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Historical significance
including Cultural significance which encompasses emotional, social and spiritual significance.
Architectural and aesthetic
BS 7913: 2013 offers useful guidance on what factors influence our understanding of "Heritage values and significance". This is contained within "Heritage values and significance":paras 4.1 - 4.4 of BS 7913: 2013.
"The more you can find out about the building [environment, place or artefact] from documents and other non-destructive sources the better informed your decisions about further investigation and repairs will be."
English Heritage (1994) Investigative work on historic buildings
"The philosophy advocated is that of understanding cultural significance of a building with full documentation before any intervention and then a clear diagnosis and appraisal of what need[s] to be done… all concerned should let the building speak to them."
Sir Bernard Fielden in his foreword to Earl, J. (1991) Building Conservation Philosophy Donhead/College of Estate Management, Reading.
Historical significance possible sources: on a non-exhaustive list basis.
Primary sources: Mostly physical.
The building itself and its associated original archival records.
Secondary sources: Mostly documentary.
May be local, national or international
- Local authority records. Sites and Monuments Records and Historic Environment Records
- Local reference and history library
- Local history web sites and building/site focused web sites
- Local records office
- Local history museum
- Archaeological studies and reports
- Local archaeological societies or bodies
- Local listing documents, statutory lists
- Diocesan records
- Quinquennial reviews
- Local newspaper archive libraries
- Local authority records, especially planning and building control
- Site and Monument Records (SMR)
- Historic Environment Records (HER)
- Pevsner. Buildings of…. Specific to the region in which the building exists – UK, Europe, etc.
- Research theses and dissertations
- English Heritage, Historic Scotland, CADW and in N.Ireland the Environment and Heritage Service of the Department of the Environment
- Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland
- Geographical, geological or regional surveys
- Photographs, prints, or other art work
- Historical Manuscripts Commission
- Ordnance Survey
Social, cultural and emotional significance
Possible sources on a non-exhaustive list basis.
Primary sources
Mostly emotional and spiritual and, possibly subjective.
The building itself and associated archival records, particularly how the public perceive the building; the uses to which they put the building – local lay perception of why the building is important – the need for public consultation as to why the building is important.
Secondary sources
Mostly documentary and may be local, national or international.
- Local records office
- Parish records
- Local historians and societies
- Local history library
- Local authority records
- Local newspaper archive library
- Local reference library
- Research theses and dissertations
- Folk music, folklore, oral history, literature, etc.
See also: ICOMOS (1990) Guide to Recording Historic Buildings Butterworth ISBN 0-7506-1210-X for a list of sources.
Architectural and aesthetic significance
Great buildings may have been created to satisfy a societal need, to commemorate an event, make a statement of importance and express an artistic or developmental period in history (not necessarily recognised at the time). Over the passage of time such buildings become structures of local, national or international importance. Their architectural or aesthetic significance may become established at the point in time that they were created or may develop as a result of society's evaluation over time. They may have been created by a famous architect or artist and be looked on as an example of his/her work. The structure may have gathered layers of significance over time; these additional layers being authentic of their period of introduction.
The qualities of architectural or aesthetic value may be altered by intervention and thus, a clear understanding of value must be established prior to intervention. The evaluation of importance must be made in the absence of subjective or conjectural response. This is particularly relevant in respect of recent structures that, because of the absence of historical effect, may not have established a value that is easily recognised by the lay public (the recent reduction of the period of time considered appropriate for listing from 30 years to 10 years). It is also important to give credit and establish value for all periods of interventions. It might be wrong to assume that any intervention post the original design is of lesser or greater value than the original.
"…Let us always beware of the uncertainty of private judgement, remembering that what to us may be without merit may well prove to prosperity, who can view it in perspective, of considerable value."
Osbert Lancaster 1976
See also the National Trust website.
Undertake a Google search for images of the Glasgow School of Art and its damage after the fire of May 2014.
Reflect on how intervention and repair works might be structured to retain as much authenticity and historical importance as possible. Consider how the interaction of historical and cultural significance is symbiotically linked and, how the general public might perceive the need for reconstruction. Consider also the need for absence of conjecture and deceit within the process of post trauma intervention and how both secular and philosophical requirements may be subsumed into the processes of pre-intervention planning and strategy.
You may wish to consider the effect of loss of religious importance against providing access to the wider public and their consequent exposure to the importance of the aesthetic appeal of church architecture and its history. Consider how in early history the church, and particularly the nave, may have provided a social/secular focus and assembly centre.
Consider how the exercise might be achieved without loss of authenticity, minimal fabric loss, reversibility, absence of deceit and honesty of intervention.
You may wish to read Powell & de la Hey (1987) Churches: a question of conversion SAVE Britain's Heritage
Consider how contemporary judgements of significance must not be allowed to hinder further changes that might freeze an historic structure in its present state.
You might consider the affect on the historic structure of later interventions in respect of aesthetic importance, contextual importance, together with the effects of building deteriology.
Might it be wrong to assume that any intervention post the original design/construction is of lesser value than the original.
Significance and importance of certain buildings is not exclusively applicable to ancient structures and may also be applied to 20th (and 21st) century structures.
- Celebratory or commemorative importance (related to an event or societal need to commemorate an event).
- Aesthetic importance – an example of good design or an example of a famous architect's work.
Identify a 20th century building that was an example of a particular architectural design period that has recently been lost through demolition and reflect on why such loss is significant. Q.
For example, the Firestone Factory, London; Greenside, Wentworth; Odeon, Edinburgh.
Consider how intervention works to, for example, a 1950s concrete building may be in conflict with the fundamental tenets of conservation ethics. You may wish to consider how contemporary constructional methods may make compliance with minimal intervention difficult. An example might be deterioration through the effects of use of high alumina cement in reinforced concrete structures.
See Bloomfield J (1996)The Repair of Reinforced Concrete.Building Conservation Directory
Consider the impact of the recent fire damage to the building and how this and repair/restoration/reinstatement works should be carried out to protect significance and historic value.
See Glasgow School of Art website
Further reading
Furneaux Jordan, R. (1997) Western Architecture Thames & Hudson (Chapter 11)
Macdonald, S. (ed) (2001) Preserving Post War Heritage Donhead Publishing
Macdonald, S. (ed) (1997) Modern Matters. Principles and practice in conserving recent architecture Donhead Publishing

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A Cause Worth Fighting For
Pastor Joshua Tobias 2016-07-17
With everything that is going on in the world do we have a cause that is of the Lord. If we do, are we still fighting for it? Pastor Josh talks about getting a cause that is worth the fight and how to continue to fight for it.
Mark 5:21-31, James 1:4, Galatians 6:9, Mark 5:35-37, Mark 5:40-42
A Cause Worth Fighting For


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Not wedding cookies.
One of my co-workers is leaving for her wedding and honeymoon soon, so of course, I had to bake her something special – bride and groom cookies! I used my favorite sugar cookie recipe and royal icing.
These cookies took hours upon hours, but they were worth every second. I wanted them to look as much like her dress as possible, so I drew the shapes on cardboard and cut out the dough from the template.
Her dress actually has lace accents, but there was no way I could pipe such tiny lace, so I used sparkly sugar instead, and used tweezers to apply them individually, because why do things the easy way when you could do them the hard way?
And the bottom of her dress has these gorgeous rufflely layers, which I attempted to mimic with an offset spatula.
All in all, they turned out so much better than I could have hoped. I'm just glad she's not on one of those starve yourself pre-wedding diets!


