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Bad Breath: You Are What You Eat - Dr. Katz interviewed by WGAL news
Posted: September 27, 2007
Expert: Odor Sticks Around Until Food Leaves System
This piece comes to us from Michele Biaso of WGAL news in Lancaster, PA, who recently interviewed Dr Katz about the relationship of what you eat and how your breath smells.
Michele Biaso, Staff writer
There you are in the office, sitting down for a meeting when something catches your attention.
It's the girl from accounting sitting next to you. You are convinced she ate a raw onion on her lunch break. She has no idea that the slice of onion in the pita wrap she ate an hour ago is causing people in the meeting to slowly scoot their chairs farther away.
Halitosis -- or bad breath -- is more common than people think.
Dr. Harold Katz said one-third of the population suffers from bad breath and some don't even know it.
"That's because you can't smell your own breath," he said, adding that your brain gets used to your own odor, a process called acclimation.
Katz, founder of California Breath Clinics, said the foods you consume play a direct role in odors you emit from your mouth.
According to the American Dental Association, mouth odors will continue until the body excretes the food. So from the time you take a bite of that garlic bagel, it becomes absorbed in the bloodstream, gets transferred to the lungs and is then expelled you give off a scent.
Obvious foods such as garlic, onions and curry can directly cause bad breath because they contain sulfur compounds, which is what people smell in bad breath. But Katz said there are less obvious foods that can make your breath clear a room.
Feeding Bacteria In The Mouth
One bad breath myth he wants to debunk is that bad breath comes from the stomach.
In almost every case, he said, a smelly mouth is caused by bacteria that breed beneath the surface of the tongue, throat and tonsils.
Some foods play an indirect role because they provide fuel for the anaerobic sulfur-producing bacteria that produce chronic halitosis, he said.
Katz said dairy foods like milk, cheese and yogurt can also cause breath problems.
"They contain dense proteins that these nasty bacteria use as a fuel source to create odors," he said.
What you drink is also important in keeping your breath fresh.
Coffee is a problem because it is very acidic. Katz said bacteria love an acidic environment because they can reproduce faster.
Candy and gum that contain sugar are also major problems because sugar feeds the bacteria. And Katz doesn't recommend adult beverages either, because alcohol makes the mouth dry, allowing the bacteria to breed.
Those cutting calories should also be careful.
"When one diets, saliva is diminished so there is less natural protection," Katz said. Also, when the body also starts to break down stored fats, which Katz said can lead to a different kind of bad breath.
Body builders are notorious for this problem because of their high intake of whey protein, which they use to bulk up muscle. Whey protein contains high concentrations of amino acids that contain high amounts of sulfur.
"High-protein diets are a problem because the bacteria create odors by breaking down amino acids in proteins. Then they excrete sulfur compounds as their 'poop,'" he said.
Water Washes Away Stink
Katz said the best thing people can do to keep their breath fresh is to drink six to eight glasses of water per day. Drinking tea is also a good idea, he said.
Saliva is nature's way of keeping your breath fresh.
"Saliva contains a high percentage of oxygen, which is the natural enemy of anaerobic bacteria," he said. "The more saliva, the fresher your breath."
Katz said foods that contain a lot of water also help. Celery, cucumbers, grapes, zucchini and carrots all have high water content.
Foods that are juicy, such as watermelons and strawberries, also ward off bacteria because they encourage saliva production.
If you can't stay way from the garlic, onions and other stench-creating foods, Katz said to use an oxygenating mouthwash and toothpaste.
Katz, creator of TheraBreath System formulas, said oxygen compounds in the mouthwash and toothpaste attach themselves to the sulfur compounds and create a non-odorous compound.
Mouthwashes that contain alcohol defeat the purpose by creating a dry mouth, Katz said.
Breakfast Important To Odor
One thing Katz recommends is to eat breakfast every day. He said people who skip breakfast tend to have horrible breath because a morning meal stimulates saliva production immediately.
"When one sleeps, there is no saliva production. So, you literally have a sulfur factory in your mouth for seven to eight hours since there is no natural saliva or oxygen to fight the anaerobic bacteria."
And as your dentist has been telling you since your first visit, brushing your teeth is always a great defense.
According to the ADA, food can collect between the teeth, on the tongue and around the gums. It can then rot, causing an unpleasant odor.
If you don't brush and floss daily, particles of food remain in the mouth and collect bacteria. This can contribute to halitosis.
In most cases, Katz said, the food you eat will not make you smell bad forever.
"Once saliva kicks in, most people return to fresh breath," he said.


