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Dull-looking, stiff or sticky hair may suffer from the side effects of hard water, which leaves mineral deposits on surfaces washed in it. Soft water can restore the hair's shine.
Hard Water and Soft Water
Hard water contains traces of minerals such as magnesium and calcium that can form spots on clothes or dishes. These minerals are removed from soft water.
Water and Hair
The mineral residues from hard water may make hair feel sticky and display little shine or health, according to FreeDrinkingWater.com.
Water Softeners
A water softener consists of a mineral tank and a brine (salt water) tank. According to Popular Mechanics, the softening process uses the brine's sodium to flush calcium and magnesium out of the water.
Hair washed in soft water will appear shinier and healthier than hair subjected to hard water. Since hard water causes less buildup in household pipes and appliances, requiring less energy for appliance operation, homeowners may find they spend less on electricity.
FreeDrinkingWater.com cautions that people with heart or blood vessel disorders should avoid drinking soft water because it contains sodium. People on sodium-restricted diets should also steer clear of soft water.
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Los Angeles S&T Newsletter #63 – June 2015
The Office for Science and Technology would like to wish our readers a happy summer, but fear not, there are no vacations in science. Once again we have for you upcoming events, programs, and funds occurring in June to look through and attend. We hope you find them as interesting and valuable as we do !
FACTS Denver – Registration is now open to reserve seats at FACTS Denver to all who wish to attend. On June 24th, 2015 the French Ameri-Can Climate TalkS (FACTS) will be traveling to Denver to hold a conference highlighting climate change's effects on health and the quality of life from the perspectives of France and Colorado. Held at MSU Denver, the conference will welcome a variety of speakers and panelists to discuss the issue in detail, with a special emphasis on water as well as new emerging diseases. FACTS Denver and several other similar conferences around the United States and Canada are building up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the COP 21-Paris Climate 2015, hosted in France this December 2015. Find more details and information regarding registration here and follow this link to reserve a seat through Eventbrite.
FR-US Networking Event in Science & Technology – On May 11, 2015, the Consul general of France in Los Angeles graciously hosted a French-American Networking Event in Science and Technology aimed at assembling and honoring scientific alumni advancing Franco-American scientific research efforts. This event in Los Angeles was a huge success, with the attendance of all scientific attachés and representatives of French research organizations. Consul general Axel Cruau and Counselor for Science and Technology for the Embassy of France in the US Minh-Hà Pham spoke about the importance of such scientific collaboration. We thank all attendees for their work between our two countries.
La French Tech – For France to become a digital nation, the government has started a program to promote and help French start-ups expand and mature. This program also aims to internationalize French start-ups and increase the international appeal of French Tech by uniting French start-ups in entrepreneurial hubs all over the world. In this way French Tech Hubs help start-ups expand into the international market, forming an international network. Coming up in June in our district are meetings to evaluate French presence in innovative ecosystems in metropolitan areas. If you would like to attend or participate in a meeting please follow this link.
Visit the website for the Office for Science and Technology at the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles to explore in detail our activities and events as they occur in June.
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To read the full version of the June 2015 newsletter, please scroll down. You can also register here to receive emails about events organized by the OST LA.
May 1, 2015 : Patients with Gastrointestinal Tumors at Higher Risk of Other Cancers
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine conducted the first population-based study that characterizes the association and temporal relationship between gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and other cancers. The results, published by Cancer on April 30, indicate that one in 5.8 patients with GIST will develop additional malignancies before and after their diagnosis.
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May 4, 2015 : All sugars are not equally desirable, new study finds
When it comes to sweeteners, one indulgence makes our brains predisposed to do it, according to a new study by researchers at Keck Medicine of USC. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences'"Early Edition," Kathleen Page, assistant professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, details the results of a study that sought to better understand how sugar affects brain-reward pathways and the motivation to eat.
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May 4, 2015 : Tracking Photosynthesis from Space
Watching plants perform photosynthesis from space sounds like a futuristic proposal, but a new application of data from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite may enable scientists to do just that. The new technique, which allows researchers to analyze plant productivity from far above Earth, will provide a clearer picture of the global carbon cycle and may one day help researchers determine the best regional farming practices and even spot early signs of drought.
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May 5, 2015 : Caltech, JPL Team Captures Movement on Nepal Earthquake Fault Rupture
Using a combination of satellite radar imaging data, GPS data measured in and near Nepal, and seismic observations from instruments around the world, Caltech and JPL scientists have constructed a preliminary picture of what happened below Earth's surface during the recent 7.8-magnitude Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
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May 6, 2015 : Molecular Homing Beacon Redirects Human Antibodies to Fight Pathogenic Bacteria
With the threat of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens growing, new ideas to treat infections are sorely needed. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences report preliminary success testing an entirely novel approach — tagging bacteria with a molecular "homing beacon" that attracts pre-existing antibodies to attack the pathogens. The study is published by the Journal of Molecular Medicine.
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May 7, 2015 : Study of Giant South China Sea Internal Waves Provides First-Ever View of Life Cycle
An international research team that included physical oceanographers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, characterized for the first time the entire life cycle of internal ocean waves that can reach 500 meters (1,600 feet) in height before breaking. In the study, the researchers observed internal waves that break in the South China Sea. These are the largest waves produced in the world's oceans, producing up to 10,000 times the amount of turbulence typically found in the open ocean.
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May 7, 2015 : As Life Slips by : Why Eye Movement Doesn't Blur the Picture
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Shiley Eye Institute have identified the molecular "glue" that builds the brain connections that keep visual images clear and still, even as objects or your eyes move. Using mouse models, the researchers demonstrate that image stabilization depends upon two proteins, Contactin-4 and amyloid precursor protein, binding during embryonic development. The study is published May 7 by Neuron.
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May 7, 2015 : Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Linked to Accelerated Aging
In recent years, public health concerns about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have risen significantly, driven in part by affected military veterans returning from conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere. PTSD is associated with number of psychological maladies, among them chronic depression, anger, insomnia, eating disorders and substance abuse. Writing in the May 7 online issue of American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System suggest that people with PTSD may also be at risk for accelerated aging or premature senescence.
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May 11, 2015 : Brain cells capable of "early-career" switch
Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered that the role of neurons–which are responsible for specific tasks in the brain–is much more flexible than previously believed.
By studying sensory neurons in mice, the Salk team found that malfunction of a single molecule can prompt the neuron to make an "early-career" switch, changing a neuron originally destined to process sound or touch, for example, to instead process vision. The finding, reported May 11, 2015 in PNAS, will help neuroscientists better understand how brain architecture is molecularly encoded and how it can become miswired. It may also point to ways to prevent or treat human disorders (such as autism) that feature substantial brain structure abnormalities.
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May 19, 2015 : UCLA researchers identify a potentially effective treatment for methamphetamine addiction
A new study by UCLA researchers has found that Naltrexone, a drug used to treat alcoholism, may also be a promising treatment for addiction to methamphetamine.
"The results were about as good as you could hope for," said Lara Ray, a UCLA associate professor of psychology, director of the UCLA Addictions Laboratory and lead author of the new study. The study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, was the first in the U.S. to evaluate Naltrexone for treating methamphetamine addiction.
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May 20, 2015 : New Studies of Rocks Show Earliest Forms of Life in Antarctic Ice Caves and in South African Lava
Hubert Staudigel, a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, and his collaborators have completed two studies about fossils in volcanic rocks, and the biological activity in some of the earth's harshest environments. These studies are helping researchers understand how life may have emerged under the physical and chemical conditions that existed on Earth billions of years ago.
