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Richmond Aquarium Maintenance Services
The goal of the Richmond Aquarium Service team is to handle all maintenance issues with the greatest care, so that you can simply enjoy your aquarium.
Richmond Aquarium provides maintenance for clients on an as needed basis, or we can establish a Scheduled Maintenance routine for your aquarium. Maintenance is automatically included with our lease systems.
Healthy Fish Tank Maintenance
For our Lease and Scheduled Maintenance clients, we perform all maintenance tasks required to keep the system healthy and vibrant. Maintenance is performed on a scheduled basis, and includes 24/7 Emergency Service.


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Area Four Industries acquires Prolyte
AREA FOUR INDUSTRIES consolidates its leadership position among the world manufacturers of aluminium trusses, support structures, peripheral products and related services industry. Continuing on the path already traced by the other controlled brands, Prolyte will keep its DNA intact but will undergo a profound reorganization from a management, production and strategic point of view.
Leek, Netherlands – 28 October 2019 – Since its establishment in 1991, Prolyte has been a leading brand in the production of temporary structures for the entertainment industry. Throughout its history, the company introduced several key products that influenced the entire market for years to come. Now is the time to bring back the glory days.
František Zykan, CEO of Area Four Industries, explains: "We will invest in the development of Prolyte as a brand, as well as in new ideas and products. Our current partners remain equally important for us. I trust that in two years, Prolyte will be no. 1 in customer satisfaction."
About Area Four Industries
The seeds of Area Four Industries were planted in 1994, when Milos Structural Systems was founded in the Czech Republic. It quickly grew into one of the largest truss manufacturers in Europe, and then further extended its reach with the establishment of Milos U.K. and Milos America. In 2007, a new Milos manufacturing plant was opened in Guangzhou, China, followed by the opening of Milos Concepts GmbH in 2010.
Area Four Industries was created in 2012, when the engineering design expertise, experience, knowledge, and manufacturing capabilities of its three brands – Milos Structural Systems, Litec and TOMCAT – were combined and solidified. James Thomas Engineering came on board in 2014.
The union of these four brands led to an improved and redefined structure that has allowed Area Four Industries to give its customers access to the world's largest offer of truss, support structures, peripheral products and related services.
More at https://www.areafourindustries.com
About Prolyte
Founded in 1991, Prolyte has been producing and supplying high-quality products for the entertainment industry for over 25 years. The company manufactures the basic building blocks, which include truss, staging products, and hoists.
Prolyte Group is headquartered in the Netherlands, where the complex processes of design, engineering, and sales come together. As one of the leading suppliers of entertainment solutions globally, Prolyte has an office and warehouse in the USA, an Asian office and factory in Guangzhou, China, and a European warehouse in Germany. Prolyte's portfolio includes ProlyteStructures, ProlyteSystems, StageDex, and ProLyft.
More at https://www.prolyte.com
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TRIAL 4 – Review by Martha K Baker
Netflix's mini-series, The Innocence Files, convinced viewers that wrongful convictions in the United States merit films of excellence. Trial 4 must be added to Netflix's cache of fine true-crime documentaries. In eight episodes, Sean Ellis's story is told with ample attention to details of corruption and justice.
In Boston, in 1993, when he was 19, Ellis was charged with killing a cop in the parking lot of a Walgreen's. John Mulligan had been on paid security detail for Walgreen's, augmenting his wages. Found with his trousers at his ankles, Mulligan had been shot five times — once up his nose.
Ellis readily admitted he had gone to that Walgreen's to buy disposable diapers. Hordes of officers, hellbent to find the killer of a brother officer, quickly claimed that Ellis killed Mulligan for his service revolver. They were led in this decision by fellow officers, who, like Mulligan, were assigned to drug cases, not homicides. That signifies.
Trial 1 ended in a hung jury. Ditto, Trial 2. But Trial 3 brought a conviction for the gentle young man with a stammer. He entered the prison system, where he spent 22 years. The film principally covers what it took to arrange a fourth trial under the aegis of attorney Rosemary Scapicchio. She is unrelenting, determined and and demanding, doing whatever necessary and for however long to free Ellis.
The mini-series, expertly directed by Remy Burkel, never considers Sean Ellis guilty. In addition to Ellis, Burkel includes the reporters who followed the trials, the godmother who volunteered her loving efforts, the Ellis family, and the women whom Ellis thanks in the end. Burkel even covers the campaign of Rachel Rollins for Suffolk County District Attorney to emphasize the importance of elected officials in these cases. He augments filming with animation, particularly for the actual shooting, and with helpful lines of chronology detailing the enormous, unconscionable length of time covered in pursuit of justice for a man's life.
By refusing to be hurried, Burkel could be accused of milking Ellis' story, but the details — both central and peripheral — matter and they educate. Rosemary Scapicchio states in the end that countless cases like Sean Ellis' wait for consideration by the justice system. With excellent series like "Trial 4," attention just might be better paid to wrongful convictions.


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transaction fees are at the lowest they have been in months, and this is all because of SegWit. This relatively new improvement to the Bitcoin network, aims to solve two major problems that are currently affecting Bitcoin at the moment, and these are the transaction fees and the scalability problems. SegWit is not intrusive or destructive and is what is known as a soft fork. It decreased the byte size of virtual currency transactions, helping to decrease fees by a huge amount. This is all achieved at the same time as it increases the transaction capacity of the network. The Vice President of Coinbase, Dan Romero said; "SegWit is an important step in scaling the Bitcoin network. We are continuing to invest in our Bitcoin infrastructure and we will be working on implementing additional Bitcoin scalability improvements like transaction batching and improved UTXO management." The large decrease in transaction fees is because of the increase in SegWit-integrated addresses. It is often as high as 30-40% off of the normal transaction fees, so it is very easy to see why over 30% of all Bitcoin transactions are being pushed using the SegWit protocol. This is a huge increase in just a month. Some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges are also implementing into their exchange transaction services, which has led Bitfinex to drop Bitcoin withdrawal fees by a huge 25%. Despite the huge volatility, and even the recent price wobble from Bitcoin, it is evident to see that it does have a promising future, particularly with the upcoming improvements that we are starting to see. We should be seeing their high costs and fees disappear, becoming a thing of the past, with the arrival of new technologies and changes to the Bitcoin blockchain, it is plain to see that big things are ahead of the number one cryptocurrency.
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How to Create Google Map ?
Google maps is an amazing application. With this app in you hand, you can travel the whole world at your own. It can show you directions, it can show you all the details like how long it will take to reach the destination if you go by bus, or train or by air etc. The application works well with many devices like laptops, smart phones and ipad, iphone etc. The application guide with 99.99% of accuracy so it is highly trusted and recommended by millions of people around the world.
The best part of Google Maps is that it can be accessed by user as he wants. User can create, open, edit, view and change the way it looks the map. Some maps user cannot edit. So here it is discussed how user can create Google Map.
- First, user have to have a Google account. So sign in.
- Then go to My Maps.
- Click on Create Map.
- On the left side, click on Untitled Map.
- Name the map and add the details.
- Drag the jagged line to draw the route while the map is in Edit mode.
- Add text under the headings if you wish.
- Save the map and now user can also get that print if required.
User can add description of the map. He can then edit, delete or change the map. Customized maps are always required specially when user is organizing an event and want everybody to know the location according to him. User can make it private or public and share it, that depends upon his choice. If there is any issue and thus user should call at the Google Toll Free Number immediately. This phone is all the time active with many technical experts from Google on the line always. They can guide user in resolving technical issues, in understanding the features and there working. Keep the Google Helpline Number with you always.


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Wafla, oublie, nieule: the filled waffle and other little sweet histories
And also
The tops
What's this?
A delicious speciality from Northern France, created in the 19th century, flavoured with brown sugar (vergeoise) or Madagascar vanilla.
Unlike the Belgian waffle, Lille waffle is flat!
A Flemish baker who lived in Lille created the recipe in the 19th century: a light vanilla cream filling, inside the waffle.
It's made with sugar, butter, flour and eggs, with vanilla cream filling, but we also can find it with almond, chocolate-orange, blackcurrant-violet, raspberry-pepper, pistachio-cherry...
The little history
From wafla to oublie
Waffle word (gaufre in French) comes from an old Northern name, wafla, which refers to honeycombs.
Waffles are mentioned since the 13th century with the name oublie, in a poem by Guillaume de la Villeneuve, Les Crieries de Paris.
Oublies! Greeks named them obelias: it was a kind of bread cooked between two hot irons. The waffle was thick, but the oublie was very thin!
The oublie primitively was the bread made for religious rites, like the host. It had to be white, round, made with wheat flour and cooked with hot irons.
In the Middle-Ages, people ate plenty of oublies: even monks from abbey of Cluny ate them for supper and during Lent.
On Pentecost, people even threw oublies in churches, from the vaults, with a doves' release!
Medieval lords also received every year a bag full of oublies: it was the obliage, the "oublie's law".
The oublayeurs and their business
People who made oublies had a name: oublayeurs. King gave them status at the end of the 13th century.
But these bakers also made nieules, another kind of thin oublie: the name nieule comes from Latin nebula, which means cloud...
In 1566, oublie-makers were included into bakers' brotherhood. At that time, they made hot waffles for special occasion.
King Charles IX and Charles VI the Mad even wrote edicts to organize sale and fabrication on public places: in the middle of the 15th century, we had more than 29 oublie-makers in Paris!
Ginger and nut oil
Book Le Ménagier de Paris (1393) inventories 4 waffles recipes:
- one made with flour, eggs and wine;
- the same recipe with cheese;
- the "gaufre coulisse" with a watery mixture;
- another recipe made with flour, ginger powder and eggs.
Jean La Bruyère-Champier wrote in the 16th century that peasants loved waffles; they made them with flour and salt: the watery dough was put in a waffle iron coat with nut oil, then cooked.
La Bruyère-Champier added rich people ate them thick, with eggs, sugar or honey, flour and white wine.
King François I was fond of them: he had his own silver waffle iron, decorated with a salamander!


