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Google the corner of East Garfield Boulevard and South Prairie Avenue. Map it, zoom in: If you're using Google Maps, you'll see an old picture of the corner, a long marble building just west of Washington Park, a former Walgreens, boarded-up, decaying, flanked by a fried chicken stand and a former currency exchange.
Walk by right now, and you will see something very different: The University of Chicago's new Arts Incubator, polished, sleek and housed in the same corner space, given a $1.85 million restoration by the university and the stewardship of an art superstar, Chicago's Theaster Gates.
The Arts Incubator, which opens Friday to the public, is 10,000 square feet of studio, performance and gallery space; there's a woodwork shop being used by 10 apprentices (Gates' medium tends to be reclaimed wood); there are five artists-in-residence, using studios still smelling of fresh paint (each of the artists, culled from 150 applicants, was given a $10,000 university grant); and on the second floor, there's a sweeping hall intended for performances and talks that can hold an audience of 150. (Indeed, the Incubator's calendar is already well stocked with record-release parties, artist talks and performance pieces.)
Gates arrived early Thursday morning for a walk-through.
He wore a tweed orange sportscoat and cowboy boots. He paced around the ground-floor exhibition hall. "I have personal ambitions, as do a lot of people, to see this neighborhood alive," he said. "But what does the neighborhood want this block to look like? What does it want it to feel like? Let's have town halls here! The thing I want to do is focus on getting this space as legible to the world as possible, to having this building act as a creative catalyst, both as a home to things happening inside and things radiating outward from it."
It's also the flagship project of Gates' Arts and Public Life initiative at the University of Chicago, started in 2011 as a way of fostering the ambitions and collaborations between the university and South Side artists. Beyond the university-led restoration (and additional operating funds), the center also received a $400,000 grant from ArtPlace, a consortium of national and regional institutions (the National Endowment for the Arts, for instance) and large banks.
Asked how the center plans to stay afloat in the long term, Gates said "we're in the process of identifying additional (funding) sources." A university spokesperson said the university's financial commitment will be ongoing.
He walked through the studios and then bounded up the stairs, two steps at a time. Asked if he's worried about that vagueness of mission that often comes with a new neighborhood art center — that uncertainty of what of broad community interest actually goes on inside it — Gates walked to the tall second-floor windows and put a hand to his face. He looked out on Garfield and its trickle of morning commuters scrambling over melting mountains of snow and into the Garfield CTA station.
"In some ways I think the roll-out has to be slow," he said. "I think you try to get as many events as possible in that exhibition space downstairs, so people see things going on here and it intrigues them — I think we make sure we use that window downstairs, it says as much as possible about what is going on inside here."
Right now in the window are large white letters spelling "FEEDBACK," a reference to the center's first major exhibition (running through April 28), a series of art pieces and programs about collaboration and dialogue.
"But yes, we're also going to have to figure out what it means to be a neighbor and friend here," he said. "It's unquestionably going to look very different for the university to have a big presence like this, in this spot."
On the wall behind him, scribbled in red marker was a child-like drawing of the block, the result of a recent brainstorming session. It was labeled "The Future of 55th Street," and below that an addendum, "The Arts Block." It showed the Arts Incubator on one corner and, on the adjacent corner, where now there is only a vacant lot, a gallery space. In between it showed a cafe, a speakeasy, a black-box theater and storefronts.
Asked what it meant, exactly, Mercedes Zavala, an administrator with the Arts and Public Life program, shrugged coyly and smiled. "That's just one vision," she said, "but then Theaster — he is a visionary."
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GForce has announced the release of OptiTron, an Optigan Expansion Pack for M-Tron Pro.
Recorded from GForce Software's own Optigan, the OptiTron Expansion Pack for M-Tron Pro offers 25 rhythms, a plethora of sound effects and a sprinkling of lead sounds from one of the world's most highly prized, kitsch, home entertainment instruments, the Optigan.
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Dr. Smiley: OrthoKeratology (Ortho-K) also known as Corneal Refractive Therapy and Vision Shaping Technology is one of the many treatment modalities available for myopia (nearsightedness) control. These lenses are rigid gas permeable contact lenses worn during sleeping hours. These lenses flatten central areas of the cornea, decreasing myopia so that no correction is needed during waking hours. These lenses are replaced yearly. These lenses decrease the stimulus for the eye to grow, or lengthen, thus decreasing myopia progression in children.
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Dr. Smiley: Lenses are worn during sleeping hours. Lenses are removed upon awakening, cleaned, and stored in a case. No visual correction is needed during the day. Before bed, lenses are inserted and worn while sleeping. Patients love the elimination of the need for daytime eyeglasses or contact lenses.
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Dr. Smiley: Good candidates are patients with certain corneal curvatures, a Rx of less than -5.00D of myopia, and motivated to wear contact lenses. Patients that do well with these lenses are patients that have family members that wear contact lenses, however, this is not a requirement.
Q: Can you share a particular patient success story, in which by treating with Ortho-K, you were able to provide a patient with a solution which you would otherwise not have been able to provide?
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The federal Animal Welfare Act prohibits subjecting animals to experiments likely to cause more than �momentary or slight pain or distress,� unless written evidence has been provided demonstrating that a detailed search for non-animal alternatives was unsuccessful. In such cases, �appropriate sedatives, analgesics or anesthetics� must be used, unless �withholding such agents is necessary for scientific reasons,� in which case the experiment must not continue for longer than necessary.
The USDA is the federal agency responsible for inspecting research centers and ensuring compliance with the Act. The 2005 USDA inspection reports of Charles River Laboratories reveal serious violations of the Act, including:
In total, the USDA cited Charles River Laboratories for 22 violations of the Animal Welfare Act in 2005. Other serious violations related to further inadequate veterinary care and inadequate housing causing a high incidence of feet injuries in dogs.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) are required under the Act to approve only those experiments in which the expected scientific benefits outweigh the expected animal welfare costs, and in which unnecessary suffering is prevented. The experiments cited by the USDA clearly violate the ethical justifications required for a permissible experiment.
Additionally, they raise substantial scientific concerns. Recent comprehensive reviews published in laboratory animal science journals have revealed that even routine laboratory procedures such as handling, blood collection, and gavaging (insertion of a throat tube for the forced administration of a test compound) and standardized laboratory housing cause significant laboratory animal stress, to which animals do not readily habituate. Inadequacies in housing predisposing to injury, accompanied by severe, unrelieved suffering, as occurred in these experiments at Charles River Laboratories, are likely to substantially elevate such stress levels.
The results include the distortion of normal physiology, disruption of hormonal regulation, impedance of neuroanatomical development and cognitive ability, behavioral stereotypes, immunosuppression, and, of particular significance with respect to these experiments, increased susceptibility to adverse drug reactions or other pathologies.
In short, Charles River Laboratories� treatment of these animals has damaged them as experimental models. The scientific outcomes that resulted are likely to be even further removed from human outcomes than would be achieved by the use of healthy, non-stressed animals, as intended by the Act. Such scientific distortion can only compound the already severe biological and mathematical obstacles inherent in accurate extrapolation of animal test results to predicted human outcomes.
Consequently, these experiments not only fail the humane and ethical standards required by the Animal Welfare Act, but also cannot be expected to provide scientifically reliable data.
