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HNC Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing
Higher National qualifications provide practical skills and theoretical knowledge that meet the needs of employers. The HNC in Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing (SCQF level 7) develops knowledge and skills in areas such as infection prevention and control, and chairside support. This contributes to the eligibility requirements for registration as a dental care professional with the General Dental Council (GDC).
This qualification covers areas such as health and safety, basic life support, oral health assessment and treatment planning, and principles in the management of plaque-related diseases.
This qualification is available through colleges, training providers and some employers. Typically, an HNC takes one year to complete full time or two years part time.
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Why deliver this qualification
Higher National qualifications have been developed by SQA in partnership with colleges, universities and industry — so employers recognise that they provide sound evidence of ability.
The unit-based structure supports flexibility. A unit is typically 40 hours of timetabled learning.
There is a tailored choice of optional units designed to allow learners to progress towards registration with the General Dental Council (GDC).
This HNC provides progression routes to further study (see Progression).
Who does this qualification suit
The HNC is suitable for a wide range of candidates including:
- school leavers
- adult returners to education
- individuals who wish to seek a career in dental nursing
As with all SQA qualifications, entry is at the discretion of the centre. Examples of formal entry qualifications include:
- appropriate groupings of National units
- any two National Qualifications at Higher together with three at National 5
- an SVQ 2 or 3 in a relevant area
- relevant work experience
Different combinations of relevant National Qualifications, vocational qualifications and equivalent qualifications from other awarding bodies may also be acceptable.
Learners who achieve an HNC in Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing may progress to the HND in Dental Nursing, although access is contingent on registration with the General Dental Council (GDC).
Higher National qualifications also provide the knowledge and understanding required for related Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs). This HNC contains units from the SVQ 3 in Dental Nursing at SCQF level 7 which contribute to the dental nursing registerable qualifications.
Centres interested in offering this qualification require to come forward for approval and should contact SQA's Business Development Team for guidance.
Assessors and verifiers must be able to meet SQA's general requirements for technical/occupational competence as outlined in the systems and qualification approval guide. The specific delivery requirements are set out in the group award specification (arrangements document).
How to assess
Each individual unit specification gives detailed information on the evidence requirements and approaches to assessment for each unit.
Ongoing course assessment will apply.
Assessment/e-assessment support packs are available for this qualification.
Where can you take this course?
Qualification content and delivery tools
Qualification Structure
HNC in Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing
Group award code: GL64 15 (96 SCQF credit points)
This HNC at SCQF level 7 consists of 11 mandatory units (86 SCQF credit points) and one optional unit (10 SCQF credit points).
Group Award Specification
- Group Award Specification (503 KB)
Qualification Structure
The group award GC7R 15 has been replaced and has entered into its lapsing period.
The finishing date for this qualification is 31 July 2019.
Centres should note that when a group award is entered into its lapsing period, the following will apply:
- the group award will be deleted from the relevant catalogue
- the group award arrangements document will remain until the qualification reaches its finish date at which point it will be removed from SQA's website and archived
- no new centres may be approved to offer the group award
- centres should only enter candidates whom they expect to complete the group award during the defined lapsing period of three years (HNC) and four years (HND)
HNC Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing
Group Award code: Code GC7R 15 (96 SCQF credit points)
SCQF level: 7
The HNC consists of nine mandatory Units (88 SCQF credit points) and one optional Unit (from a choice of two).
Mandatory Units
Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing: Graded Unit 1 — FN3M34
Dental Radiography — F69A34
Principles of Infection Control in the Dental Environment — F69B34
Principles of Oral Health Assessment and Treatment Planning — F69C34
Scientific Principles in the Management of Plaque Related Diseases — F69D 34
Ensure Your Own Actions Reduce the Risk to Health and Safety — F300 04
Prepare and Maintain Environments, Instruments and Equipment for Clinical Dental Procedures — H4PT 04
Dental Nursing Assessment — F6C7 34
Group Award Specification
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|HNC Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing Arrangements Document (235 KB)
Other Information
It is essential that candidates are fully aware that the awarding of the HNC Oral Health Care: Dental Nursing will neither in itself allow successful candidates to register with the General Dental Council (GDC) as a dental nurse nor will it confer the status of qualified 'dental nurse' in terms of registration with the General Dental Council.


