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|[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-14825) HBase Ref Guide corrections of typos/misspellings
|Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:00:12 GMT
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-14825?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=15009629#comment-15009629 ] Misty Stanley-Jones commented on HBASE-14825: --------------------------------------------- You need to remove the <systemitem> tags, as they are leftover from when we used Docbook. You might look through hbase-default.xml for XML tags in the descriptions and remove them all. Good find! > HBase Ref Guide corrections of typos/misspellings > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-14825 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-14825 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Bug > Components: documentation > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Daniel Vimont > Assignee: Daniel Vimont > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > Original Estimate: 2h > Remaining Estimate: 2h > > Found the following list of typos/misspellings on the book.html page, and thought I would make corrections to the appropriate src/main/asciidoc files in which they are located. (This is just a good opportunity for me to become familiar with submission of fixes/patches as a prelude to beginning to make some coding contributions. This is also my first submission to the JIRA system, so corrections to content/conventions are welcome!) > [Note: I see that [~misty] may be in the midst of a reformatting task -- HBASE-14823 -- that might involve these same asciidoc files. Please advise if I should wait on this task to avoid a possibly cumbersome Git reconciliation mess. (?)] > Here is the list of typos/misspellings. The format of each item is (a) the problem is presented in brackets on the first line, and (b) the phrase (as it currently appears in the text) is on the second line. > =================== > ["you" should be "your", and "Kimballs'" should be "Kimball's" (move the apostrophe) in the following:] > A useful read setting config on you hadoop cluster is Aaron Kimballs' Configuration Parameters: What can you just ignore? > [Period needed after "a"] > a.k.a pseudo-distributed > ["empty" is misspelled] > The default value in this configuration has been intentionally left emtpy in order to honor the old hbase.regionserver.global.memstore.upperLimit property if present. > [All occurrences of "a HBase" should be changed to "an HBase" -- 15 occurrences found] > ["file path are" should be "file paths are"] > By default, all of HBase's ZooKeeper file path are configured with a relative path, so they will all go under this directory unless changed. > ["times" -- plural required] > How many time to retry attempting to write a version file before just aborting. > ["separated" is misspelled] > Each attempt is seperated by the hbase.server.thread.wakefrequency milliseconds. > [space needed after quotation mark (include"limit)] > Because this limit represents the "automatic include"limit... > [space needed ("ashbase:metadata" should be "as hbase:metadata")] > This helps to keep compaction of lean tables (such ashbase:meta) fast. > [Acronym "ide" should be capitalized for clarity: IDE] > Setting this to true can be useful in contexts other than the other side of a maven generation; i.e. running in an ide. > [RuntimeException missing an "e"] > You'll want to set this boolean to true to avoid seeing the RuntimException complaint: > [Space missing after "secure"] > FS Permissions for the root directory in a secure(kerberos) setup. > ["mutations" misspelled] > ...will be created which will tail the logs and replicate the mutatations to region replicas for tables that have region replication > 1. > ["it such that" should be "is such that"] > If your working set it such that block cache does you no good... > ["an" should be "and"] > See the Deveraj Das an Nicolas Liochon blog post... > [Tag "<ame>" should be "<name>"] > <ame>hbase.coprocessor.master.classes</name> > [Misspelling of "implementations"] > Those consumers are coprocessors, phoenix, replication endpoint implemnetations or similar. > [Misspelling of "cluster"] > On upgrade, before running a rolling restart over the cluser... > ["effect" should be "affect"] > If NOT using BucketCache, this change does not effect you. > [Need space after "throw"] > This will throw`java.lang.NoSuchMethodError... > ["habasee" should be "hbase"] > You can pass commands to the HBase Shell in non-interactive mode (see hbasee.shell.noninteractive)... > ["ie" should be "i.e."] > Restrict the amount of resources (ie regions, tables) a namespace can consume. > ["an" should be "and"] > ...but can be conjured on the fly while the table is up an running. > [Malformed link (text appears as follows when rendered in a browser):] > Puts are executed via Table.put (writeBuffer) or link:http://hbase.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Table.html#batch(java.util.List, java.lang.Object[])[Table.batch] (non-writeBuffer). > ["regions" should appear only once:] > Thus, the middle regions regions will never be used. > ["spliting" should be "splitting"] > To make pre-spliting work with this example keyspace... > [SPLITING_NEW should be SPLITTING_NEW] > These two regions are in SPLITING_NEW state initially. > ["mailing" misspelled] > search the mailling list for conversations on this topic. > ["lets" should be "let's" (contraction)] > Now lets run the same test... > ["an other" should be "another"] > A secondary index could be created in an other table... > ["a" should be "an"] > for a ORDER table. > ["compatibility" misspelled] > Care should be taken with this approach to ensure backward compatibilty in case the object model changes... > ["compatibility" misspelled] > ...but the cons include the aforementioned warning about backward compatiblity of serialization... > ["overwrite" misspelled] > so that they would not overwite with each successive update. > ["ths" should be "the"] > The backticks (` symbols) cause ths shell to execute the sub-commands... > ["There" should be "The"] > There job would be defined as follows... > ["on on" should be "or on"] > This can either be done on a per-Job basis through properties, on on the entire cluster. > ["implementing" misspelled] > implement a custom authentication by implemening Hadoop AuthenticationHandler... > ["actual" misspelled] > The HBase server knows the acutal/real user of each request. > ["access" misspelled] > Allow accesss to users associated with the fulltime label. > ["An" needed at beginning of sentence] > RDBMS can scale well, but only up to a point... > [Apostrophe needed in "it's" contraction] > Its been cleaned up and users are returned Interfaces... > [Sentence revision required] > The following is example of testing equivalence a column to a String value "my value" > [should be (inserting "an" and "of")] > The following is an example of testing equivalence of a column to a String value "my value" > ["hundred" needs to be singular] > The former never uses more than a few hundreds bytes... > [Apostrophe misplaced ("region's"), and space missing (before "files")] > Those reference files will point to the parent regions'files. > [Apostrophe needed for "that's"] > When hbase.hlog.split.skip.errors is set to false, we fail the split but thats it. > [duplicate "if"] > If if a worker's current task's node data is changed... > [duplicate "is"] > If the task is is in TASK_UNASSIGNED state... > [duplicate "the"] > If the worker is shutting down, set the the task to state TASK_RESIGNED. > [duplicate "the" -- NOTE that there are two occurrences of this phrase] > ...this does not exceed the the max-file limit of 5 > ["programmatically" misspelled] > ...advanced users may want to generate data programatically... > [Apostrophe missing "let's"] > ...lets look at the above diagram... > ["recommended" misspelled] > The latter is recommeded. > [Improper apostrophe should be removed -- "its" is the correct possessive of "it"] > ...it may have served some edits from it's memstore. > ["mutations" misspelled] > ...which will tail the logs and replicate the mutatations to region replicas... > [duplicated "set"] > You can set set the consistency for Gets and Scans and do requests as follows. > ["providing" misspelled] > A larger value will benefit reads by provinding more file handlers per mob > ["coalesces" misspelled] > The Sweeper tool oalesces small MOB files or MOB files with many deletions or updates. > [Apostrophe missing "let's"] > Now lets look at an example where we will end up doing two scans on HBase. > ["Dynamic" header misspelled] > Dynammic > ["with" duplicated] > Endpoints Coprocessor written in version 0.94 are not compatible with with version 0.96 or later > ["you" misspelled] > ...if your are upgrading your HBase cluster from version 0.94... > [duplicate and extraneous "the" (should be no definite article at all -- should be simply "available to HBase")] > Loading of Coprocessor refers to the process of making your custom Coprocessor implementation available to the the HBase... > ["implementing" misspelled] > ...fully qualified class name of your class implmenting the Coprocessor... > ["directory" misspelled] > ...'hbase-site.xml' file (generally located under 'conf' directiory): > ["classpath" misspelled] > Put your code on