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Resident Manual of Trauma to the Face, Head, and Neck
Resident Manual of Trauma to the Face, Head, and Neck
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Developed by the Academy's Trauma Committee, this simple, concise, and easily accessible source of diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for the examining/treating resident is an important tool, both educationally and clinically. It should be used as a quick-reference tool in the evaluation of a trauma patient and in the planning of surgical repair and/or reconstruction. This manual supplements, but does not replace, more comprehensive bodies of literature in the field. Use this manual well and often in the care of your patients.
Resident Manual of Trauma to the Face, Head, and Neck by Chapter
Chapter 1: Patient Assessment
Because the otolaryngologist may not be present during patient arrival in the trauma bay, the patient assessment often begins with a call from a referring physician. Important information to retrieve includes the urgency of the patient's status, mechanism of injury, injury list, medical and demographic information, and, most important, airway status. It is important to review with the trauma team the potential for an unstable airway in any patient with craniofacial or neck trauma. When in doubt, the otolaryngologist should consider himself or herself the definitive airway expert. The importance of an ear, nose, and throat evaluation has been proven to be critical. Otolaryngologists have the airway, endoscopy, and neck exploration skills necessary to take care of the most critically injured patients.
Chapter 2: General Principles in Treating Facial, Head, and Neck Trauma
Understanding the general principles of trauma repair in the face, head, and neck region is very important to achieving optimal outcome for the patient. Foundational is the knowledge of mechanisms of injury, tissue damage, and implications for surgical repair, based on the etiology of the trauma. Concomitant injuries of associated structures, such as the brain, spinal cord, and soft tissues, require a comprehensive knowledge of the anatomy, functional physiology, and potential risks and complications.
Chapter 3: Upper Facial Trauma
The implementation of the shoulder harness seat belt in motor vehicles has resulted in a much lower incidence of frontal sinus fractures. Because of the thick bone of the anterior wall of the sinus as well as its curved convexity, this first barrier to the effects of cranial trauma resists fracture. Fractures of the naso-orbital-ethmoid (NOE) region are typically due to blunt trauma injuries. Etiologies may range from motor vehicle accidents to falls and sports, but the force and focus of the blow determine the extent of the injuries to the structures located in this region of the face.
Chapter 4: Midfacial Trauma
Fractures of the midfacial bones are most commonly due to blunt trauma from falls, altercations, and motor vehicle accidents. The aim of the treatment of midfacial trauma is to provide the patient afflicted with this injury the best aesthetic and functional result with a single procedure, if one is indicated. Nasal fractures are a commonly encountered, and often isolated, form of facial fractures. The prominence of the nose on the face makes it the common recipient of injury. Despite the frequency in which nasal fractures are encountered, the consulting surgeon may be confused regarding which approach is best applied to a given patient.
Chapter 5: Mandibular Trauma
Mandible fractures are among the most common skeletal injuries in man due to blunt or penetrating trauma. They are often associated with other craniofacial, cervical, and systemic trauma. Mandibular fractures may destabilize the airway and may create malocclusion, joint dysfunction, pain, infection, and paresthesia. In facial trauma management, emergent consideration must be given to secure the airway and obtain hemostasis before initiating definitive treatment of any fracture.
Chapter 6: Temporal Bone Trauma
Although temporal bone fractures are relatively uncommon, they present many complex diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. A large volume of force is required to fracture the temporal bone. These fractures rarely occur in isolation. Five percent of patients with significant head trauma will also sustain temporal bone fractures. Most often, treatment of temporal bone trauma can be delayed, after life-threatening injuries are treated.
Chapter 7: Penetrating and Blunt Neck Trauma
Penetrating neck trauma has historically carried a high mortality rate, ranging as high as 16 percent during World War I when nonsurgical management was performed. During World War II, when mandatory
neck exploration was instituted, the mortality fell to 7 percent and remained 47 percent during the Vietnam War.Surgical management has evolved over the last two decades, based on the advent of advanced radiographic studies and endoscopic techniques. Most civilian centers currently practice selective neck exploration, with mortality rates ranging 36 percent for low-velocity penetrating neck trauma.
Chapter 8: Laryngeal Trauma
Traumatic injuries of the larynx are diverse, uncommon, and potentially life threatening. While each laryngeal injury is unique, an organized and appropriate management algorithm for the various types of laryngeal trauma results in increased patient survival as well as improved longterm functional outcomes. The management of laryngeal trauma can be complex, as the signs and symptoms are often variable and unpredictable, with severe injuries sometimes presenting with mild and innocuous symptoms. The immediate goal in managing laryngeal trauma is to obtain and maintain a stable airway for the patient. Once the airway is safely secured, the laryngeal injury is repaired in order to optimize the patient's long-term functional outcomes terms of breathing, speech, and swallowing.
Chapter 9: Soft Tissue Injuries of the Face, Head, and Neck
Soft tissue wounding arises from myriad etiologies, from knife or gunshot wounds to animal injuries, and from assaults to motor vehicle accidents. As in all trauma cases, airway security, maintenance of breathing, and circulation are of primary concern. Thereafter, attention may be turned toward repair of facial trauma. A complete head and neck exam can often be accomplished in the emergency room or
outpatient surgery facility under local anesthesia with or without anesthesia monitoring. For difficult or complicated cases, operative intervention under general anesthesia, particularly in young children orin those patients with polytrauma or life-threatening injuries, may be considered. Surgical goals include functional and cosmetic restoration, while preserving tissue and preventing infection.
Chapter 10: Foreign Bodies and Caustic Ingestion
Foreign body aspiration and caustic ingestion can be life-threatening emergencies. Rapid recognition, work-up, and treatment reduce the risk of complications and associated morbidity and mortality. Given the importance of endoscopy in these patients, a general understanding of the upper aerodigestive anatomy is critical in their management. This includes nares, nasopharynx, oral cavity, oropharynx, and larynx.
Chapter 11: Outcomes and Controversies
The clinical outcome for an individual patient after treatment for injuries to the face, head, and neck will depend upon a number of factors. Not all of these factors are under the direct control of the surgeon, especially where resources are limited and where the community has a high level of endemic noncommunicable diseases. The main factors under surgeon control are the extent of knowledge, experience, and competency of the surgeon. Patient outcomes after trauma care have a strong correlation with these factors. Therefore, throughout their career, otolaryngologistshead and neck surgeons must maintain interest in, and the practice of, modern trauma surgery.
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On Monday, July 16th, Microsoft made the next version of Office available for public preview. Dubbed Office 365 Preview, it introduces new versions of the desktop apps, new subscription plans in the Office 365 stable of services and most crucially, enables technology to literally serve Office as a service.
One of the features introduced in Office 2010 was "click-to-run" which allowed a customer to click on an installer on the web and install the product on demand. Microsoft has taken that one step further, and improved it in such a way that the "on demand" version of using the software is in fact the default. Of course you can get it fully locally installed, but there are many advantages of running it on demand.
First of all, by running it on demand, you can take advantage of roaming profiles which let a user sign in to any PC and use exactly the products they care about and most importantly, have all their application settings show up automatically.
Secondly, because only the applications you care about are installed, it uses lesser space on the PC. This is a huge benefit these days where thin and light PCs (not to mention, tablets and phones) tend to have smaller SSDs than earlier PCs with large hard drives.
Finally, this feature will come in handy when we get used to changing devices more frequently than we typically do with PCs. Imagine trying to get a new PC in the state you typically want – it involves installing Office and applying various patches. This won't be needed anymore. You refresh your PC and simply go to your Office 365 account to get the latest version of the applications you care about. A side benefit of this (and perhaps, it is a sign of things to come that the product is actually referred to as Office even though the marketing term will be Office 2013) is that customers will enjoy the latest and the greatest versions of the software any time they use the applications.
All these are user-facing benefits of an on demand Office. There is a huge benefit for Microsoft too. They can finally get hundreds of millions of customers' credit cards on file, and ensure a steady stream of revenue for Office as opposed to getting a chunk of revenue at once. With the Office Store coming soon, where apps will be available to supplement/enhance Office usage, having those credit cards on file will help in luring developers.
Office is already a huge cash cow for Microsoft, and with all these benefits for users as well as Microsoft with the on demand features, the next version promises to continue its streak.

