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Lakewoods Centering Space Retreat House Celebrates 15 Years Of Service
Centering Space, a non-profit retreat house and prayer center located on the grounds of Lakewood Catholic Academy, celebrated its 15th anniversary on November 1 with an Open House and memorial prayer service.
Founded by a consortium of religious organizations and lay people under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, the ministry opened its doors in 2003 in a century home next to Lakewood Park that once housed the Catholic diocesan priests who served the sisters' motherhouse – also once located on the property.
"The original mission behind Centering Space was to create a house of discernment for religious vocations," said Sr. Carol Kandiko, a Sister of Charity of St. Augustine, one of the founding members and current co-director of the ministry. "But even as we firmed up plans for its launch, the founding team realized the emphasis on vowed religious was being supplanted by a vibrant and committed lay spiritual community. After much consideration and prayer, the focus shifted to a house of prayer and discernment for anyone seeking to discover the presence of God in the challenges and blessings of life."
The ministry has kept to that mission through the years, offering weekly 1-hour meditative prayer services every Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 7 – 8 p.m., and Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., as well as a variety of programs each month.
"The weekly gathering for prayer, meditation and reflection, to this day is the very heart of the ministry," said Syndie Eardly, chair of the Centering Space Board of Advisors. "It is led each week by a different prayer leader and offers a welcoming environment to people of all faiths and belief systems to open to the movement of the Spirit in their lives."
Through the years, Centering Space has opened its doors to many different spiritual practices, from Dances of Universal Peace and the creation of mandalas, to praying with various art forms and music, including drumming. Individuals regularly participate in one-on-one spiritual direction and attend self-directed retreats in the welcoming quiet of the house and the grounds. Individual programs have explored Taize Prayer, experienced the universe with Brian Swimme and discussed the wisdom of hundreds of educators, mystics and poets, such as Teilhard de Chardin, Hildegard von Bingen, Richard Rohr, Ilia Delio and Rumi.
"What has contributed to our success as a ministry through years is that we have continuously opened and adapted to the changing needs of the spiritual seekers who attend our programs," said Betsy Nero, co-director of Centering Space. "Most importantly, we strive to create an environment that is respectful of everyone's views and interpretations of their own personal spiritual experience."
Although weekly prayer does not require registration, participants can view and register for other programs throughout the month at www.centeringspace.org. Some of the programs require a fee, although no one is every turned away for lack of means, while others ask only for a donation.
"What we have learned through the years, is that Centering Space is more than its programs," said Kandiko. "Individuals who attend prayer or a program become part of the community itself. There is a commitment to hospitality on our part and a sense of deep acceptance that bring people back again and again to experience the profound peace of this place, as well as an opportunity to explore their deepest spiritual questions."
Centering Space was originally managed by a team of sisters and laity called a Core Circle. But in 2015, the leadership made the decision to seek broader input for the future of its mission by creating an independent board. Established in 2016, the Board of Advisors offers oversight for the ministry in the areas of finance, fundraising, marketing and public relations, and programming.
The order of Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine was established in the United States in 1851. Over the past 170 years, the sisters founded dozens of educational and health care ministries, including establishing hospitals in Canton and Cleveland, as well as Columbia, South Carolina.
Centering Space is located at 14812 Lake Ave. in Lakewood next to Lakewood Park. For more information, visit www.centeringspace.org.
About Centering Space
Centering Space is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, located in a spacious century home in Lakewood, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie. The organization hosts weekly prayer, monthly meditation opportunities, retreats and a host of programs throughout the year focused on spirituality, mediation and prayer. Centering Space strives to enable ordinary people from any background to discover the presence of God in their lives through quiet attention to the voice of the Spirit. Visit us at 14812 Lake Ave., Lakewood, OH 44197. You can view our programs at www.centeringspace.org. For more information, contact us at (216) 228.7451.
Syndie Eardly
I am Director of Education and Content for a corporate marketing department and a volunteer at the Centering Space Retreat Center in Lakewood.