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Nova English School - The chances are, the first school you will teach English in Japan with, will be one of the larger schools like Nova, Geos, Aeon,Gaba or ECC. These schools hire the most teachers by far.
A friend of mine who was studying for his MA in TEFL enjoyed teaching for Nova and didn`t understand why others didn`t. This was the former Nova school that went bankrupt then was taken over by Nagoya based G. Communication.
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Another friend from America also enjoyed his two years at this school.
Some of course have not enjoyed teaching for this company.
Read more about this large school on this page and check them out at their website to try to discern whether they would be a good fit for you.
I like having the same students each class as I get to know them well and vice versa. That would be my only concern if I were to teach for G. education Nova. As students make appointments for classes, you don`t have the same students all the time necessarily.
That said, the small classes will allow you to get to know them much more quickly than some of the larger classes at other English schools or universities.
The new G. Communication owned school has kept the same basic system, where students book English lessons at times that are convenient for them.
At Nova they teach English and Chinese.
Nova used to be the largest English school in Japan, with schools numbering in the 100s. It is a shadow of its former self.
G.Communication (Nova) operates some restaurant chains some jukus (or cram schools) and of course the new Nova English Schools "G education Nova."
"Instructors teach small group classes.
Lessons are taught in the target language only – no translation is used.
There are many opportunities to practice and apply the language being studied.
Students have an individual file and lessons are planned to cater to personal learning needs.
Study systems are flexible and convenient to use; lessons are affordable, and students have the option of combining different courses, languages and study locations."
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Make the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch pie plate. Pulse the graham crackers and peanuts in a food processor until finely ground. Add the melted butter and pulse to combine. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom and up the side of the prepared pie plate. Bake until set, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.
Meanwhile, put the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave at 50 percent power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until melted and smooth. Spread evenly in the prepared crust with a small offset spatula or the back of a spoon; set aside until the chocolate sets, about 10 minutes.
Make the filling: Beat the heavy cream in a bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until soft peaks form; refrigerate until ready to use. In another bowl, beat the peanut butter, cream cheese, milk and vanilla on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the confectioners' sugar and mix on low speed until incorporated.
Gently fold half of the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture until combined, then fold in the rest. Spoon into the prepared crust and smooth the top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours or overnight. Top with shaved chocolate before serving.
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text: Neighbourly DifferencesAs US President Donald Trump moves to deregulate the US energy industries, will Canada's environmental concerns in oil and gas hurt or help our competitiveness?Oct 27, 2017by Anthony Davis 2017 Lexpert Special Edition - Energy Tweet SELDOM, SAYS VIVEK WARRIER, has there been a more interesting — or challenging — time to be a corporate lawyer working in Canada's oil and gas sector. Put aside, for a moment, that oil prices shrivelled from a 2014 high of US$112 to, at the time of this writing, US$49.50, putting a severe revenue crimp on the Canadian oil and gas sector. In North America's energy sector, the only thing more volatile and unpredictable than fossil fuel prices has been US President Donald Trump's protectionist rhetoric and his promises to strip away environmental and other regulatory regimes burdening the US energy sector. President Trump — whose rhetoric is different than that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's on climate change — has often tweeted his skepticism about global warming. He stated as much in 2012 when he tweeted, "Record setting cold and snow, ice caps massive! The only global warming we should fear is that caused by nuclear weapons - incompetent pols." As a result, the gap in the philosophical and regulatory factors shaping US and Canadian energy policies have been widening rapidly since the respective elections of President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau. President Trump's concerns over the weight of environmental regulations on US energy productivity and profitability is clear: between 2009 and 2015, according to Vox magazine, Trump texted about his climate change skepticism 115 times on Twitter. As president, he has done much more: he signed an executive order approving the Obama-delayed Keystone XL pipeline; placed a similarly-minded administrator in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency; and, going against the global grain, pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate in June. Meanwhile, Canada's government and many of its provinces, including Alberta, BC and Ontario, have brought more stringent environmental policies and regulations to bear on their oil and gas industries. "It is a fascinating time, for sure," says Warrier, a partner and head of oil and gas private mergers and acquisitions at Bennett Jones LLP in Calgary. "From the oil and gas perspective, there is obviously a lot going on in the policy and regulatory front, both north and south of the border." North of the border, to name a few developments, are Canada's climate-change plan, which will put a minimum price on carbon emissions in 2018, and Alberta's $20-per-tonne carbon tax and oil sands green-house gas (GHG) emissions cap. Then, aside from other provinces' regulatory measures, there have been the Supreme Court of Canada's rulings in July reaffirming and clarifying the duty of companies to consult with Aboriginal groups when it comes to resource development. In Clyde River v. Petroleum Geo-Services, 2017 SCC 40, the court writes, "Where the regulatory process being relied upon does not achieve adequate consultation or accommodation, the Crown must take further measures to meet its duty." Shifting provincial political landscapes have also brought environmental policies to the fore. On August 10, BC's new NDP government, propped up in minority power by the Green Party, announced it was seeking intervenor status and hiring outside counsel in a legal challenge — along with nearly two dozen conservation groups and First Nations communities — to overturn the federal government's approval of Kinder Morgan's $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline project. Many energy-sector participants see these developments as damaging to Canada's competitiveness in the global energy marketplace. Perrin Beatty, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Canada, put it in a letter to Canadian premiers this past July, asking Prime Minister Trudeau to find ways to help business offset the cost of intensified regulatory burdens. Not doing so, warned Beatty, would seriously undermine Canada's competitiveness. He added that the "concern becomes even more substantial when we see the determination of the US administration to dramatically cut both regulation and business taxes in that country." That widening gap between Canadian and US energy policy, at least on the face of it, seems to have triggered a significant outflow of capital and investment from the Canadian energy patch to the US and other jurisdictions. "You see this particularly in the consolidation in the oil sands business," observes William Jenkins, a co-lead of Dentons Canada LLP's mergers and acquisitions team. "Ownership has been winnowed down significantly. The oil sands has become much more of a domestic industry." In the past year alone, several major US and other multinational companies have sold off their Canadian oil and gas assets. Cenovus bought Houston-based ConocoPhillips's assets in Western Canada, including interests in an oil sands venture in Northern Alberta, for $17.7 billion. Canadian Natural Resources signed deals worth $12.7 billion to buy oil sands assets of Royal Dutch Shell as well as other assets from Marathon Oil. Apache completed its staged exit from Canada with the sale of its Alberta and BC assets to Calgary-based Paramount Resources for $459.5 million. A report this past summer by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) estimates that, together, provincial and federal government policies and rules were costing our oil and gas industry between $450 million and $760 million annually. And there are more coming. CAPP forecasts that capital spending in Canada in 2017 will have dropped by $44 billion from $81 billion in 2014. Meanwhile, spending in the US will have risen by 38 per cent to $120 billion. The question is, are federal and provincial policies pushing companies and investments out of the Canadian energy patch, or are President Trump's policies reeling them in? In Warrier's view, it may be neither. "It is a mischaracterization to suggest that capital is fleeing Canada," he suggests. "At the end of the day there are a lot of people trying to score political points by suggesting that the reason this capital is departing because, from a political perspective, things like carbon taxes and more rigorous environmental approval standards have been introduced. I don't think that's it at all. These are global companies who have the ability to deploy their capital where it makes the most sense at any given time. And the incremental production costs in Canada are higher," he stresses, "independent of the regulatory regime, simply because of our very difficult topographical, geological situation." In the United States, says Warrier, with production costs under pressure from low commodity prices, it's easier, for instance, to produce oil and gas from the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico than it is from the more remote reserves in Canada. In the US, he says, you get "much more bang for your buck at this time." So has anything changed with US energy politics under President Trump's administration? "Initially at least," says Jenkins, who has been an advisor to Enbridge Inc., the election of Donald Trump "was a bit of a psychic boost." For decades, he explains, the North American energy industry has faced stiff opposition from different segments of society as it developed infrastructure. But when President Trump quickly signed an executive order approving Keystone XL after his November election, and appointed former Exxon Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, "it felt like it would be more socially acceptable to support the oil and gas business now." In the months after Trump was inaugurated on January 20th, says Jenkins, foreign companies operating in Canada did seem inclined to head for the US. "I think while that was the case when he first came into power, but now there is a mixed message. Business is certainty and clarity. And so far that hasn't been the cases in the US. Trump's policies haven't resulted in legislation yet." His conclusion for what's behind the exodus of companies such as Apache and ConocoPhillips? Where once there was significant international interest in investing in and developing Canada's fossil fuel reserves from about 2002 to 2010, says Jenkins, "that has cooled quite dramatically. There's a whole range of reasons for that. The most important, obviously, is the international price of oil." Compound that with "eye-catching" levels of capital expenditures that must be locked in on a long-term basis, where you need certainty about social and government consensus, and, Jenkins adds, "I do think the whole regulatory regime has contributed significantly to the loss in appetite for oil sands projects by non-Canadian companies." But could the Canadian oil and gas industry eventually recover despite, or perhaps because of, our more rigorous environmental regulations matrix governing energy production? While Miles Pittman, a partner in Borden Ladner Gervais LLP's energy law practice group in Calgary, says there is evidence the Trump administration is more business-friendly to oil and gas, Canada just "needs to get out of its own way a bit" to compete. Canada needs "a process where timelines are more identifiable and the results are predictable. In the circumstances where there is uncertainty about such things, it is difficult for investors to look at this environment and say, yes, I will make an investment." To that end, the Supreme Court of Canada's latest landmark rulings on the Crown's duty to consult Indigenous communities on energy resource projects — the aforementioned Clyde River along with Chippewas of the Thames First Nation v. Enbridge Pipelines, 2017 SCC 41 — have been helpful, says Pittman. On July 26, the SCC blocked seismic testing for off-shore oil and gas in Baffin Bay near Clyde River, Nunavut, ruling that the local Inuit community had not been properly consulted when the National Energy Board approved the testing by a Norwegian consortium. At the same time, however, the court outlined why it found that Enbridge had properly consulted with the Chippewa of the Thames reserve near London, Ontario, when it applied to reverse the flow of crude in its Line 9 pipeline. "My view," says Pittman "is that the Supreme Court of Canada decisions are very helpful to project developers." He says if the Crown's duty to consult is performed in a "robust way before approval" then the chances of project success are increased as a result of the court's decisions. "I think that's welcome certainty. The cases provide a road map on how to satisfy the duty." Another factor that might eventually favour Canadian oil and gas production and competitiveness over the United States, suggests Lisa DeMarco, could be the vacuum created by President Trump's lack policy around climate change. When he announced on June 1 that the US would pull out of the Paris climate agreement, there was an international backlash — some of that even coming from American oil companies (159 countries of the 197 that signed the accord in 2016 have so far ratified it). "In the longer term, in many ways," says DeMarco, a senior partner and co-founder of DeMarco Allen LLP, a boutique Toronto firm that specializes in climate change and responsible resource law, President Trump's "backward move was a gift to not just Canadian producers, but American producers who are progressive." Canada's carbon caps and carbon pricing, along with other regulatory approaches, DeMarco says, is forcing oil and gas companies operating here to be not only greener, but more efficient, producing "more output bang for less input bucks." She can see a point where "greener" Canadian oil and gas products could have an advantage in the global marketplace compared to fossil fuel pumped out in a deregulated United States. "I honestly think you should see a market distinction between efficiency and productivity in Canada that will result from what's going on, in contrast, to the US, which is an anti-innovation play not likely to be conducive to an increase in productivity." Moreover, says DeMarco, if the US chooses not to impose carbon pricing on oil and gas production, jurisdictions that do may apply taxes on US energy imports. Over at Bennett Jones, Warrier sees something positive going on as well as Canadian energy companies contend with the widening policy gulch between Canada and the US. Our harsher operating environment, combined with low commodity prices and our intensifying regulations, is spurring even greater technical innovations among Canadian producers. As that progresses, the ability of Canadian companies to exploit plays such as the Duvernay and Montney formations will attract more attention from investors. "In each case where these international companies have left, you have seen Canadian capital step up to jump, quite frankly, at the opportunity to take over these assets," says Warrier. "It's fantastic to me and exciting, the fact the CNRLs, Cenovuses and Athabascas of our world have stepped up and obtained the capital and want to develop these assets, because they're the ones that know these assets the best. They are more nimble than most of these international companies and able to more quickly deploy technologies to reduce costs and make the Canadian barrel much more internationally attractive." Quoting Peter Tertzakian, a well-known author and Chief Energy Economist at the private-equity firm ARC Financial Corp., Warrier says the last incremental barrel of oil ever produced in the world should be a Canadian one. "Why? Because we have the most rigorous environmental standards on earth. We are doing as much as we can to reduce emissions and to put a price on emissions. And so, when you look around the marketplace of oil barrels around the world, why wouldn't you continue to produce the ones that are subject to those strong regulations and producing the most environmental and sustainable way possible, as opposed to barrels with lesser regulation."Lawyer(s):Vivek T.A. Warrier,Miles F. Pittman,William K. Jenkins,Lisa (Elisabeth) DeMarcoFirm(s):Bennett Jones LLP,Borden Ladner Gervais LLP,Dentons Canada LLP,DeMarco Allan LLPPractice Area(s):Energy (Oil & Gas)


