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Building a gaming PC allows you the flexibility to choose the right components that can run your favorite games. It is also an economical approach to get a gaming pc that can deliver all your needs and wants. However, building a gaming rig can be intimidating, especially to people that aren't so fond of technical stuff. But fret not because we have this guide made for you. Here is a complete and thorough guide on how to build a gaming PC for beginners:
1 – Do your research on the essential parts you need.
When you build a gaming PC, you need to know more about the main components that make it run. This way, you'll be able to have a clear layout at the specifications you want for your unit.
- CPU / Processor – The CPU stands for the central processing unit. It is the main component that makes your gaming PC run. It is the CPU that sends and receives instructions from one system in your unit to another. The better processor you install in your unit, the faster it can send your software and hardware information.
- GPU / Graphics Card – Your graphics card or GPU is the most crucial part of your gaming PC as it is the one that renders the images or graphics from your PC to your monitor. The more powerful GPU you have in your gaming PC, the better the in-game graphics will be.
- Motherboard – Your unit's motherboard is where the other hardware components in your computer are installed. You should highly note that the motherboard should be compatible with all the parts you choose for your gaming rig.
- RAM – RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It is the unit that determines how much data your PC can process at the moment. It is the part of your gaming PC that stores information your processor needs to read right away. The more RAM your gaming rig has, the faster it can process lots of information.
- Storage / HDD / SSD – Your gaming PC storage can be an SSD (solid-state drive) or HDD (hard disk drive). It is the component in your gaming PC where you store all the files you have. The bigger drives you have mean more storage to save your games, files, and media.
- Power Supply – The power supply is a vital piece of your unit as it is the one that supplies electricity/power to all of your components. It is responsible for getting the electricity from an outlet to individual systems in your computer.
- Case – Then there is the case that requires an aesthetic choice for your gaming rig. However, you also need to consider the cooling feature of your case. It is best to pick an open-air case to keep the dust-out.
2 – Know the purpose why you plan to build a gaming PC.
Starting is the hardest part of building your gaming PC. There are a lot of questions, such as where should you start? What are the components you should buy? How will you pick the perfect case? But you need to start with the main question, "why are you building a unit" and "what kind of PC do you want to build?"
Some people need to build a gaming PC because they prefer to get a rig without shelling out too much money. The main reason for this is that a pre-built unit costs more than building one. Another thing is that building a gaming rig allows you to be more flexible in choosing which brand of components you would like to use. Another great thing about building a gaming pc is you can actually build a gaming rig perfectly designed for the game you play.
3 – Shopping for your gaming PC's components.
After you know your goal, the next thing you need to do is go shopping for your main components. Shopping for components means that you need to research, consider your budget, and pick the right parts. Remember that you can't just buy all the components without doing the proper research and expect that you can put it all together. As stated above, your motherboard, for example, needs to be compatible with all the other components or else, it will not work.
After you have researched and chosen the right components for your gaming rig, the next step is to find the best shop where you can buy them. You can go to Amazon or eBay, but you need to ensure that you have a warranty for the items you're buying online. However, I highly recommend that you go to a PC store to choose and ask for recommendations.
4 – Putting it all together.
Once you have all the components, the next step is to put them all together. Find a workspace that cannot cause any friction as it can damage your main components. The workspace should be clean. Another thing you should be ready for is your Windows software. You can create a Windows 10 bootable USB drive or CD. You can buy it, or it can come for free if you purchase a specific component.
Once you have all the things ready, here are the steps you should do:
- Install the CPU on the motherboard.
- Install your CPU fan or cooling system.
- Insert your RAM into their motherboard slots.
- Install your storage, HDD or SSD. If you choose an SSD for your gaming rig, we also have a guide on installing an SSD.
- Attach the motherboard on your case.
- Install your graphics card.
- Install your power supply and connect all the cables.
5 – Testing your gaming rig.
Once all components are installed on your motherboard and in your case, check all the cables are correctly connected. Press down everything that is in their specific slot to make sure they are correctly installed. Open your gaming rig and install your Windows 10 OS. Once everything is installed, make sure that your motherboard software is updated. If all things go well, then you can start playing on your gaming PC.
If you ever encounter any problems, you can always contact a gaming PC expert to check on your installation. Don't be afraid to ask your gamer friends for advice. And always make sure to check the warranties you have for each component.


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Episode 19: Allowing Your Cyclical Nature
Our creativity is affected, influenced and inspired by cycles in life. From cycles of the moon, our menstrual cycles, project cycles, life cycles, creative cycles - looking at your writing from an unbound, cyclical nature can be so free-ing and empowering as you write your book. In this episode: - Recognising and harnessing different cycles - The cycles of the creative process of writing - The power of the void and action - How the cyclical nature of writing can be so powerful "My invitation to you, through this month, as we're exploring, this is to really start noticing how your own creative energies and impulses and flow and shift from day to day and throughout the day." Links Mentioned: The Unbound Writing Mastermind UNBOUND Writing book Connect with Nicola on Instagram, and The UNBOUND Press on Instagram or Facebook here.


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Custer, SD
Thursday, June 23, 2016
George's second surgery
Custer, SD
19 comments:
I'm so glad to hear how George is doing. Thanks for a great post. Technology is great when it works. That's the first surgery I've heard of with robot with someone we know.ReplyDelete
Glad he's doing good! <3ReplyDelete
Sounds like a terrific hospital with the latest and greatest tech! So happy that George breezed (?) thru it and minimal recovery time seems like a good prediction. Bet you are relieved! :-)ReplyDelete
Glad to hear George did well. Praise God!ReplyDelete
This is all wonderful news Laurie! So happy that everything went so well. What a great hospital that you could track every step of the process! And George, you look good in purple. Get well soon, and get out of there!!ReplyDelete
Happy surgery went so wellReplyDelete
So glad the surgery went well. Our thoughts and prayers are with George for a speedy recovery.ReplyDelete
Jim and Linda
Great news, hope recovery is speedy.ReplyDelete
So glad to hear all went well and George will soon be back to normal. It's a scary surgery procedure but the results will be worth it all. :c)ReplyDelete
I know you're both happy to have that over. I'm sure George will be glad to get home.ReplyDelete
Amen to a successful surgery...always scary waiting for our husbands to make it back to recovery. Hope the last of anything like this for a very long time!!ReplyDelete
Glad it went well:)ReplyDelete
Wow Laurel this is great news! Doesn't sound like it could have been any better. Really fantastic. Sounds like a state of the art hospital with all the systems in place for you to know what was going on all the time. Really helps you not to worry. No bag and no catheter, I'll bet George was overjoyed. Here's to easy and quick healing! Hugs to you both.ReplyDelete
Thanks for keeping us all updated. And we are thankful all went well. Better days ahead!ReplyDelete
We are so happy that George's surgery is finally over & went so well. It sounds like you could use a little rest yourself, Laurie. Tell George to scoot over! We enjoyed our stay with you so much. Really a highlight of our trip west.ReplyDelete
Glad to hear everything went well, and that George did not need any special 'bags'! Hope he comes home soon, and gets some well deserved rest.ReplyDelete
So glad things went well. Soon things will get back to normal.ReplyDelete
Sherri and I are so glad to hear he is doing wellReplyDelete
Glad surgery went well. Wishing George a speedy recovery!ReplyDelete