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The Gender Pay Gap is among America's most hotly disputed issues. And recent reports from sources as diverse as the New York Times and Harvard have only intensified the debate. Research studies, one due to be published this month and recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research indicate that gender inequality and a pay gap exist in the U.S. and this is indisputable.
Even iconic organizations such as Google and the "Star Wars" franchise have fallen under recent scrutiny for their alleged gender inequality practices. And while the figures differ, economists generally agree that American #women make about 80 cents for every dollar men earn.
The real debate surrounding the gender pay gap centers on its causes. Prominent figures such as former President Barack Obama and seemingly countless celebrities have pointed to discrimination as the root cause of the gender pay gap.
But an increasing number of journalists and academics argue the causes are more complex. While discrimination remains a factor, they maintain, it would be naive to fault gender bias alone.
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No. 52 NAI DFA ES Paris 1920
Grand Hotel, Paris, 23 November 1920
[Matter omitted]
Warmest regards and very best wishes,
Sean T. O'Ceallaigh
The Royal Irish Academy's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series has published an eBook of confidential correspondence on the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
The international network of Editors of Diplomatic Documents was founded in 1988. Delegations from different parts of the world met for the first time in London in 1989.
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Mick's Jaguar premiere "Where We Go" from forthcoming RidingEasy debut
Noisy, wild, unabashed big rock from NYC
Hear & share "Where We Go" (YouTube) (The Obelisk)
"An infectious 10-track spinner. As the band's name implies, Mick's Jaguar has definitely got a hearty Stones vibe to it. That, coupled with those searing metallic riffs got me right into the record's groove." — Doomed & Stoned
"A clean, classic-feeling 10-tracks. Apart from its attitude, what draws the album together is a consistent sans-frills production and a penchant for big hooks." — The Obelisk
New York City rock 'n' roll sextet Mick's Jaguar premiere a new track from their forthcoming debut album on RidingEasy Records today via The Obelisk. Hear and share "Where We Go" HERE. (Direct YouTube.)
Doomed & Stoned recently shared album opener "The Real Boss" HERE. (Direct YouTube.) The band previously launched the first single "Blood On The Snow" via YouTube.
Rock and roll is dead in New York City. Long live New York City rock and roll. Mick's Jaguar is bringing noisy, wild, unafraid big rock back to NYC. Crazy rents, corporatized venues, and kids listening to DJ's: it's hard being a band in this town.
This isn't LA and Mick's Jaguar is a product of their environment: a windowless dungeon practice space 20 feet below the trash covered sidewalk of the Lower East Side. Rats, grime, the sounds of the city; Mick's Jaguar gleefully pillages the history of rock music to create thoroughly modern, but classic rock and roll. Not quite punk, but not metal either, this is hard rock and roll that's been put through the brain blenders of 6 musicians who pair their Judas Priest shirts with Steely Dan hats. They claim no musical lineage to New York – they just live there. If you need to compare them to something, the night AC/DC played CBGB's would be about as close as you can get.
The group formed as a drunken Rolling Stones cover band, and after a few years of mainlining Stones songs and playing sporadic shows marred by violence and sprayed by beer, they started writing originals that attracted the attention of RidingEasy Records. And their new album, Fame and Fortune, sounds absolutely nothing like the Stones. The three guitarists — yes three guitars — open the album with a riff of buzzsaw intensity that would make a Ramone proud. But then like Jim Morrison sashaying into a wine shop, it drunkenly careens into a big sounding rock and roll album somewhere in between Van Halen and Tres Hombres. Guitar solos abound, Thin Lizzy harmonies soar, the bass and drums make a groove that will shake the asses on the dance floor and put a rumble in your loins. Songs about life, death, cars, blood, murder, sex, drugs and booze are the world of Mick's Jaguar. Don't forget – this is what rock and roll is all about. Listen close and you'll hear hat tips to your bands, Mick's Jag knows their history and likes to rip it apart.
Recorded in Brooklyn at Figure 8 Recording by engineering wizard Philip Weinrobe, and fueled by a steady diet of Allen's Coffee Brandy, the Fame And Fortune sessions resulted in only one hospital visit and it just might be your favorite album of 1978, 1988, or 2018. This is music that's made for listening to while driving fast in your car, and while relaxing at the local strip club. It's okay to have fun. Cute indie bands make everyone puke. That shit stops now. Let there be rock.
Fame and Fortune will be available on LP, CD and download on June 22nd, 2018 via RidingEasy Records. Preorders are available at ridingeasyrecs.com
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Artist: Mick's Jaguar
Album: Fame and Fortune
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Release Date: June 22, 2018
01. The Real Boss
02. Pay to Play
03. Where We Go
04. Here Comes the Night
05. Blood On the Snow
06. Hellride
07. Damnation
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5.4Formation of Organelles and Material Transport
- 5.4.5
- Vesicular Transport
Selective Transport of Proteins to Organelles
Each organelle has proteins with specific functions. Synthesis of most proteins begins in ribosomes in the cytoplasm. The destination of each protein is determined by the selective signal sequence included in the amino acid sequence of the protein. This signal sequence binds to other proteins that are involved in transporting the target protein to a particular organelle. Proteins without this signal sequence remain in the cytoplasm. As shown in Figure. 5-7, selective transport has three mechanisms. The first is the transport of proteins from the cytoplasm to the nucleus through holes in the nuclear envelope (nuclear pores). The second is the transport of proteins from the cytoplasm to endoplasmic reticula, mitochondria, chloroplasts and peroxisomes, which is performed by protein translocators located in the membrane of organelles. In this case, the higher-order structure of proteins is unwound before passing through the membrane, and is folded back into its functional structure after passage. The third mechanism is transport between membrane structures, which is performed by other small membrane structures known as transport vesicles.
Transport to and from the Nucleus
The nuclear envelope that houses the DNA-containing nucleus consists of two lipid bilayers (the inner and outer membranes), and gateways known as nuclear pores cross the envelope (Fig. 5-7). Although DNA replication and DNA transcription into RNA occur in the nucleus, protein translation by ribosomes occurs in the cytoplasm. Transcribed RNA is therefore carried through the nuclear pores to the outside of the nucleus. Conversely, proteins involved in replication and transcription - such as enzymes and transcription factors - are transported into the nucleus through the nuclear pores after being synthesized in the cytoplasm.
Nernst Equation for Calculating Plasma Membrane Potential
How can the membrane potential be calculated from ion concentration? If only the K+ channel works (allowing ions to pass through the membrane) but negatively charged ions cannot pass, as shown in Figure. 5-6, the movement of K+ ions stops when the concentration gradient of K+ and the membrane potential gradient balance each other out. In such cases, the theoretical resting membrane potential can be calculated by the Nernst equation based on the ratio of ion concentration inside and outside the cell.
Assuming that only the membrane potential created by K+ (Vk) exists, the Nernst equation is expressed as follows, using Kout and Kin as the potassium ion concentration outside and inside the cell, respectively:
Vk = (RT/F) ln (Kout/Kin)
Where R is the gas constant, T is the absolute temperature and F is the Faraday constant.
In humans, assuming a body temperature of 37˚C, an extracellular ion concentration of 5.5 mM and an intracellular concentration of 150 mM, the membrane potential Vk (mV) is calculated as follows:
Vk = 62 log10 (Kout/Kin)
= 62 log10 (5.5/150)