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Early morning view at first light on the grounds of the Káca Tanya in the lower parts of the Mecsek Mountains. At just a whistle of the lady of the house,the goat will instantly form a line and slowly walk to the stable to be milked... a daily returning ritual that shows the rest and peaceful atmosphere in which the animals live. The Mecsek is also a very famous part of Hungary for it's walking,horseback riding and eco tourism.
Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország, in English officially the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság), literally Magyar (Hungarian) Republic), is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state. The official language is Hungarian, which is part of the Finno-Ugric family, thus one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of Indo-European origin.Following a Celtic (after c. 450 BC) and a Roman (9 AD – c. 430) period, the foundation of Hungary was laid in the late 9th century by the Hungarian ruler Árpád, whose great-grandson Stephen I of Hungary was crowned with a crown sent from Rome by the pope in 1000. After being recognized as a kingdom, Hungary remained a monarchy for 946 years, and at various points was regarded as one of the cultural centers of the Western world. A significant power until the end of World War I, Hungary lost over 70% of its territory, along with 3.3 million people of Hungarian ethnicity, under the Treaty of Trianon, the terms of which have been considered excessively harsh by many in Hungary. Hungary lost eight of its ten biggest cities as well. The kingdom was succeeded by a Communist era (1947–1989) during which Hungary gained widespread international attention regarding the Revolution of 1956 and the seminal move of opening its border with Austria in 1989, thus accelerating the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. The present form of government is a parliamentary republic (since 1989). Today, Hungary is a high-income economy, and a regional leader regarding certain markers.In the past decade, Hungary was listed as one of the 15 most popular tourist destinations in the world. The country is home to the largest thermal water cave system and the second largest thermal lake in the world (Lake Hévíz), the largest lake in Central Europe (Lake Balaton), and the largest natural grasslands in Europe (Hortobágy).Slightly more than one half of Hungary's landscape consists of flat to rolling plains of the Pannonian Basin: the most important plain regions include the Little Hungarian Plain in the west, and the Great Hungarian Plain in the southeast. The highest elevation above sea level on the latter is only 183 metres.Transdanubia is a primarily hilly region with a terrain varied by low mountains. These include the very eastern stretch of the Alps, Alpokalja, in the west of the country, the Transdanubian Medium Mountains, in the central region of Transdanubia, and the Mecsek Mountains and Villány Mountains in the south. The highest point of the area is the Írott-kő in the Alps, at 882 metres.The highest mountains of the country are located in the Carpathians: these lie in the northern parts, in a wide band along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 1,014 m/3,327 ft).Hungary is divided in two by its main waterway, the Danube (Duna); other large rivers include the Tisza and Dráva, while Transdanubia contains Lake Balaton, a major body of water. The largest thermal lake in the world, Lake Hévíz (Hévíz Spa), is located in Hungary. The second largest lake in the Pannonian Basin is the artificial Lake Tisza (Tisza-tó).Phytogeographically, Hungary belongs to the Central European province of the Circumboreal Region within the Boreal Kingdom. According to the WWF, the territory of Hungary belongs to the ecoregion of Pannonian mixed forests.Hungary has a Continental climate, with hot summers with low overall humidity levels but frequent rainshowers and frigid to cold snowy winters. Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5 °F). Temperature extremes are about 42 °C (107.6 °F) in the summer and −29 °C (−20.2 °F) in the winter. Average temperature in the summer is 27 °C (80.6 °F) to 35 °C (95 °F) and in the winter it is 0 °C (32 °F) to −15 °C (5.0 °F). The average yearly rainfall is approximately 600 mm (23.6 in). A small, southern region of the country near Pécs enjoys a reputation for a Mediterranean climate, but in reality it is only slightly warmer than the rest of the country and still receives snow during the winter. Tibor IllesITB Panorama Photo


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Jared Lovett has been named captain of the Yale men's swimming and diving team for the 2012-13 season. Lovett, one of the Bulldogs' most versatile swimmers and consistent force in the Individual Medley, butterfly, and backstroke over the past three seasons, was chosen by a vote of his teammates.
The Abingdon, VA native held nine of his school's eleven swim records when he came to Yale as an All-American in 2009. He immediately became an impact swimmer in New Haven, particularly in the 200-yard IM, in which he took three individual wins as a freshman. Lovett's versatility was also evident early on, as the Calhoun College resident posted a top-20 finish in the 200-yard butterfly at the Ivy League Championships, while also consistently scoring points in the 200-yard backstroke throughout the season.
As a sophomore, Lovett's consistent strength continued, particularly in the IM. He finished top-20 in the 400-yard IM at the Ivy League Championships and in the top ten at both the Terrier Invitational and against Harvard and Princeton. That top-25 finish was one of three for Lovett at that year's conference meet, as he also turned in strong swims in the 200-yard IM and 200-yard backstroke.
This season, Lovett continued to be a presence in the IM and backstroke events, posting top-three finishes in the IM against UMass and Cornell, while finishing in the top twenty in both the 200- and 400-yard races at the Ivy League meet. Lovett also impressed in the 200-yard butterfly at the conference meet, grabbing a stellar 12th-place finish.
Lovett takes the reins of a Bulldog team loaded with young talent and hoping to solidify its spot in the upper echelon of the Ancient Eight. The history major and resident of Calhoun College believes the Elis are poised to do just that in 2012-13 after a massive turnaround in 2011-12.
"The team had an incredible year, especially during the dual meet season. The turn that this team has taken in just a year under the tutelage of Coach Wise, who just finished his second year as head coach, has been astounding and really exciting to be a part of," Lovett said. "Watching our current group of guys break 8 Yale records at Ivies was amazing. However, this past season is exactly that: in the past…While we all swam incredibly well at Ivies, our team goal was to place in the top 3 (we got 4th). We know we have the talent, confidence, and right mentality to reach this goal, and will continue to work hard and do everything in our power to achieve this."
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I remember traveling to Nicholas County for visits with my family. I would have to guess that these took place before the age of fourteen and then once again around twenty three. We would visit with my grandparents (Alice Mae Ashley and William "Bill" Short. My family would simply call it taking a trip "down in the country". For most of these visits, I was too young to appreciate the significance or understand the meaning of my family heritage. From a young age I was always interested in discovering my family tree, but at this point I had not made the connections of the places and people I was visiting people two generations before me without realizing it. My favorite person to visit was my Aunt Pearl (Pearl Vaughn Crump). She was so nice and I loved visiting her home. She made wonderful food and I loved her china and her green beans. She would tell me stories about growing up in the country and I think she loved to embellish the ones about slaughtering the chickens just to watch me squirm. She would take the feathers and make pillows and that is what I grew up sleeping on as child. I loved the pillows my great aunt pearl made me! I also remember visiting her sister who lived next door.
Later on when I visited at the age of 23, I went with my parents to visit Wilma McClanahan. I don't remember meeting her until this visit, but she seemed like such a nice person. We spent the whole day at her home and it seemed really out in the country to me. I remember on her wall she had a huge collection of thimbles from places where she had been or some that were sent to her. I decided at that point to start a collection like that of my own and try to pick up a thimble when traveling. Wilma took us around Nicholas County and showed my family where all the family farms used to be. My mother, Sharon Short Merritt, spend many summers on the farm of Sherman Crump. It was a beautiful area and I remember feeling quite nostalgic that my family had once resided here even though now there was no evidence of it. That is one of my favorite memories of visiting Nicholas County as I can make some connections to my ancestors. I did not know that my 3rd great grandfather (John Kincart) founded the town of Carlisle or that my 2nd great granfathers (James Peyton Ashley and Absalom Parker Crump) fought in the civil war and were buried here. Such a rich and beautiful history from such a nice and friendly town!
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This blog is dedicated to my ancestors of Nicholas County, Kentucky. I have have over 250 ancestors from this area and their lives span over 200 years. You are welcome to comment on anything that has to do with ancestry, Kentucky history, your own Kentucky genealogy or anything about Nicholas County, even recent happenings!
If you are interested in putting any posts on this blog, please contact me. They can be about your own ancestors and a story to honor them. It can also be about Nicholas County! Use your imagination - all is welcome!
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Hi Terri! This is my first visit to your blog and I just wanted to share that your profile could so easily be mine, except that I crochet instead of knit! I've been married 25 years, have 4 kids, scrapbook and garden! I also have ancestors from Kentucky (Russell County) and that's my primary area of research. Good luck with your research and with your blog! Lisa
- January 23, 2011 at 11:41 AM
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Good to know I have a twin out there. I would have to say that I crochet too, so that works. Definitely prefer knitting - it is more challenging since I have crocheted since a child. I will jump on over and check out your blog, Thanks for commenting!!!
- January 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM
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When traveling to a new time zone, our circadian rhythms are slow to adjust and remain on their original biological schedule for several days. This results in our bodies telling us it is time to sleep, when it's actually the middle of the afternoon, or it makes us want to stay awake when it is late at night. This experience is known as jet lag.
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Three exhibitions down and there's been no movement in guard Alex Boone's contract holdout with the 49ers, a source indicated Monday.
Joe Looney has started all three exhibitions at right guard in place of Boone. Looney did not allow a quarterback pressure for the second straight week and earned a plus-1.3 grade by ProFootballFocus.com.
Colin Kaepernick endured at least four hits in his four series Sunday, including a sack and a hit allowed by starting left guard Mike Iupati.
The offensive line's depth will be tested further after Sunday's injury to rookie center Marcus Martin, who may have sustained a dislocated kneecap.
Boone has two seasons remaining on a contract he signed in December 2011 when he was a reserve. He's the 43rd-highest paid guard, and is slated to make $2 million and $1.2 million in base salaries the next two seasons.
Boone was placed on the reserve/did-not-report list at the start of training camp July 23. The 49ers must trim their roster to 75 by 1 p.m. Tuesday.
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An alternative way of generating PDF files with PHP is using FPDF, a free PHP class containing a number of functions for creating and manipulating PDFs. The key word here is free. You are free to download and use this class or customise it to fit your needs. In addition to being free, it's also simpler to use than PDFlib. The PDFlib needs to be installed as an extension in your PHP package, whereas FPDF can just be included in your PHP script and it's ready to use
They show how to use the FPDF library to make some simple files - setting the title, author, adding images and text, etc. There's even a little bit there at the end about adding new pages to make more complex documents simple.