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Toei Animation Europe partnered with SVoD platforms for the launch of Saint Seiya Saintia Sho.
The spin-off series to the original Saint Seiya series will be available beginning December 10 on SVoD platforms ADN for France and French-speaking territories, Wakanim for France, Germany, and Russia, and Crunchyroll for EMEA territories.
Ryuji Kochi, president of Toei Animation Europe, said, "We are excited that Europeans viewers will join with Japan in experiencing the next chapter of Saint Seiya. Our office is committed to Europe's many Toei Animation fans. It was our goal from the start to make sure they had front row seats to Saint Seiya history by establishing partnerships with great broadcasting platforms."


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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – The Anderson University baseball team struggled offensively and dropped both ends of a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader to Tusculum, falling 4-1, in the opener and was shut out, 7-0, in the nightcap, Sunday afternoon at Pioneer Park.
Anderson, which is in the midst of playing five games in four days, fell to 8-18 overall and 5-9 in the conference with its sixth consecutive loss, while Tusculum (15-15, 8-6 SAC) has won three of its last four decisions during its 10-game homestand.
Game #1
Tusculum 4, Anderson 1
Senior William Thomas notched one of the Trojans' two hits in the opener and recorded an RBI, while second baseman Justin Helms posted the other hit and garnered a pair of walks. Matthew Overton also recorded two walks, while Tyler Berry scored AU's lone run.
Austin Todd (2-3) suffered the loss after surrendering three runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. He struck out four and issued just one walk.
Game #2
Tusculum 7, Anderson 0
Tyler Miller, Jackson Strange and Chase Stephens accounted for the Trojans' three hits in the nightcap, with Miller also recording one of AU's three walks.
Andrew Dill (1-3) took the loss, while allowing seven runs on eight hits in four full innings of work. He walked four and struck out one.
Game 1
Tusculum scored solo runs in both the third and fourth innings to gain a 2-0 lead midway through the contest and increased its lead to four by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh. The Trojans avoided the shutout by scoring a run in the top of the ninth, but were unable to get any closer.
Game 2
The Pioneers jumped out to an early seven-run lead by scoring four in the bottom of the first, two in the second and capped off the scoring for the day with another run in the third inning.
The loss in the nightcap was just the second time this season that the Trojans have been shut out.
• Tyler Miller has reached base safely in 19 consecutive games.
The Trojans and Pioneers will wrap up their three-game set with a single game, Monday afternoon. First-pitch is slated for 2 p.m.


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India failed to create an impact as they lost to Bangladesh women in the finals of the Asia cup T20I tournament at Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
When the equation read 23 were needed off the final 3 overs, the fans were expecting a match similar to India vs Bangladesh 2016 T20 when India triumphed by a single run. Bangladesh women held the nerve as they tried to break the jinx and clinched the title in style.
Bangladesh women seal their maiden Asia Cup title with thrilling 3 wicket win against India
Here's the video of the final ball in which the game still remained in the favour of both the sides. Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur bowled the 18th and the final over. She conceded a boundary in the first ball of her spell(18th over) and this really wiped the pressure off the Bangladeshis who won the match by running between the wickets.
It is to be noted that Bangladesh won against India on both the occasions in the tournament.
Twitter Reacts as Bangladesh defeat India Women in the Asia Cup Final
The low scoring thriller really made the audience grip to the seats but the result wasn't favourable for the Indians. It is to be noted that this is second consecutive heartbreak for India in tournaments as they lost the 2017 World Cup against England besides this Asia cup.
Sloppy fielding and improper team selections will come into the picture and the management will be really looking forward to tinker the same.
VIDEO: This is how Bangladesh men's team celebrated women's maiden Asia Cup Title
Bangladesh women will now play the ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualifiers from July 3-14 at the Netherlands. This Asia cup victory will really boost the confidence of the side ahead of the tournament.
It will be really interesting to see how Indian side will perform in the ICC World T20 World Cup in West Indies later this year.
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Sensational scenes!!!
Bangladesh make it to their first #AsiaCupfinal and win it by beating six-time champions India off the last ball#BANvIND #AsiaCup2018 pic.twitter.com/tUBrueTco5
— Francis Kelly (@_Franciskelly) June 10, 2018


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|ACF's 3 Reasons to Build a Green Roof
The purpose of a green roof is to provide the benefits of vegetation vertically.
Integrating plants into a roofing system, installed by a licensed roofer accomplishes what the above illustration suggests.
1. Green Roofs manage stormwater at the source - how much closer to the source can you get?
2. Green Roofs let plants do the work. Plants and their root systems possess a combination of efficient processes that remove nitrogen and phosphorous and other nutrients or pollutants from stormwater. Plants also sequester carbon and provide a steady supply of oxygen back into the atmosphere. Instead of pumps and gears and filters and motors - keep it simple - use Green Roof Plants to clean stormwater.
3. Green Roofs are simple and cost-effective. Imagine a city full of green roofs and the degree to which that city's stormwater has been filtered and cleaned by those plants. Now imaging the amount of revenue a city could save with reduction in stormwater utility costs and direct costs of clean water rather than polluted, algae filled runoff.
Now is the time for cities and municipalities to take the lead and follow those forward thinking governmental or regulatory entities like Port Orange, Florida - who realize adoption of volumetric green (Green Roofs and Living Walls) building incentives will lead to healthy and prosperous communities.
|Atlantis Water Management Vision of a Green City
Happy Green Roofing!


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Spending hours scrolling through social media? Feeling addicted to your phone? Can't stop the Instagram creep? I hear ya, and I recorded this episode for YOU!
Welcome to the SophieThinksThoughts podcast! In this episode, the thought we're thinking about is… mindless scrolling
Social media has created this beautiful world where we're able to connect with our loved ones at any time. It's also created this awful obsession where we waste our lives away by scrolling through the lives of others.
In this episode, we explore the mindless habit of social media scrolling and how it's affecting our lives. We also explore questions one can reflect on to encourage healthier social media habits.
Press play if you're looking to ditch your unhealthy scroll habit.


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Posted: December 7
- NO RACING ON December 10 – Buck Hill will not be ready for racing yet.
- Race 1 scheduled for Tuesday, December 17
- Race 2 scheduled for Thursday, December 19
It is not Ski Challenge policy to cancel or postpone races, however, in the event of very severe weather, only the team captains should call the Ski Challenge office. We will also post an announcement on the website and on Facebook
Unless the ski area closes, races are on. There is not really any time to make up races and refunds will not be issued due to weather. If the ski area is open and running the lifts, The Ski Challenge will provide the opportunity to race. Individuals may choose not to participate if they wish.
It is hard to cancel races due to cold weather. In Minnesota we may have three weeks of sub zero temperatures or three weeks of unseasonably warm weather. The evening races will have a decision by 4 pm, Sunday morning/day by 8:30 am, Sunday evening races by 1 pm. Racers should check on our website, facebook, or contact their team captain.
If a league event is cancelled due to weather. Ski Challenge and the ski areas will do all we can to make up the event whether we make it up on a different day or make it up in a double race. Unfortunately, no refunds can be given if a race absolutely cannot be made up due to weather.