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Not really what is wanted! SQLDeveloper understands the SET DEFINE command as used in SQLPlus. So setting this value to OFF will disable value substitution. Easy!
The command is run like a normal SQL statement, After that, no more substitution is performed, the prompts go away and the ampersands behave as regular characters. This is only needed to be run once for a session too, so no need to keep running it as long as you're using the same connection/session.


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Calisthenics Victoria Partners with TryBooking. Calisthenics Victoria shares a common set of values with TryBooking that include a passion for development, education and empowering communities.
Calisthenics has a history spanning over 100 years in Australia. Enjoyed by over 9,000 members, across 106 clubs in Victoria, Calisthenics is a collaboration of sport and performing arts, involving dance, ballet and rhythmic gymnastics.
Calisthenics also promotes deportment, health and fitness, flexibility, strength and coordination. With its membership base growing rapidly, so is the number of concerts and competitions.
The change
Matthew Brown, Former CEO of Calisthenics Victoria (CVI), explains that his organisation made the switch to TryBooking's online ticketing system to "mitigate against the risk of high volume cash transactions at the CVI State Championships. TryBooking also proved to be a great platform for registration and enrolment. These processes have traditionally been manual, labour intensive, and conducted by our volunteers".
"We are working with TryBooking to streamline our system, particularly for the State Championship season, which runs for 7 weeks in both metro and regional locations. It's a busy time of the year for the Calisthenics community with 75 separate competitions and we aim to streamline registrations, enrolments and ticket purchases via one central system for all Clubs to access. Hundreds of hours are spent manually processing paperwork, which we want to eliminate, so our volunteers can focus on other areas within Calisthenics," says Matthew.
Calisthenics Victoria is using TryBooking for seated events, general admission events, multiple sessions, multiple venues and various ticket price options and this will be extended to all clubs in support of regional competitions. Matthew said, "TryBooking will continue to grow in the regional club area, offering consistency for all Clubs in one flexible system."
"Calisthenics Victoria looks for partners who have strong synergies, particularly around community and organisational values."
Strong partnerships form part of the growth strategy for Calisthenics Victoria. Matthew explains, "The future viability and sustainability of our sport relies on Calisthenics Victoria building strong relationships with those who share common values and who would enjoy a partnership that is mutually beneficial. As the peak body for Calisthenics, we will continue to investigate and foster partnerships and sponsorship that are of benefit to the wider membership and sport as a whole."
Matthew explains how the Calisthenics community has welcomed the idea of having online ticketing and registrations. "As with any change to tradition, there has been a need for education and explanation, but on the whole, the move to online ticketing has been successful."
Matthew adds, "TryBooking has been extremely helpful in assisting Calisthenics Victoria to begin the mammoth task of transferring all competitions, registrations and enrolments into an online format. The process to now include metropolitan and regional solo competitions into the system is ready to commence and we look forward to seeing the progress."
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REPRESA, Calif., Oct. 10 — Charles Manson, convicted murderer of Sharon Tate and seven others, was transferred to Folsom State Prison from San Quentin, a prison official said. John Ahern, duty officer at Folsom, said the transfer was part of the general reassignment of former Death Row inmates from San Quentin because of recent court rulings which eliminated the death penalty in California. Manson has been placed in the prison's adjustment center for evaluation before being placed in the prison proper, Ahern said, adding, "We don't know how the inmate body is going to accept him, so we have to be cautious and we are."


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I started CleanBirth.org with a mission of improving birth safety for moms in Laos because I am a mom and I wanted to support other mothers.
Being a mother is a challenging role for me. It isn't always easy setting aside the "me" and putting my kids first. But it's what moms do, right? Right.
Mothers often go so far as to prioritize kids' needs at the expense of our own health. This is a mistake. To ensure good health for themselves and their children, women need competent health care before and after giving birth.
In developed countries, we are in most cases lucky enough to have sufficient practitioners and hospitals. This is not the case in the developing world. The WHO finds:
"The risk of a woman in a developing country dying from a maternal-related cause during her lifetime is about 33 times higher compared to a woman living in a developed country. Maternal mortality is a health indicator that shows very wide gaps between rich and poor, urban and rural areas, both between countries and within them."
Here is the WHO's advice in a nutshell about what is needed to prevent needless maternal deaths:
We atCleanBirth.org agree that no woman should die in pregnancy and childbirth. We are doing our small part by promoting maternal health among poor, rural, minority familiesin Salavan Province, Laos. We provide moms with safe birthing supplies in a cute pink bag and fund counseling from local nurses, who we train twice annually.
We work to ensure that mothers survive birth. Please join us by donating $5 which gives a mom and baby a birth kit that prevents infection: www.cleanbirth.org/donate.
What programs do you know of that have been effective in improving maternal health?
Kristyn Zalota, a World Moms Blog contributor from the USA, is a mom of two and also the founder of Cleanbirth.org, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Working with a local Lao partner, Cleanbirth.org empowers nurses to provide women in their communities with Clean Birth Kits and safe birthing education. To date, Cleanbirth.org has provided 5,000 birth kits and funded training for 250 nurses.


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Stampin' UP! Artisan Blog Hop- Lift Me Up Mini Photo Book
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Dani, the stuff is awesome! But the idea with the clock - WOW !!!ReplyDelete
Oh this is just the cutest!!!!ReplyDelete
Love the mini book, so cute! But that clock takes the cake!! Adorable :)ReplyDelete
A girl after my own heart.... love love love that book!!!! But the clock is amazinggggggg.ReplyDelete
I love these projects!! The book is awesome! And how cute is that clock! Love it!ReplyDelete
Two fabulous projects! Love, love, love! The book is just gorgeous and I'm loving the clock!ReplyDelete
So, so cute! Love the bright colors and all the little elements in the book. Obviously, the clock is just too cool!ReplyDelete
Like your mini-album, it's so pretty!ReplyDelete
Oh, an album! Although the colors of the paper have a hard time matching visually for me, I find the work fantastic! It is a matter of personal tastes ^^. Plus on such a small size, it's great!ReplyDelete
And the clock is also a great idea, it makes you want to travel!
Thanks Paula! It's just an idea I had about 5 years ago when I bought the clock form! I didn't know what would go in it at that time but I'm so glad I saved it! I love it!ReplyDelete
O-mi-goodness Dani! Your projects are crazy amazing! Love the clock diorama!ReplyDelete


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Have your boundaries become the fortress that keeps bad folks out, but also the good? I can relate. I never quite understood why I had so few friends compared to others, or why no one seemed to understand me. It's very lonely inside the fortress.
Are you one who reacted with anger and rejection to protect yourself from ill treatment?
Some of us decided at a young age that we only had ourselves to lean on. If we were to be safe, it was up to us. The emotional boundaries we erected were strong. Too strong. Is that you?
I have some good news for you. It's no harder (and maybe a bit easier) to take down the fortress than to build from scratch like those with flimsy boundaries have to do.
Again, get a strategy established. Decide what you can do differently when someone approaches. Don't make yourself into a door mat—please don't think I am saying you need to do that! No, what you need to do is to start taking out a few bricks from your walls. Believe that you are worthy of having healthy boundaries. Realize there are people you can trust, just waiting for you to give them a chance.
