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Laboratory Design Newsletter 2012 Selected Abstract
Developing a Standard Structure for Energy Auditing Using Building Information Modeling (BIM) on Penn State University Facilities
Craig R. Dubler, Ph.D., Penn State University
Tabitha Sprau Coulter, Penn State University
With buildings accounting for approximately 39 percent of total energy consumption, it is important that they be maintained to continuously operate efficiently. Pennsylvania State University has more than 1,780 buildings. During the 2011–2012 year, these buildings emitted approximately 550,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, which is a 27.5 percent reduction from what the university anticipated had it not implemented its reduction strategy plan. Penn State has more than 930 buildings on the University Park campus alone, which use approximately 400 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. While Penn State has invested $40 million to re-commission and retrofit existing buildings, the university faces a challenge in determining how to invest funds to provide the greatest impact on energy savings.
Since 2009, the Office of Physical Plant (OPP) at Penn State has implemented BIM criteria on all major facility renovations and new projects greater than $5 million. The BIM criterion was developed by determining facility geometry and required to perform typical operations tasks. During early implementation, OPP focused on documenting attributes needed for the maintenance of major building equipment. The attribute information was added to the building models during the design and construction phase and then turned over to Penn State for its use for maintaining the facility. BIM has allowed data analysts to focus their attention on developing useful preventative maintenance plans rather than constantly entering facility data.
Over the past year, OPP has teamed up with the Department of Architectural Engineering to determine if a similar BIM method can add value to the energy auditing group's decision-making processes. Specifically, the team produced a research study using the following steps: 1) identify challenges with the current energy auditing process, 2) document the current auditing process and suggest where BIM can increase value, 3) determine the information required to be captured during design and construction using BIM, and 4) integrate the energy auditing information into future projects using standard modeling. The majority of the research was performed with the Energy and Engineering group at OPP using mixed methods consisting of face-to-face interviews, field observations, and structured focus group discussions.
Previous to this research effort, Penn State did not have a standardized process outlining the appropriate data necessary to perform effective energy audits. Through interviews, the team developed a process map that outlined the audit steps as well as the information requirements to make decisions. Figure 1 shows the formalized process OPP's Energy and Engineering group follows for selecting facilities for energy-based retrofit upgrades. The outlined portion of the map marked with an "A" shows the initial steps taken to identify which buildings will be targeted for the energy projects—an area the Energy and Engineering group has indicated difficulties with due to the lack of structure. The second outlined portion, marked with a "B," indicates when OPP receives the formal project proposals. It was determined that BIM could provide value to each of these portions of the auditing process.
After determining the information required for energy auditing, the research team focused on testing the capabilities of BIM and standardizing model families for future project collection. Figure 2 shows how energy meter parameters would be extracted from a record model and an example of the standard attributes that will be used on future projects. Through standardizing OPP's energy auditing process, identifying the key information required to produce accurate energy audits, and establishing opportunities where the energy data can be tracked using BIM, Penn State is better positioned to achieve energy reduction goals. While it will take time to integrate all energy information, Penn State has established a working model that has yielded success with previous efforts.
Figure 1: Penn State's Process for Selecting Energy Projects>
Figure 2: Energy Meter Data Required by OPP

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Welcome back, Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here for you!
Happy St Georges Day to you all!
Now, where are the dragons?
We had some fun this morning. First of all Old Two Legs managed to get a photo of Dylan, one of the Two Bob Dogs! It was a bit difficult 'cos he was trying to get the camera out of the bag, put the ferrets in the bag and then get Dylan to stop still long enough to take a picture!
|Yo! OTL, Gissa Cuddle!
Both Wendy and Fred stayed in the bag, just in case the Two Bob Boys wanted a taste of ferret!
After they had left us the ferrets were out of the bag again for a run and a sniff.
Towards the end of the walk, Holly decided she wanted a poo, no problem there, but because we are having to wait another week and a half for the lady wot gives us our hair cut, we are getting a bit 'Hairy' under the tail and some times we end up with a 'Grubby Butt'.
Normally it doesn't worry Holly, she just stays in the same position while OTL unpicks the poo with his hand inside a poo bag and later Holly would get a wipe down with some 'Wet Wipes' back at the car.
Today was a little different 'cos first of all OTL had to gather the ferrets up and put them in the bag. Hurry up says Holly I can't stay like this all day!
OK, says OTL fishing a poo bag out of the ferret bag and inserting his hand.
'Hey! Wot You Doing?' Says Dylan and Marley as they come bounding up to give OTL a lick on his nose! 'I'm getting cramp in my tail' says Holly!
Dylan and Marley charge off to find out where their Two Legs had gone to!
OTL gets over to Holly who has been doing a balancing act on her back legs and begins to unpick the poo.
At the same time, both ferrets spring from the bag and go for a run down the path, until they run out of lead, then they turn around and rush back up the path towards OTL and Holly.
So, with one hand wiping Holly's butt and the other trying to stuff both ferrets back into the bag and both ferrets wanting to get out again to see what OTL was doing to Holly!
I'm sorry, I was laughing my tail off, Holly was not amused and OTL was almost falling over whilst wiping Holly's butt!
It just don't get any better!
Half a pack of Wet Wipes later Holly was pronounced clean enough to get into the car!
Mind you, she still had to have a wash when she got home!
Lunchtime was a little less fraught!
May and Eric spent time digging on the beach, with May producing a super long ditch!
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|Just a few more feet!
|Move over! Woofer coming through!
Next week we have an appointment with the Poodle Parlour so Holly's problems with a hairy butt will soon be over!
See you tomorrow!
Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.


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In February 2007 New York City Opera staked its future on the vision of Gerard Mortier, a European impresario known for provocative productions and a penchant for shaking things up. On Friday the company and Mr. Mortier said they were parting ways.
In City Opera's bold venture, Mr. Mortier was to take on the jobs of general manager and artistic director in the 2009-10 season. It agreed to his plans to scrap old-fashioned traditions, mount challenging 20th-century works, bring opera to the people in their neighborhoods and extensively renovate the company's home, the New York State Theater, rather than try to find a new building.
Now the company, already troubled by a recent string of bad news like layoffs and furloughs, said it would abandon his programming for next season, although the renovation would continue.
Susan L. Baker, City Opera's chairwoman, who began wooing Mr. Mortier after being seated next to him at a dinner at the French consulate, said she and the board were "enormously discouraged and disappointed" but harbored no ill feelings about Mr. Mortier's departure at such a crucial and delicate moment in the company's history.
She said she did not feel let down and continued to admire Mr. Mortier.
"If you're looking for me to go scorched earth on you, I'm just not going to do it," she said.
Speaking by telephone from his apartment in Ghent, Belgium, Mr. Mortier said he decided to resign when it became clear that the board would not give him the money needed to produce a meaningful slate of opera productions. He said that from the start he had been promised a budget of $60 million, a number even mentioned in his contract. But the board was prepared to approve only $36 million, he said, not much more than the basic fixed costs of running the company, leaving him little room for innovative productions.
"I told them with the best will, I can't do that," Mr. Mortier said. "I cannot go to run a company that has less than the smallest company in France." Mr. Mortier is in the final year of running the Paris National Opera, which has a budget closer to $300 million. "You don't need me for that," he said.
Previous City Opera budgets had been around $42 million, not including overspending that had created $15 million in deficits.