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Scarlett Johansson, burlesque star Dita Von Teese, and Dnce have recorded new versions of 1980s classic pop songs for a new charity album.
The Time is Now compilation, which will benefit AIDS organisation amfAR, also features reworked classics by Phantogram, Aloe Blacc, and Theophilus London.
The 14-track covers album will be released on 7 October (16).
Highlights include DNCE's take on Tina Turner's What's Love Got to Do With It, Von Teese and Sebastien Tellier's version of Culture Club's Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, and a cover of New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle by Johansson's girl group Sugar for Sugar, which also features Julia Haltigan, Holly Miranda, and Kendra Morris.
The album's lead track is Michael Jackson's Billie Jean rerecorded by singer Aloe Blacc.


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Gas-phase recombination, grain neutralization and cosmic-ray ionization in diffuse gas
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475, USA
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Accepted: 12 November 2002
Atomic ions are mostly neutralized by small grains (or PAH molecules) in current theories of heating and cooling in cool diffuse clouds; in the main they do not recombine with free electrons. This alters the ionization balance by depressing n(H+) and n(He+) while carbon generally remains nearly fully once-ionized: charge exchange with atomic oxygen and formation of H2 and OH also depress n(H+) in partly molecular gas. Seemingly restrictive empirical limits on are relaxed and higher values for are favored in a wide range of circumstances, when grain neutralization is recognized. Maintenance of the proton density at levels needed to reproduce observations of HD requires s-1, but such models naturally explain the presence of both HD and H3p in relatively tenuous H I clouds. In dense gas, a higher ionization rate can account for high observed fractions of atomic hydrogen, and recognition of the effects of grain neutralization can resolve a major paradox in the formation of sulfur-bearing compounds.
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Cake Baking and the Creative Process is a fun and quick resource for the performing arts middle school or high school teacher. It also could be a resource that substitute teachers might use. Cake Baking and the Creative Process not only delves into a discussion of an analogy comparing the process of baking a cake from scratch to the creative process in arts education, but also includes classroom exercises for dance, theatre, and vocal music students. These exercises have been labeled by the author as "Recipes of Imagination" and can be used as stand-alone, quick classroom tasks, or be blended together to create entire units of study. Each exercise encourages the performing arts student to think outside of the box, or dance on the other side of the barre. Teachers can also enjoy creating their own exercises using the recipes outlined in this fun cookbook of imagination.


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Transit Center District Plan Draft EIR Comments Due Date Extended
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Send your comments to email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com or mail them (postal mail) to Bill Wycko, Environmental Review Officer, San Francisco Planning Department, 1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103.
Possible concerns within the realm of the EIR include: shadowing from 1,000+ foot Transit Tower, wind tunnel effects from additional towers, traffic congestion, air pollution (see traffic congestion), and the "on-the-ground" experience for pedestrians and so on.
I attended the November 3rd EIR hearing, and it was heard with barely a sneeze from the public. I spoke about my concerns for additional traffic congestion without any sort of efforts to mitigate the congestion and the air pollution that comes along with traffic congestion. I recommended that congestion pricing is very much needed for the weekday, evening outbound-only traffic to help mitigate the negative effects of everyone trying to leave downtown at the same time. Another good government and land use advocate voiced her concerns about shadowing on Portsmouth Square and other parks from the Transit Tower's 1,000+ foot height.


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Make batter: In a blender blend batter ingredients until smooth and transfer to a bowl. Let batter stand, covered, 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Put 2 mini-muffin pans (each containing twelve 1 3/4 by 1-inch cups) on 1 baking sheet and spoon 1 teaspoon oil into each cup. Put the baking sheet in middle of oven 3 minutes to heat oil in cups. Working quickly, pour 2 teaspoons batter into hot oil in each cup and bake in middle of oven 18 minutes, or until pudding shells are golden and puffed. Remove shells from cups with tongs and cool on racks. Repeat procedure with remaining batter. Shells may be made 3 days ahead and chilled, covered, or 1 month ahead and frozen in airtight containers. Bring shells to room temperature and recrisp in a 300 degree oven 10 minutes.
In a small bowl stir together sour cream, horseradish, and parsley and transfer to a small pastry bag fitted with 1/8-inch plain tip.
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Whether it is in a hospital, nursing home or various other medical facility, a Certified Nursing Assistant or CNA can be located. They are very helpful for doctors. Generally, one can be a CNA when he/she had finished the required training and passed the certification exam. Prospective nursing assistants need to know the fact that most states, especially in Pennsylvania, mandate that CNA training sessions must be taken in order get their permit.
It is vital to know first what kind of class you would like to attend to when you aspire to be a CNA and are searching for CNA courses. Particular places where CNA classes are conducted
Generally, CNA training classes are completed in community colleges or perhaps in medical training centers. Actually, State College hosts a lot of education centers that focus on CNA training classes. The training centers' function is to give learners with the mandated training hours and coursework that the state requires them to go through prior to get their licensed. They also have to pass a licensure examination before they become a certified nursing assistant.
Aside from medical training centers, it is also possible to go through CNA classes online. Take time to hunt for CNA training sites within a certain city that are accredited by various medical training centers. These classes, which are carried out online, seek to give correct training to potential candidates for the upcoming licensure examination. Like any other course, you'll be given with the materials you require to pass the licensure exam. In case you are looking forward getting knowledge about physical training and interaction since it is what's needed in most states like Pennsylvania, then this type of class can't offer you that.
If you choose to settle in an online class, make certain that you get to know what your city or state's specifications are for the actual training. This is for the key reason why a few cities, just like State College, may demand a fixed time frame of the actual OJT or on-the-job training, along with the written examination for licensure.
Nursing school is your perfect alternative if you're not persuaded with the two aforementioned choices. We all know for certain that nursing schools are usually for aspiring nurses who wish to be certified in their selected field. This is really not your typical CNA classes, since through these schools, you can even get CNA programs which they offer. The program they have can provide students with a broader knowledge and training to assist them pass the nursing assistant licensure examination. This is ideal for people who would like to be a nurse yet regrettably don't have sufficient time and money as well.
Duration of the classes
There are several months of CNA trainings to be overcome by each and every aspirant. If you want to be a certified nursing assistant, then you should finish the eight week program. Nevertheless, this may extend much like in State College.
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Try this as a thought experiment. Imagine a dog, a titanic dog the size of a continent. Then think of a tail, a tiny tail hanging off the posterior zone of the giant dog. Then think of the tiny tail wagging the dog, slowly at first, but then faster and faster, until the dog shakes itself to pieces.
The image is absurd, but descriptive of the barking mess around oil, pipelines and even wine in this country. Canada is the gigantic dog. The tiny tail is the three-person Green party caucus in British Columbia, which is wagging the B.C. government and by extension the rest of the Canadian canine.
The B.C. New Democrats and Premier John Horgan are in power under a deal they signed with the provincial Greens after last year's split-decision election. The Greens agreed to prop up the NDP in return for certain considerations.
All minority governments are susceptible to unhelpful influence from the even smaller minority parties supporting them, and that's the situation in B.C.
Horgan hasn't given the Greens everything they want — supporting controversial hydro and liquefied natural gas projects that the Greens oppose.
But Horgan is going with the Greens' demand that B.C. delay and even block expansion of the Trans-Mountain oil pipeline to the Pacific coast. And that's put B.C. at odds both with Alberta and the federal government, which supports the expansion.
There's more at stake in this than oil and jobs, although lots of both are in the balance. It could spiral into a constitutional crisis.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has already banned imports of B.C. wines into Alberta in retaliation. She says she'll do whatever is necessary to protect Alberta's struggling oil patch.
But suppose the Horgan government, with support from the tail-wagging Greens, is able to stymie the pipeline despite federal approval. He only needs to delay it long enough to discourage investors.
If that happens and the project gets abandoned, Alberta will be justly furious at this failure of Confederation to protect its economic interests. It would almost certainly bring down Notley's NDP government.
That result would put Conservative Jason Kenney in office and for a myriad of reasons including some that are crassly political, he might threaten all kinds of retaliatory craziness against B.C.
As oil prices and production lag even further and the Alberta economy stalls, perhaps into stagnation, demands for political action will increase. It could stir unrest right across the country.
On the other side of the border, B.C. will feel alienated against the rest of Canada and Ottawa in particular.
Agitators in both provinces will campaign to break away or at least weaken the federal bonds, probably using populist arguments. The rest of Canada might not be able to reach a consensus on how to act.
So it's possible to conceive of a persistent crisis preoccupying the federal government, much in the way Quebec's sovereignty movement monopolized Ottawa's attention for 40-plus years. But this time, the federal government would have fewer cards to play.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau supports the pipeline expansion, but short of sending in the army, hasn't got many obvious levers to pull. Perhaps the $1.5 billion in proposed federal funding for coastal protection in B.C. could be held as a hostage during negotiations.
But Ottawa will have to do more. It will need a muscular combination of threats and incentives because its constitutional authority might not be enough.
The federal position has already been weakened. The Harper Conservatives galvanized the anti-oil movement by stripping environmental funding while laughing off warnings about climate change.
One tangible result of that was defeat of the proposed Energy East pipeline. Quebec's subsequent cheering only antagonized Westerners.
All this leaves Trudeau and the Liberals in a tough spot and without many options. Before long, they might find themselves wrestling with an issue that goes beyond oil and into politics, the Constitution and even to national unity.


