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Let's talk about "Crossfit hands"
Disclaimer: they're not pretty.
Crossfit takes a pretty big toll on your hands, and it's rather unavoidable. Remember my gym essentials post? There are a lot of items in my gym bag devoted just to my hands – and there's a pretty good reason why! One tear on your palm or thumb, and it's pretty hard to continue. Not to mention, you might be in a little trouble for getting blood on the rig!
My current hand status isn't too bad right now – I tore my palm a few weeks ago (I've graciously shared a photo) and it's almost fully healed – but I have to be cautious not to rip it again before it's totally ready! I have a callous under each middle, ring, and pinky finger on both hands (none have torn). I also have blisters on the inside of each thumb right below the knuckle; my left hand has healed but my right won't quit! Unfortunately, I use my right hand all day at work to hold my tablet pen, so this area hasn't gotten much of a rest.
What gives? Why are Crossfit hands such a wreck?
You use 'em for everything! But really though, your hands come into contact with a TON of friction during a workout. Take a look:
- Cleans and snatches give you blisters (or spare you the blister and just rip your skin straight off) along the inside of your thumbs, from constantly flipping the bar from a hang position to a supported position. The bar is textured for grip, but it can also act like hand sandpaper! Dumbbell cleans and dumbbell snatches are a bit more gentle, but can also create a lot of rubbing along your thumb.
- Pull-ups and toes-to-bar (as well as the bar muscle-up) pinch the skin below your fingers and cause callouses at the top of your hands; if you grip lower into the palm you may tear the center of it! This is where that classic "ripped palm" comes from. Be sure to grab the bar more where your fingers meet your hands to avoid this.
- Kettlebell swings also pinch the top of your hand and can rough up the undersides of your fingers and create callouses there.
- Chalk is amazing for drying out your palms and giving you a better grip – but this is because it helps create friction between your hand and whatever it is you're holding. More friction means you are more prone to roughing up your skin!
Since you'll never go a week without any one of this appearing in your programming at LEAST once, expect some damage. And if you're like me, a few broken nails! I don't have time to delicately remove plates from the floor or off my barbell – I'm ripping them off with my fingertips and whatever happens to that manicure, well, happens.
The importance of hand care
As much as wearing grips and taping your thumbs helps prevent painful blisters or scrapes, it's crucial to take good care of your hands when you do Crossfit! So what should you do?
- Moisturize! Dry skin is more prone to cracking (everyone has experienced this in the winter), and thus is more fragile in the gym. Additionally, the more cracks and scrapes your hands endure, the more likely things are to get infected. Keep your hands well moisturized year round to keep skin healthy enough to repair itself quickly and last through tough workouts. Chalk is like anti-lotion!
- Shave down callouses. This one sounds glamorous, doesn't it? But in all seriousness – I keep a pumice stone in my shower and after every workout, I "sand" them down with the stone to keep roughness at bay. Why? Any torn or jagged skin is at danger of tearing! It's like putting a convenient "pull tab" on your hand and just increases your chances of making it worse. Sanding them down keeps your palms smooth and catch-free on the bar.
- Preventative taping or grips. If you know you're headed into a workout with a lot of bar work (cleans, for me), tape your thumbs beforehand. Or, wear leather grips for protection while maintaining a good grip – however, I don't recommend wearing grips TOO often – you need to build up good grip strength and tough skin. You'll thank yourself later when you don't have to do the next step, if you do tear!
- Clean & let heal. If the worst happens and you get a pretty bad tear or blister on your hand, make sure it's clean – after cutting away any excess skin, wash your hands thoroughly (and yell profanities while doing so), apply Neosporin (and vitamin E oil if you like), and bandage loosely for the first night while you sleep. The next day, let it DRY OUT – this is the best advice I've received! Your wound needs air to heal, and the faster it gets air, the sooner you're back to doing cleans and toes-to-bar.
I highly recommend keeping a little "hand care kit" in your gym bag, so you can take care of hand issues right on site. This can be as simple as lotion, tape, Neosporin, gauze wraps, and nail clippers (for cutting away ripped skin, but also handy if you tear a nail – those hurt!)
Now there are TONS of specialized products out there for taking care of your hands in Crossfit – I haven't used any, though, so I can't honestly recommend something! But, if you're curious in checking anything out, Rogue has a pretty good supply (like, an entire page dedicated to hand care – that's how important it is!) But the bottom line is, you don't need a ton to take care of your hands properly – moisturize, keep smooth, and treat rips immediately. Boom.
Hand care is just another part of maintaining the well-oiled machine that is your body; you wouldn't neglect diet or sleep, and your hands roll in with that! You won't be able to perform good pull-ups if your hands are in excruciating pain or you can't even grip the bar. Work this into your daily routine so you can be your best at the gym!


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The European Scrutiny Committee has made progress
in the matter referred to it and has agreed to the following Report:
1.1 As we noted in our Report of 15 November
2000, waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is
identified in the Community's Fifth Environmental Action Programme[9]
as one of the target areas for prevention, recovery and safe disposal,
and the need for action in this area has been endorsed by Resolutions
of both the Council and the European Parliament.
1.2 According to the Commission, there are
a number of reasons why WEEE presents particular problems. First,
components tend to include heavy metals; halogenated substances
(CFCs); polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); polyvinyl chloride (PVC);
brominated flame retardants; and asbestos and arsenic. Since more
than 90% of WEEE is landfilled, incinerated or recovered without
any pre-treatment, the Commission is concerned that it accounts
for a large proportion of the hazardous materials in the waste
stream. Secondly, it is concerned that the decreasing life-span
of much of the equipment has led to a rapid growth of WEEE, equivalent
to about three times that of municipal waste in general. Thirdly,
it sees the proliferation of national measures in this area as
hampering the effectiveness of national recycling policies; as
leading to substantial disparities in the financial burdens for
economic operators; and as having implications for trade in electrical
and electronic equipment.
