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Allotting extra time
One should not expect to receive extra time, but I think it's a nice gesture to give a little if the game gets hairy towards the end. Victory is so much more rewarding when you know you beat your opponent while he played his best. :-)
I guess you could argue that it's better not to give more time since your opponent should learn to manage it properly but, the way I see it at least, time is used online mainly as a loose constraint for keeping the pace of the game at a certain speed (brisk, medium, really slow), not as a rigidly strict rule that must be adhered to at all times (tournaments excluded). If a complicated situation unexpectedly arises late in the game, it's appropriate to add some time, as long as it doesn't draw out the game much.
Alex Weldon: The other side of the coin is that time constraints are a strategic consideration, as much a part of the game as anything else. On KGS, my time settings of choice are 15 minutes main time, 20 seconds byo-yomi, 5 byo-yomi periods. Not insanely fast, but pretty fast. If the opponent is playing slower than me, and gets into his byo-yomi time 100 moves into the game, I do not give him extra time, especially if it's a close game. He used his time early in the game, consciously or not, and that extra thinking time will have given him an advantage, all other things being equal. I saved my time for the end, and if I'm losing a bit, and my opponent is low on time, I'll deliberately complicate things (and make my moves fast, so he has less time to think on my moves) to make him suffer for using all his time up in the fuseki. It's part of the game, and my attitude towards all games is that anything part of the game (not metagaming) is fair game to be used to help your chances of winning. If it's a teaching game, of course, that's different, and you shouldn't be using time constraints in the first place.
TJ: Not giving time is fine. Complicating things to burn the clock, doing things you know won't work with proper responses...personally, I think that's not really in the spirit of things outside a blitz game to begin with, and probably carries the possibility of hurting your own go in the long run. I've rarely run into people doing this sort of thing, not being a blitz player, and it always annoys me, and very rarely has had an impact on the outcome of the game.
Gaius: I've recently read a story about a tournament game in which this happened. After one player's main time had depleted, he asked "how long is the byo-yomi time?" Only to find out that the game was supposed to be played with absolute time... His opponent generously gave him 20 seconds, and went on to lose the game.
Jan Stozek?: I had a case on a tournament, when I almost lost a game, unable to manage time properly. My opponent arrived very late, so when he started, he had only about 10 minutes left (+ 10 or 15 seconds canadian byoyomi) out of original 60. He was a very fast player though (and a brave fighter), so we managed to get to late chuban before he almost used his time up. Suddenly I realised, that I am in a serious disadvantage, as I felt forced to respond to his plays as quickly, as he played. Then I slowed down, started to think, more and managed to turn out the board - I killed one of his dragons chasing mine through half of the board. I must say, it was a really interesting experience. :)
- Tomasvdw: Personally, I think your opponent should have forfeited the game at the beginning. Arriving 50 minutes late and still expecting your opponent to play a serious game is not a very polite way to handle the situation especially because, as you say, quick play tends to invite quick answers. It is difficult to take your time when your opponent plays really fast.
damien: I tend to play rather slowly, so my time is often up before my opponents. If an opponent is so kind as to grant me extra time, I immediately do the same for him, as a sort of "thank you" gesture. If I were to grant extra time to someone, I would like for them to do the same for me. Unfortunately, I rarely am given extra time.
This stated, I feel it is bad etiquette and rude to request extra time.


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Bible Question:
I wonder if a husband has committed adultery and it occurred in the past, does this count? I have not left him over the matter; but if I were to leave him now, would that leave my children unclean? Would it just be reasonable to assume that he would have to leave me?
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Before you decide to leave your husband, I would like to encourage you to read some of the responses to past Questions and Answers about divorce and remarriage. Lord willing, they should help.
Jesus gave us the freedom to divorce our spouses when they commit adultery. But Jesus hates divorce (Mal. 2:16). He allowed it "Because of your hardness of heart . . . " (Matt. 19:8). What Jesus means is that when we are offended in this way, it is often difficult to forgive. Therefore, He allows divorce. it is also important to note that adultery includes more than sexual sin with a woman, since the Greek word that Jesus used for adultery also includes homosexuality, bestiality, incest, and others.
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But it is important to remember that if you divorce him, you are leaving your husband. He is not leaving you. You did not explain why you are thinking about leaving him. So it is difficult to provide you some advice. But ultimately, the impact of a divorce is "damaging" to your children as well as yourself. If he is abusive, then the comment is less true.
Most divorces are related to money, adultery/sex, and selfishness. Recent research has shown that men and women live happier lives when they are married and the children have fewer emotional problems in their adult life. It is also important to note that remarriages have a higher divorce rate than first marriages, and cohabiting couples have the highest divorce rate.This is contrary to the Hollywood picture of life. The hard facts are that divorce brings more heartache. The illusion of peace and love on the other side is not real.
My Children
No, your children will not be unclean. They are not responsible for his adultery or for the divorce. They will not be punished by God. The adultery was your husband's affair. But I would encourage you to ask yourself, "Why do I want to divorce him now? What has changed in my heart and why?"
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus be with you and His Holy Spirit guide you in your decision.


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This morning, the SOA Consortium (my client) released a podcast of David Butler's SOA Transformation talk from our Ottawa meeting. I posted about it on SOA Consortium Insights and Business-Driven Architect.
Shortly after, Mark Griffin of Greylines posed some excellent points / questions in the comments of BDA:
"I may be being a bit to cynical about this, been a long week already. But having a technology vendor say its not about the technology is about the same as when I hear Exxon say it's looking for alternatives to oil. I question the motive. 🙂
Still this point comes up a lot in the discussion about SOA. I think it deserves a bit more attention as a whole beyond the SOA is about the business type of discussions. My opinion has been all business software development is about the business. Why is this perceived to be different?
I see the differences in design from a software point of view. It is quite different than what a lot of shops are use to. But IT-Business alignment has been a topic of conversation and a goal of IT for a while now. How does a service orientation change that on-going conversation with the business?"
While I did respond (at length) in the comment section, I wanted to call out the conversation here, and invite others to jump in. My reply:
"Mark, Excellent questions / points. Not cynical at all.
On the "SOA is not about the technology", please note that was me dragging out my soapbox as a leap from David's "business-oriented architecture" comment. For your first question, I think Exxon is looking for oil alternatives so they have something to sell in the future. Following that scarce commodity line of thinking, you could say software vendors want someone to sell to in the future.
I think the larger, multi-purpose ("strategic") vendors understand that the "sell and forget" business model doesn't make for sustainable customer relationships. For these vendors, their best interest (motivation) is to ensure customers actually attain value from software investments. This means admitting to and assisting with the hard parts of technology adoption – organizational change, process and people. Note I did include "assisting with" because these same multi-purpose vendors also have services organizations. (More motivation)
As for the business focus, I couldn't agree with your statement more "My opinion has been all business software development is about the business." Unfortunately, when "SOA the marketing label" burst onto the scene, the conversation was all about products, protocols, acronyms and religious fervor. That hype cycle told business folks they needn't care about SOA, it was an IT thing.