- Start with someone you think is trustworthy. This will be someone who clearly cares about others. If they ask you to join them for coffee, agree. Choose neutral ground and transport yourself there. It will be safe. The idea is to stop saying "no" automatically to every invitation. And when a friendship starts blooming, perhaps you could be the one to suggest getting together.
- Join a Bible study. It's all right to just sit and listen for a time or two, but when you get a bit accustomed to the routine, join in the discussion. You don't have to be brilliant, just let someone know your thoughts and feelings on a certain subject. Can you feel a brick loosening?
- If someone invites you for a party or a potluck, accept. You could always tell them you can't stay too long. This will give you a comfortable "out" if you get stressed.
- Okay, now we're starting to stretch more. Ask someone to pray for you. Maybe for something generic, like wisdom to make a good decision at work. it's pretty hard to find someone who will turn you down. And you are letting them see beyond the defense you've built. Safely.
Getting the idea? Just like the other boundary-setting exercises, this is step by step. A slow process.
You will have times when you just want to chuck it all in the nearest dumpster. That's all right. You've had super-strong boundaries for most of your life. You're used to acting a certain way to defend yourself.
But you don't need to be that tough anymore. God is now your defender.
Ask Him for help. Then let Him do it.
He's waiting.
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Part 1| Protect Yourself With BHB**
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Verizon's big plans for 4G next year
The company--which is about to pass 200 million customers covered by its 4G LTE network this month--says that you'll see one Droid per quarter next year, and that a vast majority of the smartphones will be 4G.
Verizon Wireless is keeping its foot firmly planted on the pedal when it comes to 4G LTE.
Verizon has an aggressive slate of 4G products in the works for next year--including the vast majority of its smartphones. The carrier also plans to make more 4G devices affordable, further driving adoption.
That'll be key to Verizon's effort to further extend its edge over the competition. The carrier was largely racing against itself when it came to 4G LTE this year, but 2012 will be different as rivals work quickly to roll out their own next-generation networks. Verizon, for its part, isn't so concerned.
"We have the lead today and continue to have the lead because it takes a long time to build things up," said Marni Walden, chief market officer of Verizon Wireless, in an interview with CNET. "We believe we can continue to extend the lead."
A speedier 4G service has increasingly become a critical tool for carriers looking to win over consumers in an already saturated market.
"With the crushing data requirements that smartphones represent, the perception of fast, reliable networks is becoming more, not less important," said Maribel Lopez, an analyst at Lopez Research.
Verizon still holds an intimidating lead over its competition when it comes to 4G LTE deployment. The carrier told CNET that as of December 15, the 4G LTE network would cover 200 million people, surpassing its previous target of 185 million. It will also have reached 190 markets, with Youngstown, Ohio, being the latest addition.
The speedy rollout--it took two to three years to achieve the same coverage with 3G--has helped put a stamp on 4G even as the term has nearly lost its meaning through overuse. Sprint offers a variation of 4G called WiMax, which is it will wean itself off of as it moves to LTE next year. AT&T and T-Mobile USA both offered up an upgraded version of 3G it considered 4G, but AT&T has more recently been rolling out its 4G network, nowavailable in 15 cities.
But Verizon, thanks to a massive marketing campaign, has largely been able to convey the sense that its 4G LTE network is a step above its rivals. Walden said it recently stepped up its efforts with ads focused on the breadth of products, availability of service, and apps that can take advantage of the higher speeds. Its efforts have been successful enough that mainstream consumers are beginning to wonder whether they need LTE as well.
That's translated into growth. In the last quarter, Verizon added more than 880,000 subscribers willing to sign a service contract, outstripping the its rivals.
"I've been pleasantly surprised and overwhelmed by how customers are adopting the technology on a smartphone," Walden said.
LTE for everybody One of Verizon's goals next year is to accelerate the number of people on the LTE network. That means a wider selection of 4G devices, and many more that are affordable. Walden said that the "vast majority" of the smartphones coming out next year would be 4G-enabled.
Verizon has 16 LTE devices out already. Four more are expected this year: the two Droid Xyboard tablets, which CNET reported on yesterday, the Droid 4, and the Galaxy Nexus. Walden didn't provide release dates or pricing information on the products.
In the rush to get as many LTE products out this year, Verizon ended up with a glut of products coming out in the back half of the year. While a strong selection of phones is never a bad thing, the sheer number of releases can be intimidating for customers. Walden said she hoped to avoid the same issue next year.
"This year was an anomaly," she said. "I would expect more time separation between devices."
Verizon will spread its product rollout more evenly in 2012, with at least one flagship Droid device coming each quarter, Walden said.
iPhone sales still strong One potential 4G device Walden didn't speak about is a possible LTE-enabled iPhone. Of course, Verizon--and every other carrier--is typically mum when it comes to that subject.
But on its current iPhone, Walden said the device continues to sell well, and in most cases is on back order.
"That tells you it's really important in the marketplace," she said.
The iPhone has been particularly good at drawing in customers who are new to smartphones or intimidated by Android. The push to upgrade its existing subscriber base has been a major priority for Verizon, which early in the year boldly claimed it would get half of its contract subscriber base on smartphones. Walden wouldn't comment on whether the carrier would meet that goal.
Similar to the iPhone, Walden said HTC has also been good at creating phones that ease customers into the smartphone world.
HTC has had a tough time recently, with a revenue warning that has many wondering if the handset manufacturer has lost its mojo. The company expressed a commitment to create a more flagship phone, something that was missing this holiday season.
Walden expressed her support for HTC, and said the company will make it a goal to launch more flagship phones with the Taiwanese company.
"We're going to do some things that will stand out for Verizon and HTC," she said.
Windows Phone needs LTE, stat While Android and the iOS are taking off for Verizon, one platform that has stalled at the carrier is Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. Verizon quietly put out one Windows Phone handset in the market this year, and Walden didn't seem particularly excited to be adding more.
For Verizon, the biggest problem with Windows Phone is the lack of support for LTE. Microsoft has said it would add LTE support, but hasn't been specified as to when.
"We've communicated to Microsoft that LTE is critical to us," she said. "We need to see a timeline that makes sense if we want to continue to represent them."
Given Verizon's LTE focus, it'll be hard to see a handset maker successfully convince Verizon to take a chance on a 3G Windows Phone product.
Verizon continues to work with Microsoft on this issue, Walden said, but didn't have anything new to discuss.
Verizon further bolstered its position today by announcing a deal to buy unused wireless spectrum from three cable providers for $3.6 billion. The acquisition is expected to sustain its long-term 4G plans and beyond.
For now, Walden is content to duke it out with her competitors.
"We're going to let customers decide who has the real 4G LTE network," she said.
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How Environmental Changes Can Damage The Human Body System
The environment exerts a direct impact on the flora, fauna and the human beings existing amidst nature. Hence, any change in the climate of a place can have negative effects on the health of the people living in that region. The environment of a certain place comprises not only of the climatic conditions, but also the water, air, soil, and the creatures naturally living there. So any sudden change in these environmental factors may cause some effects in the human bodies, as the body system may find it difficult to adapt to these changes instantly.