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The Republic of South Africa is a key Partner country of the IEA and a candidate for Association. The IEA and the Department of Energy (DoE) of South Africa have been building upon a long relationship of close collaboration based on common concerns, such as ensuring a secure energy supply, building a cleaner energy mix and improving energy data-sharing. To reinforce this process, the IEA and the Government of the Republic of South Africa signed a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2011 and in this framework agreed to regularly establish Work Plans identifying projects and orientations for co-operation. A first joint Programme of Work was signed on the occasion of the IEA Ministerial in October 2011, followed by a second one in October 2013 and a third one in November 2015 for the period 2016-2017.
The IEA and South Africa are undertaking a wide range of mutually beneficial co-operation projects and are working together in the field of data sharing and capacity building as well as energy efficiency, renewables deployment and grid integration, and energy technologies – South Africa is also a member of several IEA Technology Collaboration Programmes. This co-operation involves several stakeholders in South Africa, including the Department of Energy, the Department of Science and Technology, the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the national power company Eskom.
The IEA is also strengthening its regional engagement, given the growing regional energy interdependencies, and has been involving several countries of Southern Africa in energy training and capacity building activities as well as in data sharing.
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Testosterone booster tied to Pistorius
The substance found in Oscar Pistorius' bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend was identified by his representatives Wednesday as Testis compositum - which they said is an herbal remedy used for "muscle recovery." A product by that name also is sold as a sexual enhancer.
Testis compositum is marketed by online retailers in both oral and injectable forms as a testosterone booster and sexual performance aid that contains the testicles, heart and embryo of pigs, among other ingredients. Some retailers also say it can be used to treat fatigue.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said its science department had been made aware of the substance and that it wasn't banned.
NCAA questions $170,000 to 'Canes
The NCAA alleged that former Miami booster Nevin Shapiro was responsible for providing about $170,000 in impermissible benefits to Hurricanes athletes, recruits, coaches and others between 2002 and 2010.
Shapiro allegedly spent more than half that amount in an effort to get NFL players Vince Wilfork and Antrel Rolle to sign with a sports agency he was involved with.
Jurisprudence: A company representing Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel has filed a lawsuit to stop the sale of T-shirts using his "Johnny Football" nickname.
The federal lawsuit seeks damages for alleged trademark infringement and reimbursement for court fees and other compensation from Eric Vaughan of Fairview, Texas, who owns a website selling T-shirts that read "Keep Calm and Johnny Football."
-- Former WNBA player Chamique Holdsclaw is being indicted in Atlanta for a November 2012 shooting during an argument with former Tulsa Shock player Jennifer Lacy, who told police she was Holdsclaw's ex-girlfriend.
NFL: The Giants agreed to a five-year deal with left tackle Will Beatty, who could have become a free agent. ... Bills defensive end Chris Kelsay plans to retire after 10 seasons.
Colleges: Alabama players D.J. Pettway, Tyler Hayes, Eddie Williams and Brent Calloway - all freshmen - were dismissed from school following their arrests in campus robberies.
-- Penn State athletic administrator and assistant coach Fran Ganter is retiring after nearly five decades. Ganter was an assistant for 33 years.
Soccer: Chelsea advanced to an FA Cup quarterfinal against Manchester United, beating second-tier Middlesbrough 2-0 in the fifth round on goals by Ramires in the 51st minute and Victor Moses in the 73rd.
Tennis: Roger Federer and top-seeded Novak Djokovic are on course to face each in the Dubai Championships final after each moved into the quarterfinals with straight set victories. Juan Martin del Potro and Tomas Berdych also won.
-- Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki lost to Wang Qiang 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 in the first round of the Malaysian Open.
Hockey: The San Francisco Bulls (21-29-1-6) scored four tying goals in regulation, and defeated the host Colorado Eagles (27-24-2-3) 5-4 in a shootout. Peter Sivak tied the game late, and Christian Ouellet scored a short-handed goal for the Bulls. Dean Ouellet scored the only goal in the shootout.


