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SAN PEDRO — It's a movie set. The scene is the interior of a submarine. The actors, in costume, look and sound convincing. But they look a little . . . short.
In fact, though, they are normal-sized sixth graders and the movie set is on the second floor of a classroom building at Taper Elementary School.
These children are making a movie, which will be edited, sound-mixed and ready for its premiere at Taper's Sixth Grade Awards Night in June.
Movie-making may be new to these students, but not to Taper's faculty. Every year since 1972 the sixth-grade class has produced a movie.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Kindergarten Polar Bears
There's nothing I love more than winter art! It gives me the excuse to break out the sparkles!!!! We watched a YouTube video on Polar Bears and created these fun creatures using watercolors, glitter, & white paper. I walked them through each step and they turned out so cute! I can't wait to hang them up in the hallway. And since we live in the Midwest, we can probably keep these arctic paintings up until May!!!
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Men's Classic Petit Piqué Three Card WalletNH2309HC
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- Interior includes three card slots and one flap-fastened coin pouch
- Tone-on-tone metal crocodile branding
- Dimensions 11.5 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm
- Exterior in petit piqué PVC
- Outside: Pvc (100%)


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The Cross on Black Panel Bronze Cremation Urn is a beautiful bronze urn embellished with an ebony colored panel that is the perfect background for the simple Cross applique. This urn is fabricated from very thin bronze plates that have been welded together but no seams show from the outside; it looks like it was cast in one piece. This urn is loaded from the back by removing several screws and a bronze plate.
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Having a couch makes it seem like you care what other people think about where you live. And we're way too young for that shit. I guess I just never cared about appearing to have money or my shit together. Probably because I've never had money or my shit together. Decorating interiorly with the intent to impress is not of my concern as they don't have to look at it every day. If you like it, then forget everyone else.
Get a futon.
Hook up on that futon.
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You Could Start By Caring
Why the title of this post? I thought it fitting. It seems so many of us now just end up saying (after all is said and done) that "I don't care". After all, we just want to talk about our lives and want everyone to know what is going on in our lives. The little guy doesn't matter anymore and so many of us seem now to be obsessed with glamour, fame and the limelight.
We put our families and loved ones on showcase on Facebook and just want to collect as many likes and comments as possible. Our retorts and quips are superficial and there is no real connection at all. It's safer. We hold as many people as possible at arm's length and aren't really that concerned as to what is going on in their lives.
So I say that "We or you could start by caring". You could actually care that I am not happy and ultimately disappointed with my life and how it has evolved. You could care that my nuclear family is broken and we don't get the happily ever after.
But I'm just complaining now. I should have had a better plan. I should have made the right connections and discovered the right relationships. It would have resulted in a lucrative and illustrious career that provided for my family and put me up on a pedestal in the eyes of society. We would have had it all.
This ultimate personal failing or failure is probably why I sometimes say in my head that "I don't care!" I don't care about anything and I just want what I'm entitled to. But I should care and I could start by caring because other people's lives are important. What they are doing on a daily basis is worthwhile. It means something.
I try to care but sometimes my mind shifts so much the other way and I just want to give in.
You or I could start by caring.
It'd be great to hear from you,
Matthew R. Polkinghorne


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Are you ready to see the LOVE & VALUE in your everyday?
your Real life is beautiful
What do you want out of your family photography?
Do you want to remember what this felt like? This time with your kids, with you family?
Do you want a photographic record of you with your children that is beautiful and real?
Are you okay with laughing and crying the first time you see your images? Cause I'm not going to lie, there's a good chance you will do both the first time you see them because until now you've been too close to it to see ALL OF THIS LOVE?
Do you want images that your children will look at when they are 30 & 40 & 80, and love being able to see and feel what it was like to be with you when they were little?
If you answered yes to any of these....THEN THESE SESSIONS ARE FOR YOU.


text: A Village Under Occupation The story of the Palestinian village of Qaryut and its struggle to deal with attacks by nearby Israeli settlers. 05 Apr 2017 13:26 GMT War & Conflict, Palestine, Israel FILMMAKER: Rashid Masharawi A Village Under Occupation is the story of the Palestinian village of Qaryut in the occupied West Bank which residents say comes under regular attack by nearby Israeli settlers. It's also been designated an archaeological site by the Israeli government in a move that villagers say is simply a ploy to get them off their land. In December 2016, the United Nations Security Council condemned Israeli settlements on Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, as having "no legal validity". It demanded a halt to "all Israeli settlement activities". The occupation changed the pattern of our lives as farmers and land owners. Muhammad Abu Najm, Palestinian farmer Israel then announced plans for 3,000 new settlement homes in the two weeks following the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. Bashar Muammar is a young activist who quit his job to document Israeli aggression towards Qaryut, full-time. He's been arrested and beaten several times - but still rides his horse daily around the area to make the Palestinian presence known. "The horse goes around the whole area and annoys the settlers. Each round is to show them we are here," he says. Besides documenting Israeli aggression, he and 25 others serve as volunteer paramedics for the Red Crescent. "I expanded the Red Crescent to the nearby villages - Jaloud, Qusra and Qablan - to cover all the area, especially the southeast of Nablus where it's all settlements," says Muammar. "Settlers often attack people, so I devoted myself to this humane mission. We need a health centre and field team to help." Bashar and his horse in Qaryut His friend Munthir Qaryuti is a local artist who highlights the plight of his people through art. He focuses on the idea and image of a masked figure. "I believe it's the answer to our problems, not the leaders or negotiators … we think all Palestinians should put on masks and go into the streets," says Qaryuti. Other villagers reveal how 50 years of Israeli occupation have affected their lives. "The occupation changed the pattern of our lives as farmers and landowners," explains Muhammad Abu Najm, an elderly local farmer. "The whole family was involved in the daily labour," he says. The annual harvest used to sustain the family from generation to generation. Now, "we no longer enjoy ourselves, go freely to our land or serve it in a way that it enables us to live off of it," says Najm. "The land is our sole source of our making a living." Another local farmer, Farhan Abbas, organises his family into round-the-clock shifts to protect their home from settler aggression. "It's as if we're in a battlefield," he says. "When a villager goes to work and leaves his children at home, he remains worried ... so we guard the house until he comes home later." Palestinian Masked Fighters: A Village Under Occupation "In the afternoon, we get together and protect the houses. Some people sleep while others keep watch until the morning," explains Abbas. He's anxious to avoid the fate of his neighbour whose house was burned down by settlers while the Israeli army arrested anyone in the village who might have come to the rescue. "They [the settlers] could come at any time and throw Molotov cocktails at our houses, break our windows and beat our children. The women and children are terrified," says Abbas. Settlers have also torched the villagers' olive trees, one of their staple crops. "But it's not just about olives," Najm stresses. "They throw them out, burn and cut them. They want the land, not the trees or people. They want the land, but it's our pride, our lives. We're from the soil. We want to be buried in our earth when we die," he says defiantly. To make things worse for its residents, Qaryut has been designated an archaeological site, with plans to build a visitor centre, conference facilities, a cinema, shops and gardens at its ancient ruins to attract tourists. The villagers say the site is Palestinian and that there's no proof of any links to Jewish history. They claim that it's a government ploy to steal more land. Bashar and the residents of Qaryut will, nevertheless, continue to resist Israeli settler and government pressure as long as they possibly can.Source: Al Jazeera Tell us what you think


