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Government To CWD Marked By
Denial And Delay
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Shortly after mad cow disease was first detected in the British countryside in 1986, officials stampeded to the microphones to assure the public that there was no risk to human health.
Ten years later, they admitted they had been wrong.
With the emergence of a similar disease in Colorado elk and deer, the official response, based on available science, echoes the early years of mad cow: Chronic wasting disease poses little risk to humans.
As recently as April, Mike Miller, the veterinarian spearheading Colorado's effort to contain the disease, lamented that the public's concern about CWD as a human health threat was "misguided." He said there is no evidence that chronic wasting disease in deer and elk will infect humans.
"It just seems that it is not at all likely" that humans could get the disease, he said.
But new federally sponsored research and two small clusters of a disease rarely seen in young people have other scientists concerned that Miller might be overly optimistic.
Response to mad cow in Great Britain and the United States was flawed. Consider:
- After disease detectives in Great Britain determined that mad cow, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), was spread by feeding cattle infected meal, British officials banned the practice - in their own country. But they didn't ban the export of the feed around the globe, spreading BSE and causing economic devastation in continental Europe and Japan.
- It took the United States 10 years to follow Britain's lead and ban the feeding of cattle-derived meat and bone meal (MBM) back to cattle.
- One country that exports over a million cattle a year to the United States - Mexico - is just now adopting the ban on MBM as cattle feed.
No one can say if the record of dealing with chronic wasting disease will prove equally inadequate, but it, too, has been marked by caution and denial:
- A decade ago, Beth Williams, the scientist who discovered CWD, warned that the growing practice of raising elk on private ranches could spread CWD not only within those facilities but into the wild. State regulators paid little heed, allowing elk ranching to expand dramatically.
- Two small clusters in the United States of a rare and related disease have appeared in young people. Federal scientists stress that there is no link to CWD. Others are concerned.
Patrick Bosque, a leading TSE researcher who has worked closely with Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner, said the most recent cluster "was the strangest thing I've ever seen." He said it was improbable that the two cases do not have a common cause, but not impossible.
The British cases started in August 1983.
Several dairy cows got sick and died. Researchers in veterinarian Ray Williams' group "believed we were dealing with an unusual condition for which we had no real diagnosis," the veterinarian later told an investigating committee.
In late 1986 came an answer. English cows were dying from a disease never seen before in cattle: bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
Soon, the world would know it by another name - mad cow disease.
The fight against BSE focused on one question: How were cows becoming infected?
The man tasked with finding the answer was epidemiologist John William Wilesmith of the British Central Veterinary Laboratory.
Wilesmith did what disease detectives do around the world - he tried to find out what these cows had in common. Within a year, Wilesmith had his theory down pat.
He had detected changes in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the amount of meat and bone meal (MBM) being used as a protein supplement in cattle feed, and in the temperatures used to cook the meal.
English sheep had been afflicted with a TSE called scrapie for more than 200 years. Wilesmith believed that a sheep with scrapie was rendered into meat and bone meal and ingested by a cow that caught the disease.
Sick cattle were rendered into still more meat and bone meal, setting off an explosive chain reaction.
Officials presented the issue as a public-relations problem with no implications for public health. BSE, after all, could never infect humans.
That mantra was repeated again and again by official after official. Those expressing doubt were shrugged off as fringe elements.
Wilesmith's epidemiology had proved that scrapie had crossed the species barrier to become mad cow in cattle. But popular opinion remained that it couldn't again cross a species barrier into humans.
The British government did make one concession to public concern. Any animals that looked sick - that is, showing clinical signs of mad cow - would be put to "slaughter and destruction." This, an official report said, would suffice "to protect (humans) against the remote possibility of transmission."
All the feel-good rhetoric came to a sudden end on March 20, 1996, when British officials said they had been wrong. At least 10 young people were dead or dying of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or vCJD, which is the name given the disease that mad cow causes in humans.
American reaction to BSE was marked by some quick action coupled with official blind spots.
In 1989, the United States banned live cattle and most cattle products from countries that had active BSE - but not from countries that had imported British cattle and MBM.
And because of that latter omission, the United States cannot be certain it has remained BSE-free, according to the General Accounting Office, a congressional unit that audits federal programs.
The United States also allowed the continued feeding of meat and bone meal to American cattle even after Wilesmith's warnings that MBM was inherently dangerous.
Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said the FDA proposed banning the rendering of sheep to be fed to cattle in 1994, but backed down after objections from sheep and rendering interests.
However, "everything changed" when it was announced in March 1996 that BSE had been transmitted to humans. "It was not only an animal disease anymore," Sundlof said.
It took almost another year and a half for the FDA to put its slippered foot down, banning the feeding of most mammalian protein back to cattle and other ruminants.
The GAO revisited the issue this year and was highly critical of the FDA. The GAO said the FDA had failed to enforce the feed ban, issuing warning letters to a small percentage of firms not in compliance and shutting no one down.
A spokesman for the USDA and officials with the National Renderers Association say that foreign trade in U.S. MBM is not a problem because there have been no cases of mad cow disease in this country.
Some countries importing MBM have had few if any rules concerning its use as cattle feed.
Mexico, for example, implemented labeling rules only this year, according to Alberto Celis, the National Renderers Association regional director for Latin America.
That was news to many agricultural business people attending an animal-feed trade show in Guadalajara in March. Representatives from three animal feedbag manufacturers said they had heard of no such regulations and that their bags remain warning-free.
Mexico exports over a million live cattle a year to the United States. Mexican cattlemen said these "feeder" cows are not typically fed animal protein, though there is little evidence that the government has an adequate inspection program to make certain.
Richard Patton, a nutritionist and independent consultant to the American dairy industry, said U.S. MBM in Mexico should be watched as carefully as "you would watch a hand grenade with the pin pulled."
Patton, who was at the Guadalajara animal feed expo, said that while most large operations were likely aware of the dangers of MBM, he doubted smaller ones would be. "Let's be realistic," he said.
MBM isn't the only hole that mad cow disease could slip through. Vaccines using bovine blood serum, cosmetics and even food supplements have all worried scientists. Vaccines are of particular concern because they are given to the most vulnerable - children.
The FDA asked manufacturers of vaccines to stop using bovine blood serum and other materials from British cattle in their products. But this was not an order, simply a recommendation.
Some drug companies ignored the recommendation for seven years, complains Peter Lurie, a doctor and deputy director of the consumer organization, Public Citizen's Health Research Group.
"My main beef about vaccines was the failure of the FDA to regulate the industry and the consequent thumbing of the nose by the industry to the FDA," Lurie said.
The story of CWD disease in U.S. deer and elk has eerie echoes from the early days of BSE in England.
One of Colorado's chief goals has been to dampen any panic and preserve the hunting industry, while reporting what is known about the disease.
What seems clear from the record is that officials and members of the media have not been overly concerned about CWD until quite recently.
The first mention of the disease in Colorado media was in 1995, 18 years after scientists knew there was a TSE spreading in elk and deer.
Reports said officials considered CWD "a minor problem in localized populations of deer and elk."
That same year, big-game managers actually tried to increase deer herds by restricting hunting permits - a policy that could only spread the disease, and one that has since been reversed. State wildlife officials, however, advised hunters not to eat obviously sick animals - a step once taken as an adequate measure for protecting humans in Great Britain.
The problem with this otherwise sound advice is that a deer can last for two to three years having infectious CWD prions without showing outward signs of the disease, according to CWD researchers.
By 1998, officials had extended their advice to include a recommendation that hunters should not eat brain and spinal cord materials from any deer or elk.
>From 1996 through 1998, the Colorado Division of Wildlife made it mandatory for hunters in about a dozen hunting units in the endemic area to bring in the heads of their animals for testing.
In February 1999, wildlife officials said CWD was not spreading, and reiterated that there was no risk to humans, something they repeated almost every time the disease was mentioned.
Even after the disease was detected in elk ranches, no real alarm went off. "We don't think the problem is a big deal," veterinarian Miller said in October 2000.
In November 2000, though, the state began examining plans to try to control the disease by lowering the population of deer in the endemic area.
The disease was spreading faster and wider than anything officials had anticipated.
And the stakes are high.
At least in penned deer and to a lesser extent in the wild, CWD is highly contagious. And there is no proof, but some evidence, that humans are susceptible to the disease.
In test tubes, CWD prions can convert human prion protein into the deadly form, albeit inefficiently. They do this at nearly the identical rate that BSE prions convert human prions to mutants, according to research at the Montana labs.