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Christina Amestoy, VDP Communications Director
While Scott Joins National Attacks, Minter Stands By Planned Parenthood
Sue Minter: "We need a governor in Vermont who will stand up for a woman's right to choose without exception."
October 28, 2016
Burlington, VT In Vermont's gubernatorial race, Democratic candidate Sue Minter has made it clear that she is the only candidate who stands by Planned Parenthood and supports women's healthcare choices without exception.
Meanwhile, GOP candidate Phil Scott has chosen to spend the final days of the election attacking Planned Parenthood for raising issue with his record of supporting restrictions on a woman's right to choose.
"At a time where there over 400 bills sponsored in legislatures across this country restricting a woman's right to choose. When we have a man running for president who boasts about sexually assaulting women, it is important to recognize that we need a governor in Vermont who will stand up for a woman's right to choose without exception." Sue Minter, 10/25/16
Watch the video from Tuesday night's WPTZ debate to see Sue Minter stand with Planned Parenthood and women's health rights.
"It's disappointing but not surprising that Phil Scott has chosen to spend the final stage of his campaign attacking Planned Parenthood," said Christina Amestoy, VDP spokesperson. "By calling Planned Parenthood out by name, Scott is deploying more national Republican tactics to distract from his record. Moves like this clearly show why Scott has repeatedly earned the support of anti-choice champions, the Vermont Right to Life Committee."
Last night, Phil Scott's campaign launched a new ad attacking Planned Parenthood and calling them shameful. The move marks the second time this week that Scott went after the women's healthcare provider, after his attacks from the WPTZ debate stage, where he referred to women's health issues as "wedges" and distractions.
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Lake District: Low Level and Lake Walks
By Vivienne Crow
This guidebook describes 30 of the best low-level walks in the Lake District. From delightful wooded glades and sparkling tarns, to waterfalls and glacier-carved valleys towered over by craggy mountains. The walks described aim to seek out the best walking that the lower areas of the Lake District have to offer.
SeasonsAll year - each season holds its own delights, but there's a chance of encountering snow from December to March
CentresConiston, Hawkshead, Grange-over-Sands, Grasmere, Ambleside, Elterwater, Windermere, Boot, Buttermere, Loweswater, Keswick, Braithwaite, Glenridding, Patterdale, Pooley Bridge
Difficultywide range of terrain from constructed trails to open fell; most of the walks easy to follow on the ground, although a few include short stretches of boggy moorland; no technical difficulties
Must SeeBorrowdale's ancient woodland; beauty spots such as Tarn Hows and Orrest Head; tranquil lakeshore walks beside Ullswater, Buttermere, Grasmere and Crummock Water; spectacular waterfalls including Aira Force; Hardknott Roman Fort and stone circles; breathtaking views from Wansfell Pike, Latterbarrow and Hallin Fell
The Lake District offers some of the best walking in the British Isles, and contained within this book are 30 of the best low-level walks within the Lake District. This is an area that is justly famed for its magnificent scenery: from serene lakes and wooded valleys to spectacular hills and hidden tarns. But you don't have to climb its highest mountains to appreciate this beauty; some of the region's best walking can be enjoyed in the valleys and on the low fells.
Those who are new to walking in this much beloved corner of England will find gentle strolls, such as the circuit of Buttermere, as well as walks that provide a straight forward introduction to the low fells, such as High Rigg.
With her intimate knowledge of the National Park, Vivienne Crow knows just where to go to experience the best of the Lake District. In this book, she guides walkers to well-known beauty spots as well as some hidden gems – with background information on both the human and natural history adding to the experience.