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It started with an idea: To revolutionize an entire industry. And with a hard deadline: The people we did this project for already booked a slot at a fair where they would present their idea. So, to be honest, we didn't develop the entire product. The actual logic that would revolutionize the industry was already in place as an external service. But it needed an engaging, explanatory landing page. A landing page that would convince people to use the product. A landing page that would allow customers to buy the product as easy as 1-2-3.
And that's where Liip came in. We needed to be quick and agile on this project. Four weeks isn't much to implement an entire payment process, some communication with an external service, and have a fully-responsive, beautiful and accessible website. So we got started.
Choosing the tech
One thing was for sure: We needed a backend. The payment provider we chose had a pretty straightforward process: Generate a transaction ID, redirect the user to the payment page with the said transaction ID, call a webhook once the payment is done and redirect the user to a friendly thank-you page.
We needed a backend that we could run on an existing shared host. Unfortunately, the shared host the client has chosen didn't offer NodeJS in any way, so we were not able to simply use the SSR of any modern JS framework. Bummer. So, it was either PHP or Python, with Python as our favourite. An entire Django setup seemed too large, so we settled on FastAPI: Small, feels like express, fast and reliable.
The frontend application, however, could be written with whatever framework we liked, as long as we built it before deployment. That wouldn't be much of an issue thanks to Liip's continuous integration setup: Instead of copying the source to the server and building it there, we would compile it on a CI runner and copy the created files over.
We wanted this app to be modern from the very start. We wanted TypeScript support, extendability and blazing fast performance. We were also up for a little experiment. Neither of us had touched Vue3 before, and we settled on Nuxt3 with TypeScript: Even though it was only a release candidate, all the features we needed were stable and reliable. Besides: We would keep up with the versions anyways, so once the final release is published, we would be able to update quickly. Nuxt's static site generation would ensure high performance, too.
As the CSS framework, we chose Tailwind. A little opinionated, but not too much, easily configurable. With Tailwind's components and tree-shaking mechanism, we would squeeze out even the last bit of performance from this fantastic piece of software.
So far, so good. We had a plan, so, ready to go!
The process of getting things done
We parallelized a lot from the first minute on. We started with the UX and the design of the general look & feel of the page right away and tackled the DevOps setup in the meanwhile. Since we knew what tech we would use, the basic setup was done in no time. Next, we implemented the general look & feel and the backend database, while the design for most of the static content was created. Afterwards, we implemented that, and so on. The below diagram shows how we've accomplished a very streamlined approach to this application.
And we actually got it done on time for the fair! However, let's reflect on the tech stack.
The advantages of the tech stack
Vue3 and TypeScript arguably feel way more streamlined to work with than Vue2 and regular JavaScript. The setup script with Vue's Composition API has allowed us to create very dynamic and lean components. We don't need to rely on things like nuxt-property-decorator anymore to get TypeScript running. The more-or-less zero-config approach of Nuxt3 makes it simpler and less error-prone.
import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt'
// https://v3.nuxtjs.org/api/configuration/nuxt.config
export default defineNuxtConfig({
target: 'static',
ssr: true,
css: [
build: {
postcss: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: {
tailwindcss: {},
autoprefixer: {},
generate: {
fallback: 'error404.html',
routes: [
// ... add more routes here for static site generation
About a third of the above config is for Tailwind; the rest is optional.
Speaking of which: Thanks to Tailwind, most simple components consist of a single <template>
tag and some markup - often enough to give content structure and style. Tailwind allows us to quickly change the look of any component to compare what feels better. Tailwind's mobile-first approach forces us to use best practices from the very start. And with its tree-shaking combined with component classes, the resulting CSS is minimal. We were able to extract mostly typography-related classes into Tailwind components.
@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
@layer components {
.h1 {
@apply font-bold text-3xl md:text-7xl;
.h2 {
@apply text-xl md:text-3xl font-bold leading-tight pb-8;
.h3 {
@apply text-lg md:text-2xl leading-normal pb-2 font-bold;
.p {
@apply md:text-lg leading-normal pb-2;
.a {
@apply text-brand-500 font-bold text-lg md:text-2xl flex items-center opacity-100 hover:opacity-60 ease-in-out duration-300;
.a-inline {
@apply text-brand-500 font-bold md:text-lg opacity-100 hover:opacity-60 ease-in-out duration-300 break-all;
.btn {
@apply w-full block text-white bg-black-900 hover:bg-black-700 ease-in-out duration-300 text-center md:text-2xl p-4 rounded-[20px] shadow-md;
The resulting CSS is no larger than 17.6kb.
FastAPI is basically express without express. We used SQLAlchemy to define the ORM and repository classes, defined the necessary routers for each endpoint and could then get going with the service and payment integration. There's little overhead to FastAPI itself because it is unopinionated and has minimal config.
It is, first and foremost, a very flexible framework. For example, dependency injection allows for simpler testing. Swagger/OpenAPI doc is created automatically, and it has excellent type support.
The disadvantages
Let's start with the obvious: Nuxt3 isn't quite ready yet. A lot of documentation is still missing. Most packages, such as nuxt-i18n
, have ports but are still a work in progress. The community is testing and still finding bugs. Some things are not defined yet, and some concepts got revamped to the degree of being unrecognizable. So there is a learning curve when coming from Nuxt2.
Tailwind itself is rather verbose. Its utility classes make it non-apparent what a given DOM element is actually doing and cloak its purpose. There is a way around this by using components, but these are meant to serve abstraction purposes, not making the code any cleaner. One doesn't need Tailwind if they build a ton of component classes anyways. Tailwind has a flat learning curve initially but is rather challenging to master.
FastAPI's flexibility comes with drawbacks as well. The minimal nature of the framework makes it necessary for the developers to implement features from scratch they would get out of the box with Django. A good example is the middleware system: FastAPI doesn't allow to specify middleware per route; one has to work around that. The same applies to CORS: Due to the API being used by two players (the frontend and the payment provider), we needed separate CORS policies for each of them, which is not quickly done without extra effort.
Final thoughts
The tools we used for this fast-paced project have advantages and disadvantages, but in the end, they helped us significantly reduce the time to market for the client. Their benefits, especially the velocity their DX has given us, were a crucial factor in achieving the feat of delivering a fully responsive, gorgeous website that serves its purpose: Explain, amaze and disrupt an industry.


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Using Mathematics Literature with Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers
Main Article Content
Literature in mathematics has been found to foster positive improvements in mathematics learning. This manuscript reports on a mathematics teacher educator's use of literature via literature circles with 11 prospective secondary mathematics teachers in a mathematics content course. Using survey and reflection data, the author found that prospective teachers expressed either benefiting or not benefitting from the literature circle practice in this mathematics class. Finally, conclusions and recommendations for future work are shared.
Article Details
How to Cite
Jett, C. C. (2014). Using Mathematics Literature with Prospective Secondary Mathematics Teachers. Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.7916/jmetc.v5i2.654


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Neurological disorders range from acute emergencies such as stroke and meningitis to long-term conditions like multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease. Clinical neurophysiologists assess nervous system function, and diagnose and monitor neurological disorders using electrical, magnetic and computerised techniques such as electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies (NCS) and evoked potentials (EPs). This distinguishes them from the neurologists who go on to treat these patients.
It was the harnessing of electricity that made clinical neurophysiology possible. Alexander Hughes Bennett (1848–1901) was particularly interested in the use of electricity in diagnosing diseases of the nervous system. An article in the British Medical Journal in 1880 on the subject was followed in 1882 by a full-length book.
Bennett notes that, for most of medical history, accurate diagnosis had been 'in the highest degree unsatisfactory', owing to the vagueness of the observations that could be made. He notes that diseases of the nervous system had so far 'baffled' attempts made using new technologies such as the stethoscope, ophthalmoscope, laryngoscope, microscope and thermometer. The electrical techniques described in the book enable the physician 'accurately to determine the anatomical conditions of nerve and muscle'. Though a full understanding of the uses of electricity in this field was still lacking, he believed that 'there are already enough facts to indicate the great practical importance of the subject, and to point to a vast field of research, which will doubtless lead to future profit'.
Anthony Martin Halliday (1926–2008) was a consultant in clinical neurophysiology to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London (now the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery). His greatest scientific contribution was his pioneering work on pattern-reversal visual evoked potentials (EPs with a visual stimulus) and its clinical applications. Together with William Ian McDonald (1933–2006) he developed the technique which opened an entirely new field in clinical neurology and was rapidly adopted as one of the most important laboratory tests for the diagnosis of MS.
Halliday's laboratory became a magnet for young neurophysiologists and many returned to their own countries after working with him to build up outstanding careers in the discipline. He published over 200 scientific papers and many of his discoveries and those of his students were written up in his book Evoked potentials in clinical testing (Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1982) and its second edition published in 1993. An early member and sometime president of the EEG Society, now the British Society for Clinical Neurophysiology, he was awarded their Grey Walter medal in 1989.
Karen Reid, library manager
Clinical neurophysiology is the RCP specialty spotlight for July 2016.