Mr. Mortier's departure, ending months of rumors and speculation, also deflates the prospect of a Lincoln Center cross-plaza rivalry with the Metropolitan Opera, which under its general manager, Peter Gelb, has already embarked on an adventuresome course.
Ms. Baker attributed the skin-and-bones budget to the economic crisis that has taken a toll on arts organizations around the country, especially with respect to donations.
"The irony of all this, I really believe, and many others do as well, is if we could simply have gotten the first season on the boards, it really would have galvanized fund-raising," Ms. Baker said.
Mr. Mortier agreed. But he said he had suggested running a deficit on purpose and borrowing money to put on a first season and show potential new donors what City Opera could do. But the board "got in a panic" over the financial crisis and refused, he said. Meanwhile, he added, the board had not raised much new money and lacked prominent donors who would give tens of millions of dollars at once.
"The only new money came from me," he said, referring to about $6 million in promises from foundations. Among his moves at City Opera, Mr. Mortier commissioned two of America's pre-eminent composers, Philip Glass and Charles Wuorinen, to write operas for it. Mr. Glass's subject was the life of Walt Disney, and Mr. Wuorinen's a version of "Brokeback Mountain." Mr. Mortier said he would try to find other houses to take on the commissions.
For months hints of trouble have been emerging, although a spokesman consistently denied them; in September he said Mr. Mortier was solidly committed to the company.
A major sign of problems came in August when Mr. Mortier announced a last-minute bid to become a co-director of the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. He later said his application had been motivated partly by a desire to send a "signal" to City Opera trustees who were lukewarm in their support. Board members were caught by surprise. He did not get the Bayreuth job.
More recently, City Opera announced layoffs and furloughs because of a cash problem. Before stepping away from the general manager's job, Mr. Mortier eliminated the position of executive director. Ms. Baker said it would be restored. City Opera said Mr. Mortier had been running the house from Paris, and had spent one week a month in New York.
Ms. Baker said City Opera's old model offering more than 100 performances, a mix of staples like "La Bohème" and more adventurous operas was "financially broken." The company was founded as a showcase of American singing, a place to hear opera at lower cost and with less formality.
"There was loss year after loss year," she said.
The temporarily homeless company's truncated program for this season, consisting mainly of two performances of a concert version of Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" at Carnegie Hall and a handful of orchestra concerts focusing on the composers Mr. Mortier had programmed for next year, will go forward. But the company said it had no clear plan beyond that. The board was scrambling to find a replacement for Mr. Mortier and devise a program.
Mr. Mortier, a Belgian and former director of the Salzburg Festival in Austria, came in with guns blazing. He was known for scandalous productions that infuriated well-heeled traditionalists, like a Salzburg "Fledermaus" featuring cocaine, sex and political attacks on the Austrian far right.
His lineup at City Opera was to have included Messiaen's "St. François d'Assise," Stravinsky's "Rake's Progress," Glass's "Einstein on the Beach," Janacek's "Makropulos Case," Britten's "Death in Venice" and Debussy's "Pelléas et Mélisande." He planned to move the company toward a stagione season, in which productions follow one another rather than overlapping.
Mr. Mortier said he was saddened and frustrated to see two years of work thrown away. "I never worked so hard," he said. He will look for a new position, he added, but with his 65th birthday coming up on Nov. 25, "maybe nobody wants me anymore."


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Thursday, April 16, 2015– The United States Senate Committee on Finance met to discuss Tariff Policy in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Although there was some discussion on tariff policy, much of the hearing was a lead up to debate President Obama's Congressional up-or-down vote on his Trade Promotion Authority or "Fast-Track."
It may seem strange that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's opening statement quoted the 4th paragraph of the 1941 Atlantic Charter:
"they will endeavor, with due respect for their existing obligations, to further the enjoyment by all States, great or small, victor or vanquished, of access, on equal terms, to the trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity;"
Vilsack's statement was probably a nod to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman's controversial assertion in last year's presentation to the Council on Foreign Relations where he traced Trade Promotion Authority to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act, that gave FDR the power to negotiate bilateral trade agreements without receiving prior congressional approval. Froman said that it was FDR that planted the seeds for today's global trading system.
After Froman's presentation, Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, was quick to respond that, "Fast Track was first hatched by Richard Nixon, not FDR. And it only went into effect in the 1970s, not the 1930s."
Technically speaking, Wallach may be correct in her response on specifics to that "Fast Track" partnership, but Froman was also correct in that the 1934 Recipricol Trade Agreement Act did authorize the President to enter into agreements with other nations for reductions of tariffs and other impediments to international trade and to put the reductions into effect through executive proclamation.
Since the 19th century, there have been a lot of international agreements made without Senate approval and Cornell Law has a good annotated site addressing the advance of executive agreements to trade and the historical revisions of Article II, Section 2 (The Executive shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties).
Vilsack's statement, removed from the context of the Atlantic Charter and the idealism of the internationalism that led up to the formation of the United Nations, sounds more like a justification for perpetuating the economic hegemon that the rest of the world has had to endure over the last 60 years.
After FDR died in office, it was Truman who signed the UN Charter and dropped nuclear bombs on the civilian populations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And it was Truman who forwarded the Economic Cooperation Act aka, the Marshall Plan to a world still reeling from the trauma of WW2.
To be clear, the Atlantic Charter (which I inserted below) is above all else a call to end colonialism. The Atlantic Charter was never a call for revising new colonial structures as a means to centralize and commodify the world's raw materials to US controlled markets. This interpretation of economic multilateralism crept out of the neoliberal Washington Consensus, and the TPP has always sought to enshrine these Wall St. conspired global investment and trade rules.
Ever since the the TPP4 (Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partership) an exploratory pathfinder agreement signed between Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore concluded– and which the US joined in 2009– it was clear that the TPP had more in common with Truman's Economic Cooperation Act than any bilateral trade agreement.
In the TPP4, there is a section on Economic Cooperation (16.4) that shorthands the Marshall Plan:
"The aims of economic cooperation will be to build on existing agreements or arrangements already in place for trade and economic cooperation;" and… will encourage and participate in "stimulating and facilitating actions of public and/or private sectors in areas of economic interest including to explore opportunities in third markets."
To continue to call the TPP a trade agreement ignores the fact that the TPP is an economic cooperation, not merely a trade agreement. Despite both Froman and Vilsack trying to allude to the idealism of mid-20 century internationalism, more and more we will begin to see the TPP for what it is– an aging bully waving his stick in the isolated corner of a schoolyard .
The Atlantic Charter
The President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, being met together, deem it right to make known certain common principles in the national policies of their respective countries on which they base their hopes for a better future for the world.