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Winfield- Mt. Union had five different players nominated for post season awards.
On the first team all Southeast Iowa Superconference team Alicia Escher and Cassie Kingery received spots on the team.
Escher was second on the team in points scored on the year with 230 points, and added 155 rebounds and 51 steals on the year.
Kingery led the team in points with 314 on the year.
Head coach Mich Wachs said these girls were great leaders on the team, and will be hard to replace.
"Those kids, those two seniors deserve the accolades that they've received and [are] certainly two kids that I am going to miss a lot," Wach said.
On the second team Shelby Therme was the only Wolf that made it. Therme had 207 points on the year with a team leading 159 rebounds and 31 blocks.
The WMU honorable mentions were Anna Crawford and Paige Breon.
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MCLEAN, Va., June 13 (UPI) -- SAIC will provide operations and maintenance services to U.S. Air Force remotely piloted aircraft under a subcontract from Battlespace Flight Services LLC.
The contract to support the service's Air Combat Command aircraft is a single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle with a base performance period of one year. It includes four one-year options and a six-month extension option.
The value of the award is $95 million if all options are exercised, Science Applications International Corp. said.
Under the subcontract, SAIC will provide O&M maintenance of RPA communications systems, including Fixed Site Satcom Terminal and Satcom Earth Terminal Subsystem ground satellite systems to support Predator, Reaper and Global Hawk operations.
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I liked this book because it made me smart. It told me a lot about Saturn that I didn't know. The pictures made the book fun because you got to see different views of Saturn. I thought it was cool the way that it showed how a scientist could use a weak telescope to see Saturn.
I do not recommend this book because it was not that fun to read. The story didn't move fast enough. Also, I think the story needed more characters, like more scientists. Not all the pictures were good. Some of them were better than others.