≑ -90 mV.
Transport of Proteins to Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
Each protein synthesized in ribosomes within the cytoplasm and then transported to mitochondria or chloroplasts has a selective signal sequence. When the signal sequence of Protein A is replaced with that of Protein B in experimental genetic engineering conditions, Protein A is transported to a different organelle to which Protein B is supposed to be transported, indicating that the signal sequence determines the destination of proteins in the cell.
When proteins are transported to mitochondria or chloroplasts, their structure is unwound before passing through the outer membrane of the organelle, and is folded back into its original functional structure once inside (Fig. 5-8).
Nerve Excitation and Signaling
Neurons rapidly amplify and propagate changes in the potential of the plasma membrane as a result of ion flux. When stimuli applied to the plasma membrane temporarily open the Na+ channel, Na+ ions flow into the cell following the concentration and electric potential gradients across the membrane, thus raising its potential. This opens the Na+ channel that responds to changes in the membrane potential, which in turn causes further inflow of large amounts of Na+ ions, thus greatly raising the potential of the membrane. This phenomenon is known as action potential. The Na+ channel immediately closes, and the K+ channel that responds to changes in the membrane potential opens instead. As a result, K+ flows out of the cell following the concentration and electric potential gradients, which rapidly lowers the membrane potential. This is the mechanism of nerve impulse generation.
Such local changes in membrane potential trigger the opening and closing of nearby Na+ channels, which spreads (in one direction) the potential changes to the surrounding areas. This is the propagation of nerve excitation.
Nuclear pores are giant protein complexes with a molecular weight of over 100 million and a diameter of over 120 nm. While molecules with a weight of less than 10,000 can pass through the pores by diffusion, those with a larger molecular weight are selectively transported using the energy derived from ATP. Proteins transported to the nucleus have an amino acid sequence called the nuclear localization signal, and pass through the nuclear pores with the help of a GDP G-protein known as Ran and by bonding with importin (a transport protein). In the nucleus, Ran becomes a GTP protein, helping importin and transported proteins to dissociate from each other. The reverse reaction occurs when mRNA and proteins are transported to the outside of the nucleus.
Proteins with activity that transforms Ran to GDP proteins are abundant in the cytoplasm, and those with activity that transforms Ran to GTP proteins are abundant in the nucleus. The direction of transport into and out of the nucleus is determined in line with the difference in location of these proteins.
Transport of Proteins to Endoplasmic Reticula
Proteins incorporated into the plasma membrane, enzymes in lysosomes and proteins secreted to the outside of the cell are synthesized in ribosomes attached to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Endoplasmic reticula with ribosomes attached are called rough endoplasmic reticula. The synthesis of a protein starts in the cytoplasm; as soon as the signal sequence of the protein is synthesized, the protein complex (SRP) recognizes and attaches itself to the sequence, and the SRP-bonded protein attaches itself to the receptor on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, where the synthesis of the protein continues (Fig. 5-9). The protein about to be fully synthesized is transported into an endoplasmic reticulum through the protein transport channel. In the endoplasmic reticulum, the protein, with the help of proteins called chaperones, is folded into a functional form. A pair of cysteine side chains is oxidized to form a disulfide bond in the endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, many membrane proteins and proteins secreted to the outside of the cell are covalently bonded with short oligosaccharide chains.
Vesicular Transport
Transport vesicles are used for the transport of membrane components and secretory proteins and for the incorporation of materials. This is known as vesicular transport (Fig. 5-10). A transport vesicle is first formed as a pit undercoated with coat proteins (Fig. 5-10) in a phenomenon known as budding. The proteins to be transported are enveloped inside the budding vesicle, which is then cut off from the endoplasmic reticulum to form a transport vesicle filled with baggage (proteins). The transport vesicle, following the detachment of the coat proteins, is carried to its destination. The membrane of the transport vesicle has a protein called SNARE, which bonds with a particular SNARE protein on the target membrane. The destination of a transport vesicle is therefore determined by the type of SNARE protein it has. Transport vesicles supply the lipids and proteins of the plasma membrane from an endoplasmic reticulum to a Goldi apparatus (Fig. 5-10A) and from a Goldi apparatus to the plasma membrane (Fig. 5-10B). When the transport vesicle is fused with the plasma membrane, proteins on the membrane stay on the cell surface, while those inside the transport vesicle are released to the outside of the cell.
Fig. 5-10. Main endoplasmic reticulum transport system
A) From an endoplasmic reticulum to a Golgi apparatus,
B) From a Golgi apparatus to the plasma membrane,
C) From the plasma membrane to an endosome,
D) From an endosome to a lysosome
Speculation on the Origin of Organelles
Organisms are divided into the categories of eukaryotes, cells with a nucleus (a membrane structure containing DNA) and prokaryotes (cells with no nucleus). Eukaryotic cells are generally larger than prokaryotic cells, feature an intracellular environment compartmentalized by membrane structures, and have a more advanced system of intracellular transport. There has been speculation regarding how organelles developed during the evolution process from prokaryotic cells to eukaryotic cells. As shown in Column Figure. 5-5, it is suggested that in ancient times, part of the plasma membrane of a prokaryotic cell with DNA and ribosomes attached was invaginated into the cell to form a nucleus enveloping DNA with two membranes. On the other hand, it has also been suggested that mitochondria and chloroplasts have evolved from different origins. Since both have a small genome that is unique to each one, these organelles are believed to have derived from different prokaryotic cells that lived symbiotically with primitive eukaryotic cells (in line with endosymbiotic theory; see Chapter 1). This speculation explains why they have two lipid bilayers (inner and outer membranes), as well as why vesicular transport, which occurs between other organelles, is not found in mitochondria and chloroplasts.
Column Fig. 5-5. Theory: mitochondria and chloroplasts originally existed as foreign cells that were engulfed by other cells
It is suggested that in ancient prokaryotic cells (1), the plasma membrane with DNA and ribosomes attached was invaginated to form a nucleus enveloped by two membranes (2), and that foreign cells were engulfed by the cell, establishing themselves as mitochondria and chloroplasts (3, 4).
Incorporation Pathways of Extracellular Materials
Extracellular materials are incorporated through the three pathways shown in Figure. 5-12. The first is, as already discussed, the direct transport of water-soluble ions and other materials to the cytoplasm by transporters or through channels in the plasma membrane.
The second pathway is called endocytosis, which involves part of the plasma membrane being incorporated into the cell in the form of transport vesicles enveloped by a coat protein called clathrin. When this occurs, proteins and lipids attached to receptors on the plasma membrane are also incorporated into the vesicles. This is also the pathway mediated by transport vesicles (Fig. 5-10C). The endosomes incorporated into the cell gradually lower their pH through the action of proton pumps, are fused with lysosomes and break down the molecules incorporated (Fig. 5-10D). Some endosome proteins are then recycled to the plasma membrane.
The third pathway is called phagocytosis, in which large particles such as bacteria are engulfed, and the plasma membrane extends toward and surrounds the target articles by the action of the cytoskeleton elements such as actin. The vacuoles formed in the cell are fused with lysosomes, leading to the degradation of ingested articles.