First, their countries seek no aggrandizement, territorial or other;
Second, they desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned;
Third, they respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live; and they wish to see sovereign rights and self government restored to those who have been forcibly deprived of them;
Fourth, they will endeavor, with due respect for their existing obligations, to further the enjoyment by all States, great or small, victor or vanquished, of access, on equal terms, to the trade and to the raw materials of the world which are needed for their economic prosperity;
Fifth, they desire to bring about the fullest collaboration between all nations in the economic field with the object of securing, for all, improved labor standards, economic advancement and social security;
Sixth, after the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny, they hope to see established a peace which will afford to all nations the means of dwelling in safety within their own boundaries, and which will afford assurance that all the men in all lands may live out their lives in freedom from fear and want;
Seventh, such a peace should enable all men to traverse the high seas and oceans without hindrance;
Eighth, they believe that all of the nations of the world, for realistic as well as spiritual reasons must come to the abandonment of the use of force. Since no future peace can be maintained if land, sea or air armaments continue to be employed by nations which threaten, or may threaten, aggression outside of their frontiers, they believe, pending the establishment of a wider and permanent system of general security, that the disarmament of such nations is essential. They will likewise aid and encourage all other practicable measure which will lighten for peace-loving peoples the crushing burden of armaments.


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Food waste is good business
Did you get enough to eat at your Thanksgiving feast?
Yes, thank you.
For most Americans, enough is not the problem.
We live amid abundance so great that, try as we might, we can't eat it all up.
Whole cultures could survive on our waste. Indeed, the cultural dropouts who call themselves Travelers make a lifestyle of doing just that. Dumpster diving is a compound in our dictionaries, and Freegans unite to reduce the "wastefulness of our consumer society."
Food is big on our plates this time of year, and that's where I'm headed, if you'll read along with me.
Big Picture Digression
The qualities that make you great are also the ones that bring you down, according to the people who gave us the concept of tragedy. So for Sophocles — as for Shakespeare, who adopted the ancient rules — the terrible stuff that happened to you didn't make your life a tragedy. How you use your strength is the issue.
Abundance is America's greatness. We're a vast land, rich with natural resources, inspired in imagination and motivated by profit. Abundance is also our problem. Nuclear waste, space waste, war waste, post-consumer waste, food waste: All are unsolved afterthoughts of our abundant production cycles.
Were it not for a few thoughtful — and mostly invisible — people, we could be buried in our own waste. Like life coach Nancy Jo Steetle —who in last week's paper gave thanks for the people who make her trash pickup easy at Heritage Harbor — I am thankful for the people who take our waste out of our lives: our plumbing engineers and plumbers; our sewage system and wastewater treatment designers and workers; our garbage collectors and recycling coordinators; and our compost makers.
This time of year, I'm especially thankful for the people who deal with our food waste.
Scraping Our Plates
Scrape the plates after Thanksgiving dinner, and you see the tip of the iceberg. Everybody's eyes are bigger than their stomachs. What do you do with the waste? At my house, the veggies the kids leave on their plates go into the compost.
Kids don't eat dressing, either, but the dog is glad to take care of those leftovers (except for the kale stuffing in the Maryland ham) as well as any leftover turkey, ham and pie — hold the apples.
Uneaten pie apples go into the compost, along with the apple cores and all the egg shells, stems and outer leaves of Brussels' sprouts, kale leaf ribs and pumpkin innards that fill my gallon-sized compost container faster on Thanksgiving than on most any other time of the year.
I learned to compost from my mother, whose immigrant poverty, compounded by the Great Depression, taught her to never waste a thing. Following her example, husband Lambrecht and I've made the hard clay garden of our Southern Maryland home rich as the black earth he brags about back home in McLean County, Illinois.
What would I do if I lived in the city, 12 stories up in a highrise with no earth to call my own?
Thanks to reporter Ashley Brotherton — who enlightens us all about food waste in this week's paper — I'd know to call Compost Cab, at least if I lived in D.C.
Our residential kitchen waste, yours and mine, is overwhelmed by the piles of waste created by industrial kitchens.
I don't dare let myself think about really big military or college or prison kitchens. I don't want to imagine, for example the amount of food waste created right here in Annapolis at the U.S. Naval Academy, where all 4,576 midshipmen eat their meals as one big happy family.
Or supermarkets, where the waste volume of perfectly good food is staggering. At Bay Weekly, we've done some research into where that food goes, and lots of bakery goods and produce does go to food banks. But an October 30 Washington Post comparison of roasted supermarket chickens floored me. Some stores — Whole Foods and Fresh Market among them — cycled unsold whole chickens into deli food. Others trashed them.
Those mountains of food wasted are raw material to entrepreneur Vinnie Bevivino of Chesapeake Compost Works. Ashley interviews him this week, and in her Conversation, you'll read how the profit incentive is making food waste the growth sector of America's booming trash economy.
On a larger scale, companies like Chesapeake Compost Works, Compost Cab and others you'll discover in this week's paper are duplicating what my kitchen compost has done for my yard: Making waste into riches.
Thank heavens for American ingenuity!
P.S. I can't write about compost without noting that our own Bay Gardener, Dr. Frank Gouin, is the original academic expert on composting all sorts of waste, from crab to lobster to almond to chicken to yard to garbage.
Sandra Olivetti Martin
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If you are trying to find the phone number to call to get the balance on your GA Food Stamps EBT card, you've come to the right place.
The post below provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to check the balance on your Georgia Food Stamps card or EBT card.
GA Food Stamps Balance
There are currently three options for checking the balance on your Georgia EBT card – call customer service, visit the EBT card website online, or check your last receipt.
For full instructions on retrieving your food stamps balance number GA, keep reading and follow the steps listed below.
Option 1
Check the Georgia Food Stamps Balance Online
You can check the balance on your GA food stamps card online through the EBT card website. You need your User ID and password in order to do this.
GA Food Stamps Balance Check Website
The Georgia EBT card balance check website can be found at the Georgia Connect EBT website.
Click here to visit the Georgia Connect EBT website and check your GA Food Stamps balance.
Forgot Georgia EBT Account User ID
If you do not remember your User ID, click on the "Forgotten User ID" link on the top left of the page and you will be given instructions on how to retrieve your User ID.
You are going to need your zip code, date of birth and card number in order to complete this task.
Forgot Georgia EBT Account Password
If you do not remember your password, click on the "Reset Password" link on the top left corner to get a new password.
Again, you will need your zip code, date of birth, and card number to create a new password.
Georgia EBT Create an Account
If you do not have online access, you need to create an account in order to be able to log in.
Click on the "Create User Account" link located on the left side of the Connect EBT homepage.
Follow the instructions provided on how to set up your account for online access. The image below shows you what the website looks like.
Click here to create an account and check the balance on your Georgia EBT Card.
Option 2
Call Georgia Food Stamps Balance Number
The other option is to call the Georgia EBT Customer Service number to get the balance information. You can call them at 1-888-421-3281 toll-free.
You will need your card information to be able to use this option, so be sure to have your food stamps card ready.
Option 3
Check your last Receipt
The third option to check your balance is to look at your last transaction receipt.
Each time you use your card and are given a receipt, your balance will be shown at the bottom of the receipt. This is probably the best way to get balance information since it reflects the most current amount after all your purchases are taken out.
The image below shows you what that looks like. Since this is the best way to get the amount left on your food stamps card, we suggest that you keep your most recent receipt in a secure place so you can easily locate it.
Did you find this post helpful? Were you able to successfully get the balance information you were looking for?
If so, great. If not, tell us what happened or what prevented you from getting the information you were looking for in the comments section. We would like to hear from you.
For additional help, contact the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in your county. Find the Division of Family and Children Services Office near you, by using the DFCS Office list by County.