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I have a script that we need to use on our domain to control a login for IE. However, I have it running just fine on a standalone Windows 8.1 machine but cannot get it to run on a domain Windows 8.1 machine.
I've scaled back to the script to an example just for testing purposes:
$URL = "https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=mail&continue=https://mail.google.com/mail/"
$ie = New-Object -com InternetExplorer.Application
while($ie.ReadyState -ne 4) {start-sleep -m 100}
$ie.Document.getElementById("Email").value = "asdf"
All this should do is open IE and enter "asdf"as the username.
On the domain computer, this is the error that PowerShell gives us:
Method invocation failed because [System.__ComObject] does not contain a method named 'getElementById'.
At line:7 char:1
+ $ie.Document.getElementById("Email").value = "asdf"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound
I've tried to run the script as an admin (elevated), disabled protected mode, and various combinations of the two but cannot figure out what is holding this up.
Any suggestions would be quite welcome!
Maybe a web proxy sends a different type of page as reply? Check what you get back as object in $ie.Document on your domain PC. You can issue a $Ie.Document | gm and/or dump $je,Document and/or $ie.Document.MimeType and compare.
Maybe a web proxy sends a different type of page as reply? Check what you get back as object in $ie.Document on your domain PC. You can issue a $Ie.Document | gm and/or dump $je,Document and/or $ie.Document.MimeType and compare.
Thanks for the speedy reply.
I followed your suggestion and got radically different results. On the domain PC, running just the $ie.Document got me this:
Running it on the non-domain computer I got quite a listing of objects (207 in all) which I would imagine is what I should be getting. (I won't post them unless you need.)
Trying to run the $ie.Document.MimeType results got nothing on the domain, but the non-domain results in "Chrome HTML Document". (My default browser is Chrome despite this script using IE.)
That is worse than expected. Obviously you get an empty COM object. The non-domain result is how it should be (no need to post it).
What happens if you display the web page (in IE) manually? You can use the dev tools too (F12) to analyze the resulting HTML code.
The webpage works fine otherwise.
F12 on the domain looks correct:
Is PowerShell running elevated?


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MODE of Cosmic Therapy Esoteric Psycho-Analytic Submerged Creative Instinct Assessment
MODE of Cosmic Therapy Esoteric Sea-Voyaging Excavation
MODE of Cosmic Therapy: Diving Into the Uncharted Subconscious for Pearls of Ancient Wisdom
Think very carefully of someone whom you are involved with but know the least about. Someone you would really really like to discover the most intimate motivating secrets embedded within. This person must be someone whom you are invested in emotionally.
We are going on a short esoteric psycho-analytic trip. But, you must first agree that you will willingly participate without preconditioned ideas attached. You will need a pen and paper. Ready? Let's do it.
Say that person's name aloud articulately and with emotion. Write the person's name down on paper. Get a clear picture of the mysterious one while we continue on this bi-lateral journey.
Place the first word that comes to mind when trying to describe what you think you know about him/her. Note one aspect of his/her character that you are definitely familiar with, or at least, assume resides within the personality. (Example: emotional, logical, critical, 'know it all, etc.)
Add one physical thing to the list of attributes. Does he/she laugh a lot? [Happy, sad, morbid, depressed, enthusiastic, shy, inhibited, vain or sallow?] Why do you like/love/adore him/her? Answer honestly and without hesitation. What is the most painful event this person has ever had to endure that you are aware of? If you chose a celebrity, to play his/her life's story who would that be?
IF he/she were going to choose another mate, besides you, who would be the person of his/her ideal dreams? Have you ever discussed the subject of death? What were the responses? How is this person in any way like your mother? And, how is this person not like your father? What do you suppose is his/her greatest unstated desire? What color are the eyes?
There is a certain dynamism that exists in all of us. It's an undeniable creative innate trait we are all born with but somehow diminishes along the way. Write one sentence consisting of 5 words that would reveal this hidden aspect. IF this person were to choose a preferred place to visit (for a week) on earth, all expenses paid, but must travel alone, where would it be?
Is this person involved in the career of his most cherished goals? If not, what would that profession be? Is he/she a social person or reclusively withdrawn? Does he/she enjoy spicy foods? What would be the fieriest food he/she would get pleasure from? What was his/her most favorite cartoon while existing in childhood? How does that particular cartoon relate to that particular person?
If you could and would name an entirely different ambitious, barring nothing, path this particular person could take at this moment in life, what would that path be? Is he/she sexually satisfied? Are there inhibiting issues present due to unresolved matters from an earlier point in life? What was the name of his/her favorite teacher?
IF he/she were to ever be involved in a crime that would send him/her to prison, what would it be? How much time would be involved? Would he/she be able to adapt, survive and thrive in such an environment? What personality traits decide this?
Choosing only ONE artistic gift that this person does express or would be capable of expressing, what would it be? [Art, music, drama, comedy, the written word?] Describe the most disappointing circumstance in this person's life.
If you have vested the necessary energy and followed along with this MODE of Cosmic Therapy Esoteric Psychological Psycho-Analytical Exercise, we shall now take the next step into disclosing deeply ingrained secrets about the person you have used as the object of observational study.
1. The inability to experience pleasure falls under the category of the word you used to describe his/her personality.
2. An inherent shame and sense of underlying guilt attributed to the celebrity you assigned to play the person's life script.
3. The implicit amount of negativity attached to this person's thoughts are described by the way in which you described his likeness to your mother and unlikeness to your father.
4. Sexual frustration, inhibition and/or anxiety are described by and through the 5 word sentence you used to describe suppressed innate creative dynamism. A sexual igniting attractiveness is buried deeply within the chosen environmental features of the preferred place to visit.
5. The level of repressed rage is directly attached to the chosen spicy foods. Consider the origin and nature of the food selected.
6. The most favorable memory that elicits unexpressed bliss is associated with the imaginative crime you chose and how he/she would be accommodated in that precarious state. Give substantial thought to this one!
7. The lingering unexpressed talent is indirectly tied to the name of his/her favorite teacher.
8. The most exaggerated fear dealt with presents itself disguised as: unstated desire.
9. The designated soul's singular themed quest is found in the selected cartoon character
Now, that we have finished this brief example in exposition of MODE of Cosmic Therapy Esoteric Psycho-Analytic Psychology, the final excerpt must be shockingly revealed.
The person you have so adequately described is no one other than yourself! [The one you know the least about!] The mate (person you suppsedly chose to examine) is only a miurror of pertinent reflection.
In closing, remember: YOU are the most fascinating subject in the whole wide world to investigate, unravel and enjoy! Just thought you' d like to know.