Of course, those of us that were employing "SOA the approach" knew better. That SOA is a viable strategy for business-IT alignment, because [soapbox warning] defining, employing and composing business services, in business interactions, business processes & event processing, allows IT to deliver solutions that actually match the intent and operations of the business. However, IT can't do that alone. IT & the business need to collaborate on defining services that align with business capability. But there is that troublesome "SOA is an IT thing" obstacle.
So, long comment longer, we need to reclaim / re-orient the mainstream SOA conversation away from bits and bytes to delivering business capability. And then, actually deliver the promised and expected capability."
Oh, and in full "conversation disclosure", last week as I was reviewing the recording, I tweeted excerpts including "SOA is a business-oriented architecture", which Dion Hinchcliffe augmented as follows:
[Disclosure: HP is not a client of my company, Elemental Links, but is a founding sponsor of the SOA Consortium, which is an Elemental Links' client.]


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Sharon was a patient of CVIM for about 7 years. She came to us she after being without insurance for approximately 5 years. At the time, she had a growth on her neck that had been unchecked for many years. Upon coming to CVIM, her growth was taken care of, along with any other medical concerns. She grew very fond of the volunteer doctors and nurses, knowing and remembering most of them by first name. She turned 65 in the summer of 2019, and utilized the services of CVIM to transition to Medicare. Upon her departure, she said that "at CVIM, I found community, respect, and support. Here, every patient is treated with care and dignity. It also amazes me that all of the volunteers donate their time to see us."
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Rosa is a mother of four children who lives in Cochranville, PA. She was diagnosed with diabetes last year when during a routine visit, she complained of blurry vision and shoulder pain, and her blood test came back with high blood sugar levels. Through meetings with our volunteer doctors, and our staff Diabetes Coordinator, Carla, Rosa was able to learn about her diabetes diagnoses and how she could combat, if not reverse it. Rosa says "CVIM takes care of me and helps me to solve my health problems. Because of them I am able to feel good. Without CVIM, only God knows what would have happened to me, because I wouldn't have had any access to healthcare. Thank you for all that you have helped me with, especially the volunteer doctors. They have taken me out of my sickness and helped me so much."
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Ever since Lee Carrol brought the world's attention to the generation known as the indigo children, many people have been fascinated with these mysterious supernatural creatures who were born in the last decades of the twentieth century. It is believed that these beings are naturally harmonized with the supposedly universal truths of the universe and have been placed on Earth to spur the rest of humanity on to the next stage of spiritual evolution.
The indigo children were followed by the generation referred to as the 'crystal children' who are considered to be less combative than indigo children but just as in tune with the natural rhythms of the universe.
Now, researchers claim that it is becoming apparent that there is a third form of special being walking this Earth. They call them Blue Ray Children.
According to the researchers, the blue ray generation was born to human parents more than a century ago, but they are now making a resurgence to assist the indigo and crystal children to revolutionize human civilization. It is believed that they have been recruited for this task because their spiritual powers and tools go beyond that of the other supernatural beings.
Like indigo and crystal children, blue ray children do not know that they are special. However, certain characteristics apply to these people which mean that identifying them is not impossible.
Blue ray children are always incredibly sensitive and empathetic in their dealings with other people. They are also easily able to access the vibrations of the higher realms and can converse with spiritual entities. However, blue ray children tend to conceal their supernatural abilities as they tend to be humble individuals who do not wish to draw attention to themselves.
Physically, they appear to be just like a human being but some of them may have a certain ethereal aura. It is hoped that if the blue ray children can identify themselves that they can utilize their spectacular spiritual powers to complete the mission of raising this world to a higher state of spiritual consciousness.
The Blue Ray Mission Infiltrate the system in a normal capacity, always remembering who you are and where you came from, planting the seeds of peace, love, light and higher awareness. No matter how painful, long or arduous the job was, it was your mission and you had the spiritual tools, insight and divine light to see it through.
Blue Rays are 'Transformers', using alchemy and naturally transmute lower energies.
Average age range: Late 30's to 50's.
Tend to be water and air signs: Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer, Gemini, Aquarius, and Libra with Virgo influences. Have similarities with the Indigo, Crystals and Rainbows Beings.
Ultra sensitive, intuitive, can easily communicate with the higher realms.
You have sacred knowledge and wisdom.
Often mistaken for an Indigo.
Very adaptable and empathic.
Blues are more reserved and quieter than the indigos and seem mystical in the way they look.
Old souls may appear to be more ethereal looking or star born.
You are about communication and expression through the creative arts and spirit.
It is very important for you to express yourself. It's part of you mission.
May have taken many years for you to be able to speak up and be seen.
Have blue in your aura or have lots of blue around you.
You will also have violet to help with transmuting lower density.
Work with Archangel Michael, Saint Germain and the Violet Fire.
Most are energy or spiritual healers as you wish to heal and help others.
Are water types: flowing, emotional, not static and associated with the divine feminine archetype.
Music, sound, movement, dance and nature is very important to you.
Learned how to hide your supernatural abilities and gifts, stood in the background waiting, watching, observing and always in the knowing.
The Waiting, Star Seed Time Line Encodement, the blues have been preparing for when events and an inner knowing will activate you to reset your course to take a higher path. This activation will attune you to your core essence and will affect your career, hobbies, goals and relationships.
Most of you were not born to enlightened consciousness spiritual parents. You had to heal and transform much family, genetic damage, emotional trauma and dysfunction first.
Feel connected to the terms Light Worker, Star Born and to Pleiades, Sirius and to the esoteric studies and the evolved races of earth.
Are more energetic aligned to Lemurians then to the Atlantians.
Have amazing latent spiritual gifts and talent that are not fully activated.
Feel out of out place in your family, feel your biological family is not your true origin.
Feel you are from the stars, another planet or evolved race.
Are the peacemakers with your family and with friends.
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DALLAS — It's been a ridiculously hot summer, so naturally, ice cream has become an important topic of conversation in the WFAA newsroom.
Recently, we were discussing Blue Bell's newest flavor and it sparked a conversation about other flavors we would love to try.
The response to the Buc-ee's Beaver Nugget flavor online and in the newsroom was so visceral that it inspired our Executive Producer of Innovation, Ryan Wood to create his own version of that ice cream at home.
If you love Beaver Nuggets, you owe it to yourself to try out this recipe.
- 4 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 bag Buc-ee's Beaver Nuggets
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon flaky sea salt (optional)
- Put half of the Beaver Nuggets into a Ziploc bag. Using a small skillet/saucepan/rolling pin/meat tenderizer (etc.), smash the nuggets until they're in small pieces. You want some large chunks.
