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You've got to understand something before you can work with it. . .before you can make it work for you...before you can succeed. That idea is what this special course is all about:
Understanding Overhead in Government Contracts
Developed by Federal Publications Seminars, the program is styled (a) for contractors' non-accountant representatives who are involved in the dollar-business of bidding on Government contracts, submitting proposals, planning and monitoring performance, and prosecuting claims; and (b) for Government non-accountant representatives charged with reviewing or contesting the appropriateness of contractors' costs. It's based on the premise that non-accountants generally do not feel comfortable with the concept of overhead, although they do realize that to a large degree (often exclusively) overhead treatment can make or break a venture.
So, as detailed below, the distinguished Course Faculty, supplemented by the exclusive Course Manual, will explain: the nature of overhead vs. direct costs: varieties of overhead; what can/should be included in overhead: composition of overhead pools; allocation/liquidation of overhead; changes in overhead systems; Government requirements and Government audits; maximum recovery techniques; and more. They will, in short, do all they can to assure that you understand overhead so that you can more readily control it...justify it... recover it.
We cannot promise that even after spending two days of intensive study with us you'll think of overhead as something simple or consistently clear to work with. But we are certain that, at the least, this special course will substantially increase your ability to make overhead work for you. We invite you to join us.
The Course Curriculum
9am to 4pm
1. Role of Overhead in Government Contract Costs and Pricing
2. Accounting for Overhead versus Managing Overhead
3. Government Business Systems
4. Government Business Relationships
• DCAA v. DCMA
5. What is Overhead
6. What is an Overhead Rate
7. Audits of Overhead
8. Direct versus Indirect Costs
• Definitions
• Criteria
• Disclosure Statement
• Home Office
• Segment
• Homogenous Cost Pool
• Service Centers
• Allocation Bases
• Residual Costs
• Direct Costs
• Homogenous Indirect Cost Pools
• Allocation Bases for Overhead
• Allocation Bases for Service Centers
• Accounting for Variances
9am to 4pm
1. Introduction
2. Contract Clauses Governing Overhead Recovery
3. Regulations on Billing Rates and Final Indirect Rates
4. Penalties and Other Policy Initiatives Governing Overhead Recovery
5. Regulations Governing Overhead in FAR Part 31
• The Legal Meaning of Allowability
• The Legal Meaning of Reasonableness
• The Legal Meaning of Allocability
6. Introduction to the Cost Accounting Standards
CAS Applicability
• Changes to Accounting Practices
7. Practical Legal Issues in Direct versus Indirect Cost Determinations
• Contract Work versus IR&D
• Decisional Law Developments through ATK Thiokol
8. Unabsorbed Overhead (covered if class time allows)
Louis Rosen is the president of Potomac Partners R & M, LLC, and the founder and former national director of Ernst & Young's Government Contract Services. He is a leading adviser to companies doing business with the government. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Rosen served as associate director of the Cost Accounting Standards Board. In this role, he contributed significantly to Cost Accounting Standard 410, "Allocation of Business Unit General and Administrative Expenses to Final Cost Objectives," Cost Accounting Standard 418, "Allocation of Direct and Indirect Costs," and the definitions of "Cost Accounting Practice" and "Change to a Cost Accounting Practice."
Mr. Rosen has worked closely with government procurement and audit agencies, industry associations, the accounting profession, and legal counsel. A frequent speaker on government contract issues in forums across the country, he is co-author of a widely used handbook, Government Contract Accounting.
James M. Weitzel, Jr. is Senior Counsel at Northrop Grumman Government Solutions and was formerly in private practice in the Washington, DC law offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Mr. Weitzel concentrates on Government contract matters and is a former contract administrator for the Defense Contract Administration Services and contract negotiator for the Naval Air and Naval Sea Systems Commands. He lectures and has written widely on Government contract cost and cost accounting issues. Mr. Weitzel received a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University; Master of Arts degree from Duquesne University; and a Juris Doctor degree from Catholic University, where he served as an editor of the Law Review.
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As you might be aware, the guy who invented Eater has beef with his morning rush cafe experience, and he's taken to his personal Tumblr to let the whole darn world know. A few days ago we wrote what we felt like was a balanced response to this piece, where we asked the question: "Is this a reasonable reaction, or is this rich dude just queening out?"
So while we're asking "questions" and kind of hedging our bets in criticizing Ben Leventhal (in case Curbed LLC wants to buy us, hint hint), power blogger Serenity Sage has penned a scathing response to Mr. Leventhal in typical "bitchpleeze.com" fashion. We both love it and hate it. While we don't think it helps elevate the conversation in any real substantial way, we do feel, just as with some of the rules in Leventhal's piece, the world might be a better place if people followed them. Maybe "rule" is the wrong word. Perhaps "suggestion" would be less polarizing. Sage, using the language and inflection of a hunty middle-of-last-week Ben Leventhal, demands that all customers forthwith:
Read the menu.
You're in a new place, and that new place could have drink/size options. If you want something that's off the menu, circle back to the first rule: know what you want. Not every service person has an encyclopedic knowledge of drink names from your neighborhood spot. If something's off the menu, order it by ingredients, proportions, and size. One man's "Italiano" is another man's "Devil's Drop"; you call it an iced shot with cream over sugar, she calls it "the Twirly Bird"; nobody under 40 cares about cortados or Gibraltors anymore.
She also wants us to:
Know your order.
Specifically, know what size you want and if it's to go or to stay. The last thing you need to do is answer a bunch of questions from a sniveling art school drop out, right? I mean, they're subhuman, so the less you interact with them, the better for your important blog ego. Just do your part and know what you want beforehand.
Read all of Sage's suggestions at Crema Dreamz, which is definitely our new favorite blog ever.
BTW, in the last 48 hours, after a deep back-and-forth with Twitter users like 2012 US Barista Champion @katiecarguilo, @colecoffee, @nickcho, and @LAgrind, Ben Leventhal has softened up his language. His post reads so much sweeter now!

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Thai food is native to the country of Thailand and has a rich history. Thai cuisine combined Eatern and Western styles of cooking for a long time and it shows up in the recipes. Most Thai recipes will have neat blends of sour, sweet, salty and spicy flavors and this is what makes the cuisine well loved around the world. Traditional Thai food does not include huge quantities of meat thanks to the nation's Buddhist influence. However, some recipes might have small strips of meat. Fish and vegetables are also main staples in Thai cuisine. Prior to Chinese migration to Thailand, families mostly stewed, grilled or baked their foods. But after this migration, there was an increase in stir-frying of meals and at times deep-frying. If you have never been to an authentic Thai restaurant or if you want to make this food at home, here are some well-loved authentic Thai recipes.
Krathong Thong
These fried appetizers are common in Thailand and here is how they are made. The ingredients are a half cup each of rice flour and all-purpose flour, four tablespoons of corn flour, a beaten egg, a teaspoon of sugar, a tablespoon of vegetable oil, half teaspoon of salt, two cups of minced pork, a halp cup of shredded carrot, one cup of mashed sweet potatoes, a cup of diced onions and three teaspoons of curry powder. You will also need a pastry mold.
Heat your skillet with vegetable oil and then stir in the onions. After ten minutes, you would add in the minced pork, sweet potatoes, carrots, curry powder and sugar. Stir fry for five to ten minutes then set aside. To make the pastry cups, blend the flours, egg, vegetable oil and salt in a bowl. Put one pastry mold at a time into a pot of hot oil and then dip the molds in the pastry mixture on at a time. Once this is done you place the molds one at a time into the oil before removing. Once you fry the pastry cups, put the meat filling in each of them and serve.