No one can be certain what CWD might look like if it should pass to humans. And no primate research is currently being conducted to try to answer that question, something the FDA says should change.
There are no proven cases of humans being infected, but there is a statistical anomaly that has caught scientists' eyes.
After mad cow disease had migrated to humans in 1996, researchers began looking for any increase in TSE-like disease in young people, which is almost unheard of. In a 17-year period ending in 1996, there were only four sporadic CJD cases among those 30 or younger in the United States. Then, in short order, there were four more cases.
Researchers found that the four new cases, appearing from 1996 to May 31, 2000, had no known risk factors for CJD, such as taking human growth hormones or travel to Europe.
But they were concerned that three of the four were venison eaters. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta launched an investigation to determine if their cases were connected to CWD.
The CDC found that none was known to have hunted in the endemic areas of Colorado or Wyoming, though two did eat meat from animals killed in non-endemic areas in Wyoming and the third had his meat processed at a plant that also butchered Colorado elk.
In microscopic examinations of brain tissue after three died, the disease looked more like traditional CJD than it did tissue from British vCJD victims.
This led scientists to conclude that there was "no strong evidence for a causal link" between CWD and the three young venison eaters.
Ermias Belay, the CDC scientist who wrote those words, said: "I can't say I'm absolutely convinced" that the venison eaters didn't contract their disease from eating venison.
"All I can say is that all the evidence we have to date does not indicate that chronic wasting disease has caused illness in the three patients. I have to be cautious because we can only go by what we have."
Asked if it was possible for CWD to infect humans, he said: "That's possible. Definitely possible. But do we have evidence of it? No."
Bosque, the Colorado prion scientist, said the cases of the three venison eaters constitute "a bit of evidence that the disease might be transmissible to humans."
"I think that if humans were very susceptible to CWD, we would know by now, since hunters have probably been consuming infected deer for some time," he said.
"But if CWD is transmitted at a low rate - say 1 in 1,000 or one in 10,000 - we might not be able to easily see this."
Wildlife veterinarian Miller is less equivocal. "CDC made of it that there's no connection to chronic wasting disease. I would make of it that there's no connection. There simply is or is not a relationship and in this case there's not."
As long ago as 1986, a research paper by Nobel Prize-winner Carleton Gajdusek found a significant statistical link between CJD and human exposure to deer and animal organs.
Denver mathematician George Bardwell called the data - which looked at 26 CJD cases against 40 controls - "highly significant."
Tracie McEwen, the widow of the first young venison eater whose case was investigated by the CDC, has a theory.
"I'm not a scientist, but I don't understand why that's so hard for people to make that leap, when you had them in Britain saying, 'Oh, the beef is safe, the beef is safe.' "
None of this is convincing to Miller.
As far as CWD's connection to CJD, he said, "There's no connection in any way, shape or form." To suggest otherwise, he said, would involve "inference and innuendo.
"There is no evidence that CWD is infective to humans."
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Issue 90 March 2012
Transforming the wardrobe essentials to reflect your own unique style.
The Blazer
The Rule: Stick to black items for a neutral basis.
A neutral basis is essential to your wardrobe. However, it is important to choose the cut that best reflects your own style - be it detailing with belts or lapels. For those who prefer a bolder look to offset an outfit, choose bright block colours or patterns.
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The Rule: 'Classic cuts' work best for sophistication and timelessness.
Often referred to as the 'Little Black Dress' (LBD), this item is a staple in your wardrobe; be it a maxi dress or a shorter length dress worn neatly over a pair of trousers or jeans. This is also the item that can be most adapted to reflect your own style, and still be considered a staple item in your wardrobe. Considering the LBD has been reworked with new cuts and colours, if you prefer a more classic style, go for less patterns and a neutral tone. Alternatively, patterned dresses can be offset and carried through your wardrobe with a multitude of plain coloured cardigans and scarves.
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The Rule: Opt for plain white shirts for versatility.
A shirt can be so much more than just the plain, white staple piece. Combining patterned shirts with other block colours will create a more personalised look, and form a statement outfit each time. Being practical doesn't have to be boring!
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Published on July 8th, 2016 | By Admin
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I just published my first e-book entitled The Black Bag which is on Smashwords catalog now. But I had a limited budget on which to complete this project. Since it is a short story I decided to publish it entirely as a DIY project.
Now many people might gasp and say that I needed professional services to produce this e-book and I agree regarding larger projects. However, I wanted the experience of doing the whole publication myself.
So what did I learn? For starters, Mark Coker's Style Guide is extremely helpful to authors. But there are two aspects of the process that taught me what to expect from hiring other people to do some of the work. Here's what else I learned.
1. Formatting isn't that hard. I would feel completely comfortable formatting a full novel based on what I learned from the Style Guide. I was able to create styles and clean up errors in my short story with ease. The only mistake I made was using a template title page. It ended up having a table embedded which was not friendly with Smashwords converter (The Meatgrinder). This was easily remedied by deleting the table along with the text and creating a style after which I re-created the title page so that the problem with conversion was cleared.
2. Coverart is tricky but doable. I used a photo purchased from iStockPhoto but I initially added the text onto it with PowerPoint. Even though my photo was initially large enough, PowerPoint compressed the size so Smashwords did not consider the cover large enough. In the end, I downloaded Gimp and got the text added after which Smashwords accepted the correct size.
Conclusion: due to need I will hire and illustrator and commission my artwork but I may do my own formatting. For this size project it was worth my effort and time to do it myself. Now the question is whether the e-book is good enough. Well, take a look at the cover and the sample to see that all the internal links and formatting are correct. If it finally passes the litmus test with Smashwords and is distributed over the premium catalog then I'd say I did a pretty good job on this small project. NOTE: The e-book has passed muster for membership on the Smashwords premium catalog.
Have you every tried self-publishing as a DIY project? If so, what problems did you have and how did you rectify them? If you haven't, what's keeping you from trying?
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US flexes muscles as Asia worries about South China Sea row
- US urges China to join "principled security network"
- Carter says US to remain main guarantor of security
- China says US should not takes sides on South China Sea
- Japan pledges to help build SE Asian security capacity
SINGAPORE: The United States stepped up pressure on China on Saturday to rein in its actions in the South China Sea, with top defence officials underlining Washington's military superiority and vowing to remain the main guarantor of Asian security for decades to come.
Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the US approach to the Asia-Pacific remained "one of commitment, strength and inclusion", but he also warned China against provocative behaviour in the South China Sea.
Any action by China to reclaim land in the Scarborough Shoal, an outcrop in the disputed sea, would have consequences, Carter said.
"I hope that this development doesn't occur, because it will result in actions being taken by the both United States and ... by others in the region which would have the effect of not only increasing tensions but isolating China," Carter told the Shangri-La Dialogue, a regional security forum in Singapore.
"The United States will remain the most powerful military and main underwriter of security in the region for decades to come - and there should be no doubt about that."
The South China Sea has become a flashpoint between the United States, which increased its focus on the Asia-Pacific under President Barack Obama's "pivot", and China, which is projecting ever greater economic, political and military power in the region.
Carter however said he would welcome China's participation in a "principled security network" for Asia.
"Forward thinking statesmen and leaders must ... come together to ensure a positive principled future," he said, adding that the network he envisaged could also help protect against "Russia's worrying actions" and the growing strategic impact of climate change.
The deputy head of China's delegation to the forum said the United States should reduce its provocative exercises and patrols in the region and said any attempts to isolate China would fail.
"This is a time of cooperation and common security," Rear Admiral Guan Youfei told reporters. "The US action to take sides is not agreed by many countries. We hope the US will also listen to the other countries."
Regional worries
Other Asian leaders said the situation in the South China Sea was viewed with concern across the region.
"All countries in the region need to recognise that our shared prosperities and the enviable rate of growth that this region enjoys over past decades will be put at risk by aggressive behaviour or actions by any one of us," Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar told the forum.
Japanese Defence Minister Gen Nakatani said his country would help Southeast Asian nations build their security capabilities to deal with what he called unilateral, dangerous and coercive actions in the South China Sea.
"In the South China Sea, we have been witnessing large-scale and rapid land reclamation, building of outposts and utilization of them for military purposes," Nakatani said. "No country can be an outsider of this issue."
A Chinese official responded by saying Japan should be careful "not to interfere and stir up problems" in the waterway, while China's foreign ministry also weighed in regarding the US and Japanese comments.
"Counties outside the region should stick to their promises and not make thoughtless remarks about issues of territorial sovereignty," the ministry said in a statement.
Trillions of dollars of trade a year passes through the South China Sea, which is home to rich oil, gas and fishing resources. Besides China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have claims in the area, and rising tensions have been fuelling increasing security spending in the region.