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Are Cognitive Enhancers Bad For Your Brain Health?
We all have "those" days. Those days when the sun shines a bit dimmer, the wind gets a tad colder, and the rest of the world seems dull and lifeless. It's perfectly normal to feel somewhat less of yourself during those days - to feel like you're out of it, as if you aren't yourself.
The only downside to having those days is the tendency to put off a lot of work. Productivity lowers and many things - oftentimes, very IMPORTANT ones - are left undone. If only the world can understand that you're not feeling well, right? But NO, life will not wait for you just because you're feeling down in the dumps. Life goes on - and it will keep moving on with or without you.
When this happens, you are faced with two options:
- To throw in the towel and give up entirely
- To pick yourself up and find a solution
Well, option number one doesn't seem like a feasible choice so you'd probably go with option number two. But things are easier said than done. You wonder how on earth you can find a solution when you don't even know the first thing about picking yourself up. Well, let me help you uncover the simple truth behind your dilemma.
It's all in the brain.
And I do mean that quite literally. What you THINK is the worst feeling, the worst mood, or the worst sensation is all in your head. But the fact that everything is just in your head can make things turn for the better. It's simple, really. Since the problem is in the head, then all we need to do is tweak whatever's inside it and trick it into thinking that we're not feeling bad - at all.
So long answer cut short, the solution to your problem is good hormones. Or more particularly, the production of them. This is where cognitive enhancers come in.
What Are Cognitive Enhancers?
Cognitive enhancers mean exactly as the name suggests - they're drugs used for enhancing brain or cognitive activity. These drugs are often LEGALLY available in the market and are used to remedy many cognitive-related problems. Some help treat insomnia and anxiety disorders; others simply improve brain functions and may particularly enhance focus, memory retention, mood, and overall mental performance.
A primary example of a cognitive enhancer is your everyday coffee. Caffeine, an integral substance found in your fresh brews, helps promote wakefulness by inhibiting adenosine - a neurotransmitter that influences a person's sleep-wake cycle. By inhibiting this particular hormone, caffeine can improve focus and delay bedtime, allowing people to work and retain their attentiveness for a prolonged period of time. But it is all too often that people also begin to develop a resistance to caffeine. Some try to increase their dosage but the thresholds are beaten down one after the other. Too much coffee may promote cancer growth (see reference), although the basis of which remains unclear. This is why many people, including me, seek alternatives after they hit the three-cup mark.
There are many other cognitive enhancers out in the market; you just haven't met them yet. And I tell you, they are very much legal (in most states) as they are available. Here are some of the popular ones.
Common Cognitive Enhancers Available In The Market
Modafinil - This cognitive enhancer is best for people who have deadlines to catch and are fond of all-nighters. It promotes wakefulness and enhances mental performance.
Noopept - Now this cognitive enhancer is one of the more popular ones. It improves mood, increases focus, gives a nice energy boost, and is said to help with memory retention - perfect for the sleep-deprived genius!
Adrafinil - If you need a nice picker-upper, then Adrafinil can be the pill for you. It is said to promote wakefulness and alertness, improve memory, and even help with some cases of ADHD.
Do Cognitive Enhancers Damage The Brain?
If anything, cognitive enhancement supplements help improve brain health. Nootropics, another popular name for cognitive enhancers, are generally safe and healthy to use. They are stimulants - just like what coffee is. However, it is important to note that anything taken in excess is bad for your health. Everything should come in moderation. But as a brain-enhancing substance, cognitive enhancers are not damaging to mental health. They even help alleviate the conditions of those suffering from mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD. They are harmless as they come.
If you're not too convinced, you can even check out studies related to Nootropics and other brain stimulants. You'll see that they are not the same as illegally-trafficked drugs. They are store-bought pills that have been proven to be safe for occasional use in well-managed doses.


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BCCI appoints Ranjib Biswal as NCA chairman
Bhubaneswar: Ranjib Biswal, the ex-cricketer and manager of Indian cricket team, won 2011 World Cup on Thursday has been appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the new Chairman of National Cricket Academy (NCA).
Biswal becomes the first Odia to hold such a prominent post in BCCI. Earlier, Biswal was Vice-Chairman of the Bangalore-based NCA.
BCCI has also picked up Saba Karim as East Zone selector.
In its annual general meeting, BCCI appointed Roger Binny as the new BCCI selection panel head and Sandip Patil as west zone selector.


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Opportunity cost of antidepressant prescribing in England: analysis of routine dataBMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38377.715799.F7 (Published 28 April 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:999
- Sandra Hollinghurst (s.p.hollinghurst{at}bristol.ac.uk), lecturer in health economics1,
- David Kessler, general practitioner research fellow1,
- Tim J Peters, professor of primary care health services research1,
- David Gunnell, professor of epidemiology2
- 1 Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS6 6JL,
- 2 Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2PR
- Correspondence to: S P Hollinghurst
- Accepted 10 January 2005
Recently, prescribing of antidepressant drugs has increased exceptionally.1 At the same time, concerns have been raised about the medicalisation of human distress and, more recently, about the safety of antidepressants.1
Many general practitioners would like to refer patients for psychological treatment, for which there is good evidence of effectiveness,2 but are constrained by the lack of NHS therapists. We estimated the opportunity cost of the recent rise in antidepressant prescribing by valuing it in terms of an effective alternative treatment—cognitive behaviour therapy.
Methods and results
We used Department of Health data on the number and cost of antidepressant drugs dispensed in the community in England to quantify the changes between 1991 and 2002. The baseline year (1991) was chosen to ensure a meaningful timescale and to cover a period of consistent approaches to recording. We took population statistics from http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/, and applied an inflation rate of 32% (from http://www.statistics.gov.uk/rpi/) to 1991 costs.
We estimated the number of patients that could have been treated using cognitive behaviour therapy in 2002, had the rise in prescribing not occurred and the associated costs been diverted to psychological treatment and therapists. We costed the time of a clinical psychologist, including supervision (total equivalent £40 168 ($74 883; €57 738) full time a year).3 We estimated that each therapist could treat six patients a day for 40 weeks a year and that a treatment episode for mild or moderate depression would comprise six sessions.2 We did a limited sensitivity analysis assuming that graduate mental health workers (£25 475 a year) rather than psychologists provided treatment and that treatment episodes consisted of 18 sessions in line with the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's recommendation for moderate or severe depression.2
Between 1991 and 2002, prescriptions per head for all antidepressants increased 2.8-fold and the total cost (adjusted for inflation) increased by £310m; the increase was almost entirely due to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (figure). These costs could have been used to employ 7700 therapists (26 per primary care trust in England) providing 1.54 million treatment courses of six sessions each a year. This estimate increases to 2.43 million if the therapy is delivered by a graduate mental health worker and falls to 0.51 million if the course of treatment is lengthened to 18 sessions.
Resources associated with higher levels of NHS antidepressant prescribing in England in 2002 compared with 1991 could have been used to deliver cognitive behaviour therapy to 1.54 million patients, more than a third of adults with depression or mixed anxiety depression.4 The recent rise in antidepressant prescribing is likely to be due to increased awareness of depression by patients and professionals; reduced side effects associated with newer antidepressants; and the broadening range of indications for which antidepressants are prescribed (for example, panic disorder, seasonal affective disorder, premenstrual syndrome). Despite concern about the dangers of antidepressants,1 evidence of ineffective and inefficient prescribing,5 and the effectiveness of alternative treatments,2 drugs are overwhelmingly the mainstay of treatment for depression in general practice. Increases in the pharmacological treatment of depression have not been matched by the development of psychological services of proved effectiveness, which may reflect the absence of a powerful body, equivalent to the pharmaceutical industry, to promote their development and use.
Although cognitive behaviour therapy is relatively expensive and its population cost effectiveness has not been shown, other cheaper alternatives to both antidepressants and psychotherapy—for example, self help and exercise—may be of equal benefit to patients with mild to moderate depression.2 Our analysis takes no account of the training costs of psychotherapists but we have also ignored the cumulative cost of drugs incurred in the 11 years. Despite these limitations, the analysis highlights the scale of resources expended in this area and the uncertainty around alternative treatment for particular groups of patients; the results indicate that there is a clear need for further research to establish the most appropriate balance between drugs and non-pharmacological treatments for depression.
What is already known on this topic
The prescribing of antidepressant drugs has risen substantially in the United Kingdom since the early 1990s
Cognitive behaviour therapy is an effective alternative to antidepressant drugs
What this study adds
Opportunity costs indicate that development of psychological therapies is a feasible alternative to antidepressants
This article was posted on bmj.com on 18 March 2005: http://bmj.com/cgi/doi/10.1136/bmj.38377.715799.F7
We thank Steve Pilling and Glyn Lewis for helpful comments and suggestions about an earlier draft of this paper.
Contributors DG had the idea. SH did the analysis and drafted the paper. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results and the editing of the paper. SH and DG are guarantors.
Funding None.
Competing interests DG is a member of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency expert working group on the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. He acts as an independent adviser, receiving travel expenses and a small fee for meeting attendance and reading materials in preparation for the meeting.
Ethical approval Not needed.