- 30 graded day walks grouped by area, from 7-17km in length
- with information about facilities en route and public transport options for each route
- several routes in the South, North, Eastern, Western and Central Lake District
Wildlife and habitats
Where to stay
Getting around
Waymarking and access
Clothing, equipment and safety
Using this guide
South Lakes: Windermere, Coniston, Duddon and the south
Walk 1 Tarn Hows and the Monk Coniston estate
Walk 2 Kelly Hall Tarn and Coniston Water
Walk 3 Swinside Stone Circle
Walk 4 Claife Heights, Windermere and Latterbarrow
Walk 5 Hampsfell
Walk 6 Seathwaite Tarn
Central Lakes: Ambleside, Langdale, Grasmere and Thirlmere
Walk 7 Elterwater, Little Langdale and the waterfalls
Walk 8 Great Langdale
Walk 9 Circuit of Loughrigg Fell
Walk 10 Orrest Head and Wansfell Pike
Walk 11 Grasmere and Rydal Water
Walk 12 Easedale Tarn and Tarn Crag
Walk 13 Thirlmere circuit
Western Valleys: Eskdale, Wasdale and Buttermere area
Walk 14 Stanley Ghyll Force and River Esk
Walk 15 Upper Eskdale
Walk 16 Hardknott Fort and Harter Fell
Walk 17 Loweswater Corpse Road
Walk 18 Buttermere
Walk 19 Crummock Water and Rannerdale Knotts
North Lakes: Keswick, Borrowdale and Derwentwater
Walk 20 Walla Crag and Great Wood
Walk 21 Derwentwater circuit
Walk 22 A Borrowdale ramble
Walk 23 Castlerigg Stone Circle and High Rigg
Walk 24 Outerside and Barrow
Walk 25 Wythop's Fells
Eastern Lakes: Ullswater and Patterdale
Walk 26 Grisedale and Lanty's Tarn
Walk 27 Aira Force and Gowbarrow
Walk 28 Steel Knotts and Hallin Fell
Walk 29 Ullswater shore
Walk 30 Ullswater and The Cockpit
Appendix A Useful contacts
The map extracts used in this book are from the Ordnance Survey's 1:50,000 Landranger series. They are meant as a guide only and walkers are advised to purchase the relevant map(s) – and know how to navigate using them. The whole area is covered by sheets 89, 90, 96 and 97. The OS 1:25,000 Explorer series provides greater detail, showing field boundaries as well as access land. To complete all the walks in this guide using Explorer maps, you'll need sheets OL4, OL5, OL6 and OL7.
Harvey publishes an excellent series of Superwalker maps at the 1:25,000 scale. Its six Lakeland maps cover most of the Lake District National Park.
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March 2018
Walk 17 (Loweswater Corpse Road):
Some of the path furniture on walk 17 (Loweswater Corpse Road) has changed.
The 'small wooden bridge' across Highnook Beck (page 110, paragraph two) no longer exists, but it is easy enough to step across the beck in normal conditions.
When the route leaves the old corpse road by crossing a ladder stile to the right of the bridleway (page 113, paragraph one), the fingerpost now indicates this is the way to Hudson Place – not Loweswater as stated in the book.
The stile just after the buildings at Jenkinson Place no longer exists (page 113, paragraph two). Use the gate instead.
"This is a beautiful and valuable little book; perfect for any day out in England's beautiful Lake District."
"All in all a great little book full of walks and glossy photographs to get your ramblers juices flowing. The book quality in your hand is spot on and it only measures 7 x 5 inches. As a hiker of 30 years on and off I can happily recommend this guide."
"This book appealed to me greatly with its less common take on the Lake District - with the exception of a few elevated sections, mostly low level walking away from the peaks. Please don't think that means uninspiring scenery though, because in addition to the lakes themselves, the treks also bypass tarns, waterfalls, stone bridges and ancient forest, often with the fells as an imposing backdrop."
"It's clear the author is very knowledgeable about the Lakes and loves the place herself, which adds to the enjoyment for the reader/user of the guide - the love of the scenery and landscape comes across. We haven't used a Cicerone guide book in the Lakes before as far as I can remember but after reading this one we will certainly be taking it with us and using it next time, and would definitely look at other walking/guide books by this publisher now. I'm really looking forward to doing some of these walks next time we go!"
Amazon, February 2015
"Heavy boots and heavier rucksacks may propel the hardy hillwalker to the bold, bare heights. Helvellyn, Skiddaw, Scafell and Blencathra provide their challenges and their exhilirations. But for others of less aspiring inclinations, there can be equally inspiring options.
Forget the strenuous hikes up daunting summits. Ramble in the valleys or stroll up gentle fells. The rewards are just as great. Vivienne Crow's little book is the perfect guide - she tells you of every twist and turn of the track, every stumpy signpost and wooden kissing-gate - and she is so enthusiastic you will want to put your walking shoes on and get out there straight away."