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Lately in my newsletter I've been talking a lot about animal products and pastured meats and generally meat-eater kinda stuff. There's a reason for this of course. A few reasons, actually. It wasn't until earlier this year that I learned about the nutrient density in animal products and that there are many animal products that are actually incredibly nutrient dense. Butter, oysters, raw milk, grass fed beef, pastured chicken eggs, and yogurt all make the top 14 list. Butter is actually at the #1 spot and in the much-lauded book Nourishing Traditions there are a full 2 pages dedicated just to butter. Who would've ever thought, right?
I am on one hand baffled that I never knew that these foods were so nutrient rich until recently since I am always reading about something related to nutrition. On the other hand, I'm not so surprised when I look at the fact that 98% of the time when either people think about healthy, nutrient rich food or when nutritional professionals mention these foods, they're talking about various vegetables and other plant foods. Don't get me wrong, I was probably the only kid that really liked spinach and I like my miso soup with wakame (seaweed), but I've never been the type to put 2/3 of vegetables on my plate next to my main course (or make vegetables the main course!). This constant push for plant foods and my bioindividuality clashing against it really made me confused. I thought I had to accept this specific way (somehow) but then I found out that the truth had been held from me. When I learned more about animal products and nutrient density, I was amazed; astonished perhaps. After so many years studying nutrition, here finally was something I had never read before in the same sentence: animals product & nutrient dense.
I have known individuals who, in disgust of factory farming, have become vegetarian almost in protest of what is going on. I find myself doing something almost similar in a way. I am tired of how the full spectrum of food is ignored and most of the talk about healthy food is focused solely on plant foods. Due to this, I want to promote a better understanding of animal products and their relationship to positive health. So therefore, you'll see more articles from me about animal products and how great they are.
Now, for a clarification. Despite my glowing promotion of animal products and pastured meats, don't get confused and think that I am saying that this is the only way to good health. There is no such thing as a singular way to good health! Take a look at the cultural diets of various people around the world. There are people who eat lots of grains, and there are people who eat lots of meat, and likewise there are individuals that eat no meat (like Buddhist monks). There are many ways to good health, and they all involve eating fresh, local, whole foods. Never forget that and don't let anyone tell you any different.


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Elevator Manufacturers Fuji Provides Escalator Installation Precautions
Elevator Manufacturers Hengda Fuji gives you advice on elevator installation. The escalator is a power-driven, continuously moving staircase designed to transport passengers up and down at short vertical distances. Escalators are a convenient tool for moving pedestrians around the world. The main areas of use include shopping centers, airports, transportation systems, trade centers, hotels and public buildings. Escalators have many advantages. They can move a large number of people at once, they can be placed in the same physical space as the stairs. They can be used to guide people into major exits or special exhibitions; they are weatherproof and suitable for outdoor use.
The physical space in which escalators and moving walkways are located is called the hoistway. Similar to the elevator, there is a pit and a machine room. The machine room is usually located on the top of the escalator and on the moving walkway, but the location varies by manufacturer.
The installation space is prepared by the building contractor and then installed on the escalator or moving walkway. Escalators/automatic walker subcontractors can refer to buildings in the area, but in reality no structural components are built. Structural support design is done by architects and engineers. The structural support engineering design combines the load imposed by the escalator/elevator unit.
One of the most important factors to consider when planning an elevator installation is safety. Care must be taken when installing a new elevator as it is not only demanding but also safe. Safety as a major aspect of elevator installation will have a major impact on design and shaft requirements.
The most important thing is to use the right equipment, channel shaft, appropriate storage equipment, and according to the manufacturer's instructions to install the escalator site, in the end also need to adjust the escalator.
If you are confused about the installation of the escalator, you can contact us and Fuji will help you solve the problem.


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Make Monday your bridge morning!
Come and enjoy social bridge at the AWA on Monday morning. We rotate tables so there are plenty of opportunities to make new friends and enjoy the company of otheres who love playing bridge. Optional lunch at a local restaurant follows.
NOTE: This group is for players with a previous knowledge of the game.
Time10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
LocationAWA Office
Additional InfoAWA members only.