Lad Na
This is a simple noodle dish in fish sauce and other condiments. The ingredients for this recipe are a 1-lb. bag of wide rice noodles, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, two teaspoons of black soy sauce, half pound of chopped boneless chicken breasts, four teaspoons of cornstarch, three cups of chicken broth, two tablespoons of crushed garlic, a tablespoon of yellow bean paste, two tablespoons of fish sauce, a tablespoon of oyster sauce, two cups of diced broccoli and ground pepper. In a medium bowl combine the noodles in oil and the black soy sauce. In another bowl combine the chicken pieces in the cornstarch and ground pepper. Then in a new bowl combine the chicken stock and additional cornstarch. The next step would be to heat oil in a large skillet. Place the chicken mixture in the skillet then add the yellow soybean paste. Then add additional chicken stock to the skillet along with the fish sauce and oyster sauce. Add sugar and broccoli pieces and cook until slightly tender. After this you would pour the entire mixture over the noodles and serve.
Gaeng Massaman
To make this recipe you will need four tablespoons of curry paste, four tablespoons of oil, a half pound of seasoned boneless chicken pieces, a cup each of coconut cream and coconut milk, a cup of diced potatoes, two cups of onions, one fourth cup of roasted peanuts, two teaspoons of fish sauce and two teaspoons of tamarind paste. Start by cutting the potatoes and set aside. In a skillet you want to heat some oil and then add the curry paste and cook for four minutes, constantly stirring. From there you would add the chicken pieces and cook for three minutes. Then pour in the coconut cream and milk then stir. Add the potatoes, peanuts and onions. Add the tamarind paste, stir one last time and serve with rice.
Som Tum
This is a green papaya salad that is widely eaten throughout Thailand. The ingredients are three crushed cloves of garlic, a tablespoon of chopped peanuts, three chopped serrano chiles, a half teaspoon of sugar, three tablespoons of lime juice, two tablespoons of fish sauce, two tomatoes, a half pound of green beans cut and trimmed, and a large peeled and diced green papaya. In a blender combine the garlic, salt, chiles, sugar and shrimp. Add this mixture to a bowl along with lime juice and the fish sauce. Then add the papaya pieces to the bowl then toss in the peanuts and serve.
These delicious recipes will make you feel as if you were in Thailand.


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Rene Gorecki – Feature 3 of 20 – Urban-Muse Magazine #1
FeaturesUrban-Muse Magazine March 31, 2017 Curt Anderson 0
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Rene Gorecki is a high level Georgian artist working in highly detailed CG realism. Rene has a very cheerful and positive presence on social media. Rene's high level cg work is often compared to fellow Georgian artist Irakli Nadar, in fact both of them both live in Tbilisi and are even friends! Wow! Talk about a coincidence.
Rene's works have a silky realism that is so popular in CG digital art these days and is often accused of photobashing because of the high levels of realism achieved. (You'll notice this is a recurring theme throughout this issue).
Rene's work is fast evolving and as the years go one I think we can expect the work to mature and start to reach thrilling new highs and create fresh and new ideas. Judging by both Irakli's and Rene's success, It's a great day in age to be a CG artist in Tbilisi Georgia, as long as you are prepared to outsource/freelance. Not a whole lot is known about Rene other than the lovely beauties he shares with the world so we were excited to learn about them.
Urban-Muse.com: You're an artist living in Tbilisi Georgia, what can you tell us about being an artist in Georgia. Many people might incorrectly assume that Georgia is only a state in the South Eastern side of the United States.
Rene Gorecki: Georgia is a beautiful country to the east of the Black Sea,
and should not be confused for the US state, Georgia.
Being an artist here is not easy, if you consider lack of commissions and proper jobs from Georgia, for digital artists, so you have to rely on outsource.
Urban-Muse.com: What are your tools of the Trade? What is your artistic process like?
Rene Gorecki: For portrait painting and stylized art, my tools of trade include Photoshop, mainly, as well
as Lightroom for color correction sometimes. Sometimes I also use ZBrush and 3DS Max for personal projects.
Urban-Muse.com: What would be your advice to an artist who wants to improve their art, maybe even be as good as you one day?
Rene Gorecki: I am a very envious person, in some cases, and I was always envious of awesome artists in a good way, trying to imitate what I liked about their art, and gradually forming what became my own. For starting artists,
my advice would be to participate in as many contests as possible, because it teaches you to finish your art pieces in provided time constraints, and to finish it better than it would be done without them. You should first and foremost paint what you want to paint, but you still should paint what you don't like too, so that you can visualize as many things as you can for art pieces you might need, and dont be afraid to use reference. Also don't be afraid to experiment with different styles.
For example, I very much enjoy painting in my current style, but that could change and I will find something new and different for myself that
would bring me more joy. There are of course cases of artistic blocks, and I found that to overcome them you should continue drawing, whatever the outcome. If I couldn't force myself to draw at this point, I've had friends who would always support me and in some cases would force me to, I'm not even joking.
Urban-Muse.com: Irakli Nadar, you two seem to be good friends. What is the nature of your relationship? You both live in Tbilisi, do you see each other often? How did you meet?
Rene Gorecki: I met with Nadar in a company for which he used to work and to which I applied. He showed me one of his paintings, which was done on an amazing level and I didn't believe it was 100% drawing, at first.
Then I added him on Facebook, asked him about his techniques and how he got to that point in painting (I was not that bad, but I was struggling with finishing my works back then).
He explained his proccess, we met a couple of times on several game events and we keep in touch through facebook.
I have nothing but respect for him, and I am amazed by each one of his new works and that keeps me motivated to "git gud."
Urban-Muse.com: Pertaining to Irakli Nadar, both of your art resembles each other. How did this happen? Luckily Irakli also agreed to be profiled in this issue so we'll hear from him as well.
Rene Gorecki: I have always wanted to create stylized paintings,
but I kept to academic realism. Nadar's works showed me how these two could be fused to create a result which I loved. So thats is why I draw in a similar style for now.
Urban-Muse.com: Who are your favorite artists? Contemporary and Classical?
Rene Gorecki: I look up to many artists but to name a few who truly inspired me I would say Nesskain, Crow God, Sakimi Chan, Mike Azevedo, Krenz Cushart, Samuel Youn, Guangjian Huang, Ruan Jia, Even Amundsen, Verehin, Theo Prins, and Loish.
Regarding classical painters, I'd say Rembrandt, Francisco Goya, Michelangelo, Valentin Serov, and oldschool Russian painters, again just to name a few.
Urban-Muse.com: What are your plans for the future?
Rene Gorecki: I currently have several things planned in my life, and if those succeed (They should!), in about one year, I'd like to create my own Youtube channel. Majority of the content would be traditional art, which I have in a way abandoned in favour of digital art. I hope this channel will give me motivation to draw traditional stuff more often, and if this channel will motivate or/and teach artists who just started, this would be amazing.
Urban-Muse.com: Thankyou so much for taking the time to talk to Urban-Muse and it's readers!
Rene Gorecki: Thank you very much for having me! I am very honoured and thankful for this opportunity, and I wish Urban Muse the best of luck and success!
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Hailing from Stoke-on-Trent, but based in Manchester, Delamere have been delivering some steady, consistently good quality indie music for quite some time now.
They've now not only released their self titled debut album, but they're also the flagship release for Scruff of the Neck records (no pressure though, right?)
It seems they were more than ready to rise to the challenge however, having honed their sound through a veritable amount of high-octane live shows. They've supported the likes of fellow indie greats Peace and Palma Violets and now they've got themselves a perfect formula of indie sounds and electrifying guitar pop.
Track 'Heart' off the album had already received its fair share of recognition after being played on E4's Made in Chelsea, with it's massively infectious chorus infused with nostalgic guitar riffs, it's no surprise that this is a definite highlight of their debut effort.
Similarly with 'Bright Young Things', a track that also made an appearance on the aforementioned show; it's a credit to the album, energetic and will invade your body and have you – at the very least – nodding your head along to the rhythm.