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Each year CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) holds an event where the industry gathers to show off their wares. Kinda like a mini-CES, but also like a best of CES, we've been to a few of these and actually enjoy the show more than CES. It takes the parts of CES that we are interested in and compresses it down to a more manageable show. We didn't go this year but that won't stop us from talking about some of the products we think are interesting. This year the show was from October 14-17 in Dallas, TX.
Sony Electronics Announces 4K Home Theater Projectors at CEDIA 2015
Sony Electronics is expanding its home theater line-up by announcing new projectors at CEDIA 2015. The new projectors include the VPL-VW665ES and VPL-VW365ES, which deliver native 4K resolution and a new long-lasting lamp gives both up to 6,000 hours of performance, with high brightness and high contrast for even more vibrant images.
The VPL-VW665ES is compatible with HDMI input of HDR (High Dynamic Range) content with a 300,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Sony is developing HDR support across its portfolio and the VPL-VW665ES gives home cinema enthusiasts the opportunity to experience total immersion in whatever they are watching. The new VPL-VW665ES and VPL-VW365ES use advanced SXRD™ panels for a native 4K picture, with no artificial manipulation of pixels.
Both new models allow users to enjoy up-to-date 4K content services through the latest connectivity options using the latest HDMI standard and HDCP 2.2. The new projectors will be available in October 2015 at a suggested retail price of $3,999 for the VPL-HW65ES, $9,999 for the VPL-VW365ES and $14,999 for the VPL-VW665ES.
SunBriteTV Unveils 84-, 55-Inch Outdoor 4K TVs
SunBriteTV has announced its entry into 4K UHD with two new outdoor televisions, including an 84-inch Pro Series model (SB-8418UHD), its largest screen size to date, and a 55-inch Signature Series unit (SB-5574UHD). Designed for permanent outdoor installation, both the SB-8418UHD and the SB-5574UHD feature weatherproofing technology that protects internal components from rain, snow, dust, salt corrosion, insects, and humidity. Specialized high-brightness anti-glare screens differ from those of indoor televisions for a 3840 x 2160p 4K UHD viewing experience. Both units come with a 20W detachable weatherproof speaker bar.
Shipping dates and pricing for both units will be released later this year. The SB-8418UHD, part of SunBriteTV's Pro Series, also features a glass shield to provide extra protection for the LED panel. The unit has an (800 NIT) LED screen and Direct Sunlight-Readable capability with a built-in heating and cooling systems that keep it operating in temperatures from -40° to 122°F. The SB-5574UHD has a 3.5-inch depth and is fully functional in temperatures from -24° to 122°F.
Epson Unveils New Line of Premium Ultra-Bright Pro Cinema Projectors
Epson unveiled an expanded line of Full HD 1080p Ultra-Bright Pro Cinema Projectors, the Epson® Pro Cinema G6970WU, Pro Cinema G6570WU, Pro Cinema 4855WU, and wireless Pro Cinema 1985. Featuring up to 6,000 lumens of color brightness and 6,000 lumens of white brightness. Epson's latest projectors provide custom installers, sports and AV enthusiasts versatile solutions specifically designed to provide exceptional image quality and wireless connectivity in large, open ambient light environments that compete directly with traditional flat panels.
The Pro Cinema 1985 wireless projector shines bright and supports the latest in connectivity – transforming the projector into a versatile home entertainment hub. Users can stream media from a smartphone, tablet, or laptop using wireless projection with Miracast® and Intel® WiDi. For brilliant entertainment right out of the box, the projector features built-in sound and two HDMI® ports to connect cable and satellite boxes, gaming consoles and more. In addition, the Pro Cinema 1985 supports MHL-enabled devices, including Chromecast, Roku®4 and Amazon® Fire TV Stick.
Pro Cinema G6970WU: $6,999 MSRP, 6,000 lumens
The Pro Cinema G6970WU, G6570WU and 1985 will be available in November through CEDIA and specialty dealers. The Pro Cinema 4855WU is shipping now.
Control4 Delivers Enhanced Smart Home Security and Entertainment Experiences
Control4 released OS 2.8, the latest version of its smart home operating system. With OS 2.8, Control4 rolls out a reimagined smart home security experience that easily integrates with today's leading security systems, smart locks and cameras; offers native streaming of music services from Pandora, Deezer, and TIDAL; and updates other capabilities to make it easy for Control4 homeowners to search, browse, listen and watch their favorite media. Additionally, OS 2.8 delivers a number of enhanced dealer tools, most notably the ability to back up Control4 projects to the cloud and all-new "experience" drivers that simplify the creation of personalized smart home experiences.
Specifically, Control4 OS 2.8 brings several key new home security enhancements, including:
Control4 has also announced new "experience" drivers that help simplify programming for highly-personal experiences inside of a Control4 Smart Home.
IC720 full 360 x 360 DIY home security camera
The security manufacturer IC Realtime has been innovating in the camera category for a long time. At the 2015 CEDIA Expo, dealers can see the company's new IC720 camera. Utilizing IC Realtime's 360-degree by 360-degree virtual reality technologies, users can see 360-degrees horizontally and 360-degrees vertically in HD in real time. The IC720 is a pro-level product with a 24-megapixel dual-sensor 4K virtual PTZ product that works with IC Realtime's app. The ALLie is a $599 product for DIY'ers. ALLie incorporates Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and 8GBs of memory.
LP Smart Products Collaborates With Elite Home Theater Seating To Design Smart Seating Of The Future
Leggett & Platt Smart Products announced a collaboration with Elite Home Theater Seating Inc. at CEDIA EXPO to create technology-enabled, high-end theater chairs that can detect human occupancy. The seating combines LP Smart Products' LPSense® and LPConnect® technology in its launch of LPConnect Package with Elite's luxury handmade theater seating. The LPConnect Package can be implemented into any piece of home furniture and includes several customizable features including auto stop safety control, easy integration with existing automation systems, memory presets, and control over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth low energy, and Zigbee.
When implemented into Elite's theater chairs, individual preferences can be stored into memory presets using LPSense and LPConnect. Its LPSense technology uses capacitive sensing to detect human presence and trigger actions based on activity, such as playing or pausing a movie when the user gets in or out of the theater chair. The chair and other connected furniture can also be programmed to adjust room settings with its LPConnect technology.
Fibaro gesture control and first Wi-Fi-enabled doorbell/intercom/security camera
To enable gesture control of devices connected to Fibaro's Home Center 2 Z-Wave hub, the company developed a battery-operated panel that can be placed behind picture frames, behind walls or under countertops to sense the capacitance of a moving hand. The panel recognizes six gestures: up, down, left, right, circle left, and circle right. It also recognizes combinations of gestures. Consumers would program in the devices or scenes that a gesture would control. The panel, called the Swipe, will be available the end of November at a targeted $149.
The company's first intercom/doorbell with integrated camera features Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Power over Ethernet. The device, called the Fibaro Intercom, gets power from an existing doorbell system. It uses motion and sound sensing to launch 4K video recording, sends doorbell video over Wi-Fi for in-house or remote viewing on a mobile device, and incorporates Bluetooth. With Bluetooth, the Intercom senses when an authorized user's phone is within a set range, then automatically sends a 12-volt signal to unlock a connected electronic lock. Also to unlock a connected electronic lock, users rotate the device's bezel to enter a numeric security code. It will be available in December at around $500.
Kaleidescape Unveils Strato 4K HDR Movie Player, New Alto Players, Terra Server
The award-winning Kaleidescape Strato is the world's first and only 4K Ultra HD high-dynamic-range movie player. Strato plays movies in true 4K Ultra HD at up to 60 frames per second, without startup delays, buffering messages, or quality drops that are so common with streaming services. Strato supports lossless multichannel audio including Dolby Atmos, and bit-stream pass-through of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. The Strato onscreen user interface is also displayed in 4K Ultra HD, at 60 frames per second, resulting in fluid animation and a stunning visual impact.
Strato can be purchased with or without an internal 6 TB hard drive that can store up to 100 4K Ultra HD movies, 150 Blu-ray quality movies, or 900 DVD quality movies. Strato equipped with internal movie storage can be used standalone or in a system with other Encore components. Strato without internal storage plays movies from any movie server or disc server in its Encore system.
Kaleidescape Terra stores movies on hard drives and serves them to movie players in the home network. Terra also provides computing and caching services that enhance the performance of Strato and Alto players. A single Terra can simultaneously serve up to seven 4K movies, or up to 15 Blu-ray quality movies.
Over in the whole-house audio category, wireless category leader Sonos is not resting on its past accomplishments. A few weeks ago the company introduced its new Play:5 active loudspeaker that incorporates new drivers, amplification, crossover networks and a new industrial design. Headlining its software tweaks, the company has added its TruePlay auto room equalization technology.
Demonstrating the technology, Sonos asks dealers to watch a quick video that shows how simple the EQ is. Taking approximately 55 seconds, TruePlay uses the microphone in users' iOS devices to measure room interactions. Once completed, TruePlay cleans up common sound issues such as muddy bass and smeared top end. Summing up the technology, Sonos states it underscores its pursuit of "pure musical truth." The tenets of its musical truth include full-frequency clarity, stereo imaging and well defined bass performance.
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About The HT GuysThe HT Guys, Ara Derderian and Braden Russell, are Engineers who formerly worked for the Advanced Digital Systems Group (ADSG) of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ADSG was the R&D unit of the sound department producing products for movie theaters and movie studios.
Two of the products they worked on include the DCP-1000 and DADR-5000. The DCP is a digital cinema processor used in movie theaters around the world. The DADR-5000 is a disk-based audio dubber used on Hollywood sound stages.
ADSG was awarded a Technical Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2000 for the development of the DADR-5000. Ara holds three patents for his development work in Digital Cinema and Digital Audio Recording.
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April 19th, 2008 was Records Store Day and the people outside Williamsburg's Sound Fix Records (the first of whom had been waiting since 7AM), were in for a special treat – New York's own Regina Spektor.
With her keyboard and more laughter and smiles than a class of third graders on the last day of school, Regina played a short set to an absolutely packed house. Afterwards, she signed autographs, chatted and took photos with fans.
Regina is absolutely charming in person. I can't stress this enough. It's been ages since I've seen an artist who seems to love her fans as much as they love her. She laughed with, smiled at, hugged, and chatted with the hundreds of people that day. Even though her face must have hurt from smiling, she returned every expression of love for her and her music with genuine excitement and gracious appreciation. I hope she never changes.
The lighting for the performance was a mixture of warm incandescents and daylight. I used flash for select shots of the crowd before the show and for the autograph session afterwards.
For the front of stage work, the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8was perfect. Though I could have used a wider perspective at times, the tele end of the lens was idea for headshots. The autograph session was shot with a mixture of the 24-70mm and the Canon 70-200 f/2.8.
I shot the entire performance in the range of ISO3200 at 1/160 and f/4.
End Notes
I need to say a special thanks to Regina, the staff at Sound Fix and all of Regina's people (especially Dom from Warner Music). Everyone went out of their way to make documenting this event a great experience.