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Sometimes you need a quick massage or facial to reboot, but there are those other times when you're in the mood for a seriously luxe afternoon of pampering—that's where these unique services come in. From a dreamy massage under a down comforter, to a HydraFacial that will leave you feeling like your pores were deep cleaned, these are the salon and spa game changes that will have you scheduling a little "me time" on the regular.
1. Strawberry/Honey/Bee Pollen Detox Facial at The SPA at Andaz Wall Street
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When allergy season attacks, fight it face on with an intense dose of honey, French lavender, Roman Chamomile, aloe and green tea to soothe and calm irritated skin. Anti-oxidant rich strawberries and bee pollen also help to to exfoliate, while warm white kaolin clay draws out impurities. Available until July 14th.
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2. The Comforter? Massage at Lush Spa
The Comforter? Massage at Lush Spa
Eclectic homemade soap brand Lush just opened spas in New York City and Philadelphia and their unique menu of services is both quirky and completely detail focused. Each treatment is stationed in its own appropriately decorated room to go along with the theme of the service and include an individualized soundtrack listening experience. One of the most popular offerings is "The Comforter?" massage, which includes a hot chocolate scrub and velvety rose body serum, that's applied while you're snuggled between a marshmallow mattress and fluffy duvet. Oh, and there are pink stars on the ceiling and scented bubbles when you enter. Doesn't get much better than that…
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3. Cellular Swiss Ice Crystal Facial at La Prairie
Cellular Swiss Ice Crystal Facial at La Prairie
Hands down one of the best facials we've ever had. Not only does the 90-minute process finish with a relaxing massage post-facial, but the unique eye treatment—that features cooled clear quartz crystals for enhanced energy flow and clarity—feels amazing. Like you never want it to end amazing. The facial also includes a Cellular 3-Minute Peel, deeply moisturizing mask, and application of the super hydrating Cellular Swiss Ice Crystal Cream. If you love luxe, this is the facial for you.
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Welcome Voyage Treatment at The Canyon Ranch SpaClub Aboard Celebrity Cruises
If you're looking for a tranquil experience unlike any other, consider Celebrity Cruises because the modern luxury fleet just partnered with mega spa Canyon Ranch. The treatments are just as pampering as they are serene, considering you're sailing along the Caribbean or a nestle of Greek Islands while they're being applied. After relaxing in the Persian Garden (which includes steam rooms and ice fountains), try the "Welcome Voyage—an Indian jasmine revitalizing sea salt scrub, Swedish massage with French lavender to banish jet lag, and a hand and foot treatment with Italian blood orange to soothe calluses. Or, the "Ayurvedic Abhyanga" massage, which revitalizes and refreshes the mind, body, and spirit through a series of long, flowing strokes and rhythmic motions with a herb-infused oil of your choice. (PS—the couples room has the best view in the house, ahem boat.)
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Caudalie's famed French spa located at The Plaza Hotel in New York City is on another level. With that said, they also offer flash treatments at their spa in Soho that take less time and costs half as much. One of our favorite Vinotherapie services is the Vinoperfect Radiance Facial, which helps to Illuminate your skin and correct uneven tone. The 50-minute process starts with an Enzymatic Peel and ends with warm stones and the application of essential oils so you leave looking 10 years younger. No, really. The spa's signature Vinoperfect Serum is also the key to evening out dark spots and pigmentation.
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PRP Facial Rejuvenation AKA The Vampire Facial at Fountain Med Spa
For those of you that think Kim K's infamous Vampire Facial is so 2013, Dr. Todd Schlifstein begs to differ. "I think the Vampire facial will be more popular this year! As more people are learning about the facial and the more people are seeing the amazing results, the more want it," he says. "I perform the vampire facelift differently than other doctors because I like to do a pro-fractional laser treatment first, which allows precise control over its use to help stimulate and heat the skin to resurface itself. Other doctors use a dermapen or microdermabrasion, which can also stimulate the skin, but not as deep and not as precise. Then, I inject PRP (or "Platelet Rich Plasma," also known as 60 ccs of your blood) into areas where volume is needed. Lastly, we rub in the PRP solution to stimulate the skin to rejuvenate itself. The benefits can continue to improve months afterwards and last more than a year."
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Using FrameworkAdmin from Java programs
Since version 1.1.0, FrameworkAdmin API and its implementation enables not only a bundle but also a Java program, which is not OSGi based application, to do the followings in a framework independent way.
- Set configurations required to launch a framework, such as
- Java VM location,
- Java VM arguments,
- executable launcher location, if used
- beginning start level and initial bundle start level of a framework,
- Bundles to be installed and started with their start levels,
- framework configuration location,
- framework persistent date location,
- Launch a framework with the specified configurations.
- get the expected state of a framework when it runs.
This documents introduce how to use FrameworkAdmin from Java programs.
Provider of FrameworkAdmin
To realize it, the provider should do
- implement a subclass of FrameworkAdminFactory whose createFrameworkAdmin() returns a FrameworkAdmin object which doesn't use BundleContext at all.
- declare the fully qualified class name of it in public.
- for instance, the name of the class in org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox bundle is declared as org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox.internal.EquinoxFrameworkAdminFactoryImpl.
Client Java program of FrameworkAdmin
On the other hand, a client Java program should do
- set classpath properly in order to load required classes.
- Taking org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox version 1.1.0 as an example, set org.eclipse.osgi_*.jar, org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin_*.jar and org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox_*.jar to its classpath.
- in the code, call static method FrameworkAdminFactory.getInstance(className) with the fully qualified class name of the FrameworkAdminFactory subclass for the target framework implementation. org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox.internal.EquinoxFrameworkAdminFactoryImpl in order to get a FrameworkAdmin object for Equinox.
After instantiate a FrameworkAdmin object for the target framework implementation, do as same as a bundle which gets an FrameworkAdmin object from the service registry on running framework does for configuring and launching a framework.
Example code
Example code of a client Java program is included in org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.examples plug-in. In order to run it,
- set properties file called "setting.properties" properly to your environment in advance (you don't need to set properties related with either Knopflerfish or Felix, in this case).
- run Main class as a Java application from PDE (IDE)
The following is a pseudo code of it. Please see the actual code in org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.examples plug-in for more detail.
public static void main(String[] args) { String className = "org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox.internal.EquinoxFrameworkAdminFactory"; <--only this part is dependent on the target framework implementation. FrameworkAdmin fwAdmin = FrameworkAdminFactory.getInstance(className); // After instanciating FrameworkAdmin object, completely same code can be used // as the case that you get the object from a service registry on OSGi framework. Manipulator manipulator = fwAdmin.getManipulator(); ConfigData configData = manipulator.getConfigData(); LauncherData launcherData = manipulator.getLauncherData(); // 1. Set Parameters to LaunchData. launcherData.setJvm(new File("C:\Java\jre1.5.0_09\bin\java.exe")); launcherData.setJvmArgs(new String[] {"-Dms40"}); launcherData.setFwPersistentDataLocation(new File("C:\eclipse\configuration"), true); launcherData.setFwJar(new File("C:\eclipse\plugins\org.eclipse.osgi_3.3.0.v20070208.jar"); launcherData.setFwConfigLocation(new File("C:\eclipse\configuration")); // 2. Set Parameters to ConfigData. configData.addBundle(new BundleInfo( bundleLocation, startlevel, markedAsStartedOrNot); : configData.setBeginningFwStartLevel(6); configData.setInitialBundleStartLevel(5); configData.setFwDependentProp("osgi.console","9000"); // 3. Save them. manipulator.save(false); // 4. Launch it. Process process = fwAdmin.launch(manipulator, new File("C:\eclipse"); }
Theoretically, there is a limitations on using FrameworkAdmin from Java programs.
- Since there is no ConfiguratorManipulater service available, save and load methods of Manipulator won't take Configurator into account.
- c.f.) In case of using FrameworkAdmin which a bundle gets from service registry on running framework, save method will save info of bundles to be installed into not only framework configuration files but also configurator configuration files according to the availability of ConfiguratorManipulator services. See Configurator for more details.
For current FrameworkAdmin design (version 1.1.0), there are several limitations:
- how the Java program can control the framework launched by the FrameworkAdmin is out of scope of it.
- For Equinox, you can access to a console of the framework via telnet if you set its port number.
- You can access to a management agent bundle, which is configured to be installed and started at a framework launch, in its own way.
- FrameworkAdmin doesn't support launching a framework in the same process yet. It is one of the future work.
For current FrameworkAdmin implementation provided by this Equinox incubator subproject, there are several limitations:
- org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.equinox_*.jar (ver. 1.1.0)
- support for launching a framework from Java programs, except a function of expecting bundles state because its implementation gets PlatformAdmin object from a service registry on a running framework and use it to resolve bundles.
- org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.knopflerfish_*.jar (ver. 1.0.2)
- No support for launching a framework from Java programs yet. It will be supported soon.
- org.eclipse.equinox.frameworkadmin.felix_*.jar (ver. 1.0.2)
- No support for launching a framework from Java programs yet. It will be supported soon.


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July 28, 2011 - Wabash and DePauw alumni from around the South Bend area gathered at Knollwood Country Club for a fun day of golf and the always-appreciated prime rib post-outing dinner. Knollwood was in great shape despite the recent hot and dry conditions.
There was still a lot of buzz surrounding the recent visit of the Wabash Road Trip crew.
Winning the outing at nine under par was the group of Doug Piazza (Wabash '89), Tom Serocynski (Wabash '87), Sean Lewis (DePauw '02), and Ron Bondurant.
Joining the group were Steve Hoffman '85 (College Advancement), Kevin Andrews '10 (Admissions) and rising seniors Kyle Bender '12 and Matt Myer '12.
The St Joe Valley Association makes a gift of all proceeds from the outing to the college to be used for scholarships. In the first ten years of the outing, the group has given well over $30,000 for scholarships.
The St. Joe Valley outing always runs like a well oiled machine. Many thanks go to Roger ('68) and Carol Senkbeil, Dick Barger '55, and Roland Morin '91.
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Top - Matt Myer tees off on the seventh hole.
Bottom: winners were Doug Piazza, Sean Lewis, and Ron Bondurant. Tom Serocynski not pictured.