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No 1 (2021)
- Year: 2021
- Articles: 15
- URL: https://pediatria.orscience.ru/2658-6630/issue/view/3853
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History of the development of Russian pediatric neurourology. To the 80th anniversary of Professor Evgeny Leonidovich Vishnevsky
Neurogenic bladder, which is accompanied by urinary incontinence and causes numerous complications resulting in chronic kidney disease, is one of the most severe consequences of malformations and spinal injuries in children. They limit the child's ability to live, even to the point of total disability, and the problem of impaired bladder emptying has no universal solution. The staff of the Department of Pediatric Urology of the Moscow Research Institute of Pediatrics and Children's Surgery of the Russian Ministry of Health started working on the strategy of urinary tract function recovery in children more than 50 years ago, and the main inspirer and ideologist of the whole pleiad of scientists was E.L. Vishnevsky. For the first time, separate developments in the treatment and socialisation of spinal patients were brought together in a unified system of medical care, which remains relevant today. E.L. Vishnevsky initiated the creation of the unique scientific and practical centre «Pathology of Urinary Drainage» on the basis of Speransky Children's City Clinical Hospital №9. Under the leadership of E.L. Vishnevsky defended 15 candidate theses and 5 doctoral theses. Evgeny Leonidovich is an author of 10 inventions, 180 scientific publications, including 7 monographs. On the initiative of E.L. Vishnevsky and with his direct support similar centres were established by his students and associates in Vladivostok, Omsk, Petrozavodsk and Kazan. Having unquestionable authority in this field, E.L. Vishnevsky has forever remained a classic of the national school of pediatric neurourology, which has no equals in the world.
Etiology and features of the course of the wound process in neonates
Introduction. Despite the significant progress made in recent decades in reducing the mortality rate, the risks of adverse outcomes in infectious and inflammatory soft tissue diseases in newborns are still high. The high-risk group consists of children from mothers with a pre-morbid background, as well as premature infants with intrauterine hypoxia and intracranial birth trauma. Traumatization and infection can also occur during medical manipulations (tracheal intubation, vascular catheterization, damage to the baby's skin during obstetrical procedures, etc.). The variety of pathological processes that cause wounds of different etiology is due to the anatomical and physiological features of the skin of newborns. In addition, neonatal skin lesions may be a manifestation of systemic diseases and may themselves be the cause of manifestation.
Materials and methods. Medical records of 147 neonates treated in infectious and burn units of Speransky Children's City Clinical Hospital №9 were analyzed. Clinical examples of children in the first month of life with wounds of various etiologies are presented.
Conclusion. Treatment of newborn infants with inflammatory processes of the skin and underlying tissues of different etiology requires multidisciplinary approach with the involvement of not only surgical specialists.
The use of functional foods in children
The article presents the concept of functional nutrition through which general health improvement of the organism takes place. The functional components of nutrition are vitamins, carotenoids, micro- and macronutrients (calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron, iodine, selenium), dietary fiber, protein hydrolysates, polyunsaturated fatty acids, probiotics and prebiotics. The concept of functional nutrition has been developing in Russia since 1993, and these ideas were enshrined in law in 1998. Specialized products for children are created taking into account age, safety of ingredients, balance of fats, proteins and carbohydrates, vitamins, microelements, with addition of pro- and prebiotics.
Impact of gut microbiota and vitamin A and D supplementation on child health
The influence of nutrients on the development and health of a child from its prenatal development and throughout its life is discussed now. Particular attention is paid to maternal nutrition, the presence of breastfeeding, the intake of supplements such as vitamin D and probiotics. It is known that the composition of the intestinal microbiota of the newborn child is negatively affected by the mother's taking antibiotics during pregnancy or in the early neonatal period, which affects the development of the infant's immune system, contributes to atopic diseases, including atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma, increases the risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome, Crohn's disease, type 1 diabetes, etc. Differences in the microbiota are particularly significant after antibiotic therapy for emergency caesarean section. Studies have shown that it is possible to normalise the microbiota during the 1st year of life in exclusively breastfed infants. The synergism of probiotic strains of gut microbiota and vitamin D is discussed in the scientific literature.
Features of clinical manifestations of COVID-19 in children of the Samara region
Relevance. The new coronavirus infection caused by the SARS-CоV-2 virus remains relevant all over the world and is an important medical, social and economic problem. For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic is preserved, the disease is characterized by high contagiousness and significant level of mortality among adult patients. According to the researchers of the whole world, children more often tolerate coronavirus infection in lungs and asymptomatic forms. However, many COVID-19 questions in children require deep analysis, in particular the polymorphism of the clinical picture of the disease.
Aim. Study of the characteristics of the clinic of a new coronavirus infection in children of the Samara region according to the data of the Samara Regional Children's Infectious Hospital.
Materials and methods. 338 children were studied with a diagnosis of U07.1 (confirmed coronavirus infection) aged 2 months and up to 18 years.
Results. Children are more often infected in family foci of infection (72.6%). 23.4% of patients had an adverse premorbid background and concomitant diseases. Among hospitalized children prevailed patients with a slight course of the disease (72.5%), manifested by respiratory or gastrointestinal symptoms. Bilateral interstitial pneumonia is diagnosed in 93 patients (24.8% of moderate severity, 2.7% is heavy). Frequently frequent syndrome in children was excreted (12.4%). Critical flow of illness and deaths among children is not marked.
Conclusion. According to the results of the study, the main syndromes of the disease characteristic of childhood are revealed. Polymorphism of the clinical picture of the new coronavirus infection in children require further study.
Irrigation therapy in the treatment and prevention of allergic rhinitis in young children
The article outlines the basic provisions for the definition, classification, diagnosis and basic methods of treatment of allergic rhinitis (AR) in children. The role of irrigation-elimination therapy in treatment and prophylaxis of AR exacerbations in children has been singled out. The peculiarities of irrigation-elimination therapy in infants and young children and the most common mistakes in the care of the nasal cavity in infants and young children have been emphasized. The use of nasal shower helps to reduce the concentration of allergens on the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx, while moistening, which essentially leads to the prevention of AR exacerbations, and also helps to reduce the concentration of viruses, remove dust particles and in some cases refluxant (if gastroesophageal reflux is present). The indications for the use of the Otrivin Baby aspirator and drops in the treatment and prevention of AR in children are outlined and the main points of use of the Otrivin Baby aspirator are explained. The advantages of using the Otrivin Baby device, including the aspirator and sterile isotonic solution drops for treatment and prevention of AR in infants are described.
Analysis of the mucous microbiome of the nasopharynx in children with chronic adenoiditis and otitis media of effusion
The role of pathology of the adenoid in the development of otitis media of effusion (OME) is currently being discussed. OME is a disease of the middle ear, which is characterized by the accumulation of exudate behind the tympanic membrane in the absence of perforation for three months or longer, leading to hearing loss, increasing the risk of delayed formation of correct speech in the child and behavioral problems. The question of the development of OME, in view of the presence of an infectious focus in the adenoid and further spread to the auditory tube, is ambiguous. In some works, the possible spread of the inflammatory process to the Eustachian tube with long-term preservation of pathogenic microorganisms in the structure of the lymphoid tissue, which is characteristic of persistent viral infections, and the further development of OME are considered. The mucous membrane of the nasopharynx is inhabited by many microorganisms: representatives of an indigenous microbiota, opportunistic and pathogenic.
Aim. To study the microbiome of the mucous membrane of the nasopharynx and middle ear in children with chronic adenoiditis (CA) and OME.