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Bleacher Report's Media Lab commissioned 10 artists from around the world to create the original, interactive artworks in a digital gallery that commemorate David Beckham's legacy on and off the field.
Check out the gallery of David Beckham pop art here.
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By Pete Sorensen, partner, HTG Peer Groups
Technology sales and service provision is a constantly changing business. The best companies know how to evaluate the life cycle of their offerings and act accordingly, no matter how uncomfortable the change might be.
Everything has a life cycle. Look out your window and focus on a tree. What do you know about the life cycle of that tree? You know there was a time when that tree was just a seed. That seed germinated and grew into the plant you see today. Eventually, the tree will lose some of its strength and start to perish. You observe these life cycles every day in the world around you.


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Even the fats and oils in creamy salad dressing or peanut butter can set off your reflux, along with chocolates, sweets and dairy products such as sour cream or cottage cheese. Timing of Meals. Gravity does a great deal of good for your digestive system. Choosing to eat a meal late at night or taking a nap after a heavy meal.
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A Community Jobs Scotland opportunity within LEAP Sports Scotland
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We are looking for someone to come and work with our team. You will be based in our Glasgow City Centre office, work 16 hours per week, and be paid the real living wage of £9 per hour. You will work with the LEAP Sports Team, supporting us to deliver partnership projects and events.
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Friday, January 2, 2015
The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
Pirates, magic, a talking gargoyle...what's not to love? If you're looking for a story that is everything a children's book should be (fun story, fast pace, perfect voice, vibrant characters, AND it's hilarious!), The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot is very definitely it. It's the type of book that insists you read a snippet out loud every five minutes to whoever happens to be in the room--the brilliance MUST BE SHARED. Best of all, in a book that could have been filled with cliches, I found a refreshing array of unexpected characters and plot turns. The perfect end to my 2014 list of books read, this one shoots right to the top of my favorites for the year. And if the grin on the face of my nine year old is any indication, she's enjoying it just as much as I did.
Verdict: If you're looking for a great start to your 2015 literary treasure hunt (for you or your kiddos), consider this the X that marks the spot.
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You may find exactly what you want or may have to get a solenoid operated valve and a pressure operated switch. It may be cheaper.
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You may find exactly what you want or may have to get a solenoid operated valve and a pressure operated switch. It may be cheaper.
True enough, but try and get a good one. If in London, try Moorfields Eye Hospital. A good optician will spot any problems; a poor one won't. you'll get glasses but no warning of an impeding issue
The snag is that you don't know which of the three made the difference. How much trouble would it be to remove two and test fuel consumption. Then remove the remaining and swap it in turn for each of...
... and so are grass cuttings - but there is a difficult process to be performed on the cellulose to get it ready for fermentation. If we could find a better way, that would be a giant leap forward.
It's all quite complicated. I'd suggest a spoonful of pumpkin seeds in salads and as a snack.
To get you going, you could always try the "Winscope" software. Very basic. You would get the triggering points but the spikes would not be well defined at all.
You'll need a fat variable...
In #9, he speaks of work on AC and of work on TT Brown, but not at the same time.
Interesting, but what is the address?
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Search Ebay for r60 or r45 gas welding rods. Also for Neodymium or ceramic magnets, enamelled copper wire or spools. Its all there.
Is there a reason why the new Lithium ion automotive batteries could not be used?
Yes, the SG is essentially an energiser, not a motor. It would be better to work on and develop an SG attached to a bench until such time as you can generate an absolute minimum of 300watt into the...
This is all a bit like switching the TV on half way through an episode of Columbo. I sort of understand, but really, I don't.
I have several knackered lead acid batteries. With the plates in the...
Getting back to Tesla, when you say: "Tesla Electric Generator Patent No 511196 Replication...", I take it you mean 511916.
Absolutely! It is one of the great features of the Internet; time and position have no bearing. The previous correspondent may have died, of course, but someone else might pick up the argument. I...
I think you are quite right. I was expecting a green layer of a salt. Do you reckon dunking them in a gloss paint is the better move to cut down eddy current issues?
An excellent idea, RS. A squirt of lemon juice might be a good idea.
An excellent idea, RS. A squirt of lemon juice might be a good idea.
When compiling the core out of 1.6mm dia R45 welding rods, copper coated, is it a good idea to dip them in paint or varnish to reduce eddy currents?
They look very good. Their web site is a nightmare if you live outside the US (or Puerto Rico, Canada or Mexico). I have emailed them and wait in anticipation. Thanks.
I am building a basic SG and the recommended magnets, C8, 2" x 1" x 0.5 are expensive. Will I get sufficient results from ceramic, C8, round 1" dia x 0.3" which cost a quarter of the price?
I think what you mean is on page 5, "The Tesla Switch" :
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I don't know what tech these people use but it looks interesting - particularly if one can find someone who has $120,000 and lets the machine be used cheaply overnight:
Of course, those two tank circuits will want to be driven at a particular frequency - or octave.
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This wise bearer of the conjurer's asterisk is powerful beyond belief with his Amped Strike or meteor after he raises his own P.Atk with Invocation.
Sage Yulyana is a boss in Bravely Default.
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He uses Meteor, Amped Strike, Promethean Fire, and Deus Ex.
His weakness is that if he has 100 of the type of attack he increases at the time, he uses Conjure. If one has a Pirate with Skull Bash and Defang or White Mage (or Red Mage) with Dispel, then he can be easily defeated. It is also a good idea to have at least one Salve-Maker to compound Reincarnate (Potion + Phoenix Down) because Amped Strike at 150% physical attack can one hit KO.
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The Annual Festival Santiago Apóstol de Loíza in El Barrio celebrates a half century of African influence of the Puerto Rican and Latino immigrant communities settled in New York City. Now in its 50th year, the event also known as Loiza Festival in El Barrio will celebrate its anniversary milestone bringing the traditional costumes, live bomba, plena and salsa, dance, handcrafts, and foods that celebrate the Puerto Rican community in New York. This year, the festival will feature a special street naming in honor one of the founders Aida Perez, who died in 2012 after a life of bringing Afro-Latino history to NYC streets.
Loíza Festival will be a celebration open to all communities with the purpose of continuing its mission of preserving, sharing and celebrating afro-Latino roots and culture. Experience one of the few remaining Latinx cultural festivals in New York City.
Related: The Loiza Festival – The Recap
The talent lineup includes: Los Pleneros de la 21, Flaco Navaja & The Razor Blades, Johnny "Dandy" Rodriguez (Tito Puente's Orchestra), Milteri Tucker & Bombazo, Mateo y Cumbalaya, 5 En Plena, Bronx Charanaga, Legacy Women (on the float), Herencia de Plena, Son del Monte. Presented by family-run, community-based organization and festival's founder Los Hermanos Fraternos De Loíza; the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) in association with Taíno Towers – El Barrio Fuerte.
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If you are engaged in a business, it is important to keep in touch with people, clearly plan your work, use modern promotion channels, and constantly keep track of events. Today, a successful business person is someone who knows how to find common ground with people, use modern technologies and adapt quickly.
There are many useful tools for this.
Social networks
In any business, you need to create an image, build trust and attract attention. It is necessary to write about yourself, activities, goals and values. It is vital to keep in touch with your colleagues and potential clients. Social networks come in very handy.
Here is the minimum list of social networks where you must have an account registered and where you have to be active and responsive.
Facebook: to find new contacts, communicate with customers. It is also a platform for placing useful materials for a circle of friends.
Instagram: to notify colleagues and potential customers about the successes in the business by means of photos, videos and short descriptions.
LinkedIn: to establish contacts. In this social network, many students, freelancers and professionals looking for work are registered. This is an excellent source of new customers.
Chats and file sharing
Skype is a tool for transferring files, personal and group chats, audio and video calls.
Telegram is a relatively new tool which embraces more and more users every day. It is convenient to exchange information, create channels where other participants can read your messages. It is also one of the most convenient and reliable file sharing services.
Whatsapp and Viber are convenient and simple mobile apps for correspondence and calls, photo and video sharing.
Slack is a service for creating chats and individual groups for discussion with a team, clients or users.
Basecamp is one of the top services for team work on projects. Here you can share documents, have discussions with colleagues, create to-do-lists, add comments to tasks, and process e-mails.
Dropmefiles.com is a convenient online file sharing service to share materials with colleagues.
Time management tools
Trello allows you to systematize tasks and ideas and create to-do-lists for a day, a week or a month. Everything is displayed on one board with a simple and intuitive interface.
Evernote is an electronic notebook that can be used both on the computer and on the phone.
Pick is a useful application for busy people who often make appointments. It has two main functions:
1) Scheduling which you can share with colleagues, so they are aware of your free time.
2) Ability to make an appointment, choose a place, time, person and send him a notification.
Tools for image enhancement
Tilda Publishing is probably the most simple and convenient website constructor. There, you can create your own business card website from several available templates. It features paid and free versions, all sorts of questions about the creation of a web page are gladly answered by the Tilda support service.
Canva is a tool where you can easily create pictures, add inscriptions and other elements, and combine photos into a collage. But the main opportunity for business people is the ability to create presentations. It's simple:
• Register on the website
• Select the Presentation section
• Go to Layouts and select a template
• Create a presentation and download it to your computer.
GIG Promotional materials embrace various image materials designed by Global InterGold: catalogs, booklets, press kit. You can also grasp the opportunity to make your branded business card in a few clicks.
Other useful tools
MP3 Skype Recorder is a program used to record Skype conversations. Its quality is much better than if you use a plain voice recorder.
LastPass is a password storing manager which remembers them for you. With it, you will have access to all your passwords if you are not at your computer.
HERE WeGo (iOS) / HERE WeGo (Android) is a convenient navigator. It allows to download a map of any country in the world and use it in offline mode. If you are engaged in international business and often go on business trips, you can definitely make use of it.
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Bluegrass Assisted Living Has Won Multiple Awards.
Bluegrass Assisted Living in Elizabethtown and Bardstown Are Honored By
City Beat News for Outstanding Customer Service for its 2019 Spectrum Awards
Among the winners of the prestigious Spectrum Award for Excellence in Customer Satisfaction for 2019 are several healthcare facilities receiving their fifth consecutive award.
In partnership with The Stirling Center for Excellence, City Beat News (CBN) recognizes these companies and professionals for providing an outstanding customer experience and honors them with the Spectrum Award. Winners are based on CBN's independent, proprietary research and evaluation system, which identifies businesses and professionals with a track record of top-flight customer service and customer satisfaction. The rating system combines data collected from nominations, online and other customer reviews, surveys, blogs, social networks, business-rating services, and other honors and accolades — all of which express the voice of the customer.
Bluegrass Assisted Living, with locations in both Elizabethtown and Bardstown, Ky., is a five-time Spectrum Award winner, earning the highest rating of 5 stars for 2018. Established in 2001, the two senior living communities provide competent, compassionate care in Central Kentucky with assisted living and memory care programs as well as activities to make residents feel at home. Visit the facilities' Award Pages at https://awards.citybeatnews.com/BLUEGRASS-ASSISTED-LIVING-ELIZABETHTOWN-KY and https://awards.citybeatnews.com/Bluegrass-assisted-living-Bardstown-KY.
CBN provides the results of its research to the public and businesses at no charge, reporting on its findings to consumers and business owners on a rolling annual basis.
About City Beat News and The Stirling Center
The Stirling Center includes a learning and resource center with courses, team training and support, executive coaching, articles, and case studies focused on excellence. Its objective is to enable and encourage excellence across many fields, wherever it can. The Stirling Center, recognizes service excellence in both commercial businesses such as those served by City Beat News and Pulse of the City News, and its "life" and "public service" divisions.
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Joaquin Phoenix is now officially DC Comics' latest embodiment of The Joker, but this isn't actually the first time the actor has embodied a DC character.
Yes, as it turns out, Joaquin – then known as Leaf Phoenix – starred in the CBS series Superboy, which ran in the glory days of 1988 to 1992.
Joaquin isn't completely switching alliances in the comic book world, though, as his character simply imagined himself as Superboy in the episode 'Little Hercules' and was never the real hero himself.
Related: mother! director Darren Aronofsky wanted Joaquin Phoenix to play Batman in nixed movie
(We so would've been down for a Superboy-Joker origin story, though.)
From sort of playing a superhero to definitely playing a super-villain, Joaquin has now been confirmed as the Clown Prince of Crime in a brand new movie charting the Joker's rise.
The Joker's origin story is set to be based on the Killing Joke graphic novel, where the Joker is portrayed as a failed stand-up comedian from the 1980s.
In other words, it's going to be brilliant.
In a statement, Warner Bros said the new project will be an "exploration of a man disregarded by society [that] is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautionary tale".
Although we're more than ready to usher in a new DC era, it's believed that Phoenix's Joker will be a standalone portrayal, rather than one that will appear in the wider DC Extended Universe, where Jared Leto is still very much the "damaged" one.
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Concorde Hotels & Resorts
Concorde Hotels & Resorts form an international network of over 20 world famous, luxury establishments whose location, architecture and range of services are exceptional: over 20 establishments are associated with Concorde Hotels & Resorts through its international network.
Concorde Hotels & Resorts directly operates 12 of these palaces and hotels, including in particular such legendary, internationally famous establishments as the Hôtel du Louvre and the Hôtel Lutetia in Paris, the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes and the Hôtel du Palais de la Méditerranée in Nice.
Concorde Hotels & Resorts is the only hotel group to offer both prestige hotels of international renown and legendary "palace" hotels with remarkable architecture and authentic décor all in exceptional city centre locations. The hotels have the authentic savoir-faire of the luxury hotel industry and offer high quality restaurants.
Concorde Hotels & Resorts brand has a total capacity of nearly 8,350 rooms (including over 2,500 rooms and suites in Paris), as well as over 350 conference rooms for businesses. Concorde Hotels & Resorts is the No. 1 four-star and four-star luxury hotel operator in Paris.
Concorde Hotels & Resorts is owned by Groupe du Louvre which has four primary business activities: luxury hotels (Hotel de Crillon, Concorde Hotels & Resorts), budget hotels (Kyriad Prestige, Kyriad, Campanile, Premiere Classe) crystal manufacturer (Baccarat) and perfume house (Annick Goutal).