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Board of Estimate & Taxation
As required by the City Charter, the Board of Estimate & Taxation holds public hearings to obtain citizen input relating to setting the maximum tax levies for certain tax funds in the City. The board reviews selected City department budgets and after receiving recommendations from the Mayor and City Council, sets the maximum tax levies for the following funds:
City Council: General Fund, Permanent Improvement Fund, Police Personnel Expansion Fund.
Park and Recreation Board: Park and Recreation Fund, Tree Preservation and Reforestation Fund, Park Rehabilitation and Parkway Maintenance Fund, Shade Tree Disease Control Fund, Lake Pollution Control Fund.
Public Housing Authority: Public Housing Fund.
- Board Members
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- Biennial Budgeting in Minneapolis - October 10, 2018
- Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Presentation - September 14, 2016
- Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Presentation - September 13, 2017
- Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Parkways Board of Estimate and Taxation presentation - November 29, 2017
- Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board of Estimate & Taxation presentation - September 12, 2018
- Minneapolis Park & Recreation Neighborhood Parks Capital plan
- Minneapolis Park & Recreation Capital plan 2017 - 2022
- Parkway Paving Evaluation Board of Estimate and Taxation - November 29, 2017
- Est pay 2018 City taxes of 18 residential homestead properties with market value changes from -5.0% thru +12.5%
- Residential homestead properties 2018 changes from 2017 and 2014
- Overview of Mayor's 2017 Recommended Budget and Levy
- Overview of Mayor's 2018 Recommended Budget
- 2019 Mayor's Recommended Budget & Levies - August 15, 2018
- Director of Capital and Debt Management, Mike Abeln's presentation - Net Debt Overview February 10, 2016
- Fiscal Disparities Presentation October 26, 2016
NOTE: The Fire Department Relief Association, Police Relief Association, Municipal Employees Retirement Fund, and Building Commission Funds are not subject to the Board's maximum tax levies.
The Board also participates in the overall debt management policy of the City and issues General Obligation Bonds of the City in support of the Capital Program (excluding Tax Increment Bonds).
The Board staff is responsible for preparation of the Official Statement except Appendix A. They assist in preparation of responses to rating agency inquiries. They prepare self-supporting debt documentations and are involved in pre- and post-bond-sale activities.
The Board is responsible in determining if a project is related to the Convention Center and therefore eligible for the use of sales taxes.
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Need some added oomph to draw your drill bit into tough drilling projects and field repairs? You might want to check out the PressureHandle, an add-on accessory for high-end, handheld power drills. This device won't replace your stationary shop drill press, but it will work in situations where using a drill press isn't practical. Turning the rotating grip on the PressureHandle activates a 30:1 reduction gear and chain, drawing the drill bit into the material being drilled at a constant pressure.
Team FIN farmer Steve Webb recently tested the PressureHandle on his farm. Here's what he had to say about it.
Upgrading and repairing machinery in the field can save time and money, so I often find myself doing a lot of drilling into metal machinery with a power hand drill. The PressureHandle makes many of these tough drilling jobs easier, but it takes some getting used to.
At first it felt strange that I didn't need to use any muscle power to push the drill in. The PressureHandle provides all the force, pulling the drill bit in much more efficiently than I could ever push. Instead of pushing, I needed to concentrate more on guiding the drill in straight and accurately. The first couple of times seemed a bit awkward, but once I got used to it, I realized that I could be more accurate than without the PressureHandle. And I didn't have the muscle strain and stress I would have had without the product.
I think the PressureHandle is a very good product, and its simplicity and quality materials should translate to years of reliable service. If you do a lot of drilling, it's probably worth the $130 price. One point of caution, however, is that this product is no substitute for a good, sharp drill bit. Use the PressureHandle with a sharp bit, and you should be satisfied with the product.
To learn more about the PressureHandle, visit www.pressurehandle.com. For a selection of various-sized drill bit sharpening machines, visit www.drilldoctor.com.


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Corona Moves Up in Sunrayce, June 21, 1999
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 21, 1999 -- After yesterday's completion of the first day of racing in the nation's premier solar-powered vehicle competition, New Mexico Tech's Corona has moved up a few positions in the intercollegiate field.
Despite unseasonably cold and rainy weather along the nation's East Coast, neither the starting ceremonies in Washington, D.C. nor the performance of the 29 solar-powered racers competing in Sunrayce 99 were dampened.
New Mexico Tech moved up three slots from its 29th starting position to finish at 26th at the end of the 115-mile-long first leg of the ten-day road rally which showcases the imagination, ingenuity, and teamwork of students from universities across North America.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Solar Phantom V crossed the finish line first yesterday with a time of 3 hours, 18 minutes and 58 seconds and an average speed of nearly 35 miles per hour.
New Mexico Tech's Corona didn't cross the finish line under its own photo-voltaic supplied power: It had to be brought in to Charlottesville on a trailer for the last few miles of the first leg.
Yet, despite being assessed over one hour's time in penalties for not finishing the leg and other minor infractions in yesterday's competition, New Mexico Tech did manage to best solar vehicles from Purdue University, the U. S. Military Academy, and the University of Virginia.
From June 20 through 29, teams from throughout North America, including New Mexico Tech, are racing through five states, from Washington, D. C., to a finish at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the 10-day road rally wins the event.
The top three finishing teams will receive trophies and cash awards. Scholastic achievement awards will also be granted for technical innovation, engineering excellence, artistic talents, teamwork, and good sportsmanship.
The biennial solar-car race was created by General Motors and the U. S. Department of Energy in 1990 to promote educational excellence in mathematics, science, and engineering by offering students a unique and highly valuable "hands-on" educational opportunity. Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) joined GM and the DOE as a co-sponsor of the event in 1993.


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Influenced by art, music and streetwear, Colour Wear has a lively, stylish and yet practical approach to their ski and snowboard clothing as well as the everyday range. The streetwear elements have been incorporated into their designs to create a raw and rider tailored line of clothing, which brings a sense of attitude to the slopes and functionality to the streets. The Swedish brand are a dedicated team of creative and driven friends who forms the Colour Wear family, as they develop and build garments to fit their needs - without compromising on quality, function, fashion level or attitude. Their garments are rich with details and designed with love for the Colour Wear family way of living.