Ill effects of global warming on human health
- The global warming means the rise in climatic temperature all over the world, which is going quite above the normal ranges in all seasons of the year. Thus, the people find it very tough to cope up with this increased atmospheric heat, mainly in summers of the equatorial and tropical regions. Even the temperate regions are now reportedly facing much hotter summers and monsoons, which is often unbearable for the children and the aged people.
- The increased heat in summer has resulted in the more rapid use of air-conditioners in maximum households and all the commercial buildings. This excessive use of air-conditioning machines and refrigerators is causing serious harm to the ozone layer of the atmosphere, due to the presence of CFC or Chlorofluorocarbon that deplete the ozone continuously. Hence, the people are severely affected by the UV rays of the direct sunlight, which was earlier blocked by the ozone layer. So the people working outdoor can suffer from skin diseases caused by these UV rays.
- The intolerable heat of the direct sunlight often inflicts the people of all ages with sunstroke, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The workers and farmers stationed outdoors, the sales executives and the delivery boys are more prone to the sunstroke nowadays. These deaths from heatstroke are more common in urban areas, as the rural areas are cooler due to the presence of more trees. Also, the poorer people who cannot afford to install air-conditioners or air coolers are more badly affected by this increased heat.
Different diseases that can occur due to the environmental changes
- The warm and humid weather boost the growth of various harmful insects that act as vectors for spreading many diseases. Malaria and dengue are caused by the bites of mosquitoes, while the fleas are the causes of the serious diseases, like the plague. There are more vector-borne diseases from the insects and parasites, like flies, mites, and ticks that find favorable growth in this changed climate.
- The extra atmospheric warmth has given rise to more allergens in the air, like the pollen of flowers and dust that are extremely harmful to the asthma patients. Moreover, the excess allergens may induce asthma and allergy into the healthy people as well.
- The environmental changes cause the water pollution to a large extent, from the addition of sewage wastes to the river waters. This contamination of the drinking water causes various digestive problems, including the infections in the stomach and intestines.
- The changes in the environment cause severe disaster in the agricultural sector, resulting in the premature death of many crops. Thus, the poor people of the developing countries may suffer from several ailments that occur due to malnutrition, which they have to endure because of the loss of their edible crops.
- The people often suffer from cardiac problems due to the fatal combination of high temperature and presence of ozone in the air. The autonomic nervous system of the body is also affected due to these factors, which prevent the people in coping up with this changed atmosphere.
Health hazards caused due to the air pollution
The air pollution is a major effect of the environmental changes, as lots of greenhouse gases are now found in the natural air that causes many diseases. The increased amount of carbon dioxide causes shortness in breathing; while the presence of sulfur dioxide in the air causes bronchitis and eye irritations. However, some gases like carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide are highly toxic and can even cause death if inhaled in large amounts.
Hence, we should try to minimize the environmental changes, by stopping our malpractices that are paving the way to global warming and pollutions in the atmosphere.


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By Doug Cook
(Dec. 10, 2009) — In a bold act of ethics and leadership, a group of leading physicists have expressed the need for greater scientific integrity in climatological studies, in a letter submitted to their fellows at the American Physical Society (APS).
In their letter they call for a change in their society's stance on global warming, making quite clear that nothing short of complete accountability and honesty are the guiding tenets of science, and that these must be unquestionably of the highest order.
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest professional organization for scientists dedicated to the study of the physical sciences.
In their response to a politically motivated statement published by the APS regarding ClimateGate, they call upon the Society to rescind its previous statement concerning global warming. The occasion for their protest are the recent public revelations of corrupted data, and cheating in the peer-review process of published papers, associated with scientists and administrators at the Climate Research United (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, England. The main point of their letter is not so much to respond to the public outcry over what has transpired, but to remind their peers that the very integrity and guiding principles of science and scientific research is at stake.
Their letter reads as follows:
Dear fellow member of the American Physical Society:
This is a matter of great importance to the integrity of the Society. It is being sent to a random fraction of the membership, so we hope you will pass it on.
By now everyone has heard of what has come to be known as ClimateGate, which was and is an international scientific fraud, the worst any of us have seen in our cumulative 223 years of APS membership. For those who have missed the news we recommend the excellent summary article by Richard Lindzen in the November 30 edition of the Wall Street journal, entitled "The Climate Science isn't Settled," for a balanced account of the situation. It was written by a scientist of unquestioned authority and integrity. A copy can be found among the items at http://tinyurl.com/lg266u, and a visit to http://www.ClimateDepot.com can fill in the details of the scandal, while adding spice.
What has this to do with APS? In 2007 the APS Council adopted a Statement on global warming (also reproduced at the tinyurl site mentioned above) that was based largely on the scientific work that is now revealed to have been corrupted. (The principals in this escapade have not denied what they did, but have sought to dismiss it by saying that it is normal practice among scientists. You know and we know that that is simply untrue. Physicists are not expected to cheat.)
We have asked the APS management to put the 2007 Statement on ice until the extent to which it is tainted can be determined, but that has not been done. We have also asked that the membership be consulted on this point, but that too has not been done.
None of us would use corrupted science in our own work, nor would we sign off on a thesis by a student who did so. This is not only a matter of science, it is a matter of integrity, and the integrity of the APS is now at stake. That is why we are taking the unusual step of communicating directly with at least a fraction of the membership.
If you believe that the APS should withdraw a Policy Statement that is based on admittedly corrupted science, and should then undertake to clarify the real state of the art in the best tradition of a learned society, please send a note to the incoming President of the APS firstname.lastname@example.com, with the single word YES in the subject line. That will make it easier for him to count.
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The cliché about American jurisprudence is that the system is designed to let 10 guilty men go so that the proverbial one innocent man does not end up behind bars. By and large, the system does work that way. Prosecutors must prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Defendants do enjoy Constitutional rights to defense counsel, to not incriminate themselves and to be free of searches unless the police show probable cause.
Yet a 1996 law has undermined the central protection of the accused—the right of habeas corpus, which the Founders considered so important that they included it in the Constitution even before the Bill of Rights was proposed—so severely that defendants convicted in unfair trials remain in prison, even some who appear to be innocent of the crime charged.
Habeas corpus (Latin for "you have the body") is a writ designed to release a prisoner from an unlawful imprisonment. A prisoner must file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which directs the detaining authority—normally a prison warden—to bring the prisoner to court for a determination of the legality of his or her imprisonment and whether or not he or she should be released from custody. The "great writ" is guaranteed by Article I of the U.S. Constitution and by state constitutions.
Law enforcement officials across the nation pushed Congress and President Bill Clinton to enact what eventually became known as the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. The new law's intent was to bring finality to the criminal justice process by limiting habeas petitions filed by inmates after they have been convicted. In addition to setting time limits during which a habeas petition can be filed, the law requires federal courts to defer to state court rulings, unless the rulings are shown to be clearly unreasonable.
The provisions of the 1996 law might prevent the release from prison of Darryl Burton, convicted of a 1984 St. Louis murder he most likely did not commit.