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/ Monday, February 1, 2010 / 9 Comments / Retailer , Subang Jaya
4Z e Plant @ Subang Parade
During weekends, there are a number of stalls on the first floor, retailing a range of captivating products. One of them, 4Z e Plant, is a stall that sells pitcher plants!
4Z e Plant opens its stall at Subang Parade from 11.00am to 9.00pm on Saturdays and 11.00am to 6.00pm on Sundays. Its owner, Fauzi, has been selling pitcher plants here for four years already.
Do you notice the plant that is tagged with a price of RM220 in the pic above? That's the most expensive one I saw at the stall that weekend! But don't worry, the not-so-rare cum young ones cost only about RM5, which is pretty affordable for beginners ;-)
Plant Variety Rating: 3.75 | I was amazed by the variety of nepenthes, sarracenia, drosera, cephalotus and heliamphora that was on display. The nepenthes are certainly going to draw the attention of Chinese shoppers as it is quite a popular ornamental plant especially during this festive season. To some, pitchers are considered 'sacks of peace'. In Cantonese, they are sometimes referred to as chu long yap sui which means 'water pouring into the swine's cage' (read this interesting article in The Star).
I was very much attracted to the young plants that were on display. As a gardener myself, I find growing young plants much more satisfying than growing older plants.
I also spotted some tillandsia also. Aside from this weekend stall, he also runs a nursery at Ampang which opens during weekdays. His nursery grows both local and imported pitcher plants, having more than 80 species and hybrids! I am now so looking forward to visit his nursery to see more of his stock of pitcher plants.
Plant Condition Rating: 4.0 | The condition of most of the plants are pretty good.
I like those cool plant ID tag! Even if you are not buying any, you would have an educational tour of pitcher plants. So, bring your children (or yourself!) there for a learning weekend :-)
To find your way to Subang Parade shopping mall and this unique stall, click here.
Update @ 2 June 2013 - Four Z e Plant has closed the stall at Subang Parade. Call En Mohd Fauzi to make an appointment to visit his nursery in Ampang instead. His contact details is listed below.
Four Z e Plant
1st Floor Subang Parade
No. 5 Jalan SS16/1
47500 Subang Jaya
Nepenthes Garden
19 Jalan 10C
Lembah Jaya Selatan
68000 Ampang
Mobile: 6019-272 0043 (Mohd Fauzi Abu Bakar)
Website: www.4zeplant.blogspot.com
9 comments:
Wow, what an amazing display! I have the same opinion about growing young plants...much more satisfying. How nice to have tags like that for all the plants! Thanks for posting so many photos. Pitcher plants are indeed unique....loved going through your post!
- February 3, 2010 at 5:19 PM
- Alvin said...
Nice post!It's Fauzi's stall! I love going there to browse through the different stock he has every weekend!
- February 4, 2010 at 6:24 AM
- Stephanie said...
kanak7, glad you find pitcher plants unique as well. I hope you will discover one you like to grow at your location. Thanks for dropping by even when you are busy!
Alvin, ha, ha... yes! I love his stall as well :-D
- February 4, 2010 at 9:31 PM
- Diane AZ said...
That must have been a pleasant surprise finding a display of pitcher plants at the shopping centre. Nice pictures of those fascinating plants!
- February 5, 2010 at 10:29 PM
- AaronVFT said...
OMG! Fauzi's plants! I went to his nursery before in 2008. His plants are so beautiful.
- February 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Stephanie said...
Diane, I hope those busy shoppers would notice these fascinating pitcher plants :-)
Aaron, got it! I would visit his nursery once I have the chance to do so.
- February 10, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- AaronVFT said...
I remembered I spent about RM 300-400 on Nepenthes that day! Sweet memories.
- February 10, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- J.C. said...
I must visit this stall as I am living close to Subang Parade. Thanks for sharing this info, Steph! This is one of the reasons I love blogging!
- June 30, 2010 at 12:03 AM
- Stephanie said...
Ha ha! that's right JC! Blogging gives us more information that we can ever imagine. Happy gardening and hope that you will find some carnivorous plants that you would like here later.
- June 30, 2010 at 10:37 AM


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"Childhood is the best period of one's life." Do you agree?
1. Describe briefly how many people treasure their childhood.
2. Describe why childhood is the best period of one's life.
It is filled with fun and play.
The child has no responsibilities or worries.
3. Describe why childhood may not be the best period of one's life.
This is true of children who are abused or exploited.
There are also children who live in extreme poverty and who have to shoulder the responsibilities of adults.
4. Briefly conclude that any period of one's life can be good if it is approached with the right attitude.
Many a time, I have longed for my childhood days. This is especially true at times when I would like to escape from the torture of examinations and homework. Furthermore, my childhood was filled with countless memorable moments that I would love to relive. Many, who have happy childhood memories, would also, I am sure, feel the same.
Childhood is a period which is associated with fun and play. The child hardly cares or knows what the adult thinks of him. He frolics with his childhood playmates in the sand, mud or water. Through his mother may chide him for his pranks, she may, secretly in her heart, wish that she too could be as carefree and happy as her child.
Children normally do not have any major responsibilities to shoulder. Political, economic, social and family problems do not disturb them. They may be confused because they can not comprehend the problem, but most of them will not go through heartbreaking moments over them.
However, the above beautifully painted childhood phase is not true in the case of all children. There are children who are abused and exploited and who suffer from dire poverty. In Ethiopia and other poor countries, children are afflicted with many diseases and continually suffer the pangs of hunger. They have to shoulder the responsibilities of adults, looking for food and taking care of their younger siblings.
These cases, however, may be considered as exceptions. Many still feel that the average child's life is much merrier. Adult life is filled with responsibilities. Yet, responsibilities need not be viewed negatively. There are many joys that come with responsibilities. For example, I always experience great joy and satisfaction when I do well in my exam after studying hard for it.
Therefore, in my view, childhood can be looked back upon as one of the best periods in one's life. With a positive attitude, a person can experience happiness in any period of his life.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Childhood is the best period of one's life.
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I used to play a bit of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 on the PS2 back in the day, and although never particularly good at it I always kinda enjoyed a match now and again. Then came PES6 on the XBox 360, and you'd imagine that with all the extra power of the new gen consoles the visuals would be top-notch, the A.I. acually intelligent and the whole thing to run at a buttery 60fps – but you'd be wrong. PES6 was a ugly, stuttery mess. And so was 7. And so's 8.
Every year you'd hope they'd have sorted out their codebase and ironed out the kinks so next year, next year it's all going to be nice. But that never happened, and then along came FIFA 10. The FIFA games were always playing second fiddle to the mighty PES (or Winning Eleven as it's known in Japan) – FIFA had the licenses, PES had the gameplay. Purists, or people who knew their footy games, went for PES – that was the rule.
I hadn't any intention of getting FIFA until I saw it the other day for AU$38 – and promptly snapped up a copy, and I've got to say – I'm really impressed!
The framerate's constant during play, with only a slight drop during replays. It looks pretty good (not fantastic, but good enough). It controls well, has seasons and create-a-player and tons of other stuff I'll never use as I'm only after the occasional kick-around. But yeah – most impressive overall, and it's everything that PES wanted to be but never managed. So kudos to the FIFA people – the footy game crown is now rightfully theirs.


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Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:
Private James K. Sturgeon (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on June 15, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. His citation reads:
Advanced beyond the lines, and in an encounter with 3 Confederates shot 2 and took the other prisoner.
Second Lieutenant Jerome A. Sudut (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on September 12, 1951, near Kumhwa, Korea. His citation reads:
2d Lt. Sudut distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. His platoon, attacking heavily fortified and strategically located hostile emplacements, had been stopped by intense fire from a large bunker containing several firing posts. Armed with submachinegun, pistol, and grenades, 2d Lt. Sudut charged the emplacement alone through vicious hostile fire, killing 3 of the occupants and dispersing the remainder. Painfully wounded, he returned to reorganize his platoon, refused evacuation and led his men in a renewed attack. The enemy had returned to the bunker by means of connecting trenches from other emplacements and the platoon was again halted by devastating fire. Accompanied by an automatic-rifleman 2d Lt. Sudut again charged into close-range fire to eliminate the position. When the rifleman was wounded, 2d Lt. Sudut seized his weapon and continued alone, killing 3 of the 4 remaining occupants. Though mortally wounded and his ammunition exhausted, he jumped into the emplacement and killed the remaining enemy soldier with his trench knife. His single-handed assaults so inspired his comrades that they continued the attack and drove the enemy from the hill, securing the objective. 2d Lt. Sudut's consummate fighting spirit, outstanding leadership, and gallant self-sacrifice are in keeping with the finest traditions of the infantry and the U.S. Army.
Ensign Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan (US Navy) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 21, 1918, on board the U.S.S. Cristabel. His citation reads:
For extraordinary heroism as an officer of the U.S.S. Cristabel in conflict with an enemy submarine on 21 May 1918. As a result of the explosion of a depth bomb dropped near the submarine, the Christabel was so badly shaken that a number of depth charges which had been set for firing were thrown about the deck and there was imminent danger that they would explode. Ens. Sullivan immediately fell on the depth charges and succeeded in securing them, thus saving the ship from disaster, which would inevitably have caused great loss of life.
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I just emailed an ID card for one of our customers and realized that not everyone in Arkansas is aware of Act 175.
Proving coverage by electronic means is now a reality in Arkansas.
Act 175, formerly SB 243, was signed by Gov. Mike Beebe.
Similar bills are advancing across the U.S., as legislators promote efforts to bring state laws in line with an industry and public that is progressively more technology-reliant. Major insurers like State Farm and GEICO already offer smartphone-compatible formats of policies that can be displayed on electronic devices. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), a national trade group, calls those electronically displayed policies "e-cards."
"E-cards" are acceptable means of proving coverage under the new law, but other smartphone-capable formats can also serve as valid proof of coverage. A photo of the policy card or policy documents is acceptable, with the only requirement being that they be displayed on the device with the same relevant information that those documents contain "as clearly as a paper proof-of-insurance card or other paper temporary proof of insurance" when needed during traffic stops and vehicle registration, according to the law's language.