- In a small saucepan, heat the milk over medium-low heat until it comes to a slow simmer.
- Pour the smashed nuggets into the heated milk. Stir for five minutes. Turn off the heat. Let sit.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk egg yolks into sugar for four to five minutes until the mixture appears mostly smooth and well-combined.
- Pour the milk/nugget mixture through a fine mesh sieve (or cheesecloth, if you have it) into an empty bowl. You don't want any nugget remnants in the milk.
- While whisking the yolks/sugar mixture, slowly pour the strained (and still warm!) milk into the bowl. Whisk to combine. Congrats! You've made a custard base!
- Pour the custard into a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the heavy cream and vanilla.
- Bring the custard to a simmer stirring constantly with a wooden spoon.
- While the custard heats, smash the remaining half bag of Beaver Nuggets in a Ziploc bag. Pour into the pot with the custard.
- As the custard heats, the mixture will thicken slightly. You'll know it's ready when you run your finger down the back of the spoon and it creates a line.
- Once ready, strain the custard into a clean bowl (rinse out one of the bowls you already used!).
- Cover with plastic wrap. Make sure the plastic is touching the top of the custard so a skin doesn't form.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- IMPORTANT NOTE: This makes a LOT of custard. It may not look like a lot, but remember, churning adds air, so it'll expand! Only use the amount of custard that fits into your ice cream maker. The rest can be put into a Ziploc bag and kept in the refrigerator for a few days so you can make another batch.
- Once the custard is chilled, pour it into your ice cream maker and follow the manufacturer's instructions. The ice cream machine I used calls for churning the chilled custard for 20 minutes.
- Once churned, the ice cream will have a soft-serve consistency. Place the ice cream in a plastic container (you can order deli containers with lids online for super cheap!) and put the container in the freezer.
- OPTIONAL: Stir in a touch of flaky sea salt into the churned ice cream before putting it into the freezer.
- Freeze for at least two hours.
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So, Should lawyers get a masters degree in tax law? I think they definitely should!! I have known and/or worked with many lawyers and most of them don't know tax law—at least not well enough to be able to correctly tell their clients what to do or more importantly, what not to do! As a result arguments have ensued between the lawyers and the accountants. Strangely enough not all that many accountants know tax law either. If they want to be able to expand their businesses and help their clients I think it would behoove them to get a Tax LL.M (a master degree in tax law). As it stands right now if you need help with tax law you have to hire a specialized lawyer, or an accountant who specializes in law---
So, what is tax law you ask and if it is the law why don't lawyers know it? I think it may be because they are taught other legal topics which unfortunately tend to leave out Federal Income Tax laws, State and Local laws and more importantly in this ever contracting world-- International Tax laws. Let's face it-more and more companies are doing business with foreign entities and most of these companies need help with all the different legalities of the various countries whether they are an importer or an exporter or a combination of the two.
Estate tax planning is another area where lawyers could use a hand up with regards to IRS laws. These laws are also constantly changing and with our aging population of baby boomers there is a real need for this knowledge. Additionally, it would not hurt to learn how laws are made; what process is used to make them. The laws are changing almost daily it seems—some re-education should be the order of the day!
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If you stay long enough it will get sunny in Boston
The stories of Boston are told from a very interesting Airbnb loft where I'm spending my (hopefully) last nights in New York. Something with plastic mattresses, a heater at one million degrees (Celsius of Fahrenheid doesn't matter), cats and turtles. But more on that next time…
I just got back from Boston after three very fun days. My bus on the way there arrived an hour late, but I guess that's what you should expect from a 4,5 hour, 15 dollar bus ride. Anyway 5+ hours in the bus and a short ride with the metro I arrived at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) where Simone is doing a post-doc. She gave me a lab/campus tour which started with me helping her carry power supplies back to other labs. It just felt like I was her student again doing my master thesis. The lab tour also included an encounter with an old friend: the MiniMag. The MiniMag is a magnetic steering system that I helped building during my master thesis. Back in the days Simone and I spend a full week winding the electromagnets for this system. So it was good to see that all the blood, sweat and tears that were put into that system were not for nothing and that the system is still being used. After the campus tour I borrowed Simone's bike to go for a city tour. A nice bike ride brought me from MIT, along the river to Harvard University which has many really cool old buildings. Then I biked back through a residential area with beautiful wooden houses to meet up with Simone for dinner at a very nerdy restaurant (see menu below). After that we met up with some other people and went for an evening of stand-up comedy. There were three groups playing and most of it was quite funny (e.g. people pretending to be dragons breeding on their eggs; the conclusion that air is just dry water; or a guy who has a tailor store who is considering to make food pants).
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Simone and I with our good old friend the MiniMag
The next day was very very very rainy. The weather was too bad to be outside, a good day to finish a book. So the day was spend in the public library, the covered market hall and the Institute of Contemporary Art. The museum wasn't very big but it had a few nice works. One of them was a half an hour video of a Rube Goldberg machine. They got very creative with loads of fire, explosions and foamy liquids. The also had a media center which had some very comfy benches with a great view over the harbour. In the evening we went for dinner at a very tiny lobster restaurant (more of a snack bar), they had great lobster. To finish the night we went to a fancy bar with a beautiful view over the city.
Because of the shitty weather on the second day, I stayed a day longer than originally planned and only went back to New York on Saturday morning. This was a very good choice. The weather was perfect on Friday, a good day to walk the Freedom trail. This trail walks past all kind of sites that are important in the US history. There are some pretty churches, graveyards and town halls. It also goes past the harbour where the ship the USS Constitution (a US navy ship build in 1797) is. Sadly enough the ship was in a dry-dock for restoration and could not be visited. However a WWII Destroyer ship that was in the same harbour could be visited. The freedom trail ended at Bunker Hill where you can climb the monument (an obelisk) with 294 steps to a nice view over the city. However, the logic was a bit weird: the ranger a the monument asked me if I wanted to climb the monument. Of course I was interested and he told me it was for free. This sounded like a great plan, however things are not as easy as they seem. In order to climb the monument you need to have a climbing pass. He could show me one of the passes but he could not give me one. They were only available at the museum across the park. When I arrived at the museum there was an identical guy sitting behind an identical desk. I told him I was interested in climbing the monument and he gave me a ticket. No further questions, passport checks. or anything else. After the Freedom Trail I went to the Mount Auburn cemetery (Thanks for the great tip Geert!). The cemetery is a hilly terrain with loads and loads of large grave monuments and little ponds. Walking on the cemetery I heard some weird sounds and after some time looking around I found a group of full size turkeys walking between the graves. I guess that is normal here… That evening Gandolf was also back in Boston again after being away all week for work. So for my last dinner in Boston he made us some juicy mega steaks. After the food we went to the local bar (fittingly called the 21st amendment) for the last Boston beers. I had to go home early because the next day I had the early bus back to New York.