classpth of HBase... > [capitalization incorrection for "HTableDescriptor"] > Using HtableDescriptor > ["version" misspelled -- several occurrences of this] > HBase verion... > ["the" duplicated -- all inappropriate occurrences of "the the" should be corrected -- there are 7 occurrences] > If the the switches in your rack... > ["characteristics" misspelled] > The CAP Theorem states that a distributed system can maintain two out of the following three charateristics: > ["the" duplicated] > This is a different processing problem than from the the above case. > ["on the" transposed] > a new attribute Scan.HINT_LOOKAHEAD can be set the on Scan object. > ["given" should be "give"] > Enabling the RPC-level logging on a RegionServer can often given insight on timings at the server. > ["That's" contraction needs apostrophe] > (Thats right, for hadoop.ipc, NOT, hbase.ipc) > ["it's" contraction needs apostrophe] > ...the longer the collections take but if its too small... > ["etc." needs a period] > (like put, delete, scan, etc) > ["the" misspelled as "tne"] > ...to recreate the table's state at that time of tne snapshot. > ["gory" misspelled] > ...double entry in master listing of servers for gorey details. > ["Enterprise" misspelled] > Six Enerprise SATA disks > ["print" misspelled] > ...you can pring the contents of a WAL... > ["input" misspelled] > For ImportTsv to use this imput file... > ["It's" contraction needs apostrophe] > Its usually hostname but can also be FQDN. > ["multiple" misspelled] > ...gracefully stopping mutiple RegionServers concurrently. > ["multiple" misspelled] > ...decommissioning mulitple nodes may be non-optimal... > ["its" possessive should not have apostrophe (in two places)] > Enable the table replication switch for all it's column families. > Disable the table replication switch for all it's column families. > ["reaches" misspelled] > ...or the reader reaces the end of the WAL... > [space needed after comma and after period] > There are two types of queues,fifo and deadline.To configure the type of queue used... > ["throughput" misspelled] > ...driven by required thoughput for reads and/or writes. > ["search" misspelled] > seach for HBase on the Apache Git page. > ["occurred" misspelled] > An Ant BuildException has occured... > ["functionality" misspelled] > You can set up IntelliJ IDEA for similar functinoality as Eclipse. > ["useful" misspelled] > It would be userful to mirror the eclipse set-up instructions for other IDEs. > ["peculiarity" misspelled] > This seems to be a maven pecularity that is probably fixable... > ["artifact" misspelled] > Note that Hadoop-3.0.0-SNAPSHOT does not currently have a deployed maven artificat... > ["earlier" misspelled] > In earilier versions of Apache HBase... > ["It's" contraction needs apostrophe] > Its not an error. > ["incompatibility" misspelled] > ...address a critical incompatability... > ["applied" misspelled] > ...should be appled to the new tag. > [space needed after period] > ...matching for each of the groups.This would look something like... > [spaced needed after "Exceptions"] > ExceptionsThere are currently... > ["period" misspelled] > ...and there will be a transition periond. > ["Created" needs period and space after it] > Determine How a Patch Was CreatedIf the first few lines... > ["the build" needs a space] > ...commits do not break thebuild or tests... > ["version" misspelled] > What verion of ZooKeeper should I use? > ["vetoes" misspelled] > Any -1 on a patch by anyone vetos a patch; > ["dependency" misspelled] > ...model your Maven depency after one of the following... > ["run" duplicated] > You may also want to run run hbck a few times... > ["file" misspelled] > If this flie is missing... > ["Let's" contraction needs apostrophe] > Lets presume your Hadoop shipped... > ["libraries" misspelled] > Where the JVM looks to find native librarys... > [spaces needed after "section" and "to"] > The offset of the sectionthat we need toload... > ["first" duplicated] > The offset of the first first data block. > ["for" duplicated] > ...asks for for a Service the server does not support... > ["i.e." needs period] > The CellBlock is optionally used ferrying the bulk of the RPC data: i.e Cells/KeyValues. > ["preceded" misspelled] > ...all requests and responses preceeded by a length... > 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Twenty-five years ago who would have predicted that a silly plastic disk called the Pluto Platter would lead to a multimillion-dollar business and annual world championships?
Few, very few, people.
And they were right - for a decade.
The Pluto Platter, not a big seller, metamorphosed into the Flying Saucer, then the Sailing Satellite. Finally in 1961 it was dubbed Frisbee by its maker, the Wham-O Manufacturing Company of San Gabriel, Calif., also known for the ubiquitous Hula-Hoop.
Several more years passed before sales soared, but now the simple toy is as much a part of summer as barbecues in the park.
This year the Wham-O-sponsored world championships in Frisbee throwing will be held in Irvine, Calif., July 13-18.
Frisbee throwers are judged by their combined scores in six events - freestyle, discathon, distance, golf, double disk court, and self-caught flight.
Freestyle is the type of Frisbee most playground flingers fall into naturally.
''It's the tricks and fancy stuff that you see all the time,'' says Bruce Farr, president of the Sacramento State University Frisbee Club, which organized one of the regional tournaments which were qualifying competitions for the world championships. ''It's scored on things like originality, excitement, and choreography.''
The discathon, a new event, can best be described as an obstacle course run by throwing a Frisbee around the obstacles.
The distance event is what its name implies - winners are determined by who heaves the disk the farthest.
Frisbee golf can be played with either poles or baskets as the equivalent of golf holes. The contestants vie to put the disk in a basket, or hit a pole in the fewest number of throws over an 18-basket or -pole course.
Double disk court is played by partners standing within a prescribed rectangle. Two Frisbees are flipped back and forth. Points are scored by putting the disks out of reach of the opponents - but still in the court - or by placing both in the same box simultaneously.
Two competitions make up the self-caught-flight event. The first is the maximum-time-aloft contest, in which the time the Frisbee remains airborne is measured. The second is the throw-and-catch, in which the contestant who races the farthest before grabbing his disk wins.
Although the Frisbee's official history begins in 1957, its origins go back even further.
''It's anybody's guess how long people have been throwing things,'' Wham-O spokesman Goldy Norton says. ''Either balls, or disks, or whatever.''
According to one version of Frisbee's beginnings, the game started in the 1890s in Bridgeport, Conn., where employees of a bakery played catch with pie tins.
Another bit of Frisbee folklore says the sport was started by college students tossing lids of Mother Frisbie cookie jars.
But in the mid-1950s a ''lot of things happened at the same time,'' Mr. Norton says. A man named Walter Morrison devised a game in which he pitched a pie tin along an 'invisible string.' '' He soon decided a plastic disk would be a safer object to toss.
''He tried to sell it without much success,'' Norton says. Wham-O, which was a sporting goods firm at the time but was interested in the toy market, heard of it and negotiated with Mr. Morrison. In 1957, Wham-O attempted to sell the disk as the Pluto Platter.
The plastic disk was on its fourth name in 1967 when it started to ''go all of a sudden,'' and it has been gaining in popularity ever since, Norton says. Wham-O has now sold more than 100 million Frisbees and their predecessors, he says.
Industry analysts estimate Wham-O reaps about 80 percent of the plastic disk market, with the rest split among 30 other manufacturers. The total market is thought to be worth between $7 million and $15 million. Plastic disks sell in the $4-to-$10 range.
Although the world championships indicate the sophisticated status Frisbee throwing has attained, the game's greatest virtue is its simplicity.
''You can play it anywhere,'' one aficionado said. ''All you need is two people, or just yourself. It's fascinating all the things you can do with it.''

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The Washington Post is on a jihad against Donald Trump, doing everything in its power to slam the GOP frontrunner.
Now the Post is reporting that Trump used to use pseudonyms to call reporters and plant stories about his life, according to a Washington Post investigation.
The presumptive nominee claimed it was a "scam" on the Today show Friday. "It was not me on the phone," he said.
On the recording obtained by the newspaper, a spokesman named "John Miller" sounded a lot like Trump.
Reporters who covered Trump's Manhattan office in the 1970s through the '90s would often experience phone encounters with either "John Miller" or "John Barron," who the Post says were, in fact, Trump himself. The newspaper said they corroborated that account with several journalists and former aides of The Donald.
In 1990, Trump reportedly testified during a court case: "I believe on occasion I used that name." Read more at The anti-Trump Washington Post.