"The uncertainty of China's future trajectory is arguably the main driving concern about possible military competition now and in the future," Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said.
Carter said that for decades some critics had been predicting an impending US withdrawal from the region, but this would not happen.
"That's because this region, which is home to nearly half the world's population and nearly half the global economy, remains the most consequential for America's own security and prosperity."
Trump counter
In an apparent counter to "America-first" policies expounded by prospective Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, including suggestions that US troops should be withdrawn from Asia, Carter stressed bipartisan support for continued engagement.
The Shangri-La Dialogue is being held ahead of a significant ruling expected in coming weeks on a case filed by the Philippines in the International Court of Arbitration challenging China's SouthChina Sea claims, which Beijing has vowed to ignore.
The United States has been lobbying Asian and other countries to back the judges' statement that their ruling must be binding, a call echoed by Japan on Saturday.
China has lobbied on the other side for support for its position that the court lacks jurisdiction in the case.


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Rosenfeldt, F, Ou, R, Salamonsen, R, Marasco, S, Zimmet, A, Byrne, J, Cosic, F, Saxena, P & Esmore, D 2016. 'A Novel Combination Technique of Cold Crystralloid Perfusion But Not Cold Storage Facilitates Transplantation of Canine Hearts Donated After Circulatory Death – Cold crystralloid perfusion for DCD heart preservation', Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. Unpublished manuscript.
Associated Institutions: Alfred Hospital and Monash University
The Experiment
This experiment used 12 greyhound dogs in an attempt to investigate methods of preserving resuscitated hearts (perfusion devices) following 'donation after circulatory death' (DCD), and to assess recovery following subsequent heart transplantation.
The 12 greyhounds were randomly allocated to one of two groups; 8 into the perfusion group, and 4 into the cold static storage group.
Dogs were premedicated with acetylpromazine (used in animals as a means of chemical restraint), and then anaesthetised, intubated, and mechanically ventilated (to allow them to breathe).
The left femoral vein (in the thigh) was cannulated (tube insertion) for fluid infusion and the artery for haemodynamic monitoring respectively. A catheter was also inserted via the right internal jugular vein (in the neck) for measurement of cardiac output and monitoring of filling pressure.
A median sternotomy was performed on the dogs and a baseline epicardial echocadiogram (a sonogram of the heart) was obtained.
Researchers then deliberately ceased ventilation (the provision of air allowing the dogs to breath) for 30 minutes in order to kill the dogs via asphyxia (suffocation), thereby causing circulatory death (the irreversible loss of function of the heart and lungs).
The hearts of the dogs were then surgically removed and preserved for 4 hours by either the static cold storage method, or the controlled reperfusion (followed by continuous cold perfusion with an oxygenated crystalloid perfusate) method.
After the 4-hour period, heart transplantation was performed and the dogs' recovery was assessed over the following 4 hours.
All of the greyhounds were then killed.
The 8 greyhounds of the perfusion group managed to be weaned off bypass and 'produced cardiac output' four hours post bypass. 3 of the 4 dogs in the cold storage group were unable to be weaned off from cardiopulmonary bypass, while the fourth dog managed to be weaned off bypass but exhibited low level function.
As the study was not conducted using human-biology based research methods, these results are only representative of the success of cold crystalloid perfusion and heart transplantation in canines, and therefore the results of the study have no direct clinical applications.
Relevance to Humans
There are major anatomical, genetic, dietetic, environmental, toxic, and immune differences between animals – including dogs – and humans1, making them inappropriate for use in studying human heart function and human disease. Many studies and systematic reviews show that there is discordance between animal and human studies, and that animal 'models' fail to mimic clinical disease adequately.2,3
Given this, one must seriously question whether using canine hearts to test the viability of these perfusion methods and transplantation success has any relevance whatsoever to human heart transplantation.
The researchers themselves have previously conducted human studies4, so it is extremely difficult to comprehend why they would conduct studies utilising hearts of a completely different species, and why the project proposal was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee given the availability of more accurate human biology-based replacements, thereby subjecting greyhounds to this needless suffering and death.
Further Questions
The publication itself notes that the experiment only examined "the early stage of recovery so it is unknown how these results would have changed had animals been allowed to recover for hours or days".
Why did the researchers not allow the greyhounds to live and recover beyond four hours, given that the desired outcome of heart transplantation in humans is survival beyond four hours?
In any case, the assertion that this experiment has any relevance for human health outcomes is highly questionable – not only is the reasoning behind measuring the success of transplantation based on only a four hour recovery period flawed, the heart transplantation was conducted using a completely different species, which has entirely different heart function to humans.
Following international media coverage, Monash University released the following:
Monash statement on media reports about greyhounds in research
What You Can Do
Click here to sign our petition demanding an end to the use of dogs in experiments.
1 Pound P, Ebrahim S, Sandercock P, Bracken MB, Roberts I; on behalf of the Reviewing Animal Trials Systematically Group. 2004. 'Where is the evidence that animal research benefits humans?', BMJ, 328, 514-7.
2 Perel P, Roberts I, Sena E, Wheble P, Briscoe C, Sandercock P, et al. 2007. 'Comparison of treatment effects between animal experiments and clinical trials: systemic review', BMJ, 334:197.
3 Van der Worp H, Howells DV, Sena ES, Porritt MJ, Rewell S, O"Collins V, et al. 2010. 'Can animal models of disease reliably inform human studies?', PLoS Med.
4 Rosenfeld F, Ou R, Woodard J, Esmore D, Marasco S 2014. 'Twelve-hour reanimation of a human heart following donation after circulatory death. Heart, lung & circulation, 23(1): 88-90.


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Olive oil is occasionally used to take care of hair and skin because it is 100% natural, it does not have any chemicals and, hence, the risk of disadvantages is zero. A face mask having olive oil is the perfect option for almost any skin trouble, due to its amounts of antioxidants and vitamin E. The substances slow down the process of aging, preventing wrinkles. In this article, VKool.com will show you olive oil for face mask: top 13 effective facial masks. The writing collected a list olive oil for face mask from reliable sources. However, each person has different skin type, it is necessary to consult your doctor before applying olive oil for face. Keep reading this article to learn more olive oil for face.
Olive Oil For Face Mask: Top 13 Effective Facial Masks You Should Not Miss
1. Lemon Olive Oil Mask
Olive oil can be really effective for both your hair and skin.
Looking for olive oil for face mask, you should not pass lemon olive oil mask. Here are detailed instructions for you to follow:
Get this:
- 1 teaspoon of olive oil
- Fresh lemon juice (a few drops)
- Cooked instant oatmeal (1/2 cup) (cooled)
- 1 egg white
Do this:
First of all, mix olive oil, oatmeal, egg white and lemon juice until smooth. Then spread on the face and neck. Allow on for around 15 to 30 minutes. Finally, rinse with lukewarm water. You should follow with the favorite facial moisturizer.
Learn more: 41 Health And Beauty Advantages Of Lemon Juice, Oil And Peel
2. Olive Oil Egg Facial Mask
Seeking olive oil for face mask, this is one of the top choices for you. For best results, what you need to do:
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of natural unbleached flour
- 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
- 1 tablespoon of whole milk
- Gently crack and beat this egg in one small bowl. They are great skin care elements for people having large pores, or people who want to tighten and firm wrinkles. Egg yolks are packed with albumin, which gently refines pores and dries the skin as well. Egg whites assist soothe windburned or sunburned skin, and gently get rid of oily residue.
- Add the flour and olive oil. In this case, this flour is used to help thicken the consistency of this facemask. Olive oil is one fantastic way in order to balance the drying effects of these eggs. Unlike petroleum jelly, other oils and heavy lotions, olive oil will wash cleanly away, leaving the skin moisturized, glowing and supple.
- Stir in this sea salt. Sea salts enhance blood circulation and aid in cell regeneration, helping to maintain the skin looking beautiful and youthful. The salts will assist to exfoliate, getting rid of dead skin cells to alleviate acne, eczema and psoriasis.
- Mix in this whole milk. The lactic acid present in milk softens and soothes itchy, dry skin. The milk will help to moisturize skin and tighten wrinkles and refine pores.
- Gently wash your face with warm water and then pat dry. Now apply this olive oil face mask, gently massaging to exfoliate your skin. Allow this mask to stay for at least twenty minutes before rinsing.