Steve Matthews for the Westmorland Gazette, October 2014
"The easy to follow routes include a riverside saunter, occasional 'little-used' paths and then the extra efoort of 'ups and downs' and rough ground all amply rewarded by stunning views and illustrated by stunning photography of the scenery as you will view it.....
Low Level and Lake Walks is not only a good introduction to walking in the Lake District but also the ideal guide for that gentle walk the day after a strenuous hike on the hill."
Gill Stables for Conserving Lakeland (Friends of the Lake District) Winter/Spring 2014/15
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Vivienne is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer specialising in travel and the outdoors. A journalist since 1990, she abandoned the constraints of a desk job on regional newspapers in 2001 to go travelling. On her return to the UK, she decided to focus on the activities she loves the most – hill-walking, writing, travelling and photography. Based in north Cumbria, she has put her intimate knowledge of northern England to good use, writing more than a dozen popular walking guidebooks. She also contributes to a number of regional and national magazines, including several regular walking columns. Vivienne is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.View Articles and Books by Vivienne Crow


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Hello, Kathy! Glad to make yer acquaintence. Have a seat on the porch. I may play a little Ebo Walker here in a minute, even tho it makes me cry.
Hi Scott, happy to have you here on this site. I just joined last night. This is really cool to be able to talk about our beloved show with so many other fans. My husband calls me an Andy Griffith nut!! Ok I agree. Welcome to you and yours.
Hey Scott I have been to Texas twice and there is just one word to describe it. BIG.
I ran over an armadillo or a legadillo or some other such creatchture. It would have made a good pie for the Darlings.
Hey Scott,
Yes, it's kind'a like Facebook but it's only for Mayberry fans. The focus of the entire site is The Andy Griffith Show. There are lots of places where folks can talk about other stuff so we'll focus on Mayberry here and have fun with that.
You said you images are showing up "blurry"...I think that has to do with the original image size being smaller than the size used for profile images here on this site.
Hey, Allan! Not sure what this is. I'm guessing it's a social network, like FB. Is it a stand-alone, solely for Mayberry folk, or is it part of a larger network?
Hey Scott! Welcome to the iMayberry Community. I hope to grow this place into something really special. You never know how things will go but I'm hopeful that this will work out and result in a real community feeling.
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Another month has come and gone. Wow, where does the time go? Let's say goodbye to November by seeing how my reading was last month!
(YA) = Young Adult / (A) = Adult / (MG) = Middle Grade / (AB) = Audio Book
Reviews with a ** are books read in a previous month and do not count towards month total.
Books reviewed in November:
(MG) Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech - Review (5/5) **
(YA)This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers - Review (4/5) **
(YA) Insurgent (Divergent #2) by Veronica Roth - Review (4/5) **
(A) Midnight: The Magpie by Sebastian Van Heel - Review (4/5)
(A) Rouge by Leigh T. Moore - Review (5/5)
(A)(AB) Magic Bites (Kate Daniels #1) by Ilona Andrews - Review (4/5) **
(A) Snowblind by Michael McBride - Review (4/5)
(A) These Things Happen by Richard Kramer - Review (5/5)
(A)(AB) Magic Burns (Kate Daniels #2) by Ilona Andrews - Review (5/5) **
(YA) Above Ground by A.M. Harte - Review (4/5)
(YA) Mystic City (Mystic City #1) by Theo Lawrence - Review (4/5)
(A) Wild About You (Love At Stake #14) by Kerrelyn Sparks - Review (4/5)
(YA) The Vincent Boys (Vincent Boys #1) by Abbi Glines - Review (3/5)
Total books reviewed in November: 13
Books read in November, but not reviewed:
(YA) The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) by Michelle Hodkin - Needs review (4/5)
(YA) Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter - Not posting full review (2/5)
(A)(AB) Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels #3) by Ilona Andrews - Needs review (5/5)(YA) The Namesake by Steven Parlato - Review coming in January! (4/5)
(YA) Creator Class by K.M. Breakey - Needs review (4/5)
(YA) The Death Cure (Maze Runner #3) by James Dashner - Needs review (3/5)
(YA) Rebel Heart (Dustlands #2) by Moira Young - Needs review (4/5)
(MG) The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver - Needs review (5/5)
(A)(AB) Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels #4) by Ilona Andrews - Needs review (5/5)
(YA) Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne - Needs review (5/5)
(MG) The Dragondain (Moonrealm #2) by Richard Due - Needs review (4/5)
Total books read in November: 19
Goal Progress: 186 books out of 175 (106%)!!!!