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Woah! I actually have never seen anything quite like this before.
Liberty High School band posted a video on YouTube that has now earned them nearly one million views. But…it's technically not the trombones that make the video.
And while you might imagine that it involves some talented trombone playing, the video is less than 2 minutes long and doesn't involve a single note emanating from a trombone.
So what's the deal?
Hyping up the crowd
While we're sure they're all talented musicians, this particular routine was designed to hype up the crowd with choreography.
In fact, the only band members playing their instruments are the percussionists.
As the drumline neatly bangs away, the trombonists perform what's known as a "head-chopping" routine.
Headchoppers are a routine in which the trombones are used as props instead of musical instruments.
Liberty's marching band has been posting these types of videos for years, and their trombone players are specially trained. But this is the first of their videos to go viral.
Performing a head-chopping routine involves a line of trombone players standing shoulder to shoulder, taking turns bending, squatting, and turning.
There's a risk of bonking one another with a trombone if there's even the slightest mistake on the part of a player, so it requires quite a bit of practice.


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JUVE Handbook Estimated in insurance law
(Volume 5 of 5 in 2019/2020)
Comment: This Frankfurt firm is regularly advised on sensitive liability cases involving advisors and often comes into play via the recommendation of the advisor's insurance. Much of the work again involved D&O cases, in which the directors and managing directors concerned often turn directly to the experienced lawyers. Our expertise in tax law is particularly evident in the case of Lotz's mandate in a lawsuit brought by three investors in a cum-ex lawsuit against Sarasin Bank, which also raises questions of insurance law. In addition, the litigation and IP team opened up further fields beyond insurance law, which led to a higher profile for the firm in the market. In addition, the firm has strengthened its team with an experienced associate, whose special field of professional liability complements the well-established team.
Strengths: Tax expertise.
Oft empfohlen: Dr. Reinhard Patzina, Thorsten Lotz
Team:5 partners, 2 associates
Focus:Advice and litigation in tax and corporate law cases, including professional liability (lawyers, notaries, tax consultants, auditors, insolvency administrators), but also post-M&A disputes and D&O. Lastly specialized. Expansion of litigation competence to include IP.
Liability: auditing company in case of legal action due to faulty attestation; R+V on liability cases of auditors, auditors and attorneys; various tax advisors in proceedings against the tax authorities. Insolvency administrator due to deterioration in insolvency ratio.
Manager liability: various medium-sized companies. Companies in D&O disputes.
Property insurance: 3 investors in legal action against Sarasin-Bank in connection with cum-ex cases; consulting company on tax-saving model; various consulting companies on insurance law in the event of a change of legal form; ongoing: HDI, Versicherungsstelle Wiesbaden, Ergo, Allianz, Zurich.
Strengths: Tax law expertise.
Often recommended: Dr. Reinhard Patzina, Thorsten Lotz
Team: 5 partners, 1 associate
Focus: Advice and litigation in tax and corporate law cases, including a lot of professional liability (RAe, notaries, StB, WP, insolvency administrators), but also post-M&A disputes and D&O. Most recently, we have expanded our litigation expertise to include IP.
Clients: ongoing. HDI, Wiesbaden Insurance Office, Ergo, Allianz, Zurich, R+V on liability cases involving insurers, auditors and lawyers; various small and medium-sized companies in D&O disputes; 3 investors in lawsuits against Sarasin Bank in connection with Sheridan funds; insurer/public accountants due to lawsuit by the city of Eschborn regarding allegedly incorrect audit of a municipal company.
Publication details
Source: JUVE – Verlag für juristische Information GmbH
JUVE Handbook 2019/2020, Commercial Law Firms,
22nd Edition 2019/2020
Publication date: 01. October 2019


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Purpose of review: Erectile dysfunction is recognized as a quality-of-life disorder that needs to be treated. Currently, it is estimated to affect as many as 30 million American men. Thirty percent of hypertensive patients complain of erectile dysfunction. The understanding of common mechanisms involved in the cause of erectile dysfunction associated with hypertension, and the investigation of antihypertensive drugs that impact erectile dysfunction, will provide important tools toward identifying new therapeutic targets that will improve the quality of life for patients in these conditions. Recent findings: Hypertension and erectile dysfunction are closely intertwined diseases, which have endothelial dysfunction as a common base. During hypertension and/or erectile dysfunction, disturbance of endothelium-derived factors can lead to an increase in vascular smooth muscle (VSM) contraction. Hypertension can lead to erectile dysfunction as a consequence of high blood pressure (BP) or due to antihypertensive treatment. However, growing evidence suggests erectile dysfunction is an early sign for hypertension. Also, some phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors used to treat erectile dysfunction can improve BP, but the link between these conditions has not been totally understood. Summary: This review will discuss the interplay between hypertension and erectile dysfunction, exploring newest insights regarding hypertension-associated erectile dysfunction, as well as the effect of antihypertensive drugs in erectile dysfunction patients.
Original language | English (US) |
Pages (from-to) | 163-170 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2012 |
- antihypertensives
- endothelial dysfunction
- erectile dysfunction
- hypertension
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology


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'Allow It, Encourage It': Advocates Push To Let Vulnerable Food Stamp Recipients Shop Online
As states prepare for an influx of food stamp recipients, very few offer options for online shopping. California is one state asking the USDA for permission to build a program offering that feature. New York became the first state to introduce a program for online grocery orders only last year. It was followed by Washington, Alabama, Iowa and Oregon. More news related to putting food on tables reports on the stress on food banks and families with special dietary needs.
Most Americans On Food Stamps Must Shop At Stores, Risking Coronavirus Exposure
Most of the 42 million Americans who receive food stamps aren't allowed to use them to shop for groceries online — and some lawmakers and state governments are rushing to change that as the newly jobless flood onto the rolls of the nutrition assistance program. Only six states allow online purchases with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Of those, Alabama and Nebraska launched online shopping only in recent weeks as the coronavirus pandemic erupted. (Crampton, 4/7)
NBC News:
COVID-19 Crisis Heaps Pressure On Nation's Food Banks
In an average month, Brian Barks, the CEO of Food Bank for the Heartland, spends about $73,000 buying food to distribute to people in need across Nebraska and western Iowa. Last month, as the coronavirus was spreading across the U.S., he spent $675,000. That's a nearly tenfold increase, because Food Bank for the Heartland, like food banks and pantries across the country, is facing a steep drop-off in the bread and butter of its operations: food donated by supermarkets and farms. (Abou-Sabe, Romo, McFadden and Longoria, 4/8)
The New York Times:
Families With Food Allergies Struggle With Bare Shelves
Like many Americans these days, Lisa M. Delmont is kept up at night by worry. But for Ms. Delmont, it's the empty grocery store shelves that bring on dread. Her 2-year-old son, Benjamin, is severely allergic to milk, eggs, cashews, pistachios and bananas, so she has to be judicious about the items she brings home. Exposure to the wrong food could send Benjamin into anaphylactic shock, something that has happened three times since he was born. "I am way more terrified of taking him to an E.R. now than I've ever been," said Ms. Delmont, 35, of Jacksonville, N.C. (Athas, 4/7)


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Fata = The Bucket a geyser, is more or less inactive today.
Haihver = "The High Hot Spring", the highest in the Geysir area.
Seyðirinn = Meaning "The Boiler", is now dormant unless treated with soap.
Stjarna = The Star, formed in 1896, but soon disappeared
Blesi = Blazer, due to the "blaze" dividing the hot (clear) and the warm (blue) part.
Strokkur = "The Churn" due to its shape. The only one constantly active now.