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As he worked in various manual trades before entering the Congregation of Holy Cross, he quickly understood that St. Joseph would be a role model, a guardian and a friend throughout his entire life. Moreover, he spoke about St. Joseph everywhere he went. Read more … A short biography of Br. André Alfred Bessette was born Aug. 9, 1845, into a family of 13 children in Saint-Grégoire d'Iberville, located on the south shore of Montreal. Poor and unschooled, like many other children of his era, he was orphaned at the age of 12. Read more … Three sons, thanks to Br. André's intercession Deacon Brian Cordeiro and his wife, Effie, attribute the birth of their three sons to the intercession ofBrother André. The entire family will head to Rome for the canonization of Br. André in thanksgiving. Effie is to receive the Eucharist from Pope Benedict XVI during the mass of canonization. Read more … Popular devotion for Br. André keeps growing When Brother André died in 1937, several thousands of people came to pay their respects. It was a clear sign of his great popularity. His popularity has never lessened since. In fact, it has been quite the opposite. Read more … Called to holiness, even today Brother André considered God to be a close friend, who is also close to the ill and the needy. God is full of compassion and love, and he wants everyone's happiness. This is why Brother André developed great trust in St. Joseph, whom he petitioned to intercede for the healing of the sick. Read more … The making of St. Brother André Since his death in 1937, Brother André's reputation for holiness spread throughout Quebec and around the world. Only four years after his death, his friends and fellow religious of the Congregation of Holy Cross began the process for the official recognition of holiness by the Roman Catholic Church. Read more … The miracle that led to Br. 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Read more … A spirituality of heart, prayer and listening Everyone who has met Brother André has said his face communicated peace, compassion and hope. Which spirituality then nourished the simple doorkeeper of Notre-Dame College? Read more … Witnesses tell of healings at the oratory Thousands people will converge on Rome for the canonization of Brother André Oct. 17. Among them are several people who have either been healed or have had family members who have experienced healings through the intercession of the new saint. Below are four such testimonies, compiled by Rolande Parrot. Read more … Words of wisdom spoken by Br. André Brother André would only meet people for a few minutes at a time. Not all were healed, but all left consoled by his words. Here are some of the words of wisdom he shared with others, as recalled by his friends and fellow religious. They are translated into English and taken from the book Frère André disait souvent... 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E-signatures: Let Your Clients Electronically Sign Form 8879 – And More
Most people's day-to-day activities are increasingly centered on convenience. From banking on smartphones, to trading equities online, to buying clothing, most of us can check off our to-do list with one click. When it comes to interactions with accountants, however, many clients may cringe at the thought of big packets of paper, snail mail and faxes. And not only are these methods of communicating unappealing for clients, the inefficient processes associated with them are a time drain for accountants. We should be cognizant that any business or professional service that is serving customers or clients using methods that conform to a world that no longer exists is on a death march. And paper is not consistent with today's world.
A perfect example of this mutual inefficiency and past world is evident for practitioners who are still struggling to obtain manual signatures from clients on Form 8879, engagement letters or consent forms. Not only is tracking down a signed document a time-consuming process, but so is converting it from a fax, PDF or signed piece of paper into a format that works within the firm's document management system and then alerting the appropriate staff member so that the next steps can be taken.
For firms pushing ahead with e-signatures, however, this process is smoother, more efficient and very secure, both for the firm and for the client. And it is consistent with the world of today. A client whose signature is required simply receives an email with a link to view the relevant forms and access the identity verification process. After a few quick clicks on their desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone, the client's identity is securely verified and their e-signature is applied to all necessary locations in the document.
From the firm's perspective, e-signatures save time and simplify internal processes as well. E-signed documents – if integrated properly with the firm's other technology – are automatically filed in the firm's electronic document management system and into an overall practice management system, relevant staff are alerted so that the returns can be processed and/or next steps can be taken, significantly increasing efficiency in workflow.
While obtaining e-signatures on Form 8879 has gained in popularity in the last year, due in part to steps the IRS has taken to allow e-signatures and clarify requirements, there are also many other uses for e-signatures that can save your firm time and expense. Using e-signatures for engagement letters and consent forms can save costs by eliminating the need to mail hard copies to clients—and these documents can be signed electronically in a matter of minutes.
When it comes to exploring the full spectrum of ways e-signatures can benefit your practice, start with your current tax technology provider. The most valuable e-signature functionality is one that is integrated into your current tax preparation software. It's also important to utilize a solution that is specific to the tax and accounting profession, as e-signatures on Form 8879 must meet stringent IRS requirements verifying the taxpayer's identity, known as Dynamic Knowledge-Based Authentication (KBA). There are many mass market e-signature offerings out there that do not adequately meet the needs of tax professionals nor meet IRS requirements, so it's important to be aware. And again, integration is also critically important.
It's also imperative that you check your state's rules to verify whether your state accepts federal e-signatures or their own version. Typically, e-signature fees are only assessed upon successful completion of e-signatures for all parties and there is no extra charge for states with their own e-signature form, if processed with Form 8879. Normally, the spouse's e-signature form is also included in the 8879 transmission fee.
By taking full advantage of e-signatures, your firm and clients will no doubt benefit from increased convenience, security and efficiency. And in today's tax and accounting world, any change that results in reduced time and simplified processes is invaluable.


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Several programs are dedicated to Family Fun at ESMoA, with the art laboratory inviting every generation to participate in free activities led by its experienced art educators. Programming puts creativity and enjoyment on equal levels to engage growing and mature minds alike.
Doors open from 10am – 5pm. Studio workshop is from 11am-4pm.
Meet up with friends or bring your family for a day of fun! Our free monthly art workshop includes family-friendly tours, hands-on projects, a Scavenger Hunt, and more. Art making materials are available for all ages and skill levels.
Select Saturdays in Fall and Spring, 10 am to 11am.
PLAY is a popular early childhood program designed for 3 – 4 year olds and their favorite adult companion! Offered on select Saturdays from 10 AM – 11 AM, PLAY introduces the youngest visitor to art through age-appropriate short stories, gallery play activities, and hands-on art making activities. These workshops last one hour and are led by an ESMoA Educator. Class size is limited to 10 children. Siblings of all ages are welcome! PLAY provides young visitors the space to talk about and engage in conversations about art, art lab etiquette, and important social emotional skills that contribute to positive learning experiences beyond ESMoA.
On select Saturdays from 11am-12pm.
READ invites visitors ages 5 – 7 and their favorite adult companion are invited to explore Experiences at ESMoA through age-appropriate stories. Participants also share in gallery discussions and drawing activities. These workshops last one hour and are led by an ESMoA Educator. Class size is limited to 10 children. Siblings of all ages are welcome!
TINKERTOPIA – ESMoA Kids Engineering Arts Club
On select Fridays from 3.30pm to 5pm.
TINKERTOPIA is for kids age 8+ and their favorite adult companion. Each week we'll start with short drawing exercises and then we'll explore different challenges. This is a time to have fun! We'll play, tinker, build, rebuild, engineer and tune up our own designs, inventions and stories. Siblings of all ages are welcome! We provide basic drawing and recycled tinkering materials.


text: The Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research is located in the west wing of War Memorial House. The Centre includes a small library containing journals in microformat and standard texts dealing with estuarine and coastal waters. The primary objective of the Centre is to focus research attention on the estuaries and nearshore coastal waters of Eastern Canada, with emphasis on the estuarine systems of the Bay of Fundy and the hydrographically-related Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank.