Simone and Gandolf: thanks a lot for letting me stay at your place, showing me around your city and organising some great food!
For the freedom trail a song about freedom: Paolo Nutini – Iron Sky (with a great sample from Charlie Chaplin's Great Dictator)
Mooi Maarten 🙂
Mocht je ooit nog in de gelegenheid zijn om een Duck Tours mee te pakken (opereren niet alleen in Boston geloof ik), moet je dat ook zeker doen: oude amfibievoertuigen van het leger waarmee je dus een rondrit plus rondvaart maakt. 🙂
Great Maarten 🙂
If you ever have the opportunity to take a Duck Tours (I think they operate in a number of places apart from Boston), definitely try that too: old amphibious trucks bought from the army, viewing the city from the streets and water. 🙂
Hey Maarten! I am waiting for a lift-off and get some news from you in the mean time. I love this blog 🙂 Pictures and text are great 🙂


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Gay Christian Devotion
Psalm 114
(King James Version)
1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
This psalm is about the exodus, the time when the children of Israel left Egypt. When the children of Israel moved into a new land, the Lord was with them. The children of Israel were God's nation, the people with whom God chose to live. In the presence of the Lord, the water ran away, so the children of Israel could cross on dry ground, and mountains shuddered and danced, as God spoke.
You are God's tabernacle. You are God's dominion! The waters of discouragement and depression open wide, so you can walk through on dry, solid ground. The mountains of addiction and self-hate dance and quake in fear of God. They are so afraid of God that they just dance right away from you, so you can enter the promised land.


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The Retirement Plan Modernization Act: Bipartisan Bill that Will Help Reunite Retirement Plan Participants with Their Money
The average American changes jobs every four years and is expected to hold 10 positions before turning 40 years old. If you sponsor one of the country's 650,000 defined benefit plans or defined contribution plans, you understand how difficult it can be to keep track of plan participants once they depart the company – not to mention the administrative challenges, fiduciary responsibilities and added cost created as the number of low balance accounts continues to rise.
In fact, more than 25 million participants left behind one or more retirement account between 2004 and 2013. Of these 25 million employees, how many moved, changed phone numbers, and/or stopped checking old email accounts? The goal of plan sponsors is always to reunite participants with their money – this is often a difficult feat as sponsors struggle to locate participants who have gone missing. Further adding to sponsors' concern is the Department of Labor's (DOL) increased audit focus on plan sponsors' efforts to search for these missing participants.
Retirement Plan Modernization Act Offers Increased Relief
Relief for plan sponsors already exists in the form of automatic rollovers, which allow plans to automatically roll participants with vested balances of $5,000 or less to an IRA. Introduced in 2001 as part of Economic Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (EGTRRA), that $5,000 threshold has remained the same for nearly two decades.
Fortunately, a bipartisan bill in congress may soon bring plan a much-needed increase in that size limit. The Retirement Plan Modernization Act, introduced in the House last November, would increase the automatic cash-out limit to $7,600, a $2,600 increase from the current threshold of $5,000, and index it going forward. The House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions heard testimony advocating in favor of the bill last month.
The last time the automatic cash-out limit was raised was 1997, with the threshold moving from $3,500 to $5,000 as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. If passed into law, the proposed $2,600 increase would help ensure the cash-out limit accounts for inflation.
Who has the Most to Gain?
Though many believe plan sponsors would be the main beneficiaries of this proposed legislation, it is actually American workers who have the most to gain. Active employees that remain in plans may benefit from a reduction in fees related to missing participants that are often passed to them, while the missing former employees would be reunited with their assets.
Most people would not leave cash lying on the ground if it fell out of their wallets. Similarly, most missing participants do not realize they have an abandoned retirement account. In particular, it is the millennial and boomer generations set to see the greatest benefits. Millennials are moving jobs more frequently than previous generations and are the most likely to leave behind retirement savings accounts. Though boomers are less likely to abandon retirement accounts, there are still many who do. These generations are expected to face a retirement crisis as they run out of assets and do not have the means to support themselves through retirement.
Millennium Trust Advocates on Behalf of Sponsors and Participants
We are strong proponents of the Retirement Plan Modernization Act and will continue to support this and other measures we believe will help sponsors manage their plans and aid American workers in saving for retirement.
In addition to supporting initiatives that will strengthen the American retirement system, Millennium Trust helps plan sponsors track down participants in an effort to reunite them with their savings and promote retirement readiness. We've made significant investments in technology to find participants and reunite them with their savings accounts. As the DOL increased its focus on missing participants, so did our team. As a leader in automatic rollovers and missing participant issues since the introduction of EGTRRA, Millennium Trust has more recently improved our ability to work on behalf of plan sponsors to find the owners of abandoned accounts. We are able to locate the vast majority of missing participants, and are continuing to improve our processes.
The material in this blog is presented for informational purposes only. Millennium Trust Company performs the duties of a directed custodian, and as such does not sell investments or provide investment, legal or tax advice.


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2.11-A Uplift, Isostasy, and Isostatic Adjustment : Vertical Movements of the Crust
2.11-A Uplift, Isostasy, and Isostatic Adjustment : Vertical Movements of the Crust
In addition to the large crustal displacement driven mainly by plate tectonics, gradual up-and-down motions of the continental crust are observed at many locations around the globe. Although much of this vertical movement occurs along plate margins and is associated with active mountain building, some of it is not.
Evidence for crustal uplift occurs along the west coast of the United States. When the elevation of a coastal area remains unchanged for an extended period, a wave-cut platform develops. In parts of California, ancient wave-cut platforms can now be found as terraces hundreds of meters above sea level. Such evidence of crustal uplift is easy to find. Unfortunately, the reason for uplift is not always as easy to determine.
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Isostasy: Early workers discovered that Earth's less dense crust floats on top of the denser and deformable rocks of the mantle. The concept of a floating crust in gravitational balance is called isostasy. Etymology: ISO is equal. STASIS is standing. Perhaps the easiest way to grasp the concept of isostasy is to envision a series of wooden blocks of different heights floating in water. Note that the thicker wooden blocks float higher than the thinner blocks.
Similarly, many mountain belts stand high above the surrounding terrain because of crustal thickening. These compressional mountains have buoyant crustal roots that extend deep into the supporting material below, just like the thicker wooden blocks.
Isostatic Adjustment. Visualize what would happen if another small block of wood were placed atop one of the blocks. The combined block would sink until a new isostatic, gravitational, balance was reached. However, the top of the combined block would actually be higher than before, and the bottom would be lower. This process of establishing a new level of gravitational equilibrium is called isostatic adjustment.
