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General Motors Co. said Wednesday that a lithium-ion battery undergoing tests at a Warren, Mich., research center exploded, sending an employee to the hospital.
The battery exploded at about 9:00am local time Wednesday at GM's Warren Technical Center, where the auto maker designs and develops new vehicles, a company spokesman said. Emergency personnel examined five employees on the scene and transported one to a local hospital, he said.
The explosion is the latest glitch in the auto industry's efforts to bring electric vehicles to market. GM's battery-powered Volt and Nissan Motor's Leaf had disappointing sales in their first year and several start-up companies producing batteries for electric cars have struggled.
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said in an interview the explosion inside the lab blew out three of the building's exterior windows and an eight-inch-thick (20cm) door. The building will likely need extensive renovations, he said. "They had extreme testing going on," Fouts said.
GM spokesman Greg Martin said the damage was confined to the lab, which has windows and doors designed to give way in a blast. GM and the city's fire department are investigating.
The GM employee taken to the hospital was listed in stable condition with a suspected concussion and chemical burns, according to another city official.
The battery involved in Wednesday's incident was being developed for all-electric cars, including a coming line of Spark subcompacts, and is made by A123 Systems Inc., people familiar with the matter said. An official from A123 wasn't available for comment.
Read: Chevy Spark mini car priced at $12,995
A123 last month said it would recall defective battery packs developed for auto makers that were made at its Livonia, Mich., plant. A flaw in the manufacturing process led to defective packs that could cause them to fail, the company then said.
A123, which is owned in part by General Electric Co., is one of several battery companies that built production facilities with aid from the US government. A123 received $249 million in federal grants to build battery facilities.


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I'm terribly sorry its taken so long to post but I do have a great excuse and its called an Hawaiian holiday.
Very soon Ill be showing you ALL of my purchases (*gasp) there is a lot, with reviews and recommendations on them all.
But in the interim, and following my post on brushes, I wanted to share with you the way I clean my much loved brushes. With the right tender love & care brushes can last you a very long time and considering you're spending so much on them its only right you really look after them - right? Cleaning them regularly also rids them of all the yucky unwanted bacteria that lurks and breeds in your brushes particularly if you're a makeup artist!
- All you need to do is place a small amount of the shampoo into the palm of your hand, wet the bristle part of the brush and gently massage the bristles in with the shampoo.
- Once you've worked up a lather rinse the brush doing your best to avoid the ferrule (the metal part of the brush) to avoid the adhesive deteriorating.
- Grab yourself a clean towel and squeeze the brush head/move it gently around the towel to remove excess waters.
- Lay them flat on a table edge NOT STANDING to dry. The reason you need to have them not standing is to once again avoid any excess moisture moving down the brush particularly the ferrule section causing them to eventually come apart.
For quick and easy cleans in between you can purchase pure alcohol or brush cleanses (MAC stocks one), spritz a little onto a tissue and clean the head of your brush. I often find many brush cleansers leave a soapy/oily residue so I personally would choose the alcohol which instantly cleans and kills any bacteria.
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Chippa United end Kaizer Chiefs unbeaten run – ABSA Premiership 2017/18
Mark Mayambela of Chippa United surrounded by Chiefs defenders during the Absa Premiership 2017/18 game between Chippa United and Kaizer Chiefs at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on 6 December 2017 © Deryck Foster/BackpagePix
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017. 22:09
Chippa United beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 on Wednesday night to end the Amakhosi's Absa Premiership unbeaten run in a clash at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
An early goal courtesy of Abel Mabaso handed the Chilli Boys the three points and leaves Chiefs sitting at number seven on the log table, with 16 points from 13 games.
The hosts had the upper hand from the first whistle and duly took the lead with a goal in the fifth minute through Mabaso.
Mark Mayambela skillfully beat Teenage Hadebe on the left wing before laying a wonderful cross for an unmarked Mabaso, who easily tapped home past Itumeleng Khune.
The encounter was evenly balanced after that with the Soweto giants showing a sense of urgency, but they could not penetrate the Chilli Boys defence.
Coach Teboho Moloi's men kept Chiefs under pressure, and were only denied a second in 24th minute by Khune who produced a fine save to deny Moeketsi Sekola's powerful header from finding the back of the net.
Eight minutes later, Hendrik Ekstein showed his class in the box and beat his marker, but could not score past Daniel Akpeyi from the near post as hist attempt rattled the woodwork.
Towards the 40th minute, Amakhosi kept Akpeyi busy as they knocked on the door for an equaliser, but the Nigerian keeper was solid as he punched away Siphiwe Tshabalala's set piece.
Despite Chiefs' efforts to unlock the Chippa defence, the fast-paced opening half ended 1-0 in favour of the hosts.
The Glamour Boys came close to finding the equalizer in the 71st minute, but James Okwuosa cleared George Maluleka's set piece off the line to keep the Chilli Boys noses in front.
With 11 minutes to go, Chippa pushed for a second goal, but Hadebe was alert to sweep away Katlego Mashego's attemot which was heading into an open net.
Coach Steve Komphela's men upped the ante in the last six minutes, yet Akpeyi was equal to the task to punch away Gustavo Paez's header from close range.
The hosts were disciplined to deny Chiefs as the result propels them to the second spot on the log standings, with 19 points from 13 outings in the league.
Chippa United: (1) 1 (Mabaso 5′)
Kaizer Chiefs: (0) 0
Chippa United: Akpeyi, Macheke, Mako (Mbokoma 65′), Konqobe, Okwuosa, Maphanga, Mabaso, Mdlindzo, Lentjies (Zuke 86′), Mayambela (Mashego 75′), Sekola
Kaizer Chiefs: Khune, Cardoso, Hadebe, Ngezana, Zulu, Katsande, Maluleka, Tshabalala (Jayiya 84′), Molangoane, Ekstein (Paez 55′), Parker (Zuma 78′)
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Rocket League is pretty amazing, but combined with Hot Wheels, it's a whole new level of awesome. Psyonix and Hot Wheels have revealed that they are collaborating on the Hot Wheels Rocket League RC Rivals Set. Due for release this fall, the set contains bluetooth-connected Octane and Dominus Battle-Cars that you can...