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May 21, 2015 : Controlling a Robotic Arm with a Patient's Intentions
Neural prosthetic devices implanted in the brain's movement center, the motor cortex, can allow patients with amputations or paralysis to control the movement of a robotic limb—one that can be either connected to or separate from the patient's own limb. However, current neuroprosthetics produce motion that is delayed and jerky—not the smooth and seemingly automatic gestures associated with natural movement. Now, by implanting neuroprosthetics in a part of the brain that controls not the movement directly but rather our intent to move, Caltech researchers have developed a way to produce more natural and fluid motions.
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May 4 : Study points to possible treatment for lethal pediatric brain cancer
Using brain tumor samples collected from children in the United States and Europe, an international team of scientists found that the drug panobinostat and similar gene regulating drugs may be effective at treating diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG), an aggressive and lethal form of pediatric cancer. The study, published in Nature Medicine, was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and more than 25 nonprofit foundations devoted to finding cures for childhood brain cancer.
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May 6, 2015 : NIH study solves ovarian cell mystery, shedding new light on reproductive disorders
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have solved a long-standing mystery about the origin of one of the cell types that make up the ovary. The team also discovered how ovarian cells share information during development of an ovarian follicle, which holds the maturing egg. Researchers believe this new information on basic ovarian biology will help them better understand the cause of ovarian disorders, such as premature ovarian failure and polycystic ovarian syndrome, conditions that both result in hormone imbalances and infertility in women.
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May 11, 2015 : Ease of weight loss influenced by individual biology
For the first time in a lab, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found evidence supporting the commonly held belief that people with certain physiologies lose less weight than others when limiting calories. Study results published May 11 in Diabetes.
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May 7, 2015 : Viagra to prevent transmission of the malaria parasite
By increasing the stiffness of erythrocytes infected by the causal agent of malaria, Viagra favors their elimination from the blood circulation and may therefore reduce transmission of the parasite from humans to mosquitoes. This astonishing discovery, made by scientists from the CNRS, INSERM, Université Paris Descartes – at the Institut Cochin – and the Institut Pasteur, working in collaboration with a team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, could lead to a treatment to reduce the spread of malaria within a population. Their work is published in PLOS Pathogens on 7 May 2015.
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May 7, 2015 : From monkeys to humans : the importance of interspecies transmission in the emergence of retroviruses in Central Africa
The Oncogenic Virus Epidemiology and Pathophysiology (EPVO) Unit directed by Professor Antoine Gessain at the Institut Pasteur has recently focused its research on a high-risk population for interspecies transmission, namely hunters of NHPs in Central Africa, in a bid to shed light on how STLV-1/HTLV-1 retroviruses were transmitted from monkeys to humans. The scientists conducting this study, which was published on February 25, 2015 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, demonstrated that a severe bite from a monkey, particularly a gorilla, represents a major risk factor for HTLV-1 infection.
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May 11, 2015 : Glucose to help blindness
The loss of cones, those photoreceptors located in the retina, is the major cause of disability for people with inherited retinal degeneration. Preventing their loss would prevent more than a million people worldwide from becoming blind. Retinitis pigmentosa, a type of inherited retinal degeneration, is generally diagnosed in young adults. This condition results from progressive degeneration of the photoreceptors located in the retina (rods and cones). In this new study, Thierry Leveillard and his team have elucidated the mechanism of action of RdCVF on the cones : it promotes their survival by stimulating aerobic glycolysis.
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May 27, 2015 : Successful launch for Ariane 5 on 27 May 2015
A new Ariane 5 ECA model orbited 2 telecommunications satellites on wednesday 27 May 2015 from the Guiana Space Centre : DirectTV-15 and SKY México-1. The launcher lifted off at 18:16 (Kourou), 23:16 (Paris).
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'Deep into the human immune response in infections and vaccination
Tuesday June 2, 2015, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Neuroscience Research Building, Room 132
Featured Speaker : Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sekaly
More Information : http://happenings.ucla.edu/all/event/167920
Minimizing a bacterial genome by global design and synthesis
June 10, 2015, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Neuroscience Research Building, Room 132
Featured Speaker : Dr. Clyde Hutchinson, University of North Carolina
More Information : http://happenings.ucla.edu/all/event/169338
UC San Diego
Herbert Stern Lecture by Alexander Schier—The Molecular Control of Embryogenesis : Insights from Zebrafish
June 15, 2015 – 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Natural Sciences Building Auditorium (room 1205)
Featured Speaker : Alexander Schier
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies
More Information : http://www.salk.edu/events/scientific_seminars.html
Dissecting the Corticostriatal Subcircuits for Action
June 2, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Location : University of California, San Diego Marilyn G. Farquhar Seminar Room (formerly CNCB)
Featured Speaker : Xin Jin, Harvard University
Conserved R-loop Structures As Novel Functional Elements in Mammalian Genomes
June 18, 2015 – 4:00 p.m.
Trustees' Room
Featured Speaker : Frederic L. Chedin, University of California, Davis
The World of CRISPRs : From Biology to Transformative Technology
June 25, 2015 – 4:00 p.m.
Conrad T. Prebys Auditorium
Featured Speaker : Jennifer Doudna, University of California, Berkeley
The Scripps Research Institute
More Information : http://www.scripps.edu/california/events/seminars.html
Faculty Lecture Series : "Immune Crosstalk in Epithelial Barrier Tissues"
June 10, 2015 – 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location : Valerie Timkin Amphitheater, Scripps Green Hospital
Featured Speaker : Wendy Havran, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Immunology & Microbial Science, TSRI
In vivo discovery of novel targets for cancer immunotherapy
June 18, 2015 - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
MBB2N - The Committee Lecture Hall
Featured Speaker : Kai W. Wucherpfennig, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Harvard Medical School ; Professor & Co-chair, Cancer Immunology & AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Axonal fusion : an alternative mechanism to repair injured axons
June 30, 2015 - 10:00 AM
DNC1 - Dorris Center Auditorium
Featured Speaker : Massimo A. Hilliard, Ph.D., Associate Professor/Group Leader, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
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The new year is almost here! Wishing a happy, healthy & prosperous new year to all of you.
I have put together my schedule of classes, workshops, and events for the first quarter of 2010 on my website at http://aquarianbath.com/events.html where you can also watch for events later in the year.
Hope to see those of you who are in the Daytona Beach or St. Augustine area soon.
January 16th workshop at the Sea Side Herb Society Meeting in Ormond Beach at the corner of Beach St. and Granada on using locally grown herbs for body care. 10:15 a.m. Saturday
February 5th vending in Daytona Beach 5-9 p.m. First Friday Art Walk on Beach Street
February 6th Natural Salve and Balm Making in St. Augustine at Maggie's Herb Farm Saturday February 6, 2010 10:30 AM- 2:30 PM Learn to make your infused herbal oils, salves and balms. We will gather fresh herbs for making a wound salve and learn to make a black drawing salve and lip balms. Learn about oil bases appropriate for balm and salve making and a variety of herbs that can be used in salves and infused oils. A hands on workshop Fee $35. bring a sack lunch Register at http://www.maggiesherbfarm.com
February 20th. Introduction to Herbal Aromatics Perfumery and Incense Saturday at Maggies Herb Farm in St. Augustine 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM Join us for an introduction to incense and natural perfumery. We will be making all natural cone incense with dried herbs and resins and solid perfume with pure essential oils. We will be working with a variety of dried herbs including those available at the farm including Lemon Verbena and Patchouli. Bring a sack lunch $35. Register at http://www.maggiesherbfarm.com
March 5th vending at the First Friday Art Walk on Beach Street in Daytona 5-9 p.m.