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Eugene Lindsay Opie
Eugene Lindsay Opie
Eugene Lindsay Opie, in 1903
|5 July 1873
|12 March 1971 (age 97)
|United States
|Alma mater
|Johns Hopkins University
|Known for
|Research on diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis
|Scientific career
|Medicine, Pathology
|Johns Hopkins University, Rockefeller Institute, Washington University, Cornell University Medical School, University of Pennsylvania
|Doctoral advisor
|William H. Welch
Eugene Lindsay Opie (5 July 1873 – 12 March 1971) was an American physician and pathologist who conducted research on the causes, transmission, and diagnosis of tuberculosis and on immunization against the disease. He served as professor of pathology at several U.S. medical schools and as Dean of the Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri).
Early life[edit]
Opie was born in Staunton, Virginia, on July 5, 1873. His father, Thomas, was an obstetrician-gynecologist, and one of the founders and deans of the University of Maryland College of Medicine in Baltimore.[1] Eugene attended Johns Hopkins University, both as an undergraduate and a medical student. He received an A.B. degree in 1893, and was in the first graduating class of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, earning the M.D. degree in 1897.[2]
Under the tutelage of the pathologist William H. Welch, Opie developed a special affinity for tissue pathology. As a medical student, he observed consistent morphological alterations in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans in patients with diabetes mellitus – an observational epiphany that shed light on the pathogenesis of that disease.[3] Opie stayed on at Johns Hopkins after completing medical school, to receive additional training in pathology from Welch. He continued his work on pancreatic diseases, establishing the relationship between obstruction of the ampulla of Vater (e.g., by gallstones) and the subsequent development of acute pancreatitis.[4]
In 1904, Opie moved to New York City to work at the Rockefeller Institute, with a focus on the enzymatic constituents of leukocytes and their role in inflammatory conditions.[5] He concurrently served as a "visiting" pathologist at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, and was named an editor of the Journal of Experimental Medicine and the Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology.[6]
Washington University (St. Louis)[edit]
In 1910, Opie was appointed Chair of Pathology at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis. He served as Dean of the school from 1912 to 1915, presiding over a significant expansion of its physical facilities, scientific mission, and curriculum.[7]
Military service[edit]
When the United States entered World War I, Opie took a leave of absence from WUSM to enter the U.S. Army. He served in France as a colonel (O6) in the Medical Corps, with special work on infectious diseases and their prevention among allied soldiers. Significant new data were accrued on influenza, tuberculosis, and "trench fever" (bartonellosis) during that time.[8] Upon returning to civilian life, Opie continued his duties at WUSM until 1923.
Research on tuberculosis[edit]
Opie narrowed his general interest in infectious disease to focus on tuberculosis, an international scourge in the early part of the 20th century. In 1923 he became the Director of the Phipps Institute for the Study and Treatment of Tuberculosis at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. A concomitant appointment as Professor of Pathology was also given to him. Through Opie's work over the next decade, much was learned about the modes of tuberculous infection in children and adults, as well as aspects of immunity, hypersensitivity, and cellular defenses regarding that disease.[9] Opie moved to Cornell University Medical Center in New York in 1932 to continue his research. There, as chair of the Pathology department, he recruited several young pathologists—including Robert A. Moore, D. Murray Angevine, Jules Freund, and others – who would all go on to distinguish themselves as renowned investigators in their own rights.[2] Like Opie, Moore also served as chair of pathology and dean of the medical school at Washington University in the 1940s and 1950s.
Opie retired from full-time professional work in pathology in 1941, although that was not the end of his scientific endeavors. He again worked at the Rockefeller Institute as a "guest investigator" for the next 28 years. Peer-reviewed manuscripts bore his name as an author until 1970.[10][11] In addition to infections, Opie did work on hepatic carcinogenesis, alterations in nucleic acid content in various disease states,[12] and tissue fluid flux.
Opie served as the president of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists; the American Society for Experimental Pathology, the National Tuberculosis Association; the American Association of Immunologists; and the Harvey Society. He was awarded honorary doctorates from Yale University, Rockefeller University, and Washington University. Other accolades included the Weber-Parks Medal, the 1959 Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the 1960 Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science from the New York Academy of Medicine,[13] and the T. Duckett Jones Award.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Opie first married Gertrude Lovat Simpson on August 6, 1902, and had four children with her: Thomas Lindsay, Anne Lovat, Helen Lovat and Gertrude Eugenie. Seven years after Gertrude's death in 1909, he married her sister Margaret Lovat Simpson on September 16, 1916.[14][15]
Opie died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on March 12, 1971, at the age of 97.[16]
- ^ "Eugene Lindsay Opie experimental pathologist". JAMA. 199 (6): 420–1. February 1967. doi:10.1001/jama.1967.03120060118026. PMID 5334599.
Eugene L. Opie was the son of Thomas Opie, one of the founders of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the school and dean of its faculty for 33 years. Eugene was born in 1873 in Staunton, Va, where his mother was spending the summer to escape the heat of the city. Opie attended public schools in Baltimore and in 1893 received his bachelor of arts degree from Johns Hopkins University.1 After one year at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, he transferred to Johns Hopkins Medical School and in 1897 received the MD degree as a member of the first graduating class. Influenced particularly by William H. Welch, professor of pathology, and William S. Thayer, of the department of medicine, and with the aid of the microscope and laboratory animals, he became interested in the experimental study of disease.
- ^ a b c Kidd, JG (December 1971). "Eugene Lindsay Opie, MD, 1873–1971". The American Journal of Pathology. 65 (3): 483–92. PMC 2047596. PMID 4941067.
- ^ Opie EL (1900). "On the histology of the islands of Langerhans of the pancreas". Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. 11: 205–209.
- ^ Opie EL (1901). "The etiology of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis". Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. 12: 182–188.
- ^ Opie, Eugene L. (1910). "Inflammation". Archives of Internal Medicine. V (6): 541–568. doi:10.1001/archinte.1910.00050280003001.
- ^ Op cit. Ref. 2
- ^ Angevine, DM (January 1963). "Comments on the life of Eugene Lindsay Opie". Laboratory Investigation. 12: 3–7. PMID 14013173.
- ^ Opie, Eugene L.; Blake, Florence Guinness; Rivers, Andrew B.; Small, J. (1921). Epidemic Respiratory Disease. H. Kimpton. OCLC 429786627.[page needed]
- ^ Long, ER (1974). "Eugene Lindsay Opie". Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 47: 293–320. PMID 11615627.
- ^ Opie, EL (Spring 1970). "Adoption of standards of the best medical schools of Western Europe by those of the United States". Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 13 (3): 309–42. doi:10.1353/pbm.1970.0051. PMID 5427103.
- ^ Opie, EL; Lynch, CJ; Tershakovec, M (April 1970). "Sclerosis of the mesenteric arteries of rats. Its relation to longevity and inheritance". Archives of Pathology. 89 (4): 306–13. PMID 5461632.
- ^ Opie, E. L.; Lavin, GI (June 1946). "LOCALIZATION OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID IN THE CYTOPLASM OF LIVER CELLS". Journal of Experimental Medicine. 84 (1): 107–12. doi:10.1084/jem.84.1.107. PMC 2135636. PMID 19871549.
- ^ "The Academy Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Science". New York Academy of Medicine. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
- ^ Esmond R. Long (1975). "Chapter 8 – Eugene Lindsay Opie". Biographical Memoirs. 47. National Academy of Sciences. pp. 292–321. ISBN 978-0-309-02245-3. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "Eugene Opie Papers". American Philosophical Society. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "Dr. Eugene Opie, Researcher, Dies. Pathologist, 97, Died. Early Studies on Diabetes". The New York Times. March 13, 1971. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
Dr. Eugene Lindsay Opie, a pathologist, bacteriologist, medical school administrator and pioneer researcher on the cause Of diabetes, tuberculosis and other diseases, died yesterday in the Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital. He was 97 years old. Despite his age, Dr. Opie had continued to ...


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There are roughly 9 million pigs in North Carolina—the same number as people. There are also 819 million chickens and 33.5m turkeys on a multitude of poultry farms and even fish farms.
You'd think after Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999 drowned thousands of hogs and millions of birds, farmers would question the wisdom of situating concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in floodplains. You'd be wrong. In fact, in some cases the birds and hog death toll from Florence was double that of previous hurricanes.
Factory farmers said the "flooding exceeded expectations"—it was a "100-year flood"—so they could not move the animals to higher ground. Wouldn't Matthew and Floyd have raised their "expectations?"
At least 5,500 hogs drowned and 4.1 million birds perished during Hurricane Florence, the latter representing 57 farms and 211 poultry houses. Original estimates of bird deaths were 3.4 million—at least 1.7 million chickens at Sanderson Farms and an undisclosed amount of turkeys at Butterball facilities—but since then the North Carolina Department Of Agriculture And Consumer Services quietly revised the figure upward. Video footage shows "hogs wading neck- deep through floodwaters and dead chickens floating like dirty pillows in the dark water," reported Indy Week.
Animal welfare activists pleaded with North Carolina meat producers to open barn doors to give animals a "fighting chance" to no avail. "No doubt, until their last minutes, they [the animals] did everything possible to keep their heads above water in a relentless struggle to preserve their own lives. They probably cried out in panic for relief that would never come," wrote one web site.
North Carolina legislators are well aware of the results of locating CAFOs sites in floodplains. After Hurricane Floyd, in 1999, the state bought and shut down some hog farmers in low-lying areas. After Hurricane Matthew, Smithfield Foods, a subsidiary of Murphy-Brown, faced millions in lawsuits.
But coverage tends to focus on the toxic effects of manure lagoons spilling into waterways and the economic losses to the North Carolina ag industry, not the over four million animals who farmers left to drown.
Who were these factory farmers? Sanderson Farms admitted to 1.7 chicken lost so far and Butterball said "many of our North Carolina-based processing plants, hatcheries and feed mills have been impacted by the storm, and we continue to see flooding and power outages throughout the region." But the identities of most CAFOs with thousands of drowned animals are hidden.
"In North Carolina, farm level data is protected information," Heather Overton, assistant director of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services told me, referring me to the 1979 confidentiality statute 106-24.1. which states, "All information published by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to this Part shall be classified so as to prevent the identification of information received from individual farm operators."
Such confidentiality laws protect more than the animal toll from Hurricane Florence. They are likely also why the identities of farms with millions of cases of bird flu and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in recent years were kept secret even as the public continued to buy their products and neighbors and the surrounding environment were jeopardized. Only a handful of photos of bird-flu poultry being "depopulated" and dead piglets dropped into landfills reached the unwitting, deceived public. That is why Overton denied my request to send a photographer to document the disposal of the Hurricane Florence carcasses. (Were they even disposed of or were they sold as "food," some cynics have asked.)
Confidentiality laws are so unyielding, even when an Alabama and Texas ranch produced cows with the always fatal mad cow disease their identities were kept secret and they were allowed to resume operations in 30 days. If anyone questions whether ag departments serve the public or meat producers there's your answer.
The volume of animals that factory farmers produce and process is so high, the loss of over four million animals during September's Hurricane Florence is considered nothing but an "animal cycle" and fully insured. It is not consequential to the factory farm industry—nothing to see here!—which nonetheless hides the gruesome photos from the public to whom it might be consequential.
In addition to the agricultural cruelty, one must marvel as the sheer stupidity of the North Carolina meat producers. "Haven't we learned by now that referring to hurricanes as 'once in a lifetime storms,' or their impact as '100-year floods,' suggesting that such an occurrence will never happen again is, to be charitable, seriously inaccurate," writes Dan Murphy in Pork Business.
Martha Rosenberg is an award-winning investigative public health reporter who covers the food, drug and gun industries. Her first book, "Born With A Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks and Hacks Pimp The Public Health," is distributed by Random House. Rosenberg has appeared on CSPAN and NPR and lectured at medical schools and at the Mid-Manhattan Public Library.