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Raffle funds a boost amid plans to get Abi mobile
SHE'S the little girl who has the support of an entire town behind her.
Since a head-on collision left her a quadriplegic at only three years old, c is adjusting to life - all with a big smile on her face.
The lives of each member of the Wilkinson clan were forever changed on April 4, when a devastating car accident occurred at Logan south of Brisbane.
Almost three months on, the Gladstone community has surpassed all expectations of generosity, with businesses and individuals digging deep in every way they can.
On June 27, the winners of a raffle organised by a combination of local groups were drawn by Abi's siblings, James and Tobi.
Among the prizes were QantasLink vouchers, Jetset holiday packages, bottles of wine donated by Mayor Gail Sellers and artwork donated by local artist Sue Dawes.
The phenomenal efforts raised over $6000, taking the total tally to almost $30,000.
Matriarch of the family, Tanya Wilkinson, remains by her daughter's bedside as each new hurdle in rehabilitation is overcome.
The latest development in the health of Abi means she is trialling a chair, a step towards mobility in the future.
Additionally, the portable pram is expected to assist in stabilising her blood pressure, and increasing use of her lungs.
"They are also using this as a model for her wheelchair so we know what she needs and where it will go, but ultimately it will help her in the long term," Tanya said.
"Baby steps still but it's now some glimmer of hope of getting her home one day."
The Wilkinsons once again wish to express their resounding thanks for all efforts demonstrated by the Gladstone community, however large or small.
As Tobi and brother James, who on Monday turned six, return to a new version of reality at school in Yarwun, the family insists they will never forget the generosity of the town they call home.


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This post is dedicated to Lee May, author of Lee May's Gardening Life blog. In my life, Lee was a blogging buddy, writing mentor, and fearless gardener. I was never so proud as when I appeared on his blogroll. He is greatly missed. Eddie Lee May, 1941-2014.
I once read that one was never to use red in the landscape because it interrupted the visual flow too much. For that reason, I've refused red blooms for years and still observe this rule today. That goes for annuals too- not in my pots. It is indeed a powerful color which has an interesting set of associations –heated emotions, passion, violence, communism, a sign of warning (traffic lights etc), and of course blood. I'm just not a fan, but admittedly have purchased a few red geraniums in my day. Other than that, I easily ignore the other red flowers at the garden centers… until this year.
My personal container designs have become a testing and trial exercise on how to exploit the virtues of a particular color. For several years, I have chosen a specific color theme to adhere to. The intent of this self-imposed constraint is to force myself to use new colors and new plants that would otherwise go ignored due to my finicky color prejudices which I developed some time ago. New plants mean new plant combinations, and new combinations mean better design savvy (hopefully). So this is where my stance on red takes a turn. This year I would work in red.
It took a while to amass enough plant material to begin. Many of the reds are just too fiery and off-putting. If I were to commit to red, it would have to meet me half way. I needed lovely sumptuous reds that would pull you in instead of agitate the eye and make you want to look away. I'm pleased with most of the results. Would I ever enter the red zone again? Not by choice, but the point of my exercise is simply to expand my knowledge of plants and use of color. Armed with this year's experience, I'm confident I can create something beautiful with reds if I am ever called upon to do so. As I reflect on the past year, I am reminded that life is short. Try everything. Even red.
Please enjoy this visual survey and notes from my containers. Click on an image to activate the slide show.


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30 Rock Season 4 Episode 8: "Secret Santa" Quotes
[on Christmas gifts for Jenna] I want to take that Internet photo of her nipple slip and make it into a jigsaw puzzle!Liz
They had their hearts set on the ESPN Zone. They've been talking about the Hideki Matsui Caliente Fajitas all week.Nancy
An angry God is punishing them. It's a Christmas miracle!Kenneth
Weird in a good way. Like going to the gym drunk.Jack
Oh, shark farts!Liz
Oh, oh Ken ... we may have fallen into the intellectual deep end here. And if you try to grab on to me, we'll both drown.Tracy
[to Kenneth] That's the whole thing, K-Fed. Why don't the Catholics not eat meat on Fridays? Because the Pope owns Long John Silvers!Tracy
[to Jack] I thought you'd have some hotshot wife with black hair who said queeah stuff like "dressing on the side."Nancy
I'm sorry, are you being sarcastic? It's hard for me to tell. I'm Canadian and we don't have a big Jewish population.Danny
[to Danny] Why didn't you tell me? I had Tracy playing Josh Groban last week!Pete
Whoa! New dude sings as good as Tracy Jordan does everything!Tracy
The whole thing was so confusing I ended up getting my own crappy gift back. Like I need two copies of Over 60 Vixens.Frank


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Western Blot antibodies
Western blotting is a key process for identifying specific proteins. Samples thought to contain the protein of interest are run out on an electrophoresis gel, the term 'blotting' refers to the transfer of biological samples from the gel to a membrane and their subsequent detection on the surface of the membrane. The proteins on this immunoblot are then accessible for antibody binding for detection.
Western blotting is mainly performed by probing the membrane with a primary antibody specific for the protein or protein epitope of interest. Often the primary antibody which recognizes the target protein or epitope in a Western Blot procedure is not easily detectable. This problem can be overcome by using a conjugated secondary antibody with an attached colormetric, fluorimetric or radioactive tag. A wide variety of labelled secondary detection reagents can also be used for Western blot detection.
Fitzgerald Industries supplies one of the widest ranges of primary and secondary Western blot antibodies available. Our high quality monoclonal and polyclonal Western blot antibodies are the ideal choice for anyone performing an immunoblotting procedure in the research or diagnostic laboratory. Our Western blot antibodies have been vigorously assessed for their optimum dilution levels and are available with a wide variety of conjugated tags for improved results.
Some of our most popular Western blot antibodies include:
HBsAg antibody: HBsAg is the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). It indicates current hepatitis B infection. This monoclonal HBsAg antibody is a purified IgM is suitable for use in ELISA and Immunoflourescence procedures as well as Western Blot.
CD154 antibody (FITC): CD154 is primarily expressed on activated T cells and is a member of the TNF superfamily of molecules. It is a commonly used indicator of immune system function. This monoclonal CD154 antibody is specific for human CD154 and can vbe used in ELISA, immunofluorescence, Flow cytometry and in Western blotting, making this one of our most popular fluorescein-conjugated WB antibodies.
Goat anti Human IgG (HRP): This goat polyclonal human IgG antibody with its horseradish peroxidase tag is one of our most widely used Western blot secondary antibodies.It is a cheap and reliable secondary antibody, and its 1 mg pack size can be diluted as far as 1:20,000 so this antibody will last many years. It can also be applied to ELISA, IHC and ICC, making it a popular secondary antibody for human IgG detection.
Ubiquitin antibody: Ubiquitin is a small regulatory protein that has been found in almost all eukaryotic cells, It directs proteins to recycling among other functions. This affinity purified rabbit polyclonal ubiquitin antibody offers excellent results in Western blotting. It can also be applied to paraffin IHC sections. Below shows a western blot analysis of various cell lines using this Ubiquitin mAb.
Lane 1: Rat Thymus Tissue Lysate;
Lane 2: Human MCF-7 Cell Lysate;
Lane 3: MM231 Cell Lysate;
Lane 4: Hela Cell Lysate;
Lane 5: SMMC Cell Lysate
beta Galactosidase antibody (FITC): beta-galactosidase is an important hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of beta-galactosides into monosaccharides. This FITC labelled beta Galactosidase antibody is validated in Western blotting and Immunofluorescence.
|Western blot using Fluorescein conjugated beta Galactosidase
antibody shows a band at ~117 kDa (lanes 1 - 3) corresponding
to 60 ng, 30 ng and 15 ng, respectively of b-Gal present in partially
purified preparations (arrowhead).
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Fourth place in West up for grabs on final Saturday
The final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference will be decided Saturday, while the final spot in the top eight of the Western Conference will have to wait until Sunday. As always NHL.com is here to give you Down the Stretch -- a daily highlight what you need to know about today's games.