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The University of Stavanger (Universitetet i Stavanger) is a university located in Stavanger, Norway. UiS was established in 2005 when the former Stavanger University College (Høgskolen i Stavanger; HiS) received university status. It had about 11,000 students and 1,370 employees including academics, administrative and service staff in 2017. Benefits of having a fake University of Stavanger diploma. Buy fake University of Stavanger diploma, fake degree.
The university has its roots in Rogaland Regional College, established in 1969. In 1986 Rogaland Regional College merged with the Rogaland Polytechnic to form Rogaland College Center. Stavanger University College was formed in 1994 when Rogaland College Center merged with Stavanger Nursing College, Stavanger Social Work College, the Norwegian Hospitality College, Stavanger Teachers' College, Rogaland Music Conservatory and the Congregational College. Stavanger University College was granted the status of a university by the government in 2005. Benefits of having a fake University of Stavanger diploma. Buy fake University of Stavanger diploma, fake degree.
It is organised in six faculties: Educational Sciences and Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Performing Arts, Health Sciences and the Norwegian School of Management at UiS. There are also two national centres of expertise and the Museum of Archaeology. The university campus is located in the neighborhood of Ullandhaug.
The University of Stavanger is currently the third highest ranked in Norway in terms of number of research publications per member of scientific staff. The university became a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) in October 2012.
The university offers doctorates in: Literacy; Risk Management and Societal Safety; Educational Sciences; Health and Medicine; Management, Economics and Tourism; Sociology, Social Work and Culture & Society; Chemistry and Biological Science; Offshore Technology; Petroleum Technology; Risk Management and Societal Safety- Technical/Scientific Approach; and Information Technology, Mathematics, and Physics.


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Snowmaking Improvements and Expanded Facilities Will Be Ready for the Upcoming 2020/2021 Winter Season
The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) begins its summer construction season at Belleayre Mountain with a range of projects that enhance snowmaking systems, expand facility spaces and create a more robust online reservation platform.
The recently expanded Discovery Lodge was a huge success last season. 2,700 square feet of indoor space to the third floor is being added. It will be available for private group functions as well as daily use for all guests. This new indoor area will incorporate large windows that overlook the main level. This allows for natural light and adds to the aesthetics of this "Great Lodge."
New pumps and a new compressor are being added to the snowmaking infrastructure. The pumps will boost pressure within the system allowing for increased snowmaking capacity and expanded water delivery. An energy-efficient compressor is also being added to the system. Replacing old diesel units, the new compressor will help improve coverage and reduce the time it takes to create optimum snow quality.
"Our guests just love the transformation of Discovery Lodge," said Bruce Transue, Belleayre General Manager, "We are really excited to unveil the additional third floor and I can't wait to welcome everyone back this winter."
Visitors will enjoy the mountain views from an expanded outdoor patio space. It will include fire pits, outdoor seating and direct access to the Discovery Lodge. The patio will be the perfect place for enjoying the scenic views of the Catskills.
Season passes are currently on sale, with the best prices available until September 2nd, 2020 and include an assurance program that protects pass purchasers from the unexpected.
ORDA's new RFID technology offers direct-to-lift access and online purchasing, so guests can go directly from their car to the slopes. The lift ticket media can be renewed over several years, preventing waste and adding hassle-free convenience for customers.
Established in 1982, the New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. ORDA operates Whiteface, Belleayre and Gore Mountain ski areas; the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg; the Olympic speed skating oval, Olympic jumping complex and Olympic arena. As host to international and national championships, the Authority has brought millions of athletes, spectator and participants to the region, resulting in significant economic development.


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On Tuesday, a report indicated that the Royals were planning some sort of payback against Mets starter Noah Syndergaard for a brushback pitch he threw to Alcides Escobar during Game 3 of last year's World Series. Later, several Royals players deflected that report.
Maybe it's much ado about nothing. Syndergaard doesn't even know for what the Royals would be retaliating. Via ESPN's Adam Rubin:
"I don't think they're too fond of me, but as far as retaliation goes, I really don't know what they're going to retaliate against," Syndergaard said after his final Grapefruit League appearance for spring training. "All I did was establish the inner part of the plate. So I don't know what this whole retaliation talk is all about. But it's going to be an interesting time. ... I simply threw a pitch on the inside corner. Elevated. A purpose pitch. I don't really see how any retaliation could be made."
Syndergaard noted that Mets fans who ran into him during the offseason "really applauded that pitch".
The Mets and Royals open up the season on the evening of April 3 in Kansas City.


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Sociology (SO)
An introduction to the study of society; emphasizes the basic social structure and processes of group living. Included are analysis of culture, socialization, control and deviance, organizations, power, stratification, and social change. Completion of this course is a required to enroll in advanced courses in sociology and should be taken in freshman or sophomore year by those planning advanced work in the discipline.
Crime and delinquency as a social phenomenon. The nature and extent of crime and delinquency in the United States, a review of the most popular theories of crime causation and the social factors that influence its existence from early biological theories to modern social-cultural theories, specific factors of gender, race, social class, etc., are discussed in detail. This course is cross-listed with CJ200.
An introductory course in statistical methods of data analysis relevant to the social sciences, intended to develop students as informed and critical consumers of social science research with an emphasis on application to criminological and sociological issues. MA103 prepares students for this course, and students are strongly advised to take MA103 to fulfill their Bridge General Education requirement for quantitative analysis. This course is cross-listed with PO201.
This course addresses how traditional models of development, embraced by all nations of the world, inspire patterns of production and consumption that stand in the way of building a just, sustainable and peaceful world. It addresses the fundamental principles that the human community should pursue to attain a sustainable global society founded on economic justice, respect for nature, and universal human rights. Required for sustainability minor.
An analysis of the concept of deviance both as a theoretical topic and a practical device in American society. Specific patterns of deviance will be discussed in detail, e.g., organized crime, political deviance, gambling, terrorism, suicide, sexual deviance.
Prerequisite(s): SO101 or permission of the instructor.


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In a world where little Black boys and girls are being stripped of their innocence because of a society that sees them for everything other than exactly what they are — kids — parents have the daunting task of educating their children about life ahead. With nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd as the backdrop to an already confusing time in the world, the conversations will likely have to come sooner rather than later. It's not only recommended — it's critical.
Studies from Harvard University suggest that children as young as three years old, when exposed to racism and prejudice, tended to embrace and accept it, even though they might not entirely understand what they were feeling. Therefore these conversations are essential for all parents to have, because it provides the framework and foundation for what it's like to grow up Black in America.
Nyasha Chikowore, M.S., clinical psychology doctoral extern at Capital Center for Psychotherapy & Wellness in Washington, D.C. and author of children's book Giraffe Asks For Help, offers a few tips for Black parents to help their children navigate an overwhelming reality and also provide hope for a joyful future among these dark times.
Acknowledge that it's a difficult conversation.
Many parents may want to avoid difficult conversations, but now isn't the time to stay silent. Children are likely already seeing and hearing about the highly publicized murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd and likely have questions. As a Black parent, it's up to you to frame the narrative on what really happened to these Black lives, and explain to them how in a country that may not believe they matter — they do. "There aren't many ways to make racism a fun and flowery conversation, and kids can tell when you're not being completely honest with them," says Chikowore. "Letting them know that the topic may be hard to understand and can make them feel sad or confused will also let them know it's okay for them to emote. Kids are good at masking their emotions based on cues from their parents; this is a conversation that requires transparency and openness."
Use children's books.
Don't know where to start? Books can often provide the words and images that may be too difficult for you to speak while you're doing your own processing of what's going on in the world. They are a great first step in tackling tough topics and exposing children to different narratives. Chikowore agrees, "Reading younger children's stories is always a great way to broach a tough conversation, and help them understand a topic based on their reading level. There are book lists available, of which many focus on historical figures like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X that can help them understand significant historical events."
Give them hope.
"The conversation, although a tough one, doesn't need to be all doom and gloom," says Chikowore. "It's important to let them know that there are many people, including their own parents and family members, who are working hard to change things. Considering children have also been attending protests or may be hearing about it in conversations, the purpose of these events can also be explained." Remember, this conversation will shape your child's life, their future interactions and their way of thinking — you don't want to take all of their joy away from them.
Use real life examples.
It may get a bit messy, but the best way to explain things to your children is by actually sharing things with them that you've personally experienced. That way they get it more. "Parents have an affinity for the "when I was your age" talks, which in this instance could be more productive than not," says Chikowore. "Racism shows up in different ways from the larger systemic level to the one-on-one interactions. Examples of how it's shown up in your life can help children understand racism as more than the injustice being highlighted on the news."