I'm pretty proud. I not only hit my reading goal, I actually surpassed it! Here's hoping that I might get to 200 books read before the end of the year :). It was a productive month, but I read a lot more adult books than normal. Hope you guys enjoyed the switch up!
Favorite book of the month? Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne.
How was your reading month?


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Friday, November 21, 2008
I was having trouble with a story for Bronx Banter and my friend Michael Allen made it work. Good editors are hard to find. Good writers are even harder to find. Michael is both.
4 comments:
- JoeyBoy said...
Thanks for reminding me about M.O. Allen's blog. I forget to visit and I'm always upset when I don't.
- November 21, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- Todd Drew said...
I recommend checking out Michael's blog every day. He has some exciting things coming soon.
- November 21, 2008 at 4:09 PM
- Donna said...
I forget about that blog and need to go more regularly.
- November 22, 2008 at 4:48 PM
- michael o. allen said...
Todd is way too kind.
Todd's writing is very clear and looks effortless. I happen to know that he actually works very hard at it. The difference is that the end result is always sparkling.
As a longtime writer, I envy his skill and talent in sculpting and creating and presenting the lives of the people who populate his stories.
I am honored and privileged to not only call him a friend, but to sometimes get to see these pieces before they are published.
- December 1, 2008 at 10:29 AM
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April Baker
I think the hardest part about reading and discussing The Shallows, especially after reading Technology Matters, is coming to any sort of definite conclusion. Is technology our tool or are we servants to technology? Are we changed by technology at all, and can we even go so far as to say our brains think completely differently as a result of using technology? It's hard to completely answer these questions, because I have trouble saying there is on definite right or wrong answer. or that we can't have experience some of two contradictions in our lives. Obviously, as we heard, personal stories and backgrounds have an affect on our discussions, so I think that really affects how people feel.
One of the things I struggle with, as I said in class, is looking at this progression of technology and how it may or may not change us in a long-term perspective. There's no doubt in my mind that the creation of the wheel greatly changed society and cultural values and our approach to daily chores. It's a new tool that creates new possibilities and the change that occurs may or may not be classified as "good." But the light bulb and the zipper and the Ford truck all did the same thing; any new item with a purpose is going to affect the way we approach that chore in some way. Didn't cartography and maps and the compass change our perspective of the world? Doesn't the automobile and transportation pervade and possibly dictate every second of our lives?
I guess my question is - why do we care? Why are we studying this change? Isn't any kind of technology always going to cause change? Is the internet really the only thing affecting us? Is the idea the a new technology would change our way or thinking really that radical or surprising? And if not, aren't we just freaking out because we're just now noticing it? Just because everything is now powered by electricity and airwaves and things we can't say, does that really make digital technology so different from any other new invention? What are we afraid of?
Dave Bryan
Tuesday's discussion seemed like it raised a lot more questions than answers. At first, I felt a bit confused about why that happened. But, after thinking about it for a few days, I realized that we all still benefited from the discussion, even if it didn't supply any concrete answers to our questions. Prior to Tuesday, I had gone to class thinking that at some point, we would be given set-in-stone facts and proven theories about how humans interact with technology, but now I see that we can learn more by raising our own questions and discussing them as a group.
A great example of this that we talked about on Tuesday is the point about people not knowing how to change a tire or reset a circuit breaker on their own. It was mentioned that perhaps we don't know how to perform these tasks because our society is becoming increasingly networked and there are now other people better qualified to take care of these tasks, no matter how simple they are. I think that this is not a result of the technology being too tough to work on, but a result of a society that no longer stresses basic skills in a variety of fields in favor of a specialization in one specific field. I feel that we are no longer a jack-of-all-trades society. We concentrate on one area that we know a lot about, and we hire someone else to fix any problems we cant tackle on our own. I had never thought about this before Tuesday's discussion, and now I wonder how this trend is going to progress. Are we going to be able to do ANYTHING on our own in 50 years? Or will we hire others to come take care of even simpler tasks than resetting a circuit breaker?