Burton's defense lawyers suspected police and prosecutorial misconduct early on, given the lack of physical evidence and a plea bargain with an alleged eyewitness named Claudex Simmons, who was already charged with a felony in an unrelated case. In the beginning stages of the case, not even Burton's lawyers could say with confidence he was innocent. They could say he might not have received a fair trial. Later, however, credible evidence of innocence surfaced. An eyewitness told investigators she knew Burton and had seen the shooting but could not identify the shooter. The eyewitness had not been contacted before Burton's trial and therefore had not testified. Investigators also developed evidence pointing to someone else as the shooter, a man, now deceased, who had feuded with the victim and threatened to kill him.
So imagine the frustration of Burton's appellate lawyers—17 years into Burton's prison term—when three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said they also believed the defendant could be innocent but could do nothing about it.
Why not? Here are a few paragraphs excerpted from a longer opinion by the three judges:
"Debate has intensified in recent years as Congress and the federal courts have limited access to the writ in reaction to increasing numbers of habeas petitions. The limitations include a confounding array of procedural impediments that prevent consideration of the merits of claims, as well as substantive barriers that establish modes of review utterly inhospitable to prisoners. Many barriers and impediments represent sound efforts to curb the groundswell of frivolous and duplicative habeas petitions. But the writ of habeas corpus is not a one-way path designed to defeat prisoners' claims. Rather, our habeas jurisprudence is a balancing act requiring careful attention to each of the important, yet often opposing, principles at stake. Even as we screen meritless petitions, therefore, we must take care not to shut the door to prisoners whose claims cause us to doubt the fairness of their convictions.
"The present case suggests we may not yet have achieved the optimal balance. Darryl Burton's habeas petition depicts a troubling scenario. One cannot read the record in this case without developing a nagging suspicion that the wrong man may have been convicted of capital murder and armed criminal action in a Missouri courtroom. Burton was convicted on the strength of two eyewitness accounts. Since his trial and imprisonment, new evidence has come to light that shakes the limbs of the prosecution's case. One eyewitness has recanted and admitted perjury. The other eyewitness's veracity has been questioned by a compatriot who avers it was physically impossible for him to have seen the crime. A layperson would have little trouble concluding Burton should be permitted to present his evidence of innocence in some forum. Unfortunately, Burton's claims and evidence run headlong into the thicket of impediments erected by courts and by Congress. Burton's legal claims permit him no relief, even as the facts suggest he may well be innocent."
Burton's case is by no means unique. Jordan Anderson and Clyde Anderson, convicted of armed robbery in 1970 in Louisiana, were denied habeas corpus relief even though another federal appellate court conceded, as in Burton, that the state's evidence against the two was weak. For example, they were convicted on the basis of testimony from an 11-year-old girl who was only at the crime scene momentarily and saw the robber with a mask. A store employee later admitted he had identified the wrong men; what's more, a fellow inmate later confessed to the crime.
But the court felt that its hands were tied. "We do not gainsay petitioners' argument that the evidence upon which they were convicted was weak," the judges wrote. "Indeed, if we were reviewing this case on direct appeal to determine whether the evidence was sufficient to support their conviction, we cannot be certain that we would deny relief to these two defendants. We are not hearing a direct appeal, however, but are deciding the merits of a habeas corpus petition from a state prisoner. … Therefore, on the basis of the relevant precedent in this circuit, we must affirm the district court's dismissal of the petition."
That was also another court's conclusion in the case of Richard Milone, who was convicted of murder in 1973 and denied habeas corpus relief in 1994 even though he had made a "credible claim" of actual innocence, supported by another man's confession to the murder, which he repeated several times before committing suicide in his jail cell in 1987. In rejecting Milone's appeal, the court expressed its sympathy for Milone's position but cited a Supreme Court ruling in Herrera v. Collins that "strongly suggests that actual innocence is not itself a ground for granting habeas relief in anything other than a capital case."
In Burton's case, the appellate judges expressed their uneasiness with the decision. "Burton's habeas petition troubles us because his legal claims do not provide an adequate foundation upon which to present his considerable claims of factual innocence. Though our jurisprudence offers Burton no relief, we express the hope that the state of Missouri may provide a forum (either judicial or executive) in which to consider the mounting evidence that Burton's conviction was procured by perjured or flawed eyewitness testimony." But no such forum has been provided. In April 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away the last-chance appeal filed by Burton's defense attorney.
In cases such as these, where a mistake seems so evident, it seems reasonable to assume the prosecutor who filed the charge would find a way to minimize the injustice. That rarely happens, however. The finality of a jury verdict is a touchstone of the U.S. criminal justice system, and the procedures for changing the verdict are filled with obstacles and gaps. And in too many cases, that means the innocent must stay behind bars.
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When Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted on Bravo in 2003, the term "metrosexual" was still in regular rotation and the Supreme Court was more than a decade away from legalizing same-sex marriage. Back then, the idea that straight men would invite five gay dudes, each an expert in some aspect of style and self-care, into their orbit was just radical enough to turn Queer Eye into a sensation. There was something both ludicrous and weirdly inspiring in the show's basic premise: that all a person needs to improve his life is access to a couple of recipes, a few killer ensembles, and the ability to zhoozh one's hair. But the subtext of it all was more important. Every episode presented a carefully edited modern-day, mini-Pygmalion in which sexual orientation no longer put up walls between people, and also no longer put up a wall between a macho dude and his ability to rock a pair of skinny jeans.
Now Queer Eye has gotten its own makeover, in the form of a Netflix series that applies the same basic template to the present, where much progress has been on the LGBTQIA front since 2003, but Trump's America suggests there's still much work to do. "The original show was fighting for tolerance," explains fashion expert Tan France in the first episode, which debuts on Wednesday along with seven more. "Our show is fighting for acceptance."
As before, the new members of the Fab Five get assigned to clients in need of a lifestyle overhaul, jump in their Fab Five mobile to dash off and help them, then gather at the end of each installment to watch from afar as their male Eliza Doolittles attempt to apply what they've learned. But this time, all the makeovers take place in Atlanta and its suburbs, a geographical choice that forces the quintet to work with some conservative folk who might not be as comfortable around "the gays." (Although, truly, it's hard to imagine a genuine homophobe agreeing to appear on this show in the first place.)
Despite the obvious intent behind Queer Eye 2.0's orchestration, there's still something undeniably heartening about watching what happens (sorry, Bravo) when Southern cops, firefighters, Trump supporters, and extremely religious guys become friends with such out and proud men. It's obvious the makers of Queer Eye want viewers to think to themselves, "Wow, we really need a show like this right now." But the thing is, we really do need a show like this right now. Queer Eye is fun, uplifting and, as long as social media is avoided while watching it, capable of persuading viewers that it's possible for the extremely sharp divides in this country to be bridged. Apparently, all we need to do is make America zhoozh again.
The members of the new Fab Five still focus on the same specialities. There's food and wine guru Antoni Porowski, who vaguely resembles John Mayer; design specialist Bobby Berk; stylist/groomer Jonathan Van Ness, also known for his Funny or Die Game of Thrones recap series, Gay of Thrones; Karamo Brown, the former Real World: Philadelphia star who plays the culture adviser role and is also the first black Queer Eye star; and France, the Pakistani fashion master stepping into the high-end leather loafers once worn by Carson Kressley. This is a slightly more diverse group than the original, and also a less judgmental one.