Here is the installment for Saturday, April 9:
ANAHEIM DUCKS (46-30-5, 97 points) at LOS ANGELES KINGS (46-29-6, 98 points)
Where they stand: The Kings are in sixth place in the Western Conference while the Ducks are seventh.
What's at stake: Los Angeles could finish fourth with a regulation win and regulation losses by Nashville and Phoenix. Anaheim would do the same, although the Ducks don't need to win in regulation. The loser of this game will finish eighth if Chicago wins on Sunday.
How it's going: The Ducks clinched a playoff berth by beating the Kings on Friday night. Anaheim has won two in a row and 14 of 19 since a five-game losing streak in late February. Los Angeles has won four straight games at Staples Center.
PHOENIX COYOTES (43-25-13, 99 points) at SAN JOSE SHARKS (47-25-9, 103 points)
Where they stand: San Jose is second in the West while Phoenix is fifth.
What's at stake: The Coyotes will secure a spot in the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup of the first round with a point and could move past Nashville for fourth if the earn more points than the Predators on Saturday. A regulation loss could drop the Coyotes to seventh. The Sharks can wrap up the No. 2 seed with a win.
How it's going: Phoenix clinched a playoff berth by beating the Sharks on Friday. The Coyotes have won nine of 13 games after losing six of seven in late February and early March. San Jose has lost games to Anaheim and Phoenix after winning four straight -- one victory against every other team in the Pacific Division.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS (30-38-13, 73 points) at PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (46-23-12, 104 points)
Where they stand: The Flyers are second in the East while the Islanders are in 14th place.
What's at stake: Philadelphia will claim the Atlantic Division title and the No. 2 seed with a win. The Flyers can win the division with a loss, but that could open the door for Boston to move into the No. 2 spot in the East.
How it's going: The Flyers have lost five in a row and 14 of 20 since late February.
Upcoming: Philadelphia will either play Montreal or Buffalo if the Flyers win the division, or they will face Tampa Bay if they don't in the first round of the playoffs.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS (44-26-11, 99 points) at ST. LOUIS BLUES (37-33-11, 85 points)
Where they stand: The Predators are fourth in the West while the Blues are in 11th place.
What's at stake: Nashville clinches home-ice advantage in the first round with a win, at least fifth place with an overtime/shootout loss and could finish as low as seventh with a regulation defeat.
How it's going: Nashville clinched a playoff berth by beating Columbus on Friday. The Predators are 9-1-1 since a loss to Los Angeles on March 15, including two straight wins this week.
MONTREAL CANADIENS (43-30-8, 94 points) at TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (37-33-11, 85 points)
Where they stand: Montreal is in sixth in the East. Toronto is in 10th place.
What's at stake: The Canadiens will clinch the No. 6 seed with a win, but they will also do so provided the Sabres do not collect more points than them Saturday.
How it's going: Montreal is 3-1-1 since a three-game losing streak where the Canadiens were shut out in each game.
Upcoming: The Canadiens will face either Boston, Philadelphia or Pittsburgh in the first round of the playoffs.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (45-25-11, 101 points) at CAROLINA HURRICANES (40-30-11, 91 points)
Where they stand: Tampa Bay is in fifth in the East while Carolina is eighth.
What's at stake: Carolina will clinch a playoff berth with a win -- if the Hurricanes didn't do so earlier in the day. They will be in if the Rangers lose in regulation.
How it's going: The Hurricanes have won eight of 10, including two straight by a combined 9-1 margin.
Upcoming: Tampa Bay is set as the No. 5 seed and will be in either Pittsburgh or Philadelphia to start the playoffs. Carolina will be in Washington if the Hurricanes get in.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS (37-38-5, 79 points) at NEW YORK RANGERS (43-33-5, 91 points)
Where they stand: The Rangers are ninth in the East while the Devils are 12th.
What's at stake: New York must win or get the matinee to overtime to have a chance to make the playoffs. The Rangers then need Carolina to collect fewer points in its game Saturday evening.
How it's going: The Rangers lost control of their destiny with a 3-0 loss to Atlanta on Thursday. They have lose three of five.
Upcoming: New York will be in Washington if it makes the playoffs. New Jersey will play Boston on Sunday to finish the season.
BUFFALO SABRES (42-29-10, 94 points) at COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (34-33-13, 81 points)
Where they stand: Buffalo is seventh in the East while Columbus is 13th in the West.
What's at stake: The Sabres could move up to sixth but they need to collect more points Saturday than the Canadiens.
How it's going: Buffalo has won three in a row and has collected points in five straight contests (4-0-1).
Upcoming: The Sabres will face either Philadelphia, Pittsburgh or Boston in the first round of the playoffs.
OTTAWA SENATORS (32-39-10, 72 points) at BOSTON BRUINS (45-24-11, 101 points)
Where they stand: Boston is third in the East while Ottawa is 13th.
What's at stake: The Bruins need two wins this weekend and a loss from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to move up to the No. 2 seed.
How it's going: Boston is 4-1-1 in the past six games, but the one regulation loss was a collapse against the N.Y. Rangers
Upcoming: The Bruins close the regular season at New Jersey on Sunday. They will play either Montreal or Buffalo in the first round of the playoffs.


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Rob and Renu were recommended to me by a trusted professional and from the first call I knew I had the right company and people to install my shower door. Rob was professional, prompt to respond and quick to set an appointment. When he arrived at my home he was honest with his advice for our specific needs. In no way did he come across as a trying to upsell me. He genuinely offered advice and suggestions for our needs, wants and budget. Having spoken with several companies in the area for our shower door install, Renu's pricing beat the competition and their service far exceeded our expectations. We are delighted with how our renovated bathroom looks and the shower door from Renu completed the look. From phonecall to install I was very impressed with Rob and Renu. I will happily recommend them.
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Area Atlanta, GA
Cost $1,000 - $2,999
Date March 2017
Posted: 6/01/2017 • Link to this review
Reviews: 1
I was impressed from the very first call when Rob, the owner, answered my call on a Sunday morning. I had expected only to leave a message. We were on a contractual deadline and needed a showerguard dealer. Renu Atlanta has earned our shower door business going forward.
Project Details
Area Marietta, GA
Cost $1,000 - $2,999
Date December 2016
Posted: 12/30/2016 • Last edited: 12/31/2016 • Link to this review
We just did a major remodel and needed frameless shower doors and called several companies. They were all very well reviewed and while I suspect they woudl have been good, we selected Renu because of Rib's customer service. Here is a guy that knows what customer service is. First he comes to you, too many other shops are only open Monday to Friday during business hours. Rob also takes the time to hear what you are looking to do and then provides you options and the pros and cons of each. He is very responsive seems like no matter when you email him. He follows up and his pricing is competitive. He will never be the cheapest, but he is far from the most expensive as well. Great process and easy to deal with. Product was installed as promised and is fantastic looking! This place excels in customer service and I would have no problem recommending him.
Posted: 4/23/2015 • Link to this review
I highly recommend RENU Atlanta. We ran into a tight deadline with a bathroom remodel and Rob at RENU went out of his way to help us. They were very responsive, courteous and professional - I would not go anywhere else.
Posted: 1/06/2015 • Link to this review
We hired Rob to install shower door and glass shelves in a new bathroom. He did a great job and had very fair pricing. We encountered some unexpected issues with the shelves that he worked through and they look great! I would definitely hire him again for something like this.
Posted: 1/01/2015 • Link to this review
Renu installed a frameless glass shower door in 5 days as our contractor finished way beyond schedule and out family was due in for the holidays. Rob called everyday to update us on our chance to complete the work before their arrival.
Posted: 12/31/2014 • Link to this review
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RENU Atlanta did a great job for us from initial consultation through installation. The owner, Rob, was very professional and informative throughout the process. We ended up getting exactly what we wanted at a fair price. We highly recommend Renu Atlanta and are completely satisfied with their work.