'Regress' sees them embrace their more playful side, favouring the keyboard over their standard guitars. They make sure not to lose their edge however, adding a whole load of distortion and a powerful guitar riff for good measure in the chorus.
They're not all about the fast paced tracks either, taking things down a few notches in 'Kill It', a somewhat mature slow builder with an impressive drum presence for the chorus. It's clear that these guys like themselves a big, attention-grabbing chorus.
They've followed the lead of other indie bands around today, for instance Blossoms, and included a nostalgic 80's influenced feel to it; this is ever present in 'Black and White Space'.
This is a solid debut effort, it's clear that there's a lot of potential brewing. They ever so slightly touch upon different genre directions, even getting a little experimental in 'Betty Boop'… they're a band finding their feet and if this is what they sound like at the start of their discovery journey then we should all be very excited.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ever hit "send" on an email only to realize it was to the wrong person? You're not alone.
A survey on e-mail errors found eight out of 10 U.S. advertising and marketing executives admitted making a mistake when sending email, prompting a cringe-making post-send moment.
The survey of 250 company executives from 1,000 companies conducted for marketing staffing service The Creative Group asked respondents to describe their worst email mistake they had made or seen.
These ranged from sending out an employee's salary information to the entire company to recalling a nasty email about the boss that made its way to top management.
The list also included an employee sending his resume to his boss when it was meant to go to an outside company, an internal memo about bathroom etiquette going to a client, and a staffer distributing a racy, personal picture of herself to the entire staff instead of just to a couple of friends.
"E-mail mistakes can be painfully visible and viral," said Megan Slabinski, executive director of The Creative Group, in a statement.
"Professionals must be especially careful in this economy not to do anything that could cause employers to question their competence or judgment, and that means paying close attention when sending any kind of message, particularly if the information is sensitive."
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Talented forwards dot Southeast draft rostersby John Kreiser
The five teams in the Southeast Division seem to have found a great deal of success drafting forwards, whether it was Ron Francis in 1981 or Alex Ovechkin in 2004.
Every team has had its ups and downs since the draft began in 1963. Here's a look at the hits (and some of the misses) for the five Southeast teams on Draft Day.
Best first-round pick: Ilya Kovalchuk (2001) -- The Thrashers have made the playoffs just once since entering the NHL 10 years ago, but it would be hard to blame their struggles on Kovalchuk, the first pick of the '01 draft, who's turned into one of the most dynamic scorers in the NHL. At age 26 he's had five consecutive 40-goal seasons (including two 52-goal efforts) and is just three goals shy of 300. Barring injury, he figures to finish his career with well over 500 goals; if the Thrashers can get enough of a supporting cast around him, his skills figure to be more appreciated.
Honorable mention: Dany Heatley (2000), Zach Bogosian (2008)
Best pick, rounds 2-4: Michael Garnett (2001) -- One reason the Thrashers have spent most of their first decade in the NHL's netherworld is a lack of success in rounds 2-4 of the draft. Garnett, a third-rounder (No. 80) who played 24 games in 2005-06 when injuries decimated Atlanta's goaltending corps, is the best player in team history drafted in Rounds 2-4. Add up the games played by every player taken in those three rounds and you get a grand total of 90.
Honorable mention: Ondrej Pavelec (2005)
Best later-round pick: Tobias Enstrom (2003) -- A small, offensive defenseman from Sweden taken in the eighth round (No. 239), Enstrom didn't come to North America until 2007, but has been an effective player in his two NHL seasons. He made the All-Rookie team in 2007-08 and has been the Thrashers' most effective offensive defenseman almost from the day he arrived. Despite his lack of size, Enstrom has not missed a game in two NHL seasons.
Honorable mention: Garnet Exelby (1999), Darcy Hordichuk (2000)
Biggest disappointment: Patrik Stefan (1999) -- Stefan spent six seasons with the Thrashers and played 455 NHL games, but never came close to putting up the kind of numbers Atlanta expected after he was picked first in the draft. Stefan never totaled more than 14 goals or 40 points in a season, was a plus player just once in Atlanta and was plagued with concussion-related problems. He spent a season in Dallas and signed in Switzerland but played only three games before retiring in 2007.
Honorable mention: Luke Sellars (1999), Alex Bourret (2005)
Best first-round pick: Ron Francis (1981) -- "Ronnie Franchise" got two Stanley Cup rings with Pittsburgh in the early 1990s, but he spent two-thirds of his 23 NHL seasons with the Hartford Whalers/Hurricanes franchise, piling up points -- and goodwill -- along the way. Only Wayne Gretzky has more career assists than the No. 4 pick, and only Gretzky, Gordie Howe and Mark Messier finished with more points.
Honorable mention: Bobby Holik (1989), Chris Pronger (1993), Eric Staal (2003)
Best pick, rounds 2-4: Kevin Dineen (1982) -- Dineen, a third-round pick (No. 56), made an immediate impression by scoring 25 goals as a rookie, and then added 33, 40, 25 and 45 in his next four seasons while becoming one of the premier power forwards in the NHL. He never reached 30 goals after his 30th birthday, but remained in the NHL for a long time as an effective checker who could score a little bit, and he always was willing to do what was needed to win. He finished with 355 goals and 760 points in 1,188 games.
Honorable mention: Geoff Sanderson (1990), Sami Kapanen (1995)
Honorable mention: Joe Reekie (1985), Manny Legace (1993)
Biggest disappointment: Jeff Heerema (1998) -- You don't expect to get a career minor-leaguer with the 11th pick in the draft, but that's what the Hurricanes got when they chose Heerema in 1998 after a 32-goal season with Sarnia of the OHL. Heerema spent two more seasons with Sarnia, then played seven seasons in the minors, earning only a 10-game stretch with Carolina in 2002-03 and 22 games with St. Louis the following season. He's played the past two seasons in Germany.
Honorable mention: Christopher Govedaris (1988), Nikos Tselios (1997)
Best first-round pick: Ed Jovanovski (1994) -- The Panthers made Jovanovski the first pick in the '94 Entry Draft; he turned pro two seasons later and was instrumental in Florida's stunning run to the 1996 Stanley Cup Final. The Panthers dealt him to Vancouver in 1999 as part of the Pavel Bure deal, and he later signed with Phoenix as a free agent. Throughout his career he's been a productive top-pair defenseman, though he's never put up the kind of offensive numbers some expected.
Honorable mention: Rob Niedermayer (1993), Radek Dvorak (1995), Jay Bouwmeester (2002)
Best pick, rounds 2-4: Kristian Huselius (1997) -- Like the Thrashers, the Panthers haven't done particularly well in Rounds 2-4. Their best selection from these rounds has been Huselius, a second round (No. 47) choice, who had a couple of 20-goal seasons for the Panthers but then struggled and was sent to Calgary. His best season came with the Flames in 2006-07, when he was 34-43-77. He had 25 goals and 66 points for Calgary the following season, then went 21-35-56 for Columbus in 2008-09, giving him 153 goals and 365 points in 567 NHL games.
Honorable mention: Kevin Weekes (1993), Rhett Warrener (1994)
Honorable mention: Peter Worrell (1995), Jaroslav Spacek (1998)
Biggest disappointment: Denis Shvidki (1999) -- Florida took the Russian-born right wing No. 12 after he had 35 goals and 94 points for Barrie of the OHL in 1998-99. He improved to 41-65-106 with the Colts in 1999-2000, and then had 15 goals in 34 games for Louisville of the AHL in 2000-01, earning a half-season in Florida, where he scored six goals for the Panthers. But after bouncing between the Panthers and the minors for three more seasons, scoring just 5 goals in 33 games, Shvidki went back to Russia and has played there for the last five seasons.