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Have you ever considered using a fake doctor's excuse to get out of a day of school or work? If you have contemplated using a note of this type, you're probably wondering if it will work. Most people fear they will get caught and jeopardize their job. Thankfully, a doctor's note template does work if you are careful. You must use forms that look authentic and the key is to not do this too often.
Why Use a Doctor's Note Template?
Many have trouble deciding which dr. note to use. The choice all comes down to why you need a letter in the first place. If you need a day to take off and rest, a single doctor's appointment note should take care of this. If you want to go on a trip for a couple days with some friends, this type of absence requires a hospital stay letter. Fitting the note with the circumstances is the first step in using a physician's note. For instance, if you turn in a doctor's note for the flu and were gone for a week, the employer might become suspicious. Make the letter fit the illness to look even more believable.
Never Purchase A Template Without Viewing Examples
There are 100's of sites online that allow you to print a note, but don't commit to any purchases until you have viewed a few of the samples they have. There should be some sort of free viewing so that a person can choose the note that works best for them. Make sure they look authentic and select one that is right for you and your situation. The template is there to personalize the note.
What To Look For In a Doctor's Excuse Template
Before purchasing a fake note, it may be advisable to look at a real doctor's excuse. They commonly are written on a prescription pad or are smaller in size. They always have a letterhead on them. They state the dr. name at the top and the address and phone number. If the dr. has a specialty, they also include that by his or her name. All doctor's pads have a design in the background, or watermark of sorts. This helps to authenticate the note and makes sure no one can duplicate it.
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Halt of prisoners from Bassaule, with escort 45th Rattray's Sikhs, on the Khurd Khyber.
Photographer: Burke, John
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1878
Photograph of a group of Afghan prisoners with a Sikh escort, taken by John Burke in 1878. Burke accompanied the Peshawar Valley Field Force, one of three British Anglo-Indian army columns deployed in the Second Afghan War (1878-80), despite being rejected for the role of official photographer. He financed his trip by advance sales of his photographs 'illustrating the advance from Attock to Jellalabad'. Coming to India as apothecary with the Royal Engineers, Burke turned professional photographer, assisting William Baker. Travelling widely in India, they were the main rivals to the better-known Bourne and Shepherd. Burke's two-year Afghan expedition produced an important visual document of the region where strategies of the Great Game were played out.
The Anglo-Russian rivalry (called the Great Game) precipitated the Second Afghan War. Afghanistan was of strategic importance to the British in the defence of their Indian Empire, and the prevention of the spreading influence of Russia. They favoured a Forward Policy of extending India's frontiers to the Hindu Kush and gaining control over Afghanistan. An opportunity presented itself when the Amir Sher Ali turned away a British mission while a Russian mission was visiting his court at Kabul. The British had demanded a permanent mission at Kabul which Sher Ali, trying to keep a balance between the Russians and British, would not permit.
British suspicions of the Amir's perceived susceptibility to the Russians led them to invade Afghanistan.
The three Afghan prisoners captured in the advance through the Khurd Khyber are sitting in the centre of the photograph, surrounded by Sikh guards. The 45th Sikh Regiment was raised in 1856 by Captain Thomas Rattray, and was popularly known as Rattray's Sikhs. It had earlier earned glory with its courage and loyalty to the British at the relief of Lucknow during the Indian Uprising of 1857. The Regiment served in the Fourth Infantry Brigade, part of the Peshawar Valley Field Force, during the Second Afghan War. The prisoners were lucky to have survived because in the harsh conditions and terrain of the Afghan Wars no quarter was given and prisoners taken, on both sides.


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Fighting things like ConfickerBy Kristy Westphal | Sep 28, 2009
A lot of really good research has been published about the malware like the Conficker worm, its many forms, infection vectors and speculation as to what it's going to do next. But what seems to be missing is the operational side of fighting Conficker. What signs would you expect to see, how do you really fight it and what can you possibly do to prevent it?
Here's a fictional case study that may be of help.
Day one: Why is my account getting locked out?
You come in to the office thinking it's just another day in the security trenches, but when you try to log on to the network you notice your account is locked out. OK, no big deal, although a little odd. You could call the help desk but you reset it yourself and then head for a cup of coffee when you realize a number of employees are wondering around mumbling about being locked out and complaining about a huge help desk queue.
OK, now something is smelling fishy. You start to check around and realize that accounts are being locked out all over the network. Time for your operational team to start doing some homework.
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RPC2 is a portable and extensible remote procedure call package built on top of the IP/UDP network protocol. Since its original use in the Andrew File System@cite[Howard88], it has been used by the Coda File System@cite[Satyanarayanan89b], the Scylla database server and a variety of other applications at Carnegie Mellon University and elsewhere. RPC2 runs on LWP, a lightweight process package that allows multiple non-preemptive threads of control to coexist within one Unix process. RP2Gen is a stub generator that simplifies the use of RPC2. RPC2 and LWP run entirely at user-level on the Unix 4.3BSD interface; no kernel changes are necessary.
The first versions of LWP and RPC2 were operational in early 1984 and mid-1985 respectively. The design of LWP predates that of the Cthreads package in Mach@cite[cthreads]. LWP and Cthreads are conceptually similar, but differ substantially in the details. It should, in principle, be possible to modify RPC2 to run directly on top of Cthreads, but we have not tried to do this so far. We have successfully emulated all of LWP on top of the preemptive and nonpre-emptive versions of Cthreads, and a subset of the non-preemptive version of Cthreads on top of LWP.
Both LWP and RPC2 have evolved over time, resulting in increased functionality and robustness. They have also been ported to a wide variety of machine architectures, such as IBM-RTs, MIPS, Sun2, Sun3, Sparc, and i386, as well as variants of the Unix operating systems such as Mach, SunOS and AIX. The RPC2 extensions include the SFTP side effect mechanism for streaming file transfer, the MultiRPC mechanism for parallel RPC calls, and IP multicast versions of MultiRPC and SFTP. Whenever there has been choice between portability and machine-specific performance, we have always favored portability.
Although this manual may seem formidable, RPC2 is not difficult to use. For simple applications you do not have to know everything described in these pages. Advanced features such as use of side effects, MultiRPC, and use of multicast for parallelism can be ignored initially.
Some day there will be a true tutorial in this manual. Until then the best way to learn RPC2 is as follows:
The original design, implementation and documentation of RPC2 was by M. Satyanarayanan. The MultiRPC implementation and chapter were done by Ellen Siegel. The extensions to use multicast were done by James Kistler. Jonathan Rosenberg contributed to the RP2Gen implementation and chapter. Comments from Robert Sidebotham, David Nichols, Vasilis Apostolides, Drew Perkins, Bradley White, Stephen Hecht and many other users have been helpful in the improvement of RPC2.
The original design and implementation of LWP was done by Larry Raper. Its documentation descends from a manual by Jonathan Rosenberg and Larry Raper, later extended by David Nichols and M. Satyanarayanan. Richard Draves, Qi Lu, Anders Klemets and Gowthami Rajendran helped in revising and improving this document.
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|Three To Get Ready
|video by Duran Duran
|1987 (Italy)
1990 (Brazil, Germany, USA)
|VHS video
|75 minutes (1987 Version)
29 minutes (1990 Version)
|Aurora Entertainment, BMG Video, Futurama-Univideo
|David Gasperik
|Carolyn Brooks
|Duran Duran
Three To Get Ready is a documentary video by Duran Duran, originally released in Italy by Futurama-Univideo in 1987.
About the video Edit
Directed and produced by award winning filmmakers Carolyn Brooks and David Gasperik, this is a behind the scenes look at Duran Duran. The documentary was filmed entirely in black & white during The Strange Behaviour Tour in 1987.
First shown at film festivals during 1987, the video features footage of Duran Duran travelling on the road, interviews and visits to American TV shows including Soul Train. There are also stage performances of "Notorious", "Save A Prayer" and "Skin Trade".
Originally Three To Get Ready was released in Italy as a 75 minute version in 1987. An edited 29 minute version was later released in several countries in 1990. The DD Fan Club have also released an unofficial DVD edition in 2010.
Duran Duran are:
- Simon Le Bon - vocals
- John Taylor - bass guitar
- Nick Rhodes - keyboards
- Warren Cuccurullo - guitar
- Steve Ferrone - drums
- Andy Hamilton - saxophone
- Stan Harrison - saxophone
- Mac Gollehon - trumpet
- Sybil Scoby - backing vocals
- Curtis King Jr. - backing vocals
Credits Edit
- Director - David Gasperik
- Producer - Carolyn Brooks
- Cinematography - David Gasperik
- Sound Mixer - Tony Smyles
- Editor - Alan Baumgarten (1990 version)