Posted: 10/25/2014 • Link to this review
After getting quotes and speaking to several glass shower installers around Atlanta, my husband and I decided on Renu Atlanta. Rob came out to look at the shower, gave options on headers vs. clips, and explained pros and cons from both a visual and strength perspective of using headers vs. clips for our shower layout. We ended up going with a header without using channels on the bottom and miter glass at joints of pony wall which make the glass shower look clean. One glass panel was not properly cut but so they made sure to have it recut and then returned to installed. We are pleased with the quality of workmanship and customer service. The price seems fair given they weren't the most or least expensive. I would highly recommend RENU Atlanta based on our experience and the care in which the glass shower was installed.
Posted: 7/15/2014 • Link to this review
I was initially skeptical about calling because I had already received 5 quotes and was not sure what difference they would be. My wife asked for me to send a text to Rob and quickly he sent back a quote, and after we met in person I instantly hired them on the spot. Great service, very educational and it took 5 quotes to get to the right one. I will definitely recommend them.
Posted: 1/21/2014 • Link to this review
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In any large remodel you wind up working with a variety of contractors - some good, and some not so good. These guys are in a class by themselves. They bent over backward to make sure ever detail of the experience was outstanding. They were true all stars! The attention to detail and the extraordinary precision with which they accomplished their install was remarkable. I would not use anyone else. They are in a class by themselves.
Posted: 2/25/2013 • Link to this review
I talked with three companies before deciding on Renu Atlanta. Dealing with Rob was a pleasure and as a contractor, I couldn't ask for anything more. The workmanship was excellent, the product was more than expected, and the interaction between his staff and mine was not only professional, but very helpful. Having lost my previous glass installer, I am thankful that I have found a new source to rely on. The pricing was very competitive, and his team made the templating and installation process a breeze. The Customer couldn't be happier! I would gladly recommend Renu to other contractors and homeowners.
Posted: 8/04/2012 • Link to this review
Terrific experience. Rob and his team were highly responsive, detail oriented and put safety first in their design which was important to us with young kids and a large double shower. You want an expert with frameless showers and these guys are just that and he was very well priced. Excellent instaler too which is important. He even spoke after hours with me and worked great with my contractor. Look no further! Thanks Rob - you guys are the best.
Posted: 7/19/2012 • Link to this review
I had a few quotes for my glass shower doors. Not only Renu was the cheapest but they were the most professional. The customer rep Rob Dupree was really helpful and had great ideas. the installer "Jim" did fantastic job. I am very pleased with the end result. I would use them again and will recommend to anyone.
Posted: 6/07/2012 • Link to this review
Called 3 providers; ReNu called back promptly. Second time I've used them. Competitive, great communications, outstanding quality. Installer had high standards. Finished product was excellent; just like the first job they did for us. Highly recommend them.
Posted: 5/07/2012 • Last edited: 12/31/2014 • Link to this review
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Any project can run into unexpected issues... our shower enclosure install ran into two! Neither issue was the fault of Renu Atlanta. Rob handled both issues quickly and made the install work very well. That is the sure sign of a true professional and a talented craftsman.
Posted: 3/27/2012 • Link to this review
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The A9 is the main access road to Inverness from the South, Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow and points further afield.
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On a recent visit to Matches boutique on Marylebone High Street, I couldn't take my hands off this amazing mlutch bag. Whilst the Matches website (and no doubt producer, Zagliani) coyly describe it as a 'document holder' it's most definitely a mlutch. Too big to be a lady clutch bag, expandable to fit um, a few flat items like the essential glossy mag, passport (I'm struggling here), spare pants.. 'documents'? The amazing python leather has to be stroked to be really appreciated. Of course, such perfection comes at a price: £688.
Add a stylish touch to your Spring break with a nostalgic titfer
Given the dramatic changes in weather recently you may be thinking a sowester is your best option for cover, but once the sun breaks out, a hat looks like an essential accessory for SS09.
WISHLIST: Alexander McQueen Photo-Print Blazer Down To £258 from £865!
While potentially worrying and probably not at all a good sign, Andy Warhol's 'Death Scenes' have always interested me. His principle was that by repeating the same image of a man impaled on a lamp-post (that's just one of the prints,) death became strangely banal. This blazer might not be all blood 'n' guts (which with McQueen's history is rather surprising,) but it is undeniably interesting. With city scenes and a fitted shape, this jacket could be worn at work, in the park, at a party and even to a music festival. I like that Matches put it with jeans for a modern edge and if I could afford the £258 price tag, I would go for a crisp white shirt and an Alber Elbaz-style floppy bow-tie. In faded, purple velvet. *Sigh*
Burberry Prorsum and Full Circle bold navy jackets
Burberry's double breasted jacket is such a captivating shade of blue.
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On my WISHLIST is Henry Holland's design, an electric-blue t-shirt with striking design and bold lettering.
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I've only recently got over my deck my deck shoe inverse snobbery, which makes it even harder to figure out whether these metallic Lanvin deck shoes are the most awesome shoe ever, or just really lame.
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Compared to the upheavals going on in Group B, Group A looks very serene. The four quarter-finalists are the top four ranked teams, and none of the minnows have upset any of the teams. However, amongst Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, there is still a lot of uncertainty over who will qualify in what place in the quarterfinals. However, the New Zealand-Sri Lanka match will determine to a large extent the fortunes of both teams involved.
The equation is clear-cut for Sri Lanka: If they win, they will finish second in Group A and if they lose they will finish fourth (This is considering the Pakistan-Australia match does not end in a tie or a no result). A win for New Zealand would see them finish first or second in the group, while a loss will see them third or fourth - with their exact spot dependent on the Australia-Pakistan result.
This will also be a match played in neutral territory, and both teams will be hoping to be back at the Wankhede in Mumbai in a couple of weeks time. To be there then, they have to start by being at their best today.
New Zealand: Apart from their poor result against Australia, New Zealand have looked a different side to the one that got thumped 5-0 against India just over four months ago. They beat Kenya in a match that lasted less than 32 overs, beat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets, and beat Canada also by a handy margin. And then of course, there was that match against Pakistan, where the last few overs saw a Ross Taylor carnage that left the opposition seemingly too dazed to chase. It can be said that apart from Pakistan and Australia, New Zealand haven't faced tough opposition yet, and there will be some truth to that. However, a record of 1-1 is certainly better than they would have been expecting. Some key figures will be missing in action for New Zealand in Daniel Vettori and Kyle Mills, whom the Black Caps do not wish to risk ahead of the knock-out stages, which puts a greater onus on the batting to deliver. However, this is a good time to put the onus on the Kiwi batting since it has been delivering solid returns in this World Cup. Tim Southee has been in exceptional form for them and will have to lead the attack in Vettori's absence. So far he has netted 11 victims at an impressive economy rate of 3.4 and an average of just 13.45. If he can keep that up, New Zealand can look forward to taking some strong momentum into the quarter-finals with a win over a pre-tournament favourite.
Sri Lanka: Touted as a pre-tournament favourite, they suddenly have no wins against major sides to show, with only one match left to play. That they have qualified for the knock-out stages will be little consolation, since Sri Lanka would have fully expected to be heading into the final match with 10 points instead of the 7 they are taking now. They were always playing catch-up in their defeat to Pakistan, and rain robbed cricket fans of what could have been a classic low-scoring duel with Australia. They have clobbered the minnows, but then in Group A, every established team has clobbered the minnows. Sri Lanka will need their lower middle order to assume more responsibility against stronger sides, which has been their only Achilles heel so far in the tournament. The bowling led by Malinga and Muralitharan looks potent, especially when you factor in at least one other spinner among Herath/Mendis to partner Murali on sub-continent pitches. Malinga has been a little like the Sehwag of bowling: capable of wrecking destruction on any surface, not conventionally orthodox, and with more than a hint of the maverick. Like New Zealand, Sri Lanka will also want to head into the quarter-finals with a good win under their belt. Given that seedings in Group B are still chaotic, Sri Lanka could very well draw India, in which case they would have to play their quarter-finals away from home in Ahmedabad, and a win in Mumbai just before that will certainly do their confidence a world of good.
Watch Out For: Ross Taylor
In the last two matches, Ross Taylor's combined aggregate reads: 205 runs off 168 balls faced with one dismissal. Saying he's been in devastating form is understating it. Luckily for his side, the form has come just at the right time.