Honorable mention: Mike Brown (1997), Peter Taticek (2002)
Best first-round pick: Vincent Lecavalier (1998) -- He may not be the "Michael Jordan of hockey," as former Tampa owner Art Williams proclaimed when the Lightning took Lecavalier with the first pick in the draft 11 years ago, but Lecavalier has become one of the NHL's elite players. He's scored 25 or more goals for six consecutive seasons, including a League-high 52 in 2006-07, and was a key to Tampa Bay's run to the 2004 Stanley Cup. At 29, he already has surpassed the 300-goal mark for his career.
Honorable mention: Chris Gratton (1993), Daymond Langkow (1995), Steven Stamkos (2008)
Best pick, rounds 2-4: Brad Richards (1998) -- The Lightning chose Richards two rounds (No. 64) after taking Lecavalier, his teammate with Rimouski of the QMJHL. Richards, now with Dallas after a 2008 trade, hasn't put up Lecavalier-like numbers, but he's a solid No. 2 center who has six 20-goal seasons, four 70-point seasons and a Conn Smythe Trophy after scoring 26 points in 23 games during the Lightning's run to the 2004 Cup.
Honorable mention: Aaron Gavey (1992), Shane Willis (1997)
Honorable mention: Paul Ranger (2002). Nick Tarnasky (2003)
Biggest disappointment: Alexander Svitov (2001) -- Talk about a swing and a miss. The Lightning took Svitov with the No. 3 pick in 2001, brought him to North America for the 2002-03 season, and then dealt him to Columbus the next season. Svitov split time between the Jackets and their AHL team in Syracuse before returning to Russia as a free agent in 2007.
Honorable mention: Mario Larocque (1996), Nikita Alexeev (2000)
Best first-round pick: Alex Ovechkin (2004) -- As good as the Caps thought Ovechkin could be when they picked him No. 1 five years ago, he's been better. Ovechkin is the most feared gunner in the NHL, having led the League in goals in each of the last two seasons. He's also become a physical force who's more than willing to run over an opponent, and he brings a joy to the game few players ever have matched. At 23, he's one of the cornerstones of the League.
Honorable mention: Mike Gartner (1979), Scott Stevens (1982), Olaf Kolzig (1989)
Best pick, rounds 2-4: Michal Pivonka (1984) -- The Caps selected Pivonka with their third-round choice (No. 59) in 1984, but had to wait three seasons for the Czech center to make it to North America. Pivonka never became the star some thought he'd be, but he was a solid player for 13 seasons in Washington, putting up four 20-goal seasons, four 50-assist seasons and five 60-point seasons. Injuries cut short his career.
Honorable mention: Steve Konowalchuk (1991), Jan Bulis (1996)
Honorable mention: Andrew Brunette (1993), Richard Zednik (1994)
Biggest disappointment: Alexander Volchkov (1996) -- The Russian-born center was picked No. 4 in 1996 after a 37-goal season with Barrie of the OHL. He had 29 goals and 82 points for the Colts in 1996-97, then turned pro -- and saw his scoring touch completely disappear. He never scored more than 11 goals in the minors and played only three games with the Capitals. He returned to Russia in 2000 and was out of hockey a season later.
Honorable mention: Nolan Baumgartner (1994), Brad Church (1995)


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|My Brow-inspiration Camilla Belle
Camilla Belle is my absolute brow idol...as one with dark bold brows naturally (which I thank my lucky stars that I was blessed genetically) and with generally what I considered to be good shape of my brows, I never really thought grooming my brows was something I needed to worry about, I was wrong...Meet Lien Davies, brow expert who I had met through work and who has taught me just how amazing my brows can actually be.
To book in to see Lien from Brows and Makeup in Bronte you need a months notice, yes she is that good and in that much demand.
When my appointment was penciled in I made a mental challenge in the spirit of being a good little blogger to leave my brows alone for the full month to really give Lien something to work with and to really see the difference. Luckily I was able to wear my hair down over my brows so you couldn't really notice and it was hard, let me tell you!
Here is my brows before, (don't judge me):
|My Brows BEFORE
The main point that I learnt was that the arch on both brows was off with the left one being off by over a centimeter (whoops) and they were almost two centimeters too long on the ends, so much for me thinking I understood how to shape my brows.
What I also learnt is that the hairs were too thin under the arch so this is the area where she didn't really touch as this is the area I need to grow them. She explained that it will take time but she will be able to assist in helping them to grow by the way they are shaped.
Here is the after:
|The AFTER I swear I look like a different person!
As you see they are trimmed, plucked and are looking fantastic. By trimming your brows you actually make them thicker. She also taught me all about using a brow pencil which I will talk about more soon.
I will now continue to see Lien once every 6 weeks.
I will maintain them by plucking any strays and the area which I am growing out I will leave. By keeping her rule of using a eyebrow pencil to line it up next to your nostril and then to your outer brow edge and any hairs outside of that can be plucked and then taking the same pencil from the outer nostril to the inner brow line and any hairs that fall in between the brows from that line can go. I hope that makes sense.
Having well groomed brows not only frames your face but can change your whole complexion, beautiful polished brows are hot right now and whether you see a brow expert one or regularly it is educational to at least learn what is the right shape to be able to guide you with your own maintenance.
To find out more information you can visit Lien's website at http://www.browsandmakeup.com/.
I highly recommend you give it a shot and leave something as important as your brows in the hands of the professionals!
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The mistake was a human error that could have been prevented. In response, the CDC decided to reissue its guidelines for donating blood.
It was the CDC, itself, that reported the incident in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
But it should have attracted major media attention, because it potentially could have had devastating consequences, had all the people who received the contaminated blood contracted yellow fever, or come down with any of the side effects associated with the vaccine.
It's not the first time a human error with a vaccine has occurred. Some of these mistakes are huge, such as when a major vaccine manufacturer, Baxter, admitted last year that the company had released a vaccine contaminated with an experimental flu virus.
Other mistakes are smaller, but just as serious, such as what happened last month in Great Britain, when the BBC reported that 59 children were accidentally given adult swine flu shots. The mistake was discovered when the children began coming down with side effects
And talk about accidents -- one just occurred in Massachussetts, when staff members in a school flu vaccine clinic got injected with insulin instead of H1N1.
It's no wonder that the International Council of Nurses lists human error, through mistakes in vaccine preparation, handling or administration, as the most common errors linked to vaccine safety.
Although the American Red Cross recommends not donating blood for at least two weeks after getting a yellow fever vaccination, it turns out that 89 US active duty trainees gave blood just four days after being inoculated with yellow fever vaccine.
The vaccinees did not report this during routine, pre-donation screening that included questions about recent vaccinations. The blood was recalled when investigators learned of the vaccine policy breach, but the damage had already been done.
Five persons, all of whom the CDC said were not ideal candidates for yellow fever vaccine, got vaccinated anyway through tainted transfusions. Three of the five tested positive for serologic response to yellow fever vaccine virus, and the CDC concluded that various blood products, including irradiated platelets, appear capable of transmitting the yellow fever vaccine virus.
This raises a question frequently asked about live virus vaccines – if blood products contaminated with yellow fever vaccine can transmit vaccine strain virus infection, then couldn't the vaccines themselves also do so when they are injected?
The answer is that viral transmission has already been documented to occur with live virus polio and varicella (chicken pox) vaccines. And the CDC acknowledges that the possibility exists with other live virus vaccines, including the MMR and flu.
It also has been documented with the use of multi-dose bottles of various vaccines, and through the reuse of ventilator tubes and catheter hoses – a fact that the CDC probably would rather you didn't know. But it's a life-and-death fact that is real enough for the CDC and the World Health Organization to issue guidelines on the use of multi-dose vaccine bottles and reusable catheters.