Materials and methods. The study included 174 children with OME and CA (114 boys and 60 girls) aged 3 to 14 years (6.9±0.5 years). We have developed a staged diagnostic algorithm, including the collection of a life history, illness and complaints of the child (or his parents), as well as ENT examination, endoscopy of the nasopharynx, otoendoscopy, audiological examination, microbiological examination by real time PCR, whole genome sequencing NGS.
Results. The main microorganisms of the nasopharyngeal mucosa in children with CA and OME of different age groups are described.
Conclusion. In the treatment of children with CA and OME, it is necessary to take into account the features of the normal microbiota of the nasopharynx; it is important to understand that by acting on opportunistic and pathogenic microorganisms, it is necessary to remember to create favorable conditions for stimulating the growth and development of representatives of the indigenic microbiota, which in turn will contribute to the patient's speedy recovery and absence of relapses in the future.
Non-specific prevention of acute respiratory viral infections: pitfalls and new facts
Acute respiratory viral infections (ARVIs) occupy one of the leading places in the structure of infectious morbidity in the autumn-winter period among children and adults. Timely preventive measures must play a fundamental role in reducing the incidence of respiratory infections, especially recurrent infections. To reduce the incidence of ARVI and influenza, pediatricians recommend a set of measures, including specific and non-specific prophylaxis. The article presents the data of studies which compare the effectiveness and safety of drugs used to prevent ARVI (interferons, interferon inducers, homeopathic medicines).
Selection of a topical drug for the treatment of BHSA-negative tonsillopharyngitis in children
Introduction. Inflammation of the mucous membrane and lymphoid structures of the oropharynx (tonsillopharyngitis – TP) occurs frequently in paediatric practice, both against the background of acute respiratory infection and outside catarrhal manifestations. The main focus of the medical treatment of TP is on the indications for systemic antibacterial agents, and the choice of pathogenic and/or symptomatic agents is not strictly regulated and is left to the discretion of the physician. At the same time data on anti-inflammatory activity of different topical drugs for local treatment of TP are practically absent, though inflammatory process affects oropharyngeal mucosa, which is a part of mucosal immunity system (NALT-level MALT system) and can be of different genesis and connected to formation of different cytokines (both pro- and anti-inflammatory).
Objective. To determine cytokine levels in patients with acute TP (ATP) before and after administration of various topical medicines used for the treatment of ATP.
Materials and methods. Patients diagnosed with uncomplicated ATP over 3 years of age who agreed to be examined, treated and biomaterial (scraped oropharyngeal mucosa) were included in the study. All patients underwent routine ENT examinations, a rapid test for BHSA-positive TP and biomaterial sampling for proinflammatory cytokines. Patients included in the study were randomly allocated into 2 groups: Group 1 patients used benzidamine and Group 2 patients used benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride monohydrate. Both drugs are indicated for the treatment of ATP in patients over 3 years of age and are available in the form of a throat spray.
Results. Forty-nine patients with BHSA-negative ATP were included. Forty-five of them received benzidamine and 24 received benzyl dimethyl ammonium chloride monohydrate by random assignment (both drugs were applied to the oropharyngeal mucosa). There was a significant reduction in the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1 in patients in whom benzidamine was used compared to the group of patients where benzildimethyl ammonium chloride was used. A similar trend was detected in the analysis of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6. A marked decrease in the level of IL-8 under the influence of benzidamine compared to benzildimethyl ammonium chloride was also observed. The general dynamics of the proinflammatory cytokine level reduction was traced at the evaluation of the tumour necrosis factor α level.
Conclusion. The data obtained suggest that the use of benzidamine has a more pronounced anti-inflammatory effect. This aspect is important for the practitioner (otorhinolaryngologist, paediatrician) when choosing a topical drug for the treatment of TP, especially at the first symptoms of the disease.
Eosinophilic esophagitis: still a difficult condition to diagnose. Case report
The prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has increased significantly over the past 20 years, which may be associated with an increase in awareness of the clinical features, the definition of criteria for the diagnosis of this condition. However, in our country, this disease remains rarely diagnosed. The difficulty in diagnosing EoE is due to the insufficiently high alertness of doctors regarding the detection of EoE, the peculiarities of differential diagnosis, and the need for invasive procedures. An important factor is the presence of a highly qualified pathologist on the staff to evaluate the obtained biopsy specimens. Further study of the pathogenesis of the disease, food triggers and the development of non-invasive methods for assessing the esophagus are required.
A rational approach to the treatment of urinary tract infections in children
The article discusses the issues of complex therapy of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children on the basis of a discussion of modern features of etiology, pathogenesis, and clinical manifestations. The emergence of microbial biofilms and the increasing resistance of pathogens that cause the development of UTI dictate the need to search for new methods of treatment. To overcome the persistence of bacteria and reinfection, rational antibiotic therapy is required, taking into account the sensitivity of the sown flora to antibiotics, the rejection of the use of long-term antibiotic prophylaxis, the elimination of organic and functional disorders of urodynamics, as well as the use of herbal medicines. If the child does not have severe abnormalities or there is a functional obstruction, then alternative methods should be considered as a preventive anti-relapse measure. After courses of antibiotic and uroseptic, or simultaneously with them, the herbal medicinal product Canephron® N can be prescribed, which contains parts of three plants – the roots of lovage, herb centaury and rosemary leaves. The drug has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and diuretic effects. Its use can increase the effectiveness of complex treatment of exacerbations and preventive therapy for recurrent UTI.
Botulinum toxin type A in pediatric urological practice: current state of the problem and future perspectives
Botulinum toxin was used in medicine in the middle of the 20th century. Studies in various fields around the world have proven its high safety profile and are successfully used in clinics in different countries. In pediatric urology, botulinum toxin is used for chemodenervation of the bladder detrusor and urethral sphincter. The main contingent for the use of botulinum toxin type A (BTTA) is children with myelodysplasia (that is, with organic lesions of the spinal cord and, as a result, impaired innervation of the pelvic organs), the manifestations of which are urgency urinary incontinence, which represents a significant deterioration in the quality of life and difficulties in socialization and normal life of children. In addition, gallbladder-dependent ureterohydronephrosis is often found in these patients, as a result of hyperactivity and hypertonicity of the detrusor, increased intravesical pressure and the presence of residual urine. In both of the above cases, chemodenervation of the detrusor using botulinum toxin shows excellent results, and therefore this method is gaining popularity all over the world. Nevertheless, in pediatric practice, the indications for the introduction of BTTA are not clearly formulated, and there are currently few studies and, accordingly, the results of its use. The aim of this work is to review the accumulated data on the use of BTTA and their interpretation.
Asthenic syndrome in schoolchildren: from the risk of development to diagnosis and treatment
Asthenic syndrome is a common pathological condition of the child population, which the pediatrician has to deal with first of all. The results of our studies revealed the presence of asthenic varying degrees of severity in 59% of schoolchildren. From a pediatric perspective, the article highlights the main clinical manifestations of asthenic syndrome and its features, pathogenetic mechanisms of development, rational research methods to exclude «masks», outlines the importance of various therapy options for eliminating the manifestations of asthenia.
The accumulation of glycogen in neutrophilic granulocytes in children with glycogen disease
Glycogen metabolism disorder due to genetic inherited defects is a rare disorder leading to pathological accumulation of the substance in liver, muscle tissue. Due to the expansion of genetic testing, it is possible to confirm the diagnosis and determine the type of glycogen storage disease. Here is a clinical example of type X glycogen disease in a 4-year-old girl.