1.3 The Commission therefore brought forward
in June 2000 two proposals. The first of these aims to reduce
the amount of such waste from electrical equipment[10],
and to encourage its recycling and recovery. In order to achieve
this, it suggests:
1.4 More specifically, it proposes that:
1.5 However, the Commission believes that,
even if these measures were to be adopted, there would still be
some environmental risk, and that substitutes for the most dangerous
substances should be used wherever possible. Its second proposal
would therefore harmonise the rules on the restriction of the
use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
1.6 As regards the wider policy implications
of these two proposals, the Commission says that it has sought
to take into account subsidiarity concerns by leaving Member States
flexibility over collection, treatment and financing systems for
managing WEEE, and that it is only introducing obligations necessary
to achieve environmental objectives. It also considers that the
proposals complement Community legislation in such areas as the
disposal of waste through landfill and incineration, on specific
waste streams, such as batteries, and on measures contributing
towards meeting the Community's climate change objectives.
1.7 The Commission puts the net cost of
the collecting and re-using/recycling requirements for household
WEEE as between 500 million and 900 million euros a year, though
these figures assume that Member States are not already undertaking
their own initiatives, and make no allowance for such factors
as economies of scale. It also suggests that, since a number of
manufacturers have already phased out heavy metals and flame retardants,
the cost of the second proposal could perhaps be limited to about
150 million euros a year.
1.8 In her Explanatory Memoranda of 2 October,
the Minister for Small Business and E-Commerce at the Department
of Trade and Industry (Ms Patricia Hewitt) said that the first
proposal is in line with the Government's national waste strategies,
and with the voluntary collection schemes already operated by
a number of the sectors concerned. As a consequence, she considered
that the 4 kg per head collection target is probably already exceeded
in this country. However, she also identified a number of issues
of potential concern, notably that some of the provisions may
be difficult to implement, and that the measures (whose costs
and benefits have not been fully assessed) are likely to impose
"significant" burdens on business. The Government is
therefore looking at the extent to which the provisions are appropriate.
In the meantime, an initial Regulatory Impact Assessment suggests
that the annual costs might lie between £540 and £545
million, with one-off costs of between £7.3 and £8.6
million. The associated benefits have proved more difficult to
quantify, but the Assessment suggests that some aspects of the
Directive may encourage collection, whilst others (such as the
cost of meeting recycling targets) may have the opposite effect.
It adds that the environmental benefits of the treatment and recovery
requirements laid down are likely to vary widely between items.
The Minister also highlighted the possible subsidiarity implications
of the proposal, but, although she said that the Government accepts
that "some" action at Community level may be desirable,
she did not specify what.
1.9 On the second proposal, the Minister
said that the Government agrees that, where product standards
and requirements are set, these should be harmonised, and she
considered that reducing the hazardous content of electrical and
electronic equipment could lessen the potential for any environmental
impacts resulting from their disposal. That said, she identified
the main issues for the UK arising from the proposal as being:
1.10 The Minister also supplied an initial
Regulatory Impact Assessment for this proposal, which made the
point that, although the use of these substances is declining,
production of electrical and electronic equipment is increasing,
making it difficult to assess accurately either the costs or the
benefits of the action proposed. She suggested that the benefits
from any further measures to limit hazardous substances within
the UK may be limited, but said that, depending on the lead-in
time allowed, the costs have been estimated by industry as being
as high as £1.2 billion on a one-off basis, with (unquantified)
on-going costs arising from the use of more expensive materials
or increased energy use.
1.11 In the conclusion to our Report, we
commented that these are obviously potentially significant proposals
on which considerable uncertainties arise as to the relative costs
and benefits. For that reason, we said that we would not be able
to take a view on them until we had seen the updated Regulatory
Impact Assessments we assumed the Minister would be providing.
We said that we would also like to see answers on the matters
which she herself had raised (and which are summarised in paragraphs
1.8 and 1.9 above).
1.12 In the meantime, we said that there
was one fundamental question on which we would welcome the Government's
views. The Minister's Explanatory Memorandum had suggested that
implementation of the first of these proposals would lessen the
potential for environmental harm, and so reduce the possible gains
from the second. However, it seemed to us that the converse might
equally be true, in that limiting the inclusion of hazardous substances
in electrical and electronic equipment would reduce the need for
the various measures set out in the first proposal. We further
suggested that prevention of this kind would be not only preferable
in principle to the sort of cure proposed here, but also consistent
with the priorities in the Community's overall waste management
Minister's letter and Explanatory Memoranda of
7 December 2000
1.13 We have now received from the Minister
a letter of 7 December 2000, and two revised Explanatory Memoranda
of the same date (to which are attached revised Regulatory Impact
Assessments). The letter seeks to address the points in our previous
Report, whilst the Explanatory Memoranda identify the changes
which have been made in the proposals since the Minister's earlier
Memoranda of 2 October as a result of discussions in Brussels.
1.14 As regards the implementation of the
measure, the Minister says that the Government has consulted widely
over the last few months, but that, although this has yielded
"some useful information", most respondents were unable
to provide any indication of costs. She suggests that this reflects
the complexity of the provisions and the uncertainty surrounding
them, and says that her department is now trying to identify individual
respondents and to consult them separately. However, she also
highlights the extent to which the companies concerned have stressed
the need for enough time to cope with any product design changes
made necessary by these measures; the concerns which have been
expressed about the feasibility of the recovery, reuse and recycling
targets envisaged in the proposal; and the concerns from the voluntary
sector that, if whole products which are reused are not counted
towards these targets, this could result in a disincentive to
reuse. So far as subsidiarity is concerned, the Minister essentially
repeats the points in her earlier Explanatory Memoranda (and set
out in paragraph 1.16 of our Report of 15 November 2000), but
does not directly address the question in the conclusion to that
Report. In answer to our question about the relative emphasis
to be placed on the two measures proposed, she states that the
two directives would be complementary, and that the measure restricting
the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
is intended to make their treatment, recovery and recycling easier
(and cheaper) and also to help reduce their general impact on
the environment.