Applying the concept of isostatic adjustment, we should expect that when weight is added to the crust, it will respond by subsiding, and when weight is removed, the crust will rebound. Visualize what happens to a ship as cargo is being loaded and unloaded. Evidence for crustal subsidence followed by crustal rebound is provided by Ice Age glaciers. When continental ice sheets occupied portions of North America during the Pleistocene epoch, the added weight of 3 km thick masses of ice caused downwarping of Earth's crust by hundreds of meters. In the 8,000 years since the last ice sheet melted, uplifting of as much as 330 meters,1000 feet, has occurred in Canada's Hudson Bay Region, where the thickest ice had accumulated.
One of the consequences of isostatic adjustment is that as erosion lowers the summits of mountains, the crust will rise in response to the reduced load. However, each episode of isostatic uplift is somewhat less than the elevation loss due to erosion. The processes of uplifting and erosion will continue until the mountain block reaches normal crustal thickness. When this occurs, the mountains will be eroded to near sea level, and the once deeply buried interior of the mountain will be exposed at the surface. In addition, as mountains are worn down, the eroded sediment is deposited on adjacent landscapes, causing these areas to subside.
Where compressional forces are great, such as those driving India into Asia, mountains such as the Himalayas result. But is there a limit on how high a mountain can rise? As mountain tops are elevated, gravity driven processes such as erosion and mass wasting accelerate, carving the deformed strata into rugged landscapes. Just as important, however, is the fact that gravity also acts on the rocks within these mountainous masses. The higher the mountain, the greater the downward force on the rocks near the base. Visualize a group of cheerleaders at a sporting event building a human pyramid. At some point the rocks deep within the developing mountain, which are comparatively warm and weak, will begin to flow laterally. This is analogous to what happens when a ladle of very thick pancake batter is poured on a hot griddle. As a result the mountain will experience a gravitational collapse, which involves normal faulting and subsidence in the upper, middle portion of the crust and ductile spreading at depth.
You then might ask, what keeps the Himalayas standing? Simply, the horizontal compressional forces that are driving India into Asia are greater than the vertical force of gravity. However, once India's northward trek ends, the downward pull of gravity will become the dominant force acting on this mountainous region.
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Many women are in a constant struggle to find peace, happiness, and tranquility. The busyness of life seems to be a constant adversary to these luxuries. How do we find the happiness that we know God wants for us? Join us at the 2017 ladies conference as we look together at God's secrets of a happy heart!
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- $25 – entire conference
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Volume 9, 20163rd European Conference on Unsaturated Soils – "E-UNSAT 2016"
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Effect of very high compaction pressures on the physical and mechanical properties of earthen materials
Université de Pau et des Pays de l 'Adour, Laboratoire SIAME, 64600 Anglet, France
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The paper compares the effect of different compaction procedures on the porosity and mechanical characteristics of earthen materials. In a first series of tests, a very high static pressure, up to 100 MPa, is applied to the soil for a sufficient period of time to allow consolidation (hyper-compaction). This method produces materials with very high densities up to 2300 kg/m3 and good mechanical properties, which are suitable for the construction of masonry structures. In a second series of tests, the soil is compacted according to the standard Proctor method, which is the reference compaction procedure for the design of geotechnical fills such as dams and embankments. In the Proctor method, the soil is dynamically compressed by means of a much lower effort compared to hyper-compaction. All specimens are equalized under identical hygro-thermal conditions and subjected to unconfined compression tests to measure stiffness and strength. It is shown that hyper-compacted specimens exhibit physical and mechanical properties that are comparable with those of traditional building materials for masonry structures. Finally, mercury intrusion porosimetry tests are performed to study the effect of the compaction method on the pore structure of the material.
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A Georgia jury found a woman guilty of poisoning her disabled toddler and taking out credit cards in his name.
Erica White of Austell was found guilty Monday on 16 counts that range from malice murder to financial fraud, said Kim Isaza, spokeswoman for the Cobb County district attorney's office.
Prosecutors argued that the boy, Tyrael McFall, died after being poisoned with Tylenol No. 3, which contains codeine. A GBI toxicologist testified that the amount in Tyrael's system was toxic but not necessarily fatal.
Tyrael was left "without a chance," according to several witnesses' testimony during the trial, which began Jan. 22.
The boy was blinded and left unable to walk after his father, Joseph McFall, shook him, threw him, cracked both his arms and a rib when the boy was eight weeks old. Joseph McFall was sentenced to 20 years in prison in April 2014.
White was originally indicted with her boyfriend at the time, Michael Schullerman, but about two months ago Schullerman pleaded guilty to about a dozen charges — not the murder counts — and was sentenced to 20 years in prison on a racketeering charge.
White also was found guilty of that racketeering count for a scheme that, in part, involved not telling the Social Security Adminstration that the boy had died in order to continue getting benefits.
Though she showed emotion during the opening statements and closing arguments in the case, White did not testify on her own behalf.
The jury began deliberating the case on Thursday.
Isaza said White's sentencing date has not been set.
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Derrick the Deathfin released on PSN today, alongside 1 million other games and DLC. To help chum the waters a bit, developer Different Tuna also released a launch trailer showing off some of the title's hot underwater papercraft action.
The game plays a little like Ecco the Dolphin, only instead of a cute dolphin you are a rampaging papercraft teenage shark, who is hell bent on revenge after his parents are turned into cans of sharkfin tuna. Yeah, it looks as cool as it sounds.
Check out the launch trailer below, and you can pick up Derrick the Deathfin for $7.99 on PSN right now. PlayStation Plus subscribers can save 30% off that price for a limited time, and get the game for $5.59.
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Finding the missing pieces of the puzzle
I think one of the most-used phrases of 2020 is "these are unprecedented times."
I did hear another phrase recently that I liked: it is a "dark privilege" to be living through this global pandemic. No doubt, we live in an interesting time! In decades to come, people will talk about 2020 and the impact of coronavirus on so many global factors – economy, climate, travel, and of course population and individual health. As well as the dark clouds, there is of course light – and much light comes from the collaborative efforts of institutions, healthcare organizations and governments to find the best responses to this challenge, particularly in the areas of drug repurposing and vaccine development.
And this, to me, is where natural language processing-based text mining comes in. Whenever scientists, researchers and clinicians are faced with a challenge, one critical asset is identifying as much information about the problem as possible. Whatever information there is, locally and globally, that can be found, gathered and understood, will enable the right decisions to be taken. Relevant information on the biology of SARS-CoV2, from COVID-19 as a disease, patient demographics and co-morbidities, global or regional spread, and possible drugs that might treat the symptoms and impacts of this disease is all just the tip of a data iceberg. Much of this data exists in unstructured text: scientific papers, preprints, clinical trial records, adverse event reports, electronic healthcare records, even news feeds and social media can all provide information on epidemiological factors, for example.