To be clear: The guys don't mince words when they take their initial tours through their clients' cluttered homes. "When was the last time you changed these sheets?" Brown asks while flinging the linens off a bed that belongs to Joe Gallois, a 32-year-old aspiring comic who still lives with his parents and sleeps in his childhood room. "When was the last time your mom changed these sheets?" Berk asks as a follow-up. Later, Van Ness runs a black light across the same bedding to determine how much bodily fluid is embedded in the fabric. (For the record, the answer is none.)
Generally, though, this is a kinder, gentler Queer Eye, where the cattiness has been toned down and replaced by talk about transformation and how "allowing yourself to be vulnerable is the biggest show of strength." (Some version of that statement is said at least three times in the second episode.) The lack of bitchiness admittedly makes this Queer Eye a little less funny than the first; most of the comedy weight is provided by Van Ness, the most quick-witted of the group. But all five of the consultants are likable and go out of their way to match their guidance to the interests and circumstances of the men they advise.
Several of those men look like candidates for the next New York Times longread about the misunderstood Trump voter. There's Tom Jackson of Dallas, Georgia, who regularly drinks redneck margaritas — that's a margarita made with tequila and Mountain Dew — and, based on the beard he's got going when he meets the Fab Five, may actually be the fourth member of ZZ Top. There's Cory Waldrop, a white cop who loves NASCAR, takes his wife to Walmart when they go on dates, and voted for Trump. "Politically, it's not great," Berk says of Waldrop's garage after spotting a "Make America Great Again" sign in the corner. And then there's Bobby Camp, a deeply Christian husband and father of six, who tells the Fab Five post-makeover that part of the reason he wanted to be on Queer Eye was to set an example for his children.
"Growing up the way we did," he says of himself and his wife, "homosexuals were not accepted, and they still aren't in a lot of church environments. But in the Camp family, they are. In our hearts, they are. And we want you guys to know you have been loved here."
He is crying as he says this, and so is every member of the Fab Five. That's the other thing: There is a lot of crying in Queer Eye. It's basically the This is Us of reality shows. Just about every man who gets made over, including A.J., a gay African-American entrepreneur who hasn't come out to his stepmother yet, tends to break down sobbing after undergoing his transformation. The show also goes out of its way to force the subjects into deep conversations with representatives of the Queer Eye posse. Waldrop and Brown take a long car ride in episode three so they can openly discuss police brutality. That conversation, as well as others, is just substantive and personal enough to make it feel like progress was made, but not as hard as it genuinely needs to be. I was dying for Brown to ask Waldrop how he felt about Colin Kaepernick taking a knee, or why he voted for Trump. But he doesn't. Queer Eye is willing to get provocative, but not enough to make things genuinely uncomfortable.
Still, it feels pretty monumental at the end of the episode when Waldrop — who could easily pass for Danny McBride's brother — sums up his experience. "There are the typical Southern rednecks out there. But look," he says, gesturing to himself while dressed in a well-tailored suit that France helped him choose. "We can be transformed."
Can a man truly be changed after spending a mere week with five gay guys who know how to julienne vegetables, coordinate home decor, and use the proper hair-care products? Can this country really be healed by a reboot of Queer Eye?
Common sense says absolutely not. But this engaging Netflix series makes that fantasy seem like a plausible possibility, at least for the amount of time it takes to happily binge-watch eight episodes of reality television.


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When you work from home, you may face the struggle of getting family and friends to see your work as important. They may feel you can go and do whatever, whenever, since you are home all day.
These WAHM tips should help you with showing your loved ones that, no matter how you are getting paid at home, your work is just as serious as the occupation they commute for every day!
1. You must take it seriously first.
It's hard for your loved ones to see you really work from home when you aren't taking the job seriously either. Lead by example by talking to them about your work. Explain how similar it is to an outside the home career – how you have deadlines to meet, your need to work undisturbed for a few hours each day, and how you are paid for your work.
2. Create a work schedule.
Setting work hours, or at least a schedule of what to get done daily, will help others see you are serious about your work at home venture. If you have children home with you, it may be nearly impossible to work the same hours each day. However, scheduling in work throughout the day (naptime, when the kids are in bed) will help you get things done and help others see you are actually working!
3. Learn to say "NO!"
No one will see your work as serious if you are constantly putting it off to do things with them. It's common for your family to think, "Oh, she can run errands with me since she just sits at home!" However, start telling these people that you aren't available because you need to work. It may take some time, but consistently informing them you can't simply "hang out" will give them the hint that what you do is a real job!
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Lying in bed with a laptop may seem like the most comfortable way to work, but your family is likely to see you just being lazy. Have an area in your home where you conduct your tasks. Not only will loved ones start to see you really do have work to do, it can also make you more productive — with having your computer, planner, and other work at home materials in one location.
5. Show them you are getting paid.
No one should have to prove they make money (would you ask the teen at McDonald's for a check stub to prove he really works??), but sometimes this drastic measure will gain you the respect you need from family and friends. You don't have to divulge how much you make, but a payment screenshot or showing items you receive in exchange for a review or promotion can set the naysayers straight.
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Michael Olinger, M.D., who served as IndyCar's medical director from 2006 to 2018, died November 7.
Dr. Olinger joined the AMR IndyCar Safety Team when the Indy Racing League was formed in 1996, as an on-track physician. He was promoted to IndyCar's senior medical director in 2006 following the retirement of Dr. Henry Bock. Dr. Olinger had served as Bock's deputy medical director at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for more than a decade and In 2003, Dr. Olinger was recognized with the Safety Award from the Championship Drivers Association.
Dr. Olinger was appointed the state of Indiana's first emergency medical services medical director in 2014 and held the job for two years. He was a professor of clinical emergency medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and served as medical director for the Indianapolis Fire Department and Indianapolis EMS. He was a gubernatorial appointee to the Indiana EMS Commission.
Dr. Olinger also served as the Medical Director for Marion County's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (Indiana-Task Force 1) and was deployed by FEMA to the Oklahoma City Bombing, Hurricane Marilyn, the DeBruce Grain Elevator explosion, the Atlanta and Salt Lake City Olympic Games, the World Trade Center incident, the recovery mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia crew, the Republican National Convention, Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Katrina.
A graduate of the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1983, Olinger, a former helicopter pilot in the Army, completed his Residency in Emergency Medicine in 1987 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas.
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The goal of this project is to produce a downhole microcomputer system (DMS) capable of operating at 275 °C for 1000 hours. The base DMS will consist of a 68HC11 single chip microcomputer with boot ROM, static RAM, counter/timer unit, parallel input/output (PIO) unit, and serial peripheral interface (SPI) and will also have two peripheral chips, a Data RAM and Mask ROM.
Oklahoma State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Stillwater, OK 74078
The down-scaling of bulk complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS), the dominant integrated circuit (IC) process over the last 4 decades, has increased circuit densities to very high levels and has been the basis for considerable growth in digital signal processing, data acquisition, and intelligent control systems. With down-scaling, however, the CMOS has become increasingly susceptible to failure in high temperature environments. This failure is primarily related to current leakage in transistors in bulk ICs, which becomes catastrophically large at high temperatures.