1.15 The format of the revised Explanatory
Memoranda and Regulatory Impact Assessments makes it extremely
difficult to identify the amendments which have taken place over
the last two months or so, but, so far as we can discern, the
main changes to the first proposal relate to the implementation
periods allowed. Thus, the collection target for household waste
would have to be achieved within 36 months of the entry into force
of the Directive, instead of by 31 December 2005 (which could
in practice lead to a year's reduction in the time allowed). There
would be similar changes in the timetable for attaining the various
reuse, recycling and recovery targets, and in the time within
which producers would have to meet the costs of collecting WEEE
from central collection points and the treatment, recovery and
environmentally sound disposal of end of life equipment from households.
However, these amendments would apparently give rise to only small
changes in the earlier cost estimates.
1.16 The Minister adds that the UK might
not be able, in the foreseeable future, to reach the high levels
proposed in the Directive for all products. She also identifies
as problem areas the large number of household products to which
the measure would apply and the disproportionately high costs
for small businesses. In view of this, she says that the UK intends
to push for the option of derogations "if future evidence
demonstrates a strong case for removing specific products",
and for "an option to eliminate producer responsibility for
the smallest manufacturers".
1.17 So far as the second proposal on limiting
hazardous substances is concerned, the Minister says that it has
been suggested that there should be a derogation for lead in solder
used for printed circuit boards, and some relaxation as regards
mercury used in fluorescent lamps and hexavalent chromium used
in anti-corrosion coatings.
1.18 Finally, the Minister has addressed
in her letter the handling of these proposals in Brussels. She
says that they are due to be discussed at the meeting of the Environment
Council on 18-19 December, at which the Presidency is hoping to
achieve a political agreement. She adds that it would strengthen
the UK's ability to have its views fully considered if Parliamentary
clearance had been given, and she therefore asks us to give this
before the Council meeting.
1.19 As we have already noted in paragraphs
1.11 and 1.12 above, our Report of 15 November 2000 highlighted
the considerable uncertainties surrounding these proposals, and
the need both for updated Regulatory Impact Assessments and for
answers on some of the matters which the Minister herself had
raised, notably on the implementation of the proposals and on
subsidiarity. It would appear from the latest material provided
by the Minister that major uncertainties still exist, and that
these have, if anything, increased as a result of pressures to
shorten the implementation periods laid down.
1.20 In view of this, it would, in our
opinion, be premature to lift the scrutiny reserve, and we are
not convinced by the Minister's explanation of why this is necessary.
In the first place, a parliamentary reserve is now a familiar
part of the negotiating process in Brussels, and is not peculiar
to the UK. Consequently, we see no reason why the existence of
such a reserve need inhibit a UK Minister from participating fully
in any discussion in the Council, short of reaching an agreement.
Secondly, whatever the Presidency may say, the reality is that
these proposals have yet to be considered by the European Parliament,
and there seems no imperative for the Council to reach an agreement,
political or otherwise, at this stage; indeed, given all the uncertainties
which still exist, we consider it would be unwise to contemplate
1.21 We also believe that the issues
raised by these proposals are ones which it would be right for
the House to consider before there is any question of an agreement
being reached in Brussels. We are therefore recommending them
for debate in European Standing Committee C.
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for this purpose as large and small household appliances; IT and
telecommunications equipment; consumer and lighting equipment;
electrical and electronic goods; toys; certain medical equipment
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People with skin conditions such as eczema — a chronic, inflammatory skin condition — or psoriasis — a skin condition marked by a rapid buildup of rough, dry, dead skin cells that form thick scales — may appear to have dandruff.
Sensitivity to hair care products. Sometimes sensitivities to certain ingredients in hair care products or hair dyes, especially paraphenylenediamine, can cause a red, itchy, scaly scalp. Shampooing too often or using too many styling products also may irritate your scalp, causing dandruff.
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You will need 2 aspirin tablets and shampoo.
- Crush the tablets. Add it to any normal shampoo.
- Let it lather and keep it on for 5 minutes.
- Wash your hair.
If you feel the aspirin powder on your scalp, rinse again with plain shampoo.


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Nearly 100 people responded in the first day to ads in Friday's newspapers announcing the job offers, hospital officials said. More than 25 people had called by midday today responding to ads that ran over the weekend.
Half of the openings are for nurses, but many of the slots are in technical and general areas of the hospital. For example, there is a demand for physical therapists, occupational therapists, radiology technicians and technologists, and electrocardiogram and laboratory technicians.


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A total of more than 3,200 households need to be moved out of high-risk areas with an expenditure of VND33 billion ($1.5 million). But local authorities said they were facing a shortage of both money and land.
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Hydro Energy Concern Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu
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March 1: Terence Bay – possible plane crash, explosion, with a "plane" descending before breaking in half and catching on fire.
March 26: Bear River – a beam of blue-white light straight down to the ground, no visible craft.
April 27: Canning – orange light flying erratically in the sky before descending and disappearing.
July 31: Cheticamp – two objects flying through sky. Car starter stopped working.
Aug. 1: New Waterford – large ball of pulsating light moving at different speeds and turning slightly.
Aug. 8: Porters Lake – bright light moving across the sky.