This is where AI technologies such as NLP can play a part. NLP-based text mining uses a toolbox of methodologies including linguistic processing, machine learning, regular expression, ontologies and more to transform the free (unstructured) text in documents and databases into normalized, structured data suitable for visualization or analysis. NLP enables researchers to access information from sources such as scientific literature, clinical trial records, preprints, internal sources, social media, and news.
Capturing key information from a variety of sources and synthesizing into one platform gives users a deeper understanding of everything that's going on. This approach can speed answers to key questions to confront the COVID-19 pandemic, such as: What are the best potential drugs for repurposing efforts? How do I find recent trials, the most up-to-date research, and the key opinion leaders and researchers in this field? Who in the population is most at-risk for severe disease? What are the key co-morbidities? What additional care pathways are needed for patients post-COVID-19?
NLP use in pharma and healthcare organizations for COVID-19 understanding
One example of an innovative approach to better patient care comes from a large U.S. Health System. They were concerned about under-reporting of COVID-19 cases, so they used NLP to mine incoming emails and chat messages from their patient help line, for a suite of COVID-19 related symptoms. They then ran analytics to classify these patients according to the likelihood of having COVID-19. This was an automated process, in near real-time, which enabled clinicians to more effectively manage the patient population.
Another example comes from a pharmaceutical company who wanted to mine social media to understand COVID-19 spread and risk factors. Again, a set of queries were written to categorize patient behaviors according to various factors, e.g., mentions of medical facilities being attended. They also analyzed the social media messages to understand COVID-19 status and risk across a spread of professions and occupations.
Organizations are also using NLP to access the landscape of scientific papers relevant to the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers developing COVID-19 therapeutics use NLP to track new papers, particularly around drug or vaccine safety. Publishers have come forward to offer free access to critical literature; for example, the CORD-19 Dataset compiled by the Allen Institute for AI; Elsevier Coronavirus Dataset ; and Copyright Clearance Center COVID-19 collection. These fantastic resources can be mined to find drug efficacy or safety profiles, understand co-morbidity profiles, the natural history of the virus and disease, and who in the population is most at risk for severe disease.
What does the future hold?
The recent review in Nature emphasizes that COVID-19 is here to stay, and our future depends on many unknowns. The author ends with a quote from a senior epidemiologist: "There is so much we still don't know about this virus. Until we have better data, we're just going to have a lot of uncertainty." NLP can assist in some way with enabling access to data, and hopefully therefore to resolve some of that uncertainty.
Figure 1: COVID-19 relevant data mined with NLP. Since the start of the pandemic there has a huge growth in the number of research papers generated relating to COVID-19, and while generally clinical trial enrolments have fallen, COVID-19 related clinical trials have been taking place worldwide. The map shows locations around the world where COVID-19 studies are being run and COVID-19 scientific abstracts are being written. Linguamatics NLP is used to automatically extract COVID-19 related documents from the MEDLINE® and ClinicalTrials.gov indexes in the Linguamatics Content Store. Please see https://covid19.linguamatics.com/ for more information.
As the Human Data Science company, IQVIA is ready to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 today and provide hope for the future.


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A report by Oxford Business Group (OBG) shines a spotlight on South Africa's mining industry, exploring the key part that a modernisation and efficiency drive is expected to play in helping firms offset input-cost pressures.
The Report: South Africa 2016 also looks at the latest developments in the government's plans to retain a greater share of mineral value in-country, which have hit stumbling blocks in the past. Other topics covered include the move among mine operators to seek out alternative energy sources against a backdrop of rising costs.
Aside from its in-depth sector analysis, the global publishing, research and consultancy firm's report features interviews with leading representatives and key industry players, including Norman Mbazima, CEO of Kumba Iron Ore.
With an estimated $2.5trn worth of proven mineral reserves, South Africa's mining sector remains a major player in the country's economy, despite weak commodity prices, making a direct contribution of around 8% to GDP and providing 14% of total employment. However, the challenging external climate continues to weigh on the industry, with the current downward cycle expected to stretch well into 2016. Internal issues, such as power disruptions and infrastructural shortfalls, have piled added pressure on operators.
Mbazima told OBG that while South Africa's mining companies were targeting greater efficiency across the board in operations, manpower, equipment productivity and supplier rates, improvements in transport infrastructure would support their efforts.
"Currently, all iron ore goes through the Saldanha port facility, which is owned by Transnet," he said. "We would like to see a coordinated capacity expansion of the railway and the port itself going forward."
Mbazima was upbeat about technological developments and talks with stakeholders on how best to take the mining industry forward. "However, emerging companies will need assistance if they are to fill any voids left by multinational companies," he noted. "Mining is very capital-intensive… The industry is in need of assistance, and the entire mining chain should be closely examined to implement a new beneficiation strategy."
The government is keen to develop key mining value chains in iron ore and steel, platinum-group metals, polymers, titanium and mining inputs. However, its efforts to step up beneficiation have come up against hurdles in the past and proved controversial. In its report, OBG considers the options available to South Africa's leaders as they eye a longer-term solution.
"In most products you probably have at least five different steps in the full value chain," Mosa Mabuza, deputy director-general of mineral policy at the Department of Mineral Resources said. "Our goal is not to develop all at once, but rather one step at a time."
The Report: South Africa 2016 is a vital guide to the many facets of the country, including its macroeconomics, infrastructure, banking and other sectoral developments. Oxford Business Group's publication is available in print and online.
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The Cotton Labs in North Carolina aren't just near and dear to our hearts – they're essential to the fashion industry. Here Cotton works alongside brands to bring tomorrow's designs to life, merging digital innovation with centuries-old tradition.
Over the next few weeks, we'll be taking you behind-the scenes where all the magic happens. First up? Our Fiber Processing Lab. This is the area where we prep the raw cotton material– from bale to yarn.
The Touch, the Feel.
Remarkably, the cotton that's brought in is super soft but has bits from the farm in it – leaves, stems, etc. And although the machines at the Cotton Labs are massively intimidating, they are very gentle while cleaning the cotton so you're left with the highest quality.
Do the Twist.
The machines work by constantly blending fiber together—5 pieces of 'rope' into 1, and so on. Every step of the way, the cotton is soft and as easy to pull apart as a cotton ball (easier, really). It is not until the end of the process where these parallel fibers are twisted tightly together to create materials that are most consistent to the cotton yarn we know and love.
Hello, Fashion.
Here's where the magic happens. Designers at our labs work closely with the processing team to provide digital sketches of what they want a final garment to look like; the processing team then programs their computer to create the design. From there, the processing team creates cards of how the fabric would look in a garment. They show the cards to the design team, get any feedback on tweaks needed, and the team makes adjustments until they've reached the ideal thread!