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Deliberating Quotes
With the confirmation of John Roberts, the Supreme Court will embark upon a new era in its history, the Roberts era. For many years to come, long after many of us have left public service, the Roberts court will be deliberating on some of the most difficult and fundamental questions of U.S. law. - Bill Frist
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Pastor Carl Lentz from Hillsong, NYC stopped citylife church to breakdown and simply our understanding of the Holy Spirit. God loves us so much he's given us 3 ways for us to communicate with him - the Trinity. God the Father INITIATES, God the Son DECLARES and God the Holy Spirit EXECUTES! The Three are equal and distinctly different, there is direct access to all three and the Holy Spirit is responsible for regeneration through sanctification.
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29 January 1998
18 years ago an international crew headed by Talgat Musabayev was launched from Baikonur
18 years ago an international crew headed by Talgat Musabayev was launched from Baikonur. Actual duration of the mission was 207 days 12 hours 51 minutes and 2 seconds.
29 January 2010
The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered a message to the people of Kazakhstan "New Decade - New Economic Growth - New Opportunities of Kazakhstan"
The Message from the President of the
Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan.
"New Decade - New Economic Growth - New Opportunities of Kazakhstan."
(29 January 2010)
1. The realization of the Strategic Plan 2010 is an important milestone of the development of country
In 1997, we adopted the Strategy "Kazakhstan-2030", we have formulated a long-term agenda, the main objectives and priorities of the country, which then were implemented to the Strategic Plan to 2010.
Thus, we began to live as we planned and achieved the following results.
Back in 2008, we doubled the amount of the country's GDP compared to the year of 2000, and effectively met social obligations of the state.
The average monthly wage was increased in five times, and the average pension in three times.
The proportion of population with the income below the subsistence minimum decreased 4-fold (from 50% to 12%).
Improved the basic health indicators. Life expectancy increased from 65 to 68 years. The maternal mortality decreased in two times and the fertility increased in a half time.
More than 652 schools and 463 health facilities were built during the last ten years.
Today we have excellent medical centers, like the National Center for Mothers and Children and the Institute of Neurosurgery.
In this year, we will introduce the new Cardiac Surgery Center. The health care in Kazakhstan improved in all areas.
Due to this fact, we will save thousands of lives of our citizens!
Recognizing our achievements, the UN, in its report dated from 2009, included Kazakhstan in the category of countries with high human development level. This is the indisputable evidence of our increased prosperity! Over a decade, more than 350,000 families have become the owners of the property; it is about 1.2 million people. We built and repaired about 32,000 kilometers of roads, one third of all roads in Kazakhstan.
Following the letter and spirit of the Development Strategy of Kazakhstan until 2030, we solved all the problems, which were identified on the first decade of the 21th century.
2. During the crisis, it is time to make the right decisions
The global financial and economic crisis has affected the growth of the economy, but did not stop our development. The Accumulated economic potential provided us with the stability in difficult crisis battles for the past three years.
The unprecedented assistance was given to the agribusiness.
State has assumed all costs to complete the shared construction.
Due to the successful implementation of the "Roadmap 2009", we implemented in the regions more than 862 projects on reconstruction of housing, 737 kilometers of power lines, 1,029 kilometers of water networks, 284 kilometers of heating mains, roads, hundreds of schools and hospitals, cultural and sports facilities.
We did such an important job, which affected each village, for the first time. People are grateful and we did a good job.
Everything was done under my control, promptly and publicly.
We have avoided a recession, because we knew what to do, and did it quickly.
The Great Nehru once said: "Success often befalls to someone who acts boldly." Therefore, we acted boldly.
In 2009, the economy grew by 1.1% and the industry by 1.7%. We were in a "breakout group" of countries with positive growth rates.
For the first time, the international reserves and assets of the National Fund have exceeded $ 50 billion, and increased over the past ten years, for more than 25 times.
It should be noted that last year we spent part of the money, and today we have more money in the fund than we had in December last year.
With the help of the fund we not only applied the anti-crisis measures, but also returned to the state the important assets that we were forced to sell in the past. It is the Ekibastuz-1 regional power station and "Bogatyr", we also returned our stake in Kashagan, Mangistaumunaigas and all three refineries.
The unemployment rate is 6.3%, which is lower than before the crisis.
Because of the effective implementation the Employment Strategy, we created more than 400,000 jobs.
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Toda I have my first taste of Maurice the set to play 'The Age of Reason' battles written by Sam Mustafa. I did really try to resist the temptation, but the pressure was overwhelming against me: the beautiful and colourful armies of the age (which I started to collect but never finished 20 years ago), the very nice painted 28mm armies owned by some of my gaming mates and frequently displayed at the club over the past months, plus the chats overheard between some of the actual gamers during our recent trip to Salute, were a too powerful combined mermaid's call to resist.
An additional attraction is that Maurice is a card driven-game, my favourite system since playing TooFatLardies rules sets. Although the game is developed in turns, in which the active player may fire (and be fired by the enemy musketry), and choose one action (march, rally, charge or bombard), the cards play an important role. Not only they put a limit to the number of orders issued to the units, but also have an important impact in the turns, as the passive player may modify with his own cards the orders of the active player.
This morning we played a historical scenario, the Battle of Chotusitz (1742) staging Prussians against Austrians. The objective of the Austrians was to take the village and defeat the Prussain army, initially heavily outnumbered but waiting for reinforcements commanded by Frederick the Great himslef arriving in the first early turns.
The Austrians opening moves were to activate and to launch the cavalry force (larger and of better quality of the Prussians on the table) on the Prussian right flank. The Prussian foces resisted as best as they could giving time for the reinforcements to arrive and to create an extended line of infantry. Once in place the infantry steady marched on the Austrians and started to fire volley after volley (Prussians troops have a better fire rating).
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|Battelfield view from the Austrian lines
|Prussian musketry fire
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Overall, a good game that I really enjoyed. I need now to read the rules in depth and start getting familiarised with the cards and their impact on the troops performance, which will require some additional games. The rules are well written and pretty straightforward, the card system allows for a fair amount of uncertainty and unpredictability, making the game much more fun.
A final note. I have also played Lasalle ,the Napoleonic-era rules by the same author, and I know many people out there being critic to that set. I have to say the Maurice is a much better and improved system, worth testing of you like playing the XVIIIc period.


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Penumbra is currently recruiting a Relief Recovery Worker.
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For the last three decades, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida has set the foundation for using arts in medicine. This summer, the hospital will open its first Center for Integrative Medicine.
The Integrative Medicine Program will partner with UF's College of Medicine and Shands' Arts in Medicine program. The program started in the 1980s and has since grown to incorporate many different types of art and therapies for patients and employees at the hospital.
"Integrative medicine brings together medical science with complementary and alternative therapies," said Jill Sonke, director of the UF Center for Arts in Medicine. "It bridges medical practice with disciplines like acupuncture, massage, tai chi, meditation, and yoga."
This clinic will be the first of its kind at Shands. It will provide patients more opportunities to different techniques of healing, as well as the opportunity to receive these on an outpatient basis.
Shands' Arts in Medicine program now provides patients with therapies like yoga and guided meditation on a bedside basis, but this new clinic will provide an expansion.
The Arts and Medicine yoga coordinator, Tammy Bernard, said research shows these practices give patients a better quality of life. Mindfulness, meditation and breathing techniques can actively be used to support a patient's well-being, she said.