Sept. 12: Upper Tantallon – large reflective triangular object hovering before receding fast and vanishing.
Sept. 26: Donkin – unknown object seen in photo. Possibly water drop. Military plane seen in area a day later.
Oct. 10: Nova Scotia (exact location not specified) – star-like object stationary for 10 minutes then darting across the sky.
Oct. 11: Port Greville — three orange fireballs and a "spider-like" object moving across the sky.
Oct. 21: Glace Bay – star-like objects in "reverse P" formation; "black satin rippling."
Oct. 27: Halifax – large white light falling from the sky.
Nov. 10: Sherbrooke – orange light fading between yellow and orange while moving in the sky.
Nov. 12: Truro – oval-shaped light with yellow light around it, slowly moving before a bright flash of light and it was gone.
Dec. 9: Truro – low-flying object like shooting star.
Dec. 21: Halifax – bright light like flash moved east to west quickly, slower than shooting star.


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We may have seen an example of this behavior last week, when Red Hat and its community distribution Fedora were issuing vague but ominous warnings not to use the company repositories until further notice, because of what eventually turned out to be a security breach. Until the announcement, Red Hat and Fedora seemed perfect examples of how well corporate and FOSS interests could co-exist. But last week, with Red Hat's security at risk as well as Fedora's, suddenly the Fedora chair, through no fault of his own, was reduced to sounding like a corporate apologist, issuing vague pronouncements and refusing to provide details.
Faced with the crisis, Red Hat-Fedora chose to respond from a business rather than a FOSS perspective, and probably had very little choice in the matter. All the same, it is in stark contrast to how quickly the Debian distribution moved to acknowledge and correct its own security problems last May.
What intrigues me about the Red Hat-Fedora crisis is how closely the anger in some Fedora circles resembles that over the extension of the Microsoft-Novell deal. It is not as intense, and Fedora is trusted far more in the community than Novell, but the sense of betrayal is much the same in both cases. It comes, I think, from the mixture of distrust and faith that the FOSS community displays towards business.
When you hold such mutually exclusive feelings, it is easy to jump from one to another. Feelings of betrayal come very easily when you are already halfway to mistrusting already. The fact that you trusted at all may only make you all the more angry.
In the case of Novell's agreements with Microsoft, I suspect that much of the original anger stemmed from the fact that many regarded Novell's purchase of the popular SuSE distribution as a kind of community trust, while Novell saw it as simply another potentially profitable acquisition. When this disregard of community feeling was joined by dealing with the always-hated Microsoft, the response was only predictable.
Since then, Novell has walked softly in the community. Many, too, may have believed that the provisions of the third version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) specifically designed to block similar deals in the future to have put the company in its place. After all, Novell needs to obey the license if it is going to distribute a GNU/Linux distribution.
But, the truth is that, by preventing similar deals, the GPL has given Novell a commercial advantage until its original deal with Microsoft expires four years from now. From a purely business perspective, what is more logical than using that advantage as strongly as possible while you still can? The community, though, would rather see repentance or utter ostracization, both of which are far more emotionally exciting than accepting that corporations are going to act like corporations, no matter what FOSS affiliations they have.
What the community needs to be more aware of is that the interaction between FOSS and business is an alliance of convenience. The two can certainly co-exist, and both can benefit from doing so. But, forced to choose, the average FOSS-based business is going to choose business interests over FOSS every time. No company's values are those of a FOSS advocate -- at least, not for very long -- and assuming that they are is simply a mistake in logic.
From this perspective, the extension of the Microsoft-Novell deal is not only predictable, but routine. Really, it's no more than business as usual. The only surprising thing is that many of us in the FOSS community haven't realized that yet.
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On Wednesday 2nd November we were fortunate to have two students from the University of Northampton come in: Mrs Wade and Miss Malpas. The two introduced the day and we started by choosing 4 different pieces of art and creating an art gallery which we entitled and described to everyone in the room. Following on from this, the children were given the task of creating any sort of expressive art with the materials and technology provided. We had materials such as Plasticine, wire, mannequins, printing equipment, paints, fabrics and more. The technology came with a green screen and a dark tent; East Hunsbury Primary School lent us some iPads that we used to create and manipulate some art with.
The students of Churchill and Mandela were extremely focused and collaborative all day long and the art students were impressed! The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and were great at not only sharing their art and their ideas on Friday but listening to one another and asking great questions.
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A novel from one of the country's most prolific and popular YA authors, this book, set in New York City on September 11th , shows us how the experiences of that day profoundly changed one teen's life and relationships.
Today is September 10, 2001, and Will a grade nine student, is spending the day at his father's workplace tomorrow. As part of a school assignment, all the students in his class will be going to their parents work tomorrow, but Will isn't excited about it – he'd rather sleep in and do nothing with his friends. His father doesn't even have an exciting job like his best friend James's father who is a fireman. Will's Dad works for an international trading company and has to wake up early every morning to commute to his office on the eighty-fifth floor in the south building of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Will doesn't see his father very often because of the hours he puts in at the office. He doubts that his dad will bother making time for him tomorrow even when they are supposed to be spending the day together.
In this fast-paced and dramatic new novel by bestselling author Eric Walters, Will discovers a new side of his father during an event that continues to affect the world. As Will's new teacher says, tomorrow "might be an experience that changes your entire life."
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Will Fuller and James Bennett played in a band together with a couple of other guys and they were trying to come up with a name. When Mrs. Phelps their history teacher mentioned the bubonic plague or Black Death, they thought that might be a fitting name. Then they decided they weren't black and seriously hoped nobody would die, so back to the drawing board. Will played bass and saxophone and James played the guitar.