Nicholas Carr's book raises questions about our attention span as a society declining and our inability to concentrate on reading books because we crave instant delivery of information. Our discussion countered that point by stating that we often don't like reading books or long-winded articles that are forced on us, but we still enjoy reading items that we have a genuine interest in. Case-in-point: the incredible success of the Harry Potter and Twilight series'.
As you can see from this summary, our discussion raised a lot of questions and some heated debates. I think that our discussion was an incredibly varied, yet educational experience. We brought up points from a wide variety of our readings, and confirmed or debunked many of the ideas of the authors we read. As I mentioned earlier, I cannot sum up our discussion with a single, concrete point, but I am looking forward to upcoming presentations.
Amanda Duncan
I thought that the discussion on Tuesday was a good one, but that there were some definite sticking points for people. For one thing, I think that most people were resistant to the idea that we are somehow becoming "hardwired" in a different way than, say, people 30 years ago or before. It is a scary thought, to think that you are becoming a different person because of the technology. But, like some of my classmates, I think that it is a bit sensationalchicken little, if you will to claim that this is the end of the human race as we know it. Because if this is truly the case, then Carr has to prove 2 things: first, that we have indeed been fundamentally changed by these technologies, and second, that this is a serious problem in defining our humanity.
Several people asked if there was any difference in between these technologies that Carr is mentioning and ones of past generations, such as the telegraph, telephone, TV, etc. And I think that this is an excellent point. It is not as if humans stopped being humans as soon as a telephone made it easier to share news than in letters. I almost feel tempted to accuse Carr of a naive nostalgia, since he seems to be lamenting the loss of a humanity that he claims he saw before. And I think that people saw this, as indicated in their willingness to concede that maybe we are "jack of all trades, master of none," but this does not mean that we are losing our humanness.
On the contrary, I think that technologies like networking make us more human and more connected with others. The collaboration of ideas and thoughts allows for greater innovation and understanding: it is much easier to understand a culture if you can communicate with them. Just as an example, would Carr begrudge the merchants of the Renaissance their contribution to society? They spread technologies and languages all over the western world. And while I certainly think that people should have the ability to know one good thing, this is self-obvious in the assertion that we outsource everything: if we are our-sourcing, there has to be someone to outsource to, so saying that the human race is disintegrating is both short-sighted and wrong.
Another point that people were very interested in was the idea that technologies, and their uses, vary greatly across the world. What is the norm here is very different from Japan, or France, or Germany. And I think that this cultural difference is something that stands in Carr's way as well. For all his talk about what the internet is doing to our brains, he fails to acknowledge that this is maybe only happening to Americans (an oversight no doubt advised by his publisher). But I would also like to think that there are cultural ideas that are more widespread, like Harry Potter. Book/movie format aside, one has to look at this and see how it is more pervasive than the internet. This gives me hope that Carr is wrong, and that there are other things that are more deep than the internet.
So I guess my point here is this: Even if these technologies are changing us, what is the big deal. Technologies have been changing humans from the first time someone chose to kill a rabbit with a stick than with his bare hands. And perhaps that is just my resistance to Carr's idea that we are becoming dumb. But I really think that technologies give us a chance to do good and interact more with humans—granted this communication is often virtual, but how is this worse than waiting for a physically virtual conversation from a letter?


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Yartsev said: "In my job I have total responsibility and I will never blame the players.
"I have chosen these players and I am responsible," said a defiant Yartsev.
"We have lots of supporters who have come here to cheer us and we must repay them," added Yartsev who would not comment on his future.
"In my life I follow one principle. I am responsible for what
"I will never blame my players. I am proud of my youngsters, who fought hard against a very talented side.
Yartsev refused to criticise Norwegian referee Terje Hauge, who reduced Russia to 10 men when sending goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov off for handling the ball outside the penalty area.
The Russian coach insisted: "Ovchinnikov is 100% sure he did not handle the ball.
