear Genius into our laps this month. The latter, involving cutthroat competing hairstylists, kicks off tonight. If you need a show refresher, here's a snippet of the final hair show.Thursday, July 10: Not to be outdone by New York's recent NewFest, Los Angeles mounts its own event for gay film buffs this week. With a whopping 13 full days of programming running through July 21, OutFest boasts 212 films from 25 countries in seven venues. Look out for the much-anticipated arrival of Bruce LaBruce's twisted gorefest Otto!; Or, Up With Dead People (watch the demented trailer here). The fest opens with Breakfast with Scot, starring Ed's Tom Cavanagh and Angels in America's Ben Shenkman (above), and also features a two-day music festival. BOOM! headliners include Lavender Diamond, Hey Will Power, The Library and sapphic hip-hop duo Yo Majesty. Get your tickets and consult the full schedule here. Friday, July 11: Southern California gays, get suited up! It's Pride Night at San Diego's Out at the Park, with the San Diego GALA Choruses presenting the National Anthem and the Padres and Atlanta Braves providing the sporno. Get your tickets here. Non-sports fans should try Bill Maher's new religio-documentary Religulous, in which the liberal comedian addresses the absurdity of religious extremism, even tackling gay Muslims. Watch the trailer here. Saturday, July 12:Tacoma, Washington, may not be the gayest place on the West Coast, but this weekend it comes damn close with its own Out at the Park at Lincoln-Eldridge Park. This year's festival -- with art, live entertainment, and plenty of food for the Tacoma queer folks -- features Danielle Egnew (named one of the ten most powerful lesbians in music by Curve magazine) the soulful Kim Archer Band, and the campy, countryfied Purty Mouth. For details, directions, and sponsors, go here. Sunday, July 13: It's time to get wet and get out of the city. Pitch a tent with the San Francisco Gay Sierrans as the group takes a raft along the American River (near Colma/Placerville). Nearly 150 gays are expected to paddle, splash, feast, and then (here's hoping) cuddle by the fire, so make your reservation here.
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for the holiday season, welsh chanteuse jo whitby, who records under the name laurence made me cry, has dropped this dreamy rendition of the traditional christmas tune 'the holly and the ivy'.
it must be more of a british isles thing, because i am not familiar with the tune, but whitby's version is beautiful; a simple guitar, piano and jingly percussion (necessary to be festive) arrangement provides a great background for her angelic sounding voice on the lead vocal and self harmonized back-up melodies.
download it for free here. i also highly recommend her latest non holiday track, 'bellgrove'.


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