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In September 2014, the Social Security Administration began mailing statements to workers attaining ages 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60 and over, who are not receiving benefits and do not have a my Social Security account, states the Social Security Administration. The agency mails statements three months prior to a worker's birthday. Individuals can request statements online through the Social Security Administration's website.Learn more about Social Services


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Publication Date:1921
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Quadrangle(s):Bradfield Canal; Craig; Juneau; Ketchikan; Mount Fairweather; Petersburg; Port Alexander; Sitka; Sumdum; Taku River
Bibliographic Reference
Canfield, G.H., 1921, Water-power investigations in southeastern Alaska, in U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1919: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 143-188.
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The genius director and always-quotable Mike Nichols once said that Meryl Streep, "looked like she swallowed a light bulb." That luminescence seems to be a dominant gene, as Streep's eldest daughter, Mamie Gummer, clearly has a similar glow about her. But personally, we think Gummer's incandescence has more to do with her rapidly rising star. After making waves in 2006's Evening and getting rave reviews for her role as Cecile in Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway, she will next appear in John Carpenter's upcoming horror flick The Ward (alongside former GOTM, Amber Heard). And while this Northwestern graduate is certainly making a scene on the screen and stage, she's also made quite an impact on the Who What Wear editors, as well. Pretty party frocks, clean lines, and feminine prints are the styles of choice for this year's first Girl of the Month and we couldn't be more thrilled to shine a light on an actress who is making a name of her own!
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Saturday, March 19, 2016
- The tweeters of Britain desperately trying to think up a good Iwobi-Wan Kenobi pun #EVEARS @RichardOsman
Friday, March 18, 2016
- Cyle Larin is going to make MLS and Generation Adidas some moneyyyyy soon. And a little for Orlando City, too. @PaulTenorio
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- Alright, since the new US kits are official now, here's my solution to what they should be wearing. Better? @ConradBurry
- Of the final 16 clubs still alive in European competition, 6 are Spanish, 3 German, 2 English, & 0 Italian. #UCL #EuropaLeague @ChurchOfSoccer
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
- A top 2-3 women's soccer player in the world is coming to the Thorns in her prime. Very exciting. The selling point was you all. #support @MerrittPaulson
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- Tim Howard wearing axe is the least surprising thing ever @AndrewSWelch
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- .@DEalesATLUTD and @bocaboca3 check out the progress being made at the site of #ATLUTD's new training ground. @ATLUTD
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This case has been anonymised to protect patient confidentiality.
A 60 year office worker presented to his local clinic with a fever and symptoms of a common cold.
He was provided with some antibiotic treatment but over the next few days, his status declined further with headache and pain in the back of his neck. He also developed some intermittent hearing loss that progressed to absolute deafness on the day of his admission.
On admission he was unable to hear but was able to express his pain.
Examination on admission revealed a temperature of 36.4 degrees, pulse 90, BP 128/70, respiratory rate of 20/min, SpO2 of 96% on 6L oxygen
CV examination was normal.
Resp examination showed reduced excursion of the chest on the Left side, dullness and reduced breath sounds. Crackles were audible only at the Left base.
Abdominal examinatiom was reported as normal except for a slightly palpable liver edge which was apparently tender.
CNS examination was reported as all normal including No Neck Stiffness and Negative Kernigs signs.
However, he had complete deafness albeit that Weber's and Rinne's tests had not been attempted to determine if it was conductive or sensorineural deafness, although with such a rapid history and bilateral hearing loss, it is likely to have been sensorineural hearing loss.
Bloods revealed WCC 12, Differential low neutrophils and low Lymphocytes. CRP was over 30. BUN 16 creat 0.76. Liver function showed slightly raised bilirubin of 1.9, AST 90, ALT 80, Alb 26. INR 1.3. FDP / D-Dimer had not been done.
Lumbar Puncture showed an opening pressure of 50cm H2O, WCC of 9, 8 were Lymphocytes and 1 was a PMN. Protein was over 150 and Glucose of ZERO. Diplococci were seen on gram stain.
Blood cultures grew Streptococcus pneumoniae.
CXR revealed a severe left upper lobe pneumonia with there being some smaller right sided perihilar consolidation as well.
CT head showed dilated lateral ventricles but no cerebral matter effacement.
When reviewed, the patient's family were able to provide a wealth of information to fill in the history, which I have included above. He had recently visited an onsen but he had had no foreign travel. He had been a smoker of 3-4 cigarettes per day, but he had stopped 6 months previously.
On examination, the patient appeared severely unwell and he appeared in pain.
His eyes were screwed up and he was cold and sweaty despite being on a warm ward.
CV and Resp exams were as above BUT Respiratory Rate was increased to 30.
Abdominal exam revealed a large, tense bladder which was stony dull to percussion and a dull liver edge on percussion. Traub's Space was also dull suggestive of splenic enlargement although no spleen was palpable.
CNS examination revealed spontaneous eye opening, localisation to pain but no speech (GCS= 10/15). Pupils were consticted to approx 3mm equally but fundoscopy was not possible due to the pupils being small, continuous eye motion, intermittent eye closure of the patient and cataracts.
The patient clearly had neck stiffness as he winced on having his neck turned and a similar situation occurred on testing Kernigs making it Positive.
Reflexes were increased in the upper limbs but completely absent in the lower limbs although the patient appeared to have power to withdraw in both upper and lower limbs. Plantar reflexes: left foot normal, right foot equivocal. Other ways to elicit the plantar reflex such as achilles tendon pinching and flicking the medial malleous were Negative.
Skin revealed no rash.
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Having considered the clinical case and physical findings with lab data the following diagnoses were considered:
1) Pneumococcal Pneumonia
2) Pneumococcal Meningitis with Secondary Communicating Hydrocephalus due to probable Arachnoid Villi blockage in the
3) Bilateral nerve deafness due to pneumococcal meinigitis and hydrocephalus.