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Want to make your horse sparkle? Useful tips to count on
Want to make your horse sparkle? Useful tips to count on
Horses have an element of royalty and class about them! And no horse owner wants to see their horses in a shabby, untidy and unimpressive state. Instead, they would want their horses to dazzle, glow and sparkle like what gets shown in the horse magazine covers.
Horse care is an intricate subject! You have to do the right thing at the right time. If you want your horse to look like the ones that you see in Pompano Park and the like, you need to add in some extra horse care elements to your daily routine. Here's how to go about it.
Make your horse sparkle – Get a cactus cloth
Do you have a gray horse? If yes, chances are your horse loves to get completely dusty! And a cactus cloth is your savior. You can remove off the sweat, manure and grass stains easily, compared to a brush or even a curry.
Also, the woven fiber helps to rub the horse's coat and to get back the shine. The cactus cloth is an affordable buy. This is the best way to make your horse sparkle.
Bring home a healthy hair care moisturizer to make your horse sparkle
It is one of the top choices of most horse owners. You can get this at a pocket-friendly price. It is highly conditioning and has natural ingredients as opposed to the drying sprays that have silicone in them.
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Bathing is crucial to make your horse sparkle
It might come across as common advice, but regular bathing is essential to make your horse glow and shine. Use a natural shampoo while bathing your horse.
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Punt, Pass and Kick event set
TROY — Registration is underway for the Second annual Punt, Pass and Kick event.
Troy Football, Lincoln Community Center and the Troy-Miami County Public Library will be hosting this event at 10 a.m. May 6 at Ferguson Field. This free competition includes instruction from Troy varsity football players on proper throwing, kicking and punting mechanics.
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COVINGTON — The Covington High School multi-media and communications classes, under the supervision of Mrs. Marti Cain and Mrs. Bridgit Kerber, have created a DVD of the new building project.
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The awards, established by the YWCA in 1997, have been given annually to recognize women in Miami County who have distinguished themselves in their careers and/or in civic and community activities. The honorees must reside, be employed, or be active in Miami County. An individual, a group, or an organization may submit nominations.
The Young Woman of Tomorrow honoree must be between 16-22 years of age as of May 15, 2017.
This year's honorees will be selected by a committee of impartial judges composed of men and women from throughout Miami County. Awards will be presented at a Gala Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 19.
FFA member of month named
CASSTOWN — The April 2017 Miami East-MVCTC FFA Member of the Month is Ethin Bendickson. Bendickson is the son of Derek and Kris Bendickson of Troy. He is a freshman at Miami East High School and a first year agriculture student enrolled in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources.
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Many enterprise folks and financial managers are not conscious of the term 'DIP' Financing – which stands for 'Debtor in Possession' financing. Individuals on the lookout for business monetary are usually referring to data associated to the finances of a business. Your cash stream is the money coming in and going out of your corporation — and how much of the money sitting in your checking account is yours to spend.
The first and most blatant enterprise finance choice is to use your individual money. Many people seeking to launch their own companies discover that obtaining the startup capital wanted to do so is one of the most difficult components of the process. If the firm plans to broaden its business quickly and require capital to pay for provides, then they will ask the suppliers to offer advance cost.
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Call it the Holy Grail of the euro zone. Ever since the financial crisis, economists have been seeking ways to create a safe financial instrument, which banks in the single currency area can buy without having to load up on domestic sovereign bonds. Many placed their hopes in the proposal of a bundle of sovereign bonds called "European Safe Bonds" (ESBies); but that looks set to disappoint.
The purpose of a European "safe asset" is to dismantle the so-called doom loop between lenders and governments. Many euro zone banks hold large portfolios of domestic government bonds. When a sovereign gets into trouble, as happened to Greece and -to a lesser extent -Italy during the euro zone crisis, investors start doubting the value of these holdings. As a result, a sovereign debt crisis can quickly produce a banking crisis too. In fact, the sovereign debt crisis may be exacerbated, since investors may fear that the government will need to bail out its banks.
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Of course, banks do need sovereign bonds: They are liquid assets, which can be sold quickly when needed. They can also be used as collateral by a central bank to obtain liquidity. So economists are seeking ways to design a financial instrument which is not tied to an individual euro zone country. The constraint here is that the new security should involve no sharing of debt, or debt mutualization, an idea which Germany and other low-debt countries are vehemently opposed to. They fear that they would be responsible for standing by weaker member states such as Italy or Portugal, were they to default.
A group of economists working together with the European Systemic Risk Board, the body looking after the overall financial stability of the EU, seemed to have been successful in this quest. The "European Safe Bonds", presented in January after a long academic gestation, would combine all euro-zone sovereign bonds into one asset. They have the attractive feature of allowing investors to diversify risk. But, on closer scrutiny, they aren't as safe as they seem: ESBies could end up inducing the very crises they seek to avoid.
The ESRB proposal suggests that government bonds would be packaged together according to weights dictated by the ECB's capital key. This determines how much capital each country should contribute towards the ECB. They would then be filleted in three parts: A supposedly safe one (the ESBies) — which would be bought by the likes of pension funds — and then a mezzanine and a junior tranche, which could be acquired by hedge funds. Were a country to default, the junior tranche would be the first one to suffer losses. If this were not enough, safer portions would also be affected.
The design of this instrument is clever. Its adoption, however, depends crucially on the way regulators treat it. At the moment, ESBies would be treated for risk purposes like a securitized product, the murky financial instruments such as mortgage-backed securities which contributed to the financial crisis. Banks find these securities costly, because of the amount of capital needed to hold against them. Supporters of ESBies would like regulators to be less stringent, arguing that sovereign bonds are a lot safer than, say, auto loans or mortgages.
However, even this may not be enough: At the moment, individual sovereign bonds are considered perfectly safe and hence enjoy a "zero-risk weight" when determining how much capital banks should hold against them. So long as this preferential treatment exists, lenders will have no incentive to hold ESBies over their own government debt, since this would force them to hold an extra layer of equity. The only way for ESBies to fly would be to give them a zero risk-weight, while removing it from individual sovereign bonds.
Some would argue this would be only fair: since ESBies are a diversified asset, they should be treated more favorably than country-specific sovereign bonds. The trouble is that the kind of diversification offered by these instruments is much lower than initially thought. While there are 19 countries in the euro zone, the weight of the top five or six countries within the bonds would be overwhelming. If Italy or France were to go bust, the presence of Latvian bonds in the security would offer little protection. Furthermore, as the euro zone crisis showed, sovereign bonds can be highly correlated: Once a country such as Italy suffers from a shock, Spain, Portugal and Greece are likely to come under pressure too. Even the "safe" ESBies can't protect investors from contagion.
Then there are big issues of implementation. The first is cost. In theory, ESBies could be provided by banks or asset managers, who would buy sovereign bonds in individual auctions and then package them. This would clearly come at a price, which would make these securities more expensive for investors than national debt. Moreover, these instruments would be highly illiquid, at least to begin with. Banks would demand a premium to hold them.
The second implementation problem is that, during a time of stress, securitization could propagate, rather than avoid, a crisis. Were a euro-zone country to be at risk of default, it is easy to imagine that no-one would be willing to buy the junior tranche of the securities. As a result, it would be impossible to issue them; the market would freeze and, possibly, collapse. This process could also accelerate contagion, spreading the fire to bonds which are considered safe.
So far, the assessment of rating agencies has not been positive. Standard & Poor's issued a preliminary note on ESBies, indicating an approach that would rate them well below AAA. Proponents of ESBies think this is due to S&P's own idiosyncratic methodology, which assumes there is zero recovery in case of losses. However, the rating agency's criticism that there would be an excessive correlation of risks between the underlying sovereign bonds still stands.
Regulators are right to want to ensure that banks aren't loading up on government debt, leaving both vulnerable. But for all the good intentions of economists, there may be no easy way to create a safe asset which does not entail the sharing of risks between sovereign governments: Germany being on the hook for at least some of Italy's debt, and vice versa. A true "safe asset," I fear will have to wait until the euro zone is prepared to accept mutual responsibility for sovereign debt. Regrettably, we are still a long way from that now.
— For more columns from Bloomberg View, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/view.
Ferdinando Giugliano writes columns and editorials on European economics for Bloomberg View. He is also an economics columnist for La Repubblica and was a member of the editorial board of the Financial Times.