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President Rett Tyler, founder of Skier's Marine, Inc., has announced the opening of Skier's Marine Atlanta. Tyler said Skier's Marine Atlanta seeks to improve the Georgia boat ownership experience through talented customer centric personnel and relationships with brand partners, MasterCraft Boat Co. and Smoker Craft, Inc. The Atlanta location announcement follows the formation of the newly incorporated Skier's Marine Southeast, ...Read More »


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Beware Of Oral Cancer
Cancer is never an easy disease to face. Many types of cancer are very treatable especially when diagnosed early. Oral cancer is one of those that are easily treatable in its very earliest stages. However, the prognosis changes dramatically once it progresses. Oral cancer is any cancer of the mouth and the pharynx. The most common…Read More


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Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.
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What looked like the start of an excellent night, took a terrible turn for the worse on Tuesday evening. Juan Pierre led off the game with a triple into the right center field gap and scored on a single by Gordon Beckham. After an Adam Dunn walk, Paul Konerko hit a monster home run to left. Luke Hochevar looked to be on the ropes when Alex Rios followed the homer with a single of his own, putting the first 5 hitters on base. Hochevar retired the next 3 hitters, but the Sox went to the bottom of the first leading 4-0.
Unfortunately, it didn't stay that way for long as Gavin Floyd gave two runs back immediately on an Alex Gordon homer to deep center field. One of my biggest pet peeves is when a starter gives back runs after a big inning early in the game. Floyd continued to push my buttons in the 2nd inning as two more runs crossed the plate on a two out Melky Cabrera single to tie the game at 4.
After the 2nd, both starters settled in nicely. Hochevar breezed through the Sox lineup until the 6th inning, when Carlos Quentin led off the inning with a base hit. After an A.J. Pierzynski fly out, Alexei Ramirez plated Quentin with a triple down the right field line. Ramirez scored when Juan Pierre hit a high chopper to third baseman Mike Aviles, who bobbled the ball allowing Ramirez to score. Hopefully Pierre pulled an O.C. and phoned the official scorer, because that was an infield hit in my book.
Floyd didn't give up another run after the 2nd and rebounded to give the Sox 7 innings. Leading 6-4, the Sox called on their bullpen to preserve a close game for the first time this season. Chris Sale was brought in to bridge the game to Matt Thornton. After Cabrera flied out to Quentin, it was Gordon again who got things started with a double. Billy Butler followed that up with a long home run to tie the game at 6.
The Royals bullpen of Aaron Crow, Joakim Soria, Robinson Tejada, Kanekoa Texeira and Jeremy Jeffress held the Sox scoreless for the final 6 innings of the contest. The Sox best chance came in the 12th as Beckham led off the inning with a sharp single. Adam Dunn proceeded to ground to 2nd and force Beckham. Brent Lillibridge entered the game as a pinch runner for Dunn. After Konerko walked, Lillibridge was picked off of 2nd base. 3rd base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt called Lillibridge safe at third. After a conference, the call was reversed. Lillibridge was indeed out at third, but you have to wonder how a guy with the play right in front of him lets a guy who is 90 feet away reverse his call. Rios then grounded into the hole at short, where Alcides Escobar made a great play to get him at first to end the inning.
Jesse Crain and Sergio Santos matched the Royals pen for 3 innings, as both men looked very good. In the bottom of the 12th, however, Tony Pena was brought in. Chris Getz singled up the middle and was bunted to 2nd by Aviles. Up stepped Melky Cabrera who singled up the middle to bring home the winning run.
* Alex Rios recorded his first 2 hits of the season as he went 2-6.
* The best pitcher in the bullpen, Matt Thornton, did not enter the game. I think the Sox need to rethink their bullpen strategy.
* Brent Lillibridge was used to pinch run for Adam Dunn. He was then picked off. If you are going to pinch run for the best hitter on your team, don't get picked off. I also see a scenario where Lillibridge will pinch run for Dunn, get stranded, and Dunn's spot will come up later in the game. This will cause my blood pressure to increase greatly.
* A win is important tomorrow afternoon, as coming home 2-3 vs. the Indians and Royals would not be an optimal start.
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3 Bedrooms 1 Bathroom 2 Reception
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A fantastic investment opportunity to acquire a three bedroom, semi- detached property in a quiet cul-de-sac of Solihull. The property is in need of modernisation and would greatly benefit an investor or a first time buyer. It has recently had a new roof, boiler and has UPVC double glazing throughout. Having two reception rooms, a separate conservatory type utility room, there is also ample opportunity to extend at the rear.
With such an attractive price, this property will not be available for long!!!! Early Viewings Highly Recommended!!!
The front driveway allocates parking for a minimum of two cars. Although this could be increased with utilisation of the lawned area. The main access to the property is via the Porch, which adds extra security.
Lounge 4.10m (13' 5") x 3.68m (12' 1")
Comfortable living space, featured with a gas fire place, radiator and double glazing.
Direct access to the kitchen/diner
Kitchen/Diner 3.12m (10' 3") x 4.24m (13' 11")
Moderate kitchen, glazed door to reception room, space for a dishwasher, gas central heating radiator. Large window allowing natural light. Plenty of cupboard space, Carpet flooring.
Conservatory 1.75m (5' 9") x 4.68m (15' 4")
Perfect area for a snug, or even a laundry room with fitted a work top and cupboard space.
Carpeted stairway with handrail to the right, and banister to the left, small window at the top of the stairs allowing natural light, central to the rooms on the first floor.
Bedroom one 2.58m (8' 6") x 3.91m (12' 10")
Large bedroom with magnolia walls and carpet double window making the bedroom light and airy.
Bedroom 2 2.70m (8' 10") x 3.18m (10' 5")
The double room over looks the rear garden ,fully carpeted with lightly coloured wallpaper.
Bedroom Three 2.38m (7' 10") x 2.01m (6' 7")
The single room overlooks the front of the property. It is fully carpeted with lightly coloured wall paper. Single radiator to the side.
Bathroom 1.84m (6' 0") x 1.98m (6' 6")
Three piece suite includes, bath, sink pedestal toilet with an electric shower, and curtain.
Vaillant boiler in the storage cupboard
The front of the garden is slabbed, the rear is lawned with slabbed access to the storage shed.
Good side access to the garden allocated for bins.
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A new alternative minimum corporate tax is set to hit only companies with more than $1 billion in profits at the insistence of the Biden administration, the bill's Senate co-author said on Wednesday.
Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine who caucuses with Democrats, said on Tuesday evening that his original version of the legislation, proposed in August, would target any company earning at least $100 million. Asked on Wednesday by The Intercept where opposition to that threshold came from, King said that "it came from the administration and I'm not sure why."
"Our original proposal raised twice as much money and it was a lower tax rate," said King.
The new version, aimed to be included in the Build Back Better Act, applies a 15 percent minimum tax rate to companies that earned $1 billion or more. Many extremely profitable companies are currently able to claim to the IRS that they made nothing. The Biden administration's budget from earlier this year proposed setting the threshold at $2 billion.
"I think it was Treasury," King added. "I don't know if it was ease of administration or what the motivation was, but I'm satisfied with where we are now. Although the billion-dollar threshold may be too high and maybe something in between would make more sense and raise more money."
Another reporter asked why the threshold wasn't put somewhere in the middle, like $500 million. "I agree, nice work, call the White House," King suggested. The idea was included in President Joe Biden's American Jobs Plan, which proposed a 15 percent minimum rate, but was designed to target only "large companies."
The original threshold would have applied to roughly 1,300 companies, while the new version hits just around 200. The $1 billion benchmark spares some of the country's largest corporations from the new tax, like defense contractor Huntington Ingalls Industries, management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, and airline JetBlue.
Democrats are in need of additional revenue for their package, as Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., has opposed raising corporate rates or personal rates on the wealthy, as well as allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., finds a tax on billionaires "punitive."
The alternative minimum corporate tax has the support of all 50 Democrats in the caucus. "Congratulations, good bill," Sinema told King on the Senate floor Wednesday, King relayed after the encounter.
The tax is modeled on the alternative minimum personal income tax, which was created in 1969 to grapple with the superrich having figured out how to game the system and pay no taxes on their income. The AMT required they pay at least a minimum amount on their income. (So the rich responded by rearranging their compensation to pretend they have no income, therefore an AMT doesn't apply. The new attempt to tax billionaires anyway is currently being torpedoed by Manchin.)
Many companies currently get away with paying little to no corporate taxes by writing off depreciating assets, stock options for employees, and other expenditures so that they have little to no taxable income — or even a loss — to report to the IRS, despite boasting massive gains to their shareholders.
As just one notorious example, Amazon disclosed at least $10 billion in profits to its shareholders but paid no federal taxes in 2018 and even collected millions in refunds from the federal government, thanks to a series of deductions and credits.
The Democrats' new corporate tax will still permit some deductions and credits — like for research and development, clean energy investments, and other spending — to continue, meaning the highly profitable companies could still reduce their taxable income to little to nothing and dodge paying their fair share to the federal government.
King told reporters Tuesday evening that the new corporate tax would raise $300 or $400 billion over 10 years from about 200 companies around the country. (With the $100 million threshold, the legislation would have raised roughly $717 billion, according to an analysis by the Joint Committee on Taxation, a source involved said.)
"For decades, [the giant corporations] have lobbied this Congress to open another loophole, a little twist, a little turn and … then they've gotten the accountants to come in and expand those loopholes as new regulations," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a member of the Senate Finance Committee, told reporters. "And the result is that they are now in the business of avoiding paying their taxes, and they make a lot of money out there every single year, so the idea here is to say 'Enough.'"
If the new corporate tax manages to raise significant revenue as Democrats expect, it could go a long way in funding Biden's Build Back Better spending priorities. Still, Democrats have had to significantly scale back their plans in recent weeks as a result of demands from right-leaning lawmakers like Manchin and Sinema.
With the Senate split 50-50, Democrats can't afford to lose a single vote on their bill, which is using the budget reconciliation process to pass with a simple majority. Now, plans to expand Medicare coverage, ensure paid family leave, and other initiatives are under pressure.
The Senate Democrats' new tax proposals will also have to be approved by their counterparts in the House.