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When Facebook launched in 2004, and for many of the years following, the social network's sole focus was to attract new users to its platform. Eight years and one IPO later, the social media site boasting one billion users is now faced with a balancing act between users, advertisers, and investors. It's new controversial solution? Promoted Posts. This feature is available to brands and users alike, and it's supposed to be a way to keep everyone happy. Look, Pepsi can promote that status update – but you, an average user, can now do the same, putting everyone using Facebook on equal footing … at least that's the idea. Is this idea really working, and will it be enough to keep investors satisfied?
Three's a crowd: The careful balancing act Facebook must play
Facebook knows that to be successful it has to meet the needs of three parties (users, advertisers, and investors), but satisfying one group oftentimes comes at the expense of another. Recently, users and advertisers have been feeling overlooked as the social network rolls out new ways to generate revenue and impress its investors (a relatively jaded group).
For users, Facebook has to ensure that News Feeds aren't cluttered with ads and instead are filled with relevant and interesting content that will keep us coming back—whether it's content from friends or highly targeted and personalized ads. For brands and advertisers, the social media site needs to provide exposure to a broad audience that will be receptive to the advertised content. And investors want to see a strong ROI—which will only come if both users and advertisers are satisfied. This is becoming increasingly difficult as some reports show Facebook peaking on the potential revenue it can generate through banner ads. The company earned upwards of $3 billion through traditional banner ads last year, and is now reportedly generating $1 million a day in revenue through Sponsored Stories—personalized ads that appear to the right of the News Feeds.
Facebook has been shipping product after product to appease the moneymaking side of its business, but there's clearly still pressure to keep users happy — it was one of the big dilemmas Facebook listed in its S-1 paperwork. And Promoted Posts have become a key part of this, and EdgeRank has also been a mechanism Facebook is trying to use to keep the content flowing into its network fair and balanced: Give brand's enough — but not too much — voice, so that users see the posts they want. But essentially, while trying to make everyone happy, Facebook is holding back content, and it can be argued this isn't fair to brand or the users who are following them.
Social competition: Facebook's Promoted Posts vs. Twitter's Sponsored Tweets
Facebook's solution to keeping all players happy was to roll out Promoted Posts, which it announced in October. The social network's EdgeRank algorithm determines how many and which posts will be seen by whom, and according to Facebook itself, the numbers aren't anything to write home about. Traditional posts on Facebook are now only seen by 15 percent of earned fans; content can be pushed to the remaining 85 percent, Facebook says, for a fee.
Gokul Rajaram, Facebook's product director for advertising, said that if brands wanted to reach the remaining 80 to 85 percent of their audience, it'll come at a cost. "For brands, one of the most interesting product offerings we have is Reach Generator, which ensures that every single one of your page posts reaches all of your fans. Organically, you get anywhere from 15 percent to 20 percent of your fans, that you reach organically. In order to reach the remaining 80 to 85 percent, sponsoring posts is important," Rajaram said.
But Facebook wasn't the first of the social media big wigs to incorporate native advertising into its platform. Twitter rolled out its Promoted Tweets in September 2011, expanding the audience brands and advertisers can target and reach regardless of whether or not their targets are followers. This means that Twitter is essentially charging an advertising fee to extend a company's earned reach, unlike Facebook, which charges advertisers to reach their own fan base. What's more, Twitter doesn't charge advertisers for simply having their ads show up on a page; Twitter's native advertising is performance based—advertisers only pay if a user engages with the promoted content.
A blog post on Twitter detailing the program explains: "Promoted Tweets are priced on a Cost-per-Engagement (CPE) basis, so you only pay when someone retweets, replies to, clicks or favorites your Promoted Tweet. In addition, impressions on retweets are free and can extend the reach and cost-effectiveness of your campaign many times over."
But regardless of the microblogging platform's native advertising program, Twitter users and brands can rest assured that their Tweets—even if they're not paid for—are still being seen by willingly followers. The discrepancy between this and Facebook's methods is what's caused brands and marketers to complain Facebook is holding their fans and followers hostage.
The problems with Promoted Posts
Since Facebook launched Promoted Posts, marketers and advertisers have noticed that their pages are driving only a fraction of the previous level of traffic back to their official websites. Some have even reported that despite large increases in their number of Likes, Facebook click-throughs are actually down by as much 50 percent. Page managers blame the new Promoted Posts feature, claiming that the social media site is purposefully reducing the earned reach of traditional, non-paid posts, and in turn reducing CTRs and traffic back to company websites, unless those companies paid for placement. Critics say Facebook is essentially holding their content ransom—from already-earned followers—in exchange for ad dollars.
A now widely read post on the Dangerous Minds blog details how during the period in which it grew from 29,000 to 53,000 Likes on Facebook—an increase of 83 percent—it lost anywhere from half to two-thirds of the traffic from Facebook back to its site. "To reach 100 percent of our 50,000 Facebook fans they'd charge us $200 per post," the blog post said.
Ryan Holiday, the author of "Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of A Media Manipulator," is also not a fan of the program. "At the root of Facebook's model is a conflict of interest: The worse their service 'works' for brands, the more brands will need to pay Facebook. Why? Because originally Facebook's model was different, the better it worked the more brands invested in and became dependent on the platform."
And it's not the fact that Facebook is charging for promoted content that has some brands up in arms, Twitter already does so, but it does so much better.
"Twitter's platform adds value to its customers and charges for those services. That's basic 21st century business strategy. What Facebook is doing is straight out of the Gilded Age," Holiday says.
But Facebook argues Promoted Posts were implemented in the interest of a very important factor – us, the users. According to the social network, Promoted Posts were rolled out to benefit users by weeding out spam posts and cleaning up News Feeds. But if that's really all Facebook is doing—trying to help the users weed out extraneous posts—why wouldn't they take the Google+ approach to this problem and allowing users themselves to filter the level of content streaming in from different pages and profiles? Or why doesn't Facebook provide its users with an option to opt-out of the filters if they wanted to? Another choice would be to allow page content to be distributed to all earned followers, but to offer payment options for advertisers who want to extend their audience beyond followers.
And it's not only brands that have the right to complain about their contents' reach, users may have reason to be upset about this as well. Studies show that a majority of Facebook users want to use the network to connect with brands, and they might not actually be seeing these posts because of EdgeRank. The move is supposed to keep more of this data out of the News Feed, to keep users happy, but if people are willingly following a business page, it's possibly they aren't getting the content they wanted in the first place.
George Takei, an avid Facebook poster who uses the site to connect with fans has been complaining about his status' reach lately. "'[I am curious] as to why interactivity rates on my page appear to fluctuate so much when I have done nothing different," he recently wrote, noting there will be a chapter in is upcoming book about EdgeRank. It's a prime example of why this issue affects both brands and users: Facebook is deciding what we do and don't see, and while it's possible this is being done with good intentions, it's apparently hurting both sides.
Faithful Facebook supporters say that at the end of the day, this is a profit-seeking business, and that if users want free access to the service it's providing, it has to find some way generate revenue in return. Supporters also argue that the social media site has the right to monitor and regulate the way content on its site is being used and shared.
The social network also raises the point that brands and advertisers are paying not for traditional banner ads, but to have their content dropped into the center of the News Feeds of potential customers—arguably one of the most effective ways of advertising. Native content like this also has a higher potential for engagement, as users can Like or share the content—meaning advertisements can essentially be spread around for free.
But just because a company has the right to do something, doesn't mean it's necessarily the right thing to do. "Sure Facebook has the 'the right' to operate this way—to throttle access and charge unequally for passage—but it is undeniably unethical and evil," Holiday said. "It's a short-term strategy that might make sense in a revenue spreadsheet but is so clearly stupid and short sighted to anyone who thinks about it for two seconds."


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This is Southern Regional High School girl's volleyball coach Eric Maxwell, whom you probably remember from this memorable episode, which occurred earlier this month. He apologized immediately after it happened. Unfortunately, he gained aa new audience yesterday.
The Press of Atlantic City ( a little paper which has appeared in matters of national stink-causing before) ran a follow-up story on Maxwell today. The coach is very contrite and he assures everyone on the internet who saw it for the first time yesterday that it was, in fact, an accident.
"You see a short clip like that, but no one knows what preceded it. I'm not condoning my behavior in getting upset and yelling at a referee, but my intent was to throw it off the wall. It certainly looks like I threw it at her,
[I]'ve coached her for four years. After it happened, the team rallied around me and said, 'Coach, don't worry about it.'"
Amazingly, Maxwell did respond to some readers who sent him nasty emails yesterday about the video who were unaware he was trying to throw the volleyball threw the wall, not the young girl's skull.
Here's a response reader C.W. received:
I have been forgiven by all those involved. I have also been forgiven by Jesus. That's good enough for me. He will forgive you too for your remarks. There's one way to get to heaven and that is by having your sins forgiven by the Lord. Hopefully, I'll see you there.
Coach Maxwell
So take note, true believers: you can still get to heaven even if you accidentally chuck a volleyball at a high school girl's face.
High School Coach Explains Throwing Volleyball At Player During Match [Fanhouse]