4) Liver dysfunction from sepsis / DIC / ? underlying liver disease
5) Pneumococcal Septicaemia and possible DIC
6) Urinary Outflow Obstruction possibly due to severe illness / autonomic dysfunction / Reduced level of Higher Function due to meningitis and hydrocephalus
It was suggested that the antibiotic therapy be continued with Ceftriaxone 4g/day and Vancomycin, although it was not entirely convincing that intravenous Erythromycin that was also commenced would be effective especially as this antibiotic is Bacterostatic and Not directly Bacterocidal.
The patient was also given Dexamethasone which again is the correct treatment in such circumstances.
It was advised on passing a Foley urinary catheter and measuring hourly urinary output especially as he had a systemic illness.
The patient clearly had developed a System Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS).
It was also advised that the neurosurgical team should be contacted for advice as the patient might require a ventriculoperitoneal shunt if the raised pressure continued to be a problem.
In view of the raised INR and abnormal liver tests and with DIC having not been excluded it would not have been safe to consider heparin for possible superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and this would have need an MRI scan first.
1) Get as much history as you can from family if the patient can't communicate
2) Don't rely on observations taken on admission as they can change and deteriorate; DO YOUR OWN OBSERVATIONS TOO WHEN YOU REVIEW THE PATIENT.
3) Look at your patient's eyes to see if they are in pain when examining as in this case the neck stiffness and Kernig's that were 'negative' were in fact Positive.
4) Always consider catheterising the severely sick patient as it is essential to relieve bladder pressure and monitor urine output as it is a very sensitive way to determine deterioration in renal function
5) Always consider putting Meningitis patients on an HDU/ICU for intensive nursing care
6) Always think of using Steroids in such cases; the evidence these days suggests using steroids.
7) Remember that patients can develop DIC, so obtaining FDPs, D-Dimer and a Blood Smear looking for MicroAngiopathic Haemolytic Anaemia (MAHA) may provide useful clues.
Update: The organism was later found to be a Penicillin Sensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae.
It was then suggested to stop the Vancomycin in view of the organism being a PSSP and also worsening renal function. It was also suggested to switch from ceftriaxone to Benzylpenicillin- the best therapy in such instances.
Moreover, the patient's conscious level decreased perhaps in part due to hypernatraemia that developed but also from a possible superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. MRI and MRV were suggested imaging to be obtained.
DIC was excluded in the end, and in fact, the liver function initially worsened before beginning to improve.
The patient did eventually make an adequate recovery but required a VP shunt due to worsening pressure and underwent physiotherapy.


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For virtually all of this decade, Mr. Moore's famous product life-cycle defined marketing strategy for high-tech products.
Now it's coming under challenge from Forrester Research, which over the past six months has been generating reports trying to identify a broader, more descriptive set of technology marketing segments. Last December, the research firm asked flat out: "What's wrong with technology marketing?" and answered, essentially, that traditional segmentation doesn't really fit vendor needs.
Referring to Mr. Moore's "early adopter" model, Forrester analysts argue that different technologies appeal to different types of people, so that, in fact, there is no single set of early adopters.
"The 'early technology adopter' segment is a myth," said the company in December in a report titled "Why Consumers Buy," adding, "The first buyers of satellite TV won't be the first people on the block to do home banking."
It's an interesting model that Forrester is touting in its ongoing series of reports on "People and Technology." Instead of differentiating segments solely by how fast they accept technological change, Forrester is pushing a "Technographic" breakdown of 12 targeted markets, divided by factors such as income, attitude toward technology and primary technology motivation.
The subdivisions are too complex to fully detail here, but they include names like "fast forwards," "mouse potatoes" and "cyber-snobs" for the technology optimists, and "handshakers," "media junkies" and "country clubbers" for the pessimists.
Right away, I will tell you these names are too cute and indistinguishable for me. None of them has the powerful iconic appeal of a phrase like "early adopter."
Behind the names, though, are some valuable concepts. The dividing of groups by their technology goals -- family-driven, entertainment-oriented, career-focused -- does have strong implications for marketers. For example, based on its analysis, Forrester argues that media convergence remains a pipe dream, and that marketers who try to satisfy both TV fans and computer addicts are doomed to fail. For that reason, Forrester says, Philips' CD-I was mismatched to its audience, as was Kodak's PhotoCD player.
But there are opportunities as well: The affluent, tech-savvy and family-oriented segment of 27 million "neo-hearthminders" are the least-served and the most optimistic market.
And there's occasional practical advice here, too: "E-commerce sites should focus on convenience and price." That sounds obvious, but cut-rate pricing hasn't been the driving force so far on most commerce sites. Forrester's analysis says if you want to drive the vast family-oriented segment to the Web, make the Internet the cheapest place to shop.
As I say, interesting stuff. The idea of the early adopter had great resonance in the early stages of the high-tech revolution (and has been greatly advanced since then by Mr. Moore), but Forrester's model offers marketers creative new ways to think about strategy.
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Book Review: Women die violently in detective novel
The Thirst
By Jo Nesbo
Random House Canada, $32
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Terrifically deft and compelling writing: check.
Substantial, troubled detective protagonist: check.
Other intriguing characters of considerable depth: check.
Hundreds of pages of twisting, interlocking or disparate plots: check.
Multiple, ominous suggestions of guilt, otherwise known as red herrings: check.
So yes, Norwegian crime novelist Jo Nesbo has it all, as author of not only several children's books (yikes), and grim stand-alone crime novels, but 11, counting The Thirst, in a monstrously successful series led by Oslo police detective Harry Hole. According to Nesbo's publishers, the series has sold more than 30 million copies in 48 languages world-wide.
And yet . . .
Perhaps it's merely peevish, in the face of that pretty-well-earned success, to note that in books, movies, television and life itself, there are already more than enough tortured and tormented female victims, without any particular need for someone as able as Jo Nesbo to keep adding to their number.
But add he does in The Thirst, in grotesque and grisly detail.
By the time the puzzling string of murders begins, Harry Hole is in his late 40s and a reformed alcoholic.
He has moved on from the Oslo police force to teach investigative techniques and assorted other skills to police college students, including his stepson, Oleg.
He is actually revelling in domestic life with his wife, Rakel, astonished to be waking up in the morning feeling something like happy.