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NAPSNet Daily Report 24 August, 2009
Contents in this Issue:
- I. Napsnet
- 1. US on DPRK Sanctions
- 2. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 3. Inter-Korea Relations
- 4. Korean Separated Families
- 5. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 6. DPRK Refugees in PRC
- 7. Death of Former ROK President
- 8. US Military in ROK
- 9. ROK Anti-Piracy Activities
- 10. ROK Influenza Outbreak
- 11. Japanese Missile Defense
- 12. Japanese Nuclear Policy
- 13. Japanese Politics
- 14. Japanese Role in Afghanistan
- 15. Japanese Influenza Response
- 16. Taiwan Typhoon
- 17. Sino-US Relations
- 18. PRC-Kazakhstan Relations
- 19. PRC Ethnic Unrest
- 20. PRC Environment
- 21. PRC Public Health
- 22. PRC Civil Rights
- II. PRC Report
I. Napsnet
1. US on DPRK Sanctions
Associated Press (Jae-soon Chang, "US ENVOY SEEKS SEOUL'S SUPPORT FOR NKOREA SANCTIONS", Seoul, 2009/08/24) reported that US envoy Philip Goldberg sought the ROK's support Monday to enforce U.N. sanctions against the DPRK. Goldberg met in Seoul with the the ROK's chief nuclear negotiator and said a complete, verifiable denuclearization of the DPRK is "certainly our goal" and that the U.N. sanctions resolution "very much lays that out."
2. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
Yonhap ("INTER-KOREAN PROJECTS NOT AFFECTED BY U.N.", Seoul, 2009/08/24) reported that inter-Korean tourism projects, if restarted, will not impede the international community's efforts to impose sanctions on the DPRK for its nuclear and missile programs, Philip Goldberg, US coordinator for the implementation of U.N. sanctions, said Monday. "My assessment is that at the moment these are issues outside of that resolution. And there are economic and humanitarian developments that are taken into account in the resolution as well," Goldberg said.
3. Inter-Korea Relations
Yonhap ("SEOUL DENIES NK LEADER'S SUMMIT PROPOSAL", Seoul, 2009/08/24) reported that DPRK leader Kim Jong-il has not proposed an inter-Korean summit in a verbal message he delivered to ROK President Lee Myung-bak through his deputies Sunday, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. "There were only general discussions on the development of South-North relations at President Lee's meeting with the North Korean delegation, and no issues related to an inter-Korean summit, as reported by some news outlets, were discussed," the presidential office was quoted as saying.
Korea Times (Na Jeong-ju, "NK LEADER SEEKS TO IMPROVE INTER-KOREAN TIES", Seoul, 2009/08/23) reported that ROK President Lee Myung-bak met with DPRK delegates visiting Seoul to pay respects to the late former President Kim Dae-jung Sunday. The delegation, led by Kim Ki-nam, secretary of the Workers' Party Central Committee, delivered an oral message from their leader Kim Jong-il about advancing bilateral cooperation between the two Koreas. Lee told the delegates to convey the "consistent and firm" principles of his DPRK policy to Defense Commission Chairman Kim, presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan told reporters, without elaborating on what was discussed at the half-hour meeting.
Chosun Ilbo ("INTER-KOREAN TALKS HINT AT 'PARADIGM SHIFT' IN TIES", Seoul, 2009/08/24) reported that a senior ROK official on Sunday spoke of a "paradigm shift" in inter-Korean relations after President Lee Myung-bak met a senior DPRK delegation. "The previous administrations put priority on the exceptional nature of the inter-Korean relations and put the rules of normal international relations aside," he said. "They already grateful when North Korea just responded to requests for dialogue. That will no longer happen."
Yonhap ("SEOUL URGED TO RELEASE DETAINED FISHERMEN", Seoul, 2009/08/21) reported that the ROK on Friday stepped up its demand for the release of four fisherman detained in the DPRK. "We again demand that North Korea send back the fishermen and the ship on humanitarian grounds," Chun Hae-sung said, adding that Seoul plans to deliver an official request through a military communication line.
4. Korean Separated Families
Chosun Ilbo ("RED CROSS SEEKS TALKS ON INTER-KOREAN FAMILY REUNIONS", Seoul, 2009/08/21) reported that the ROK Red Cross proposed talks to the DPRK Red Cross on Thursday about resuming the reunions of families separated by the Korean War. The DPRK has offered to resume the reunions on Chuseok or Korean Thanksgiving on Oct. 3. The ROK is expected to propose that 100 family members from the ROK go to Mt. Kumgang to be reunited with around 250 of their relatives from the DPRK over a period of three days.
5. Sino-DPRK Relations
Yonhap ("CHINA URGED TO DO MORE TO PRESSURE N. KOREA: CFR PRESIDENT", 2009/08/23) reported that Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, urged the PRC on Friday to do more to persuade the DPRK to return to the six-party talks. "Where I'd like to see China do a different policy is North Korea," Haas said. "I would love them to use their leverage there in ways they've not used it." "Two-thirds of North Korea's trade transits China," he said. "If the Chinese want to turn the screws on the North Koreans, they can. They have much more influence than we do."
Joongang Ilbo ("PRESSURE PUT ON PYONGYANG TO REJOIN 6-PARTY TALKS", 2009/08/22) reported that PRC Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, who had arrived in the DPRK capital on Monday, left Friday after a series of meetings with top officials, Xinhua news agency and Korean Central News Agency reported. Wu met with his DPRK counterpart Kim Gye-gwan as well as Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun on the "regional situation," the agencies reported.
6. DPRK Refugees in PRC
Chosun Ilbo ("CHINA 'USED U.S. REPORTERS' FILM TO CRACK DOWN ON N.KOREANS'", 2009/08/21) reported that video footage shot by two TV journalists who were detained in the DPRK was used by the PRC to round up on DPRK refugees. The PRC also deported one ROK human rights activist who is seen in the footage and closed five orphanages that had protected DPRK children. The claims were made Thursday by Lee Chan-woo, a pastor with the Durihana Mission, who was caught and deported by PRC police for helping the two reporters.
Los Angeles Times (John M. Glionna, "NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS NETWORK FEARS CRACKDOWN", Seoul, 2009/08/23) reported that a clandestine network that helps DPRK refugees escape through the PRC has gone deeper underground because of fears over what authorities in both countries have learned from the capture of two U.S. journalists. "Their arrest reverberated through the aid network," said Tim Peters, a missionary in Seoul who oversees aid work in northeast China. "It has made an already difficult situation 10 times more difficult. We now have to be more prudent in every phase of our operation."
7. Death of Former ROK President
Korea Times (Do Je-hae, "KOREA BIDS SOLEMN FAREWELL TO KIM DAE-JUNG", Seoul, 2009/08/23) reported that tens of thousands of mourners gathered Sunday for the funeral of the late former President Kim Dae-jung. After a six-day mourning period, the first-ever state funeral for a former head of state began at 2 p.m. at the National Assembly's main grounds as national flags flew at half-mast nationwide.
8. US Military in ROK
Korea Times (Jung Sung-ki, "USFK TO GET NEWER APACHE HELICOPTERS", Seoul, 2009/08/21) reported that the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will replace its only Apache fleet with newer models by the year's end, according to Stars and Stripes Friday. The older Apaches will be exchanged for the newest model, Block 2, Version 11, the newspaper said. "By the end of the year, all of our aircraft will be traded in," Chief Warrant Officer 4 Craig D. Yerdon, at the Apache battalion's standardization instructor pilot, was quoted as saying.
9. ROK Anti-Piracy Activities
Korea Herald ("NEW KOREAN ANTI-PIRACY UNIT STARTS OPERATIONS IN SOMALI WATERS", Seoul, 2009/08/24) reported that a fresh contingent of 300 ROK troops has begun operating off the Somali coast, replacing an anti-piracy unit that had been deployed there since April, officials said Monday. The Dae Jo Yeong destroyer took over on Saturday from the 4,500-ton Munmu the Great, which has escorted a total of 300 boats and is due to return to the ROK by mid-October, Joint Chiefs of Staff officials said.
10. ROK Influenza Outbreak
Korea Times ("FEARS OF NEW FLU SPREAD IN S. KOREA", Seoul, 2009/08/24) reported that as the number of people infected with Influenza A has surpassed 3,000 in the ROK, more schools have decided to close for the time being. "After receiving a report that the new flu could rapidly spread in October or November, the president said the government must make its utmost effort to secure a sufficient supply of treatment drugs, including Tamiflu," Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Lee Dong-kwan was quoted as telling a press briefing after a meeting of secretaries. Seoul currently has enough Tamiflu to inoculate some 5.31 million people, about 10 percent of the country's total population. Health officials reported Monday the country will need to secure enough for 20 percent of the population.
Joongang Ilbo ("SPREAD OF VIRUS COULD NULLIFY TAMIFLU PATENT", Seoul, 2009/08/22) reported that Health Minister Jeon Jae-hee said Friday that the ROK government could exercise its authority to nullify the patent of Roche's Tamiflu so that local pharmaceutical firms will be able to produce the antiviral drug. Jeon said the ministry is discussing with PRC authorities importing flu vaccines to the ROK. "Until local infections broke out, the government had focused on quarantines and preventing the spread of disease," Jeon said. "But now as local virus spread accounts for 40 percent of the infections, the government will focus on preventing people from dying and suffering serious illness from the flu."
11. Japanese Missile Defense
Yomiuri Shimbun ("PAC-3 MISSILES TO BE DEPLOYED AT 3 NEW LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE", Tokyo, 2009/08/24) reported that the Japanese Defense Ministry likely will deploy Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles at three air defense missile-launch facilities to complement the functions of three similar PAC-3 installations in a bid to better defend the nation against ballistic missiles launched from the DPRK, ministry sources said. The three locations include the 6th Air Defense Missile Group in Misawa, Aomori Prefecture. The ministry plans to include expenses for the deployment in its budget request for fiscal 2010.
12. Japanese Nuclear Policy
Asahi Shimbun ("HATOYAMA VOWS TO KEEP U.S. NUKES OUT", Tokyo, 2009/08/24) reported that Yukio Hatoyama, president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said Sunday he would negotiate with the United States to keep nuclear weapons from being brought into Japanese territory if his party won the Aug. 30 Lower House election. Hatoyama said if he was named prime minister, he would attend a summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, expected as early as September, "with a firm determination" to raise the issue. Hatoyama said he felt the Obama administration had shown it was prepared to respect Japan's three non-nuclear principles.
13. Japanese Politics
Kyodo ("43% OF UNAFFILIATED VOTERS APT TO VOTE FOR DPJ: KYODO POLL", Tokyo, 2009/08/24) reported that forty-three percent of unaffiliated voters surveyed are apt to vote for the Democratic Party of Japan in the proportional representation section of the election, nearly triple the 15.8 percent who plan to vote for the Liberal Democratic Party, according to a Kyodo News poll. Another 32.0 percent said they usually support the LDP, down 2.7 percentage points from 2005, and 17.1 percent said they support the DPJ, up 4.4 points. But 24.8 percent of the LDP supporters said they will vote for the DPJ this time.
Yomiuri Shimbun ("DPJ-LED GOVERNMENT MOST FAVORED CHOICE AMONG VOTERS", Tokyo, 2009/08/22) reported that the latest Yomiuri Shimbun survey showed 27 percent of respondents favored a DPJ-led government, up from 24 percent in the previous poll. Twenty-four percent said they hoped for a coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the DPJ, down three percentage points, while support for an LDP-led government rose to 16 percent from 11 percent.
Associated Press ("JAPAN PM SAYS FORECAST OF ELECTION LOSS PREMATURE", Tokyo, 2009/08/23) reported that Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso tried Sunday to downplay recent polls predicting heavy losses for his party in parliamentary elections. Support levels for the Liberal Democrats are "trending upward," he told public broadcaster NHK. "The situation can totally change in a day or two. We will keep reaching out to voters with our policies."
Yomiuri Shimbun ("DPJ NOT OVERCONFIDENT DESPITE WIN PREDICTIONS", Tokyo, 2009/08/22) reported that the Democratic Party of Japan is warning its members against overconfidence and shying away from issues of substance in its House of Representatives election campaign. "The number [of seats in the Yomiuri survey] differs widely from what we actually feel. The real race is yet to come. Only candidates who do what they must [in the campaign] can win in the end," DPJ Secretary General Katsuya Okada said during a press conference Friday morning in Kyoto.
14. Japanese Role in Afghanistan
Asahi Shimbun ("TOKYO TO HOST TALK ON PEACE-BUILDING IN AFGHANISTAN", Tokyo, 2009/08/24) reported that a group of lawmakers is planning to host an international conference in Tokyo in late November to discuss ways to build peace in Afghanistan, sources said. The organizers, from a range of parties, are keen to demonstrate Japan's continued support for Afghanistan by making diplomatic efforts to establish peace in the war-torn country, the sources said. The international conference will be jointly sponsored by the Japanese committees for the Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and for the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP).
15. Japanese Influenza Response
Yomiuri Shimbun ("NEW-FLU VACCINE IMPORTS MAY BE TOO LATE", Tokyo, 2009/08/23) reported that the Japanese government might not be able to import vaccine to combat the new type of influenza before autumn, when an epidemic of the disease is feared to intensify, sources familiar with the matter said. According to the sources, the three Western pharmaceutical companies that manufacture the vaccine have submitted terms of contract, among which the government is asked to exempt them from liability in the case the vaccine causes side effects. Additionally, the firms indicated they would prioritize shipments to other countries unless the contract is signed by the end of this month.
Yomiuri Shimbun (Masaru Fujita, Kosho Yamazaki and Masae Honma, "EXPERTS URGE ANTIFLU STEPS WHILE THERE'S TIME", Tokyo, 2009/08/23) reported that experts are urging authorities to do more to prevent the spread of the new H1N1 strain of influenza Type A. "The number of patients in the nation has been growing only slowly since last week, so the worst is yet to come," said Tatsuhito Tonooka, the former head of the Otaru municipal public health center in Hokkaido. "Considering the pandemic in the southern hemisphere now, the number of patients in Japan could be four to six times higher than the average yearly figure of about 10 million [seasonal flu infections]," he warned.
16. Taiwan Typhoon
Associated Press ("TAIWAN SAYS TYPHOON MORAKOT HAS CLAIMED 650 LIVES", Taipei, 2009/08/23) reported that the death toll from Typhoon Morakot was raised to at least 650 Sunday. Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said 160 were confirmed killed, with another 490 listed as missing and presumed dead.
17. Sino-US Relations
VOA News ("NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA PUSHES IMPROVED TIES", 2009/08/24) reported that the newly-arrived U.S. ambassador to the PRC, Jon Huntsman, says his top priority is to take the U.S.-China relationship to "new heights." "Sometimes, when we had difficulties and challenges, the relationship has come to a stop," he said. "And the work hasn't been able to get done. And that's not only unfortunate for people in the U.S. and China, but it's unfortunate for the people throughout the rest of Asia, all of whom depend on a good U.S.-China relationship." "Specifically, when you look at energy and climate change, regional security and global economy, if we're going to tackle all of those successfully, by definition, we would have risen to new heights," said Huntsman.
18. PRC-Kazakhstan Relations
The Hindu (Ananth Krishnan, "CHINA STRENGTHENS PRESENCE IN KAZAKHSTAN", Beijing, 2009/08/22) reported that in recent weeks, the PRC has significantly expanded its economic presence in the energy-rich Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan. On Thursday, the Xinjiang-based Guanghui Industry company received approval from the PRC's National Development and Reform Commission to acquire a 49 per cent stake worth $40.5 million in a Kazakh oil company. This deal follows the recent completion of the extension of an oil pipeline to the Caspian Sea's oil fields with a 10 million ton-a-year capacity, which both countries have already agreed to double.
19. PRC Ethnic Unrest
Associated Press (Christopher Bodeen, "REPORT: 200 T0 GO ON TRIAL AFTER XINJIANG RIOTS", Beijing, 2009/08/24) reported that more than 200 people are expected to go on trial this week for their involvement in riots in Xinjiang. The trials will take place in Urumqi , the China Daily reported.
New York Times (Edward Wong, "WORKERS RETURN TO RESTIVE CHINA REGION", Beijing, 2009/08/21) reported that the first wave of workers has arrived in the annual migration to Xinjiang this year to pick cotton, according to a report on Friday by Xinhua news agency. The workers are mostly ethnic Han.
20. PRC Environment
Agence France-Presse ("NEARLY FIVE MILLION SHORT OF WATER IN CHINA DROUGHT", Beijing, 2009/08/23) reported that a total of 4.6 million people and 4.1 million head of livestock face difficulty accessing drinking water in the PRC's north, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. The figure is up from 3.9 million people affected a week ago, according to earlier state media reports.
21. PRC Public Health
Associated Press (Chi-Chi Zhang, "LEAD POISONING INVESTIGATION BEGINS IN CHINA", Beijing, 2009/08/24) reported that health and environmental officials have been sent to central PRC to investigate who is responsible for pollution from a manganese processing plant that caused more than 1,300 children to become sickened with lead poisoning, a local government official said Monday. " Central government officials arrived over the weekend to work with local authorities to begin the investigation of the incident," said a spokesman surnamed Xiao, for the Wugang city government office .
22. PRC Civil Rights
Reuters ("CHINA RIGHTS LAWYER RELEASED FROM DETENTION", Beijing, 2009/08/23) reported that Chinese legal rights advocate Xu Zhiyong, co-founder of the Open Constitution Initiative, who had been detained for more than three weeks and accused of tax evasion, was released on Sunday but might still face prosecution, he and his lawyers said. Zhou Ze, one of Xu's attorneys, said the investigation might continue. "In legal procedure, all it means is that Xu Zhiyong has been judged not to be a threat to society, and we don't know what will become of the case."
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23. PRC Civil Society
China Radio Net ("HONG KONG SOCIAL SERVICE SPENDS HALF OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE", 2009/08/21) reported that at present, large financial support of non-governmental organizations in Hong Kong are from government, including education, social security, medical care, public housing, etc. These have accounted for half of Hong Kong government expenditure, and about 20% -30% citizens are expected to accept these services.
24. Cross Strait Relations
China Taiwan Net ("SIX MAINLAND TV STATIONS JOINTLY HOLD DISASTER RELIEF PARTY FOR TAIWAN", 2009/08/21) reported that as Taiwan was seriously hit by typhoon "Morak" recently, six major TV television stations jointly held "Love Across the Strait – Party of Aiding Taiwan Compatriots in Disaster-affected Areas" yesterday evening. At the site of the party, 100 love hotlines were open for donation, and all the donation will be used in disaster relief and reconstruction of Taiwan.
25. PRC Employment
Naihai Net ("HAINAN FIRST DISABLED PERSONS' JOB FAIR GETS POPULAR", 2009/08/21) reported that Hainan province's first job fair of disabled persons was held yesterday morning. According to statistics, 61 units provided 450 positions for disabled persons, and over 500 disabled persons came to the site for employment. Finally 224 persons were successfully recruited.