Head to Head:
In World Cups, Sri Lanka and New Zealand have met 7 times, with Sri Lanka winning four encounters and New Zealand winning three. Their last meeting was in the semi-final of the 2007 World Cup, which Sri Lanka won rather handily. New Zealand will event the score in more ways than one by winning here: they will have avenged the 2007 loss and they will have restored parity in their win/loss ratio against the Lankans.
"I'd like to sit down with people like Murali and Harbhajan and talk to them about how they went in getting it (the doosra) in their repertoire. But at the moment, I'm focussed at just winning games for New Zealand. I bowl a different type of delivery. It's not a doosra but its something else." - Nathan McCullum
"We love playing in front of our crowd. Their support really lifts us. But sometimes, not having a huge crowd and their expectations, may make things a bit easier." - Kumar Sangakkara.
Preview: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Match 38
Compared to the upheavals going on in Group B, Group A looks very serene. The four quarter-finalists are the top four ranked teams, and none of the minnows have upset any of the teams. However, amongst Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, there is still a lot of uncertainty over who will qualify in what place in the quarterfinals. However, the New Zealand-Sri Lanka match will determine to a large extent the fortunes of both teams involved.


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General information from the world of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia's.
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Join the discussion here and read about the latest research happening in the field of Dementia.
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People Living with Dementia
Living with Early Onset Dementia
This section is meant for a person with dementia, a discussion surrounding what it is like to live with Early Onset Alzheimer's.
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Living with Alzheimer's Disease
For the people who are living with Alzheimer's, other related dementia's, the daily challenges, the diagnosis and more.
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The Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease
This discussion area is a place for care partners to openly talk about what it is like to care for someone with early onset dementia.
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Early Stage
The early stage of Alzheimer's disease marks a beginning that will bring with it important changes for you and the people who care about you.
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Middle Stage
The middle stage of Alzheimer's disease is also called "moderate Alzheimer's disease." In this stage, thinking and memory continue to deteriorate but many people will still be somewhat aware of their condition.
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Late Stage
The late stage of Alzheimer's disease may also be called "severe" or "advanced." People in the late stage have decreased mental ability.
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End of Life
The experience of dying is different for each person. It comes in its own time and its own way. However, the process of dying often follows a somewhat predictable path. Join this discussion to further explore this last part of the journey.
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Day-to-Day Living
The Feelings of Guilt During Dementia
There can be all types of guilt that may come up over the course of the disease, for both the care partner and the person who has been diagnosed.
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Taking Care of You!
Care giving for a person with dementia can be extremely difficult at times. It's a 24/7 job with little to no breaks. Join this forum for ideas, tips, & support on how to best care for yourself!
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Driving and dementia can be a "hot topic", come here to talk about all that goes into safe driving.
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Long term care giving of someone with the disease can at some point require respite care: a break, a chance to do something for yourself, to get away from the demands placed on you. Share your ideas and support here regarding respite.
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Personal Care
We all want to look good and feel good. People with Alzheimer's disease want the same thing, but gradually over time they need more and more help to look after their own personal care. Share how some ideas of how you give personal care.
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Brain Health Forum
21-Day Brain Health Challenge!
Our 21 Day Brain Health Challenge starts NOW! Research suggests certain lifestyle and health factors are good for the brain, body and heart and can help reduce the risk of developing dementia. It's easier than you might think: Keeping your brain stimulated, your body fit and your heart healthy is fun. So why not start your journey to living a brain healthier life? Our 21 Day Challenge @DementiaAB_NT is asking you to pledge a commitment to your brain health and spend the next 21 days enjoying new experiences. Each day we will ask you to focus on a different part of your health, whether it be brain, heart, or body related. Most of the challenges don't take long to complete so no excuses! Tweet or post your progress on the challenge! Use our handle @DementiaAB_NT to tag us, or use the hashtags #ASANTCafe or #21daybrainhealthchallenge. The daily challenge will be posted here, feel free to also leave any comments on your progress here! Good Luck Everyone!
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Choose A Healthy Lifestyle
Do you make healthy lifestyle choices? Conversations here are about physical activity, healthy eating, knowing your health numbers and managing stress.
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Challenge Your Brain
Challenging your brain doesn't have to be difficult! Conversations here are about tips for "boosting" your brain activity and ideas to stimulate your brain.
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Be Socially Active
Staying connected socially helps you stay connected mentally! Conversations here are about tips and ideas for staying connected socially.
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Protect Your Head
Be proactive in protecting your head at every age. Conversations here are about tips and ideas about protecting your head – and general injury prevention.
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Live Meetings
Common Issues Care Partners Experience
Join us as Dr. Jayna Holyod-Leduc from the University of Calgary and AHS presents on common issues that care partners face when looking after family members with dementia. She will also provide some practical evidence-informed advice and tools to help manage the more stressful or challenging parts of being a care partner.
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Late Stage Seeds of Hope: Transition to Alternative Care
An education series that consists of 5 sessions discussing the late stages of dementia.
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Speak Up! Advocacy Skills for Caregivers
Join us for presenter Norma Kirkby, Program Director, Alzheimer Society of Manitoba will discuss: Roles and responsibilities of caregiver advocates, best ways to communicate concerns, helpful negotiating skills for difficult situations.
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Nova Scotia Family Caregiver Education Series
The Family Caregiver Education Series is a six-part educational program designed to support the needs of caregivers of people recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
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Care Partner Burnout and Depression
Dr. Hannah Cherniawsky BMSc, MD of the University of Alberta speak on care partner burnout. She is the current leader of the Health Savvy Seniors Initiative. The initiative aims to educate and empower seniors to be active members of their health care team. Then we will have a presentation on depression, this will be given by a second year medical student from the University of Alberta, she is new to the initiative but is excited to be a community advocate for seniors.
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Solving Alzheimer's Disease: A Search for the Holy Grail!
Dr. Jack Jhamandas speaks on current research being done with Alzheimer Disease and related dementias. Dr. Jhamandas is currently a Distinguished University Professor in the Division of Neurology at the University of Alberta. He is a practicing neurologist and neuroscientist whose research interests focus on misfolded proteins in Alzheimer's and prion diseases and aspects of brain control of cardiovascular function.
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Roger Marple Live Meeting
Roger shared his story of his journey with Alzheimer's disease. To watch the archived video of this session and to leave any comments please click on this discussion.
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Be Ready for an Emergency Department Visit
Whether it is a planned admission or an unexpected emergency visit, the unfamiliar noises and activities of a hospital can be especially upsetting for a person living with dementia. Preparation can improve a visit.
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Early Stage Seeds of Hope: Living with Dementia
An education series that consists of 4 sessions discussing the early stages of dementia.
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Middle Stage Seeds of Hope: Living with Change
An education series that consists of 5 session discussing the changes that happens during the middles stages of dementia.
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End of Life Stage Seeds of Hope: Dying with Dignity
An education series that consists of 4 sessions discussing the end stage of dementia.
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Bringing out the best, living well together with dementia – The UK Butterfly Approach
Please join us as Sally Knocker shares ideas on what is working in the UK in supporting families to bring out the best in each other when living with dementia. Watch to see, feel and understand how the UK's 'Butterfly moments' can create meaningful ways to connect, reach and occupy people to live well with their experience of a dementia.
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David Sheard Live Meeting
Feel free to discuss the 1st live meeting presented by Dr. David Sheard.