The following day the students would be working at their co-op placements and everyone was excited about going to work with parents and other relatives. One girl was spending the day in the emergency department as her Mom was a doctor. Another student was spending the day in court as their father was a judge. James would be spending the day at the fire department with his Dad. Poor Will thought he had the most boring and uninteresting placement of all. Spending the day with his father at his office in Manhattan where he worked for an international trading company. He didn't have much interest in money markets and stocks.
September 11, 2001 – John, Will's father had worked in the World Trade Center for the past twelve years. Standing at 1360 feet each, each tower was 110 stories, had 21, 180 windows, 104 passenger elevators and cost over 1.5 billion dollars. Around 20,000 people worked in each of the two towers. John worked on the 85th floor of the South Tower. Once in John's office, he had to take a phone call so asked his secretary, Suzie to show Will around the place.
Everyone that Will met in the office praised his father up to the roof, telling Will what a great guy he was and that they were all very proud of him. Will thought to himself: "Proud wasn't usually a word that came to mind when I thought about my father." You see, John was rarely home and never had been, he was always at the office and in all of Will's school years thus far, John had maybe made it to four of his sports games. Will was disappointed in his father.
When Suzie finished her tour they headed into John's office and stood waiting until he finished with his call. He finally hung up and the three of them were chatting when suddenly there was a thunderous explosion and a brilliant flash of light burst outside the windows. Will jumped backwards, bumping into Suzie, almost knocking her off her feet. John sprang from his chair and jumped away from the windows. They all looked at each other and, Suzie asked: "What was that…what happened?"
"There was an explosion of some kind and it's snowing", Will said, pointing out the window. Unbelievably, it was snowing! Will just stared at the big, gigantic flakes but couldn't understand why some of them were glowing red. They looked out the window and there, just above them, the entire side of the North Tower, was a gaping hole! Everyone realized then that there had been an explosion in the North Tower, almost at the top at the 90th floor. Just as they were all trying to figure out what had happened someone yelled from across the room: "It was an airplane that hit the building, it's on CNN!" People left the windows and ran to stand in front of the big screen t.v. to watch CNN. The time the plane hit was 8:46 a.m. John, immediately ordered an evacuation from their office even though the plane had not hit their building. Quickly people packed up their desks and headed for the stairwell.
Little did John and Will know that the explosions weren't yet over and that they would conduct an act of bravery that day while almost losing their own lives.
I don't think any of us will ever forget September 11th. It is one of those moments in time where you'll always remember exactly what you were doing at the exact time that happened. We All Fall Down was beautifully written and was fast-paced. I read it in one sitting, you simply won't be able to put it down, your eyes will be glued to the page. Thank you Mr. Walters for writing such an entertaining book.


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Parallels Desktop 13, the latest version of the virtualization software that lets you run Windows on your Mac, is now available. Check out the new features and improvements, including support for macOS High Sierra, the Touch Bar, and upcoming Windows 10 features.
How to Manage and Hide Mac App Store Purchases
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How to Make the Mac App Store Check for Updates More Frequently
By default, the Mac App Store will check for updates once a week. But in the fast-paced world of software, a week may be too long to wait for the latest features or bug fixes. Here's how to change the Mac App Store's update frequency using a handy Terminal command, allowing your Mac to check for updates as frequently as once a day.
Grab the Kindle Software Update Before March 22 to Stay Online
Own a Kindle? Make sure to update to the latest software version before March 22nd, as Amazon will block devices running older software versions from accessing any online features after that date.
Xbox 360 System Update Brings Support for 2TB External Hard Drives
Microsoft may be focused on the Xbox One, but it hasn't forgotten about the Xbox 360. The company today released a system update that brings long-awaited support for larger external hard drives (up to 2TB), along with some minor UI and account management improvements.
Microsoft Updates Office for Mac 2016 Preview with Visual and Performance Improvements
Microsoft late Tuesday released an update to the Office for Mac 2016 Preview. In addition to a number of bug fixes and functionality improvements, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint received some visual tweaks that mirror the changes in progress for the Office 2016 for Windows beta.
iTunes 12.1.2 Update Corrects Annoying 'Get Info' Layout
Apple last week released iTunes 12.1.2, a minor update that brought improved compatibility with the new Photos app. Thankfully, the update also fixed an annoying layout change in the 'Get Info' window that was introduced in iTunes 12.1.
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Apple has simplified the app installation and update process in OS X, but sometimes you need to see more information about exactly when and how the software on your Mac was installed. Here's how to view a complete app installation history to help you audit or troubleshoot OS X.
Apple Releases iOS 8.1 Featuring Apple Pay, SMS Relay, and the Return of the Camera Roll
As promised, Apple today released iOS 8.1, the first major update to the company's latest mobile operating system. Major new features include the official launch of Apple Pay, SMS Relay, Instant Hotspot, and the return of the Camera Roll. Here's a quick breakdown of each.
Dr. Upgrade or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Update My iPhone the Right Way
Botched updates are bound to hit everyone at least once. But by approaching updates and upgrades with the proper mindset, and following these simple tips, you can avoid some major disasters, preserving your time and sanity in the process.


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Lomza Express Inc. Reviews
With Lomza Express Inc. Auto Transport Company delivering a car is highly reliable and stress-free. The sort of vehicle does not matter, whether it's a truck, bus or large construction machines, the task of getting it from place to place is precisely the same.Even if your end point is hundreds of miles away, you may count on the reality that your vehicle won't experience any difficulties getting there within the approximated length of time. Should you be interested in exactly where the car is at any specific time, you can always request for an update. The measures taken by Lomza Express Inc. Auto Transport Company so as to protect your car are that of strapping in with wooden blocks within a storage container.