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This work was aimed to discover Public Perception of the use of celebrities in Billboard Advertising in Southern Nigeria. In pursuit of the objectives of the study, four research questions were formulated as a guide to this study. However, descriptive survey method was used for the study. Both questionnaire and interview were used to collect primary data from respondents. The survey was specifically carried in various areas of our country such as South East State, South South States And South West states with their respective populations.
1.1 Background of the Study
Recent trends in advertising have revealed that marketers and advertising agencies prefer the use of celebrities in the design of advert copy for Billboard advertisements (Mukherjee, 2009). This situation was informed by the fact that companies want to associate their products with a particular celebrity or group of celebrities, with the argument that the likeness associated with a celebrity can be transferred to the product or service (Mukherjee, 2009). Pingle (2004) has argued that it is hardly surprising that up to 20 percent of all advertising employs celebrities and that all evidence reinforces the fact that these campaigns are very effective in promoting the corporate, product and service brands with which they are aligned". Thus, studies have shown that such initiatives induce high profitability for companies and their brands (Kumar, 2012; Mukherjee, 2009; Pingle, 2004). No doubt, this underscores the place of celebrity advertising in marketing of products and services.
Celebrities are people who enjoy public recognition by a large share of a certain group of people. Whereas attributes like attractiveness, extraordinary lifestyle or special skills are just examples and specific common characteristics that are observed and celebrities generally differ from the social norm and enjoy a high degree of public awareness. According to Friedman and Friedman,(1979 cited in Mukherjee, 2009, p.6) the term Celebrity refers "to an individual who is known to the public (actor, sports figure, entertainer, etc.) for his or her achievements in areas other than that of the product class endorsed".
Advertising is a form of communication used to promote products and services of a company primarily to generate sales and secondly to create a brand identity, introduce new products and services, communicating a change in the existing product line. It also helps in communicating social messages to the masses (Kumar, 2012). Advertising is one of the major tools companies use to direct persuasive communications to target buyers and publics. The spenders include not only business firms but museums, professionals and social organizations that advertised their causes to various target public. Today, advertising is a multi-billion industry, employing hundreds of thousands of people and affecting billions of people's lives worldwide. Yet, seeing as advertising clutter has increased tremendously and is more intense than ever, it is vital that companies differentiate themselves from competitors by creating even more powerful, entertaining and innovative advertising messages, as well as sponsoring different events (Narty, 2010).
In simple terms, advertising is a promotional tool for motivating and persuading consumers to buy consumer goods on sale by an agency or a business establishment. As consumer goods invade the market, so are various advertising strategies evolved to create public awareness of the latest goods in the market. In some senses, it may be said that advertising is a means of corporate image making, for advertising, while a visual point, and electronic means of sale promotion of consumer goods, is at the same time, a means of advancing the corporate progress of establishment outfits. Advertisement, according to APCON, is "a communication in the media paid for by an identifiable sponsor and directed to a target audience with the aim of imparting information about a product, service, idea or cause" (Ukwueze, 2008: 272). Kotler and Armstrong (2003) define advertising as any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods or service through mass media such as newspapers, magazine, television or radio by an identified sponsor. Advertising is the best-known and most widely discussed form of promotion. Marketers use advertising for its cost-effectiveness with large audience and it also creates brand images and symbolic appeal for a company or brand. It has been established that customers are more likely to consider buying and using certain brand of what they can remember, the brand name and something about its attributes or benefits (Nartey, 2010). Kumar, (2012, p.44) defined Advertising as a form of communication used to promote products and services of a company primarily to generate sales and secondly to create a brand identity, introduce new products and services, communicating a change in the existing product line. It also helps in communicating social messages to the masses. However, other scholars have argued against advertising noting: "the problem with advertising isn't that it creates artificial longings and needs, but that it exploits our very real and human desires". Advertising promises women the one thing they truly want: that it will help them look the way they "should." The concern is, this is a false promise because the "ideal" is both unrealistic and unhealthy (Kealbourn, 2000.......
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JOY 2019 will be hosting a performance programme during the HF Artsfest in Lyric Square and at the Lyric Hammersmith.
THE UNITY CHOIR - FREE OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE - Lyric Square 12pm & 3pm Sat 8th June
Disabled and non-disabled Hammersmith & Fulham residents have come together to form the UNITY CHOIR especially for
JOY 2019. In two FREE out-door performances they will be singing songs they have composed - a joyful celebration of the creative strength that exists within our community.
Wed 5th June l 7pm l Lyric Studio l THEATRE
Open Workshop - a unique opportunity to take part in an Amici Dance Theatre Company workshop run by Wolfgang Stange and Amici members. Everyone welcome. A Year in the Life of a College Student - a play by WLC Performing Arts about the fears
and excitement of starting college, making friends, sexuality, gender and dealing with cyber bullying.
Thu 6th June l 7pm l Lyric Studio l THEATRE
An evening of four original plays Am I Dulhern (Bride) yet? by Sahera Khan - a Muslim woman is seeking marriage , Kill the Noise by Ignite Me Workshop Theatre - a story of homelessness, Elinor Rowlands by Elinor Rowlands - autobiographical poetry and Not Dying by Jamie Hale - a rollercoaster of emotions, humour, angst, sex, life and death.
Fri 7th June l 7pm l Lyric Studio l MUSIC
This New Ground - uplifting pop classics, guilty pleasures and original songs, E-Unique Showcase - original compositions from this young collective, Rona Topaz - a talented cabaret singer and songwriter and Gate Custard - a showcase of the Gate Arts Centre Musicians, hip-hop, rock, experimental, reggae and more.
Sat 8th June l 7pm l Lyric Studio l DANCE
Strong Enough by Kdyoga Dance Studio conveys the message that we all have the ability to find the strength within ourselves. Dancing in the Forest by Young Amici has the ethos of looking after and caring for each other. Inclusive Disco by DanceWest – everyone is invited to have a dance!
Tickets 020 8741 6850 www.lyric.co.uk/shows/joy-festival
Final School Performances:
If you would like to attend any of these final sharing's of the work created from the school's workshops, please get do contact us. Further schools will be added once workshops are confirmed.
Jack Tizard School – 10th July
Parayhouse School – 28th June
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Bathrooms: 3.5
Square Footage: 4193
Lot Size: 9016
4 bedroom, 2.5 bath main house, plus fully equipped, detached, legal separate unit with kitchenette, storage, living area/bedroom and full bathroom with jet-stream tub. Main house has an immaulate landscape wrap around patio, and deck with spectacular bay views and French Doors to living/dining room. 2 car attached garage plus 3 dedicated parking spots, large family room and den, open entry way. Perfect for indoor-outdoor living and entertaining.
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How to Find if the Contents of a Folder Changed
Here is a frequent question we get from our G Suite super admins who use GAT+.
'I want to know when the contents of a folder change?' In GAT+ we can automate and set up a scheduled report to give us this information.
Go to Drive Audit, Search for the folder you are interested in using the Apply custom filters button.
Select the following search parameters:
- Make the type of the search equal to a 'Title / Description Search'
- Enter the title of the folder into the Terms field.
- In the Definition area, select the search parameter Type equal Folder and also Owner equal to user's email address.
Once the folder appears in the Drive result table. Click on the drop-down menu next to the title of the folder. Select the option to 'Show contents of this folder and its subfolders'. Selecting this option will expand the folder completely open and all files within its folder tree will be displayed.
Now a search will start. You can refresh the screen to see if the search is complete. Once its done, Apply the filter.
Once we access the content of the folder we can make another search to find files which have been updated since yesterday. The reason why we are looking back a single day is that we want to create a scheduled report which runs daily and shows us files which have been updated in this folder, this report will run automatically each day and it will update the dates selected and increment it to reflect the new day.
Underneath the Long Search ID parameter, add another rule called Updated after or equal yesterday's date. The select the option 'Scheduled'.
The report will be shared with you via email with a Google spreadsheet attached.
If this receives 0 results in the spreadsheet it just means nothing changed in that folder since the previous day.


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Our implants
We offer you systems with a wide range of possibilities allowing surgeons great freedom in their decision-making: thoraco-lumbar, cervico-thoracic, cervical and paediatric fixation systems, thoraco-lumbar, percutaneous and cervical interbody fusion systems, a cervical disk prosthesis. Our systems are mutually compatible, while, at the same time, meeting the needs of spinal surgery indications.
Thoraco-lumbar fixation
We offer you systems with a wide range of possibilities allowing surgeons great freedom in their decision-making. With the same screw, we give the surgeon an intra-operative choice between plates or rods of 5 or 6 mm, we have a huge range of monoaxial or polyaxial screws of different diameters and lenghts, "top-loading" and "side loading". We have rigid, semi-rigid and dynamic fixation systems, posterior fixation systems, posterior and posterior-lateral percutaneous or anterior-lateral fixation systems to solve problems of degenerative, traumatic, scoliotic, lordotic and tumoral spinal problems.
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Wether your client is looking for titanium alloy or peek interbody cages, we can provide you with both. We have total surface graft cages for the anterior approach, screw or impaction, posterior or interior interbody cages, interbody cages for percutaneous posterior-lateral approach or anterior-lateral approach. all of our interbody cages offer a large grafting surface and have simple effective intrumentation.
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Cervical and paediatric fixation
We have single, double or locking anterior cervical plates of different lenghts. the cervical screws fit just as wel onto our anterior cervical plates as onto our posterior cervical plates.the instruments are common to the anterior and posterior systems. we can offer you a paediatric posterior stabilization system with or without fixation of the ocipito-cervical hinge joint. This low profile sustem contains "tulip" polyaxial screws, 3mm rods, occipital rod-plates, cranial screws and 3x5mm rod connectors to connect onto the classiscal monoaxial or polyaxial "tulip" screws. It is intended for children and alolescents.
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Choose between a classical interbody titanium alloy cage system which can be connected to the anterior cervical plate via a connection screw or a "standing alone" interbody millimetrical and anatomical peek cage system.


text: We are gradually working through the pages on the left of this Blog and updating them. Some of them are so old that they still refer to Addington Action! Everyone is welcome to comment on what is out of date and what needs to be here. Today Elaine has updated "How it works". Comments are welcome - especially from Adrienne and Laurelle at the shop, and Karen and Teresa who also have weekly jobs to do - have I got it right?