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Suzy Whaley Introduction to "Women Welcome Here! A Guide to Growing Women's Golf" by Nancy Berkley
(National Golf Foundation 2003)
by Suzy Whaley, Head Golf Professional Blue Fox Run Golf Club, Avon, Connecticut
My interest in golf began when I was very young. I played golf all the way through high school and college and decided to make a career out of it. My goal was not to become a tour player. I chose instead to focus on teaching golf and was certified by the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional division. A few years ago, I decided to become certified as a PGA of America professional as well. The PGA and LPGA programs have different areas of concentration and it is not uncommon for women to fulfill the requirements of both teaching certification programs. My final requirement for the PGA Golf Professional Teaching Program was a presentation on a topic influencing the golf industry. I knew I wanted to focus on female customers and had read Nancy's 1999 book Women's Golf Program That Work. As I worked on my presentation, her book encouraged me to develop new and creative ways to help women enjoy the whole golf experience. I am quite certain that this edition will become required reading for anyone that wants to reach, teach and keep women golfers. Women make 80% of household buying decisions, so it amazes me that facilities are not doing everything they can to attract and educate the female customer. That includes creating women's instructional programs, hiring female instructors and female personnel, creating women's sections in the golf shop and women's days, and providing baby-sitting and special on-course etiquette and rules seminars. These are just some the ways to make women feel more comfortable and therefore more likely to return. Let me also add that women and men cannot be treated or taught the same way on the lesson tee. Women are not as strong as men overall and therefore their power and distance are limited. This, however, does not mean that women cannot play the game well or enjoy it as much as men. What it does mean is that a woman's swing must be more technically sound than a man's, so she can use her full range of her power and all the important muscles to hit the ball. Using only her upper body, usually the weakest part of a female, results in poor distance shots. Women generally must also be taught weight shift. Many women (especially those who finished high school before Title IX took effect) have not been exposed to as many athletic activities and do not automatically understand the basics behind hitting a golf ball farther. As golf professionals, we must be willing to take the time to educate women. No one likes to feel ignorant – it makes any activity feel unpleasant. Golf primarily has been a man's game, but we are responsible for helping women learn to enjoy the pleasure of the game by giving them the tools they need. I have shared my thoughts with Nancy on how to offer those tools, and I hope you find them helpful as you come across them in the pages of this book. In the next ten years, I think women's golf is going to make tremendous strides. Programs like the First Tee, Link Up 2 Golf, LPGA-USGA Girls Golf are leading the way in growing the game at the earliest entrance points. For us to keep women involved in the game we need more facilities to offer baby-sitting and women-specific programs. We also need to find ways for experienced women golfers to mentor new women golfers. Golf is a game of self-discipline, ethics, hard work and honesty. (Hopefully it's also relaxing and fun along the way.) It teaches us and challenges us each time we play. My wish for women's golf is that it continues to grow and prosper and makes itself available to any woman who would like to take it up. My hope is that readers of this book will make that happen. – Suzy Whaley


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If you're going to spend your Mother's Day with Gemma Teller, Katey Sagal's ass-kicking matriarch on FX's Sons of Anarchy, then you'd better have a lot of booze and an affinity for hearing other women referred to as "gashes." She is not a bonnet-wearing, tea-sipping mother of yore, but rather a hard-living warrior whose many destructive life choices were made not only in self-preservation, but for the safety and welfare of both her SAMCRO family and more importantly, her son Jax.
A lot of those life choices involved slamming some bitch's face into the corner of a table, but we're going to take a brief spoiler-heavy look back at five of the more drastic and life-changing decisions Gemma made over Sons of Anarchy's last six seasons. (Being Jax and Tara's 24/7 babysitter should be on here, but it isn't, since she often passed them off to Wayne Unser.) Each entry is a window into the purity of Gemma's role as a mother, which is far beyond teaching and nurturing Jax, and more entrenched with changing the world around her son to save him from himself, mostly behind his back. Happy Mother's Day, Gemma. You've earned it.
That Time She Allowed Wendy to OverdoseIt didn't take long for Gemma to introduce audiences to her unique matronly ways. In the very first episode, she pays a fateful visit to Wendy, Jax's estranged wife and mother of his first-born son, Abel. This isn't a happy-go-lucky conversation inside the comfort of one's home, but rather a heated tiff in a hospital room hours after Wendy gave birth to Abel. Not interested in hearing Wendy's impassioned claims that she would clean up her life and earn her way to motherhood, Gemma threatens to kill her if she ever tries to assert her presence – or "cast a shadow," as Gemma puts it – in their lives again.
It's a frightening tactic in and of itself, but the kicker comes when Gemma passes Wendy a Bible that has a drug-filled needle stuffed in it, one that she filled while having the conversation. A needle that Wendy then uses on herself and overdoses. She lives, and eventually causes many more problems in seasons to come, but the impact was made, and we learned right away that Gemma is not a woman above trying to force suicide on someone else in order to keep them at bay.


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Dozens of people were arrested Tuesday as they participated in protests nationwide calling for an increase in minimum wage to $15.
In Chicago, hundreds of protesters at O'Hare International Airport chanted outside terminals: "What do we want? $15! When do we want it? Now!" Police gated an area to allow travelers room to walk. As many as 500 workers at the airport participated in an unfair labor practices strike, according to officials from Service Employees International Union Local 1 who have been organizing the workers.
"We're not asking for special treatment, we're asking for decent treatment. We're asking for decent wages," said Kisha Rivera, an airplane cabin cleaner at O'Hare. "We're demanding respect."
In New Jersey, airport workers marched between two terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport. Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka has called on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, to raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour at its facilities and take steps to hire more Newark residents.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, ride-hailing drivers, fast-food employees, airport workers and others shut down an Oakland intersection. Earlier this year, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law that will lift the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022.
Fast-food restaurant workers and home and child-care workers rallied in cities including Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York. In many cities the protesters blocked busy intersections.
Thousands planned to walk off the job at McDonald's restaurants, organizers said. At a McDonald's in Denver, about 100 people, including about 60 striking fast food workers from around the metro area, picketed. Protesters briefly shut down a downtown St. Louis McDonald's restaurant, blocking the drive-thru for about 30 minutes.
In Massachusetts, a state senator was among nearly three dozen people arrested after they sat down on a Cambridge street during a demonstration.
About 25 of the 350 protesters in New York City were arrested. One protester, Flavia Cabral, 55, struggles to make ends meet with two part-time jobs.
"All these people don't have savings because we're working check to check," Cabral said. "We have to decide what we are going to get: We're going to pay rent or we're going to put food on the table or we're going to send my child to school."
Raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $12 would lift pay for 35 million workers, or 1 in 4 employees nationwide, according to the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
The conservative-leaning, nonprofit Employment Policies Institute think tank said it believes minimum wage increases will result in lost jobs, reduced hours and business closures.
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I am now moving to Full Fledged Paid Hosting to my own domain www.SmallPandas.com. Henceforth, I will be blogging there.
Why? I want to put my hand inside the code, play with it, add lot of widgets and yes bit of AdSense too, also can create own community around it in the long run.
What is the name SmallPandas!! ? 🙂 I wanted a catchy name….Panda being my surname and also name of that small cute Chinese & also Indian bear Panda, and my blog is focussing on "Startups", therefore coined the name as Small Pandas.
SmallPandas.com is a blog about "Evolving Technology, Entrepreneurship, Globalization & Strategy", so my contents will be on technology and also management side of it.
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Rediff has an article on India's millionaire Net entrepreneur, some tips from these successful entrepreneurs
Sanjeev Bikhchandani (Naukri.com) says :
"With no venture capital ready to fund us, we realised from the beginning that we had to earn revenue from day one to stay afloat and cover our costs."
"Today investors are ready to give high valuations to Net companies and want to grab companies that have a first-mover advantage in their space. Or those that have a dominant market share, a good brand and, of course, if they already are profitable".
Deep Kalra (Makemytrip.com) says : "If you can't deliver the service at the most efficient price, at the right time, and map all the customer queries effectively, users are not going to come back to you."
A colleague-cum-friend (Australian) of mine is travelling for holidays in India for next 3 months, so he came back happily to share about his approval and how long the Q to Indian Embassy in London, UK was, etc! I had a Brit friend next to me who had a pun unintended query "Why do you need VISA to go to India" 😉
I smilingly asked which countries you can travel without having a VISA, he said of course any in Europe, I said, ohh you see India is not in Europe and there is no free entry to Brit or any other nationalities to India as was possible during Imperial times 😉
Though I am not sure what he meant with that pun, but this brought back one famous discussion we used to have, when I was doing my bachelors during 1990's and my senior used to say "There will be a day when foreigners will stand in Q to get VISA for India" the way we do now to go abroad to work there. I was not very positive then thinking it may take at least 25 years to reach to that stage. But hey, I was wrong, it only took 15 years (from 19991 onwards) to really see things happening in favour of India. There has been number of reports discussing of reverse brain drain and Indian returning back to grab the huge opportunity, so I won't go into that discussion now.