Wireline and MWD tools are critical electronic components for the energy industry that utilize CMOS technology and PCB designs. Current methods of implementing high temperature circuits drastically increases the costs involved in exploring for hydrocarbons in deep wells. In the case of very high temperature environments (>175°C) it may simply be impossible to implement some electronic control functions or instruments. Dewar flasks and melting materials are being used to keep the internal temperature of the logging tools below 150°C for periods long enough to perform their required measurements, but this is an expensive and temporary solution. The lack of control and measurement circuits for deep well drilling increases the overall risk of successfully reaching the intended target as well as the ability to acquire the data needed to decide on whether or not to complete the well.
Silica-on-Insulator (SOI) and Silica-on-Sapphire (SOS) are technologies that have greatly reduced the tendency of circuits to suffer leakage at high temperatures. Another emerging technology is Silica Carbon (SiC) circuits. Honeywell Inc., in co-operation with DOE and a joint industry partnership (JIP), is presently working to develop electronic ICs for very high operating temperatures that will utilize SOI technology (see Development of Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) High Temperature Electronics - DE-FC26-03NT41834).
The proposed SOS-based high temperature electronics will enable reductions in the cost and time for drilling, while making previously unreachable reservoirs producible. OSU's MSVLSI (Mixed Signal Very Large Scale Integration) group has demonstrated the potential of UltraCMOS at extreme high temperatures for logic, voltage references, analog-to-digital converters and wireless radio frequency (RF) components. This project and the Honeywell JIP project will begin to address the needs of the petroleum industry for HT electronic components with SOI/SOS technology.
The project successfully demonstrated a 275 °C 4K-SRAM and a 275 °C 2K-ROM silicon design with an SPI interface, which are useful for, aerospace, well logging, solar controllers, automobile, and other extreme temperature environment applications. The memory devices results demonstrated proper performance across the frequency, temperature, and voltage corners of 2MHz, 4MHz and 8MHz, 27°C, 200°C, 275°C, and 295°C, and 2.5V, 3V, 3.3V, and 3.6V respectively, making the memory devices suitable for the HC11 chip and other processors, to be used as additional memory storage and/or external system boot memory devices. The SPI SRAM and SPI ROM 's 2008 yields are low, but yield and standby power consumption have been significantly improved from the 2007 designs.
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The Downhole Microcomputer is a self contained single-chip microcontroller with all the necessary processing and I/O functions located on-chip. Microcontroller functions include read-only memory (ROM) containing application software, random access memory (RAM) for data and variables, counter/timer functions, analog to digital converter (ADC), digital to analog converter (DAC) and one or more of a parallel I/O, asynchronous serial I/O, synchronous or serial I/O. Microcontrollers and/or microcomputers are very important to accurately and efficiently control downhole equipment, communications, data acquisition, and digital signal processing. The DMS will be able to communicate with other components under development in the Deep Trek program. Packaging this capability into a component that can efficiently operate at temperatures of 275oC can greatly extend the exploration and operations of the oil industry to deeper reservoirs with higher temperatures and pressures.
(February 2009)
This project has been completed and the final report is available below under "Additional Information".
NETL – Gary Covatch (firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-285-4589
Oklahoma State University – Dr. Chris Hutchens (email@example.com or 405-744-5168)
Final Project Report [PDF-3.42MB]
Pertinent Publications:
Chris Hutchens, Chia-Ming Liu and Hooi Miin Soo, "High temperature Down-hole Microcomputer System, Switched-Mode Power supply Component Development," GasTIPS, vol. 13, no. 1, 2007.
H. M Soo, Zhe Yuan, R.Sridharan, Vijay Madhuravasal, Dr. C.M. Liu, Srikanth Velore, Jiri Gaisler, Dave Hiscock, Mike Willett, and Dr. C. Hutchens, "Microcontroller with Memory for Extreme Temperature Applications," HiTEC 2008, Santa Fe, NM, May 12 - 15, 2008.
Hutchens, C., Morris, S. and C. Liu, 2006, A proposed 68HC11 Chip Set for 275 degrees C, IMAPS International Conference on High Temperature Electronics (HITEC 2006), May 15-18, 2006, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.


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Fermfast - 48 hour Turbo Yeast
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Making alcohol in 48 hours is simple with the Fermfast 48, it is tolerant to high temperatures and minor mistakes. It also works up to 20% alcohol!
The Fermfast 48 turbo yeast is a "dual recipe" yeast. You can choose whether to produce moderate alcohol (14%) in 48 hours, or high alcohol (20%) in 5 days.
Two turbo yeast recipes
You can choose whether to go for 14% (fast) or 20% (in 5 days) simply by adding different amounts of sugar. The standard dose of 6 kgs of plain sugar into 25 litres total will give you the 14% recipe. If you instead go for 8 kgs of sugar the turbo yeast will automatically go for 20% in 5 days.


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An agricultural Make Over
"even cows wanna be sexy"
It has been a few weeks now, since I've gave you a little piggy preview. Now it's finally time. We shot a little fashion film together with FashionDaily.TV and Dandy Diary, starring some chicks, two cows and most important a lot of nail polish.
We visited the little farm "Hof Neu Domigk" where you can also spend your holidays at. It looked so idyllic, almost like in a picture book. after catching some chicken, painting their nails and letting them go again, the cows took a lot longer. A tin of polish for each of their hooves. My favorites were the little piggies who seemed to love the camera even more than their food. Got a lot of muddy piggy kisses that day.
If you want to see the final videos, check out Dandy Diary or FashionDaily.TV!
Dec. 5, 2012
Labels: On track, Place to be


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Your home has it's own style and every component works in harmony to create that style. Choosing a door and door glass that fits your needs, as well as your style, is important. We make it easy for you to make the choice that's right for you. When you combine your preferred door style, door glass, paint or stain finish, plus hardware and accessories, the end result is a customized entryway that reflects your personalized style.
TOLEDO DOOR AND WINDOW HAS SUGGESTIONS TO GET YOU STARTED ON YOUR NEXT ENTRY DOOR! Call Toledo Door and Window at 419-475-3667, visit our showroom at 5153 Secor Road, Toledo, Ohio or check out our website at www.ToledoDoor.com for more information!


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RTDNA Calls For Scholarship Applicants And Award Nominations
RTNDF Canada was established by RTDNA Canada in 1978 to offer financial assistance to journalism students. Nine scholarships will be awarded to Canadian students this year, bringing the total amount awarded by RTNDF to more than $281,500.00.
Scholarships are awarded to first, second, third year and graduate students. Submissions are limited to one per applicant and must have been produced during the 2011/2012 academic year.
The Scholarships
$2,000 RTNDF Scholarship
$2,000 Marketwire Scholarship for 1st Year Students
$2,000 Eric Murray/The Canadian Press Scholarship for Aboriginal persons and members of a visible Minority
$2,000 660 News Diversity Scholarship
$2,000 Broadcasters of Atlantic Canada Scholarship
$2,000 Barbara Frum CBC Scholarship for Interviewing
$2,000 BNN / Jim O'Connell Scholarship
$2,000 COLD-FX Scholarship
$2,500 RTDNA George Clark Scholarship for Overall Winning Entry
Scholarship entry forms can be downloaded from the RTDNA Canada website. The deadline for applications is April 2th, 2012.