"I've seen in my own practice how patients respond so favorably to receiving this augmentation of practices," Bernard said. "I'm just excited about how it's going to unfold."
Studies have shown integrative medicine can help patients with depression, anxiety, difficulties sleeping and pain management, she said.
The program is set to start in August, but this is not the only development for Arts in Medicine at UF. The program is in the process of trying to offer a master's degree in Arts in Medicine. It will be an online curriculum focused on educating people to use the arts in a health care context.
Sonke said a master's degree could attract many different students, including artists looking to work in health care environments and health care providers interested in using the arts to enhance their health practices.
The certificate of Arts in Medicine was launched last fall. Sonke said this growing field is very important to help humanize the stressful environment of the hospital, as well as give patients opportunities to express themselves. Sonke hopes to launch the master's program in 2014.
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The Gift of Giving: The Sharon Fogarty Young Readers' Collection
One family's cherished tradition becomes the inspiration for a heartfelt gift that will continue to enrich the lives of CSUN students and inspire young community readers for many generations to come. "Last night, I think I may have dreamed about dragons and polar bears draping themselves over books." These are the words of Patricia Fogarty as she recalled her recent visit to the Sharon Fogarty Young Readers' Collection at the Oviatt Library.
What's Up: Oviatt Library Outreach Services
Prominently situated at the center of CSUN's sprawling campus, the Oviatt Library offers invaluable education resources to students and community members far beyond the university's boundaries with their robust Outreach Services.
A university's library is often the heart of its campus. Much more than just a place for students to gather, do homework, study for finals, or work on a group projects, a university Library functions as both a symbol of the power of education and as a touchstone for a university's pulse and spirit.
Oviatt Spotlight: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Through the CSU Japanese American Digitization Project, the National Parks Service grants funding that will help the Oviatt Library and some of its sister CSU libraries to archive significant historical treasures.
This three-year effort provides for the digitization and online access of approximately 10,000 documents from over 30 archival collections related to Japanese American incarceration during World War II and the resettlement.
Thanks & Recognition: Dr. Harry Stone
"Once a gentleman, and always a gentleman." Charles Dickens expressed that sentiment in his mid-19th century classic Little Dorrit, but he would be pleased to have us use it today in reference to Professor Emeritus Harry Stone.
Dr. Harry Stone, a renowned Victorian literature scholar, taught in the Department of English at CSUN for 32 years. Dr. Stone may have retired from his beloved CSUN in 1992, but his legacy will live on at the Oviatt Library through a unique and generous gift.
We Would Like you to Meet: Nimilolu Fafowora
A casual and candid conversation with the Oviatt Library's first Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) intern, the very ambitious and endlessly busy Nimilolu Fafowora.
Message from the Dean: The Gift of Giving Back
When I was a boy, I was inspired by the athletic skill and bold rhetoric of boxing champion Muhammed Ali. Later I learned of his commitment to service, what we often refer to as "giving back." Ali said that "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." This is a helpful metaphor that perfectly captures the spirit of service: it's an obligation that we have toward our fellow travelers on this planet that allows us to "give back" to others in a variety of ways. Some of us give back with our time; some with our treasure; and some through service-oriented careers.


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This phase II randomized trial studies how well bupropion hydrochloride works in improving
sexual desire in women with breast or gynecological cancer. Bupropion hydrochloride may work
by boosting sexual desire, energy, or motivation without causing intolerable or undesirable
side effects.
I. Measure the ability of two dose levels of bupropion hydrochloride (bupropion), 150 or 300
mg of extended release, to improve sexual desire more than a placebo at 9 weeks (8 weeks on
the target dose) as measured by the desire subscale of the female sexual function index
I. Evaluate the side effects of 150 and 300 mg bupropion extended release and differentiate
these side effects from those observed in the placebo arm.
II. Evaluate the effect of 150 and 300 mg of bupropion extended release on the Patient
Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) fatigue scale, PROMIS sexual desire
and satisfaction measure, patient health questionnaire (PHQ)-4, and the FSFI total score, at
5 and 9 weeks, as well as the desire subscale score of the FSFI at 5 weeks.
III. Evaluate the effect of 150 and 300 mg of bupropion extended release on the global
impression of change scale and the patient?s perception of risk versus (vs.) benefit at 5
weeks (4 weeks at target dose) and 9 weeks (8 weeks at target dose).
OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 arms.
ARM A: Patients receive bupropion hydrochloride orally (PO) once daily (QD) on days 1-63 and
placebo PO QD on days 8-71.
ARM B: Patients receive bupropion hydrochloride PO QD on days 1-7 and 64-71, and twice daily
(BID) on days 8-63.
ARM C: Patients receive placebo PO QD on days 1-7 and 64-71, and BID on days 8-63.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Score of < 9 on the PHQ-4
- Patients must have a FSFI desire subscale baseline score less than 3.3
- NOTE-Both the PHQ4 and FSFI must be completed by the patient and data entered in
Oncology Patient Enrollment Network (OPEN) at Step 1 registration to determine
- Diagnosis of breast or gynecologic cancer (examples are DCIS, LCIS, invasive breast,
ovarian, endometrial, vulvar, cervical and vaginal)
- Completed definitive therapy consisting of surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy
at least 180 days ago (may continue on Herceptin or endocrine therapy)
- Post menopausal as defined by at least ONE of the following:
- 12 months (365 days) without a period,
- Bilateral oophorectomy,
- For woment 57 and under, if at least one ovary and woman has had hysterectomy,
must have follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) (> 30 mIU/mL) and estradiol in
menopausal range per institution?s laboratory (< 10 for ultra sensitive assay: <
25-30 otherwise);
- At least one ovary intact and 180 days without a period with FSH (> 30 mIU/mL)
and estradiol in menopausal range per institution's laboratory (< 10 for ultra
sensitive assay: < 25-30 otherwise); Note: Women 58 and older do not have to have
hormonal tests.