When it comes to buying automobiles from abroad, Lomza Express Inc. can be very effective. The majority of customers either deal or collect certain types of vehicles and it's in the very best interest of the firm to assist with that process whenever possible. One such client thought of Lomza Express Inc. as being a good mediator: "Although I never met the owner face-to-face and it made me anxious, Lomza Express Inc. has been extremely reassuring and the deal was completed so quickly and smooth as though I'd purchased it from a garage here in Manitou Springs, Colorado". You can very easily employ Lomza Express Inc. for delivering cars as gifts, just like this guy: "I was glad that I managed to estimate the transport beautifully so as to deliver my father in Manitou Springs, CO a sports car for his birthday, and Lomza Express Inc. even allowed me to send additional miscellneous objects along with it in the container".
Lomza Express Inc. Auto Transport Company retains a strong reputation for shipping almost any automobile and recently there have been plenty of requests for moving Recreational vehicles, as many individuals love to go on vacation with them throughout America and Europe. It'll save you a lot of money if you take a flight to your country of choice and have the rv already there waiting to be taken on the site seeing adventure. Do not forget, plan the shipping ahead of time. When it comes to charges, there is no doubt the prices are the best available. Lomza Express Inc. Auto Transport Company does not brag without good reason. Any former customer will confirm exactly the same thing.
Updating the client is a main priority at Lomza Express Inc. Auto Transport Company. Immediately after placing your order on the internet or by telephone, prepare your vehicle for evaluation. When all of the papers for shipping and delivery are in place you'll be informed about the route which it is going to take and the moment the car gets to the destination, you'll receive a phone call. Apart from extraordinary circumstances, there should be no hold backs with the delivery.


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FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions
Will call tracking lines work with my existing phone lines?
- Yes; call tracking lines simply forward calls to whatever phone number you assign.
Can I recognize call tracking calls as they are received?
- Yes; if you choose to activate the whisper feature. You will hear a whisper as you answer and before the caller is connected.
Do I need to notify callers that their calls are being recorded?
- Federal law allows the recording of a telephone call with the consent of at least one party to the call. 12 states require the consent of all parties to record a telephone conversation.
Can I be notified if a call is missed?
- Yes; you may activate a feature that sends you an email when a call is missed.
Can I have a toll free call tracking number?
- Yes; you can choose from local phone numbers or toll free phone numbers (800, 866, 877, 888) nationwide.
Is call tracking easy to implement?
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How long can I access my recorded calls?
- Your recorded calls will be available to you online for 35 days free of charge! Should you require more storage time, it can be purchased for $20 per month per account. This fee will extended your recorded call storage time indefinitely.
Do I need to cancel my current phone company when signing up with your services?
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Can I add and delete numbers for my account myself?
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Can I transfer my existing number over to your service?
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Do I need to install any hardware or software for this service?
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Can we record out bound calls?
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How soon can I start call tracking?
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The Immunology Program journal club will be held twice a month. The time is 9 AM and the location is the GAP conference room by PIBS area (2955 Taubman Health Sciences Library) except on Jan 18th when we will be in 5320 THSL nearby. During the fall semester, the students taking IMM 851 will present papers under supervision of Dr. Marilia Cascalho. In the Winter semester, anyone can sign up to present. Papers will be posted the week before the presentation at the bottom of the page.
Please email Beth at firstname.lastname@example.com, if you want to sign up for an open slot.
The Winter Journal Club Presenters will be:
Jan 18-Holly Turula 5320 THSL (in library, not PIBS area), paper attached below on IgA and crosstalk between monocytes and Kupfer cells
Feb 1-Steph Kim 2955 Taubman GAP..Ooi Nature paper below on autoimmunity, protective HLA alleles and induction of Tregs
Feb 15-Cara Porsche will present the Han etl al paper below on adipose tissue and adaptive immunity in 2955 THSL
3-1 Spring Break
3-15 Peter Chockley See papers below on NK memory and trained immunity (3-15 JC papers 1 and 2)
3-29 Enayat Nikoopour CMAF dependent T regs mediate gut tolerance
4-12- Alison Eastman, Nancy JCI paper below
4-26 Blake Heath, see Immunity B7 checkpoint paper below


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Let me make something very clear: Michael Jackson's 3D short film, Captain Eo, which used to be an attraction at Disneyland's Epcot Center, is easily one of the best 3D short films from an international pop sensation featuring smoke machines and also lazers. It's great! Back in the '80s, when I was in my late 40s and trying to piece my life together after a particularly difficult divorce (although none of them have been easy) I would read my Captain EO 3D comic book until I fell asleep. But it's 2009, now. I'm not a professor of Youth Culture, but I just don't think children (and make no mistake, DISNEYLAND IS FOR CHILDREN) want to see a dead pop star's 20-plus-year-old idea of what the future would look like if space was a musical. Even if this wasn't just a callous cash-grab, which it is (see the cover of this month's sister publication, Duh It's A Cash Grab Magazine). But providing children with entertainment they might actually enjoy is no longer Disney's focus (see: Up). From the HollywoodReporter:
The word from Hollywood is that Disneyland is planning to revive Michael Jackson's 3D film beginning in January. Heavily influenced by "Star Wars," the 1986 short film was produced by George Lucas and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Back in those days, Michael had the money from "Thriller" to make anything happen.
Among the cast: Michael, Anjelica Huston, Dick Shawn — the latter died less than a year after "Captain EO" was released.
"Captain EO" was pulled from Disneyland years ago. But with Jackson's "This Is It" up to about $220 million worldwide, interest in him is rekindled.
Haha, oh is THAT why interest in Michael Jackson has been rekindled? Because of the documentary about him? No other reason why interest has been rekindled? Could be any number of reasons, probably.