This is so, even though he has occasional nightmares of terrible screams, along with visions of a criminal with a chest tattooed with a horrific "demon" face, a murderer from his past.
And then a lawyer dies in her apartment, washed in blood, her throat ripped open by what must have been teeth of remarkable power.
In charge of the investigation is Detective Inspector Katerine Bratt, who previously worked with Harry and who is trying to gain the loyalty and respect of men, many of them resentful, of whom she's now in command.
The murder is gory and strange enough to keep police busy conducting a traditional investigation, and also gory and strange enough to encourage Katerine to call on the reluctant Harry to pursue separately his own, less regular, trains of thought.
When there's a similarly horrific killing of another woman, it starts to seem obvious the murderer has found his victims through the dating app Tinder — possibly a sensible warning of potential dangers to dating-app users in the real world.
In its almost-550 pages, though, The Thirst pays closest attention to what's suggested by its title: vampirism.
Not vampires of story and myth, but vampirists: people — a man – who kills in order to drink the blood of his victims.Is that a thing? Probably.
But besides the detailed deprivations and tortures inflicted on victims, and the considerations of vampirism, Nesbo layers on, as his readers fully expect, character and subplot after character and sub-plot, from a mysteriously sickened wife to the machinations of a sleazily ambitious police chief.
Plots and relationships may, in their complex fashions, eventually resolve, but it's clear that although Harry may in the beginning have experienced waking up happy, he's been reminded, too, that happiness can be an unreliable, unstable state.
By the end, there are clues and hints he'll be back digging into more traumatically violent crimes in future books.
It might, but shouldn't be, too much to hope, though, that a writer of Nesbo's gifts of depth and complexity will move on from the tortured women beloved of lesser imaginations and talents.
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WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is venting its anger at insults and criticism of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry by Israel's defense minister.
The State Department said Kerry called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo) on Wednesday to protest recent remarks by Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (MOH'-shuh YAH'-uh-lohn). He had accused Obama administration of being weak on Iran and questioned its commitment to Israel's security.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki (SAH'-kee) said the remarks were "not constructive" and "inconsistent" with the close relationship between the U.S. and Israel. She declined to characterize Netanyahu's response.
In remarks quoted in Israeli reports on Tuesday, Yaalon criticized the U.S. for not leading a campaign against Iran. He has been quoted as saying Kerry is "obsessive" and "messianic" about Middle East peace.


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Justin Bieber has expressed his remorse after he was apparently caught on camera urinating into a mop bucket at a restaurant in New York City.
On Wednesday (10Jul3), footage emerged online of a young man who looked a lot like Bieber relieving himself in a kitchen while his rowdy friends egged him on in the background.
The clip, reportedly shot in the Big Apple earlier this year (13), prompted outrage from critics and although Bieber has yet to confirm it is actually him in the video, he has taken to his Twitter.com page to tell followers he is trying to "learn to be better".
In a series of posts, he writes, "In life u (you) will make mistakes and people will try and tear u down... but u gotta stay positive. Stay strong.. and learn to be better.. and.. always live to serve others and The Lord. Growing every day."


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Overview Detail Legend Zoom: ?? Overlay features legend For more map options click on any overview map area or any detail map feature. Detail Map Features Showing 3 items: Oughtmore 382m, Fir Mountain 362m, Tracks: 2530, 2km Find Suggested WalksOpen walks finder Find hill, mountain, island, coastal feature. Videos Recent Contributions 1 2 3 .. 21 Next page >> An Sli Forum: General Slier159 8 hours ago Hello all,I am currently trying to organize a longs distance walk from Killarney to Derry city, using the existing National Waymarked Trails along the West coast. A 1,000km of Trail already exist ... Cashloura: An enjoyable walk for all ages Summit Comment CaminoPat a day ago Park at W20849 49704 at Coillte forest entrance just off the R586 Regional Road between Dunmanway and Drimoleague. Follow forest road which is along line of disused west Cork railway line for appr... An Bhinn Bhuí: Benwee Loop walk towards Portacloy. Summit Comment ucampbell 2 days ago The Loop walks here are well signposted, it's a great idea to go out onto each headland. Doonvinalla N Top: Coastal Hill Summit Comment sandman 2 days ago On 26/4/2014 i spent a very enjoyable afternoon walking this area visiting the army observation hut and the stone constructed EIRE marking as part of an addition to the Benwee Head Loop walk but i... Doonvinalla N Top: Flat topped but hard to get to. Summit Comment simon3 2 days ago View from the west. Circuit of Dirkbeg Lough - easier ascent Track 3882 simon3 4 days ago The purpose of this walk is to reach the Maumtrasna plateau and Maumtrasna NE top (MNET). The lattter is quite possib... walk, Len: 11.6km, Climb: 564m, Area: Maumtrasna North-East Top, Partry/Joyce Benwee Coastal Walk Track 3870 simon3 4 days ago The walk starts at a small carpark and Wild Atlantic Way sign just west of Benwee. 