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If you have been searching for Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, the Hutton School of Business at University of the Cumberlands can help you achieve your career aspirations on a foundation of 120 years of teaching tomorrow's business leaders.
This program leverages your critical-thinking and business decision-making skills to prepare you for leadership in areas such as marketing, advertising, sales, accounting, public relations and more. University of the Cumberlands offers you the opportunity to earn your Executive MBA in Kentucky through a hybrid format combining online and on-site study. Course curriculum includes:
Our Executive MBA program includes a monthly on-campus class day for one 16-week course each semester in addition to an online 8-week course.
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When I first saw Slimtime in YouTube it's just 56, 000 views shy, but now, phew it's at a whopping 3 million views. I wouldn't be surprised. I love the concept. The idea that women these days all fantasize a slimmer body. The skinny models and celebrities of today still epitomize the trend that real women ought to look like stick figures. The part about the husband being there for his wife, I couldn't help but be reminded of my own. He's always the one to tell me that he doesn't care what I looked like, that I am his FHM model. He's always made me feel beautiful. I told him if he still loves me despite me loosing my old skinny figure, or that I feel ugly nowadays, he'd stop me and say, he doesn't love me despite all of it, he LOVES ME, period! I am the luckiest girl in the world! :)
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Ferns are popular shade garden plants that add texture and interest to areas where many plants won't thrive. While the dominant color of ferns is green, the Japanese painted fern adds a silvery touch with just a hint of burgundy. Now there is a new variety of painted fern that adds even more color to shady areas.
'Ursula's Red' (Athyrium nipponicum 'Ursula's Red') is a new variety of Japanese painted fern. In spring the fronds are white on top and red on the bottom. The white color fades to pale silver in summer as the red becomes more dominant. The maroon-red color is most pronounced on the veins and stems. 'Ursula's Red' contrasts well with variegated hostas and green ferns in a shade garden. This vigorous fern grows into a 2-foot-wide and tall clump in shady to partially shady areas. It thrives with consistent moisture on humus-rich soil. 'Ursula's Red' is hardy in USDA hardiness zones 4 to 9.
For more information about 'Ursula's Red' Japanese painted fern, go to: Wayside Gardens.


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Qinhan Precision Industrials will attend the MetalForm China 2016 Exhibition
Qinhan Precision Industrials will attend the 2016 MetalForm China from September 21 to 24 in Beijing. In the meanwhile we will also join in the sourcing fair which will be held at the same location.
MetalForm China is one of the most important event in the industry and it will gather over 200 global exhibitors like SMS group, Schuler, Fanuc, ABB, Siemens, FICEP Italy, Hydromec to display thousands of forging equipment and products. With over 20 years' forging & stamping experience, Qinhan will showcase its broad range of precision cold forging products which are mainly used in high-voltage switchgear, transportation industry, general machinery and aerospace & military etc. And we will primarily show our nonferrous forging parts like aluminum alloy forging parts, copper forging parts etc, we will definitely give our clients a clearly understanding of how to lower the material consumption with our forging process.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at our booth No. E2-U61 to have a deeply discussion of metal forging and forming process.