March 6th Herbal Medicine Making: Tinctures, and Syrups Saturday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Learn the basic methods for herbal home medicine making for your family. This is a hands on class in which you gather herbs from the farm for making tinctures and a cough syrup. We will focus on methods for making preparations, properties, of herbs used during the class including Mints, Holy Basil, Patchouli, Thyme and more. Fee $35. bring a sack lunch. A hands on workshop. Instructor Cory Trusty. Register at http://www.maggiesherbfarm.com
March 27th Vending at the Sea Side Herb Society's Herb Fair in Ormond Beach at the corner of Beach St. and Granada.


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If it gets to the point where you feel they're blatantly being hostile, I'd definitely recommend reporting them, otherwise I think a lot of the more blaming elements of people's responses stems from miscommunication/language barriers/differing social etiquette, I've noticed some frequent forum dwellers have a tendency towards being a lot more abrasive in their comments overall, but most anytime they've been called out for it have sincerely apologized and expressed that they did not intend it to come across that way. That being said, that's still lame you've been made to feel that way and I'm sorry to hear that --and to anyone reading my great wall of texts, rest assured there's no obligation to know every character, name, and plot thread in the comic in order to read in and participate in the community, EVER, and even if some forumites may be curt in response to questions, always feel free to ask anything you need to for clarity and ignore those arse hats :>


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What is Western Isles Cruises Ltd doing about GDPR?
We take our responsibilities under GDPR seriously. That's why we've embarked on a programme to identify which measures we need to implement to be compliant with GDPR, and are working to implement them in time for 25 May this year. Here is a quick summary of what we've done to date:
How we collect your data
When you visit our websites or use our services, we collect personal data. The ways we collect it can be broadly categorised into the following:
Information you provide to us directly: When you visit or use some parts of our websites and/or services we might ask you to provide personal data to us. For example, we ask for your contact information when you place a booking with us, join us on social media, contact us with questions or request support. If you don't want to provide us with personal data, you don't have to, but it might mean you can't use some parts of our websites or services.
Information we collect automatically: We collect some information about you automatically when you visit our website or use our services, like your IP address and device type. We also collect information when you navigate through our website and services, including what pages you looked at and what links you clicked on. This information is useful for us as it helps us get a better understanding of how you're using our website and services so that we can continue to provide the best experience possible.
Some of this information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies.
We also operate a 24h CCTV system in our ticket office, on the MV Western Isles and Larven vessels for your personal safety whilst traveling with us and for security.
How we use your data
First and foremost, we use your personal data to operate our website and provide you with any services you've requested, and to manage our relationship with you. We also use your personal data for other purposes, which may include the following:
To communicate with you. This may include:
To support you: This may include assisting with the resolution of technical support issues or other issues relating to the website or services, whether by email, in-app support or otherwise.
To enhance our website and services and develop new ones: For example, by tracking and monitoring your use of our website and services so we can keep improving, or by carrying out technical analysis of our website and services so that we can optimise your user experience and provide you with more efficient tools.
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Security is a priority for us when it comes to your personal data. We're committed to protecting your personal data and have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to make sure that happens.
We do not hold any credit card information, this is all done through Stripe who are fully compliant with GDRP.
The only data we hold is what you give us when you book at the ticket office i.e. phone and email so that we can contact you in the event of cancelation or change to the service.
All our computers are encrypted, fire walled and password protected.
We only share this information with the credit card and booking system third parties to enable us to provide the service you have requested when purchasing a ticket.
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Avengers writer Jonathan Hickman has explained why the title's team roster had to be expanded for the Marvel NOW! era.
The scribe said that twice-monthly it will feature "bigger threats" and "bigger stakes" than before, forcing the creative team to include a group of up to 20 heroes.
"We made it, if possible, even bigger and the threats even larger and the stakes even higher," he told USA Today.
"As a result, we needed a bigger team, so we'll have arguably one of the largest Avengers teams in the history of the franchise and things just spiral out of control from there."
Avengers will feature a rotating artistic lineup of Jerome Opena, Dustin Weaver, Adam Kubert and Mike Deodato.
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It's amazing that a little glitch can cause a big pain. What's even more amusing is the fact that this particular glitch is shared by Impax 6.x and GE Centricity 2.x.
Here's the scenario…I'm looking at a CT, cine'ing through the slices. I want to change window settings, say from a mediastinal window to a bone window. Shouldn't be a problem, especially if I have the window/level preset to a keyboard shortcut. BUT…sometimes, only the slice that is on the screen will have the parameters changed, with all other slices remaining at the original level. And just why does this happen only sometimes?
Our Agfa PACS-admin actually figured this one out, and it turns out to be the explanation for Centricity's bad behaviour as well. If you did nothing else to the scan other than change with W/L settings, there is no problem, and such changes apply to all slices. However, if you happened to stop and measure something, then all bets are off. In their infinite wisdom, the programmers decided that a measurement should only apply to the slice on the screen. That makes sense, I guess, but their solution was to switch the tool application mode (my term, but it works) from applying a change to all slices to applying it to just one. And, it doesn't return to the "all slice" mode when you go back to the window/level control. This makes me do it, which as a lazy slug, I resent, and I don't even realize that I have to make this change until I'm flipping through the images and see one slice at lung windows and the rest at a different setting altogether.
I have to throw in one more little trick from Impax. At the bottom of the viewer, if you right-click on an UNMARKED point (even my Agfa PACS-Admin didn't know about this tool), you get a little sub-menu with three selections. The first is a limited history, which will bring up a list of the last 20 studies that were marked as Dictated. (This, of course, doesn't help if you lost something that was marked "Dictation started".) The second entry on this secret menu allows one to auto hide the toolbars, which I have never seen anyone use. The final entry, "Show Navigation Toolbar at the top of the screen" does just that. Sadly, there is a significant lag in the activation of any of the items, and the grouping is unintuitive enough that when I go after the history, I accidentally hit the "Show Toolbar at top" as often as not. I don't want the toolbar up there, and worse yet, it often disrupts the position of the other buttons at the top of the viewer, requiring me to log off and back on again to fix it. Really fun trick, guys.
How did we get these stupid PACS tricks? I will guarantee you that the developers didn't demo or test these options in an actual production environment. I'm sure these functions made perfect sense on paper, but they yield yet another hinderance to my workflow, out here in the real world of private practice.
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"If anyone ever tells you a woman can't give an energizing, hard-hitting speech, tell them to watch the video of Jennifer Granholm tonight," tweeted David Gergen.
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First dates are nerve-wracking enough just worrying about how you look and whether or not you'll hit things off with the other party. Your personal safety is much less fun but an equally important aspect to consider while dating. By carefully preparing for your date, knowing the do's and don't's while on your date, and knowing what to do in an emergency situation, you can be sure to have a fun, safe first date.
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Preparing for Your Date
1Get to know them first. Before you ever agree to go on a first date with someone, you should know basic information about them. Not only should you have some idea of whether or not your personalities are similar or if you share overlapping hobbies, you will want to know things like what their name is, what school they go to / what they do for a living, and their age. Preferably you should have an idea of what they look like as well and contact information.
- If your date does not want to give out their telephone number before asking for your own, that is considered sketchy.
- Do not be lulled into a false sense of security just because you know someone; 8 out of 10 rape victims know their assailant.[1]
- Have a healthy amount of skepticism: just because someone tells you something doesn't mean they couldn't be lying, particularly if it sounds too good to be true.
2Google them. What a person tells you they're like and what they may actually be like can be two different things. A Google search of their name may bring back results on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media websites that may give you a better feel for what your potential date is like when they're not trying to present their best side to you.[2]
3Tell someone. Pick a reliable friend, roommate, or family member and tell them that you're going on a date.[3] Tell them where you're going, what time the date is supposed to start, and when it is expected to end. Tell them your date's full name, and if you have it their telephone number, give them that as well. Make sure they also have your telephone number.