All of this leads to a different, but related, life-and-death issue, one that was brought to light only a month ago in Wellesley, Massachusetts, when staff members were injected with insulin, instead of H1N1, at a school swine flu vaccine clinic.
Nobody was seriously injured, or died, from the school vaccine clinic mistake, and thankfully no children were involved, but the question still remains: No matter how much the CDC and other health officials claim that vaccines are completely safe, how do you guarantee that human error won't harm or kill you?
Look at the History
The Baxter incident is a human error that could have had worldwide repercussions with deaths of massive proportions. The contaminated product, a mix of H3N2 seasonal flu viruses and unlabeled, live, H5N1 viruses, was discovered when ferrets in the Czech Republic died after being inoculated with the vaccine.
Ferrets don't die from H3N2 – but they do from live bird, or avian, flu virus, which is what H5N1 is. Alarmed, Czech authorities contacted Baxter and demanded an explanation. The big pharmaceutical took its time confirming what the Czechs already knew, but finally admitted that the experimental vaccine was "live."
According to media reports, the accidental mixture could have had "dire consequences," since a person exposed to a mixture of the two strains simultaneously could have served as an incubator for a hybrid virus that could have transmitted easily person-to-person.
Had this virus taken hold like that, it's hard to imagine what kind of worldwide consequences it could have had.
Thank goodness that didn't happen, but the whole incident underscores the fact that, even at the highest level of security, it's possible for major, scientific manufacturers to end up almost causing massive deaths by releasing laboratory-produced killer viruses to the general public.
It's shameful that this company got away with this "mistake" without so much as a reprimand. To this day Baxter has offered no public explanation as to how this accident could have happened.
It kind of reminds me of the way the H1N1 vaccines have been handled: officials claimed this vaccine was as safe as the one for seasonal flu, even though it was manufactured in a hurry – with the clinical studies following after-the-fact.
And now, if you look at the H1N1's short history, you can see that huge numbers of people are reporting all kinds of adverse reactions to this fast-tracked vaccine, including miscarriages and still births. But what do you get from the vaccine companies and the CDC when you question these reports? Not answers that affirm the adverse events, that's for sure.
As far as the yellow fever-contaminated blood, this wasn't the first time that tainted blood has been pumped into unsuspecting people's arms, or that life-endangering mistakes have been made by medical professionals.
Remember back in the 1980s and '90s, when the CDC admitted too late that HIV could be transmitted through blood products? It was too late because thousands of people, including blood-transfusion-dependent hemophiliacs, had not only already contracted HIV through tainted blood, but had gone on to develop full-blown AIDS.
And what about the report in the Journal of the American Medical Association – one of the world's most respected medical journals – just 10 years ago, that documented that medical error was the third leading cause of death in America?
That report was supposed to call attention to a tragedy that was causing 225,000 deaths per year in hospitals, from such things as unnecessary surgery, medication errors, infections, and from non-error, negative effects of drugs. And that was the low-ball figure – the Institutes of Medicine reported higher numbers.
I reported on this then, noting that it should be a wake-up call for anyone involved in the health profession, especially since another analysis concluded that between 4 percent and 18 percent of consecutive patients experience negative effects in outpatient settings with:
- 116 million extra physician visits
- 77 million extra prescriptions
- 17 million emergency department visits
- 8 million hospitalizations
- 3 million long-term admissions
- 199,000 additional deaths
- $77 billion in extra costs
These are staggering numbers, even in today's topsy turvey eoconomic crisis . The point is, many of these illnesses and deaths could have been prevented because they could all be attributed to some kind of human – and therefore, preventable – error.
The JAMA article did spur the CDC and other health officials to address these issues, and to institute a number of new policies and guidelines to help reduce them. But obviously, they still happen.
Classic Case of the Fox Guarding the Hen House?
One of the persons who received the yellow fever-vaccine-infected blood was an 82-year-old man.
He had end-stage prostate cancer, and he died. Since an autopsy was not performed on this patient, it is not known if the tainted blood helped catalyze his death, even though yellow fever vaccine has been associated with serious adverse events in persons who are immunocompromised, or over age 60.
Another of the affected individuals was a pre-term infant, who failed to show any serological evidence of the antigen, probably because its immune system was too immature to mount a response.
The other three reported no serious adverse events from the mistake. But the CDC still did additional testing, to rule out two other possible adverse events from a yellow fever vaccine – cross-reactive antibodies for West Nile virus and encephalitis.
The tests came back negative, after which the CDC decided in its final report to reiterate the following comments and rules regarding blood donations and vaccines:
Transfusion-related transmission of attenuated YF vaccine virus is preventable.
Health-care providers should inform persons receiving live vaccines about the temporary deferral for blood donation.
Providing additional checks and balances is especially important when blood product donors receive several vaccinations within a short period (e.g., in the case of active duty military personnel or travelers).
If feasible, occupational health personnel at military training facilities should collaborate with the organizers of blood drives targeting military trainees to coordinate a minimum 2-week interval separating receipt of live vaccines and collection of blood products.
All potential blood donors should be individually screened for a recent history of receipt of vaccines containing live virus during the month before donation, and temporary deferment should be based upon the expected post-vaccination period of viremia (when the live viruses are still circulating through a person's bloodstream).
Most temporary deferments due to receipt of live vaccines are 2 weeks; however, recipients of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines and varicella vaccines should be deferred for 4 weeks because of the theoretical risk for prolonged viremia.
I put the last comment in boldface type because here, in its own words, the CDC is admitting that it IS POSSIBLE to transmit other live vaccine viruses through blood products. I commend the CDC for adding this warning to their statement. The only problem is that the warning is good only if everyone it's aimed at pays attention.
In the yellow fever instance, these rules were already in place. But the rules didn't work when a whole series of breakdowns in communication occurred, from the military base that allowed trainees to be part of a blood drive, to the trainees who either lied about their vaccine status, or simply failed to reveal it.
The bottom line is, the CDC can crow all it wants about the guidelines and rules it has to make sure vaccines are safe, and administered only to the right persons. But in the end, who's watching the hen house to make sure the rules are followed?
What Was that Shot I Just Got?
While we're talking about making sure that only those who are indicated to receive certain vaccines, receive them, let's take a look at that school in Massachusetts, where staff members got sick after their H1N1 vaccines. Or, rather, insulin shots.
That's right. Several staffers at a Wellesley, Massachusetts school came down with hypoglecemia after they were mistakenly given insulin instead of the intended H1N1 vaccine they were supposed to get during the school's flu clinic.
How the school nurse got insulin confused with the vaccine is still a mystery – none of the many media reports about the incident had interviews with her. But, regardless, this was another human error that could have been, and should have been, prevented.
Sadly, according to an ABC News report, this isn't the first time something like this has happened, just in this area of Massachusetts alone. Just last fall people in a neighboring town got seasonal flu vaccine instead of H1N1. And, in 2007, a teacher in a different nearby town got – guess what! – an insulin shot instead of flu.
Reports like this make you wonder: Just how many times is this same scenario repeated in communities large and small, every year across the country?
In analyzing the situation, health officials told ABC that these incidents should serve as learning tools that will improve vaccine safety – people should use this information to ask questions about the shots they're getting, so they can feel safe in going ahead and getting their vaccines, they said.
I agree.
You SHOULD ask questions about any foreign substance being put into your body, especially vaccines. To borrow from the National Vaccine Information Center, before you get any vaccine, these are eight questions you should ask before getting any vaccine (the questions are framed with children in mind, but they apply to anyone):
- Is my child sick right now?
- Has my child had a bad reaction to a vaccination before?
- Does my child have a personal or family history of:
- Vaccine reactions
- Convulsions or neurological disorders
- Severe allergies
- Immune system disorders
- Do I know if my child is at high risk of reacting
- Do I know how to identify a vaccine reaction?