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Premium passengers sleep better in those lie-flat seats in premium cabins, and airline CFOs would probably sleep better with light lie-flat antennas replacing those heavy, draggy radomes now needed for satellite broadband communication. CEO David Helfgott told attendees at the 2017 Global Aircraft Connectivity Summit that Phasor Solutions is "targeting" the second half of 2018 for having its lighter, flatter electronically steerable antenna (ESA) for Ku-band ready for the market.
Phasor antennas come in modules. For aviation, Phasor is working on six- and ten-module versions, the latter with a bigger footprint but also providing more signal gain. The six-module version would be about 36 by 42 inches in size and weigh only 26 pounds, versus the several hundred pounds now necessary for mechanically steered models and their radomes. And both six and ten-module ESAs would be less than two inches thick, a dramatic reduction in drag from radome heights.
No moving parts on ESAs also means better reliability and less maintenance. Airlines hate to incur downtime to fix a purely ancillary feature like a satcomm connection. "We will have a better MTBR [mean time between removals] than mechanical antennas," Helfgott stressed.
The Phasor CEO emphasized his antenna will be more than just electronically steered. Its software-defined operation will enable nearly instantaneous tracking, tracking of multiple beams and dynamic beam sharing. "It will transform mobility," Helfgott argued.
Flat ESAs that conform to fuselage shapes can lose performance at higher latitude, at least with current satellites. On the other hand, the low earth orbit satellites that may be coming would almost require something like an ESA to track adequately.
The Ku-band version of Phasor's antenna has just finished Technology Readiness Level 7, on the TRL 0-9 scale. Beta testing for TRL 8 will begin in the third quarter of 2017, and "will take as long as it takes," Helfgott said.
Phasor is talking to satcomm integrators now and is working on a Ka-band version of its ESA.


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It's no secret that Megan Fox is one of the sexiest women in Hollywood. And, it's very well-known that she's one of the most stylish A-listers, too! But, it's actress' latest look that has really gotten people's attention. She posted a selfie that was SO sexy that it looks like Fox is practically naked! Click the next slide to see the look that nearly broke the internet!
[Photos: Instagram]
Ooh La La! Can you believe that she's had three kids? The actress can be seen wearing a white lacy corset in her latest Instagram selfie. Fox's sexy outfit was definitely well-recieved by her fans. One fan wrote, "Hottest woman on the planet!" and "Omggg you are so hot."
So, what's the special occasion? Fox posted this sexy pic to give fans a sneak peek at her new line, The Megan Fox Collection, with lingerie brand Frederick's of Hollywood!
Fox's special Holiday 2017 collection with Frederick's of Hollywood officially launched on Nov. 1, and everything in the collection looks AMAZING. Fox can be seen modeling some of the pieces in this promo pic that she shared via Instagram. We're loving the sexy velvet black bra she's rocking in the pic. And, check out that strappy garter!
"These pieces make you feel an awakened appreciation for your body," says Fox, who designed each of the looks. "I think being sexy and comfortable in your body is a wonderful thing, and I don't mind being acknowledged or appreciated for it."
Wow, we're OBSESSED with everything in the Megan Fox Collection. Head on over to Fredericks.com to shop the entire collection now!


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ATEC secures strategic investment by US fund The Energy & Minerals Group
18 February, 2011
- ATEC secures significant investment by The Energy & Minerals Group, a specialist global private equity fund focussed on investments in minerals, mining and associated infrastructure
- ATEC fully funded to complete financial close of their equity share of the approx $1.0bn Surat Basin Rail project
- The transaction has received shareholder and government approvals
- EMG principals to join ATEC Board of Directors
ATEC, the founder and one third owner of the Surat Basin Rail project (SBR) is pleased to announce that The Energy & Minerals Group ("EMG") has committed to the acquisition of a major equity stake in the company. Two EMG Directors will join the ATEC Board of Directors.
The funds provided by EMG will allow ATEC to meet its total equity commitment to the construction of the SBR project. The approx. $1.0billion railway project is a 210km rail corridor linking Wandoan to Banana completing the transport link between Toowoomba and Gladstone often referred to as the 'Southern Missing Link'. The SBR is crucial for the transportation of mainly thermal coal to the proposed Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal ("WICETâ€) at the Port of Gladstone. The three equity partners in SBR are QR National, Xstrata Coal (QLD) and ATEC are working closely with the Queensland Government to deliver the project in the same timeline as Stage 2 of the WICET.
Director & CEO of ATEC, John Balassis, said "the significant investment by EMG recognizes and reinforces the vision of ATEC founder Everald Compton in establishing the company to create and expand inland rail corridors to improve the connectivity and efficiency of Australia's export capacity. SBR is ATEC's first project and we have been working on its development since 2004. In the Surat there is an estimated five billion tonnes of thermal coal which is being demanded by international markets and we acknowledge Anna Bligh's vision in granting ATEC's mandate application in 2006, thus allowing the potential for this valuable resource to be exported to the world.â€
ATEC has three core investments, which are focused on servicing the bulk mineral and commodity industries in rail development projects, managing bulk and intermodal terminal land and in a joint venture company, Intermodal Terminal Services Pty Limited, which services the above rail and rail infrastructure industries.
Balassis said "One and a half decades after its founding, the investment by EMG signifies the transformation of ATEC into a dedicated rail network infrastructure and services business capable of originating and funding significant rail projects. We are delighted to welcome aboard the experience and expertise that EMG brings to ATEC and together look forward to growing the business in close association with EMG within Australia.â€
Matthew Storey of Patersons Corporate Finance advised ATEC.
About ATEC
Australian Transport & Energy Corridor Limited ("ATECâ€) is focussed on developing open access rail infrastructure as an independent non integrated service provider. The infrastructure it is seeking to develop is primarily exposed to the bulk mineral industry. ATEC's additional rail projects in the pipeline include the Border Rail project, which connects the Southern Surat and Northern Gunnedah mineral basins to the Port of Newcastle. It is in pre feasibility stage and recently received Significant Project Status from the Commonwealth government. ATEC is currently assessing the bankability of the project.
ATEC has also established a freight terminals exposure through the management of ATEC Freight Terminals Trust. The Trust is developing an open access freight terminal at Toowoomba QLD to service the emerging Surat Basin. It has also secured other sites, which it is seeking to develop. ATEC is also in a joint venture company, Intermodal Terminal Services, developed in partnership with James Wilson, who founded South Spur Rail. Intermodal Terminal Services provides maintenance and management services to rail network and rolling stock owners and providers. It has service centres in Perth, Sydney and Newcastle.
For further information call John Balassis 07 3003 0900; Everald Compton 07 3862 9879.
About EMG
The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG) is a private investment firm with a family of funds that invest in the energy and minerals sectors. EMG makes equity investments of $150 to $400 million in entities with talented, experienced management teams, focused on hard assets that are integral to existing and growing markets.
For more information see www.emgtx.com


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Located in Broward County, FL, Advanced Industrial Hygiene Serves, Inc. provides occupational and community noise consulting services. We use Cassella CEL Model 360 Noise Dosimeters capable of providing time-weighted average noise dose measurements in the employee hearing zone in compliance with the OSHA noise standard (29CFR1910.95). Community noise assessments are performed with a CEL-633 Integrating Octave Band Digital Sound Level Meter in conjunction with a CEL 6847 Environmental Case Kit. The CEL-633 satisfies the requirements of IEC 61762 Class 1 for precision sound level meters. It also meets the requirements of ISO 1996 and BS4142 for environmental noise measurement. The configuration of the monitoring system allows the following features:
• Simultaneous broadband and frequency measurement
• Data markers
• Real-time frequency analysis
• Single measurement range
• Triggered 'event' capture significant noise
Up to 60 hours of audio files can be stored that can be used for noisesource identification. Stored audio can be played back on the instrument using headphones or downloaded to Casella insight software. For unattended monitoring, event mode (CEL-633) allows trigger levels (dB) to be set, so additional data (e.g. Leq, Lmax) is stored together with the audio file for later analysis, as well as a profiles down to 10ms intervals. The environmental noise monitoring kit protects the instrument and microphone from the weather and allows unattended monitoring for up 10 days.
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AIHS is certified by the Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development as a County Business Enterprise (CBE).