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Dayton, OH – Head-On Crash with Semi-Truck on OH-4 Ends in InjuriesOhio & Indiana Legal News
Dayton, OH (October 22, 2020) – A collision involving a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle was reported in the Dayton area on Wednesday, October 21.
The accident reportedly occurred on the northbound lanes of OH-4 near Interstate 75. At this time, the cause of the accident has not been reported. The 18-wheeler reportedly collided head-on with the other vehicle for unknown reasons.
Emergency responders were called to the scene to render aid to the injured parties. The severity and number of resulting injuries have not been revealed at this time. The identities of the involved parties have not been provided.
An ongoing investigation into the accident is being managed by local law enforcement officials.
Our thoughts are with the injured victims and their families at this time. We hope for their full recovery.
Trucking Accidents in Ohio
Trucks are an essential part of the American transportation system, and there are millions of trucks out of the roads nationwide each year. When passenger vehicles are involved in collisions with large commercial trucks, there is a significant risk of life-changing injuries. On average, more than 5,000 people are killed in collisions involving trucks across the United States. The overwhelming majority of deadly trucking accidents involve the occupants of passenger cars.
Large semi-trucks can cause catastrophic injuries in the event of a collision with a passenger vehicle. Truck-driver inexperience is a leading cause of deadly commercial vehicle accidents as companies are trying to fill positions due to a shortage of drivers, and this negligence contributes to serious crashes involving 18-wheelers and commercial vehicles. When the negligence of another driver results in a crash, injured victims should consult with an Ohio trucking injury lawyer in order to recover lost compensation by pursuing an Ohio personal injury claim.
The Green Law Firm has years of combined experience helping Illinois residents recover after being injured in an Ohio 18-wheeler accident, and we are dedicated to making sure all of our clients receive top-quality legal representation. We have helped our clients recover millions of dollars to date, and our years of experience can be put to work on your case. Contact our offices at (513)769-0840 to discuss your claim for compensation with an experienced semi-truck crash attorney in Ohio.
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Not very often we can find beautiful hand-made furniture pieces these days, it's a good thing we spot these modern stools by Wood'Insane Design. Designed and developed by Renaud Dancie, these classy stools are perfect for any modern contemporary interior décor. Using recycled materials that he collects from the Bordelaises forest, each of these furniture pieces is manufactured and created by Renaud himself to ensure perfect accuracy and precision. It's a small and young company but with big ambition, how can you not love these stools?
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Decolonizing Wellness with Sinikiwe Stephanie Dhliwayo
We are so excited to share a conversation with Sinikiwe Stephanie Dhliwayo, founder of Naaya. As a creative, entrepreneur, speaker, and more, Sinikiwe works to decolonize physical, social, and emotional well-being -- by centering Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and by creating access to yoga, meditation, and mental health. We spoke to Sinikiwe about the current wellness industry's status quo, and what is necessary to reframe, reimagine, and revolutionize our collective understanding of self-care, humanity, and connectedness.
We would love to hear more of your perspective on how self-care and wellness are linked to social and racial justice.
In 2020, the global health and wellness market reached a value of $3.31 billion USD. That is a large amount of money, particularly when I consider the amount of people -- mostly Black and Brown people -- that are unhoused (which has only grown since the pandemic), don't have health insurance (myself included), and don't garner a liveable wage.
I get frustrated, because the aforementioned issues are Human Rights issues that get conflated with being "political." Through the dynamics of Race and Racism, and how our society has collectively been built to uphold white-bodied folks as the dominant caste, it becomes very, very messy.
As someone who moves through the world as a melanated-bodied individual with immense privilege (see: being educated at a private PWI [predominately white institution], living on four out of seven continents, and immigrating to the United states at the age of seven and growing up predominantly middle class), I have always felt a source of contention with how the practices I cherish (such as yoga and meditation) have been commodified to the point that they are so far from the source. When I say source, I mean the cultures (Indian and Kemet) of which yoga specifically derives from are rarely present in the "wellness space."
I am also not the biggest fan of the word self-care -- simply because it has come to denote an individualistic idea of taking care. As someone who straddles two cultures -- the Zimbabwean lineage I was born into, and the American one that I have assimilated into -- I struggle because we are taught to promote the needs of the individual over that of the collective, and I think the two things must exist in tandem. By all means get your rest, take care of your mental health, set boundaries and the like -- and take care of those around you. In a means that goes beyond the superficial: When was the last time you asked someone how their heart was feeling? Without the desire to immediately jump in and share and not just be present to what they are sharing with you, and hold space for that? -
Tell us about Naaya and your work in the wellness space. What is your mission and approach to the notion of wellness?
Naaya was born out of my own frustration with wellness after teaching in spaces where the expectation was that I couldn't teach a good class or questioning why I was there to begin with. I also worked for four years at Men's Health magazine, where on a monthly basis I made a magazine that catered to white-bodied men. It was maddening, from a strictly storytelling perspective. We rarely told stories of Black folks in a manner to uplift them; the stories were always told through the lens of some kind of strife that they went through in order to be well.
At first, I thought I might want to have a physical space -- and then the harsh reality of maintaining a physical space in NYC deterred me from that thought. I started leaning into what I was really good at: telling stories visually, teaching (I love it, even though I was a very lazy student growing up), and championing community.
As Naaya turns three later this summer (holy s***!), what keeps me going is something my dear friend Michelle Pellizzon talks so much about: the notion of being Capitalism Critical. My instincts are mostly to burn all of these problematic systems that maintain the status quo down, in the metaphorical sense, and to bring in the notion of Capitalism Critical. We live in a society where capitalism is the pinnacle -- for example, the rush to open up the United States when we have not reached critical mass in vaccinations because of access, hesitancy, and general mishandling of the pandemic. In order to exist within this system, I have to work within it, and I can do my part to operate my business through a lens that eschews the status quo.
This mostly looks like saying no (kindly, and a lot). Last summer, there was a dearth of folks flooding my inbox -- and, if I am being honest, being super disrespectful. Because they were looking to ride the wave that was all of the horrific Black death happening, and the sudden -- dare I say, fleeting -- desire by white-bodied folks to not be racist. Saying No has largely become a superpower, mostly because the system of white supremacy demands the labor of Black Women harkening back to slavery. So when we say no (like Naomi Osaka just did), it's always a bit of a shocking endeavor -- like we are championed for being "strong," and yet, when that strength involves saying no, suddenly we become the trope of "the difficult one." That said, I prefer to maintain saying no to working with folks who don't see my full humanity and want to capitalize off my labor while treating me terribly in the process. -
What are some routines or practices that you have for your own wellness and care?
I think general care is important. Moving beyond the notion that in order to care for myself, I have to buy something -- it's nice to do, absolutely. Generally speaking, the things that I do to care for myself are sometimes the hardest to do -- like being more intentional about the use of the word "friend." As a water sign (hello, Scorpio), I feel things so, so deeply, and I go deep with the people I care about. I want to hold space for my friends and make sure they feel cared for and deeply loved. Which is challenging to do when you spread yourself thin. I also think that there are people that you can like and enjoy their company -- and not necessarily feel safe enough to show up as yourself.
I do things like buying myself flowers every week as a means of loving myself outside of a romantic relationship. I also have a practice of going on dates with myself (less so in the past year since outside was closed) -- but trying to reinvest in this practice cautiously as things start to open back up.