3. Olive Oil Masks For Normal Skin
You just need to mix olive oil (half a teaspoon) with sour milk (half a cup) and cucumber juice (half a cup). Apply this resulting composition on the face and allow it on for about 15 minutes, after that wash it off with cold water. The treatment is really efficient for your face cleansing routine. The other normal skin mask mixes olive oil with sour milk (a teaspoon) and finely chopped parsley (a half a teaspoon). Mix all of these ingredients together and then apply the solution on the face. Wait around 15-20 minutes before rinsing it off with cold water as well as glycerin soap. You will notice that the skin is softer.
4. Olive Oil Mask For Dried Skin
Sunburned and dried skins can also be cured using a mask based on the oil. First of all, mix an egg, wheat flour (a tablespoon) and olive oil (half a tablespoon) till you obtain a paste. Then apply this paste on the face, allow it on for about 20 minutes and after that wash it off using warm water. Applying this mask two times per week will moisturize the skin and leave it shinier.
5. Olive Oil Mask For Oily Skin
As you know, oily skin must to be taken care of properly to cleanse the pores and limit acne and brown spots. If you have oily skin, you combine olive oil (half a teaspoon) with oatmeal powder (a cup), sour milk (a cup) and sea salt (a tablespoon). Then apply this mask on the face and keep it on for about 15 minutes and later wash it off using warm water. In case you are coping with extra-oily skin, it is necessary to need one mask capable of removing excessive sebum from the pores, so mix olive oil (half a teaspoon) with wheat flour (a teaspoon) and tomato juice (a few drops). Afterwards, apply this mask on the face and allow it work for about 20 minutes, finally rinse it off by using warm water.
Learn more: 15 Homemade Recipes For Oily Skin, Blackheads And Acne
6. Olive Mask For Sensitive Skin
Olive oil for face mask is very effective for many types of skin. For sensitive skin type, you need to mix olive oil (a teaspoon) with cucumber juice (a teaspoon) and ¼ bananas. Afterwards, apply this mask on the face and allow it on for half an hour. When the time is up, you take it off by using cold water.
7. Face Mask With Olive Oil, Wheat Flour, Egg And Milk
Looking for the olive oil for face mask, you should not miss this mask. The egg white eliminates oily residues and calms burned skin as well. Foe the most beneficial results, you need to break an egg in one bowl and give it one good stir. Then add olive oil (half a teaspoon) and wheat flour (a teaspoon) and mix them till you gain a very consistent composition. Later sprinkle sea salt (a drop) on top of this and mix again. After that, add this milk, whose reason is to alleviate the pain, soften and moisturize. Apply this mask on the face with circular moves and keep twenty minutes for the health advantages to be released.
8. Face Mask With Honey, Oatmeal, Egg, Olive Oil, Sugar And Milk
This olive oil for face mask is also effective for skin. Combine honey (two tablespoons) with oatmeal (a small cup), a farm egg, sugar (two teaspoons), milk (¼ cup) and olive oil (a tablespoon). Before using it, ensure that this composition is even and this oatmeal is soaked completely. Apply this mask on the clean face, avoiding the eye area and allow it on for around15-20 minutes. Rinse it off by using warm water only.
9. Olive Oil And Avocado Facemask
One simple facemask made of mashed avocado and olive oil is easy to prepare and apply, and just wait till you see the last results! For best results, you can do it like follow:
- First of all, use extra virgin olive oil (½ cup) and next mash one small ripe avocado. Then mix together for one smooth consistency. After that, apply to your face, being particularly gentle around your eyes. Allow on for 12 minutes. Finally, wash off and see how great the skin looks and feels.
10. Olive Oil And Clay Facemask
This olive oil for face mask is also a great choice for you. All you need to do is mix fine clay (2 tablespoons) with extra virgin olive oil (1 tablespoon). Add enough water to make a smooth consistency. Then apply to your face, being particularly gentle around your eyes. Allow on for around 15-20 minutes. Rinse off and finally apply your moisturizer.
11.Olive Oil And Cucumber Mask
This olive oil face mask is also a good option for you. Here are detailed directions to make this face mask you can follow at home::
Get this:
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of milk
- 1 grinded cucumber
Do this:
First of all, mix all of these ingredients together. Then apply on your face for 20 minutes. Finally rinse it off.
12. Olive Oil And Banana Face Mask
This olive oil for face mask is also a great choice for you. Here are step by step directions for you to follow:
Get this:
- ¼ banana
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of cucumber juice
Do this:
Firstly, smash banana and then mix it with fresh cucumber juice and olive oil. After that, apply it on your face. Allow it on for 20 minutes. Lastly rinse it off.
13. Oat Flakes Olive Oil Face Mask
To make this olive oil for face mask, you can do as follow:
Get this:
- 1 tablespoon of oat flakes
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon of milk
- ¼ tablespoon of salt
Do this:
Firstly, mix all of these ingredients together and then apply on your face for 15 minutes. Lastly rinse it off.
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To get more information related to effective way for skin care, go to our main Home Skin Care page. After studying the writing of olive oil for face mask: top 13 effective facial masks, hope that this article will help you find out the best facial masks that suit for your face and skin. If you have any question or comment, please leave them below, I will respond you as soon as possible. Also you can share the experience if you know any other olive oil for face mask to us.
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Management for Region 8 in Denver, Colo., wrote an email earlier this year to all staff in the area pleading with them to stop inappropriate bathroom behavior. Eric Katz of the FedBlog tells America that EPA employees ARE POOPING IN THE HALLWAY, and that they are being told to STOP IT.
"In the email, obtained by Government Executive, Deputy Regional Administrator Howard Cantor mentioned "several incidents" in the building. Confounded by what to make of this occurrence, EPA management "consulted" with workplace violence "national expert" John Nicoletti, who said that hallway feces is in fact a health and safety risk. He added the behavior was "very dangerous" and the individuals responsible would "probably escalate" their actions.
"Management is taking this situation very seriously and will take whatever actions are necessary to identify and prosecute these individuals"
He asked for any employees with knowledge of the poop bandit or bandits to notify their supervisor. EPA spokesman Richard Mylott provided the following statement:
"Dangerous"? "Escalating"? Smearing shit around is a time-honored tradition in American government."EPA cannot comment on ongoing personnel matters. Our brief consultation with Dr. Nicoletti on this matter, a resource who regularly provides our office with training and expertise on workplace issues, reflects our commitment to securing a safe workplace."


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Subitize Tree
Price $0.99 and worth every penny!
In this app, there is a picture of a large tree with a set of french doors. The doors open up to reveal an object for a short period of time for students to subitize. Then the doors close and the student has to touch the number that they saw when the door was open. It is very easy to customize depending on the level your students are at. You can easily change the amount of time the door stays open, the range of the numbers.
There are also many different representations you can switch between. There are dominoes, playing cards, random animals, dice, ten frames, hands, bead strings and 2 color counters.
This is a great app to build number sense and additive reasoning.
Ten Frame Fill
Price: FREE
In this app, a ten frame gets filled up with some counters and you are asked to figure out how many more counters you need to make 10. There are counters of another color that you can pick up and drag into place if you need to or you can simply touch the number across the bottom if you know the correct response. The options page lets you chose which equations to display as well as how you want the 10 frame to fill.
I have been using this app a lot in grade 1 over the last month. I like to sit with a kid and ask them how many they see and how many more they need to make 10. We also talk abut the different equations we could write to represent the situation. It has really helped my students work on subitizing, addition, subtraction and the all important combinations of 10.
What are your favorite apps to use with primary students?
Here are a few more of my favorites for primary students!
Here are few penguin themed apps to work on addition facts!
Here are a few more of my favorites for primary students!
Here are few penguin themed apps to work on addition facts!


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IT Direct Makes The Inc. 5000 for 2015
Inc. magazine today ranked IT Direct No. 2,985 on its 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America's independent entrepreneurs. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Domino's Pizza, LinkedIn, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 5000.
"We are honored to be among the fastest growing private companies in America. Thank you to our growing list of clients who trust us with their I.T. networks and computer support needs. We look forward to continuing to grow with you and helping you use technology to reach your goals. I am also extremely proud of the talented team here at IT Direct. The lion's share of this honor goes to them for their dedication to our clients and for their help in making IT Direct a fun and rewarding place to work." said founder, and President of IT Direct, Ari Santiago.
The 2015 Inc. 5000, unveiled online at Inc.com and with the top 500 companies featured in the September issue of Inc. (available on newsstands August 18 to September 22) is the most competitive crop in the list's history. The average company on the list achieved a mind-boggling three-year growth of 490%. The Inc. 5000's aggregate revenue is $205 billion, generating 647,000 jobs over the past three years. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.