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This afternoon I went for a consult with a hematologist, to follow up on those unusual lymph nodes that turned out not to be lymphoma. I emphasize consult, which is supposed to mean a chat, during which the doctor might posit future interventions. Instead, the clinic team began prepping me for something—I didn't know what. I should have caught on right away, as they had me sign a "Consent to Medical Treatment" form, which I plausibly thought might have come with the territory of an examination at this clinic. But when they weighed me and mentioned something about starting an intravenous line, I got really suspicious. I asked the aide who was doing the intake: "Why do you think I'm here? Are they actually planning on doing something to me?" The aide shied away from my question, "Uh, you'll have to talk to the nurse about that."I have to wait to find out what is going on here? I thought. When they moved me to a room with a gurney, I got plain old nervous. That's when the nurse came in and explained, "Well, we have you scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy today."
Insane, I thought. How could no one tell me that I was scheduled for a bone marrow biopsy? Mind you, I had already undergone a bronchoscopy at 8 this morning; this is a procedure that consists of sticking a tube down my throat to explore the lower lobes of the chest, checking for infection and taking samples to see what bugs I am—or preferably am not—growing. Heavy sedation was required. And now they wanted to stick a painfully nasty needle into my hip bone to draw hard-to-extract fluid. Why exactly did they want to do this? I called my transplant coordinator, who is my clinical go-to person for all symptoms and pseudo-crises, not once but twice, leaving voice-mail messages while the physician came in and began to explain the procedure to me.
As it happened, both the coordinator and the lung transplant head, Dr. Bag, also thought this was merely a consult, not a procedure. They essentially shrugged and left it up to me whether or not I wanted to proceed. It turns out that it isn't a terrible idea to have a baseline bone marrow sample, given all the infection-related complications that I could suffer in the years post-transplant. But for God's sake, someone has to tell me these things! Of course, by the time the confusion was resolved, we couldn't proceed because a member of the team needed to execute the biopsy had left for the day, so we postponed to next week. Nothing irks me more as a patient than a staff member showing up at my room to take me for some mystery test. And I think nothing irked my nursing team more than having to find the doctor on call to say, "She wants to know why she needs it." You might think the clinical team would have caught on to my style and pre-empted these communication breakdowns. I want to be in on the plan; go figure.
As a member of the ethics committee at Methodist Hospital, where I've been getting my treatment, I helped write part of their surgical consent form. This morning, as I waited to complete the consent form for the bronchoscopy, I overheard a nurse explaining to the patient next to me the content of that consent page, which has to do with donation of excess body tissue for research purposes. This moment exemplifies the identity crisis I've been experiencing since I became very ill. I'm not a physician, but I play one at the medical school. People tend to call me Dr. Quigley, though I prefer professor or even Ms. since I am an attorney by training. I sometimes see students of mine around, second- and third-years and residents, when admitted to the hospital. The residents often say I look familiar, only to recall minutes later that they attended one of my required lectures—and then apologize for leaving in the middle because they got beeped. (They also have been known to ask, "So how long have you had cystic fibrosis?" To which the true and flippant response is, "My whole life." It's a genetic disease, stupid.) So combine the information I've picked up hanging around a top-flight medical school with the fact of being seasoned by years of treatment for CF, and I am a handful during moments of clinical jousting.
I have been trying to conjure some philosophical reflections about this experience, given my self-proclaimed professional title of ethicist. But it feels amazingly presumptuous to say anything about what has happened, in terms of where fortune has fallen. I know very little about the person whose lungs I now inflate; this is the single most difficult thing for me to contemplate about this experience. (Even harder than considering my own demise, given that I have mulled that over so extensively.) My donor was a 19-year-old killed in a car accident. Her parents agreed to donate several organs, no doubt restoring and saving a handful of lives. Sometimes I think about all the experiences I will be so sorry to miss out on in the event of my premature death—a prolonged career, rich marriage, generations of family unfolding. And last week, just walking through a grocery store, I thought of the donor and how she absolutely misses out on all of these. It is a harrowing feeling, but not one that holds me back. I'm not saying I owe it to the donor to make the most of her gift; this would imply that I have control over whether something goes awry with the lungs. If anything, I have learned that such command is fleeting. Faith, on the other hand, goes pretty far—except faith means taking a good outcome the same as a bad one, as something that was meant to be. I have much less confidence nowadays in the idea that if you fight hard enough you will beat the odds. If only it worked that way. Still, you may as well fight.