4Ask a friend to check in on you. After you've given them your cell phone number for your date, ask them to please check in on you once or twice during the date with a phone call or text. Tell them that if you do not respond within two hours of a text or phone call that they should call the police.
5Meet in a public place. Never invite a stranger to your home, agree to meet them at theirs, or agree to meet at any other private place for a first meeting.[4] The ideal first-date location should be a place that is public and where there will be many people, like a restaurant, movie theater, or a club. It is important that you not go somewhere with someone you do not know well where you could be easily isolated.
- If you have another friend who is also dating who would be willing, you could try making it a double-date so that you're sure to not be alone.
6Be responsible for your own transportation. Police recommend that you never tell a date where you live early on in the dating stages. You do not want an unsuccessful date to turn into a stalking situation. Having transportation of your own means you are not dependent on them if things go south.
- If you take a bus or have someone coming to pick you up from your date, that gives you an extra excuse to leave if you need it.
7Do not feel inclined to dress conservatively. Dressing conservatively does not guarantee your safety. Women get mistreated wearing sweatshirts as well as cocktail dresses, and it is not OK either way. Do not think that dressing a certain way will either protect you, or encourage untoward behavior.
- People have traditionally blamed women for "asking for it", when sexually assaulted when wearing sexy clothing, but this is no excuse or reason.
- Dress for mobility. If you have to leave a situation, or walk a block to get to the bus stop, be sure you can do so without getting blisters, tottering on too-high heels, getting frostbite, or otherwise unable to simply go if you need to.
8Pack the appropriate items. Make sure that you never leave for a first date without your cell phone and a wallet with cash. If you end up splitting the bill for dinner, avoiding using a credit or debit card means that you won't leave behind a paper trail that could link you to your workplace or home address.[5] You will need your cell phone to send and receive texts and phone calls, and it may be handy in case of an emergency.
- Although some people may feel they are unnecessary, bringing mace and/or a rape whistle on the off chance your date turns violent could prevent you from becoming a victim, and should be very seriously considered.
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Operating While on the Date
1Courtesy-text your friend. Make sure that you respond to your friend that you asked to make sure you're okay. You don't want them to become falsely alarmed! Additionally, you can text them when you're arriving to the location, when you're leaving, and when you make it safely back home. It would also be polite to let them know if your date is going long.
2Ask good questions. While you're on your date, of course you will have the opportunity to talk and get to know each other better. Don't waste this opportunity with small talk about the weather or your food. Use it to ask meaningful questions, like if they have any close friends, what their family was like growing up, and what their current most important goal is.[6] Questions like these will reveal to you what kinds of values and mindset your date has, and give you greater insight as to whether this is someone you'd be interested in continuing to see.
3Be assertive. Only you can determine for yourself what you are comfortable with, whether it's if you want to move on to a more intimate setting, reveal more detailed information about yourself, or engage in sexual activities. If your date starts to pressure you for things you are not ready to do, don't feel like you have to give in to their desires. Just tell them a polite but firm no.
- A good partner will not be impatient and will respect your boundaries and opinions.
- Someone who continues to pressure you after you have said 'no' is putting off a very strong red flag.
4Watch out for disturbing behavior. Listen to the things that your date is saying and be on the look-out for warning signs.[7] A date is the time for a person to be putting their best foot forward to impress you, and their behaviors will only become more relaxed with time. If they are behaving in ways that make you uncomfortable or anxious, this will probably not improve over time.
- They show up inappropriately angry or in a bad mood, which may or may not become directed toward you.
- They treat the waitstaff, employees, or strangers at any place where you meet poorly or aggressively.
- They refer to their exes or members of the opposite sex using derogatory language, or call them "crazy."
- They insult you or put you down.
- They tell you information that directly contradicts things they've told you previously, ie: it looks like they're lying to you.
- They make strange comments that seem out of place, like talking about their machete collection or punching exes.[8]
- They ask questions about your or offer details about their sexual or marital history that seems inappropriate for a first date.
- They start making explicitly sexual comments or advances, or reveal their genitalia in public places.
5Trust your instincts. Your brain has a way of trying to communicate with you when it recognizes logically that something dangerous or unsafe is happening by manipulating how you feel; we often call these feelings "gut instincts." When your brain registers that something unsafe is happening, it will create feelings of unease and tension in your stomach.[9] Do not be afraid to listen to these feelings!
- Do not fall into the trap of feeling like you have to explain away or excuse a date's bad or strange behavior.
6Stay sober. There's nothing wrong with going out for a drink, but it's generally inadvisable to get drunk. Drinking leads to lowered inhibitions, the reduced ability to assess risks and make good choices, impedes the ability to give consent, and makes it harder to fight back should someone try to sexually assault you.[10] It can also lead people to being aggressors of sexual assault.
7Don't leave your drink unattended. Regardless of what you are drinking, whether it's alcohol or water, do not leave your glass unattended, even to use the restroom. GHB, Ketamine, and Rohypnol are all fast-acting drugs commonly referred to as "date rape drugs" that can be slipped into a beverage without you ever knowing it.[11] Only accept drinks directly from a bartender or waiter; don't even let it pass through your date's hands.
- If you leave for the restroom and come back and forgot to finish your drink off before-hand, ask for a new one. If your date has a problem with that, the issue is with them, not you.
8Be prepared to split. Although it would be nice to be honest if you're not into a person or not feeling safe with them, it is impossible to tell how someone may react to hearing that kind of statement. Particularly if you're feeling unsafe, there may be good reason for that, and you don't want them to react violently. So have some reason prepared for just-in-case, and don't be afraid to use it!
- If you arrived by public transportation, you could say that you have to leave to catch the bus.
- If your friend drove you, say that they have to pick you up early because they had a schedule conflict on their end.
- Get your friend to text you about a sick pet or a breakup and say that you're needed elsewhere.
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Acting in an Emergency
1Leave. If your date appears to violent, emotionally unstable, or makes you uncomfortable for any reason, it is okay to leave. Use any of the excuses that you have prepared and get out of there.
- If you are truly desperate and don't want them to know you're leaving, tell them you're going to the bathroom and take any personal items with you, then sneak out another way.
2Get assistance. If your date tries to prevent you from leaving, physically or through verbal coercion, get someone nearby to help you, like a waiter or another couple. This could be as simple as asking them to get the manager or call the police, but the point is that by drawing other people into the situation, an aggressive person is more likely to back off out of a desire to not get into trouble.
- Get loud. Although embarrassment might make you want to keep quiet and not make a spectacle, it is to your advantage to be loud and make sure other people can hear that you are not interested in this person's advances or company. This may convince people, without your solicitation, to come help you.
3Fight back. If for some reason you should be cornered and there is no way to avoid violence, use proper self defense techniques to make your assailant back off. If you have it with you, using mace is perhaps the easiest method. When attacking, aim for the areas of the body where you can do the most damage in the least amount of time; these include the eyes, nose, ears, neck, knees, and groin.[12]
- Kick the side of the knee to injure or even incapacitate an attacker.
- Gouge, poke, or scratch an attacker's eyes with your fingers or knuckles.
- If your attacker is very close to you, user the heel of your palm to strike the under portion of their nose, throwing the whole weight of your body into the motion.
- The goal of attacking your attacker is not to beat them up but to prevent them from following you and, in the case that they are holding you, make them let go.