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As Alien this perfume is out of this world. This unique, feminine scent is composed of white amber, Indian jasmine, orange blossom and cashmeran wood . Thierry Mugler launched Alien in 2005 after the huge success of Angel.
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The Bears improved to 16-1 on the season and moved on to the Sweet 16 with a 3-0 result versus a scrappy Lanier Longhorn squad, Wednesday, April 25th.
Supportive Bear fans came dressed for the "White Out" with cowbells, flags, horns and plenty of energy for a first round state playoff match. After three days of EOC testing, the boys showed signs of being a bit sluggish in an important match which while not their best of the season, still earned them the win and a clean sheet.
Cambridge controlled the ball most of the match having a number of scoring opportunities but could not find the back of the net until the 30 minute mark in the 1st half: John Crawley earned a penalty kick and Ethan Rose stepped up and buried the ball in the back of the net, Cambridge 1 Lanier 0. As the first half ended, there was activity from end to end but no scores. Lanier only had one shot on frame during the first half of play compared to multiple shots for Cambridge.
As the second half opened, Cambridge continued to control the pace and possession and Lanier began to chase the match which provided more wide open play and many chances for the Bears. In the 49th minute, Jarvin Ramirez earned a penalty kick which Reece Degan confidently put in the back of the net, Cambridge 2 Lanier 0.
As the match progressed into the 2nd half, Cambridge had numerous chances in front of the goal with no luck while Lanier pressed and chased the match more. Finally in the 77th minute, Jarvin Ramirez played a long diagonal ball to John Crawley who beat his defender with speed and then juked an over-aggressive goalie before slotting the ball into the far side netting, Cambridge 3 Lanier 0, final score.
With this result, Cambridge earned the right to host a second-round State Playoff match at home, Wednesday May 2nd, against a very formidable , 9th ranked Allatoona (13-4-1), who beat Douglas County 6-2 in the first round play-off game. Kick-off is at 7:30PM.
Come out and cheer-on your Bears to another victory and a trip to the Elite 8.


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If you would like to read my review of the last episode of The Flash, click here.
Synopsis: When Barry and Oliver Queen wake up one morning and realize they have swapped bodies, the two set off to find out what disturbed the timeline to cause such a shift. (TVGuide)
Writers: Eric Wallace and Sam Chalsen
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Rating: TV-PG
Running Time: 43mins
Airs: Tuesdays at 8pm on Space (Canada)/The CW (United States)
Finally, the DCTV universe crossover we have been waiting months for! After months of anticipation and teasing the Elseworlds storyline, we finally have made it. And, it was well worth the wait! The Flash kickstarted the three-night crossover event, and it was everything fans could have wanted from it.
What really stands about this crossover already is that it is not about the "ooh" and "aah" moments. It's about Barry and Oliver, their friendship, and the internal struggles each have with their individual superhero personas. It's actually quite genius, and it really lives up to all the hype.
The episode begins with Dr. John Deegan (who we've seen in the promos) lecturing to a group of psychiatrists. His peers aren't in agreement with his idea of "perfecting" their patients. He comes face to face with the Monitor who likes Deegan's ideas and hands over the Book of Destiny to do as he pleases with reality.
His first decision? To muck around with Barry and Oliver's reality and make them each other. They both wake up to find that they are each other (Barry is the Green Arrow, Oliver is The Flash). The both of them have each other's abilities and everyone around them truly believes they are who they are. Side note: Iris embracing and trying to kiss Oliver is so weird!
The best part about the episode is how truly hilarious it is. They're both so perplexed by what has happened and immediately are thrown into each other's lives. Oliver has to prevent a break-in while Barry trains with Diggle and then is off to a fight. Everything about them trying to make sense of what they can and can't do is the most entertaining to watch.
Oliver fails miserably and immediately heads off to Star City to find Barry. Naturally, Team Flash would be the one to fix everything, but instead of helping, they imprison Barry and Oliver. They're suspicious of what they're claiming has happened, and until they figure out what to do, they lock them up.
While in the cell, Barry and Oliver realize that perhaps only their Earth is affected and that they should go visit Kara to see if she recognizes them. After jamming up the toilet and finding a way out, they run into Iris who lets them go after Barry appeals to her heart. One of the most genius things about this crossover is that it knows why they're so cheesy at times, and they fully embrace it. The banter between Oliver and Barry is the perfect example of it, and we are so here for it.
Barry and Oliver head to Smallville where they finally meet the Superman! Aaaand, Lois Lane! It's all so very exciting as the Smallville nostalgia starts to seep in while the O.G. theme song begins to play. Thankfully, Kara knows exactly who they are! There's a hilarious moment during Barry and Oliver's first conversation with Superman as Oliver sticks out his chest to appear bigger. Seriously, could this crossover be any better?
Both Barry and Oliver get into heated arguments initially because this is all so new and it doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Oliver is super serious, while Barry is trying to have fun with it all. But they finally come to an understanding of what needs to be done, and that they have to really become one another until things are in their right place.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash finally comes to their senses and realizes that Barry and Oliver were telling the truth. It helps that Cisco vibes the Monitor and realizes something is definitely amiss (the weird skies didn't give it away, guys?). Cisco heads to Smallville to get Barry and Oliver because AMAZO, a power-stealing robot is running amok in Central City. Cue amazing fight scenes!
Together, Superman, Supergirl, The Flash, and the Green Arrow attempt to take down AMAZO, but end up having their powers copied by the robot instead. Cisco and Caitlin realize they need to inject a virus within the robot to take it down, and voila! Success!
Cisco shares his vibe with Barry and Oliver, and apparently, the Monitor knows they are watching him. Say what?! They have no idea what they are up against, but Oliver did take note to something in the background during the vibe. Wayne Tower. YES, that's right–GOTHAM CITY!
Finally! Finally! Finally!
The crossover continues tonight with an episode of Arrow but The Flash is done with episodes for the year. See ya next year, folks!
Score: 8.5/10
Check out my TV blog to read reviews, recaps, and much more! Be sure to follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and like my Facebook page! @watchwithreebs


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CDR would like to thank all of our sponsors, volunteers, attendees, and other supporters for another successful Bid 'n Buy Auction.
If you won any of our auction packages, they are available for pickup at CDR's office in Norge, located at 150 Point O'Woods Road.
Congratulations to the winner of our $10,000 cash raffle, Richard Giannini!


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One of the things I love the best about WordPress is the "blog stats" feature. It is via this feature that I found out that there are quite a few people finding my blog via a web search for "promise ring" or "promise rings". So…if you found me because you're looking for custom made promise rings featuring your very own sentiment hand-stamped on the inside of a sterling silver band style ring, just click here to find listings for that very thing!
It's hard to believe that I've been making these rings for almost 10 years! They've been featured in boutiques and galleries all over the world, in the pages of Seasons catalog and for the past 5 years, Sundance Catalog's jewelry catalog! They'll be back in Sundance Catalog this Spring for their Valentine's jewelry catalog. Very cool stuff. I love that catalog. (edit: I've added the results page for "promise ring" on SundanceCatalog.com's jewelry page…just in case you wanted to see it for yourself :)
In the meantime, you can purchase them at my Etsy shop — click on the picture below to go directly to the "rings" section of my shop:


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With the jet stream dipping way down south this weekend, we're going to get our first freeze. Sarah picked all of the green tomatoes yesterday and lined them up on the windowsill in hopes that some of them will ripen.
Our book basket currently holds books about what animals do in the winter, and many of them hibernate. In the cold weather, I feel like brewing a fresh press of coffee and curling up with a quilt and a good book to hibernate!
"Under the Snow" by Melissa Stewart
"Grandmother Winter" by Phyllis Root
"Hibernation Station" by Michelle Meadows
"Time to Sleep" by Denise Fleming
"Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane" by Victoria Sherrow
"Over and Under the Snow" by Kate Messner
"Baby Bear Counts One" by Ashley Wolff
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***Husky Connection*** Week of Jan. 18 ~ Jan. 22
Good evening CHE families!
Here is what's happening this week at our school~
Monday, January 18th: No School, in observance of MLK day.
Tuesday, January 19th: Kindergarten Registration Open House, 6 pm
Thursday, January 21st: First Grade Music Concert, 7 pm **Lot's of photo opportunities for yearbook submission!**
Looking Ahead:
Friday, January 29th: Free Dress & Popcorn Friday
Next Month:
February 2nd: 4th Grade Music Concert, 7 pm **Lot's of photo opportunities for yearbook submission!**
February 5th: Student of the Month Assembly, 9:30 am
ATTENTION 5th Grade Families: The yearbook team is requesting baby photos for the yearbook. Digital copies are best. Please email to email@example.com. If you need to send in a photo, please place photo in an envelope with the name of the student and 5th grade teacher and put ATTN: Yearbook on the outside of the envelope. If you have any questions, please email the yearbook team at email@example.com. Deadline is February 5th, 2016. Here is the flyer that will be coming home with our 5th Grade families: baby photos flyer
Please continue to stay informed and be sure to checkout our Facebook page as well! Thanks and Have a great week!