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Landing in Brooklyn and more this summer…Read more
Today Is The Day performing east coast shows in May
…including a gig in Brooklyn with Khemmis.Read more
Pics: Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room, Myrkur & Khemmis slayed Irving Plaza (2/16)
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Decibel Magazine Tour 2018 announced (Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room + more)
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Make Your Own Window Sheets
I cut a piece of acrylic from a container we bought something in (recycling). I then used discontinued rubons to be sure it would look ok and created the 'window sheet'. I love it. Making this card, I used To the Nines (great SU designer paper) and accented with Chocolate Chip & Sage Shadow ribbon. I have gone crazy with Sage Shadow; had to order 2 rolls of their ribbon in the last month! Sometimes you just get hooked on certain colors. TIP: I used small SU glue dots under the flowers to attach the sheet to the card so it is unnoticed. Until next time, Happy Stampin' & Scrappin' Nancy
Posted by Nancy Dawson at 1:00 AM
Labels: Altered Projects, Stampin' Up, Techniques
4 comments:
- Susan Mac Donald said...
Very nice---I'm totally in agreement to recylcing. Thanks for the share.
- April 30, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Excuse my not knowing, but what is a 'window sheet'? Is the acrylic covering the whole card front?
- April 30, 2009 at 5:23 PM
- Nancy Dawson said...
Printed Window Sheets were introduced by Stampin Up in their Occasions Mini Catalog, Page 10. Yes they are accetate sheets that cover a card front and are already stamped. Hope this helps. Nancy
- April 30, 2009 at 5:58 PM
- MJ said...
So smart-and green too!
- May 3, 2009 at 11:21 AM
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Nothing happens the way you think it would.
It wasn't the local authorities or Feds who figured out my condition first – how could they? There's no paper trail or scent to follow; a one-hundred proof immune human doesn't leave any marks to let you know he's special. Truth be told, I didn't even think I was that special. So I couldn't get sick – so what? That underestimation of my uniqueness, along with the apparent unlikelihood of detection lulled me into a false sense of security.
I'd been out drinking, as per usual. Drinking without getting drunk. I don't mean sodas, I mean…well, you know. With such a maddeningly efficient circulatory system, the alcohol could barely manage to get me tipsy before being wiped from my body altogether. Cheap date, huh?
Anyway, I heard the sound of bumping and crashing before I set one foot on the apartment block stairs. I'd been burgled before – it was a crappy part of town – so I knew the drill; you burst in, you yell, they curse, they drop everything, you throw 'em out, you realise they took any cash ya had around the place, you curse, you yell, everybody wins. Not this time.
This time, the second I open the door, I see a feral woman – girl, really – on her knees, rummaging through my stash. That's the syringes an' whatever brown I still got lying around, kept underneath a floorboard behind a chest of drawers. She stopped and looked up with wild-eyed surprise, twitching and unkempt. She may have been startled, but this brazen broad clearly wasn't interested in the drugs – after all, she'd found all my shit but was still diggin' through my stuff.
I can't tell how long we were frozen in place for, staring at each other. It felt eternal, kinda surreal too. It was me that flinched first, blurting out a, "What the hell – " before she was on her feet an' out the window in a flash, dropping two storeys like it was fucking nothin', and BAM! Off running down the street like a jacked-up Olympic sprinter.
I never saw her again…but I've seen many like her.
Solidarity, brothers & sisters…✿