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Montessori Classes are held twice each day, in THREE-HOUR sessions.
Morning session commences at 8:30am, ends at 11:30am.
Afternoon session commences after the lunch break at 12:30pm, ends at 3:30pm.
School Year starts on the First Tuesday in September following the Labor Day weekend and continues through late May.
We observe National and State Holidays and the school is closed for the Christmas Holidays and re-opens at the beginning of the New Year.
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RVR Horse Rescue
Services: Rehabilitation, Adoption
Location: Riverview, FL
Founded: 2004
Website: rvrhorserescue.org
Average Number of Thoroughbreds: 80
RVR Horse Rescue is an all-volunteer organization that provides rescue, rehabilitation, and re-homing to horses and donkeys in need.
RVR recognizes that it is not only abused horses that need a second chance but retired racehorses as well, and its partnership with Tampa Bay Downs has enabled many Thoroughbreds to find second careers and placement in post-racing career homes.
From its beginning as a rescue serving the Tampa Bay area, RVR is recognized and called upon by law enforcement agencies and other rescues throughout the state of Florida to aid horses in need. RVR volunteers have the dedication and expertise to handle the worst cases of neglect, injury, and abuse, and are able to provide 24-hour critical care when necessary.
RVR's experience in rehabilitating injuries makes it an ideal place for a Thoroughbred whose racing career ends due to injury and needs time to heal before being retrained. In 2016, RVR was accredited by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and verified by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.
While adoption into a loving home is the hope for every horse, there are no deadlines or expiration dates for horses whose adoptability has been lessened by age, health issues, or emotional challenges. RVR continues to provide each horse with top-notch care, along with a hefty dose of loving attention from volunteers.
RVR is committed to enriching the Tampa Bay community through its love of horses. It offers educational programs for children, visiting schools, and senior communities, and hosting events at the rescue for Scout troops and other groups.
It is keenly aware that by fostering engagement between humans and horses, it will increase awareness of equine needs.
RVR Horse Rescue is a 501(c)(3) organization and its programs are supported by donations, sponsorships, fundraisers, and grants.


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Experimenter presents Waiting for the Wind showing work by Shilpa Gupta, Iman Issa, Naeem Mohaiemen, Tushar Joag, Raqs Media Collective & Walid Raad.
Waiting for the Wind takes The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) that has been in effect for now over 50 years, starting with the states of Assam and Manipur in 1958 and then to all of the 7 strife-ridden North Eastern states in India as a point of entry into the exhibition. The Act has come under immense criticism from human rights activists from all over the world through the years, but it continues to be exercised, under which circumstances children sing songs, lovers make eternal promises and friends dream of a brighter future. But people in these states continue to wait for the winds to change.
At a time when India takes pride in calling herself the largest democracy in the world and simultaneously sweeps under the carpet inhuman atrocities that are being committed on a daily basis at these frontiers of incumbency in the name of national security, the duality of its hypocritical policies is ever more compelling to comprehend. Individuals such as Irom Sharmila emerge as beacons of hope amidst continued despair – a wind-maker of sorts. Warlike situations prevail all around the world in several pockets of disturbances and in each of these geographies, arise situations that are personal, inspiring and more often than not, even disturbing, all of which gets ingrained into the memory of a population who live and thrive there. These memories become the scaffolding on which a future is built and the past is remembered. And with time, the ability to recall the memories reduces but the need to remember them becomes important. In due course, some cavities are formed, some memories are forgotten and a few alternate realities are birthed, where truths are blurred and memories merge with aspirations. Waiting for the Wind attempts to be references to those memories, insertions between slippages and signposts for a possible future.
Shilpa Gupta's (b. 1976) National Highway No 1 – 6 Mins 28 Secs en route Srinagar to a picnic in Gulmarg, Kashmir, is a simple video shot from a moving car, the picturesque landscape punctuated with armed military guards bringing forth a sense of unease and strange uncertainty. Egyptian born, New York based artist Iman Issa's (b. 1979) single channel video, Proposal for an Iraq War Memorial was made for the Memorial to the Iraq War exhibition in 2007 at the ICA in London. In responding to the curatorial premise, Issa articulates the shape that a memorial to the war might take at that particular moment. Issa's video memorial features a female subject with no direct connection or relationship to the war articulating her thoughts and feelings about the war and the general landscape of Iraq while also responding to a series of found images and footage.
Naeem Mohaiemen (b.1970) presents Otondro Prohori, (Gaurding Who) a project realized on the streets of Dhaka when skirmishes broke out between the military and students in the University campus, leading to widespread violence and revolt across the country in 2007. Delicately revisited through an installation of old projector slides, photographs and text, Mohaiemen contemplates those moments in 2007 when Bangladesh was under military rule and the pressures of being in such conditions.
Tushar Joag (b. 1966) creates an assemblage consisting of a wind gauge (often used in military airports) and other objects in an attempt to capture changing winds but also to ruminate the Indian Air Force strikes on Mizoram, India during March 1966 to quell the revolt of the Mizoram National Front, and in effect bombing its own people. The month of March has a special significance for Mizos and Joag will enable the staging of certain activities and readings by local Mizo groups within the gallery space through the dates of the exhibition.
Raqs Media Collective's A fortunate spell of pleasant amnesia, is an image of a single broken gun, hanging from an electrical wire against a tranquil blue sky. The gun which is an INSAS 5.56mm LMG/Assault Rifle, the official and standard issue ordinance for almost all Indian military and paramilitary personnel is well recognized wherever the AFSPA is in operation, but its ineffectiveness is brought forth through the image.
Lebanese born, and New York based, Walid Raad (b. 1967) presents Hostage: The Bachar Polaroids a series of hostage images that were created as part of a project with Souheli Bachar, a Lebanese national who was kidnapped in Beirut in 1983 and held hostage for ten years. Upon his release Bachar created a series of videos with Raad and his fictional Atlas Group. Bachar was the only Lebanese national who was held captive with American men who were kidnapped in Lebanon in the 1980's.
Waiting for the Wind is a contemplation on freedom, on hope and on dreams. The exhibition brings together work of artists who have deeply engaged with understanding the casualties of strife, the lines of borders, and the wings of freedom within their practice. The exhibition may be viewed as a point of entry to comprehend a possible future or as a punctuation to stop for a moment and breathe the air instead of waiting for the wind.


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Considering vampires are a thing of mine, I'm surprised it took me this long to get around to making a manip with one. I hope you like it.
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By the second quarter of 1993, the PROTOOL group had become resolute on materializing it's objective of setting up a specialized production facility, to produce and supply Precision Mechanical Limit Gauges to the South-East Asian market. Protool Precision Engineering Pte Ltd was to be the first of her kind in Singapore.
Directors of the Protool group of companies, with their team of veteran engineers alongside, began structuring the development of the organization and expedited all the necessary preparations for the various areas of technology transfer that were vital to this specialised field of engineering. The new manufacturing premises launched it's official public offering of precision gauges by November that year.
In addition to it's embarkation on the supply of precision limit gauges , the facility also provided general engineering services to support and partner with local industries in the following areas:
- Engineering design services, including (but not limited to) the production and supply of Precision Jigs & Fixtures.
- Production and supply of Special Purpose Gauges & Precision Threaded Components.
PROTOOL is currently entering into it's 18th year of operations as a pioneering, Singapore-based, precision gauge manufacturer. The company continues to see steady growth in demand for her in-house line of mechanical and automated gauging instruments, both locally and in neighbouring markets.