- History, physical and performance status of 2 or less within 180 days prior to
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 2.5 x upper
limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN
- Glomerular filtration rate > 90ml/min
- For breast cancer patients only, endocrine therapies are allowed (such as aromatase
inhibitors, but not current tamoxifen. Prior tamoxifen is permitted with a 30 day wash
out period). )
- Vaginal estrogen is allowed, for all protocol disease sites, if dose equal to or less
than that in estring (< 7.5 mcg) and it has been used for at least 30 days with no
plans to stop or alter use during the course of the study
- Antidepressants for mood and hot flashes, including SSRI?s will be allowed if patients
have been on a stable dose for the last 60 days and the dose is not expected to change
during the course of the study; only subthreshold or low dose antidepressants will be
allowed (e.g. Effexor up to 75 mg or Lexapro 5-10 mg or Celexa 10- 20 mg)
- The patient must provide study-specific informed consent prior to study
- Women who report that their motivation/desire for sexual intimacy has decreased since
her cancer diagnosis
- Able to swallow whole capsules
- Proficient in English (due to number of questionnaires not validated in other
- Completion of the FSFI and PHQ4; both questionnaires will be required and data entered
at the time of step 1 registration
- Completion of the following baseline quality of life forms: PHQ4, FSFI, PROMIS sexual
function and satisfaction, PROMIS fatigue short form 8a, Impact of Treatment Scale,
patient reported outcomes (PRO)-Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)
items, and revised dyadic adjustment scale; these quality of life forms will be
required and data must be entered in RAVE at step 2 registration; if available at the
time of step 1 registration, step 2 registration can take place immediately after step
1; women who do not currently have a partner do not have to complete the revised
dyadic adjustment scale; enter "no partner" for this form
Exclusion Criteria:
- Untreated depression, major depressive disorder (MDD), suicidal ideations or anxiety
disorders in the past 5 years per the medical chart based on Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual (DSM) IV diagnoses
- Seizure disorders
- Current or history of anorexia or bulimia in the past 5 years
- Allergy to bupropion
- Use of drugs metabolized by CYP2D6
- Stage IV cancer
- History of Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis or fibromyalgia
- Extensive pelvic exenteration surgery, surgeries which include partial or total
vaginectomy with or without reconstruction; radical vulvectomy with or without remove
of clitoris
- Women who are currently undergoing or planning to undergo reconstruction surgery
during the course of the study; women who have completed reconstruction surgery must
be 30 days from surgery
- Oral or transdermal estrogen therapy is not allowed
- Males are not permitted to participate
- Patients undergoing abrupt discontinuation of alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates,
and antiepileptic drugs after chronic use
- Patients who discontinue monoamine oxidase (MAO)-inhibitor (I)'s within 14 days prior
to starting the investigational drug
- Poorly controlled hypertension (systolic blood pressure [BP] >= 160 mmHg or diastolic
BP >= 100 mmHg) on three or more readings in the past 12 months
- Patients with active bipolar disorder
- Patients with impaired decision making as determined by the treating physician
- Concurrent use of bupropion
- Concomitant invasive malignancy requiring treatment other than non-melanomatous skin
- Previous or concurrent use of flibanserin.
Bupropion Hydrochloride in Improving Sexual Desire in Women With Breast or Gynecologic Cancer
Phase II Double Blind Dose Finding Trial of Bupropion Versus Placebo for Sexual Desire in Women With Breast or Gynecologic Cancer
Phase 2
18 Years
NRG Oncology
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Date Hiked: July 5, 2010
Best Season: Autumn Spring Summer Winter
Check Trail Conditions: San Gabriel River Ranger District (626) 335-1251
Notes: Add extra mileage for parking on Chantry Flat Road. Parking in the lot at the trailhead is nearly impossible. Our map shows us parking one mile down the hill--not an unusual occurrence.
- Distance: 6.25 miles round-trip
- Elevation Gain: 1,169 feet
- Route Type: Loop
- Trail Type: Dirt and fire road
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Parking: Paved lot and roadside (Advenure Pass)
- Locality: San Gabriel Mountains
- Nearest City: Sierra Madre, CA
- Kid-Friendly: Yes
- Dog-Friendly: Yes
During one of the heat waves last summer, we sought out a hike near water that wouldn't leave us fully exposed to the hot sun. Jeff picked this hike, after reading reviews that indicated we would do more than half of the hike under forest covering, and then climb up and along a canyon wall that would only leave us exposed for short periods of time. Adding icing to the cake for this history buff, the area is packed with local history.
The reviews were accurate. This is a great hike even during summer. We want to try to do it again this spring to check out the wildflowers and the creek after this winter's heavy rain storms. Plus, our GPS tracks from this first hike bit the dust, so we want to go back and re-track our route for an updated trail map.
This loop hike is split between the Lower Winter Creek Trail and the Upper Winter Creek Trail, which join up at the Chantry Flat Recreation Area. Chantry "Flats" is a highly popular spot in the San Gabriel Mountains, which includes a big public picnic area, a historic pack house, and access to a handful of trails — including the eastern trailhead for the 28.5 mile Gabrieleno Trail (not listed on the Greene Adventures hiking wishlist…yet).
As this was our first visit to the Flats, we had absolutely no idea how crowded this area gets on weekends (Disneyland crowded). Although there is a decent sized parking lot at the Flats, cars were parked for miles down narrow windy Santa Anita Canyon Road (aka "Chantry Flats Road"), wedged into every possible space along the sections of mountain and canyon walls that weren't designated as No Parking zones. Jeff and I calculated that we had to park a good mile from the Flats, adding an additional two miles to our round-trip hike (this is not factored into the trail distance noted above).
After our 1 mile trek up to the parking lot, we hit a gate that marks the official starting point of our hike (as well as the start of the Gabrieleno Trail), a paved road that descends into the canyon. This road gets really crowded with hikers, baby strollers and mountain bikes since it also serves as the starting point for the much more popular Sturtevant Falls hike.
Fortunately for us, we only had to follow the road for a few minutes to the Lower Winter Creek trailhead (0.2 miles), which is located on your right (next to bench) just as the paved road makes a sharp turn to the left.
Lower Winter Creek Trail is a narrow dirt singletrack trail that quickly descends down to a cool shady protected canyon area that used to be named First Water Camp.
The creek canyon is dotted with a series of check dams consisting of massive cement "logs" that help keep potential flood waters under control (built in response to the great flood of 1938).1 Despite their unnatural look, the dams, which are overgrown with vegetation, and release trickles of waterfall-like spillover, are quite picturesque and soothing.
The approach to the first of these check dams proved a bit confusing for us, because the trail isn't well marked here. The trail — very well cleared and worn — appears to head straight towards the dam, resulting in what would be a scramble up the left bank of the dam. After a bit more analysis of the area, we realized that the real trail actually crosses the creek prior to reaching this dam and picks up again on the opposite bank.
Historic rustic cabins, built during Southern California's "Great Hiking Era" — which took place between the real estate boom of the late 1880s and the great flood of 1938 — can be found throughout Big Santa Anita Canyon, along both the Lower and Upper Winter Creek Trails.1
Like the cabins in Holy Jim Canyon, these are privately owned recreational residences, on land leased through the Forest Service.
Continue along Lower Winter Creek Trail for 3/4 mile until it climbs to re-join the crowded Gabrieleno Trail, which is packed with people headed to Sturtevant Falls.
This trail junction marks the site of Roberts Camp (1912 – 1931), one of many trail camps that sprang up in the San Gabriels during the great hiking era.1
The camp, once one of the busiest tourist resorts in the mountains, was so popular that it housed a branch of the Los Angeles Public Library as well as a post office. The abandoned lodge was destroyed in the big storm of 1938.
The trailhead to Upper Winter Creek is on the other side of the Gabrieleno Trail, almost directly across from where you climbed up from the lower trail.
Upper Winter Creek Trail continues to meander through more historical cabins and concrete dams, with some additional water crossings. Note what appears to be wiring strung through the trees, this is a phone line that connects scattered old crank-style emergency phones to the rangers at the pack station.
At approximately 1.5 miles from the Gabrieleno Trail junction, you reach Hoegee's Campground, a primitive hike-in trail camp that occupies the former site of Hoagee's Camp, yet another popular trail camp that was in operation from 1908 to the 1950s.
From Hoegee's Camp, it's approximately 3 miles back to Chantry Flats, continuing along the Upper Winter Creek Trail. You will pass the junctions for both Mount Zion and Mount Wilson. This section of trail starts to climb steeply up the canyon wall, and gets a bit narrow at times.
Upper Winter Creek Trail dumps you on to the paved access road that services the popular picnic grounds and the pack store. Follow it through the picnic area to return to the Chantry Flats parking lot.