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Video display Sperrin Mountains Area More detail Place count in area: 64, OSI/LPS Maps: 12, 13, 6, 7, 8 Highest place: Sawel, 678m Maximum height for area: 678 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 657 metres, Places in area Sperrin Mountains:Balix Hill 403mBarnes Top 456mBenbradagh 465mBessy Bell 420mBohilbreaga 478mBoviel Top 454mCarn Hill 448mCarnanelly 562mCarnanelly West Top 505mCarntogher 464mClogherny Top 408mClondermot Hill 220mCoolnasillagh Mountain 423mCorick Mountain 430mCraigagh Hill 460mCraignamaddy 385mCregganconroe 300mCrockalougha 407mCrockbrack 526mCrockdooish 321mCrocknamoghil 335mCurradrolan Hill 270mCurraghchosaly Mountain 416mDart Mountain 619mDart Mountain North-West Top 525mEglish 277mFir Mountain 362mGortmonly Hill 218mKnockanbane Mountain 441mKnockavoe 296mLearmount Mountain 489mLearmount Mtn S Top 492mLetterlogher 249mMeenard Mountain 620mMeenard Mtn W Top 480mMoneyoran Hill 414mMullaghaneany 627mMullaghash 480mMullaghasturrakeen 581mMullaghbane 467mMullaghbolig 442mMullaghcarbatagh 517mMullaghcarn 542mMullaghcarn South Top 525mMullaghclogha 635mMullaghclogher 572mMullaghcroy 242mMullaghdoo 568mMullaghmeash Hill 244mMullaghmore 550mMullaghsallagh 485mMullaghturk 416mOughtmore 382mOughtmore 569mOwenreagh Hill 400mSawel 678mSlieve Gallion 528mSlieve Gallion NE Top 496mSlieveboy 259mSlievekirk 370mSpaltindoagh 420mSpelhoagh 568mStraid Hill 303mWhite Mountain 537m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Fir Mountain Hill Tyrone County, in no lists, Psammite Bedrock Height: 362m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 13 Grid Reference: H74715 85394 Place visited by 13 members. Recently by: NICKY, LorraineG60, MichaelG55, eflanaga, sandman, Ulsterpooka, Harry Goodman, Fergalh, chalky, Peter Walker, Garmin, AntrimRambler, dr_banuska I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -6.841594, Latitude: 54.711017 , Easting: 274715, Northing: 385394 Prominence: 98m, Isolation: 2.9km ITM: 674647 885386, GPS IDs, 6 char: FrM362, 10 char: FrMntn 362Bedrock type: Psammite, (Corvanaghan Formation) Fir Mountain is the 1027th highest place in Ireland. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1089/?PHPSESSID=e8n8vnq5pea294lcnmulieque0 Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Fir Mountain 1 of 1 Picture from group : Looking to-wards Fir Mt from the NW. Picture: Looking to-wards Fir Mt from the NW. An isolated little top. Short Summary created by Harry Goodman, 25 Aug 2015 Take the B162 NW out of Cookstown and at H7840583322 A take a road on the left (Ballynagilly Road). Follow it along for some 4 km to pass a tree plantation on the right, part of Davagh Forest. Just beyond the Plantation park, with care, at the roadside beyond a metal gate H7447784666 B. Cross the gate and make directly for the top, keeping to the left of an obvious knoll on the slope ahead. Cross a wooden gate into the next field to gain the high point of the hill just beyond a high barbed wire fence at H7471885393 C. There are nice views down over L Fea and Slieve Gallion, E to L Neagh, NNW to the higher Sperrins and S to the distant line of Cuilcagh. Up and back 1.7km, easily walked in less than 30 minutes. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/1089/comment/15333/ Picture from Harry Goodman : Looking S from the top. Picture: Looking S from the top. Maps can deceive! by Harry Goodman 25 Aug 2015 I climbed Fir Mt. in June 2015 when completing my "new" Local 100 hills. I parked beside a gate into a field leading up to the hill H7447784666 B. Once across, it was a gentle stroll up to the top. Initially I passed around the left side of an obvious knoll, crossed a wooden gate into another field and then a high barbed wire fence to gain the top and therein lies my tale. Strangely both the OSNI Sheet 13 for the Sperrins and the more detailed Sperrin Activity 1:25,000 scale maps show the spot height 262m as lying within the 250m contour at H747853 D yet there are two small 260m ring contours also shown nearby on these maps. When there I took a GPS reading of my considered high point H7471885393 C. When I got home I looked at an earlier edition (1991) of OSNI Sheet 13 and found in that map that the spot height 262m was located within the more southerly of the two 260m ring contours. 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9:29 a.m. A burglar alarm went off in the 3000 block of Littlefish Trail. Everything was fine.
11:11 a.m. A two-vehicle, noninjury accident was reported at Walton Creek Road and Village Drive. Police took a report and issued a citation.
12:50 p.m. A fire alarm went off in the 600 block of Yampa Street. Everything was fine.
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Review Evesham has moved fast to pack its Zieo N500-HD laptop with a long list of 'Santa Rosa' Centrino Duo features. The 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor runs on the new 800MHz frontside bus and the chipset is a combination of 965 northbridge and ICH8M. Ordinarily, a new southbridge adds a handful of new features such as extra USB ports, but Centrino Duo is heavily skewed towards power management and longer battery life.
ICH8M introduces Active Management Technology 2.5, which requires AMT compliant firmware, Bios and drivers that enable all sorts of clever tricks. The CPU speed can be varied by dynamic switching of the FSB, or one core can be switched off when the system is running software that isn';t threaded. Indeed, when the system detects that it's idle, we're told that all or part of the CPU and chipset can be switched off to save power.
Power management is a major aspect of both Centrino Duo and Windows Vista and we'll come back to it shortly.
The new southbridge boosts the Ethernet connection to Gigabit, and while the new Centrino should add 802.11n Wi-Fi, our loan sample didn't come with this latest form of Wi-Fi. The mobile 965's integrated graphics take a leap forward from previous generations by using the GMA X3100 core, which is based on the hardware used in the desktop G965 chipset. However, it's irrelevant in this case as Evesham has opted to use an Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics chip too.
The Zieo is the first laptop we've seen that includes Intel Turbo Memory. This as a plug-in module that uses the PCI Express bus and comes in 512MB and 1GB varieties - our machine had the latter.
In addition to the Centrino Duo platform there's a decent list of features, and the chassis is dominated by the 17in screen with its 1680 x 1050 resolution. No doubt that's the reason why Evesham chose to use the 8600M GT as there are so many pixels to push. We found that the high resolution limited gaming performance as you only get 15-20fps in the most graphically intensive games.
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NATO's Secretary General says much work lies ahead if the alliance is to meet global security challenges in an era of terrorism and regional conflicts. The comments came at the start of a two-day NATO meeting in Colorado that began with an unusual exercise.
NATO Secretary General George Robertson and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke with reporters after sitting through a simulation of a future terrorist crisis that begins in the Middle East but threatens Europe with weapons of mass destruction. Also attending were defense chiefs from 18 other NATO countries plus seven Eastern European nations slated to join the alliance next year.
The exercise, held at a high-security U.S. military base near Colorado Springs, was designed to test NATO's ability to react to such a future crisis, and show how a future NATO rapid-deployment military force would bring the situation under control. The event was off-limits to the news media.