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There are things I do that some people consider a complete waste of time. Writing, for instance. But that's usually a charge from people who don't agree with my political or social views.
Then there are the things I consider a complete waste of time — two afternoons to be exact. Specifically, I watched Atlas Shrugged, both parts. It's hard to stay awake through both movies, plus I paused long enough to watch hour-long music videos, like the making of Frank Zappa's two stellar albums, Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation and the making of Steely Dan's Aja. Both are highly recommended and do not constitute a waste of time.
If you are the least bit educated, or at least took some mildly advanced literature classes in high school, there's a good chance you had to read either Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead. It's a literary rite of passage, almost as gruesome as cleaning your first deer carcass.
Some might call it punishment, but people say that about Milton, Chaucer and Shakespeare, so it's all a matter of taste.
Remember in college, how proud you were to be lugging around that soft cover copy of James Joyce's Ulysses? "That's right mofos, I'm reading Ulysses and I understand it!"
Well, most people didn't actually read Ulysses let alone understand it, other than what was cribbed from the Cliff's Notes version. For those who have never encountered the book, it is very foreboding. Its word count is roughly 265,000 words and, believe it or not, Joyce used roughly 32,000 different words, making it literally the wordiest book ever written.
So no, many people who claim to have read Ulysses didn't. They just glommed onto the Cliff's Notes and caught up with it that way. But we loved to have a copy visibly on our person as we walked to and fro across the campus.
Unless of course you opted for that English class in which the only literature you studied for a semester was one book and you happened to choose Ulysses. You could have also chosen Shakespeare's Henry V, which is a play not a novel, but still a wonderful read, or you could have chosen the poem Paradise Lost by Milton.
Or you could choose what some people did and do all three. Now that's some intellectual masochism.
But, getting back to Atlas Shrugged, no one ever walked around campus with a copy of Ayn Rand's most famous novel visibly tucked under the elbow for all to see. If you were in a literature class and it was on the reading list, well that was understandable. You have to read it for class, but you kept the book hidden in a backpack.
Ayn Rand's "screw poor people and the Middle Class" philosophy is so offensive, who would want to brag that they were reading Atlas Shrugged? It comes out of your backpack when you're looking around for a Snickers or a Trojan, and, "Yeah it's on my reading list this semester."
Lunch/sex partner: "Ugh! I actually just read the Cliff's Notes. I still have it if you want it."
Then we split the Snickers and had sex like deprived (or depraved) rabbits.
So it came as a complete shock to me there are people in this world that take Ayn Rand and her "Objectivist" philosophy seriously. In fact, Ayn Rand and her two books of note really didn't pique my interest or attention again after that semester — for decades.
It's embarrassing to admit it, but I never really dug into the deeper motivations of conservative-slash-Republican politicians or commentators until very recently, like last year when Paul Ryan was chosen to become Mitt Romney's running mate. Yes, it is embarrassing to admit it never occurred to me where these people get their ideas.
We hear politicians and so-called conservatives talking on the news programs about St. Ronnie being their ultimate role model. On occasion they will mention economists, from Edmund Burke to Milton Friedman; the free market thinkers who put all their faith in a free market, unfettered by government intrusion (regulations) or taxes.
Once Paul Ryan was chosen to be Romney's running mate and it was revealed he had much affection for Ayn Rand — and Atlas Shrugged was required reading in his office — all these Ayn Rand acolytes came pouring out of the woodwork spouting quotes from Atlas Shrugged and other Ayn Rand sources.
The author even spawned a real life "Flat Earth Society,' called, quaintly enough, The Atlas Society."
• Note: just Googled "Flat Earth Society" for yucks and there really is a society by that name dedicated to convincing everyone else the Earth is flat. Seriously.
Who knew, until it was revealed that Ryan spoke to the Atlas Society, glowingly, of Rand's influence on his life. Maybe I heard of it before, but just didn't remember because, who do you know that brags about being a fan of Rand or her books? Or at least bragged about it before Paul Ryan made Ayn Rand publicly known again? It would be a good bet most of those people had little knowledge of Rand and her books before Paul Ryan came along.
Of course, now that Ryan is back to being his miserable congressional self, the fervor over Ayn Rand has cooled considerably. She's hardly mentioned anymore and quite frankly that worries me. I've watched the first two parts, two separate movies and there's one more part needed to make the movie version of Atlas Shrugged complete. And then I can waste another afternoon.
Anyway, the book Atlas Shrugged has three main parts and the first two movies are fashioned into reasonable images of the first two parts — but with completely different actors for some reason.
Someone in the film industry needs to explain to the producers of these Atlas movies the details of sequels. You need to have the same actors play the principle characters throughout. Gives the series more continuity.
So now that a few people have watched the movies (we can assume it's a few because right wing Tea Party groups had viewing parties last year in hopes it would help put Mitt and Paul over the top) we need to see the finish. Dagny crashing into John Galt's Utopia (Galt's Gulch) just isn't going to cut it! We want to see what happens next!
Of course we could read the book, or at least the final third of it and see what happens; read Galt's stirring speech. It's very dramatic, dontcha know, given in the framework of a radio address. Galt wants to be heard, not seen because this is serious business. And it's an entire chapter.
How many people really want to go through that? Not many. No, make Part Three and let us watch it, with that one chapter, the radio address, shortened. Really, when you boil down that entire chapter, it's just not that interesting. It's so melodramatic, like it was (poorly) written for the cinema. It's the Objectivism philosophy writ large and in detail, it's the "Greed is Good" philosophy on steroids. He's like a terrible preacher on Sunday, droning on and on … "oh my god can someone tell him to shut the [heck] up all ready!"
Which brings up a good point: to really be an objectivist, you need to be an atheist. There's no getting around that. People try to manipulate what is in the Bible to justify their greed and contempt for the poor, but as Stephen Colbert put it so succinctly, "If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it."
Getting back to the original dilemma, the producers of the Atlas Shrugged movies plan on making the third and final installment. The last information said it would be released in the summer of 2014. Apparently the hang up was financing. Gotta love the irony of that — Big Business's wet dream being brought to life and nobody wants to finance it. Here's the little secret: the movies are financial bombs and the third installment promises to be the same.
Well, the producers say someone wanted to finance it because they are going into pre-production. Good for them, I just hope I still have Netflix when it is released so I can watch it.
Atlas Shrugged uses this dystopian society to advocate the laissez-faire business environment and that without it our society will fall into ruin, especially if all the "producers" go on strike.
Ironically we are moving ever closer to that Rand-inspired view of society. Right now corporations and the über rich pay the lowest taxes ever since the introduction of the income tax. Some corporations, like General Electric, pay no income taxes and rich folk like Mitt Romney get away with paying 13 percent or less.
Their off shore holdings are protected by the tax code and banking regulations, thanks to representatives like Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer of New York. He isn't the only one though. Wall Street and big business have plenty of lackeys in Congress. Schumer is the "go to guy" because he directly represents Wall Street and he recognizes that if he keeps that lobby happy he will get re-elected as often as he wishes to run.
Schumer is extremely progressive on other important issues, but when it comes to banking and the tax code, Schumer is in the pocket of big business and he's the most powerful politician in that pocket.
Even before Schumer got into Congress the slide down to objectivism was in full gallop. It started with Ronald Reagan and the "trickle down" philosophy. Let the über rich become even richer and the fruits of their über wealth will trickle down to the rest of us.
Well, it hasn't happened. At best we've been pissed on by the wealthy. The median income for the bottom 80% has either flat-lined or gone down. Earlier this year the Brookings Institute did a study that found income disparity was not just growing, but it was becoming permanent and could end upward social mobility.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that the top 1 percent earning households saw an increase of after-tax income of 275 percent. Their average tax rate has gone down 37 percent. Major corporations have had a similar boon and are at record levels of income and low taxes.
According to both the Brookings Institute and the CBO, the increasing income inequality is the reason programs like Social Security and Medicare are under funded.
Middle Class households saw their incomes increase just 40 percent while their tax burden has remained the same, with maybe a slight rise for some.
And yet if you want to believe what Ayn Rand and her acolytes are telling us, the rich and big corporations need even more of the same; and cut away the all those pesky regulations.
Regulations that are designed to keep our air and water clean; regulations that keep monopolies from grinding us into the dirt with their greed — well, those have mostly been removed, which is the primary reason we had the financial crisis of 2008. I know, some people want to blame it on the few people who bought homes they couldn't afford — yadda, yadda, yadda.
Yep, for some barely explainable reason I want to see part three of the Atlas Shrugged saga. Maybe it's my Catholic need for self-inflicted corporal penance; who knows? I watched the first two, now I need to see the last one. It was like the three Star Wars prequels. All three sucked, but after watching the first two I had to suffer through the third.
The reality is, we're already living in an objectivist society and it's killing us. We don't really need to see what would happen if the Randians had their way — we're seeing it happen now.
If you're not part of that 1% but you're voting for the people who make it possible for the income gap to continue growing, I gotta wonder why.
Theoretically anyone in America has the chance to become part of the 1 percent. We advertise ourselves as the land of opportunity, but the system is rigged to keep the top 1 percent pretty static, no new blood needed. And to do that the wealth of our nation needs to continue flowing up disproportionately to the financial elites. Which means advancing into the Middle Class is going to be just as difficult.
Upward mobility is becoming a bygone fruit of our economy, just as Rand and her worshippers hoped. The next step is to completely disenfranchise the poor and with Congressman Paul Ryan's recent budgets, the GOP has proposed to do just that. "Why can't all those poor people just live in poverty and be happy? Get rid of the minimum wage and we can hire more of them!"
For the followers of Rand, charity is not a moral duty or a virtue, so it's got me wondering: who would be charitable enough to finance part three of the Atlas Shrugged trilogy? Gotta love the irony of that.


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Spectrum TV
A Spectrum Receiver is a cable box supplied to you by Spectrum. The receiver makes it possible for you to view the on-screen Guide, search for programming, pause live TV, and more.
You can reboot your Spectrum Receiver by removing the power cord for 5 to 10 seconds and then plugging it back in. When the time is displayed, the reboot is complete.
If you know the model number for your Spectrum Receiver or DVR, you can view the user manual for that model.
If you want to exchange your equipment, the way you need to do so can vary based on the type of equipment. Find out more details.
When changing channels, the Spectrum Receiver selects a resolution to use for the incoming programming. You can speed up the time it takes to change channels by programming the Spectrum Receiver with only the highest resolution your TV supports.
OCAP is displayed as part of the normal reboot process.
Mystro is the name of your Spectrum Receiver software and is commonly displayed as part of the normal reboot process.
Like all electronic devices, your Spectrum Receiver should be placed in a way that provides ventilation to avoid overheating and ensure reliable operation.
You can refresh your Spectrum Receiver online by logging into My Services and selecting the Manage Equipment option.
The solution may be as simple as turning your Spectrum Receiver off and turning it back on again.


text: *** New Online Daily, Weekly, and Overall High Scores! *** Farkle Deluxe is a new dice game for your iPad. Players take turns rolling six dice to get 1's, 5's, straights, or three of a kind. Players compete by choosing whether to bank their points or risk it by rolling again in this on the edge of your seat game. Score more points by risking it all, but careful! You could lose it all if you farkel. If you like Yahtzee™, Yacht, Craps, Poker Dice or Pig, you'll love Farkle Deluxe! Challenge your friends and family or go head to head with up to 3 clever computer players. Farkle Deluxe also includes a solitaire mode where you can challenge your own personal best score or play against the world. 3D graphics, sound effects, and physics bring the dice rolling action to life. Customize your game by naming your human and computer players, choosing from 16 player images, and setting scoring variations and difficulty for every computer player. Features: -Shake to roll ( Optional ) -Play versus the computer with up to 3 skilled AI opponents (To choose number of players, click on the red dice at top of new game screen 1,2,3, or 4 player games supported) -For faster game play, turn off dice rolling on Options Menu -Up to 4 human players -Customize player names and choose from 16 player images -4 Levels of computer difficulty -3D graphics and animation including dice rolling and marquee flashing -Optional scoring variations -Turn rolling on or off -How to Play and Tips -Sound Effects enhance gaming experience -Turn History remembers every round of play for every player -Online Daily, Weekly, and Global High Scores -Save your game where you left off -Statistics: keep track of your total wins and losses, current winning streak, and highest scores. Yahtzee™ is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. Take a chance and win big with Farkle Deluxe! Better Day Wireless. Better Apps. Better Value.


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