- Do I know how to report a vaccine reaction?
- Do I know the vaccine manufacturer's name and lot number?
- Do I know I have a choice?
To those eight, I would add another, VERY IMPORTANT question: Have I read the manufacturer's package insert for this vaccine?
And that leads us back around to our original question at the beginning of this report – can live vaccines transmit live virus infection?
Read the Manufacturers' Package Inserts
The CDC is fully aware that some live virus vaccines, such as the rotavirus vaccine, the chicken pox vaccine and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), have a potential to transmit the viruses to other persons. For example, this CDC bulletin from 2003 says this about LAIV:
Because LAIV contains live influenza viruses, a potential exists for transmission of these viruses from vaccines to other persons
And, as I mentioned already, the CDC and the WHO know full well that disease has been transmitted – albeit rarely – by way of multi-dose vaccine bottles. Citing 19 studies – that's right, 19 – that show these bottles to be a potential source of infection, as well as transmitters of diseases like hepatitis, the CDC and the WHO in 2003 drew up guidelines regarding the use of multi-dose bottles.
Several of the recommendations have to do with sanitation procedures and proper training in the use of sterile equipment – again, human controls that can result in human error, if the rules are not followed exactly.
This information was easy to find with an Internet search engine. Unfortunately, not all diseases and their vaccines are that easy to research. That's why it's important to know that one of the best resources you can use for learning about a vaccine is the manufacturer's package insert.
Some Sample Package Inserts
Once you know how to do it, getting vaccine information straight from the horses' mouths – the manufacturers themselves – really is quite easy. You don't even have to know a manufacturer's name to find what you're looking for.
For example, if you want to know about the measles vaccine, just put "measles package insert" in your search engine.
And up pops Merck's MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine, Attenuvax. Click on the PDF link and here's what this package insert says:
This product contains albumin, a derivative of human blood. Based on effective donor screening and product manufacturing processes, it carries an extremely remote risk for transmission of viral diseases.
Although there is a theoretical risk for transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), no cases of transmission of CJD or viral disease have ever been identified that were associated with the use of albumin.
So, again, there's your answer: yes, it is possible for the live MMR vaccine to transmit disease. If you read further, you'll also find that:
… lactating postpartum women immunized with live attenuated rubella vaccine may secrete the virus in breast milk and transmit it to breast-fed infants. In the infants with serological evidence of rubella infection, none exhibited severe disease; however, one exhibited mild clinical illness typical of acquired rubella.
So there you have it: Breast milk is another possible means of transmission of a live vaccine virus – and not just with rubella. Only a few days ago, the CDC issued a special warning against vaccinating breast-feeding women with yellow fever vaccine, after a report that a woman had passed the virus on to her baby through her breast milk. Dated Februray 11, 2010, the CDC bulletin said:
Breast-feeding women should not receive yellow fever vaccine except in situations where exposure to yellow fever viruses cannot be avoided or postponed. … The vaccine is highly effective. However, the findings in this report indicate that yellow fever vaccine virus can be transmitted to infants via breast-feeding.
The breastfed infant in this report required hospitalization for encephalitis (acute inflammation of the brain) after her mother received yellow fever vaccine.
Bulletins like this are prompts for adding to, or making changes to vaccine package inserts, so I'm sure it will be added soon to the yellow fever vaccine package insert.
Besides information like this, vaccine package inserts also will give you details of the drug's clinical trials, including side effects and adverse events discovered at that time.
For example, Sanofi Pasteur's package insert for its yellow fever vaccine plainly states that a known, serious adverse event associated with this vaccine is encephalitis.
But don't stop with yellow fever. Go ahead. Download more package inserts and read them all. I promise, the adverse events and possible side effects that the manufacturers are required to publish in there will make you wonder what else your public health officials aren't telling you.
First, Do No Harm
The bottom line is, when people can be killed by something so simple as an allergy to a peanut, why are we suggesting a one-size-fits-all policy for vaccines, especially when massive mistakes – call them screwups if you like – and inconsistencies from the labs and manufacturers like the Baxter incident are so prevalent.
It just isn't logical that, in the environment, vaccines are considered hazardous materials that you can't even flush down the drain, or pour into the ground, while at the same time being called perfectly safe. They would like you to think that the only way they don't cause danger or harm is to inject them in your body – primarily in infants and children.
Just how does that make sense?
So, what can you do to protect yourself so that no harm will come to you, or your family should you decide to receive a vaccine, or if you have to undergo some sort of medical procedure?
Everyone knows that physicians take an oath that includes a promise: First do no harm. Most health care providers, whether they are physicians or nurses, would never intentionally inflict harm on their patients. But as you know, sometimes accidents and mistakes happen.
The best way to help ensure that those mistakes don't happen to you is by being an informed, proactive patient. Ask questions before you get a vaccine or medical procedure. Make sure that what you're getting is what you're supposed to get, even if that means asking to see the bottle or package that your drug comes in, before it's injected into you.
Also, be diligent about ascertaining that every person caring for you is following proper sterile procedures, such as hand washing before and after they examine you.
And, finally, if you do experience an adverse reaction to a medical procedure or vaccine, make sure you report it to your local and state medical boards. Vaccine reactions should be reported to the national Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System. If your physician or attending health care provider is reluctant to do that for you, you can do it yourself, here.
Also, remember that preventative care, not treatment, is the best way to stay healthy. Drugs, surgery and hospitals are rarely the answer to chronic health problems. Facilitating the God-given healing capacity that all of us have – implementing an improved diet, exercising, and living a healthy lifestyle – is the key.
Effective interventions for the underlying emotional and spiritual wounding behind most chronic illness are also important clues to maximizing health and reducing disease.


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I found a fun quiz about President Lincoln which is intended for elementary school students. It is Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children. It was created by an elementary school in Indiana.
I took this quiz imagining I would ace it. I know a lot about Lincoln. However, my knowledge is heavily concentrated on his political career, his presidency, and the American Civil War. Read up on his family before you take this quiz! I imagine one of these family questions will show up as a million dollar question on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.
From the site:
Test your knowledge about Abraham Lincoln! Our first grade class wrote eleven questions about the early life of this famous President of the United States. We even added helpful hints if you picked the wrong answer!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children
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The Centre for Innovation and Enterprise will officially start its activity during the academic year 2017-2018. The Centre aims at empowering students and entrepreneurs to start and grow. The main objectives of the Centre are to:
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Voted yet again today and I even registered so I could tell those hootie patooties to bugger off.
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Cricket on the Continent is the inside story of how the sport was introduced and developed in mainland Europe, the challenges it faces in a continent obsessed with football and a colourful journey through one of the sport's frontiers in the company of its cricketers and custodians. It also asks what the future holds for cricket in continental Europe.


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Looking for a unique theme for your daughter's Bat Mitzvah? Why not choose a Converse sneakers theme? Blinged and bedazzled custom Converse sneakers are popular with Bat Mitzvah reception parties. The girls wear the sneakers with their fancy Bat Mitzvah dresses. So, you can choose a Converse shoes theme for your Bat Mitzvah as well. In this post, we are showcasing a Converse Sneaker Bat Mitzvah invitation and matching RSVP card.
Your non-traditional Converse sneaker themed reception party can feature decor items focused on shoes and teenage fashion. Sequins, beads, glitter, jewels, crystals, and bright colors also work. Think bright pink, green, blue and yellow. Your decor can also feature a culture clash of youth and casualness pitted against adult elegance. It's a coming of age ceremony, so your daughter is letting go of youthful loves and entering into a more adult world. Showing this transition in your decor and in your daughter's outfit is a fun idea.
We think this Converse sneakers ballroom music Bat Mitzvah invitation shows off these aspects quite well. The casual Converse shoes in the invitation have been bedazzled with glitter and color. The background is an elegant ballroom dance floor with sparkly lights and music notes. The colors are bright pink, green, and blue.