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Local SEO Services In Phoenix
Ad Web Designs provides local SEO services to businesses located in one or multiple geographically specific areas such as states, cities and counties.
What is Local SEO?
Local SEO guides consumers to your website based on your website optimization and their geographical location. If your business depends on revenue from providing a product or service to a local are then local SEO is a must!
This type of localized optimization for appearing in the organic search engine results provides a higher ROI by lowering the cost of customer acquisition. The most popular alternative to search engine optimization is pay per click (PPC). You can find PPC ads on popular search engines like Google and Bing for you most poplar keywords and keyword phrases. Type in a popular term that someone may use when searching google can you spot the organic listing vs the paid search ads? Where is your business located? Where to you see your competition?
Local SEO vs. PPC
Local SEO is great for service professionals like real estate agents, plastics surgeons, auto finance companies. Local SEO is great for a wide variety of consumer related services such as law firms, real estate companies, plumbers, garage door repair services, dentist and doctors just about everything with your local yellow pages.
If you're doing search engine marketing alternative to localized SEO is buying your company's keywords through a program like Google AdWords or Bing.
Local SEO vs PPC Attorney Example
Why is Local SEO better than PPC? The cost per click can be extremely high for localized services. We created a PPC campaign for an attorney in Phoenix metro area as you can see paying per click to gnerate web leads can be very expensive. Some of the larger full service law firms in phoenix can pay upwards of a million dollars per year. Phoenix SEO Services
Once a PPC ad is click regardless of the visitors intent could cost the firm $20.00 or more. phoenix attorney local keywords
High demand services are perfect for local seo these services would include air conditioning repair, plumbers, auto mechanics , dentist and doctors.
Usually the greater the emergency a consumer is facing, the more expensive the cost per click charge to your business will be. Click costs are high many small businesses still pay high dollar per click like: dog groomers, handyman services, educational services and many others. That's why having a local SEO company to optimize your website for your specific geographical region is so important and the benefits can last several years.
With SEO you pay an upfront fee and a much lower monthly fee compared to PPC. Search engine optimization gives you a greater return over the lifetime of the business whereas pay-per-click it's like a bucket with a hole in it the water in this case money is leaking.
Local SEO Technical Checklist
Performing local SEO on a website starts with an audit of the different website related elements that may need to be improved.
Website Speed. Example of what we might find.
Remember that a slow page speed generally leads to a lower conversion rate.
Desktop Version: According to Google and Pingdom web page speed tools the desktop version is graded a B. So there is room for improvement.
Mobile Version: We used the national average of 3G which is the most commonly used standard in the US. Using 3G the website loaded at 7.5 seconds which to put that in perspective, 1.49MB takes 7 seconds to load using a fast 3G connection. The website is according to Google tools your website is mobile friendly. However the mobile speed is graded a B with a Yslow grade of D. The Yslow grades web page based on one of three predefined rule set or a user-defined ruleset. Google has announced a mobile-first indexing. This means a separate index for smartphones. Remember that a slow page speed generally leads to a lower conversion rate.
Recommended fixes Because you are currently running a WordPress site there are several plugins we can install through the admin panel to make the website load faster.
Leverage browser caching you can speed up the download speed by having website code and designs elements cashed in users browsers.
Minimize redirects you have many redirects on the website including redirecting the http version to the secured https version.
Image compression to reduce file size.
Local SEO And Website Crawlability
We make sure you robot text file is not blocking important website pages or elements.
Robots.txt (looks good for wordpress)
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php.
Example Suggestion for issues we found while preforming local SEO on a plastic surgeons website.
The website does have a lot of unique content which is great. The issue is that many of the pages are three to four clicks down from the home page navigation.
Recommended Fix This really fixes 2 search engine optimization issues at the same time. The home page has very little text on it as compared to your local competition who are ranking higher for keywords, related to your practice. In fact, you have 2-5 times less text on your home page than some of the websites you mentioned as competitors . What I would suggest is bringing some of the content forward to the home page and linking the 3rd level content from there. You also could enhance the website navigation, making services easier to find.
I would suggest taking the core business services that are currently under the treatments tab and make them a permanent part of the main navigation. As an alternative you could also use breadcrumbs in the navigation would also help the crawlability.
Local SEO For Several Locations
We have identified several inconsistencies in the way your business information is recorded in various local directories. This hurts your ranking and chances of being displayed in local maps listing for company keywords.
This is an easy fix by first documenting the official Name, Address and phone number. For instance there is a difference between DR. Health Skin & Laser and DR. Health Skin and Laser. Also phone numbers and suite numbers need to be consistent.
Because Dr. Health is dependent on attracting local customers to one of their several locations, optimizing for local search must be a high priority. One way to improve attracting local customers is by giving each location their own page. You can populate these pages with types services, testimonials and reviews from customers emphasizing that specific city location and who they are most like to receive services from. You can also mention any strategic partners or charities you work with in that area.
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If you are a plastic surgeon or skin care specialist with several locations using a service like this Google ads example can get very costly. That is why local SEO is so important.