"The story of this year's Inc. 5000 is the story of great leadership. In an incredibly competitive business landscape, it takes something extraordinary to take your company to the top," says Inc. President and Editor-In-Chief Eric Schurenberg. "You have to remember that the average company on the Inc. 5000 grew nearly six-fold since 2012. Business owners don't achieve that kind of success by accident."
The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring all the companies on the list will be held from October 21 through 23, 2015 in Orlando. Speakers include some of the greatest entrepreneurs of this and past generations, such as Marcus Lemonis, host of the CNBC show "The Profit," Robert Herjavec, one of the main "sharks" on ABC-TV's "Shark Tank," KIND Founder and CEO Daniel Lubetzky, and Co-Founder of Goodshop.com JJ Ramberg.


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I am a stay at home mom who loves to cook, bake, and watch Disney movies with my kids. Anytime I am not cooking, cleaning, and in full blown mommy mode I get to craft. I started out with scrapbooking but then I fell in love with card making using stamps and coloring them with Copics. (Hi I am Shanna and I am a Copic addict!)
Then I heard of this thing called online art classes, FREE online classes, and I never turned back after my trip down the rabbit hole into a land of creative freedom! I love every style from dark to light, inky messes to clean and simple. I love to dabble in it all – scrapbooking, mini albums, jewelry, art-journaling, 3D creations, and cards.
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Featuring a knit and purl take on woven seersucker fabric, Dunes is a light cardigan that is both warm and breathable, making it an ideal companion during the changing seasons. Short dolman sleeves keep the piece simultaneously sleek and comfortably oversized, while the overall textural pattern reads like grains of sand under a magnifying glass. Knit with Arborin the color Degas, Dunes bears the ephemeral quality of a sunset casting its warm, pink glow, but Arbor's full color palette provides ample inspiration for taking this piece to a different feel and spirit.
This cardigan is worked in one piece from the bottom up to underarms, then fronts and back are worked separately. Shoulders are sewn together. The cuffs are picked up and worked circularly and the collar is picked up and worked back and forth. The Dunes stitch pattern may be worked from either charts or written instructions.
Size A (for Main Fabric)
Size B (for Ribbing)
*32″ circular needle can be used instead of DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round.
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Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:
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Acacia suaveolens (Sm.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4th edn, 4: 1050 (1806)
Sweet Wattle , Sweet-scented Wattle
Slender, sparingly branched shrub usually 1–3 m high. Branchlets acutely angled to flat, sometimes pruinose, glabrous. Phyllodes ascending to erect, narrowly linear to linear-oblanceolate or very narrowly elliptic, frequently shallowly incurved, mostly 7–12 cm long and 3–8 mm wide, l:w = 12–25, narrowed at base, mucronate, thin to moderately coriaceous, glabrous; midrib prominent; lateral nerves absent or obscure; glands not prominent, 0–2 mm above pulvinus, normally also at base of mucro. Inflorescences 6–12-headed racemes; raceme axes 1–2.5 cm long, enclosed when young by conspicuous, imbricate bracts; peduncles 3–5 mm long, to 10 mm in fruit, slender, glabrous; heads globular, 3–10-flowered, cream to lemon yellow; bracteoles absent. Flowers 5-merous; sepals free, narrowly linear. Pods oblong, 2–5 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, thinly coriaceous-crustaceous, purplish brown to blue-black, pruinose, glabrous. Seeds transverse, elliptic, 6–7 mm long, shiny, black; aril brown-black.
Occurs in coastal and near-coastal areas from Bustard Bay area, Qld., S through N.S.W. to Cape Otway, Vic., also Casterton to near Penola, S.A., Tas., and some Bass Strait islands. Grows in sand or on sandstone, usually in heath or woodland. The combined distributions of A. suaveolens and A. subcaerulea resembles that of A. myrtifolia .
Two variants are recorded for N.S.W. by D.A.Morrison et al. , Victorian Naturalist 100: 141 (1983) and T.D.Auld & D.A.Morrison, Austral. J. Bot. 40: 1–11 (1992), namely, a prostrate variant from around Sydney and a very narrow phyllode variant in the Myall Lakes area. A review of the biology of A. suaveolens is given in D.A.Morrison, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 109: 271–292 (1987). An analysis of the patterns of variation in A. suaveolens is given in D.A.Morrison & A.J.Rupp, Austral. Syst. Bot . 8: 1013-1027 (1995). In this work four new subspecies are described, namely, subsp. myallensis (N.S.W.), subsp. prostrata (N.S.W. & Tas.), subsp. montana (N.S.W.) and subsp. grampianensis (Vic.), however, these names have not been adopted here.
Closely allied to A. subcaerulea from W.A. Similar to A. iteaphylla which has a different habit, branchlets angled only at the extremities, heads with more flowers, longer peduncles, longer, normally narrower pods and longitudinal seeds.
Type of accepted name
Cultivated at Sion Gardens, seed from New South Wales, flowered 1790, T.Hoy ; n.v.
Mimosa suaveolens Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 253 (1791); M. ambigua Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 325 (1796), nom. illeg. ; Phyllodoce suaveolens (Sm.) Link, Handbuch 2: 133 (1831); Hecatandra suaveolens (Sm.) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 120 (1838). Type: as for accepted name.
Mimosa obliqua Lam., J. Hist. Nat. 1: 89, t. 5 (1792), nec . Wendl. (1798) non Pers. (1806). Type: not designated; n.v.
Mimosa angustifolia Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 74, t. 391 (1798); Acacia odorata var. angustifolia (Jacq.) Desv., J. Bot. Appl. 3: 67 (1814), nom. inval. (cf. Art. 43, IBCN, 1988); A. angustifolia (Jacq.) H.L.Wendl., Comm. Acac. Aphyll. 5, 34 (1820); Phyllodoce angustifolia (Jacq.) Link, Handbuch 2: 133 (1831). Type: cultivated, hort. bot. Schoenbrunn, material originating from Port Jackson [Sydney], N.S.W.; holo: W.
Acacia suaveolens var. platycarpa DC., Prodr . 2: 453 (1825). Type: cultivated, hort. bot. Salisbury; syn: G-DC; cultivated, hort. bot. Boursault, 1 July 1818; syn: G-DC: specimen annotated 'suaveolens platyptera DC' by Candolle.
E.R.Rotheram et al. , Fl. & Pl. New South Wales & S Queensland 34 (1975); L.F.Costermans, Native Trees & Shrubs SE Australia 320 (1981); T.Tame, Acacias SE Australia 145, fig. 156, pl. 156 (1992); D.J.E.Whibley & D.E.Symon, Acacias S. Australia 2nd edn, 119 & 121 (1992).
Representative collections
S.A.: Glencoe, c. 15 km NNW of Mt Gambier, R.Bates 1514 (AD). Qld: Wide Bay Military Training Area, c. 9 km NNE of Camp Kerr, L.G.Adams 3502 (BRI). N.S.W.: Pacific Hwy, 0.8 km E of Kariong, R.Coveny 4878 (PERTH). Vic.: c. 10 km by road NE of Rosebud, Port Phillip Bay, B.R.Maslin 5472 (PERTH). Tas.: Circular Head, 17 Aug. 1837 and 3 Jan. 1841, R.Gunn 173/1842 (both PERTH).


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In its May 19th 2012 issue, The Economist magazine writes:
DEMOGRAPHY is back. Not that its subject matter—the size and structure of populations—ever went away. But from the 1980s to the late 2000s demography retreated to the wings of public debate, a concern mostly of geeks and obsessives. Over the past few years, though, that has started to change. Population science is once more centre-stage, pushed by climate change, which raises worries about the impact so many billions have on the environment of the earth, and food-price spikes, which imply doubts about whether it will be possible to feed them all. read more.


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We lost our Autumn dog in October 2011. Autumn was Mary's first "official" obedience dog. She was the perfect "learner" dog – always happy to do anything I asked her to do and very forgiving of a first timer's mistakes. She was my constant companion, sympathetic ear and shoulder to cry on through my bad times and my good times. She was a sweet and energetic and fun and she greeted everyone with a big, toothy smile. She loved nothing more than swimming, tennis balls and often performed the "kibble dance" before her meals. Autumn earned her CD and CDX with multiple HICs and got a HIT her first time ever in the obedience ring. She also has her Rally Novice and Advanced titles with multiple HICs and a few perfect scores. She was working on her OTCh when she passed away from Osteosarcoma at 10 years old.