4Get somewhere safe. Once your attacker lets go, run away, preferably in the opposite direction. If your attacker recovers and gets a hold of you after being hurt, they will likely be very angry, so the situation will be even more dangerous for you. Go somewhere where there are a lot of people, or get into your car to drive away.
- Do not immediately go back home. Should this person be capable of following you, you do not want to accidentally show them where you live.
5Call 9-1-1. If you have been attacked, this is considered an emergency situation. You will want to call 9-1-1 so that police can be dispatched to help you and, if necessary, make an arrest. Be prepared that when you contact the emergency operator you will need to try to tell them exactly what happened, where it happened, and where you are now.[13]
- Stay on the line. A sudden disconnect could mean that something has gone very wrong for you, and the operator will try to call you back. This could delay emergency response time and tie up the lines, so be sure to stay on the line until you are told you can hang up.
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- ↑ http://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf
- ↑ http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/g2893/dating-safety/?slide=3
- ↑ http://www.onlinedatingsafetytips.com/firstmeetings.cfm
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- ↑ https://www.ipredator.co/online-dating-safety-tips/
- ↑ http://www.eharmony.com/dating-advice/dating/15-great-first-date-questions/#.V-04CPkrKUk
- ↑ http://www.aarp.org/home-family/dating/info-01-2013/online-dating-safety-tips-solin.html
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/403jg0/whats_your_weird_first_date_story/
- ↑ https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201405/how-does-the-vagus-nerve-convey-gut-instincts-the-brain
- ↑ http://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/date-rape-drugs.html
- ↑ http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/womenshealth/factsheets/date.htm
- ↑ http://lifehacker.com/5825528/basic-self-defense-moves-anyone-can-do-and-everyone-should-know
- ↑ http://www.911.org/Help_9-1-1_Help_You_FAQs.asp
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The phrase "being caught with your hand in the cookie jar" comes to mind when watching a series of stories by New Orleans WVUE-TV's investigative reporter Lee Zurik. They explain copay clawbacks—an under-the-radar tactic employed by some pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) corporations to extract more money from patients—in a recent three-part series (part 1, part 2, part 3). Now, that body of reporting is further advanced by a blockbuster article by Kaiser Health News reporter Julie Appleby called "Filling A Prescription? You Might Be Better Off Paying Cash."
She begins by summarizing this unfortunate phenomenon:
Some consumers who use health insurance copays to buy prescription drugs are paying far more than they should be and would be better off paying with cash, especially for generics.
The added cost runs as high as $30 or more per prescription, say pharmacists, and the money is largely being pocketed by middlemen who collect the added profit from local pharmacies.
Cash prices started to dip below copays a decade ago when several big box stores started offering dozens of generics for as little as $4 per prescription. But as copays have risen and high-deductible insurance plans become more common, more consumers are now affected.
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None of the pharmacists would talk on the record for fear of being kicked out of the PBM networks, so their responses could not be independently verified.
One told surveyors that a major PBM required the pharmacy to collect a $35 copay for a generic allergy spray, then took $30 back from the pharmacy. Another said a PBM charged a $15 copay for insomnia drug Zolpidem, then took back $13.05. Patients were charged $30 above the cash price for a generic cholesterol medication at another pharmacy.
In effect, the customer has paid more for the drug than the PBM ultimately pays even though "they assume what they are paying is the cost of the drug," said Susan Pilch, vice president for policy and regulatory affairs with the pharmacists' group.
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While agreeing that in some cases consumers could get their drugs for less if they paid cash, Pilch said pharmacists are specifically barred from discussing the cash price under terms set by contracts between them and the PBMs. Its June survey of 650 pharmacists found that more than 38 percent said they were unable to tell patients about cheaper cash prices 10 to 50 times in the previous month.
"We are required to run it through insurance and we do not have the option of advising the patient regarding matters of the terms of their plan or their options, or we run the risk of being cut from the network," she said.
Thanks to intrepid reporting from Julie Appleby, and previously from Lee Zurik, some PBM corporations are now having to explain why they appear to be treating patients' wallets like a forbidden jar of cookies.
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
Touching Base
Pizza scrolls on a stick...
Easy sausage rolls (made by wrapping a gourmet sausage in puff pastry, a brush of beaten egg and a sprinkle of sesame seeds and throw in the oven to bake, easy and yummy)!!!
The 'candle floating on water with a flower inside the jar' idea came from Pinterest. It can be a bit of an unreal world over there at Pinterest, but there is lots of eye candy and some fabulous ideas. These looked great on the table.
The cupcakes were lovely (a Donna Hay recipe from this book) they tasted delicious and were a hit.
Amongst all the partying I have had a little time to work on this..
See you soon. xo
18 comments:
- Andi said...
Those cupcakes look scrumptious!!
- July 10, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Crispy said...
Happy Belated Birthday to your son, 18 is such a milestone in a boys life :0)
I will have to remember the sausage roll idea!
- July 10, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- meli B said...
Happy Birthday! Which Donna Hay book? Those cup cakes look yummy.
- July 10, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Unknown said...
Hmmm... always tempting us with such wonderful food treats! It is a good thing that the calories are not absorbed by just looking at the computer. I am sure that your son had a wonderful time at his party. Even if it was late. We will be doing the same thing with our daughter this year... the big 18. Hopefully we will do it close to her birthday... ;)
- July 10, 2011 at 9:28 PM
- Miriam said...
A belated Happy Birthday to Mr 18!
All the food looks yummy! :)
Enjoy the family time.
- July 10, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Anna said...
yum! love the simple recipe ideas! We just finished our Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Kathy Doughty told me to tell you hello! I asked if she knew you! LOL
- July 10, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- MyCretanlife said...
Oh isn't it lovely to send precious time with ones family. Life can be too hectic sometimes. Your yummys look very tasty. The cup cakes are fab!
- July 10, 2011 at 10:45 PM
- Pinkadot Quilts said...
Looks fun, I didn't know you loved to cook too!
- July 11, 2011 at 12:51 AM
- Nedra said...
Being with family and cooking together creates the best of memories. Sewing can wait.
- July 11, 2011 at 1:46 AM
- Susie said...
looks like fun!! Happy 18th!
- July 11, 2011 at 3:20 PM
- Ruth said...
Your food looks wonderful! And the inspiration from Pintrest - I love it!
- July 11, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Janet said...
What yummy food, the cupcakes look like Donna Hay herself made them.
- July 12, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Food looks delectable! What a great sausage roll idea. Thanks for sharing.
- July 12, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- Lurline said...
Food looks so yummy - those cupcakes look so good - I probably have that book somewhere in a big black hole in the shed!
Hugs - Lurline♥
- July 13, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- Cardygirl said...
Glad you are having a lovely visit and a celebration too. The food looks delish! Love your blocks...hope you are cosy down there!
- July 13, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Hi! My name is erica. Would you be my friend? said...
Hi Cathy! I'm glad you're having a great time! It sounds like you had a nice party for your son. That food looks yummy. I love how you presented it too.
- July 15, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Eileen said...
Happy Birtday to your son !!!! Great pics love the food ideas
- July 16, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Nanette Merrill said...
Love love the photos.
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Keeping Time in the Kitchen
Most modern cooking appliances like stoves and microwave ovens have built-in digital clocks and timers you can set for precise cooking times. Antique kitchen stoves in the 1800s were not equipped with timers. Stoves would not appear with built in clock timers until the mid 1900s.
Have you ever wondered when the concept for keeping track of time in the kitchen began? While it could have started with a glass sand timer, it seems that clocks were the inspiration for the modern kitchen timer.