So, just to get this straight, a 24-year-old musical short film in ancient-not-even-anamorphic 3D starring two dead people and Anjelica Houston is supposed to tear children away from their X-BOX 360 on-line multi-player Avatar games? Perfect. I take back what I said earlier. The Disney Corporation's probably not even thinking about money at this point, they're just doing it 4 tha kidz!


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Wed, 11/12/2014 - 12:00am
The Alpha Lambda Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau had its Induction Ceremony on Saturday, October 25, 2014 in the 3rd Floor Event Center. Students and Nurse Leaders were inducted from all campuses. Those who attended included the inductees, their family, and faculty. The keynote speaker was Sue Walsh, who received the Beverly McElmurry Award for Contributions to International Nursing. Donna Kamuda and Julie Welsh received the Mary Kelly Mullane Award for Clinical Excellence.
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With everyone's consignment sales quickly approaching, I thought I would put together another post, but this time about Consignment Sale Clothing Prep Tips. When I started the consignment sale for the first time, it was a little overwhelming, I didn't know where to start. So I thought I would share the 7 steps I go through when getting all our sale items together. When you break it down into these steps, it seems a less overwhelming!
Get your supplies together; here is what you will need:
- Zout Stain Remover
- White cardstock
- Safety Pins
- Tagging Gun (optional)
- Child Size Hangers (Wire are preferred but plastic tubular work too!)
- Tape
- Iron / Wrinkle Release Spray (optional)
1. Gather all the clothes that are for this seasons sale. Make sure to check your local consignment sale rules, as the types of clothes vary from each sale, region and season! For the spring sale at Just Between Friends Fort Worth you can sell Jeans, light weight long sleeve clothes, shorts, short sleeve tops, bathing suits, etc. Pretty much anything you can wear in the Spring/Summer in Texas + Jeans!
2. Pre-Treat & Re-Wash: Once I have sorted out all of my clothes I take a close look at each item and apply stain remover to any and all stains. Even though I put the clothes away clean, stains can appear overtime, especially from formula! Zout is my recommendation for stain remover. Zout is my best friend! I have been able to get 99% of stains out for clothes I'm selling!
3. Wrinkle Release: After everything is freshly washed, I iron anything that is wrinkled. Presentation is one of the top things to keep in mind when selling clothes at a consignment sale. The little spring dress or cute pair of shorts may be a great deal and in perfect condition, but if its a wrinkly mess, many people will skip over it. Take the time to iron everything that it needs. It gives everything a much better chance at selling. Note: Some people have mentioned using Downy Wrinkle Release but I haven't actually tried this so I don't know how well it works, has anyone tried it?
4. Create outfits (outfits sell better than single items in my opinion) and start hanging them! Make sure you make a question mark with the hanger, so that all the clothes are going the same direction when hung on the long racks at the sale! Note: Make sure all the pieces of the outfit are the same size!
5. Pin everything! Make sure to pin all your clothing to the hanger so that no matter how much it is moved around, it doesn't fall off the hanger! Clothes that fall off the hanger usually get ruined and then pulled for non-sale 🙁 When pinning everything together, make sure to hold the hanger up and make sure all looks ok. You don't want it to fold over so it hides a cute design or makes the item look bad.
Make sure to pin pants on the TOP of the hanger, rather than the bottom. When you pin to the bottom, they just slide all over the place and get lost in the racks, pinning to the top, allows them to stay in place on the racks.
6. Price & Tag: One everything is hung and pinned I enter each outfit into the tagging system online. After all the tags are in the system I print them out and start tagging! You can either use another safety pin and pin the tag on the right shoulder (this is what JBF Fort Worth requires at least)
NOTE: If you have dress that does not fall of the hanger easily, then you won't need to pin the shoulders. What you can't see in this picture is that the bloomers are pinned on the back, hence the pins in this picture! If the item falls off the hanger, make sure to pin!
OR you can use a tagging gun. I started using a tagging gun last year and it was much quicker. If using a tagging gun you have to be careful to make sure you tag on a seam on the inside neck tag so that you don't ruin the garment! Be careful! Note: I place a small piece of tape over the pin or barb on the tag to make sure they don't disconnect from each other. As far as price goes, price everything at 25-35% of the original price and by brand. JBF has a good consignment sale clothing sample price list that I like to go by. Remember, better brands + outfits = quick sales!
Examples (high-end brands = higher prices of course)
2 Footie Pajamas: $5
Spring Dress: $3-$6
Jeans: $3-$5
Gymboree Outfit: $6-$10
7. You are ready! Once you have cleaned, hung, pinned, priced and tagged everything you are ready to go! I try to separate all the hangers by size so that it is easier to put out on the sale floor during drop off, but everyone has a different method to that madness! This year I will be trying to use a rolling garment rack to speed up the process and reduce wrinkles!
So now your turn – What are some of your clothing prep tips for children's consignment sales?


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Ryan Gosling Cannot Escape His Own Memes
This Week in Ryan Gosling Memes: Cereal.
Ryan Gosling is an actor. He is also, apparently, a meme. To be more precise, he is a meme generator. A meme machine. The perfect blank slate on which to draw meme after meme. Ryan Gosling diehards create Ryan Gosling memes — just as many fandoms who circle around their object of affection do. This certainly isn't an uncommon phenomenon. Part of the nature of fandom revolves around taking a single cultural item or person and spinning that item or person off into many, many iterations. The Internet makes that task unbelievably easy. But what's it about Ryan Gosling that has caused his memes to be created at such a high volume?
Is it his current position as the Millennial's Leading Man? His vast catalogue (dating all the way back to the Mickey Mouse days!) of available content to manipulate? His own willingness to play along? Once the Internet decides something is meme-able (see: Cats), it seems as though people who don't even really care about the topic at hand immediately jump onboard. Ryan has gone on record about this all:
"I don't think it's really about me," he adds. "I think it really is sort of like, I'm a pigeon and the Internet is Fabio and it just happened."