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We are a leading global food and beverage company with brands that are respected household names throughout the world.
Learn more about PepsiCo's Performance with Purpose journey
Our brands are available in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
PepsiCo Launches bubly, Bringing an Undeniable Pop of Personality to the Sparkling Water Category.
With a portfolio of iconic, beloved and locally relevant brands, we're delivering results today and confidently preparing for the future.
Through our new Planet goals, we will work to reduce our environmental impact while growing our business and helping to meet the food, beverage and natural resource needs of our changing world.
Helping to create a healthier relationship between people and food includes protecting the environment and finding sustainable ways to produce more food.
PepsiCo's business depends on the availability of the natural resources needed to make our products. Agriculture uses the vast majority of the world's available fresh water at the same time that water availability is becoming increasingly limited. As the world's population grows, the demand for water and energy will also rise. And if society follows business as usual, leading global organizations expect that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will increase in the coming years, further accelerating climate change and putting crops at potential increased risk. Alongside these complex environmental problems, by 2050 it is expected that, to meet the rising demand for food, society will either need to increase food production by 70 percent or drastically reduce the food that is currently wasted or lost. Amid the urgency of these issues and their relationship to societal health and our business, PepsiCo will advance its environmental efforts by:
To learn more about the work we are doing in our PwP Planet Pillar, please refer to the following A-Z Topics on our website:
Climate Change,
Fleet Efficiency,
Renewable Energy,
Animal Welfare,
Cage-Free Egg Policy,
Land Rights,
Palm Oil,
Sustainable Sourcing.
For years, we have been focused on finding ways to reduce our environmental footprint in water, packaging, waste, energy and agriculture – areas that are critical to our business and where we can make the biggest impact. We were one of the first global companies to publicly recognize water as a basic human right and were honored with the Stockholm International Water Institute's Industry Water Award for our water stewardship in 2012.
While we have advanced our packaging design to be increasingly sustainable, we are also focused on partnering with associations and governments, and participating in cross-sector collaborations that support long-term recycling solutions. Our commitment to reducing waste also applies to our production facilities, where we have made significant progress in recycling and reusing waste.
Our historic energy work has focused on efforts in our operations, which we are expanding on as part of our plan to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in our value chain. Similarly, we are expanding best practices in sustainable agriculture going forward, using what we have already learned by engaging more than 35,000 growers in our supply chain.
Managing the relationship between complex environmental issues is crucial and it is also good business. Our water, energy, packaging and waste-reduction initiatives delivered more than $600 million in cost savings between 2011-2015.
We are also making progress on a number of our water goals, both inside our operations and in the communities near where we operate. We are making progress on our water-use efficiency goal in our manufacturing operations, while providing access to safe water to more than 11 million people since 2006 through the PepsiCo Foundation and its partners.
We also made progress in decoupling the growth of our production volume from our greenhouse gas emissions both within our own four walls and across our supply chain. We removed nearly 100 million pounds of packaging material from the market in 2015 compared with the prior year, and continued to reduce the amount of waste we sent to landfill.
View our 2016 Sustainability Report, 2025 Agenda and our A-Z Topics to learn more about our progress in each of our Planet Pillar areas.
As you'll see in our 2025 Agenda, we will continue to extend our environmental stewardship efforts to many more members of our supply chain and communities where we work, while continuing to improve the efficiency of our manufacturing operations. Our size, influence, resources and relationships, coupled with our sense of responsibility to make a difference, present a considerable opportunity to incentivize, support and scale more sustainable practices in the years ahead.
Positively impacting our global environment will require many hands. That's why we will work with others to achieve our Planet goals while also striving to contribute to global frameworks such as the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Key programs and partners: The Nature Conservancy, World Resources Institute, Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable
See below for examples on ways that we have been producing more food with less environmental impact
A Brighter Future with Access to Safe Water
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Meet Albina Ruiz Rios and learn her powerful story of how she was able to empower waste-pickers and her community.
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We are striving to achieve Positive Water Impact because we believe that water is a fundamental human right.
Celebrating Sustainable Farming
See how our UK farmers reduced their carbon footprint & water use by 50% in 5 yrs at our potato farms based in water stressed areas. Watch here
A Brighter Future with Access to Safe Water
From Waste to Wealth: Albina's Story
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"Virtual Teams will become as important as Web to companies" (Nader Ale Ebrahim)
Friday, 13 March 2015
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Does a Long Reference List Guarantee More Citations? Analysis of Malaysian Highly Cited and Review Papers
The International Journal of Management Science and Business, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 6-15, 2015
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A 32-year-old unemployed thief trying to get himself out from between a rock and a hard place only managed to dig himself in deeper after failing to steal a rock-breaking machine.
The man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly breaking into a construction company in Battambang's Ratanak Mondol district and stealing 60 metres of electrical wire and the machine – worth $1,500.
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10 Movies To Prep You For Back To School
Time to put away the sunscreen and the bathing suits. It's almost time to head back to school. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a classic about three friends who ditch school and have the time of their lives. Napoleon Dynamite always follows his heart in this story about a quirky, strange high-schooler in small-town Idaho. Jack Black masquerades as a substitute teacher and puts a band together of school kids in School of Rock. A fortune cookie causes mother and daughter to switch bodies in Freaky Friday. They must learn what it is like to be the other person. Harry Potter learns he's a wizard and his destiny is revealed while attending Hogwarts. Robin Williams plays an English teacher who encourages his students to go against the grain in Dead Poet's Society. The Queen of Katwe is the story of young Ugandan girl who becomes a chess prodigy. She has doubts about herself but pushes through them thanks to her coach. Akeelah and the Bee tells the story of young 11-year-girl who is a spelling wiz from South Los Angeles. She is smart but where she lives proves to be troublesome. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will give you some laughs if you are dreading going back to school. Spider-Man: Homecoming shows Peter Parker trying to get back into his daily routine of school and crime-fighting after having his first major fight with the Avengers. Well, what did you think of this list? Are there any movies you wished were on here?


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On Sunday, April 27, the Village of Lewiston Recreation Department will hold its annual Lewiston Kiwanis and Lewiston Service Guild one-mile race for youth. The event begins at 12:30 p.m. at the North Second and Onondaga streets entrance of the Red Brick Municipal Building gym.
Registration will begin at 11:45 a.m. Registration forms require a parent's signature.
The race is for youths ages 14 years and under. The racecourse is one mile on flat land.
Parents can run with their children. The race is free and the first 100 youths registering that day will receive a shirt courtesy of Lewiston Kiwanis, Lewiston Service Guild, Venture Forthe and Stuart Sports.
The race is rain or shine. It is part of the 19th annual Lewiston Spring Fling. For more information, call 716-754-1990.
The Rec. Dept. is looking for volunteers to help man the race route.


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If you have a child, it is quite obvious that you would do absolutely everything that you can to make him happy. This is also the case when planning a birthday party. Most parents think that a birthday party is nothing special for a child but the truth is that he/she will always remember the best and the worse ones. If you decided to throw a party, here are 2 ideas you will want to take into account.
For starters, you may want to think about the favorite character for the child. Is it a superhero? Maybe a cartoon character? A great thing that you can do is to hire some actors to play those characters. This will make the child really happy, especially if he is a little younger since he will say that Spiderman was at the party. The popularity of the child will also grow.
Another option that is really interesting is to hire a bouncy castle in Perth. This is actually an activity that is great for both children and parents. It is great for parents because the bouncy castles are really safe and the children can play without any possibility of getting hurt. While it is a little difficult to find bouncy castle hire services, if you conduct a small research, you are going to find something that is suitable.