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld said the point of the hypothetical crisis, called "Dynamic Response '07," was to test NATO's strengths and weaknesses.
NATO Secretary General Robertson picked up on what he deemed a weakness, saying the exercise showed that NATO currently lacks troops that could be deployed outside of Europe on short notice. He added, in his words, "we need real, deployable soldiers, not paper armies."
NATO envisions completing a "rapid response force" of 5,000 soldiers backed by 15,000 support personnel that could be deployed virtually anywhere within a matter of weeks, even days, by the year 2006.
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Skylark Zenith is one of the most popular residential developments in Electronic City, neighborhood of Bangalore. It is among the ongoing projects of Skylark Mansions Pvt Ltd. It has lavish yet thoughtfully designed 93 residences.
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The United Nations Refugee Agency says Afghan refugees are returning home in significant numbers, despite the country's ongoing security and economic problems.
The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 350,000 Afghan refugees have returned home this year.
UNHCR Spokesman, Peter Kessler, said that number pales in comparison to the more than two million refugees who returned home after the fall of the Taleban but adds, it is still impressive. "Our goal is to see that people go back to a durable return and we are giving them assistance-building materials and other supplies to help them get through the first months back... We have not seen people sweeping back into Pakistan and Iran. That is very reassuring. That means that people are going back. We have seen enormous numbers of displaced Afghans return home. Whereas a year ago the number of displaced persons was some 700,000 wandering inside the country, the number of displaced Afghans away from their home communities is now less than one-quarter million," Mr. Kessler said.
Mr. Kessler said the Afghan refugees are fully aware of the difficulties they are likely to face when they return home.
He said many parts of Afghanistan remain insecure, the economy is in tatters and there are reports of grave abuses of human rights, particularly in regard to the rights of women and girls. He said access to health care and education is limited.
"More has to be done inside Afghanistan to improve security. More has to be done to improve access to education. Obviously, we would like to see the international security force expand its presence beyond Kabul. But, the Afghan refugees themselves are prepared to live within the constraints," Mr. Kessler said.
Mr. Kessler said there are as many as 2.3 million Afghan refugees still living in neighboring Iran and Pakistan.


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I've replaced the standard DEFRAG daemon released with Condor with a simpler version that contains a proportional integral (PI) controller. I hoped this would give us better control over multicore slots. Preliminary results with the proportional part of the controller show that it fails to keep accurate control over the provision of slots. It is subject to hunting due to the long time lags between the onset of drainin and the eventual change in the controlled variable (which is 'running mcore jobs'). The rate of provision was unexpectedly stable at first, considering the simplicity of the algorithm employed, but degraded over time as the controlled variable became more random.
The graph below shows the very preliminary picture, with a temporary period of stable control shown by the green line on the right of the plot. The setpoint is 250.
I have also now included an Integral component to the controller, and I'm in the process of tuning the reset rate on this. I hope to show the results of this test soon.


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Andrew Sean Greer
The Confessions Of Max Tivoli
Andrew Sean Greer
The Confessions Of Max Tivoli
Release Date: 2/1/2004
Biographical note:
Andrew Sean Greer is the author of the story collection How it Was For Me (Picador) and most recently a novel, The Path of Minor Planets (Picador). He lives in San Francisco, California.
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Excerpt from The Confessions of Max Tivoli by Andrew Sean Greer. Copyright © 2004 by Andrew Sean Greer. To be published in February, 2004 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.
We are each the love of someone's life.
I wanted to put that down in case I am discovered and unable to complete these pages, in case you become so disturbed by the facts of my confession that you throw it into the fire before I get to tell you of great love and murder. I would not blame you. So many things stand in the way of anyone ever hearing my story. There is a dead body to explain. A woman three times loved. A friend betrayed. And a boy long sought for. So I will get to the end first and tell you we are each the love of someone's life.
I sit here on a lovely April day. It keeps changing all around me; the sun alternates between throwing deep shadows behind the children and trees and then sweeping them back up again the moment a cloud crosses the sky. The grass fills with gold, then falls to nothing. The whole school yard is being inked with sun and blotted, glowing and reaching a point of great beauty, and I am breathless to be in the audience. No one else notices. The little girls sit in a circle, dresses crackling with starch and conspiracy, and the boys are on the baseball field or in the trees, hanging upside down. Above, an airplane astounds me with its roar and school-marm line of chalk. An airplane; it's not the sky I once knew.
And I sit in a sandbox, a man of almost sixty. The chill air has made the sand a bit too tough for the smaller kids to dig; besides, the field's changing sunlight is too tempting, so everyone else is out there charging at shadows, and I'm left to myself.
We begin with apologies:
For the soft notebook pages you hold in your hands, a sad reliquary for my story and apt to 0 rip, but the best I could steal. For stealing, both the notebooks and the beautiful lever-fed pen I'm writing with, which I have admired for so many months on my teacher's desk and simply had to take. For the sand stuck between the pages, something I could not avoid. There are more serious sins, of course, a lost family, a betrayal, and all the lies that have brought me to this sandbox, but I ask you to forgive me one last thing: my childish handwriting.
We all hate what we become. I'm not the only one; I have seen women staring at themselves in restaurant mirrors while their husbands are away, women under their own spell as they see someone they do not recognize. I have seen men back from war, squinting at themselves in shopwindows as they feel their skull beneath their skin. They thought they would shed the worst of youth and gain the best of age, but time drifted over them, sand-burying their old hopes. Mine is a very different story, but it all turns out the same.
One of the reasons I sit here in the sand, hating what I've become, is the boy. Such a long time, such a long search, lying to clerks and parish priests to get the names of children living in the town and suburbs, making up ridiculous aliases, then crying in a motel room and wondering if I would ever find you. You were so well hidden. The way the young prince in fairy tales is hidden from the ogre: in a trunk, in a thorny grove, in a dull place of meager enchantment. Little hidden Sammy. But the ogre always finds the child, doesn't he? For here you are.