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Be it Amazon, Google or Facebook; all the top companies in the world are technology companies. And it's going to become pervasive as we age. So, if you are a forward-looking parent or a software developer mom, now is the time to get your kids into coding. It not only introduces them to the world of programming but also logic and creative thinking. I have sorted through a bunch of apps and made a list of best coding apps for Android and iPad which teaches coding through games and puzzles. Let's check them out.
Read: Best Educational Apps for Kids
Best Coding Apps for Kids
1. Coding for kids (Age: 7+)
Teach your kid programming fundamentals with small interactive games.
This app is designed for young kids which teaches them about simple sequences, loops, functions, debugging, arrays, and coordinates. Everything is animated in 2d layout with bright colors. This helps kids ease into the game without letting them know they're learning valuable skills with this app.
You can choose a category, let's say sequences and choose a game of your choice. Yes, there are multiple games in one category to keep things interesting. I decided to play connect the dots, you enter the moves and press go, if your sequence is correct you move up to the next level. All the puzzles are built around this interface teaching you fundamentals in a fun way.
This app is best for kids who are still in their primary school and learning about basic maths as it is both fun and educational. Although some of these games are locked in the free version which you can unlock by purchasing the subscription for the game at $30/year.
Download Coding for Kids for Android and iOS (free)
2. Grasshopper (Age: 15+)
Grasshopper is an app by Google that teaches you JavaScript through mini-games
When you first open Grasshopper, it asks you – if it's your first time coding or if you have coded before. If you choose 'first time', the app will guide you through a series of slides explaining what coding is. Once you are done with the slides, it put you through a series of simple quizzes to make sure you understand what you read in the previous slides. If you pass this first round of quizzes, you can move on to the next course, which is a series of coding-related puzzles. And this where it gets interesting.These coding puzzles explain various terminologies like variables, strings, loops, arrays, conditionals, operators, functions, and objects. After explaining each terminology, the app makes you go through a mandatory quiz where you put your code, based on learnings. This approach makes sure, you understand the basics before you move on to advance test. In the final stage of learning, the app takes you through series of 'Animations', which helps you learn drawing shapes using the popular D3 library.
What unique about this app is that it prioritizes coding over programming. Instead of explaining the fundamentals of programming like most apps, Grasshopper teaches you how to write real JavaScript code using the built code editor.
Overall, I will recommend this app to kids who are already familiar with the fundamental of programming and now wants to learn how to write real Javascript code. The only issue is, the app is that it's limited to the only language i.e. Javascript, and Google has no plan of changing it anytime soon.
Download Grasshopper for Android and iOS (free)
3. Scratch Jr (Age: 10+)
Learn to program by animating cartoons
Developed at the MIT, Scratch Jr is a kids game designed to teach fundamentals of programming. The first page has two section – the home page and the help section. The help section gives you a brief introduction to how the app works. The home screen stores all the projects you make on the app.
Scratch Jr has a simple layout where you program your character to move in a background. For example, kids are given puzzles like feed the cat, to do so, they will have to arrange the blocks at the bottom half in such a sequence that will allow the cat to move forward three steps and then take a right turn.
There is an option to choose a time delay function, a loop function, speed function and many more. You can add many characters and background to narrative and make an interactive storyline. The only thing necessary to do this is a creative brain and the modules take care of everything else.
You can also share your project through Airdrop to any nearby Apple device or Email. The only thing missing from this app is that you can't import your own characters but instead you have to draw everything from scratch. See what I did there?
Download Scratch Jr for Android and iOS (free)
4. SpriteBox (Age: 8+)
Spritebox is an adventure game where your avatar has to go through a maze and solve hurdles to get ahead. Meanwhile, you collect coins while looking for a way out. If you want your kid to have fun while learning about programming, this is the app you need.
When you first open the app and press the play button, it starts as any classic arcade game and you start in the world accompanied by a Fairy that helps you pave the path during your adventure. The hurdles are actually puzzles which can be solved with sequencing and looping fundamentals. You have to figure out the path using the tools and guide the Fairy to move around and do the task that you just programmed.
In my opinion, Spritebox is good for kids who have no idea about coding and you wish to install the idea of how fun coding can be at an early age.
Download Spritebox for Android and iOS (free)
5. Cargo Bot (Age: 8+)
Cargo-bot takes the innovative design on cargo crane style layout to teach programming fundamentals.
The app comes with a crane based game where the objective is to arrange the different colored boxes on the pedestal using different moves such as – up, down, left, right, pick up, drop, etc.
This app aims to stimulate your problem-solving skills with simple puzzles where you have to sort the boxes, move them to certain positions according to its color, etc. The idea is to find the simplest solution using the fundamentals of programming such as sorting, looping, if-else statements. If you get stuck during a level you can look for hints which is better because you still have to program the crane.
Cargo-bot implements the fundamentals in an interesting concept which is actually used in docks and warehouses. Overall the game is pretty challenging and it requires a lot of brainstorming to figure out some levels.
Download Cargo-bot for iOS (free)
6. Algo City (Age: 5+)
Algorithm City is a 3D 8-bit style game which helps kids learn basic programming structure.
The game has a minimalistic appeal like monument valley.
It has a tutorial to give you a basic idea of how to play the game. The layout is a 3d space which gives you a third person view of the game. Your avatar can be facing any direction and you have to take it to the objective (the gold coin) using the forward, left, right and jump commands. It becomes challenging because you have to keep in mind that the left and right direction corresponds to the avatar, not you. I was confused why my avatar kept moving to the left when I used the right button in the program. These tiny details are intentionally kept in the game to stimulate creative thinking. The app is absolutely fantastic and I had a blast while testing it. It really helps you to optimize your approach to figure out the solution. This app is recommended for kids to develop their problem-solving skills.
Download Algorithm City for Android (free)
7. M1M0 (Age: 12+)
M1M0 has an interesting choice of courses on its app and offers real-life solutions. Instead of offering to teach Swift directly, M1M0 has a course that is a bundle to learn to build iOS apps, which makes sense if you're learning to code there should be a definitive purpose for it.
You begin by selecting a course of your choice, and with each section, there are multiple chapters which you have to finish to unlock the subsequent chapter. For example, I studied swift first then its core functions and then advanced functions like classes, structures etc.
After every course, you get a personalized certificate which shows the achievement in the topic. You can learn from a list of courses available like – become a hacker, make a game, build an app, etc. You can take challenges in the app and solve the quiz based on your level in the course which is a great exercise tool.
M1M0 is an ideal app for people who are new to the programming world but have the enthusiasm to learn a new skill. This comes in handy for students and adults alike because of its modular structure. The full version costs you $30/ year which gives you unlimited access to the courses.
Download M1M0 for Android and iOS (free)
8. SoloLearn (Age: 12+)
SoloLearn is a free app designed for learning to code in various Languages.
It offers a list of programming languages like C, C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, etc. Which you can study on the app. You can choose a topic from the list and begin the free course. The course starts off with a basic understanding of the language and gains momentum as you proceed to answer.
Not only you can learn about a topic but you can take code challenges against real opponents and test your skills. It has an inbuilt code editor for most language which lets you run the codes on your phone. And the forum style community discussion boards are very helpful if you want a solution to the problems.
With SoloLearn you can build amazing projects while learning code and discussing with the professionals on the forums. This app is recommended for students looking to expand their skill set. It is a free app and all the courses are free to learn this makes it a popular choice for people looking to share ideas and suggestions with each other while building cool stuff.
Download SoloLearn for Android and iOS (free)
Which are the best coding apps for kids?
Spritebox, Cargobot, and Code for Kids are good to learn the fundamentals like sequence and looping. Scratch Jr lets you animate your favorite characters, SoloLearn, Mimi, Grasshopper are good if you want to learn real coding. Tell us which does your kid likes the best?
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About this Event
This will be a special L.A.W. School session with the ability to attend each week's Sunday OR Monday class, whatever day best fits your schedule!
Sunday | January 12, 2020 OR Monday | January 13, 2020
Sunday | January 19, 2020 OR Monday | January 20, 2020
Sunday | January 26, 2020 OR Monday | January 27, 2020
Sunday | February 9, 2020 OR Monday | February 10, 2020
(Sunday sessions at the LearnAboutWine Loft / / Monday sessions at Lunetta, Santa Monica)
The culmination of the 4-week program is the "Beverage Aptitude Review" (aka BAR EXAM). With Ian's fun but structured approach, the students who have completed his curriculum have achieved a better than 90% success rate on this challenging exam. Over 800 LAW School students have passed and gained the experience to build their wine knowledge for the future!
Enroll now, so you can complete our program and join a large and growing force in the wine world. Graduates will receive a Junior Wine Executive (JWE) credential, lapel pin, wall certificate, and confidence in the application process for future placement in the wine industry. Perhaps best of all, you'll be able to confidently pick the wine off the list at all of your social functions!
Culinary Institute of America's Exploring Wine Textbook (you may purchase this from us when you enroll, or you may source your own copy of the current edition)
Homework Project (Wine Buying; information given in curriculum)
No prior wine knowledge is required, but if you have the materials and textbook with as much time for review as possible, you'll have the advantage you need for success in each of the four sessions.
- Four-weeks of hands-on tasting and instruction.
- An introduction and exploration of tasting skills. Approximately 80 wines in all will be shown to teach varietal characteristics and regional wine styles
- World wine competency
- Varietal descriptions
- Wine laws and history
- In-class tasting exam
- Take-home final "BAR Exam" (Beverage Aptitude Review). JWE Credential Certification awarded on successful completion of the program and the BAR Exam – our candidates have over a 90% pass rate!
- JWE Certification is widely recognized by the wine trade, including many distributors, restaurants, wineries, wine shops, and others in the wine industry.
- Successful Certification includes: Wall Certificate, Certification Lapel Pin, listing on website of all graduates.
This ticket is admission of (1) One Individual Adult (21 yrs. of age+) to attend our event as listed on your ticket. This may include specified tasting formats; to maintain the course and pace of the moderator, we do not offer additional pours. This event may include refreshments, refer to the event description for full details. Sight, hearing, scent/smell is necessary to enjoy the full experience. We will not be held responsible/liable for any lost, stolen, damage of your personal property. No Animals Permitted; Exceptions: guide dog for the blind, signal dog for the deaf, service dog for the disabled/handicapped; Service dog fraud is a crime, sorry, "Therapy Dogs" are not ADA service dogs. Groups of 2 or more may be broken up to accommodate seating arrangement; please arrive together to be seated as a group.
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