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This weekend marks the 43rd running of the toughest endurance race of all time: the 24 hours of Nürburgring. Earlier today at the "M Night," BMW took the wraps off of the 2016 M6 GT3. It will hit the track next year, so for the race this weekend we will see the final run of the BMW Z4 GT3.
In a press release dated May 15, BMW Motorsport announced that they have massaged the M6 to 500 hp and weight is down to 2,866 lbs. The 4.4-liter V8 features Twin Power turbos and dry sump oiling to extract big power from a relatively small displacement. An FIA approved fuel cell and roof escape hatch are also some of the more notable features.
(See Also: BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage Concept Coming Soon)
Still dressed in psychedelic camouflage, it's hard to discern the car's design features. We do know that it will be a safe and fast competitor, ready to do battle with Corvette and Porsche on the 15.5 mile course. Stay tuned to Autofluence for BMW news and race results.
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Payal Kapadia is an award-winning author, who grew up reading books and following her imagination. She studied English literature at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She did her M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University, Chicago. Her debut novel was Wisha Wozzariter, for which she won the Crossword Book Award in 2013. She lives in Mumbai with her husband and two daughters. Apart from writing, she loves to sing and explore new places.
A real princess holds her head up high even if it bears the heaviest crown.
Twice upon a Time is a hilarious and flamboyant princess story for young girls. The plot concerns two girls, Keya and Nyla. Both of them have contradicting characteristics when it comes their nature, social status and outlook. This sets the stage for the author to take readers on an enthralling ride packed with mind-blowing action and wit.
Princess Keya is a pampered princess of the Pompuspur kingdom. Her behavior is ladylike and she is a princess in and out. Teenage, however, wreaks havoc in Keya's life. She becomes fed up with all the royal etiquette and the pretentious attitude it begets. She decides to take a break from her rigorous routine that is governed by a rigid protocol.
On the other hand, Nyla is a tomboy to the core. She is a doppelgänger of Keya and is willing to take the princess' place. However, coming from a completely different – in fact, an almost opposite – social background, Nyla needs to be trained to behave like a princess. She needs to fulfill a lot of terms and conditions to fill Keya's boots. That's where Keya steps in and takes the training of her lookalike into her own tiny hands.
And thus begins the action-packed plot of Twice upon a Time. Together the girls ruffle a few feathers, fend off fiery dragons, break free of outdated traditions, encounter some amusingly puny princes, and ignite revolutions. In the process, they develop an unexpected bond and come face to face with their strengths and shortcomings.
Payal Kapadia's excellent characterization makes the story more relatable. This is applicable not just to the protagonists, but also to supporting characters such as the window-cleaning boy. Every character seems to be speaking to the readers. Readers gradually find themselves engrossed in the world of Keya and Nyla, and laugh with them at the exhilarating turn of events.
Twice upon a Time deserves a score of 4.5 stars out of a possible 5. Its simple and straightforward storyline, well-etched characters, witty moments and subtle lessons make the novel an enjoyable read, particularly for teenagers. The vivid descriptions and fluid language add life to the plot and invite young readers to visualize the scenes. Kapadia uses interesting idioms and witty quotes to round off the splendid experience. The awe-inspiring illustrations by Sandhya Prabhat add an element of appeal to the plot. Finally, at just 183 pages, the novel does not get too cumbersome and serves as a perfect read for children.
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One of the most fashionable business fads these days is for incumbents from traditional industries to claim that they are no longer an (insert your industry here), but a is now tech company. As an example, Domino's is now claiming to be "a tech company that happens to make pizza." This may sound noble, but do these incumbents have what it takes when it comes to delivering upon that promise?
A vital component to survive in a digital age, is having the right competence. According to a survey conducted by CapGemini, 90 percent of responding companies were lacking necessary digital skills. As a result, incumbents everywhere are doing everything in their power to attract new talent within various fields of technology. However, there is a vast difference between hiring a bunch of IT-resources and being a technology company at the core. This requires both technical talent to have a strong understanding of business as well as the other way around. Organizations should look for resources who have paid their dues at both the daily operations side and the technical side of the business.
Future employees will need to combine excellent digital specialist skills with deep functional business knowledge. They should be comfortable with short delivery cycles and able to operate across silos and within cross-functional teams. They need to ensure they are ahead of the technology curve as well as having a profound understanding on how new technology will affect their business.
In order to fill this gap, incumbents are investing massive amounts on digital transformation programs. However, the challenges arise when internal culture, governance structures, corporate hierarchies stay the same. Expecting digital talent to conform to a stale corporate culture is just as meaningful as attempting to force a square peg through a round hole. There are numerous reasons why digital talent do not want to work for your company, and Fast Company created a list of reasons that basically stated that a lot of big companies aren't structured to deliver on the expectations set when hiring digital talent.
This often boils down to leadership, as true talent thrive when they are given the opportunity to do great things and make a real difference. There is no room for empty promises in this game, and you need to go all in if you want to become a truly digital company.
A digital leader must be able to communicate an overall strategic vision, while at the same time not assume a top-down managerial style. Employees need to feel informed and involved without creating a consensus culture. Decisions should be made on the foundation on facts rather than assumptions, and there should be no room fo re-matches based on internal politics. Leading digital talent is just as much representing your team(s) and following the principles of servant leadership as setting a strategic direction for your company or department.
At the end of the day, all of this is easier said than done. Digital leadership is not appointed, it is earned.


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you are full of beauty.
Psalm 27:4, 'One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.'
you might look at yourself in the mirror and think, 'Beauty? Me?', I know I ask that question.
But this I've learned: as I gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him, I become like him.
So if I declare the Lord is full of beauty and grace and I am seeking him and he is growing me and changing me into a reflection of him, then mustn't grace and beauty be growing in me as well? Each time I respond in grace, am I not beautiful? Are you not beautiful?
You are full of beauty.
When you smile at the antics of your children rather than frown.
When you respond in kindness to the rudeness of a co-worker.
When you divert the conversation when the words begin slandering someone else.
You are full of beauty when your tone expresses value to the one to whom you are speaking.
Beauty. Full of it. You.
Gaze upon the beauty of the Lord. Take it in and exhale grace and beauty to those around you.


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"Silver bullet thinking," machine learning hype, new names will dominate 2019 IT security landscape, says Titus
Company's 2019 IT security predictions cite encryption, cloud migration, AI and machine learning as hot topics in the year ahead
Ottawa, ON – Titus, a leading provider of data protection solutions, today released its top seven predictions for the 2019 landscape. Once considered a small part of the IT infrastructure, comprehensive IT security is now a key component that is critical for any organization's success. With this increase in significance, the market will see a change in the priorities, players and guidelines that will affect how appropriate security measures are implemented and the role of trained security professionals in assisting organizations to be more secure.
"I believe we will see many of the same issues that plagued IT security in 2018 continue to challenge organizations in 2019," said Jim Barkdoll, CEO for TITUS. "The takeaway is that we're seeing the same problems because organizations continue to apply the same strategies, anticipating a different result. Until we start thinking differently about IT security – and data protection in particular – these strategies will continue to fail."
With that in mind, TITUS offers the following IT security predictions for 2019:
1) The silver bullet doesn't exist: Data protection policies will continue to fail until organizations abandon 'silver bullet' thinking
In 2019, organizations will continue to struggle with adopting a successful data protection strategy without a fundamental shift in thinking. While it's nice and convenient to believe that consolidating security solutions to a single proposal that requires few resources will 'solve everything,' the reality is that this approach doesn't work. Similarly, going 'all-in' on a particular technology (i.e. going 'all in' on encryption or data loss prevention (DLP) without deploying complementary solutions), still leaves organizations vulnerable to both external attacks and data mishandling at multiple levels. A comprehensive, multi-faceted approach that addresses the work needed to set up and feed realistic policies that meet an organization's specific needs.
2) New names will enter the security market…and they aren't who you'd expect
Organizations of all shapes and sizes will struggle with how to deal with and protect sensitive personal information, however, the problem continues to be particularly pronounced for large, multi-national corporations including Facebook, Google and even Twitter. Though regulations like PCI and GDPR protect elements of personal data, they aren't all-encompassing, so look for these behemoths to make a move to acquire security firms as a means of addressing this critical challenge.
3) Machine learning hype vs. reality: The promise will outweigh reality on artificial intelligence and machine learning
Any tech vendor worth its salt will want a piece of this market, so 2019 will yield a flurry of announcements around new AI and/or ML initiatives. That said, it will still take time for this excitement to convert to tangible solutions that will have a positive impact on day-to-day operations.