Today India facilitated a five-year tourism visa with a provision for multiple entries for tourists. How prepared is India for Tourism? I think more infrastructures is needed to make India world's hot spot in tourism, many part of India is still unexplored, planning commission (both state and national govt.) should utilise the tourism Industry to convert the rural India to natural tourism. This is a beginning and there are many spots in India still remain hidden and unexplored. The mindset of Tourism department/ agencies must go global in accepting and really making effort to make tourist happy. I hear states like Kerala, Rajasthan are prime destination for Tourist!! What are other state doing??
I remember, as a child I would have hardly seen any foreigners in many state run small airport like Bhubaneswar or Vizag. People used to flock around if they see a foreigner. However, now many foreigners live in India & working with multi-national having global operations. Life has changed in totality in 10 years!!
So what about the Intellectual pool/capacity of India? Some strongly agree and some say it is cheap labour. I have heard both category and have argued with both categories. Here are my takes… as a child I was told the only way I can survive in this world is by speaking beautiful English and solving mathematics in lightening speed. Even today, this is true; competition starts from very early ages in India. Also as part of living style we believe "knowledge and prosperity" are the essence of life. IITians have pioneered these essence and they are the people who really took their knowledge to global landscape. Most Indians can talk more about history and geography than most Brits I have met. This is not a comparison but my analysis is to draw focus that gaining knowledge and learning more to survive are part of daily life for any professionals in India. Therefore there is a tradition towards acquiring knowledge. However the higher education mainly engineering in second rung colleges or state colleges has been the most disappointing fact. The course curriculum has always been old dated, with no scope to do practical and in the process more graduates are coming with plenty of theory knowledge than applications. I see an opportunity for organizations to align with educational institutions and guide them to produce skilled graduates. Therefore there is a concern that India is not able to supply the amount of skilled people an organization needs for an exclusive R&D operation in India. But given chances and proper grooming, I bet they will produce best of the best.
To those categories who say India is only cheap so let's go there, my take: – Labour is cheap but with that you get to be in a country which gives you huge market opportunities when the PPP of average Indian goes higher. So don't go for cheap labour only but go for a strategic future. And also work smart to retain key intellectual resource because they are there too apart from cheap labour.
I first got an access to read Indian newspaper online in full content as ePaper while I was living in Helsinki, Finland during 2000. I was happy reading Times of India's ePaper seeing every Indian city edition and was having instant access to my favourite section there.
Life has moved on since then, many newspaper has added ePaper and now living in UK I wonder that I dont see such initiative from many in UK though Ft.com has such facilities.
With small scale CMS, hundred of free online news, bloggers publishing information steadily, I am no longer a fan of ePaper and this random news feed makes me to be on the tip of information-berg and no longer bound by a single soure. So in one way I am liberated.
Has the ePaper been a success ?? I don't think so because no longer reader treat one newspaper as the only reliable or centre of new information. This pattern has been broken to pieces with information popping from various corners.
However new technology such as paperless newspaper or electronic paper will further enable traditional newspaper to stay ahead in competition with and may make ePaper approach relavant. But what stops disintegrated news source to integrate to offer a electronic paper. So the user has flexibility to choose what they want to read and the same will be packaged and delivered. Therefore it is better to stay disintegrated at this moment and get integrated later. For now ePaper has not much value offerings.
How should you design your organizational strategy? Should it be market focussed fulfilling the market need so that whenever market trend changes, your organization needs to keep the pace to stay ahead in the game. Strategy Management Gurus (Robert Grant is one of my favourite strategy management writer) says that in the fast paced innovative world, it is utterly impossible to chase the ever changing market therefore organization should focus on internal Resources & Capabilities mode of organization strategy design.
For instance Google's (there are many such organization, Google is just an example) Resources & Capabilities allows it to designs products and services which is based purely on what it can offer create rather than getting driven by market. Be it their PageRank technology or AdSense or other services, all has been possible due to skills and capabilities. Therefore it is not necessary that an organization should always focus on market to drive the strategy. However market definitely provides lot of input to validate whether an organization's capabilities are in sync with what market can absorb/adapt or is it very futuristic that capabilities won't work at present market trends. That's why we see innovations failing because those are ahead of their time.
So somewhere there is a fine thread balancing the Market approach and an organization's resources & capabilities. When this balance gets distorted, we see young and innovative companies displacing the traditional company (Old and mature) in every decades of industrialization. Example: Microsoft giving tough competition to IBM or recent success of Google or may be partial disturbance in Yahoo's organization strategy model.
Should an organization continue to add resource & capabilities but what is the milestone to do so?
What are the criteria to add such resource & capabilities?
Can an organization survive without remaining market focussed?
So what is the secret of managing strategy in an ever changing market place?
This is a short and thought provoking analysis; I will continue my thoughts on this aspect. Do share your thoughts.
You would have heard, read many articles these days comparing booming economy of China and India, explaining and comparing how each country is poised to be the next century economy hub. Here is an interesting article published in Economic Times, India. The author writes ..
So in India, when we build one Sardar Sarovar dam, thousands pour out to galvanise public opinion, right or wrong, in their favour. But when China decides to build the world's biggest dam – the Three Gorges — nobody gets to know how many get displaced and hopefully rehabilitated. Whether the executive and political talent of China is individually as good as ours may be questioned, but collectively, it is an unbeatable delivery machine.
Now, the micro level. An average Indian is a free bird. He can be born the poorest in the remotest part but can rise to the highest chair in the country. He can choose to work or not work. He can work wherever he wishes to work and whichever way he decides to work. The legacy of the value system favours the citizen, inflicting him with only softer indictments. He can be as ruthless as he chooses in his expression for or against anyone. Therefore, an Indian is supposedly in charge of his individual destiny.
The destiny of an average Chinese rests with the central command. He contributes more than what he gets, be it in urban or rural China. For past 25 years, he cannot have more than one child. Whether he works as a white or blue-collar worker, he has to maintain discipline. He has multiple responsibilities for civic behaviour. He cannot be unproductive in work or indulge in any economic crime. Punitive deterrents are too severe. He may lose his work permit and revert to his village along with his family, ending his urban dream forever. At home, he has to look after his family comprising his wife and his one child, parents of both spouses. There could be grandparents too. All these, with little or no social security. Clearly, the Chinese system holds the destiny for each Chinese.
==> This article is more in-line with Nobel prize winner Economist Amartya Sen's thoughts like
**Development should be seen as a process of expanding the real freedoms that people experience
**Development is just not economical but political one too
Based on Sen's thesis, Human Development index has been designed covering (i) political freedom, (ii) economic facilities, (iii) social opportunities, (iv) transparency guarantees and (v) protective security. Each of these distinct types of rights and opportunities are essential and closely interrelated in advancing the capability of a person. To appreciate the inter-connections between these freedoms, an empirical linkage that tie the distinct types of freedom are central to our understanding of the instrumental role of freedom. The approach of considering each of these freedoms to development is termed 'capability approach'.
==> I liked some aspect of Chinese system whereby they put the overall country and its destiny ahead of the individual when there is a big question mark about country's destiny. That doesn't mean that individual has no value, it all depends upon how well the country has defined the parameter to fulfill individual's basic need arising from such decisions. Taking India as an example, to implement any infrastructure projects like roads, dam, etc etc which has huge and positive impact on millions people for generations to come, has been always difficult. May be the political & bureaucratic system is not functioning well which makes people suffer from decisions and in return NGO's block such projects. This is where India lacks a democratic but fast-functioning system to define country's destiny rather than blocking both individual and also country's destiny. In one way, India's slow system is soft-peddling individual's own destiny. To me such soft-peddling is why we see millions Indians still below poverty line, having lived in villages then urban and then Ultra urban India, I can say that in India, individual's destiny has been man-made. India has lot to learn & implement from its proud son such as Amartya Sen.