Gingerbread Kitchen Clocks
In the late 1800s through the early 1900s, an inexpensive shelf clock was designed to sit in the kitchens of lower and middle class American homes. These clocks were usually made out of oak or walnut and featured ornate press-molded designs and brass pendulums. They would strike on every hour and half hour. The clocks became known as gingerbread clocks and were the earliest kind of kitchen clock timers.
Having a kitchen clock alert you when every hour and half hour had passed allowed women who were cooking to give their attention to other household chores.
Antique Kitchen Clock Timers in the Twentieth Century
Some of the earliest kitchen clock timers were built in to vintage gas and electric stoves in the 1940s and 1950s. This list has images of vintage kitchen clock timers found on gas and electric stoves:
- 1950s O'Keefe & Merritt gas stove
- Vintage 1950s GE Stratoliner Electric Stove
- 40" Wedgewood Cobalt Blue Stove
There were also kitchen clock timers that were designed with an extra outlet so that an electric appliance could be plugged into the timer. When the time was up, the timer would shut off the current to the appliance. Some examples of this type of clock timer are:
- 1950s Bakelite GE Hotpoint Telechron Clock Timer
- 1930s Hotpoint GE/Telechron Range Timer
- Westinghouse/Lux Range Timer
- Westinghouse - New Haven Oven Timer
Max Bill
One of the first and most notable kitchen clocks that was made with a built-in timer was designed by Max Bill in the early 1950s. This upside-down, tear-drop shaped kitchen clock featured a timer at the bottom. Bill designed this collectible antique kitchen clock timer while he was the director of the German experimental design school, Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG Ulm). Another vintage clock timer by this Swiss artist and designer is the white ATO-MAT kitchen clock with a sixty minute timer.
Westclox was another famous clock making company that came up with their own styles of kitchen timers. Many of the vintage Westclox kitchen timers you can find online come in bright colors and are in great working condition.
International Register Co.
You can find vintage kitchen clock timers from International Register Co. from Chicago, Illinois. These 1960s era timers have instructions for use printed on their backs. The timer will set for up to sixty minutes.
Pricing for Antique Kitchen Clocks and Kitchen Clock Timers
The early antique kitchen clocks known as gingerbread clocks can cost hundreds of dollars if they are restored and in good working condition. You can bid for one at an auction site but be prepared to start the bidding at $200 or more.
The kitchen clocks with timers designed by Max Bill in the 1950s are currently valued between $500-$900.
An antique kitchen clock timer might be just what you're looking for if you're on a tight budget but would love to add a vintage collectible to your kitchen. Many antique kitchen timers that are for sale online are under $30. Kitchen clock timers are vintage items that fall into many different price ranges, making them a more accessible collectible for antique lovers.


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The Iya Valley region in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan is a scenic area known for its dramatic mountain valleys and old vine bridges. Although access has improved in recent years, the Iya Valley and the inner parts of Shikoku have historically been remote and difficult to enter, making them a favorite retreat for refugees and defeated warriors.
Most notably, members of the Taira clan were rumored to have entered the area after losing the Genpei War to the Minamoto clan in the late 12th century.
In modern times, the Iya Valley has become an increasingly popular tourist destination. Although the west part of the valley area has good road access and other tourist facilities, the eastern area known as East Iya or Oku-Iya is still relatively difficult to access and thus the natural beauty is largely undisturbed. Several vine bridges, once the only method for crossing the rivers, continue to span the valleys and have become a popular tourist attraction.
Although there are several rivers that flow through the Iya Valley region, the Iya River is the principal one. Mount Tsurugi, the second-highest peak on Shikoku island, is at the east end of Iya along the border with Tsurugi town.
Source: Wikipedia
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The entire galaxy is NOW under the rule of the tyrannical Galactic Empire. The only remaining resistance is a small Rebel Alliance that dares to challenge their military supremacy.
The impending creation of the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, threatens to crush the Rebellion. Once operational, the Empire will have the power to destroy an entire planet.
Threatening to turn the tide of this struggle is a known fugitive, who deals in military secrets. The Emperor has tasked his apprentice, DARTH VADER, with tracking down and eliminating this Rebel agent….
The characters are members of an Imperial Black Operations force called TASK FORCE 77. They have been selected by Darth Vader to hunt down and capture the Pirate calling himself Quist. They have 26 standard hours to successful apprehend the fugitive and return him to agents of the Empire. Failure will be rewarded with death.
In this scene, Sandor Visla and KI-11 search the YT-1300 freighter that the Rebels were planning to use as a "Get Away Ship."
Danuta was a dull, barren brown planet in Senatorial Sector Three, thinly populated mostly by miners and hardscrabble farmers. Trid was the planet's de facto capital. The primary population was the Hutts during the last days of the Old Republic, but later the Galactic Empire converted it to a client of the Brodsport Mining Corporation. Danuta was not notable, aside from its function as a stopover on one of the many hyperspace routes leading to Kessel. However, the city of Trid did have a B'omarr Order Temple. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, the Imperial garrison on the outskirts of Trid was expanded into a full military installment, home to a sprawling yet secret research facility visited by the Imperial Security Bureau.
KI-11 scanned the freighter with its sensor array, confirming that there was one humanoid-sized life form on the ship.
The assassin droid entered through the top service hatch. Sandor picked up some scrap laying next to the ship and tossed it up the ramp into the interior. Right away, the Mandalorian Bounty Hunter heard a "WHOOP WHOOP" sound typical of service droids.
Stepping up the ramp, Sandor was faced with an astromech. The little droid made the "WHOOP WHOOP" sound again and started to roll away. A well placed blast knocked the droid on its side, and Sandor deactivated it with a few switch flips. He didn't want the droid making a bunch of racket.
It wasn't long until KI-11 walked into view, confirming that the ship was seemingly unoccupied. Apparently, their prey was clever and hiding somewhere within the ship's stash spots.
It wasn't long before they heard a clunking sound come from below them. Sandor ordered the person out of hiding with a raspy, "Come on out, rebel scum!"
KI-11 accessed a nearby computer terminal, convincing the ship's droid brain that it was time for some maintenance protocols. Within moments, the ship was venting poisonous gas into its interior.
"Good afternoon," said KI-11 in a cheerful voice. "I have started maintenance protocols on this ship. The interior will soon be filled with gas that are life threatening to organic lifeforms. Symptoms of mild acute poisoning include lightheadedness, confusion, headache, vertigo, and flu-like effects; larger exposures can lead to significant toxicity of the central nervous system and heart, and death. This unit suggests immediate compliance with demands to avoid further action from this unit "
Sandor glanced over at his partner, and then jabbed a switch that would filter out toxins within the air.
The two watched as their prey sprung out at them from his hiding place … well, not exactly. What the man intended to do was spring out of hiding and take the two villains by surprise. However, that is not at all what occurred.
The two watched as the smuggling hatch on the floor popped open and a man thrust his blaster out at them … and then the hatch fell back on top of him violently, smashing his fingers and causing him to drop his blaster … begin screaming in pain.
KI-11 stepped forward, grabbed the man's wrist and pulled in out of the storage area. Dragging the man across the floor, they could both see that he was of medium build and wearing the uniform of Imperial Security Bureau (ISB.)
It didn't take long for the two of them to interrogate the man and discover that he was an impostor named Tallon Heff. He claimed to be a mercenary pilot hired by the rebels to fly them to Kwenn Space Station. However, it slowly was revealed that Heff was actually a two-bit criminal in the employ of one of the local Hutt gangsters called Roark.
Six months ago, Heff was picked up by an Imperial Sweep. Heff traded his relationship with Roark for his life. He made a deal with Imperial Lieutenant Voors of the Star Destroyer Relentless. Now he was a spy for the Imperials.