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Monday, May 11, 2015
Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites
This one is going to take you a ways back to Christmas time! :) These were honestly my new favorite Christmas cookie... I like to try a few new recipes each year and there are a lot of recipes that I try once and don't make again. There are a handful that I try and know that they are going to be made year after year - these are in that category!! They were scrumptious, pretty to look at and a hit every where that I took them.
Gingerbread Cheesecake Bites
(Recipe found on pinterest via www.createdby-diane.com/)
1 (30 ounces) package Pillsbury Gingerbread Cookie Dough (refrigerated section) or I used this recipe...
4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Roll two teaspoons of cookie dough into a ball for each cookie. Place balls of dough into paper liners mini cupcake/muffin pan. Make a well/indentation into each ball of dough with a flour dipped mini rolling pin or the back of a measurement teaspoon. Beat room temperature cream cheese with powdered sugar. Stir in vanilla. Place filling into a piping bag, cut off edge of bag. Place one teaspoon or so of filling into each area of cookie dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes or until cookie tested with tooth pick comes out almost clean. Don't over fill the cookies with filling as they will rise when baked. Let cool before removing from cupcake pan.
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Ohio State University opens its new emergency department early next Sunday, seeking to shorten one of the longest average patient waiting times in the state, eliminate the use of hallway beds, and keep those who have yet to be treated from walking out in frustration.
Ohio State University opens its new emergency department early next Sunday, seeking to shorten one of the longest average patient waiting times in the state, eliminate the use of hallway beds, and keep those who have yet to be treated from walking out in frustration.
Emergency-department stays for those ultimately admitted to Wexner Medical Center recently have been the third-longest among Ohio hospitals, averaging 6 hours, 3 minutes.
�We need to work on � and are already working on � processes of care so we can reduce (hallway beds) and reduce length of stay for patients, both here in the emergency department as well as in the hospital,� said Dr. Thomas Terndrup, the chairman of the emergency-medicine department.
Hospital officials don�t want such waits detracting from the specialists available through the academic medical center. Instead, officials are highlighting a new 16-bed unit within the emergency department where care is focused on cancer patients. It�s the first such set-up in the nation, they say.
�If you had (an emergency-department) staff that was more used to dealing with the specific issues that come with cancer patients � not only treatment issues but also end-of-life issues � there�s a lot to be gained from that,� said Dr. Gregory Masters, a medical oncologist at Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del. He is chairman of the cancer communications committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Ohio State could set a national example for cancer-specific care, Masters said. But he added that one key question will be whether there are enough cancer patients to justify a cancer emergency department.
Of the 130,000 patients that Ohio State saw in its emergency departments between July 2013 and June 2014, about 6,500 were cancer patients. The university anticipates 10 percent annual growth, but the current volume of emergency-department cancer patients works out to about one per hour.
�You have to make sure you can justify it,� Masters said. �Is it economically feasible to do that? At many institutions, it probably wouldn�t be.�
Emergency-department officials say they plan to be flexible with their use of the cancer emergency department, sometimes devoting some of its beds to other patients as the need arises.
Some functions at the James Cancer Hospital�s immediate-care center, an ambulatory clinic, will be moved to the new cancer emergency department, said Kris Kipp, the executive director of patient services and chief nursing officer at the James.
The new emergency department bears the name of Abercrombie & Fitch because of donations topping $10 million from the New Albany-based clothing retailer.
It is the first section of the new $705 million cancer and critical-care hospital tower to open; the rest of the tower is scheduled to open in December. University trustees approved spending $4.8 million last year to renovate the current emergency department.
With its opening, the university will have 70 emergency-department beds, up from the current 50 or so. After renovations to portions of the old emergency department wrap up in March, the entire department will have more than 100 beds.
Once renovated, the emergency department will stretch the length of two football fields, its footprint more than doubling from 19,300 to 43,530 square feet.
Some of the emergency department�s more significant changes will be subtle, much like the plastic polymer canopy that on sunny days will cast hundreds of �Block O� shadows at the emergency-department entrance.
Registrars using mobile computers will go to the patient so that ill patients won�t have to sit at a desk to register.
In the James emergency department, soft lighting and wood paneling are the norm instead of the harsh fluorescent lighting common in some emergency departments. Some of the sickest cancer patients, particularly those with gastrointestinal ailments, will be treated in spaces that are much like inpatient rooms, complete with private bathrooms.
Instead of curtains used throughout the current emergency department to section off treatment spaces, �we have doors,� said Dr. Eric Adkins, the department�s medical director. �I know that sounds silly, but it�s going to ensure a different level of experience and privacy for patients."
With about 68,000 patients seen at Ohio State�s main emergency department in the past year, and a hospital that typically runs at 95 percent capacity, workers face pressure to move patients through.
To improve the current system, Ohio State plans to make a physician available on weekdays to see patients in rooms closest to the waiting area.
The idea is that a patient with a cut requiring only a few stitches, for example, will receive more-immediate treatment and be released without waiting for a long time. �We don�t want them sitting here waiting to see a doctor,� Adkins said.
If patients have to wait, he said, that wait should come after they�ve been seen by a doctor and are waiting for the results of blood work, medical imaging or other testing appropriate to their situation.
Long waits for first contact with a medical professional often result in patients� leaving before they�re treated. That happens with about 1 in 25 people who seek emergency care at Ohio State, a rate about twice the state and national average.
�We want to see that drop� below 2 percent, Adkins said.
The challenges don�t stop there, however. Even after a doctor decides to admit a patient, patients sometimes wait hours � often in beds in hallways � for a room to open up, a practice called �boarding� when it lasts at least four hours.
This year, the Joint Commission began requiring the hospitals that it accredits to set goals for cutting boarding times.
A larger emergency department, however, is no guarantee of shorter waiting times, Adkins said. He said he has worked in other emergency departments that have expanded. Crowds in waiting areas disappeared for a time, only to gradually build up again.
Adkins said he hopes improved processes will lead to �sustained improvement.�


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The Pearl Laboratory
CR-UK DNA Repair Enzymes Research Group
The Pearl Laboratory (PIs : Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS, Dr. Antony Oliver & Dr. Chris Prodromou) seeks to understand the structural basis for assembly, specificity and regulation of the multi-protein complexes involved in the recognition, repair and signalling of DNA damage, and in the chaperone-mediated stabilisation and activation of cellular signalling pathways.
These basic studies provide the means for discovery and development of novel small-molecule inhibitors with application as drugs for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.
Our work is funded by
Pearl Lab wins prestigious Cancer Research UK Translational Cancer Research Prize 2013 for pioneering studies of the HSP90 molecular chaperone and the discovery of drugs that target its function in cancer - CR-UK Press Release
Laurence Pearl awarded 2018 Novartis Medal and Prize by the Biochemical Society


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The Zinkgruvan mine is an underground zinc-lead-silver mine, owned and operated by Lundin Mining Corporation ("Lundin Mining"), and located approximately 250 kilometres southwest of Stockholm, Sweden. This low-cost mine has been producing on a continuous basis since 1857.
Zinkgruvan employs a conventional underground crushing, grinding and flotation milling process producing zinc and lead concentrates, which are transported via ship to smelters in Europe. Nominal production capacity of zinc-rich ores is currently 1.1 million tonnes per annum ("Mtpa"). A separate 0.3 Mtpa copper treatment line in the processing plant was commissioned during 2010. This line was further modified during 2011 to allow it the flexibility to treat zinc-lead ore as well as copper ore.
The Zinkgruvan orebodies are dominated by sphalerite and galena and are generally massive, well banded, and stratiform. Remobilization of galena and silver has occurred in response to metamorphism and deformation, and is most pronounced in the lead-rich western extension of Nygruvan and in the Burkland area. Copper stockwork mineralization has been identified in the structural hanging wall of the Burkland deposit. Chalcopyrite is the main copper mineral and occurs as coarse disseminations and patches within a marble host rock. Current mineral reserves are sufficient for a mine life in excess of 10 years and excellent opportunities for ongoing reserve and resource expansion exist at Zinkgruvan. Historically, the mine has been very successful at converting inferred resources into measured and indicated resources and subsequently into mineral reserves.
In December 2004, Wheaton Precious Metals entered into a silver purchase agreement with Lundin Mining to purchase 100% of the life of mine payable silver produced at the Zinkgruvan mine for an upfront cash payment of US$50 million in cash, 6 million Common Shares and 30 million Wheaton Precious Metals Common Share Purchase Warrants (equal to approximately US$78 million), plus a payment equal to the lesser of US$3.90 per ounce of delivered silver (subject to an annual inflationary price adjustment) and the then prevailing market price per ounce of silver.
For more information about the Zinkgruvan mine, please visit Lundin Mining's website at www.lundinmining.com. Cost quartile information is sourced from Wood Mackenzie byproduct cost curves for gold, zinc/lead, copper, nickel, and silver mines.
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Meet Susan!
Susan is such a beauty, and hardly ever wears makeup on a day-to-day basis. Her skin is naturally flawless and she has the most amazing green eyes. So when she contacted me about doing her makeup for her holiday party/night out on the town, I instantly knew that I was going to incorporate some plum tones into her eye makeup as they would compliment her green eyes beautifully and make them really stand out.
Products Used:
- Prism Camera Ready Primer "Clear"
- MAC Strob Cream (mixed into foundation)
- Prism Hi-def Foundation (coming soon)
- Prism Translucent Pressed Powder (coming soon)
- Prism Sculpt "Light" Contour Palette
- Maybelline Cream Blush Stick "Plums Up"
- Prism Stuck on You Eye & Lip Primer
- Prism Sassy Lids Palette "Bejeweled" (on lids and plum shade pressed into lower lash line)
- TINte Cosmetics Shimmering Face Pearls "Nikki Pink"
- Prism Gel Eyeliner Pencil "Plummed Out" (lower lash line)
- Lime Crime Liquid Eyeliner "Quill" (upper lash line)
- Prism Indivisible Lip & Brow Liner
- Body Shop Eyebrow Palette "02"
- Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara "Black"
- Prism Invisible Lip & Brow Liner
- Prism Classic Lipsticks "Vintage Rose" and "Ballet Slippers" (mixed)
- L'oreal Clear gloss
Thanks for reading gals, I so enjoy sharing my work with you!
For those of you who are new to my blog and to my Before and After Series, you can take a peek at more photos from this series here
What are your thoughts on this look?
Keisha xo