text: The recruitment form is a document that needs to be filled in by the applicant during the selection process which contains personal information of the candidate required by the potential employer. A typical example includes sections for education, skills and work experience (past employment and/or volunteer work). Purpose The forms serve as an interface between the potential employee and employer and helps the latter organize the applications and discern among them. For the employer, it is a tool used alongside a CV and a cover letter, and will help them select the best candidates for the: Shortlisting: it is a visual tool that allows the HR Department separate applications and when used, it dissuades from "walk in" applications. It is in line with the job description and helps maintain the structure of the advertisement. Interview: once the application is a pre-requisite, the details contained in the form will be cross-checked in the actual interview. The recruitment form is a first stage in assessing the applicant's literacy, communication and organizational skills, as well as attention to details. Recruitment form sections Personal data and contact details: usually asks the minimum for their name, phone number, e-mail and address. This information is used in order to facilitate communication with the candidate and it usually stands at the beginning of the application for a better reference for the employer. Experience: this part can be separated into education and work experience. It highlights the suitability of the candidate and allows the company to evaluate the candidate's background and profile, with the possibility to ask for references. Photograph: depending on the cultural environment, it may be required or not. In the English-speaking countries, particularly in the United States, it is advised against including one unless specifically asked; on the other hand, in Europe, it is still common practice and an application may be found incomplete without it. Limitations On the other side of the spectrum, applicants may share too much information with the potential employer. It is important to note that there are certain limits as to the information required in the form, such as age, health issues, religion, marital status, race, personal measurements, or dependents. The recruitment form should be limited to the job description and ad and should be consistent with the skills and experience required in the latter. There should be no other requisites either verbal or in writing, or it could be a basis for discrimination. PinSharePocketShare0 Shares