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Opinion What's the matter with recycling Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We've been hearing this phrase and teaching it to our children for more than 40 years. It's ingrained in our collective consciousness: if you care about the planet, then you recycle. So why hasn't plastic recycling delivered on the promise to eliminate plastic waste? Traditional petroleum-based plastics ideal lifecycle. Source: GreenBlue Sustainable Packaging Coalition Why is plastic recycling a failure? Today we use five times more plastic than we did in 1980, so clearly "reduce" hasn't worked. "Reuse" hasn't worked either. Forty years later, there is still virtually no "reusable" packaging for consumer goods. So, why hasn't the model worked in the past, and why is it unlikely to work in the future? Here are the key issues: • Plastics are not endlessly recyclable. Unlike glass and aluminum, plastics lose much of their physical strength with each heat exposure. • Plastic is not plastic. "Plastic" is a generic term for hundreds, if not thousands, of different polymers. These different polymers are produced from different chemistries and have different properties which often cannot be mixed or blended. • Less than 10% of plastic is currently recycled in the US. Capturing 100 to 200 billion pounds (~45-90 million tonnes) of plastic (still less than half of the annual plastic production) would require billions of dollars in new collection infrastructure. • Contaminated plastics are extremely difficult to recycle. Any plastic used in food service, food packaging, fast food, institutional or commercial use, or restaurant service is contaminated with food and human contact. Outdoor applications like mulch film or lawn and garden packaging are contaminated with soil. • Recycling of traditional petrochemical plastics does not address greenhouse gas emissions and associated global warming. The recycle lifecycle loop continues to pump fossil carbon into the atmosphere at every stage – extraction, manufacturing, transportation, recovery, and reprocessing. Are bioplastics a better option? At the beginning of life, bioplastics made with plant-based renewable raw materials have a reduced carbon footprint and minimize concerns about greenhouse gas emissions. Bioplastics – closing the loop BUILDING BLOCKS and biopolymers containing biogenic carbon taken from the atmosphere. CELLULO SE, STARCH, ILS O SUGAR, Biotechnology and chemistry BIO PLASTIC RESINS BIO-BASED PLASTICS are a large family of materials that are derived from renewable materials, some can be compostable. RENEWABLE RESOURCES increase resource efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions. Extraction BIO M ASS O rganic waste biomass asinput for production Compost as input forplant growth REUSE Conversion MECHANICAL RECYCLING is the best end-of-life option for the majority of bioplastics, e.g. bio-based PET or bio-based PE . CO 2 as input for plant growth Energy recovery PRODUCTS made from bioplastics can be found in all applications in which fossil-based plastics are used. ORGANIC RECYCLING makes use of untapped biowaste potential and strengthens the secondary raw material market. O RG ANIC WASTE ENERGY RECOVERY is an additional end-of-life option for bioplastic materials where an alternative waste management infrastructure does not exist. Graph: Life cycle model of bioplastics. Source: European Bioplastics 50 bioplastics MAGAZINE [03/20] Vol. 15
Opinion By: By Mark Remmert, CEO, Green Dot Bioplastics Emporia, Kansas, USA Biobased raw materials are by definition renewable since they are grown, not extracted. Compostable plastics will play a huge role in allowing better waste management alternatives for food waste, garden waste, lawn debris, and agricultural waste. Placing these organic wastes in a bag or container specifically for compostables enables a mechanism to easily collect the waste and send it to a convenient composting facility without having to separate plastic food service ware or other products from the organic waste. Of course, we all agree we should recycle all the paper, glass, aluminum, and plastics that we can. Improving the process for plastics collection and recycling is one step but the next big leap is adoption of biobased plastics with better beginning of life derivatives, as well as compostable plastics that offer organic recycling (composting) end of life to return to nature. A more comprehensive version of this opinion can be found in the blogpost at [1] References: [1] https://www.greendotbioplastics.com/whats-the-matter-withrecycling/ www.greendotbioplastics.com Traditional petroleum-based plastics ideal lifecycle. Source: GreenBlue Sustainable Packaging Coalition Recycling Sorting Collection Material MFRS Consumers Converters Retailers Brand Owners / Product MFRS Distribution/ Warehousing 'Basics' book on bioplastics 110 pages full color, paperback ISBN 978-3- 9814981-1-0: Bioplastics ISBN 978-3- 9814981-2-7: Biokunststoffe 2. überarbeitete Auflage This book, created and published by Polymedia Publisher, maker of bioplastics MAGAZINE is available in English and German language (German now in the second, revised edition). The book is intended to offer a rapid and uncomplicated introduction into the subject of bioplastics, and is aimed at all interested readers, in particular those who have not yet had the opportunity to dig deeply into the subject, such as students or those just joining this industry, and lay readers. It gives an introduction to plastics and bioplastics, explains which renewable resources can be used to produce bioplastics, what types of bioplastic exist, and which ones are already on the market. Further aspects, such as market development, the agricultural land required, and waste disposal, are also examined. An extensive index allows the reader to find specific aspects quickly, and is complemented by a comprehensive literature list and a guide to sources of additional information on the Internet. The author Michael Thielen is editor and publisher bioplastics MAGAZINE. He is a qualified machinery design engineer with a degree in plastics technology from the RWTH University in Aachen. He has written several books on the subject of blow-moulding technology and disseminated his knowledge of plastics in numerous presentations, seminars, guest lectures and teaching assignments. Discounted price for this edition (as long as supply lasts) € 10.00 New edition scheduled for summer 2020 Order now for € 10.00 (discounted price) (+ VAT where applicable, plus shipping and handling, ask for details) order at www.bioplasticsmagazine.de/books, by phone +49 2161 6884463 or by e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com Or subscribe and get it as a free gift (see page 69 for details bioplastics MAGAZINE [03/20] Vol. 15 51


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Tomikichiro Tokuriki
Tomikichiro Tokuriki was known for integrating two printmaking movements in Japan known as shin hanga and sōsaku hanga. Shin hanga were prints that depicted "urban Japanese entertaining themselves to distract from the reality of fleeting existence" and whose production was driven by the vision of the publisher instead of individual artists (taken from -myjapanesehanga.com and the artist's biography). Sōsaku hanga was a revival of shin hanga but was artist-driven, and also integrated more Western artistic movements into their compositions.


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In my disc database I have tick boxes to describe the presentation of the main feature of the disc. These include 'Pan and Scan', 'Widescreen Anamorphic', 'Widescreen Non-anamorphic' and 'Widescreen cropped'. Pretty much by habit I've been ticking the 'Widescreen Anamorphic' box for Blu-ray discs, but it has recently occurred to me that Blu-ray discs aren't anamorphic.
The word relates to a type of lens used more frequently in the 1950s in the early days of widescreen cinema. The film frames in most cinematographic formats retained the old 1.37:1 aspect ratio, and the obvious way to make them widescreen was just to shoot as usual, but with a mind to masking off the top and bottom of the frame for later cinema presentation.
However, that wasted a lot of the resolution of the film, so one alternative was to use a special anamorphic lens to distort the picture during photography. This squeezed the picture in sideways so that the widescreen picture could fit into a normal film frame. Then a lens to reverse the process was used at the cinema, stretching the picture sideways, so that its contents were restored to their correct proportions.
The term was carried over to DVD. The same frame was used both for 'standard' TV style video with a 1.33:1 aspect ratio, and for the various widescreen formats. 'Anamorphic widescreen' DVDs scaled the picture out sideways to achieve a 1.78:1 aspect ratio. The alternative was letterboxed widescreen, which wasted several tens of per cent of the pixels on the screen, due to the black bars at top and bottom.
As an aside, even 4:3 DVDs had to be scaled. Most NTSC DVDs were delivered with a picture resolution of 720 by 480 pixels, but for square pixels a horizontal resolution of only 640 pixels was appropriate. For PAL DVDs (720 by 576), a 4:3 picture needed 768 square pixels of display width, so these had to be scaled out in width a little.
But none of that applies to Blu-ray. The picture is held at 1,920 by 1,080 pixels, which is 16:9 format with square pixels. It is designed to be displayed on a a natively 16:9 display (preferably with a matching number of pixels), so there is no scaling at all. Blu-ray pictures are not anamorphic, even though they are commonly referred to as such on Blu-ray packaging.
Except for Constant-Image-Height fans. They distort the picture twice at the display stage — once electronically to scale upwards from 2.35:1 to 1.78:1 — and then immediately reverse the process optically with a reverse anamorphic lens which can be swung into place. The purpose of this is, I believe, to replicate the way the picture widens at the cinema for the wider formats. I just don't like the picture damage this introduces.