If you are reading this, dear Sammy, don't despise me. I am a poor old man; I never meant you any harm. Don't remember me just as a childhood demon, though I have been that. I have lain in your room at night and heard
Praise for The Path of Minor Planets:
"One of the wisest, most compassionate novels about smart people's emotional lives to come around in years." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Greer pinpoints the 'tiny hidden madnesses in ordinary people' with unerring accuracy, and, in prose littered with sparks, makes palpable the longing for the celestial." --The New Yorker
"Greer is a writer to watch." --The Boston Globe


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People news: Teva
Teva, the world's largest generic drug manufacturer, said president and CEO William S. Marth has resigned and will be replaced by Allan Oberman, who was previously SVP for North American generics. Oberman will oversee Teva's generics business in the Americas. Marth will stay on as senior adviser to global president and CEO Jeremy Levin until his retirement at the end of next year. Teva also brought on Jill DeSimone as SVP, general manager for Teva's global women's health franchise.


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BOOM! BANG! Such sounds, and even wind noise, if loud enough, can pose hearing-damage risks to cyclists, a new study says.
While cycling – on bicycles, as opposed to motorcycles – has long been heralded as a good source of exercise and an excellent excuse to dress in funny outfits, often decorated with non-sponsoring sponsors' badges, it's never before been cited, to our knowledge, as a potential source of hearing damage.
But there you are: Researchers are going all sorts of strange places these days.
The research was conducted by study co-leader Dr. Anna Wertz and colleagues in, of all places, Detroit, Michigan (home of Henry Ford's pioneering automobile plant), under the auspices of Henry Ford Hospital, where Dr. Wertz is an otolaryngologist. (That's a popular one in the 'list of hard-to-pronounce words'!)
For the cycling-related study, microphones were attached to cyclists' ears to measure wind noise at various speeds. Wind noise ranged from 85 decibels at 15 mph to 120 decibels at 60 mph.
"These findings are important because noise-induced hearing loss can begin with sounds at or above 85 decibels," said study co-leader Dr. Anna Wertz. How loud is that? Heavy city traffic registers 85 decibels; an ambulance siren or a clap of thunder from a nearby storm can reach 120 decibels, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
"Short-term exposure to loud sounds isn't likely to have a lasting effect on hearing, but prolonged or repeated exposure can lead to permanent damage," Wertz added in a hospital news release.


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Your mummy and daddy are very cornered about you that you have no good eye vision. It might have been observed in your schooling that your teachers reported your parents that this student is not able to focuson smart board in the class room. It is very bad to observe that you feel difficulty to write and read when the exams are near.
From the schooling, it can be seen that what problems you have in your eyes. Actually this is the beginning stage of experiencing this problem and it is very important to remember that eyes are the most sensitive parts of your body. Bye the way, there are some reason that make your eyesight weak.
Reason of Weak Eye Vision
• Extremely emphasizing on things you look
• Constant headache
• High Fever
• Long illness (longer than weeks)
• Burden or pressure of study or exams
• Excessive reading keeping a book very close to eyes
• Getting closer to computer and television screen while watching
• Keeping off some natural foods
• Having no proper sleep
• Utilization of eyes
Get a Perfect Eye Vision
With the help of your patents you need to follow these ways.
1 Play with your Friends
It is very good that you are curious to obtain a good grade in your class in order to make your marks in school, but taking a few minutes (half hour or more than it) is such a nice way of getting amusement along with improving your vision (Restore My Vision Today Scam). When you play, your concentration is diverted into it and that keep you away to zero in on books' pages.
2. No Darkness during Study
Either it is academic preparation or self-study, you need to bring a lamp in your study place so that you can read without any inconvenience. Many researches show us that by studying in dim light or in darkness is extremely dangerous for eye vision.
3.Sundays and Saturdays are for You.
Make sure your responsibility is to work from Monday to Friday, holidays must be spent while getting some entertainments and doing some recreations. This activity is to relax your eyes to stay away study on the holydays only and you will also make sure not to use computers or watch television.
4. Hitting the Sake
Getting sleep properly longer than 8 to 9 hours, especially at night in a room where there should be light is a very good way for increasing the age expectancy of your eyes for the reason that if you sleep in room after switching off the light, your eyes will get proper rest.
5. Carrots for Eyes
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6. Eyes' Exercises
As the muscles of your body require exercises, similarly your eyes need to do some exercises. If you happen to see these all exercise you will come to know about rolling eyes, staring at stick or pen, rubbing with soft hand and shutting for a 5 to 10 seconds, etc.


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As you can understand from its name, Venetian blinds were first introduced in Venice, Italy. What makes Venetian blinds special is their modernized designs that are resistant to damage and are suitable for families having children and pets.
While some Venetian blinds can be made out of aluminum, some other can be made out of plastic, as this makes them much more durable.
Moreover, as the blinds are an extraordinary style of complementing the interior decoration of the home, Venetian blinds are gaining popularity. Especially, plastic Venetian blinds are the most preferred material.
So, if it is to talk about Venetian blinds' features, there are some things to talk about this. As they are the most common but the least expensive type of blind, Venetian blinds are very popular. They feature horizontal slats that tilt up or down to control light. They also offer superior privacy and a neat appearance.
Finally, if you wonder how to clean your Venetian blinds, here are some tips for you. As Venetian blinds are easy to clean, regular wiping of your Venetian blinds will work well and you will have dust free blinds. You can also use a hose pipe and clean the venetian blinds and leave them to dry or wipe them clean.


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Springfield celebrates inaugural title
Johns Hopkins knocks off No. 1 Loyola; Luck top pick in draft
DIII Men's Volleyball
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Led by Most Outstanding Player Mike Pelletier, Springfield won the inaugural Division III Men's Volleyball Championship, defeating Carthage 3-0 on Sunday. Springfield ended its season with 21 wins in a row, and with an overall record of 33-5 -- and was 18-0 at home. Carthage finished at 29-6.