The Cotton labs are one of those rare places where tradition and ingenuity work hand-in-hand. It's overwhelming to realize the industry's boldest trends are created HERE—a laboratory in North Carolina. The process showcases teamwork and beautiful craftsmanship, and the warm reminder that cotton really can do it all.


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Dandelion Mother Daughter Necklace Set - Mother's Day Necklace, Gifts for Mom from Daughter
Mother's Day is coming up just around the corner. What can you get Mom that is meaningful and shows her how much you truly love her? Or, let's forget Mother's Day...let's say you as a Mom want to gift your daughter something sweet and sentimental to show her you'll always be there for her and she will always be your little girl. Whatever your reason is, this mother/daughter dandelion gift set contain the recipe for love.
Things you should know:
- Mom's necklace is 18" and comes with a hand stamped dandelion and fluff stamped on a 3/4" aluminum disk with hammered edges
- Daughter's necklace is 16" and comes with hand stamped dandelion fluff on a 1/2" aluminum disk with hammered edges
- You can choose to add 1 birthstone to Mom's necklace which will be permanently adhered in the middle of the dandelion flower.
- If you need additional "daughter" necklaces, please order from this link here: https://lastingimpressionsct.com/collections/necklaces/products/additional-daughter-necklace-for-mother-daughter-dandelion-necklace-set-kid-necklace-only
All items are hand stamped using a hammer one letter at a time and finished with a brushed look. Stamped pieces are made of aluminum which is hypo allergenic, won't tarnish, and are lightweight. Bangle bracelets are adjustable both up and down and are made of stainless steel which will not tarnish. They fit most adults and measure 60 mm in diameter. Cuff bracelets are made of aluminum and measure 6" x .25" with a 1" gap and adjust to fit most adult wrists. Necklaces are 18" dainty stainless steel chains with a lobster clasp closure. All keychains come with a 1" keyring attached.


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The Zone 13 Police Headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra State, has arrested one Izuchukwu Nwabueze for allegedly defrauding an Anglican bishop and 10 others.
It was gathered that Nwabueze, who recently renounced his Anglican knighthood, allegedly defrauded his victims to the tune of N15m on the pretext of using the funds to furnish the residence of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Danmallam Mohammed, who was newly posted to the area.
Others allegedly swindled by the 35-year-old Nwabueze, who is a relation of an oil mogul in the state, included an hotelier and other prominent Anambra people.
A statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, Nkeiruka Nwode, said the suspect would soon be arraigned.
She said the AIG had instructed those defrauded to report at the zonal headquarters at Ukpo and cautioned members of the public to be wary of the new fraud trends.
She said, "The suspect has been posing as an aide to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, the impersonation that gave him opportunity to defraud unsuspecting traders and rich people in Anambra State of their hard-earned money.
"The suspect, who pretended to be raising funds for the furnishing of an unknown residential quarter and for the installation of a soundproof generator for the AIG Zone 13, Ukpo, cornered the victims to perpetuate the crime.
"The suspect, Chief Izuchukwu Nwabueze, also obtained money under false pretences from many other prominent persons in the state.
"The suspect also defrauded to the tune of N1m one Ifeanyi Umeh Lovelyn on behalf of an Anglican bishop, among others."
Nwode said the suspect was also issuing dud cheques to some of his victims, adding that he had been charged.


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It takes not less than a monumental master plan for anyone to win online Rummy-Games. Now, what if the stakes are high? Should I even need to mention how sound a strategist you must be to confront the competition? A high-stake Rummy game is so demanding that it involves a taxing entry fee to start with. A slight distraction or an error of judgment may cost you a lot. So, before approaching a high-stake table, you need to make yourself qualified, knowing all basic strategies for how to play rummy, which will guard you as the game goes on.
Be a smart dropper
Knowing when to drop is the important prerequisite for a person who plays an online Rummy game, especially when there is a lot at stake. When a person is not aware of this basic rule, he can as well stop playing it. If you are a smart dropper, you can play the game with confidence. A smart dropper is one who drops the game immediately when he is not comfortable with the odds. He ensures that he loses a paltry sum of just 20 points by going for the first drop. When a person's analytical ability is good, he will know when to go for the drop.
Keep focusing on points:
The best thing to do while playing high stake games is to keep minimizing the points as much as you can. In short, you should remember, lesser the points you hold, the greater the chances of winning the subsequent rounds. So, even when you lose, do ensure you are losing only with fewer points by discarding high-value cards first. There is always a high percentage chance of coming back in the following games.
Switch over to games with less entry fee
Since the entry fee is high in high stake games, as the name suggests, if you are playing intending to recover the money alone, the possibility of losing money in a short span is more. Of course, anyone will be tempted to recover all that has been lost, but this is where you are expected to think with a cool head. Instead, try leaving high stake games and opt to go for games with much lesser entry fees. Once you gain enough confidence and money playing them, you can re-join and try your luck in high-stakes games.
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Analyze your opponent's movements:
Half the battle is won when you can understand the psyche of your opponent. So, it is always advisable that you keep your focus on him right from the start. If you see him taking cards frequently from the open deck, it means he is on the verge of completing the Rummy, and so you are expected to go for a middle drop wisely, saving lots of points.
Tricking opponents:
If nothing works, you should at least try to trick your opponent. If you are smart enough, you can force him to discard a card that you need. For example, if you require a Queen of a spade to meld a set of three Queen cards, you can discard a king of spade, which will confuse your adversary so much so that he may end up dropping the Queen of Spade, which will make your job pretty easy. This process of bamboozling your opponents is called baiting.
Cards closer to jokers can be emptied:
A joker is a game-changing card that is rarely used by online rummy players to form a pure sequence. So, you should discard cards closer to the joker. When you do that, your opponent will not pick your discarded cards as he will not like wasting the joker. This is a classical way of keeping him under check, not known to many Rummy players.
Miscellaneous tips:
Other than the strategies stated above, the following are the basic rules for rummy to be kept in mind while playing a high-stake Rummy.
a.) Always attempt to form a pure sequence first so that you will not have a sum of all points on hand when your opponent declares the game anytime.
b.) Arrange and group the cards in better order with the right color combination to not be making the mistake of discarding cards that are useful to you.
c.) At times, you don't realize you are having a winning hand because you are focusing on the same group of cards throughout. Try rearranging them constantly so that you can maximize your earnings by finding a better sequence.
Always remember Rummy is no rocket science. As you practice this wonderful art regularly, you will find it much easier and more entertaining. Initial losses that you encounter while playing a high-stake game are just a stepping stone for your future success. So, get on with it without reluctance and hesitation. What you reap out of it is going to be unimaginably lucrative.