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Generally speaking, a three-game prospect tournament means nothing. There's no trophy to be handed out at its end, no real accolades, and when you see teams sitting their best players for a game or two, even bragging rights are wishy washy at best. (We're not just saying this because the Calgary Flames young stars finished 1-1-1, this really is just a meaningless little bit of September hockey.)
So what does anybody get out of it? Well, in-game experience for your prospects and coaches. Inter-squad scrimmages are all well and good, but these games put your group of kids and make them a team.
And hey, as a bonus, you can glean a bit of evaluation from it. See who surprises you. It could bode well (or poorly) for the future.
Without further adieu, here are some of the players that surprised us:
Pleasant surprises: Forward depth, in all shapes and sizes
- Bill Arnold - Touted as a defensive forward through his time in the NCAA, there's always been this general inkling that Arnold would be good. It isn't surprising that he stood out in the prospect tournament; it is surprising just how much he did. He was fantastic at both ends of the ice, in all situations, and has a very underrated offensive game.
The Flames appear to be very fond of his skill-set, given how much ice time he was given all weekend long. Arnold was able to find some incredible seams in play for unbelievable passes to connect, one leading to an Andrew Mangiapane goal.
He was wearing an 'A' throughout the tournament, and sure, at 23, he was one of the older guys there - but he brought a smart, calming influence and was a boon to the top six.
- Pavel Karnaukhov - Freshly drafted in 2015's fifth round, he still has a way to go before we can even begin to think professional hockey, but he was very underrated coming in. Karnaukhov showed himself to be a smart player, excelling in a variety of ways: two-way play, supporting the play out of the zone, zone entries, creating offence (scoring chances, points), and using his size to create space.
Of course, with any new draft pick, there's a certain degree of (potentially overdone) hype. New players are always exciting. But Karnaukhov did enough over this tournament to announce his presence, and let the Flames fanbase know: he's definitely somebody to watch going forward. (And since he plays for the Hitmen, it'll be easy to do just that!)
- Ryan Lomberg - Who? Signed to an AHL contract and heading to Stockton, he really wasn't a name to watch out for - at least, until he made himself known. With fantastic individual efforts, he created scoring chances for the Flames; on the other side of things, he was one of the best penalty killers in Penticton. Lomberg utilized functional toughness to play an aggressive but logical game. Without his efforts on the penalty kill, it's likely Calgary would have given up more goals down a man.
The best part? Lomberg is just 20 years old. The Flames have a small habit of finding NHLers out of nowhere, the latest example being Josh Jooris. Nobody's expecting Lomberg to make the NHL just yet, but he's so young, there's plenty of time. And this tournament showed us: he has a lot of potential, and probably the heart to really challenge for a spot one day.
- Andrew Mangiapane - This guy was a sixth round pick. Hell, a sixth round pick going through his second draft. You don't typically expect guys in his position to turn heads, but that's all Mangiapane has done since joining the Flames, and this tournament only enhanced that.
Everything Mangiapane (Eat Bread) did when he played was impressive. Like Arnold, he was used in every circumstance, and every situation. He succeeded in virtually every situation too, be it creating offense, being used on the penalty kill, or working on the powerplay. He did it all. He isn't afraid to go to the net, work in dirty areas, or get physical.
It's no surprise he drew some comparisons to Johnny Gaudreau. If the Flames become the team known for smaller wingers who are here to make opposing teams' lives more miserable, well... Mangiapane will probably play a very welcome role in that.
Best surprise
- Rasmus Andersson - He was easily the biggest standout on the blueline, eclipsing countryman and fellow second rounder Oliver Kylington (though he did miss some time). Andersson was everything he was projected to be and scouted as: big, offensively gifted, smooth-skating, capable in his own end, and smart.
We knew he would be good, but we didn't expect him to be that good. His prowess of jumping up in the play and then being able to transition back is very exceptional. Earning his ELC before the final game of the tournament (and the only one he sat out; and his loss in the lineup was definitely felt) is a clear indication of how big the organization is on him.
Bad surprises: the gap between top- and bottom-tier prospects on defence
- Keegan Kanzig - The ceiling was already limited when he was drafted in the third round back in 2013. The ceiling is even more limited now, given how he fared in Penticton. The truth is: Kanzig can't skate very well, something documented prior. Kanzig's mobility prevented him from truly being engaging in his play, which inhibited the team's performance. Kanzig's overall performance was miles behind his peers, which showed.
Sure, he's only 20, and there's hope for him yet... but there's virtually nothing to like about his game. What good is size if you can't use it? If you can't skate, you can't play, period; just ask out old friend Ben Hanowski, who, after an unimpressive AHL season and no hope in any NHL call ups, the Flames didn't even bother qualifying. It's hard to see him having much of a future with the team.
- Eric Roy - The Flames' fifth round pick in 2013, Roy was expected to be drafted much higher, but he dropped. He never really recovered, either; Roy wasn't signed, and instead received a try-out, which makes sense when you watch him play.
Though he was only given one game (game three), he was listless at times - no more apparent than on a Canucks 2-on-0 while they were shorthanded. His effort just came off half-hearted in all ends of the ice, which is something you really, really don't want to see in someone who still hasn't earned a professional contract.
Most underwhelming
- Kenney Morrison - It's all too likely he needs more time to develop, but that notwithstanding, this was a shocker. Morrison is definitely somebody who will be going to Stockton to mature and develop elements of his game. For example: he had a few giveaways in Penticton, one of which led to Dane Fox's goal for Vancouver. He also had some unfortunate lapses in OT of that game, which allowed Vancouver to win it.
Overall, maybe it was the expectation that he was going to be one of the standouts this weekend, but he was just average. His ability to pass is there, his skating is there to an extent, but the defensive abilities aren't. Hopefully they'll come with time, because you can see his potential, but in this tournament, he wasn't up to par.
Final thoughts
Of course, there are several players here who didn't get a mention. Sam Bennett, for example? Well, it wasn't surprising he performed as well as he did. We know he's going to be in the NHL this season, and rightfully so. Bryce Van Brabant, though? It seemed odd when he was one of the Flames' qualified RFAs, but watching his performance in the tournament, it was easy to see why: he was very strong on the puck, excellent at protecting it, and while he may not have an NHL future, it's certainly worth seeing how much more he can grow.
On the flip side, there's somebody like Patrick Sieloff. He was better than Kanzig and Roy, but probably a little worse overall than Morrison. This isn't totally his fault - losing an entire year of development to medical issues is absolutely brutal, and would be difficult for anybody to bounce back from - but at this stage in the game, it's disappointing he's not further along.
What's the overall trend you see here? The most underwhelming players were all defencemen; the most intriguing players (Andersson aside) were forwards. There's a lot to get excited about up front, but that back end still needs a lot of work.


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This French celery variety develops tight bunches of fleshy stalks (when the weather gets cool enough). It has bright green leaves and the plan is a medium tall size.
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