4) Regulations, Fines and Consequences…But Good Data Stewardship is on the Horizon
Now that GDPR is fully enforced, the first big fines and consequences will be announced. This will result in two things – a significant bump in organizations developing best practices to ensure regulatory compliance and data safety, as well as more countries and individual states passing similar regulations aimed at keeping data safe.
5) Cloud migration won't solve access issues, despite continued adoption
As organizations continue to flock to the cloud to take advantage of its ease of use and access controls, they'll continue to see the same security issues they encountered on-premises. Why? Because without understanding the value of their data and enacting measures to safeguard their most critical information, the same security issues will exist, no matter where the data lies. Though cloud achieves a considerable number of productivity and user convenience goals, it cannot solve data protection challenges in and of itself.
6) Retail sector is a target: The next major retail breach is looming
Though regulations like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS or PCI for short) safeguard specific pieces of personal information, the retail industry will continue to lag behind other markets (financial services, healthcare) when it comes to pervasive regulations that adequately safeguard personal information. It's been just over five years since the landmark Target data breach, which many believed would spur significant retail security measures. To date few have been enacted.
7) Third-party orchestrators will close the security skills gap
One of the key reasons organizations adopt a more reactive approach to security is due to a shortage of skilled security workers. 2019 will see that shortage continue, however, a new class of organization will rise to address this gap – orchestrators. These independent specialists assist organizations in tying together their existing security investments and solutions to realize a truly end-to-end security solution. These orchestrators will see challenges from big vendors looking to capitalize on this trend, however, as those vendors often offer only proprietary solutions, there will continue to be room for these independent firms.


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Welcome along to our Not Quite A Halloween Special, we didn't do a wholly ghoulish podcast, just chucked a few spooky tunes into the mix. No Laggers this week as he's been rehearsing for a Wobbly Lamps show at The Railway in Southend this Friday (28th Nov. They are supporting The Priscillas along with Chalet and Thee Polyvinyl Craftsmen DJing. Should be a top night, come along if you're local. Apologies Laggers for playing the wrong Gonja Sufi song, that's what he gets for giving us a double LP with no tracks on the labels!
Download the slightly ghostly goings on here.
Casper the Friendly Ghost – Daniel Johnston
Can I Squeeze – The Rabble
Sugar Boat – Thee Oh Sees
Great White Lie – The Cubical
Axis Abraxas – Mark Sultan
Frankenstein Again – The Lurkers
Warning – The Humans
That's My Girl – Monks
My Daddy is a Vampire – The Meteors
Pea-Shooter – Donald Austin
Swimmin' in a Fish Tank – Straight Coffee for George
Alley Oop – Hollywood Argyles
Psychedelic Meditation – The Bennito Sextet Plus One
Cha Cha Twist – Margarita Sierra
Jolly Mary – July
Graveyard's Full – The Growlers
Volunteers – Megafaun
The Wig He Made Her Wear – Drive By Truckers
Cruella de Ville – from 101 Dalmations
Klowds – Gonja Sufi
Procissão – Gilberto Gil
Suspiria – Goblin
Glazin' – Jacuzzi Boys
Never Understand – Jesus and Mary Chain
Evil (Is Going On) – Howlin' Wolf
Money Rock 'n' Roll – John Spencer Blues Explosion
Human Fly – The Cramps
With it being Halloween check out Coop's "A Patchwork Of Flesh" project, an ongoing art project featuring a wicked collection of Frankenstein Monster art cards. Browse the galleries and then submit a creature of your own.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Polyvinyl Craftsmen Transmission 28 (Not Quite A Halloween Special)
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Hey guys! Thanks for the add...back at you...great podcast, do you have a feed on itunes yet? Send me your address, I want to send you some 7"'s from Sweaters & Pearls. jdean99 at gmail.ReplyDelete
Thanks Jason, yep, we have an iTunes feed, go to iTunes Store, click on Advanced then cut and paste the following link http://PolyvinylCraftsmen.blip.tv/rss/itunes/ into "Subscribe to Podcast" and hit OK. A bit long-winded but we found that it was the only way it worked. I'll email you an address for the vinyl, thanks a million, look forward to giving it a listen. I was in Brooklyn this June and spent several bucks on vinyl in Academy Annex.ReplyDelete
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WordPress Backups
Ensure WordPress Backups Can Be Restored Successfully Before You Add Any Content You Don't Want To Lose!!!
Before you add any WordPress content you MUST ensure that a backup and restore process is in place. The importance of this cannot be over-emphasized. Every hour that you spend adding content to your website can be erased if the database crashes – databases do crash, and this is fair warning.
Before adding content make sure that your website administrator has a backup scenario in place and that regular backups have been verified.
To perform manual full or partial MySql database and file backups you can go into the website cPanel and click the Backup Wizard in the Files section then select the backup options you want. A full backup backs up everything about the site including email configurations and all site files. Partial backups can include one or all of the following:
Home directory
MySql databases
Email Forwarders and Filters
When these backups are performed they will be placed in the root folder of the website:
To extract (and possibly restore) only the WordPress database file you need to open the tar file that is backed up and extract the .sql file in the .\mysql\ folder. A typical file is named domainsp5_sswp01.sql.
This is our normal automatic backup process:
Backup WordPress MySql Database – to automatically backup the WordPress MySQL database (and all other website MySQL databases) at BlueHost.com we run a WordPress backup script named backupDatabases.sh that resides in the root folder of the website. You must set the permissions of the Owner user for this file to allow executes. This requires a security setting of 744. This backup script is usually run daily unless a lot of content is being added in which case we'll run it 4 times a day. To run the script automatically you need to create a CRON job for it. CRON jobs are explained below. The backups it creates are located in this folder of the website:
A CRON job is simply a scheduled task in Linux or any Unix-based machine.
You can run CRON jobs from your cPanel (Advanced – last section at the bottom of the page) to execute the first set of backups described above. You can change the frequency of these backups by clicking the CRON Jobs icon.
Don't forget to enter your email address when you define a CRON job so you can receive notifications when it runs.
WordPress MySql Database Backup Script
The backup script described in this page allows you to create automatic backups of your MySql database when you use it in a CRON job.
All of the content below the line under this sentence with all ### should be copied to a file named backupDatabases.sh. Once this is done you need to do the following to set up your automatic database backups:
- Change the user and pass variable values in the Configuration settings to the login values for your website control Panel.
- Place the file into the root folder of your website account (this may not be your website root folder).
- Using your FTP client change the permissions of this file to 744 so it can be executed by the site Owner user.
- Refer to this file in a Linux CRON job and specify how often you want your MySql database backed up.
- Test it. Make sure that the files are actually created. This is important to the well being of your website. If you have problems see the troubleshooting page.
Note that the files are placed into this folder of your website:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# FILE: backup_db.sh
# USAGE: ./backup_db.sh password
# DESCRIPTION: Backup all my databases one by one
#-------Configuration Settings-------#
user="CPUsername"; #A Database User with Privileges on all dbs
pass="CPPassword"; #Said user's password !!
#-----Don't Edit Below This Line-----#
if [[ `uname` = "Linux" ]];
mystat="stat -c %Y";
if [[ `uname` = "FreeBSD" ]];
mystat="stat -f %B";
ts=`date +%s`; #For the file timestamps
d=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`; # For other uses
month=2592000; #One month
#month=178200; #2 days For testing
dir="$HOME/backups/"; # Directory to store the backups
if [[ ! -d $dir ]]; #Make sure the dir exists and create if not.
mkdir -p $dir;
# First let's prune the backup dir of files over a month old
cd $dir;
for l in `ls $dir`;
# Works CentOS and Ubuntu...
do mt=`$mystat $l`;
#echo $result;
if (("$result" >= "$month"));
echo "Deleting: $l";
rm -f $l;
# Let's do this
for i in `echo "show databases" > $expath/mysql -u$user -p$pass > grep -v Database`;
do var=${i}${d};
$expath/mysqldump -R -p$pass -u$user $i > $var.sql && echo $i backed up on $d;


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1963 Dodge 330 - Pale Lightning
The Past Strikes Back with this '63 330
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Shut Down" debuted as the backside of the Beach Boys single "Surfing U.S.A." in 1963. For those who don't know, "Shut Down" features a street showdown between a fuel-injected Stingray and an intimidating Super Stock ram-induction 413 Dodge.
John Cope's '63 330 might not be an original S/S car, nor does it house the venerable high-performance 413, but rather, he's got an extra 80 cubes-493 ci to be exact. as the owner of several late-'60s musclecars, John wished to give homage to their predecessors by building a clean Super Stock-looking, 330 Dodge with enough firepower to rival the original S/S big-blocks that ruled the 1320 decades ago.