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NC Women's Water Polo
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Women's Water Polo Committee has announced the teams that will participate in the 2012 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship. The championship will be held May 11-13 at the Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego, with San Diego State serving as the host school. The championship will be an eight-team, single-elimination tournament with a losers' bracket to determine places three through eight.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the 2012 Division I Women's Golf Regionals. Three regional tournaments will be conducted May 10-12 to determine the championships field. A total of 378 participants have been selected for regional competition. Of these players, 126 will advance to the championships finals. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA has announced the field of 80 teams and 32 student-athletes that have been selected to participate in regional competition of the 2012 Division II Men's Golf Championships. The regional competitions will be held May 7-9.
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DIII Women's Golf
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Division III Women's Golf Committee announced 19 teams and six individuals that will participate in the 2012 Division III Women's Golf Championships. Eleven conferences were given automatic qualification and the remaining eight teams were selected on an at-large basis from conferences and the remaining independent schools. Six individuals, not from selected teams, also were selected for the championships. The tournament will be contested across 72 holes of play during four days of competition. In the team competition, the low four scores from each team for each day will count in the team's total score.
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DII Softball
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Division II Softball Committee has selected the 64 teams that will participate in the 2012 Division II Softball Championship. Four teams will participate at each of 16 regional sites in double-elimination tournaments. Regional competition will be held May 4-6. Winners will advance to the super regionals May 11-12. The finals will be held May 16-19 in Louisville, Ky.
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DI Men's Lacrosse
BALTIMORE -- Sophomore Rob Guida provided the emotional spark No. 10 Johns Hopkins needed when he opened the scoring with an unassisted goal less than three minutes into Saturday's showdown at top-ranked Loyola. Guida did himself one better with 2.3 seconds remaining in overtime when he quick-sticked home a pass to the crease from junior Zach Palmer to lift the 10th-ranked Blue Jays to a 10-9 win before a capacity crowd of 6,000 at Loyola's Ridley Athletic Complex.
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NEW YORK – Andrew Luck knew exactly where he was heading and the daunting task he faces. So did Robert Griffin III. What the NFL draft lacked in surprise and suspense with its top two picks, it certainly delivered in challenges for the league's newest stars.
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Nike LeBron Black Collection Display at Nike WHQ
LeBron James spent some time on August 13th traversing the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, OR by foot and by bicycle, making some pit-stops at a LeBron sand sculpture (yes, the Portland area has sand) and an interesting display inside the WHQ walls. Ten years of Nike LeBron greatness were up for viewing, with each of LBJ's signature models individually encased along a straight line makeshifting a metaphorical road to the Nike LeBron 11. The entire set was in an all-black format – some of which we've seen before, some not at all, but all amazing. With two NBA Titles, two Olympic Gold Medals, four NBA MVPs, and a
Dunk Contest Trophy already under the man's belt, it seems timely for Nike to embark on a LeBron retrospective of some sort, and we can most certainly expect a story-line with the debut of the LeBron 11.
Like it or not, this interesting display brings us back yet again to the topic of the Nike LeBron Retro. If you compare the trajectory of the Air Jordan and the Nike LeBron, you'd realize that the two could not be more different. Air Jordans made their Retro debut in 1994 when MJ was thought to be done with the game, while LeBron James has shown zero signs of desire to hang 'em up earlier than usual. More importantly, the Air Jordan line was all about sleek and stylish design opposed to the Nike LeBron, which is revered for its robust innovative upgrades like Dynamic Flywire, Hyperfuse, full-length Zoom and much, much more. So while it would be nice for Nike to celebrate ten years of LeBron in some way, is a bringback of the early models – namely the Air Zoom Generation that LeBron himself wore just a few days ago – the way to do it? There's more to come for sure, so check out the video that LeBron James himself took for his IG followers and let us know what your expectations are for a LeBron Retro movement.


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And isn't too fond of Proposition 8.
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The Certified Pediatric Massage Therapist Course (CPMT) is coming to Mount Kisco, New York. This Accredited 2-day professional training, taught by Master Teacher Tina Allen, will be held at Finger Lakes School of Massage.
The mission of the Finger Lakes School of Massage is to prepare students for a career in Therapeutic Massage and Hydrotherapy with the capacity to provide leadership and vision in the profession.
Founded on the principle that teachers and students work and learn best together in an atmosphere of trust, cooperation and integrity, co-founders Cindy Black and Andrea Butje created FLSM out of a passion for massage as a transformative force, emphasizing the efficacy and importance of creating a livelihood out of that passion. Current owner David Merwin actively fosters that legacy, with Black and Butje serving as consultants.
With the charm of a small town, but the convenience of a city, Mount Kisco is a tranquil destination. Mount Kisco was founded in 1850, with Kisco being derived from an Indian word –either kiskamenahook meaning "settlement near a brook" or cisqua meaning "a muddy place."
Located in Weschester County, Mount Kisco is less than an hour outside Midtown New York.
Walk the gorgeous grounds of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Inc., a classical music performance venue as well as an art museum. Or take a step back in time with the Muscoot Farm an early 20th-century interpretative farm museum.
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Come to historic Mount Kisco and discover with us!
Finally, an accredited pediatric massage certification program for healthcare professionals who wish to expand their practice by providing massage therapy and nurturing touch for pediatric clients. The Liddle Kidz Foundation Certification course is an intense, fun and effective way to master the core skills of pediatric massage.
Founded by master teacher and philanthropist Tina Allen, the Liddle Kidz Foundation offers a new, comprehensive, research based training course and teaches students what they really need to know to provide pediatric massage.
Any experienced professional will tell you that there is a world of difference between learning how to massage a child from a book or DVD, and knowing how to provide the best care to meet a child's needs, however, there are few opportunities to learn the skills they really need from a working healthcare professional who has provided pediatric massage education throughout the world.
As a CPMT, you have the special opportunity to provide specialized care through touch therapy to children who need it most.
by registering to join our Mount Kisco Pediatric Massage Training!
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This course is provided as specialized continuing education to further your educational background in providing touch therapy for pediatric clients. This course does not provide certification to touch.
You must already be certified, or licensed to touch, prior to attending this course. Proof of certification, or license to touch, is required in addition to your registration form, and course fees, in order to attend this course. Examples of certification and/or license to touch include: Massage Therapy Certification/License, Nursing License, Physician License, Physical or Occupational Therapist License. Other certifications may qualify you to attend course, please inquire.
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