RTNDF Canada also invites nominations for the Michael Monty Memorial Award. Michael was the master storyteller — the stories of his exploits inspired, entertained and informed thousands of students during his teaching career at Seneca College. Michael's love for his students and for RTDNA, his booming voice, his hearty laugh and his passion for this industry, were the foundations for the creation of this award. The Michael Monty Memorial Award will be presented to a broadcast educator nominated by students for special recognition.
Applications must be in writing and should be forwarded to the RTDNA Office by mail, email or fax. You can email email@example.com or FAX at (416) 491-1670.
The RTDNA mailing address is:
RTDNA Canada
2175 Sheppard Ave. E.
Suite 310
Toronto, Ontario M2J 1W8
Nominators should indicate why the educator is deserving of special recognition. RTNDF Trustees will review the nominations and their decision is final. The deadline for nominations is April 6th, 2012.


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The guardREC® solution now supports compliance recording for Microsoft Teams, enabling you to easily uphold the recording requirements in compliance with MiFID II
The guardREC® solution can record:
The guardREC® Compliance solution allows you to safely and securely store cross-channel communications data in one centralized system – providing a complete audit trail and ensuring compliance with industry-specific regulations and directives.
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Flood Levels Across Iowa
Today on River to River, Ben Kieffer talks with reporters across the state to discuss what has been happening locally. The pipe bomb detonation in Cedar Falls, tension at the Statehouse...and an exploration of a recent Des Moines Register investigation on Iowa's EMT services.
We also find out how the storms across Iowa will affect flood levels, by meeting with a Quad Cities National Weather Service representative and the Director of the Iowa Flood Center.


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When Nvidia unveiled the next-generation GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 on Tuesday afternoon, the company announced a new 12-pin PCIe power connector will be used to power the new Ampere-powered graphics cards. That led to a lot of speculation and concern about whether most consumers will also need to shell out the money for a new power supply (PSU).
According to Nvidia itself, that won't be necessary. The company released a handy diagram showing what you'll need from a PSU in order to use the new lineup of graphics cards.
No matter what, you'll need a minimum of a 750W PSU to power the new card along with everything else in your machine. Aside from the PSU itself, users need "two dedicated PCIe 8-pin power cables coming separately from the PSU". If you receive one of the Founders Edition graphics cards from Nvidia, a 12-pin to dual 8-pin adapter will be provided to you in the box. However, RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 cards from companies such as MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte and others aren't expected to include the adapter, meaning that you will have to go the route outlined in the diagram to get power to the card.
Size Matters
The other thing to take in mind with the new graphics cards is the size of your case. For the RTX 3080, you'll need a minimum of two expansion slots with the space for 11.2″ x 4.4″ within. The RTX 3090 requires a bit more space as it's one of the largest consumer cards released. To make it fit, you'll need three unused expansion slots along with 12.3″ x 5.4″ worth of space.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 30 Series launch starting in September with the $699 RTX 3080 on September 17 followed by $1499 RTX 3090 on September 24. The cheapest of the announced graphics cards so far, the $499 RTX 3070, will arrive sometime in October for purchase.


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What Is Medical Cannabis?
Medical cannabis a plant that grows throughout temperate and tropical climates and that contains biologically active substances called cannabinoids in its leaves, flowers, buds and extracts. The most biologically active cannabinoids are tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD).
Why Medical Cannabis?
Medical cannabis may be helpful in the management of symptoms associated with a variety of conditions that have not responded to conventional therapies such as:
- Chronic pain
- Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
- Multiple sclerosis
- Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders (eg. Rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, etc)
- Sleep disorders (e.g. insomnia, difficulty staying asleep/falling asleep, etc.)
How can a BioPro Pharmacist help?
Ensuring medical cannabis is appropriate for you
Medical cannabis may not be appropriate for everyone and may interact with prescription medications or interfere with other medical conditions. It's important to let your healthcare provider know if you are taking medical cannabis. At BioPro, a Pharmacist will check for drug-cannabis interactions and help to identify how/if you can safely take medical cannabis.
BioPro helps you handle all the paperwork and coordination with the physician's office and licensed producers so that you can take it easy!
Registering/getting setup with a licensed producer can become very confusing and involve a lot of paperwork. On top of that, starting medical cannabis requires a prescription from a physician and that prescription needs to be submitted to a licensed producer. At BioPro, we handle all of that for you. Need a prescription? We will contact your doctor to get one. Need to register with a licensed producer? We will get that setup so that you don't have to!
Pharmacist-guided treatment with medical cannabis
We help you choose the appropriate product
CBD and THC produce different effects and it's important to select the right product with the appropriate concentrations. A BioPro Pharmacist will select the appropriate product based on the symptoms/condition you are treating. Based on your preferences, you can choose between capsules or oils.
Individualized dosing schedule and monitoring plan
The dose for medical cannabis should be individualized. A BioPro Pharmacist will guide you on a dose that is specific to you. This dose depends on the symptoms/conditions you are treating, your weight and whether you have already been using medical cannabis. We provide you with an initial dosing schedule, follow-up with you to see how you're doing and help you adjust the dose as needed.
Access to a BioPro Pharmacist
As a patient, you have access to a Pharmacist at anytime during our business hours to ask questions about medical cannabis, address medication-related concerns and review medications/therapies.


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Subject index
This long-awaited second edition of Economy/Society Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure continues to offer an accessible introduction to the way social arrangements affect economic activity, and shows that economic exchanges are deeply embedded in social relationships. Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get people to buy things? How do people use their social connections to get jobs? How did large bureaucratic organizations come to be so pervasive in modern economies—and what difference does it make? How can we explain the persistence of economic inequalities between men and women and across racial groups? Why do some countries become rich while others stay poor? This book presents sociological answers to questions like these, and encourages its readers to view the economy through a sociological lens.
Front Matter
- Chapter 1: The Embeddedness of Markets
- Markets and Their Alternatives
- Markets and Their Preconditions
- The Embeddedness of Markets
- The Consequences of Markets
- The Variety of Capitalisms
- Globalization
- Outline of the Book
- Chapter 2: Marketing and the Meaning of Things
- Things and Meaning
- Commodities as Gifts
- Consumerism
- Consumerism and Globalization
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: Organizations and the Economy
- The Power of the Boss
- Organizations Around the Globe
- Organizations and Internal Labor Markets
- The Organizational Context for Conflict
- Workplace and Personal Life
- The Formation of an Organizational Economy
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Networks in the Economy
- What Is a Network?
- Why Networks Matter
- Individual Networks
- The Importance of Networks in Markets
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: Banking and Finance
- What Does a Financial System Do?
- Finance and Development
- Regulation and Deregulation
- Disintermediation
- Innovation and Status
- Household Finance
- Globalization and Finance
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Economic Inequality
- Inequality in Perspective
- Inequality and Efficiency
- Explaining Recent Trends in Income Inequality
- Globalization
- Race, Gender, and Inequality
- Inequalities in U.S. Labor Markets
- Gender in the Labor Market
- Race in the Labor Market
- Race, Mortgage Discrimination, and Wealth Inequality
- Race, Gender, and Price
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Economic Development
- Economic Development Defined
- From The Wealth of Nations to the Washington Consensus
- Sociological Perspectives on Development
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Conclusion
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