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Fast, Reliable Gas Pipe Repair in Fairview, TX
Does your Fairview home contain gas appliances or a gas-powered water heater? If the answer is yes, then you have gas piping running to and through the house. When your gas line is in good working order, your appliances will run as designed and home safety will be maintained. Regrettably, the opposite is true if your gas line develops a leak. Leaks have the potential to cause a serious fire or explosion. Don't risk it, it's not worth it. Call the Fairview gas pipe repair experts, at Thorough Plumbing for gas pipe repair services!
Gas Pipe Repair Signs - Fairview
Normally, a gas-powered home, in Fairview, is safe and secure, which is why it is rare to hear of serious accidents involving natural gas or propane lines. When installed, gas lines are secure because your local Fairview utility company is an expert in residential safety. However, the serious nature of the subject matter means you should be aware of the signs of a gas leak, just in case.
Surprisingly, gas does not have an odor; thus, the utility company adds an ingredient making it smell like rotten eggs. The majority of people despise the smell. The smell of rotten eggs is the first sign there is a gas leak and immediate action must be taken, especially if the smell appears inside your home.
Another sign you may notice, which is not always the case, is the sound of hissing as the gas escapes from the pipe. Again, if you hear hissing and the smell of rotten eggs, you probably have a leak.
Do Not Put You and Your Family at Risk! Call for Gas Pipe Service, in Fairview, ASAP! (844)933-5874.
Action Steps After a Gas Leak is Discovered in Your Fairview Home
Gas pipe leaks can destroy your Fairview home and injure everyone in it. With this much on the line, you must take decisive and immediate action. Immediately get everyone out of the house, without using any electrical devices. Why? The smallest spark can cause a fire or explosion, therefore even turning off the lights or using your cell phone is dangerous.
As you leave the home, it is also important to leave the door open, if possible. Leaving the door open will help vent the gas. Once safely outside, call your gas company or 911 for help. Once the leak is contained, give Thorough Plumbing a call for immediate gas pipe leak repair.
Fairview Gas Pipe Repair
Gas leaks are serious business and should never be taken lightly. Call Thorough Plumbing immediately if you notice any signs of a gas leak, in your Fairview home. There is no time to waste.


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Elizabeth Arden unveiled its newest skincare range—Elizabeth Arden Rx—at the AAD in Denver in March 2014, effectively entering into the race for professional skincare domination. The range is based on an innovative topical skin protection product, Triple Protection Factor Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 50+, or TPF 50, that is the hero formula featured in the comprehensive skincare line designed for exclusive distribution in physicians' offices.
Uber cosmetic chemist Joe Lewis is the brains behind the new skincare range. Lewis first partnered with Elizabeth Arden, Inc. in 2005 to launch Prevage®, which has gone on to win more than 160 international beauty awards. He is well known for discovering mega cosmeceutical ingredients including alpha-hydroxy acid in 1983, idebenone in 2004 (found in Prevage®) and CoffeeBerry® (found in Revaleskin®) in 2007. This new collaboration marks another win for Lewis' unique formulations.
TPF 50 contains a triple cocktail of key skin saving ingredients—broad spectrum SPF 50, an Antioxidant Complex, and a DNA Enzyme Complex- in a lightly textured, silky moisturizing base. In a recent study in March 2014 in Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, the DNA Enzyme Complex was proven to be more effective in reducing the risks associated with premature signs of aging and skin cancer than other commonly used products in head to head comparisons. The authors concluded that, "Taken together, our results indicate that TPF50 improves the genomic and proteomic integrity of skin cells after repeated exposure to UV radiation, ultimately reducing the risk of skin aging and non melanoma skin cancers."
According to study author, James M. Spencer, MD, Professor of Clinical Dermatology at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, "Sunscreens prevent DNA damage but they do not have the ability to repair DNA damage. In the first study done in St. Petersburg, FL, subjects were applying this product topically for eight weeks and doing skin biopsies before and after and stained for pyridime dimers—a signature mutation—which is only caused by UV light. We also looked at P53, a tumor suppressor gene. After eight weeks, there was a significant decrease in pyridime dimers, and mutated P53. If you already have sun damage, TPF50 can repair the skin. It has SPF in it so it combines prevention with repair enzymes. You can't take back damage that was done twenty years ago. This is actually repairing the skin. We also compared it to other products on the market that contain DNA repair enzymes in them, but TPF50 was superior."
The line is categorized into four regimens—Anti-Aging, Brightening, Clarifying, and Hydrating—each includes a pre-treatment cleanser and Triple Protection Factor Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 50+ (TPF 50). There are seven products in all; two cleansers, Anti-aging Serum, Brightening Serum, Clarifying Serum, Hydrating Cream, and the signature TPF50. The addition of Elizabeth Arden Rx Mineral Skincare, a loose sheer mineral powder in five wearable shades with SPF27, plus one Finishing Touch, completes the collection.
For physician use only, there are also four peeling systems that complete the treatment selection, for Clarifying, Hydrating, Anti-Aging, and Brightening skin. The peels are designed as an in-office treatment to be administered by a trained medical professional, and the selected products are to be used at home, as well, for maintenance.
Look for the Elizabeth Arden Rx Skin Optimizing Platform™ coming next, a clever little handheld device with interchangeable treatment heads for cleansing, skin smoothing, and the infusion of topical agents all in one.
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Transportation Services
Departments are encouraged to use the following university-wide contract for charter bus service needs. In addition to contracted pricing, the supplier meets safety and insurance regulations. A variety of bus sizes/capacities are available, as well as out-of-state charters. Doing business with this contracted supplier does not require any additional bid process. The requesting department may simply contact the supplier to determine pricing and availability and submit a UShop requisition detailing the estimated dollar amount and scope of work. Please contact the contract manager as shown with any questions.
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Staff Profiles
Norasikin Repan
Library Assistant
- Email: email@example.com
- Telephone: +607-555 3854
- Address: Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia,
No. 1, Jalan Sarjana 1,
Kota Ilmu, Educity@Iskandar,
79200 Iskandar Puteri (Nusajaya),
Johor, Malaysia
Roles and Responsibilities
Provides customer service to patrons of the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). This includes a daily routine of issue, renewal and return of items, registration process, answer enquiries and dealing with all aspects of the reservation systems, etc. At the Circulation counter.
Instructs library patrons on how to use reference resources, online public access catalogue (OPAC), and automated information system.
Assists in the preparation of book displays.
Organises and re-shelves all types of library materials, to assure accurate retrieval of materials.
Maintains library equipment and instructs library patron in proper use of such equipment.
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Information Studies (Library & Information Managemenet) – 1st Class Honours, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
Previous Position
Teacher: Little Caliphs Sdn Bhd
Centre Course Coordinator: Olympia College Sdn Bhd
Honours and Awards
Dean List Award, Faculty of Information Management, UiTM Kedah (5 semesters, 2009-2012)