(This is the Fabio/pigeon incident he is referring to.)
The Meme Economy exists so we can continually one-up each other with clever GIFs and image macros, etc. And now there is a new medium: Vines. "Ryan Gosling won't eat his cereal" barely even takes actual Ryan Gosling into account. This Vine-r could easily have chosen any celebrity to manipulate, but he decided to choose Ryan. Why? Because he's the perfect target with which to achieve web stardom. People already like him, and he's already closely associated with popular web culture. Meanwhile, they're admittedly hilarious. Poor Ryan! He's already famous. All this means is that he'll have to eat cereal during his next press tour.


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Village Avenue Trail to La Tuna Peak is a 3.3 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Sun Valley, California that offers scenic views and is rated as difficult. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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mountain biking
trail running
Take the 210 Freeway exit 14 for La Tuna Canyon Road. At the bottom the ramp, turn southwest on La Tuna Canyon Road and find a dirt lot on the south side of the road just past the on-ramp for the 210 East. Start hiking up the paved road that heads east parallel to the freeway. There is a high crime area warning sign at the trailhead, so lock your vehicle and do not leave valuables in sight. Trailhead address: La Tuna Canyon Road & West La Tuna Canyon Road, Sun Valley, CA 91352 Trailhead coordinates: 34.233954, -118.291179


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Blender 3D: Designing Objects (Romain Caudron, Pierre-Armand Nicq, Enrico Valenza)
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Blender 3D: Designing Objects Author: Romain Caudron, Pierre-Armand Nicq, Enrico Valenza Pub Date: 2016 Publisher: Packt Publishing ISBN: 978-1-78712-719-7 Pages: 1281 Language: English Format: PDF Size: 60 Mb Build your very own stunning characters in Blender from scratch Blender is a powerful, stable tool with an integral workflow that will allow you to understand 3D creation with ease. With its integrated game engine and use of the Python language, it is an efficient choice for many productions, including 3D animated or live action films, architecture, research, and even game creation. Blender has an active community that contributes to expanding its functionalities. Today, it is used in many professional products and by many companies. Throughout Blender for Designers, you will create many types of complete projects using a step-by-step approach. Start by getting to know the modeling tools available in Blender to create a 3D robot toy, and discover more advanced techniques such as sculpting and retopology by creating an alien character. Move on in the second module to engage with the workflow used to create characters. Run through the process from modeling to the rendering stages, usi The last module will teach you how to utilize the power of the Blender series to create a wide variety of materials, textures, and effects using the Cycles rendering engine. You will learn about node-based shader creation, and master Cycles through step-by-step, recipe-based advice. Start small by rendering the textures of stones and water, then scale things up to massive landscapes of mountains and oceans. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: Blender 3D By Example By Romain Caudron and Pierre-Armand Nicq Blender 3D Cookbook By Enrico Valenza Blender Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook – Third Edition By Enrico Valenza What You Will Learn Understand the basics of 3D and how to navigate your way around the Blender interface Discover the power of the texture paint tool in order to add color to a haunted house Get to know the Cycles render engine by creating different materials for the house and the environment Find the best possible flow for your edge-loops to enhance the character features and to get the best possible range of deformation Create a basic mesh depicting the character's overall shape and mood in a few simple steps Use your sculpting skills to carve the character features from the mesh Paint your character to enhance the surface's details Mix both the Blender Internal and Cycles rendering engines in order to render materials as quickly as possible Set up light sources and world global illumination Build material interfaces for general use in complex materials by grouping the shaders inside groups Parent and rename the nodes to better organize the Node Editor window
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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE -- I purchased a pair of winter shoes at the end of last season so I did wear them a few times before the weather warmed. They are Clarks Gaberly Panama Slip-On Shoes and are very comfortable and fit well. However, after bringing them out for this fall and wearing them maybe twice, I realized the sole had separated from the leather upper exposing my foot to the elements. They are so new that a white QC sticker on the sole of one shoe is still attached and intact.
When I emailed customer service I received a very generic email quoting the return policy. So I called customer service and the associate there advised simply because it was beyond the 60 day return policy, they would not exchange them. She did offer me a discount on another pair of shoes, but I'm not inclined to give more money to a company that isn't standing behind their product.
Oh, and by the way, I had purchased a pair of support socks at the same time in color black. The very first time I wore them, there were holes at the heel seam - I'm pretty fair and since the socks are dark, they really look like worn out socks despite being brand new. I contacted Footsmart immediately about that (within a week of receiving the order) and received a generic email that I would have to pay for shipping them back to get a refund. I cannot recommend this company at all.
I recently returned a pair of shoes to FootSmart, within the allowed 60 day time period for returns. I had tried the shoes on 3 times, wearing them for 5-10 minutes each time and only in the house. When I packed them up to return them to FootSmart, I made sure to include all of the original packing and product materials. The shoes were returned to me, having not met "one or more of our required FootSmart 60 Day Easy Returns and Exchanges policies." The line "Footwear products not in original unworn conditions" was checked.
I called today to speak to Customer Service and was transferred to a supervisor, who assured me that the return was reviewed by more than one person. But he could not tell me what was wrong with the product I returned. The returned shoes were not scuffed, they were not dirty, they were not damaged... and they were packed with all of the original materials. Yes, I did try them on.
But I have no idea of what was determined to be wrong with the shoes I returned, nor could the supervisor provide this information. He could merely restate that more than one person had looked at the shoes to determine that they were not in the "original unworn condition." This was a totally unsatisfying experience. I will never purchase anything from FootSmart again.


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