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There is currently a Bat Mitzvah invitation and matching reply card available for purchase in this design.
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VSE is absolutely the go-to site for in-depth information on legendary synths, so this site refresh adds even more value to one of my all time favorite resources for gear.
By far, the coolest thing about the new site is the Vintage Synth Timeline, which puts every synth on the site into a scrolling timeline that's a blast to poke around.
Got a few hours? Watch them fly by.


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Of course the exact opposite applies in that if you can predict when the market is likely to rise there are opportunities to lock in for a longer period at a lower rate and avoid price increases.
At Alliance Contracts our goal is to establish the optimum contract period in order to minimise energy costs over given period of time. Our forecasts are produced by applying in depth market intelligence and extensive industry knowledge. We then factor in the specific requirements and dynamics of your business.
We have the necessary skill set to decipher what are often complex customer profiles and the ability to present our interpretations back in a simple and concise format. This enables our clients to set considered strategies and to make informed buying decisions.
It is important to say that there are no cast iron guarantees. It is not always possible to predict every factor that can potentially affect the cost of energy. Most businesses do however find it reassuring to know that procurement decisions our well founded and based on sound advice. Alliance Contracts have a good track record and an excellent reputation for getting this right!
Our Services
Timing and duration
Identify when the market is flat/strong to advise on optimum renewal period.
Renewing for 3 years in February 2007 protected our clients from huge increases the market experienced throughout that year and much of 2008. Our proactive approach to utility procurement provides even the most experienced purchasers secure long term low energy costs.
Energy procurement process
- Identify the most appropriate suppliers and tariffs. Once a contract is ready to be negotiated it is essential that the suppliers can be sourced that meet all of the clients requirements. In our experience no two energy users are the same and the same can be said for energy suppliers. There are significant differences in the terms of business and payment options across the numerous suppliers. It is important to select suppliers for the tender process that can fulfil the prerequisites.
- Put out tender to all suited suppliers ensuring that the client receives the most competitive rate we can obtain.
- Input each proposal into a single spreadsheet giving client simple decision and a budget forecast for that period.
Removal of Reactive Power Charges
What are Reactive Power Charges?
- Reactive power charges are for wasted energy that is consumed by an electrical appliance but serves no useful purpose. To explain what these are the analogy of a horse pulling a barge along a canal tow path is often used in the energy industry. The horse cannot pull the barge from directly in front of the barge and has to pull from one side to move the barge forward. This means energy is wasted by pulling the barge to the side when, the main focus is to pull forward. Most of the energy to pull the barge is useful although the energy used when pulling sideways could be described as unproductive wasted energy. Reactive power is a measure of the unproductive wasted energy.
How to remove Reactive Power/Power Factor Corrector Charges from your invoice
- We can arrange for an engineer to visit your site and install power factor correction capacitors. These improve the electrical efficiency of inductive loads (motors etc) and counteract the unproductive wasted energy called reactive units which in turn removes the penalty charge from the electricity bill.
- Send us your last 3 electricity invoices and we will get back to you with a proposal of the appropriate solution, our analysis and plan of action are free of charge.
Metering Solutions & Energy Management
As your business evolves your energy consumption pattern may change. You may install new machinery due to growth or you may require less power as production may have been outsourced to another plant. In either case we can advise you of the best course of action and give you a step by step plan ensuring that you have the optimum meter and voltage (KVA).
How do I increase my KVA and meter upgrades?
- We offer our clients a bespoke package and we manage the project from start to finish. The job will be completed promptly and competitively. Alliance and it's partners will help complete the forms, liaise with the respective network and if required we can organise the installation of any additional hardware..
- Advise and negotiate supply contracts with suppliers as some suppliers will be reluctant to offer competitive prices due to uncertainty with the consumption.
How do I reduce my KVA and meter downgrades?
- Reducing KVA is a service we offer free of charge to our existing clients. We can monitor and predict future energy patterns in order to agree on a more reasonable KVA saving both on demand charges and potential reactive power charges.
- We can arrange meter downgrades from Half Hourly to None Half Hourly. Which will reduce the standing charge and remove the KVA monthly charge. Simply send us a copy of a recent invoice with your contact details and we will be in contact with a proposal.
Energy Audits & Efficiency
We can arrange energy audits in order to ascertain if there are potential savings to be made, theses include the following.
Voltage Optimisation
- Energy saving by voltage optimisation is a simple matter of reducing your incoming supply voltage from an unnecessarily high level to a new optimised level. This simple act can save up to 20% of consumption on your electricity bills and can be achieved simply by reducing your incoming supply voltages from the UK average level of 242V to a more modest 220V or lower dependent on loads.
Soft Starters
- When starting electric motors the huge inrush current can be eliminated. This can reduce your demand resulting in lower consumption and demand charges creating further savings.
Contact UsAlliance Contracts Ltd
email. [email protected]
office. 9 Pendene Road, Leicester, LE2 3DQ
phone. +44 (0)1162 708 582 fax. +44 (0)1162 701 455


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Hi Everyone!
Hope you are all enjoying your week and getting lots of crafting in!
Here in Australia we are coming into winter which means I get some time off but it's getting wet and cold!!! But the upside is I can craft all day!!!
Today I am sharing and altered index card using a gorgeous freebie Cheri made available to members of the Colouring Queen-dom Facebook Group and I couldn't resist colouring and creating with her - I like to create and colour "Cause ribbon" images!
I'm playing along with the ICAD challenge again this year and this is one of my "warm up" cards - the prompt was to write a "haiku" poem which is a 3 line poem with the 1st line consisiting of 5 syllables, 2nd line 7 syllables and 3rd line 5 syllables! I've never written one before but tried to write it based on the theme of my "Hope" image - I think I did okay!
Card background is torn book pages and acrylic paint. I computer generated the poem and cut out. image coloured with copics and highlighted with white pen and fussy cut. I placed her a little off the page and trimmed the overhang. the wording and image has been "outlined" with charcoal pencil and smudged - I like the effect.
Don't forget we have a challenge running this month - click here - theme of use your favourite colours - how easy and fun is this challenge???!!!!
And check back here at the blog regularly for more DT inspiration!
Plus Cheri's NEW website for all her images, colouring book info and much more!!!


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During shutdown, national recreation areas stay open but limit services
People were fishing at the Lackawaxen access along the Upper Delaware and Scenic River during the first weekend of the shutdown. But access point and others may become blocked and inaccessible if more snow falls before Congress resolves the impasse. (Photo by Pamela Chergotis)
You can still park at the Roebling Bridge, but the walkways, tollhouse (at far end of bridge), and restrooms will remain closed during the shutdown. (Photo by Pamela Chergotis)
BUSHKILL — During the shutdown of the federal government, national parks will remain as accessible as possible, but visitor services will be cut off, according to a release sent Monday morning by Kathleen Sandt, Public Affairs Specialist for the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area.
As long as conditions permit, park roads, lookouts, trails and open-air areas at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will remain accessible to visitors, but emergency and rescue services will be limited.
No visitor services will be provided by the National Parks Service, including public information, restrooms, trash collection, and facilities and roads maintenance. NPS social media and websites are not being monitored or updated and may not reflect current conditions. All park programs have been canceled. These conditions apply along the 40-mile Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area as well as the 74-mile Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River.
The Pocono Environmental Education Center, Peters Valley School of Craft, Mohican Outdoor Center, and Bushkill Outreach, all in the Water Gap area, will remain in operation during the shutdown. Primary roads will be plowed in the event of a snowstorm.
For more information or updates on the shutdown, visit doi.gov/shutdown.