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The geography–environmental prelaw major is designed to prepare students for a career in environmental law and related fields. This interdisciplinary program is unique because in addition to requiring social science courses that prepare students for law school, it also requires a foundation in the physical sciences and courses that link humans and their environment.
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Besides attending law school or seeking a graduate degree in geography or a related field, students with this major may work for the federal or state government, in planning offices, or as an environmental consultant.
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Holiday Shoppes, the JLS's annual fall fundraiser, is a three-day holiday marketplace known throughout Central New York as a shopping destination. Holiday Shoppes offers boutique shopping at its best, featuring an impressive array of unique and distinctive merchants.
The 2022 Holiday Shoppes is November 11th-13th – we hope you'll join us!
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Number of Crypto ETPs Grew 50% in 2022, Even as AUM Mirrored Drop in Cryptocurrency Prices
London, UK -- January 17, 2023 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Fineqia International Inc.'s (the "Company" or "Fineqia") (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) analysis of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) worldwide that have cryptocurrencies as underlying assets, indicated that the number of ETPs increased 50% to 162 from 109 in 2022, even as their Assets Under Management (AUMs) decreased 66%, mirroring the 64% fall in cryptocurrency market values during the same period.
Fineqia research revealed that the number of ETPs increased by 53 to 162 in Dec. from 109 in Jan. Conversely, their total AUM declined to a third of their value to $20 billion from $58.5 billion in 2022. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 65%, while Ethereum (ETH) decreased by 68% during Jan-Dec. 2022 period.
For the month of Dec., the AUM of ETPs decreased by 5%, while the value of the cryptocurrency market dropped 8% to about $800 million. That implied a total decline of 64% in 2022 from $2.2 trillion last January.
"The fact that an average of one new ETP was issued each week, despite the bear market in 2022, can be seen as an indication of continued investor appetite for this asset class," said Fineqia's CEO Bundeep Singh Rangar. "Specific events, such as the bankruptcy of FTX, contributed to a fall in crypto prices and resultant AUMs."
ETPs started during bear markets experienced significant growth in subsequent bull markets. Grayscale's Litecoin Trust (LTCN) launched in 2018, for example, grew more than 220x from an initial AUM of approx. $472k to about $104 million. Similarly, the AUM of two 21 Shares ETPs increased about 120x from the time of their launch in 2019. The 21Shares Ethereum ETP (AETH) grew from about $1.3 million to $155 million and that of the 21Shares Bitcoin ETP (ABTC) increased from $1.2 million to nearly $145 million.
By contrast, ETPs launch around the time of BTC's all-time high of more than $65,000 in Nov. 2021, such as the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, launched on Oct. 18, 2021, dropped 54% to about $549 million from $1.2 billion. Similarly, the Invesco Physical Bitcoin ETN started on Nov. 22, 2021, fell 70% to about $52 million from an initial $171 million.
In the month of Dec., the AUM ETPs holding BTC dropped by 3% to $13.5 billion from $14 billion. The AUM of ETH-denominated ETPs decreased by 7.5% to $5 billion from $5.3 billion. ETPs representing alternative coins decreased by 18% and those with a basket of cryptocurrencies dropped by 8%.
One ETP that had the FTX token (FTT) as its underlying asset was removed from trading, decreasing the total number of ETPs by one to 162, from the 163 previously listed.
All references are in US dollars and all cryptocurrency prices are sourced from CoinMarketCap.
All ETFs and ETPs AUM were compiled from publicly available sources, such as 21Shares AG, Grayscale Investment LLC, VanEck Associates Corp., MorningStars, Inc., and TrackInSight SAS by Fineqia's in-house research department.
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Minister Sander Dekker visits Bonaire
Minister Sander Dekker (Legal Protection) will visit Bonaire from November 4th till 6th, 2018. The minister will have talks with, among others, the governor and the acting Kingdom representative.
He also has a consultation with the chain partners on the subject of "juvenile criminal law" and he attends an expert meeting with the theme "domestic violence and child abuse".
The Minister will further consult with the stichting Reclassering and the Victim Support Office and he will shortly visit Krusada.
On November 6th, the Minister will officially open the Netherlands Caribbean Correctional Institution on Bonaire. The judicial system has been in use since the end of August.


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HPS Sanitation recycling pickups were delayed on Thursday, September 30, 2021 for Kia Drive Seagrape, Sunrise, North Gate, Portofino East, Waterstone – Pebblebrook I & II, Floridian Isles I & II, Stonebrook I & II, Portofino Pointe, Portofino Oaks, Portofino Lakes, Portofino Bay; Malibu Bay – Mendocino, Ventura and Sonara. Missed pickups will be completed by Saturday, October 2, 2021. Please make sure your recycling can is out and has the required five-foot clearance from any object so it may be serviced.
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Take an average work day of a 'knowledge worker', someone whose main work day is around information. For example, a programmer, a stock broker, and other office workers.She probably has a cell phone, and an organizer. This is in addition to the land line she has on her desk. Of course she also has a desktop computer, or a laptop that she takes with her at home and on trips. On that computer, she must have email, e.g. Microsoft Outlook probably with immediate notification when a message arrives. She also has an Instant Messaging program, such as Yahoo Messenger, ICQ or MSN Messenger. She has client contacts on all of those means of communication, as well as family and friends too.An MSN Messenger pops up with a client asking for a quote on something. Meanwhile, her sister pops up on Yahoo Messenger asking her about how a relative is doing. An email notification comes in with a SPAM announcing mortgage rates. Another email message pops up about corporate news. Her office phone rings with a colleague asking her something work related. Outlook Calendar pops up a meeting reminder. Her cell phone keeps beeping about an SMS text message she earlier got from a friend. She also needs to check the latest news on the web, the latest comic strip, some corporate information and newsletters.Or someone at Starbucks with his laptop connected to the WiFi hotspot there, answering emails, using ICQ with people halfway across the world, and also answering the mobile phone, while talking to a co-worker who accompanied him there.Well, I think you get the idea now. Life is turning into a series of interrupted interruptions. How is someone supposed to do any work or enjoy some reading/research without being interrupted?The sheer number of ways that we can be contacted here and now are multiplying. Others have become like a 3 year old demanding a glass of water now.At home, things are not much better. There is TV with the ever 'useful' remote flipping channels around all the time. Even watching a movie is interrupted by 15 second commercial advertisments with fast moving shots and loud noise passing in for music.As a result, our attention span is shorter and shorter as time goes by. The only time for "peace and quiet" may well be on a remote lakeside with a book.Another aspect of the problem is the sheer magnitude of information overload that one has to deal with. Since our brain has to deal with a lot of simultaneous information coming in, it often drops some information or fails to adequately process them, rendering the sum of this overload much less useful than each information piece alone.Some have termed this life style of 'multitasking on speed' as hypertasking, driven by techngadgets, and life in the fast line. While people who do it tend to do things faster, they do not necessarily do them better. Don't ever equate "being busy" with "being productive".Finally, mainstream media catches up on this issue, with the New York Times article: "You there! At the computer! Pay attention" by Katie Hafner, February 10, 2005. This was also discussed on Slashdot.It is only natural then that those who are always on the job are stressed out, with adverse effects on their health. This stress costs the US economy 300$ billion annually, and books and seminars are being written on TechnoStress.Also read my article Life Interrupted: Stressed by Distraction for more.
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text: Mountain Tops and Valleys You don't have to be around Christian circles for very long before you meet the 'Mountain Tops and Valleys' explanation of the ups and downs of the Christian life. I don't mean to sound dismissive or disrespectful in making this observation. Mountain Top highs and deep in The Valley lows are certainly real and deserve to be taken seriously. I haven't written a blog post for quite a long time. I have been moved to start blogging again today after the, very, physical experience of walking up 'mountains' (well at least quite steep hills) and then descending into a valley with a small river running through it. Judi and I are taking a short break in the North Pennines, courtesy of two very good friends who really talked us into looking after ourselves in this way. We cannot thank them enough. Waking up to an inspiring view, walking in the hills and vales and finding time to just unwind is something that we haven't done for many years. The whole experience