KI-11 contacted Relentless using command codes provided by the spy. Although Voors did not reply, his superior did – Captain Parlan – who simple stated: "He has been compromised. Kill the scum!"
KI-11 carried out the summary execution immediately.
Going through the crates, they found some interesting gear along with a six foot long pod with a cryogenically frozen man inside. KI-11 was able to use Imperial files to identify the man as a missing ISB agent named Barezz. All of the crates markings match those stolen from an ISB station six months ago.
Sandor found the assistance of the assassin droid to be very useful. Not only was the droid a walking murder machine but it also has the ability to hack computer systems, transmit messages, and retrieve data and intelligence.
KI-11 was able to reprogram the astromech. It was able to determine that the little droid's name was R2-D0 and it's purpose was to act as the primary pilot of the Yt-1300. Further digging within the astromech's brain revealed that it both it and the ship was owned by their prey, Quist. The droid's last programming of the ship was to go to a location on Danuta reffered to only as "Mesa 291."
Sondar nodded at the Assassin Droid. "Looks like we're going to Mesa 291."


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News Release
Changes in unintended pregnancy rates by world region
Fact Sheet
Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health, 2017
Hear From An Expert
We know that substantial progress for women and girls has been made over the past two decades, but large gaps remain. There are 214 million women in developing regions who want to avoid pregnancy and are not using a modern contraceptive method.
Ann Biddlecom
Director of International Research


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Pay day today and I put $480.00 towards my loan – only $1273.00 left to go!
In the last few weeks I have made some further adjustments to my budget:
- I cancelled my gym membership – saving $23.90 per fortnight
- I've been walking consistently to and from work.- saving $35.00 per fortnight
I cancelled my gym membership not because I didn't use it but because I intended to join a new gym closer to home. However, with the walk too and from work each day – just over 8kms per day in total – I've found it to be a good substitute for the gym at the moment.
My current fortnightly budget looks like this:
- $295 rent
- $650 loan repayments (I put $450 on today as $173.00 was taken off last week as my actual repayment)
- $50 buffer fund – current buffer fund is non existent as I put it all toward a recent dentist appointment.
- $20 electricity
- $50 save
- $15 internet
- $15 phone
- $30 health insurance
- $20 tithe
- $250 groceries
- $225 spending
This pay won't play out exactly as planned, the dentist appointment meant my savings took a bit of a hit and I needed to make up for it this pay. I also bought a very nice bottle of champers and took my boyfriend out for a celebratory dinner last week – extra expenses to come from my savings that I needed to make up this week.
2 more pays (hopefully! I don't want to be tempting fate here by being so excited 😉 to go folks!
I hope everyone is having a good debt busting week this week!
Elesha 🙂


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Couple of years back, around this same time when Twitter was launched, most of the major search engines have started to think about the idea of 'real-time' results and include a 'freshness' factor to the results returned for some of the queries that are performed on their search engines. Twitter is both more and less than a search engine, but there are lots of third parties doing search-like things around the Twitter data. Especially because Twitter search seems to be returning real time search results.
Real Time Search Engines:
Real-time searches are more valuable because it lets you know what's happening right now on any given topic. Companies use it to handle customer services. News junkies use it to follow political events. With this increase in demand for real time searches many new real time search engines like collecta, crowdeye have been launched over the last few months.
This new generation of emerging search engines are ready to compete with the big boys to tap into the torrent of tweets, blog postings and online photos that can be captured by cell phones. Below are some of the real-time search engines that allow you to take a deep look as what's going right now.
Collecta – scours the net for the most recent blog posts, news stories, tweets and comments and displays them in a continuous waterfall. It's a torrent of information to keep track of.
Crowdeye – currently a twitter only search engine, it gives you results from tweets and retweets including graphs, charts and relevant third party links.
Topsy – lots of stats when you search including the a collection of authors by volume for each topic you are trending. Really like this to find people who are very active around a topic or who are your best retweeters.
Users needs Realtime Searches
As the current trend on the web is towards more and more real-time information, the race is on to collect, organize, and filter the data so that people can actually may sense of it. Real-time search is one of the hottest mini Web trend out there right now, promising new ways to help users tease out current information they want from the digital information glut. The ability to seek out what everyone is discussing or looking for in the moment captures the imagination.
Even Google made its counter-move to real time search, by coming out with a new set of feature called 'Search Options', which gives users the option to filter out certain results and only see content that is only a particular number of days old, ie. 1 day, 1 week, 1 year. This has been clearly reflected from the words of Google's co-founder Larry Page:
"I have always thought we needed to index the web every second to allow real time search. At first, my team laughed and did not believe me. Now they know they have to do it. Not everybody needs sub-second indexing but people are getting pretty excited about realtime."
And as you all know when the news broke that Michael Jackson had died Twitter was able to deliver better relevant results. On the other hand, Google thought MJ died at age 65 in 2007 and sometimes later it was able to show only the "We are Sorry Page"!
So I conclude saying that unless Google take actions on this real time search issues(which was at one time a laughable concept), it will be hard for them to with stand their position, so I hope soon Google will overcome this issue. And I can also sense the launches of more real time search engines in the future with this growing demand for it.
Hmmm not to much of my surprise, now the Microsoft's new release Bing also have joined the race for real time searches. Sources from Bing said as follows:
"There has been much discussion of real-time search and the premium on immediacy of data that has been created primarily by Twitter. We've been watching this phenomenon with great interest, and listening carefully to what consumers really want in this space. Today we're unveiling an initial foray into integrating more real time data into our search results, starting with some of the more prominent and prolific Twitterers from a variety of spheres. This includes Tweets from folks from our own search technology and business sphere like Danny Sullivan or Kara Swisher as well as those from spheres of more general consumer appeal like Al Gore or Ryan Seacrest.
Starting later today, when you search for these folks names in association with Twitter, you'll see their latest Tweets come up in real time on Bing's search results. For example, if you type "Kara Swisher Twitter" or "Kara Swisher Tweets" or even "@karaswisher" as your search query, you'll see something like the below. (Note this feature will be rolling out gradually over the course of the next few hours so you may not see it right away.)"
So finally the race for the Real Time Search Engines have started to heating up!!!
Disclaimer: The post is completely based on individual thoughts and SEO Services Group bears no responsibilities for the thoughts reflected in the post.


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The pressure of being a perfect parent is always looming. Some moms might try to hide the fact that they have days that feel off. However, actress Charlize Theron recently admitted that she has days where she doesn't like being a parent.
The Hollywood actress is a single mom to her adopted children, son Jackson and daughter August.
While promoting her new movies Gringo and Tully, Charlize sat down with Entertainment Tonight to discuss motherhood. "It's the most meaningful thing that's ever happened in my life and I absolutely love it," she explained. "But I love it because I can acknowledge the good with the bad."
After that, she gets candid about the days where she just doesn't like being a parent — something many other moms and dads can totally relate to.
"I have days where I'm literally like, 'I'm not enjoying parenting today, I love you guys, but I am not enjoying being a parent today!'" she admitted.
It can be really refreshing for other parents to hear someone else, especially a celebrity, come clean about the ups and downs of being a parent — whether a single parent or not. However, Charlize also mentioned it's important to take note of those bad days.
"I think if you can't acknowledge that then I think there's a dishonesty of what it really takes to raise children," she explained. "I don't hide any of that from my kids either."
Watch the video below to hear everything Charlize had to say about parenting. Then, please SHARE this on Facebook with all of the parents you know.
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Statement of faith
We believe…
1. That the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the verbally inspired and inerrant Word of God, and that they are the final authority in faith and conduct.
2. In one God, the Creator of all things and man; eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. In the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal, imminent return.