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BTC dah USD
mengubah (kurs)
Bitcoin dah US Dollar
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and an electronic payment system invented by an unidentified programmer, or group of programmers, under the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. Nakamoto introduced bitcoin on 31 October 2008 to a cryptography mailing list, and released as open-source software in 2009. The system is peer-to-peer, and transactions take place between users directly, without an intermediary. These transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called the blockchain, which uses bitcoin as its unit of account. Since the system works without a central repository or single administrator, bitcoin is called the first decentralized digital currency. Bitcoin is the largest of its kind in terms of total market value.
Bitcoins are created as a reward in a competition in which users offer their computing power to verify and record bitcoin transactions into the blockchain. This activity is referred to as mining and successful miners are rewarded with transaction fees and newly created bitcoins. Besides being obtained by mining, bitcoins can be exchanged for other currencies, products, and services. When sending bitcoins, users can pay an optional transaction fee to the miners. This may expedite the transaction being confirmed.
As of February 2015, over 100,000 merchants and vendors accept bitcoin as payment. Instead of a 2–3% fee typically imposed by credit card processors, merchants accepting bitcoins often pay fees of 0% to less than 2% of the total purchase. Despite the fourfold increase in the number of merchants accepting bitcoin in 2014, the cryptocurrency did not have much momentum in retail transactions. The European Banking Authority and other sources have warned that bitcoin users are not protected by refund rights or chargebacks.
According to a research produced by Cambridge University in 2017, there are between 2.9 million and 5.8 million unique users actively using a cryptocurrency wallet, most of them using bitcoin. The number of active users has grown significantly since 2013 (there were 0.3 to 1.3 million unique users at the time).
The use of bitcoin by criminals has attracted the attention of financial regulators, legislative bodies, law enforcement, and media. Criminal activities are primarily focused on darknet markets and theft, though officials in countries such as the United States also recognize that bitcoin can provide legitimate financial services.
The unit of account of the bitcoin system is bitcoin. As of 2014, symbols used to represent bitcoin are BTC, XBT, and BitcoinSign.svg. Small amounts of bitcoin used as alternative units are millibitcoin (mBTC), microbitcoin (µBTC, sometimes referred to as bit), and satoshi. Named in homage to bitcoin's creator, a satoshi is the smallest amount within bitcoin representing 0.00000001 bitcoin, one hundred millionth of a bitcoin. A millibitcoin equals to 0.001 bitcoin, one thousandth of a bitcoin. One microbitcoin equals to 0.000001 bitcoin, one millionth of a bitcoin.
A proposal was submitted to the Unicode Consortium in October 2015 to add a codepoint for the symbol. As of November 2016, it is in the pipeline for position 20BF (₿) in the Currency Symbols block.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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About this song.This warm, uplifting tune features bright acoustic picking and vibrant, lighthearted melodies throughout. Light ukelele strums and bouncy bongo rhythms give the chorus section an especially fun and optimistic feeling. Perfect for commercials, presentations, promos, and more, this folk-pop song is certain to leave a smile on your face and joy in your heart.
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Posts Tagged 'Than facing fearful odds'
Oblivion Wallpaper 2013 Film with Tom Cruise
After watching Oblivion I looked up this quote and it dawned on me to create this Wallpaper. I decided to incorporate the quote into this Wallpaper designed from a Oblivion promo shot, also to note, I added a darker HDR tone to start, then added the appearance of a star filled night sky with a view of the galaxy. Enjoy.
"To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his gods,"
If you were wondering, the quote is originally from Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), a British poet. (Lays of Ancient Rome)


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All lost and found items will be kept in a secure location until the owner claims them. Items found or turned in to an academic department should be forwarded immediately to the Department of Campus Safety & Security in the ERC Building, Suite 1200 (CSS) or by calling 268-6666. Listed below are procedures to be followed:
- Turn lost items in to Lost and Found (ERC Building, Suite 1200 -Safety & Security) as soon as possible, but not later than the end of the business day on which they were found. After hours, call 268-6666 for the Officer(s) on duty.
- To report lost items call Campus Safety & Security at 268-6666 or fill out the form below
- Items of value such as wallets, purses, keys, backpacks, and electronic devices should be immediately forwarded to the Department of Campus Safety & Security. If the lost item(s) includes any identifying information, please make immediate attempts to contact the owner. If unsuccessful, turn property over to Safety & Security staff who will attempt to contact the owner directly.
- All unclaimed property and unidentifiable property will be entered in the lost and found logbook and placed in a locked location within the Department of Campus Safety & Security. The key is only accessible to individuals authorized by the Campus Safety & Security Department.
- Unclaimed student ID's will be kept for one week. If unclaimed after one week the ID's will be destroyed. Other unclaimed ID's such as driver's license or state ID's will be mailed to the designated address after one week.
- To attempt to ensure lost items are returned to the rightful owners, persons claiming items will be asked to describe the items and to provide identification. Claimants must sign for items before the items will be released to them.
- Items in Lost and Found, which are not claimed by the end of each semester, will be donated to a local charity.
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For the first time in 17 years, Texas has a new method for evaluating its public school teachers.
The new standards, dubbed the Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System, or T-TESS, were completed and submitted for federal review Friday. The public got its first glimpse Monday. If accepted, the new evaluation method will allow Texas to opt out of rigorous accountability benchmarks mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The new standards will also provide a necessary and long-overdue update to the state's current method for grading teachers and principals, state education officials said Monday.
"We have heard from Texas teachers that the current evaluation system used by 86 percent of our school districts is outdated and provides little value in regard to meaningful professional feedback and growth," Commissioner of Education Michael Williams said in a Monday press release. "The Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System is aimed at helping everyone in the classroom improve to the benefit of the students sitting in front of them."
According to the full waiver details released Monday, T-TESS will base 70 percent of teacher grades on classroom observation evaluations, 20 percent on "student growth" data – standardized test scores for students in testing grades or subjects and "learning objectives, portfolios, or district pre- and post-tests" for those in non-testing grades – and 10 percent on self-evaluation. The new standards will be piloted in up to 72 school district this fall and will be implemented as the new statewide system in Fall 2015.
Texas' current teacher evaluation method, called the Professional Development and Appraisal System, or PDAS, was implemented in 1997 and has been completely voluntary, allowing local school district to develop and carry out their own methods for grading teachers and keeping them accountable. While the TEA press release also states "the decision to utilize (T-TESS) will remain a local decision," districts will be required to base at least 20 percent of their teacher evaluation methods on student growth data starting in 2015.
Teacher groups have raised concerns that this mandate is unlawful in Texas, where the state education chief is not extended the authority to place such requirements on local districts. The submission for the waiver also comes as Texas' teacher evaluation standards have been thrust in the limelight like never before, in the wake of a teacher lawsuit filed in federal court last week challenging the value-added method (VAM) model adopted by the Houston Independent School District. The same vendor that developed the HISD method, a proprietary formula kept secret from the public called EVAAS, is also developing the 20 percent value-added portion of T-TESS.
"The key Education Code provisions on teacher evaluation do not authorize the commissioner to dictate to school districts that scores of an individual teacher's students on state assessments will be a significant factor in the evaluation of that teacher. Yet the commissioner apparently aims to circumvent state law, demand that school districts show "fidelity" to his appraisal scheme and forge ahead with this flawed model under the guise of compliance with bureaucratic edicts from his counterparts in the federal government," said Linda Bridges, president of the Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers.
She added, "The commissioner is relying on a defective value-added model to measure teacher performance based on standardized test scores, and the state will face the same problems that we've seen in Houston ISD, which now is the target of a lawsuit against its faulty evaluation system. It is very troubling that the commissioner is depending on SAS Institute—the same company that developed the dubious evaluation system targeted by the lawsuit in Houston—to develop the state's value-added formulas."
TEA Director of Media Relations Debbie Ratcliffe responded to these legal concerns Monday, saying, "We don't think its unlawful because we would not propose something that we thought was." Lucy Nashed, spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Perry responded Monday, saying, "The governor expects TEA to make decisions that are in the best interest of Texas students with a mind toward accountability and preserving local control."
The TEA press release also reiterates the need for school districts to accept this new mandate, or else risk the state losing its NCLB waiver. "The U.S. Department of Education is pushing all states to adopt teacher evaluation systems that utilize a value-add component. The State of Washington recently lost its waiver for failing to follow through on that provision," it states.
The following school districts and charters have indicated they will pilot the new method this fall. They have until May 15 to opt out of the process.
Abernathy ISD; Allen ISD; Alvarado ISD; Arlington ISD; Ballinger ISD; Bronte ISD; Brownwood ISD; Burleson ISD; Bynum ISD; Calallen ISD; Clarendon ISD; Clifton ISD; Clint ISD; Corsicana ISD; Cotton Center ISD; Crosbyton ISD; Cuero ISD; Cypress Fairbanks ISD; Denver City ISD; Elgin ISD; Faith Family Academy; Fayetteville ISD; Fort Hancock ISD; Friendswood ISD; Grand Prairie ISD; Hawley ISD; Highland Park ISD (Potter County); Hillsboro ISD; Holliday ISD; Hondo ISD; Houston Heights Learning Academy; Jubilee Academic Center; Lake Travis ISD; Lamar Consolidated ISD; Latexo ISD; Levelland ISD; Linden-Kildare CISD; Lorenzo ISD; Los Fresnos ISD; Martinsville ISD; Mathis ISD; Meyersville ISD; Moody ISD; Odem-Edroy ISD; Paris ISD; Pflugerville ISD; Pine Tree ISD; Port Arthur ISD; Port Neches-Grove ISD; Presidio ISD; Nocona ISD; Quinlan ISD; Red Lick ISD; Santa Gertrudis ISD; Scurry-Rosser ISD; Shallowater ISD; Stafford; MISD; Sweetwater ISD; Taft ISD; Teague ISD; Temple ISD; Tulia ISD; Weslaco ISD; Wharton ISD; Whitney ISD; Wimberly ISD; Winfield ISD; Wink-Loving ISD; Woodsboro ISD; Wortham ISD; Wylie ISD (Collin County) ; and Valley Mills ISD.