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Tostadas De Guacamol Inspired By The Artist Ricardo Arjona
I was recently assigned a job by Walmart to go review a show by the Guatemalan musical artist, Ricardo Arjona. The show inspired me to run home and to make the classic Guatemalan dish, tostadas de guacamole. More on that later; back to the Ricardo Arjona show. It wasn't just any show, it was a show specifically for his true-blue fans. The only way to get into the event was if you were in his fan club, or if were lucky enough, by winning tickets on a local radio program.
What I realized about Mr. Arjona's fan-base is that they are wildly-insane-crazy about him. The first thing I saw as I got to the venue, The Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles, was the massive line of people that wrapped around the block so they could secure a good seat. Then as I walked by the line, everybody was singing at the tops of their lungs, song after song by their aforementioned favorite singer. Some fans even made signs to hold up once they got inside. There was a lot of love everywhere. It was a really sweet sight to see.
Once the show got underway, the fans roared in a frenzy as their hero hit the stage to sing the first song. As fast on their feet and loud as they were, they quickly settled down so they could hear the music.
His setlist ran the gamut from his biggest hits to the newest songs. The music itself was played in a stripped down, skeletal version, un-plugged if you will. There was one acoustic guitar, a percussionist and Ricardo (sometimes on guitar or piano.) It was a very simple set-up compared to the massive production for an artist of his stature. It was very intimate.
His voice sounded in top form and the band's chops were equally good. The banter to his fans between songs was genuine and charming. He seemed delighted to be performing for the people that appreciate his music the most.
Ricardo is celebrating the release of his recently released CD titled, Viaje. The rumor on the street is that he's about to embark on a grand world tour. You could buy the CD at Walmart!
Like I said earlier, I was feeling moved by the show and realized that I didn't have any Guatemalan dishes on my blog so I decided to make tostadas de guacamol. Check out the simple recipe below:
Ingredients for tostada de gaucamol:
- ready made tostadas
- refried black beans
- tomato (sliced)
- onion (sliced)
- avocado (sliced)
- cotija cheese (crumbled)
- fresh oregano (chopped)
- lime
- Start with a tostada, and smear 2 tablespoons into the center.
- Layer a few slices of tomato, onion, and avocado.
- Crumble cheese, and sprinkle some oregano on top.
- Squeeze lime on top.
- Enjoy!


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Consolation Round Game Recaps - Nov. 15
Saint Joseph's overcomes Wichita State in OT
Saint Joseph's scored six points in the last 28 seconds of regulation to force overtime, and came away with an 81-73 victory over host Wichita State in Consolation Round 3 of the Preseason WNIT on Friday night.
Wichita State (1-2) led by as many as 16 points in the second half before Saint Joseph's (2-1) began chipping away. Ciara Andrews hit a layup with two seconds left in regulation to force overtime, where the Hawks outscored Wichita State 12-4.
The teams combined to shoot 75 free throws in their final game of the Preseason WNIT.
Loyola downs IPFW to advance to finals
Loyola's women's basketball team captured its first career victory for rookie head coach Sheryl Swoopes by defeating IPFW 82-61 in a Consolation Round 1 game of the Preseason WNIT on Friday night.
Troy Hambric scored 20 points for Loyola (1-1), advancing the Ramblers to the Consolation Round 2 winner's bracket to play Idaho at 7:30 p.m. ET Saturday. IPFW (0-2), led by Haley Siebert and Mur Hagerman who had 11 points each, will play Mount St. Mary's at 10 p.m. ET Saturday at Loyola.
In the earlier game Friday, Idaho (1-1) defeated Mount St. Mary's 81-63 thanks to Alyssa Charlston's 23 points. Sydney Henderson scored 22 for Mount St. Mary's (0-2).
Stetson takes out Stephen F. Austin
Sasha Sims led five players in double figures as Stetson out-shot and out-rebounded host Stephen F. Austin to win 84-77 in Consolation Round 1. Sims scored 23 points for Stetson (1-1). She was followed closely by Stephen F. Austin's Porsha Roberts who had 22 points. Stetson out-shot SFA 45.8 percent to 41.4 percent, and collected 14 more rebounds (47-33) than SFA (0-2).
Stetson advances to the Consolation Round 2 winner's game to play North Carolina A&T at 7 p.m. ET Saturday at SFA. The earlier game will feature Georgia State at SFA at 5 p.m. ET.
North Carolina A&T had no trouble getting past Georgia State 74-49 in Consolation Round 1 Friday at Stephen F. Austin. Christina Carter made 12 of 16 shots to score 28 points for NCA&T (1-1) and lead both teams. Georgia State (0-2) committed 23 turnovers but did get 10 points from Brittany Logan.
Consolation Rounds 1&2 Results
Nov. 15, 2013
At Loyola
Idaho 81, Mount St. Mary's 63
Loyola 82, IPFW 61
At Stephen F. Austin
North Carolina A&T 74, Georgia State 49
Stetson 84, SFA 77
Nov. 16, 2013
At Loyola
Idaho at Loyola, 7:30 p.m. ET
Mount St. Mary's vs. IPFW, 10 p.m. ET
At Stephen F. Austin
Georgia State at SFA, 5 p.m. ET
NCA&T vs. Stetson, 7 p.m. ET
Consolation Round 3
Friday, Nov. 15
Saint Joseph''s 81, Wichita State 73, OT
Saturday, Nov. 16
Quinnipiac at UT Martin, 5 p.m. ET
January 2019


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Calcium-sensing receptor database: CASR mutations causing hypercalcemia and/or hyperparathyroidism
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Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia (FHH; MIM #145980) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by lifelong benign mild hypercalcemia, whereas Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT; MIM #239200) occurs in infants who have marked and often severely symptomatic hypercalcemia with bony changes of hyperparathyroidism. Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcemia (ADH; MIM #601198) is characterized by mild hypocalcemia and inappropriately high urinary calcium excretion and low serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. The calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) is a G protein coupled receptor expressed in the PTH producing chief cells of the parathyroid gland and the cells lining the kidney tubule. The extracellular domain (ECD) that binds calcium spans about 610 amino acids, the transmembrane domain (TMD) about 250 amino acids and the intracellular domain (ICD) about 200 amino acids. Heterozygous and homozygous inactivating mutations in the CASR gene cause FHH and NSHPT, respectively. Heterozygous activating mutations in the CASR gene cause ADH. We created a CASR locus-specific mutation database "CASRDB" which is available on the World Wide Web at http://data.mch.mcgill.ca/casrdb/. The initial entries described 53 different mutations (inactivating and activating) in 60 different families or individuals with FHH, NSHPT, or ADH. Of these, 46 are missense, two nonsense, three insertions, one a deletion/insertion, and one a splicesite mutation. Several polymorphisms have been identified. One of these, A986S, is associated with the serum calcium concentration in Caucasians. Recurrent inactivating mutations, found in more than one apparently unrelated family, are P55L, T138M, and R185Q. In addition, different inactivating missense mutations have been identified at three positions (R185X and R185Q; R220W and R220Q; R227L and R227Q). With the exceptions of R227L and R227Q, all these mutations are in CpG dinucleotide motifs. Recurrent activating mutations are N118K, T151M, and F612S. Only T151M is located in a CpG dinucleotide. The mutations are not evenly distributed throughout the CASR's sequence. They are found clustered in the first approximately 300 amino acids of the ECD and in the TMD region starting at amino acid 520 and continue to amino acid 881 in the ICD. The database allows on-line access to search mutation name, position and type, clinical and biochemical phenotype, functional analysis, and references. The CASRDB site provides a submission form allowing newly identified mutations to be added to the database, and we wish to encourage all interested investigators to send us new entries, corrections, and suggestions.
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Department of Medicine, McGill University, and Calcium Research Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Department of Medicine, McGill University, and Calcium Research Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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