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Pretoria - Parliament is ready to host the State of the Nation Address (SONA) that will be delivered by President Jacob Zuma next week, Secretary of Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana, said on Monday.
"The SONA is an important event constitutionally and we want to emphasise what the Speaker [Baleka Mbete] said that Parliament is ready to host the SONA. All arrangements have been made," said Mgidlana.
President Zuma will deliver the State of the Nation Address in the National Assembly to a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on the evening of 11 February 2016.
The SONA is convened by the President and is graced by the Judiciary, the Executive and the Legislative arms of the country. Various sectors of society, including business, diplomats and the public have been invited to witness the event.
Work, said the Secretary of Parliament, has been done to ensure that the joint sitting of the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces goes smoothly.
Mgidlana said the SONA is an important event in the calendar of South Africa as it affords the President an opportunity to put in place the programme of government for the year.
"It's important to all South Africans from all walks of life. It is a flagship event in the political calendar," he said, adding that the event also triggers the attention of the African continent and the global arena.
The security levels at the event will be consistent with the level of people attending the event. Security will be provided by the security cluster including the South African Police Service and the military, among others.
Mgidlana said Parliament has been working on strengthening the rules in Parliament so as to improve operations.
The briefing highlighted that Parliament has three sets of rules - namely the rules that govern the proceedings of the National Assembly, rules that govern proceedings in the National Council of Provinces and there are also rules that govern the joint business of Parliament, such as joint committee meetings and joint sittings.
Deputy Secretary to Parliament: Core Business Advocate M E Phindela said: "The Joint Rules govern the proceedings of the joint sittings and those are the rules that are applicable to the SONA."
He said the rules have been amended by both Houses.
"The two Houses have amended their own rules or are in the process of amending their own rules. The Joint Rules have also been amended. Other parts of the Joint Rules are in the process of being amended," he explained.
He added that the rules dealing with disruptions have been incorporated into the Joint Rules as a result of the amendment of the Joint Rules.
Parliament will hold a briefing regarding the logistics around SONA soon. - SAnews.gov.za


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When it comes to marine batteries, the sheer number of options can confuse the best of us. Moreover, understanding the strange acronyms and jargon can be overwhelming.
A boat battery is usually a lead-acid battery, which is different from a car battery as car battery only needs to crank. In this post, we will take a look at the three most popular types of boat batteries – deep-cycle, starter, and dual-purpose batteries.
Deep-Cycle Batteries
Deep-cycle batteries, as their name indicates, can be deeply discharged regularly. Deep-cycle batteries, also known as house batteries, are normally used for powering electronic equipment in the boat. These electronic accessories usually comprise radio, DC lights, trolling motor, and sounder (fish-finder).
Since a deep-cycle battery delivers power at a consistent rate for a longer time period, they are ideal for running a yacht's electronic equipment. Deep-cycle batteries come equipped with robust lead plates that shield them from the damage caused by repeated recharging.
Starter/Cranking Batteries
Starting or starter batteries are so called because they are generally used for 'cranking up' a boat's engine. You need to supply a good burst of power to your boat's engine, and this is where cranking batteries come handy. A starter battery is designed in a manner so that it can deliver a large amount of electrical energy in short bursts.
Cranking batteries have several slim lead plates to supply electrical power in large amounts for a short period of time.
Dual-Purpose Batteries
You may stumble upon dual-purpose batteries while shopping for quality marine batteries. A dual-purpose battery serves as a quasi-hybrid power supply source, incorporating the features of deep-cycle and cranking batteries. So, you can use dual-purpose batteries for starting your boat as well as powering the electronic equipment housed inside.
Use a dual-purpose battery only if your boat does not have sufficient space to house both starting and deep-cycle batteries. Dual-purpose batteries usually have a short shelf-life as these have to provide energy for all processes.
What to Keep in Mind When Choosing Marine Batteries?
Ensure to check out the RC (reserve capacity) to assess the battery's longevity and the maximum charge cycles. Also, make sure the size of the battery corresponds with that of your vessel's dimensions. Check for labelling like Group 24 same size as N50ZZ . Group size 27 same size as N70ZZ,Group 31 same size as 86. More power more in reserve. Some boats are setup with starting battery and isolator switch to deep cycle battery giving you piece of mind that you can discharge your deep cycle and still start motor.
Tip always keep your batteries in charge state. During winter give them a charge.


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A pre-dawn earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, startling residents from their sleep.
The magnitude-4.4 quake, centered about 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, struck shortly after 4 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. Though the quake was considered small, it was felt over a large swath of Southern California. Online citizen reports gathered by the USGS show the temblor was felt as far west as the coast.
Los Angeles County Fire Department supervisor Andre Gougis said the agency was surveying the area, but had received no immediate reports of damage.
The quake hit not far from the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, a magnitude 5.9 quake that killed eight people and caused more than $350 million in damage.
The latest jolt was not likely to inflict the same damage.
"I'm sure people would have felt it, but this is not an earthquake that will be damaging," said USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan.


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This is a topic that has been debated for years by many career coaches, HR professionals, and management professionals and most agree… Yes, you have to give two weeks' notice, but that is not MY answer.
Based on my experience from both sides (supervisor and employee), my answer is… it depends.
First of all, I always tell my clients… you don't HAVE to do anything. You are not obligated or bound to any position (ok, ok, ok… if you're a President, CEO of a major corporation, or have an essential public service job… that is a different story). This article is for the everyday 9 to 5 worker who wants to know, "do I have to give a two-week notice."
What you should consider
First, you have to consider a few things;
How a two-week notice will benefit you (and your employer)
Providing a two-week notice is a courtesy. It is a sign of respect, consideration, and a way to try to leave your employer in a decent position. Two weeks gives you time to tie up loose ends (or the ones you can!) and say your goodbyes. Most of the time, your boss will be open to providing you with a good reference later down the line. Here's a word of advice, ask if you can get it in writing! Reference letter!
However, if you are in an at-will state, not tied to a contract, and absolutely fed up with your role, then by all means leave sooner. Self-preservation and your health should always be top priority. If you are in an environment that is toxic and harmful to your mental, emotional, and physical well-being, then leave as soon as possible! There is no reason to stick around any longer if you have something to fall back on.
Things to keep in mind
Just remember, you may potentially burn a bridge, but if you're ok with that, then by all means necessary… move on! Another thing to keep in mind, are you leaving to work in the same industry? Will you run into this person frequently? Are you prepared to handle that interaction? If someone asks you why you left so quickly, do you have your answer prepared? These are questions that you have to think about before making a quick decision.
Also, most employers will not pay out your PTO and sick leave upon departure if you do not provide a two week-notice. Are you in a position to lose that extra money?
So you see my answer is, "it depends" because every situation is different. Ask yourself these questions and make a decision after taking time to think about and reflect on these. I always suggest talking to a trusted friend or family member when making life changing decisions. For an unbiased opinion, seek out a career coach! How do you feel about the standard notice? Have you always given a two week-notice? Have you left before two weeks? I'd love to hear your story, experience, and opinion in the comment below!


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Houston Ugly Sweater Pub Crawls
Compared to the North East, Houston's weather is something to enjoy all year round. Relatively stable and calm. But when the holiday's roll around, everyone likes to enjoy some holiday cheer. What better way to ring in the holiday season than to dust off our ugly sweater from the back of the closet and show them off around town? The Midtown Houston Ugly Sweater bar crawl is specifically organized so that holiday loving party goers can take out their wacky sweaters and attire in order to partake in holiday cheer. Let PubCrawls.com do all of the party planning for you!


text: After the death of Jesus, it became the responsibility of the 12 apostles and other disciples to carry on the work of Jesus and spread the message of the gospel. The 12 apostles went from town to town and preached in the cities. Many were converted to Christianity because of the apostle's words. Others were converted by witnessing the healing power as the apostles laid hands on the sick. However, the apostles only staid a short time in a town. Many more, however, were brought to the faith by the day-to-day actions of the church, the people of God in that town.