4. That man was created in the image of God, that he sinned and thereby brought upon himself not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God: and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the case of those who reach the age of moral responsibility, are sinners before God in thought, word, and deed.
5. That for the salvation of lost and sinful man regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
6. That all who by grace through faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, are born again of the Holy Spirit; and thereby become children of God.
7. In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling and empowering, the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
8. In the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.


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12-13 Aug 2016 Radisson Hotel, Albany, NY
The business session was conducted jointly by Mid-Atlantic VPG Mark Brennan and North Atlantic VPG Warren Fristensky. The first order of business was reports by the national and district officers. Chancellor General Davis Wright also gave a report as the Mid-Atlantic District Web Master.
Larry T. Guzy (Georgia)
Secretary General
Warren M. Alter (NH)
Chancellor General
Davis L. Wright (Delaware)
Genealogist General
John D. Sinks (DC)
Registrar General
Rick D. Hollis (Tennessee)
C. Bruce Pickette (Alabama)
Historian General
Mark C. Anthony (South Carolina)
John O. Thornhill (North Carolina)
Librarian General
Douglas T. Collins (Kentucky)
Surgeon General
Matthew J. Barlow, Jr., MD (Delaware)
Saturday, August 13th
The digitization of our genealogical records is necessary to preserve them, and to make them searchable for researchers. Our then existing applications were microfilmed by the predecessor of Family Search in the 1990's. Copies of that microfilm are kept at NSSAR Headquarters, the DAR Library, and by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The proposal to the NSSAR from Family search is to digitize existing records, to now include documentation. and patriot biographies. There are significant concerns about privacy issues with our records, and those are being addressed. Though most of the funding for this is being provided by Family Search, there are costs for the SAR. The Foundation Board has established a special fund for this project, and has proposed setting goals of $1,000 per state society and $500 per chapter (probably to be adjusted for size variation). The Atlantic Middle States Association voted to commit to $10,000 in donations by its member state societies and chapters.
The NSSAR Headquarters Museum Project has a six minute DVD on the Solid Light Proposal for this museum which is available to societies and chapters to be shown to the membership.


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Once again, transformation is in the wind at the Pentagon.
The White House announced in January that big decisions about the defense budget would be on hold, awaiting a new requirements study by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Rumsfeld has been conducting his review behind closed doors in consultation with a limited group of trusted advisors.
It appears that Rumsfeld and the Administration have more in mind than minor adjustments, and that they will pick up the long-elusive goal of "transforming" the armed forces to be better attuned to the needs of the future.
That is presumed to include leap-ahead technology programs, national missile defense-a staple of the Bush Presidential campaign-and more emphasis on space.
Rumsfeld is said to be taking this limited-access approach to avoid getting hung up, as did the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Defense Panel review in 1997, by internal Pentagon politics, which work to perpetuate the status quo.
The "transformation" theme was introduced by the National Defense Panel. It said the armed forces should focus on the coming challenges of the 21st century and become "a very different kind of military from that which exists today."
The idea of transformation sounds great, but there are barriers–institutional, practical, financial, political, and doctrinal–to getting there.
Some kinds of transformation go over better than others.
In 1996, Joint Vision 2010 looked beyond the prevailing model of attrition warfare and said that precision targeting and long range systems made it possible to achieve the effects of mass without the actual massing of forces within range of the enemy's guns.
That put increased reliance on airpower, and it alarmed the land power traditionalists. Massing of forces is their stock in trade. Four years later, official thinking was revised in Joint Vision 2020. It rolled back the consensus and reinstituted the principle of massing forces in response to crisis.
Thus the joint community walked up to doctrinal transformation, looked it in the eye, and ran from it.
On the other hand, we have seen the Army move out boldly to replace its heavy divisions with lighter forces and its tanks with wheeled combat vehicles.
Transformation is hard to define. Its most ardent disciples often speak in nebulous generalities about the future. Current systems get minimal respect. Evolutionary progress is not always recognized, even when there is a lot of it.
Today's precision strike capability, for example, is an enormous leap from what was possible 10 years ago, but you'd never know it from reading the newspaper commentaries.
Some theoreticians say transformation is about ideas and concepts, and up to a point, it is. But it is also financial.
In the end, it comes down to which new initiatives will be started, which old programs will survive, and which ones will be canceled or curtailed.
Congress will approach it that way, even if the Pentagon doesn't. Any move to reduce the role of big deck carriers, for example, will encounter fierce resistance in the Senate.
If transformation deteriorates to a budget competition, as happened in the Quadrennial Defense Review and the National Defense Panel review, strange things can happen.
Has it been noted that of the three aircraft programs under scrutiny, the Air Force's F-22, the Joint Strike Fighter, and the Navy's F/A-18, the one that is least likely to be cut–the F/A-18–is also the one that is least transformational
Transformation competes with the needs of today. The short budgets of the Clinton years left the military in a deep hole. The replacement of worn-out capital equipment cannot be postponed much longer. Readiness problems are getting worse. The Bush election campaign recognized these realities with its pledge that "help is on the way."
We cannot stand down the force of today and reinvest the money in the force of tomorrow. Even if Bush and Rumsfeld succeed in reducing our operational obligations abroad, the remaining demands on current forces will still be substantial.
The present rate of spending, with 3.0 percent of GDP allocated to defense, isn't enough, even with cuts to existing programs to help pay the bills. For any sort of transformation, defense will have to get about 4.0 percent of GDP, its level in the first Clinton Administration.
And then there are the other problems.
Earlier this year, a draft report on the Joint Strategy Review recognized a "halt phase," in which a theater commander could try to stop the advance of an invading enemy early in a regional conflict, primarily with aircraft and cruise missiles.
It didn't say there must be a halt phase, only that it was an option open to theater commanders. The halt phase had been recognized previously as a good idea by the Quadrennial Defense Review in 1997.
Then as now, Army officers took exception. The halt phase diminished the importance of heavy ground forces, which would not get there in time to take part.
This time, they appealed the Joint Strategy Review language to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who excised the reference to the halt phase, at least for the time being.
Some kinds of transformation are easier than others.


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Previous weight: 190.8 kg | 419.76 lb
Current weight: 193.3 kg | 425.26 lb
Lost / Gained: +2.5 kg | +5.5 lb
2012 weight loss: +2.7 kg | +5.94 lb
Total overall loss: -39.9 kg | -87.78 lb
Lost / Gained: +2.5 kg | +5.5 lb
2012 weight loss: +2.7 kg | +5.94 lb
Total overall loss: -39.9 kg | -87.78 lb
Resigned, frustrated, but moving on - been a bad week mentally which even though I was on track etc, I just found it really hard to be motivated or happy.
Went out in the car with Toni to get her registered at Richmond Tafe (same one I am with) and I was sitting in the car for bout 3 hours which was fine, I had my music, books etc and was pretty comfortable for a change, but when it came to getting out of the car, well, my right leg had swollen up so much underneath my thigh, that the lymphoedema bulge for lack of a better description, got caught with the lever under the seat and I just couldn't get loose without a lot of pain.
Michael helped me to finally get out, but the after effects wasn't just physical (pain, swelling) but mental as I really sank to a new low - and I have been too scared to get back into the car since.
So dealing with all that plus the feelings of inadequacy, being housebound once again, I just hate being so lonely especially now I'm stuck in the house once again until my legs come down in size enough to fit back into the car without dramas.
In essence, I am a failure and it frustrates the hell out of me, to quote "the biggest loser" how is someone going to love me at this size?" and on top of that being in wheelchair AND lymphoedema?.. Talk about the evil trifecta!