If you're not in a hurry, wander over to the pack store. There's fun historical memorabilia on display, and listings of any historic cabins for sale. It's staffed by friendly folks who grill big burgers made-to-order, and they sell cold drinks as well as ice cream and snacks. We spent a little time there relaxing and enjoying some of that cold cold ice cream…the perfect way to end a hike on a hot July day.
1. Hoffman, A. (1976). Mountain Resorts and Trail Camps in Southern California's Great Hiking Era, 1884-1938. Southern California Quarterly, 58:3, 381-406.


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We all go through stages in life when we're feeling a little run down and stressed, due to things such as school, college, work, exams, money etc. I have decided today to share with you some things you can do and some hopefully useful tips to use to minimize stress when this feeling occurs throughout everyday life. I find some of these things help me when I am stressed about something or have bad anxiety.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to pamper yourself and spend sometime relaxing during a stressful time. One of the things that I love to do to help me relax and forget my worries is take a long hot bubble bath. Using a bath bomb or bath melts can be a great way to create bubbles or add something extra to plain boring bath water. I have featured the Zoella Beauty Fizz Bar Fragranced Bath Fizzer which can be used to create lots of bubbles in your bath, as well as making the bath smell really good! Also to make your bathroom space extra relaxing, feel free to light your favourite scented candle. I also like to use some products to make my skin feel and look better in the bath and when I have come out, for example I like to use a scrub once in a while, such as the Soap&Glory Sugar Crush body scrub (The sugar crush range is my all time favourite as it just smells so good!!!!) to soothe and hydrate the skin, especially good for those who suffer with dry skin. Also I like to use moisturising products , whether that be a hand cream or face cream to help keep my skin feeling soft and minimize dry areas. This will help you to lift your mood knowing that you're taking some time out to treat yourself and know that you will gain results from looking after your skin. When we're stressed, it's not only our mind that suffers, our body can also react to stress in a negative way, so making sure you take care of it is essential.
Another activity you could carry out when pampering yourself to reduce stress is give yourself a manicure or a pedicure. You don't need all the tools to be able to do this, simply grab some nail polish remover, a top and bottom coat, your choice of coloured nail polish and a nail file if neccessary. This can be very relaxing as it gets you to focus on the task at hand rather than your stresses. You could also even apply a face mask and sit down with a magazine to read until it's time to peel it off.
These books have become increasingly popular recently. I believe they are a great aid to use when feeling stressed and can be a quick and great way to engage your brain to reach a good level of calmness. Some may see these as childish and unuseful, but I think if you use them in the sense for therapy purposes or when you're feeling stressed, they can actually be a great method of relaxation. What's the harm in sitting quietly by yourself, picking up some colours and being creative to relax your mind, as well as your body.
Sometimes writing down how you feel can be a great way to get whatever is on your chest, out in the open, without actually having to verbally communicate how you feel to someone else and having to worry what other people are going to think. I know we shouldn't worry about what others think about us and we should do whatever makes us happy, but we're only human and of course sometimes we're going to be concerned about people's opinions on the things we do and feel. Writing down how you feel and your thoughts can be great for concentrating on the words and allowing them to flow out of your mind onto the paper. Also writing can help you see things better and think straight when it comes to overcoming problems, rather than acting on the way you feel, such as anger or hurt. For me personally, before I'm about to sleep and during the night is when I am the most stressed and it means that I have trouble either getting to sleep or staying asleep. By having a notepad and pen beside my bed, it means I can quietly and easily use it to write down the way I'm feeling without making too much noise, disturbing people or struggling to try get to sleep when my mind is over analysing every thought.
If you feel confident enough and have someone that would be willing to listen to you without judging, then talking about the way you feel and seeking advice from another person like a friend, parent, sibling, family member, boyfriend or girlfriend, teacher, a work collegue, anyone that you feel you can trust and are close to, can be useful in times of stress. They may be able to help guide you in the right direction by offering you support and advice on some of the matters that are worrying you. Or just even by expressing your emotions and your thoughts to someone else can help clear your head from whatever was bothering. You might even agree to plan something fun with this person to cheer yourself up and make you feel better. Also you don't even have to meet them in person, you could simply just talk to them on text or ring them up for a chat.
- Take each step to overcoming obstacles slowly and make sure that whatever you are trying to achieve is actually achievable. This will help you overcome your stresses without causing more problems for yourself. This can be done by planning out exactly what it is that you need to do to overcome your issue and making sure that you are careful when doing so. If it doesn't work out, you can always try again.
- Exercising or mediating can be a great way to reduce stress when it's at any level. Deep breathing when mediating can help to slow your heart rate and blood pressure, therefore in times of stress this trick can be beneficial when you have got yourself into a bit of a panic. When it comes to exercising, you don't have to go on a five mile run to try reduce your stress, simply going for a walk, bike ride or doing some yoga can help to release good chemicals into the body which will ensure you to feel better. This can be done with a friend to make it more enjoyable.
I hope that some of these activities or tips that I have mentioned will be beneficial to at least someone in times of stressful situations and when you're feeling worried.
Do you have any personal tips to manage stress and relax?
Let me know,
Thank you for reading,


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Rodrigo and Nora found a gem of a house perched on a hill at rib throwing distance from Sam's BarBQ. It's pale painted cedar shingles and simple form conceal a cool, spare, and airy interior with awesome corner windows and a growing collection of all things cool – art, furniture, awesome wood floors and an incredible nursery for the project's muse, their first child. Lucky for Moontower a friend of Nora's mother recommended a motley assortment of design/builders she read about in a Tribeza article, thanks MOM! With a wood frame, tile covered porch threatening to swallow up any visiting grandparents a new stoop was at the top of the list for exterior improvements to compliment the well nested interior.
An outdoor master plan was step one and included a stepping path of rectangular stone from the street and down hill mail box, an outdoor living room shaded by the mature oak in the front yard and an everyday path to the rear alley parking area. With a plan for the distant future on paper, we sharpened our pencils and estimated a scope that could be completed ASAP. The finished project includes the stone path to an existing front gate, re-done porch of solid, rough sawn cedar lumber and a new terrace of crushed limestone edged in steel to reduce the deck to ground height to 30″ along with a full length solid cedar bench supported by minimally detailed steel boxes.
Design by Moontower
Construction by Moontower
Photography © Mark Richardson
Special thanks to:
Brockett Hamilton
Bryan Crowell
Shawn Latta
Leo Trujillo


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A position on the offense responsible for initiating the majority of offensive plays. The quarterback is relaying the play call to the rest of the offense, adjusting the offense prior to the snap, taking the snap from center, and executing the play. That can entail handing the ball off to a running back, running the ball on their own, or attempting a pass downfield. Quarterbacks must have the capacity to analyze the defense, and should have a strong, accurate arm for downfield passes.
The quarterback is the leader of an offense. Teams rely on a quarterback to execute plays as efficiently as possible. A quarterback has to be able to line his team up and evaluate the defense quickly, making any adjustments necessary to try and maximize the offense's success. This can mean changing a play at the line of scrimmage, which is called an "audible". The quarterback is almost always responsible for attempting passes downfield, and must do so while avoiding the defensive pass rush. An effective quarterback will commit very few turnovers and have a high completion percentage.


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3 things men are driven in their lives.