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Instagram. YouTube. Facebook Live. These and others are driving the continued growth and interest in online video across multiple industries and applications. In 2017, we saw a 34% increase in worldwide video viewing, according to a report from Limelight Network.
Nov 19, 2002
CollabNet, a provider of collaborative software development solutions, has announced that Motorola's Personal Communications Sector (PCS) is using the CollabNet SourceCast environment to manage commercial development of select future projects. The CollabNet software will be used on projects that combine members from Motorola PCS' internal team along with a group of external software suppliers. The CollabNet SourceCast environment provides Motorola PCS with the necessary components for collaborative software development, including tools for software development, technical communication, knowledge management, and project administration. Use of SourceCast is expected to increase communication across the numerous participants, reduce the time involved in resolving critical business issues, and enable a diverse set of companies to work as a single entity. For various Motorola PCS projects, administrators can define the specific permissions they grant to users and can even create specific customized roles to address each participant in a project. The role-based permissions security model, within the CollabNet SourceCast environment, enables administrators to define types of users, what portions of the project they can view, and what they can modify. Project owners can create and manage individual projects, expose developers to specific levels of functionality within each project and can also authorize access to specific data and resources.


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We recently reported on Fantasy Flight Games' Game Night Kits (see "FFG Plans Game Night Kits"), and we wanted to understand how those fit into past FFG organized play programs and what the full scope of OP at FFG is now. We spoke to Marketing Operations Manager Anton Torres to get the answers.
Fantasy Flight announced that it is putting out Game Night Kits for both LCGs and X-Wing?
Correct, and it goes beyond just those products. We also support Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare with Game Night Kits; and an LCG that has been in publication but is newly supported is the Lord of the Rings: The Card Game.
A Game Night Kit is a small bundle of promotional premium items that we produce on a regular basis. This year we have three seasons of kits, so every four months we're going to make available one kit per product line that is supported by OP. These kits are sold at cost to retailers. For the most part they go directly to retail and they allow the retailer some tools to help make their store the hub of player activity. Our goal is player engagement and the truth of the matter is that having players in the retail store out in the world playing and enjoying games, building community, is a really strong proposition. It shows the enthusiasm that these players have and it will grow the population of the game.
The pricing on the Game Night Kits are, I believe, $18 to $20 on the high end, and inside are some giveaway items. This year for the Living Card Games, we have produced alternate art cards of some fan favorite cards that players would use.
It's a way we can offer incentives; we maintain the design of the Living Card Game so that there's never exclusive content in these kits, in that it mechanically changes the game. These are cards that are available to all players, but now they have incentive to go participate in their local store's game night because they have the opportunity to win one of these alternate art cards of one of their favorites.
So in addition to the LCGs, the kits will also cover the Dust games and X-Wing?
Historically, card games, where you're customizing your decks, and miniatures games are two categories of products that respond very well to the structure of organized play. And in both cases these are games where players can really customize their approach and their strategies. They have lots of options typically, and they need to decide how they build their deck or their force. Many of these games are one-on-one and it lends itself well to that structure. With the games in our catalog, we have Dust Tactics and Dust Warfare which are two tabletop minis games, but one is on a board and one is on a terrain table. And X-Wing is now part of that, being a tabletop skirmish miniatures game, and all three are supported with OP.
A few years ago Fantasy Flight told us about a league program for LCGs (see "Interview with Steve Horvath"). What's the connection to Game Night Kits?
That's a great question. Game Night Kits grew out of that league kit offering. About two years ago we changed the title of these kits and rather than calling them League Kits we called them Game Night Kits. The reason, and what we see as important to stress, is that not everybody is interested in playing highly competitive, aggressive, tournament play. And what we discovered was that the title "League Kit" was actually turning some players away. They thought, "I just started playing X-Wing because I love Star Wars and am really enjoying the game. I just want an opportunity to go play."
One thing that we've done that I see is unique in the space of OP is we are fairly hands off. We do sell the kits, but we sell them at cost. There's no registration or logging of events from the retail level. So that means, "Hey, I'm a retailer and I know I've got some players that I know just want to come and play some games in a more structured manner every week. I can use the kit contents and I can hand out randomly some of the elements every week until I run out and I'm free to order more kits to support that, or could hold a demo day to highlight the game in my store." Retailers can use the kit in whichever way they see fit.
We didn't want to restrict ourselves to the sense of league play, but I know some folks are using it that way, but I also know that retailers are making use of it just as premium items just to support that game in their store.
We've also seen announcements for Preview Events for X-Wing. Is that something you do regularly or is that a one-off?
As far as OP goes, we have Game Night Kits, which again, are released three times a year so every four months there's a new kit for the season with new contents. Then between April 1st and June 30th, there are regional tournaments which are more formal, competitive events. We have a North American national championship at Gen Con and we have world championships in November. That all comprises organized play and that's ongoing year to year.
Are those tournaments the same games that have the Game Night Kits?
Yes, there's a set of games supported by organized play and Game Night Kits, regional, national and world tournaments all comprise the organized play program.
The reason I bring that up is to distinguish it from preview events. Preview events are something that we as a marketing department will host when the opportunity presents itself. Those are completely separate and we do those just because it's good fortune, we have access to the product or because it's an exciting way to launch a product.
Are there any preview events planned for this year?
Just at the end of 2012 we ran a one-off special event for Star Wars X-Wing players that were waiting on the arrival of Wave Two. We have not announced anything yet for 2013.
We're focused right now on the regionals tournament season; at this point we're collecting applications from players all around the world and retailers.
Last year was a huge success for OP. It was the best year we've ever had on every level and the biggest turnout across the board. For the world championship, international players who win their national tournaments in key countries will now be flown over as part of their prize package. We had players from Germany, France, Spain, and Poland and we had other players traveling on their own from India, Japan and Italy last year.
While we don't have any preview events, we're really kicking regionals and the competitive side of organized play up a notch. This year is going to be tremendous. I've got regional sign-ups that easily double what I had last year. So it's a very exciting time.
How many regionals are there?
Our goal is to distribute them to allow for as much player participation as possible. Not to be heavy handed, but we try to accommodate as many players engaging in whatever territories there is interest. Generally in the U.S., we ask for organizers or retailers to provide a primary and alternate date, so if there are two occurring the same weekend, we have some leeway to allow for players to participate in both.
Last year we had about 100 regional events around the world, but I'm well past that for sign-ups this year. We collected applications through the 31st of January, then we will vet the list, and February 15th we will post the final list worldwide. Those will take place between April 1st and June 30th for the regionals.
How many stores do game nights?
For 2013 it's a heck of a lot more than 2012. We were going to launch in January, but we posted on the Website that we're delaying the first season, that the first season would be shorter because the orders that were placed were far and away above anything that we had ever seen or had guessed. We have retailers that in the past had been very hesitant really see the value of organized play.
How many in 2011?
I don't have the number of retailers total. It's one of the drawbacks of not registering every store. We allow them to re-order if they wish. We don't want to restrict it.
We'll see in the future, we may have to adapt how we approach it, but at this point we want to get the kits out where the demand is and allow them to enjoy building community in their stores. The retailers should be the focus of activity, and so far this seems to be working.


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