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Watch how to make this recipe.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the turkey on a baking rack over a baking sheet. Combine 6 tablespoons of the butter with 1 tablespoon of the honey and the chipotle puree, and slather over the turkey breast, sprinkling liberally with salt and black pepper. Roast the turkey, 1 hour 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the cranberries in a pot with the sugar, a pinch salt, the cinnamon, orange peel and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil and cook until all the berries pop and the sauce thickens, 15 minutes. Let cool. Peel the pomegranate in a bowl of water and separate and drain the seeds. Stir the pomegranate seeds, jalapenos and onions into the sauce.
Bring the stock and milk to a boil, and then whisk in the polenta until it thickens. Stir in the remaining butter, some salt and black pepper, the remaining honey and the cheese. Serve the sliced turkey with the cranberry-pomegranate relish, chilled or at room temperature, with the polenta alongside.
For a make-ahead meal, cool the roasted turkey and store. To reheat, place the turkey in a low baking dish with 1 cup chicken stock and loosely cover with foil. Reheat at 350 degrees F, 20 to 25 minutes, and then crisp up the skin under the broiler. Leftover turkey can be used for other recipes, such as Mexican Chorizo and Turkey Chili.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Fans who are unable to attend events on campus in person this week will still be able to watch all the action as the Golden Eagle Sports Network will provide live web stream coverage of the softball games Tuesday and Wednesday, in addition to the football team's Purple/Gold Spring Scrimmage on Saturday.
The streams are free and can be viewed on the OVC Digital Network. Click here for the link
The Golden Eagle softball team hosts Austin Peay Tuesday in an Ohio Valley Conference doubleheader that was rescheduled due to rain. The first game begin at 1 p.m. On Wednesday, Tech is slated to host Chattanooga in a single nn-conference game.
The football scrimmage will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday in Tucker Stadium.
Admission is free for all of the events for fans who wish to attend.
Softball, football to be streamed live by Golden Eagle Sports Network
Apr 16, 2013


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Right after Kobe Bryant made every one of his first five shots, you knew the Lakers weren't going to let new coach Mike D'Antoni lose his debut.
As it turned out, just enough good things happened after that to produce Tuesday night's 95-90 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets. The Lakers shot the ball well enough from the floor for most of the game, but managed all of three baskets in the final period, and didn't get the first until 4:33 remained. They weren't much better beyond the 3-point arc for most of the game and (6 of 21) and the free-throw shooting was a disaster (19 of 37), owing mostly to Dwight Howard's miserable 7-of-19 performance. Once the Nets figured out the Lakers' new big man was having even more problems than his career free-throw 60-percent mark would suggest, they began fouling him every time his teammates crossed half court with the ball.
``I don't know who's in charge of free throw shooting. Wait until I find out,'' D'Antoni joked afterward. ``It happens some nights. ... They started hacking Dwight and he made one of two (free throws) a couple of times, so that's one point per possession. That's pretty good basketball, especially down the stretch. So it's fine. If they want to do that, that's great. I got no problem.''
On the contrary. The Lakers looked a lot like they did through both the 1-4 start that got his predecessor, Mike Brown, fired, and the 4-1 run under interim coach Bernie Bickerstaff in between. The games always come down to how invested Bryant is, and on this night at least, that was plenty. Often drawing double-teams, but stubbornly shooting anyway, he scored six of his 25 points in the final period, including four free throws in the final 17 seconds.
Asked to describe what's been a brief but eventful season so far, Bryant replied, ``I would say it's been weird, but in Los Angeles, there's no such thing. If you've ever been down to Venice Beach, you know what I'm talking about.
``It's unfortunate every time you see a coach lose his job,'' he added, turning serious for a moment. ``It's always tough.''
D'Antoni has never been in charge of a team this good, and things could get tough for him in a hurry if the Lakers don't start winning consistently and banking style points in the bargain. His recent knee surgery kept him off the sideline until now, but he's run a couple of practices already and the ball movement and offensive flow usually associated with D'Antoni-coached teams was not much in evidence Tuesday. Howard got his points and rebounds - 23 and 15, respectively - and both Pau Gasol and World Metta Peace contributed 17 points. But Los Angeles got clobbered in fast-break points and routinely settled for long- and mid-range jump shots. What saved them was a surprisingly strong defensive effort, especially from the bench players starting the fourth quarter, and the Nets' cold-shooting stretch at the end, missing five of their last six.
If any of that bothered D'Antoni, he wasn't about to let on. He understands he's at the front end of a process that should become considerably easier once he gets point guard Steve Nash back from injury. But even that didn't entirely explain his good mood.
``You've got 15 minutes before the Vicodin wears off,'' is how D'Antoni began his postgame news conference.
You could count on one hand the number of times D'Antoni has coached a team good enough to win with less than their best stuff, but he knows he's got one of those now. Not quite as good as the U.S. Olympic team that took home the gold last summer, though Bryant and Howard were both part of it.
``With this team, there's no reason not to win every game. That's our goal,'' he said. ``It's not, `Let's get two out of three.' We can win every game we play. ... I feel like we're the best team in the league. We've got the most talent, so they can do what they want. We've just got to keep perfecting things.''
Until they get a lot closer, D'Antoni is going to keep leaning on Bryant and let him continue running the team anyway he wants. The Lakers got Howard and Nash in the offseason to take some of the load off Bryant who, considering how many minutes he's already logged, might be the oldest 34-year-old the NBA has ever seen. But Brown couldn't figure out how to ease that burden and considering D'Antoni is on the front end of what already feels like a long season in LA, he's going to have to do his learning on the job in a hurry.
``Obviously, they haven't seen me coach and they should be scared,'' D'Antoni said. ``They should be real scared. It should make them play harder.''
Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org and follow him at Twitter.com/JimLitke.


text: Listening to Cities Aviv reminds me of my first summer with a car. Aviv's flow does whatever it wants on top the dreamy beats of Digital Lows. Float On is a perfect example of this. I imagine Aviv heard this Modest Mouse cover and knew exactly what to do with it.