I remember once reading Steve Harvey's book "Think like a man, act like a lady". It's about love, rekationships, intimacy and commitment.
He says "Men are very simple and that women should understand that they can never be first in a man's life without understanding and accepting that men are driven by: Who they are, What they do and How much they make"
Steve Harvey dropped his career at Ford with US$ 25,000 salary for his new career.
A day after his resignation, he came to a comedy club and doing stand up for just a $ 24. He made his BUSINESS CARD written Steve Harvey, Stand up comedian. Years to have come. He became someone he had dreamed of, a man of his own passion.
"As a man, we need our name, what we do and how much we make regardless how less it is. At least you need a self-recognition to start a new life"
Herewith I stand on my own passion, starting a professional career as a facilitator of my own legacy called Dinergy.
We help people discover their own potential in making their career path through Social Media & Public Speaking.
And tomorrow is a brand new day for Dinergy, starting its first session of "Indentifying and conquering fear of public speaking"
Our first commercial project of "How to deliver excellent presentation" for a big Brand Activation Corporate. So excited and thrilled.
In God we lay success, through the passion that drives us to get where we want to be.
I don't care how far I will have on, I'm just gonna enjoy the ride.
Because I agree with one thing that Steve Harvey says too:
"But remember what drives a man; real men do what they have to do to make sure their people are taken care of, clothed, housed and reasonably satisfied, and if they're doing anything less than that, they can't be men of their true lives"
Welcoming a new energy; Dinergy.


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A BDSM munch is a social gathering for people involved in or interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant. If available, munches always make use of a private room. People always have the freedom to come and leave within the specified hours. The main objective is to "socialize" although some munches also have announcements from local organisations.
Munches always aid those who are eager about the lifestyle and meet others who may be able to help them become more at ease and better informed. There can be a place to get some advice about or pass on ancedots about BDSM experiences. Very much different to a play party most munches are casual affairs or BDSM play though a rare few includes other plays. Some BDSM munches have a definite focus, like spirituality or whips. While others may be restricted to a specific group such as women.
Munches started in 1980s much before the widespread introduction of net. During that time, meeting members of the BDSM scene was a bit more difficult as bias was prevalent against BDSM and paucity of places to meet those of the same interest. Munches changed with time and now there is a huge acceptability of BDSM, "the lifestyle" or WIITWD (what it is that we do). Each BDSM munch is different and also reveals the personality of the group that attends it. At these parties, BDSM can be publicly performed on a stage or more privately in a separate "dungeon" .There is a reason behind the spread of this event and that is the opportunity to make use of "playing equipment" which is not available in most residences.
In order to ensure maximum safety and comfort for the participants, certain standards of behaviour have come to the fore which includes characteristics like courtesy, privacy, respect and safe words among others. Today, Fetish club parties and BDSM parties are taking place in most of the larger cities in the Western world. In some cities, there are specialised BDSM clubs with a set programme schedule in which theme parties have topic free " play evenings" very much same as the business concepts of more conventional nightclubs and control of these parties and/or in the clubs is far higher than in a normal discotheque.
Apart from commercial events, there are also parties organised privately by BDSM groups and individuals. Minors are not allowed at these parties though intercourse and drinking are usually not done in these parties. Fetish club is a unique club providing spell bound decadent interiors created by experienced players for the visitor's pleasure. This is a place where free people can enjoy each other's company and sexual experiences and the visitor's privacy is paramount. It is a non-profit making private members club set up by the consortium of people who are all passionate about the fetish scene. BDSM and fetish clubs feature a 'hot' scene of obscene satisfaction. They evoke all S&M fantasies while satisfying all desirable fetishes. These clubs help to vitalize your wildest dreams. They answer all bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism and masochism requests. In these fetish clubs, the mature gay community joins together. There are also clubs like 69X club in London, Anti-Christ and Badlands alternative fetish club.
Club features include: Stunning blue bar lounge, Dark room, Grope rooms, Cloaks and Lockers and taxis are available too. When it comes to applying for membership- it must be applied for at least twenty-four hours before the visitor wishes to attend for the first time. Thus enjoy the fetish night and indulge in BDSM activities to experience a "full" and "satisfied" feeling.


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Symphysiotomy victims need proper compensation
Cllr Martin Kenny claims the Government is trying to avoid providing proper compensation for victims of symphysiotomy, including a number of women in Co Leitrim, with the latest proposal for a redress process.
Minister for Health James Reilly is now drawing up proposals, following receipt of a report from retired Circuit Court judge Yvonne Murphy, on the options available for compensating more than 250 surviving women who underwent the procedure.
Cllr Kenny said, "This is another half hearted effort by the Government, trying to avoid their responsibilities. Minister James Reilly says he is now drawing up the proposals following receipt of a report from Ms Murphy on the options available for compensation.
"Many of these barbaric operations were carried out in maternity wards across the country including here in Leitrim. Most people don't realise that there were many women in Co Leitrim who have lived in constant pain and incontinence for decades because of this inhuman process. While most are now quite elderly, there are some women who still suffer having undergone symphysiotomy in hospitals in this region. They need to come forward and seek justice, because what was done to them was inhuman abuse by a misguided medical profession."
Cllr Kenny explained, "Symphysiotomy is a cruel and dangerous childbirth operation that unhinges the pelvis, severing the symphysis joint. Ireland was the only developed country in the world to practice these childbirth procedures in the past 70 years. According to the pressure group, Survivors of Symphysiotomy (SoS), some doctors simply saw symphysiotomy as a gateway to unlimited childbearing. These doctors considered Caesarean section as a 'moral hazard' that capped family size and led to the 'evil' of family planning, preferring to saw or break women's' pelvises instead."
"SoS and are not at all satisfied with the new proposals coming from Minister Reilly and are now assisting victims of symphysiotomy to take legal proceedings. These symphysiotomy operations were clearly illegal; the doctors ignored their legal obligations to seek patient consent. Most women were operated upon without their knowledge or consent under general anaesthetic during pregnancy, or shockingly, even after the birth of a baby by Caesarean section,"said Cllr Kenny.
"Women in this region who had symphysiotomies carried out should contact SoS, who can assist with information and advice on how to seek compensation for the abuse they have suffered."


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Rohan the Assassin at Light's Hope Chapel in the Eastern Plaguelands wants 30 Bone Fragments.
Items Needed:
- 30 x Bone Fragments
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Don Julio's Bonescythe armor pattern requires bone fragments - a lot of bone fragments. While those crazy enough to venture into Naxxramas provide me with enough of the core materials to make the armor, I'm always looking for more Scourge bone fragments.
So what do you think? Interested in getting your hands dirty and destroying some Scourge at the same time? It's a win-win situation.
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Bone Fragments drop off any type of skeleton in the Plaguelands.
Reward Edit
You will be rewarded with the following:
Quest ProgressionEdit
No progression.
Additional Notes Edit
- After completing this quest, you will be offered the repeatable version, [60] Bone Fragments. The latter has the same insignia reward, but with lowered Argent Dawn reputation and no experience reward.
- Insignias of the Crusade can be turned in for rare and epic items and special enchants from the Argent Dawn.
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Choosing the Correct Light level, the right light fitting, the lighting control system is critical at design stage of a project to ensure reliability of your system and its long run without maintenance. Schools, Offices, Retail cannot be addressed the same way .
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