John is the owner of Cope Racing Transmissions out of Cedar Lake, Indiana, and has made his living building hard-shifting, bulletproof automatic transmissions for race and streetcars. Having built transmissions for his own cars, John had what he wanted in mind long before the car was in his hands. A '65 727 trans was slated for the push-button treatment to keep the stock period look, as the internals were thoroughly updated. A fully rollerized gearset with 2.77 first gear ratio, all-aluminum drums, lightened Sun shell, harden pump gears, and a PTC 8-inch, 5,500 stall torque converter were installed along with a quick-release trans-brake. Needless to say, this 727 was designed for excessively hard launches.
Taking the 330 off his friend, Bo Mendez, John insisted on a RB block that could utilize every inch of his over-built transmission. A Mopar RB 440 block was located, bored 4.350, and stroked 4.150-inches. RPM-loving, lightweight 6.760-inch Eagle Rods and JE pistons press the compression to 11.5:1 as they're spun on a stroker crank. A .590 solid lift Mopar Performance camshaft controls the Ferrea valves by the Crane roller rockers, making the most of ported and polished 906 heads.
A Mopar Performance M-1 intake with a colossal Holley 1150 Dominator feeds the thirsty stroker. The Herculean transmission bolted cleanly in, but needed some aesthetic modifications. John knew he was going to drag race this beast, so controlling the shifting with his left hand was out of the question. John altered the push-button configuration to the right hand of the steering wheel underneath the gauge cluster where the heater controls would have been. Strategically placing the transbrake button next to the push buttons made it easy for him to find Second gear when the front end is in the air. Since it was a radio-delete car, John spent a little extra time making the conversion look like the factory could have done it over forty years ago.
Massive silver-faced Auto Meter gauges were mounted to the side of the gauge cluster, along with the amber shift-light indicator. A hefty eight-point chrome-moly cage was fabricated with swing-out bars for easier entry and exit. Aside from all of that, the interior is reasonably stock appearing. The color, pattern, and material are all how the factory had it in 1963.
The year-long build left John with a beautiful Super Stocker that he pulls out on special days for some wheelstand action at Mopar bracket races. John set up the 330 to use every bit of its race-ready parts. Ladder bars and coilovers mount to the heavy-duty Dana, stuffed with such weapons of war as a Strange 4.56 spool and Moser axles. Massive Wilwood discs all the way around slow down the beastly Dodge as it rolls on Bogart 15x3 up front and 15x10 out rear, each with enough Mickey Thompson rubber to undercoat a school bus.
John did the legend right. it's not a real S/S 413 car, and he's not trying to pass it off as one, but it sure looks the part. John also heads up the Midwest Mopar Wheelstanders, a group of die-hard Mopar racers that wheelstand 3 to 5 feet in the air. This 3,500-pound car runs 10.50s at 124 mph and cuts a 1.38 sixty-foot time on a 10.5 tire, along with standing up 3 to 4 feet in the air when competing in wheelstand competitions. It's just how the song goes, "Tach it up, tach it up! Buddy, gonna shut you down.
Fast FactsOwner: John Cope, Cedar Lake, InBody: '63 Dodge 330 SedanColor: Baby blueEngine: 493 ci RB 440 block, bored 4.350 over, 4.150 stroker crank, 6.760 Eagle Rods, JE pistons, MP hydraulic .590 lift cam, 906 heads (ported and polished), Ferrea valves, Crane roller rockers, MP M-1 intake, 1150 Holley DominatorTransmission: Cope Racing Transmissions, factory push-button, 727 TorqueFlite, 5,500 stall 8-inch PTC torque converterRearend: Dana 4.56 Strange spool, Moser axlesWheels/Tires: Front: Bogart 15x3, Mickey Thompson 15x3;Rear: Bogart 15x10, Mickey Thompson 10.5w
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Seeing what services are open on your ports on your system is a useful tool for system administrators, becaues of this most linux flavours have a built in system to check, a tool called lsof. Below is a list of what all of the headers within the command mean in the context of networking
|Lists the running service by its name
|The process ID of the service
|Which user on the system is running that service
|File Descriptor - What permissions the process has
|What type of service is running
|Device & Size/Off
|The disk file size in use
|The traffic type in use
|The devices name as well as it's listen status
More information can be found on the use of lsof by using the following command;
man lsof
Before carrying out any commands please make sure you are logged into a privileged or superuser account.
Showing all services on open ports
lsof -i
Searching for services on a specific port
lsof -I :PORT
Closing a process by port
kill $(lsof -t -i:PORT)
Closing a process by PID
kill PID


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Forelock and cancer – What is the relationship?
I am not sure if you have heard about this, but there are people on the web saying that if you have a forelock on your head, then you are somehow immune to cancer.
I know this may sound a bit too much for you as much as it was for me.
But what if this was true?
I did investigate and here are my findings.
What is a forelock?
First, let's briefly discuss what is a forelock.
A forelock is just a piece of hair with particularity that it falls over your forehead. That's all really.
But you need to know that a forelock was used for many things in the past.
For instance, people used it to show respects in the last century.
And I am not joking.
They did pull their forelocks to show respect to individuals who were supposed of a higher class than they were.
But a forelock is also a part of a horse's mane. It is also called a foretop.
The foretop grows from the horse's poll and falls forward between the ears and ends up on the forehead.
Some pony breeds have a naturally thick forelock.
On the other hand, horses have thinner forelocks.
Now, you really need to know this.
I came across an article saying that the Middle East and North African people all want to get a horse.
And this is due to the forelock of the animal.
It is said that whoever owns a horse and that rubs his hand on the forehead hair will somehow be lucky or to be more precise, he/she will be blessed.
I'll tell you the relationship between forelocks and theMiddle East and North African believes a bit later below.
Do you like your forelock?
I am asking you this question because it is important for you to define this.
If you like it, then you'll like it much more after reading a lot more of this article.
If you dislike it, then you may reconsider your position.
I personally never had one, so I cannot say I like or dislike these.
I just do not really mind them, but can understand that one who has this may build up a psychological condition against them.
Some of the issues associated with a forelock are the time it takes for you to comb it.
Usually, no matter what you do, the forelock will always go to the other side of the comb. And that will drive nut.
Most of the people with permanent foretop are required to put a ton of hair gel and light to calm.
But for the most severe cases, this does not help.
Now let's see if this forelock is good for you.
Forelock and cancer
As discussed above, you may be angry with your forelock.
However, being angry will bring nothing.
On the other hand, there are scientists who say that a forelock is a 'guardian angel'. A bit like for the horses for North African and Middle East populations (see above).
What scientists say is that they have found a direct relationship between human being forelock and cancer.
They say that if you have a forelock, your body may be genetically predisposed to fight cancer cells.
Now, we need to be cautious here.
This is early findings and I do not want you to take the hype.
Only a few individuals have been found to have this particularity and it is still early before one can make conclusions.
But people with forelocks have something different than the others.
Now, among these individuals, only the ones who have so-called "polarized cells" can have the right cells to fight cancer.
These individuals have a protein that prevents cancer.
The protein is part of a large family of proteins that control (1) cell division, (2) DNA replication and finally (3) cell self-destruction.
Tests have now been conducted on insects, by supplying them with the protein causing the forelock.
They studied the anticancer properties and observed that this disease was not present when the forelock molecule was present in the insect body.
Currently, the theory is that forelocks in humans will have similar causes.
Only the future will tell us.
The relationship between horses forehead and human
There is no such relationship, but more of a mental predisposition.
As horse owners in North Africa and the Middle East have a very low number of cancers, it is said that they are lucky.
So, that is where one can take this 'lucky' or blessed factor from.
However, whoever has a horse seems to have developed a happier life because of owning the horse, and as such thing positive.
From this simple fact, it seems that our body responds better to an easy happy life rather a depressed demoralized one.
As such, people with horses in particular and animals, in general, will be less subjected to diseases.
Now you know the link. Have a horse and be happier, or have nothing and be sick. The choice should be dead easy.
From now on, each time you'll not be able to re-create the hairstyle you want, remember this article.
It'll give you a little edge when compared to other individuals in this world.
You have those cancer-fighting genes in you.
And that is unique. So make sure that you keep it instead of fighting it.
There is still a need for more research in this field, but at least you know the truth.
Back to you
Forehands and cancer is not something that has been clearly researched and we cannot tell what will be the future.
However, what is for sure is that if you are happier, then you should reduce a lot of the risks associated with cancer and other dangerous diseases.
I hope to speak with you soon through another great Omigy article.