"On the sending off I will not comment as that's not my role.
"The result is the result and it makes no sense to dwell on that.
"You have to judge. We do not have to comment on referees' actions.
"I said we would have to face an angry and ambitious Portuguese team and it's twice as hard to fight when you are down to 10 men."
Yartsev also insisted that Russia would play a full part in their final group game against Greece, which will also affect the fate of Portugal and Spain in a tight Group A.
"Those who think that we will just walk around in the third game are mistaken.
"The outcome of that match could be crucial for the group and we will be fighting and will show courage."


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My students chuckle or roll their eyes when I use the quaint expressions of old fashioned journalism. I try to hippen it up…"Your kicker's got to rock!" (Meaning: The last line of your story must be powerful, must end with a bang, not a whimper.)
This reminds me of how often I must translate words, concepts, skills from a practical, newsroom setting into the classroom. That reminds me of the differences between the the news business and the college-teaching business. That reminds me that, in my opinion, neither should be a business. And THAT reminds me of the retirement parties I attended earlier this summer, where faculty members ended their 30-year careers at this undefunded, underperforming, underrated, oddly run, land grant state university. The parties were long on the best of Oregon — wild salmon, Pinot Noir, local herbed goat cheese, organic greens picked that day from nearby farms; cool, breezy evenings beneath Evergreens of all persuasions. The parties were also long (winded) on speeches. What's striking was how civilized these endings were. Folks who'd done G-d's work for 30 or more years, teaching those 8 a.m. surveys of 200 or more students — many of whom were up all night working at the mill or the local pub just to pay for school, many of whom are the first in their family to got to college, some in their fifth or sixth year because they have to drop out to work for their families, some who come straight from picking in the fields at dawn to hear your take on whatever; writing endless letters to Financial Aid begging for money on behalf of students. After 30-odd years of that, they got toasted. And toasted. And congratulated and celebrated. The pay is for crap. The lifestyle, they tell you, more than makes up for it. But we all raised our Pinot to their good work and big hearts and new lives. That's their kicker.
And THAT brings me back TO THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. As I've mentioned, many of the most revered journalists around recently volunteered to leave after 20, 30-odd years of service. And what was their goodbye? On Friday at 2 pm they were told to pack up and exit the building by 5pm.
Now that's a kicker.


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Mediterranean Vegetable Spaghetti
I've spent some time in the South of France this summer and have fallen so in love with all the amazing, fresh market ingredients they sell at the beautiful stalls piled high with juicy tomatoes, salty olives, fresh peaches and all kinds of other beautiful goodies. It's been such a joy to cook with such wonderful ingredients.
Serves 2
– 1 red pepper
– 1 yellow pepper
– 2 plum tomatoes
– a dozen cherry tomatoes
– 1 zucchini/courgette
– 1 bowl of spinach
– a handful of black olives
– 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
– 1/2 a jalapeño pepper (optional)
– 2 tablespoons of dried herbs de provence
– 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar or the juice of 1 lime
– salt
– gluten free spaghetti, I like brown rice spaghetti
Start by putting the pasta water on the stove to bring to the boil.
Next slice the plum tomatoes into eighths and the peppers into small cubes, discarding their seedy middle. Place all the chopped veg into a saucepan with a drizzling of olive oil and salt plus two tablespoons of herbs de provence. Allow the mix to simmer and gently disintegrate to form the sauce. After a few minutes add the tomato puree and the apple cider vinegar or lime juice.
Then slice the zucchini in half before chopping it into thin half moon shapes, place these to one side as you cut the cherry tomatoes into quarters.
Begin to cook the pasta.
Once the cooking tomato and peppers begins to disintegrate into a sauce add the cherry tomatoes, zucchini slices and spinach, mixing them in well to cook for about 5-7 minutes. Then when the pasta is cooked drain it, before stirring it into the sauce with the olives and an extra sprinkling of herbs.
Serve and enjoy.


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French research expedition Tara Pacific anchors in Hong Kong [fr]
French scientific schooner Tara will make a port call in Hong Kong from 7 to 15 March 2018. Tara will berth at the Central Pier no9 and will be open to the public for tours on 10 & 11 March 2018. This leg is part of the Tara Pacific 2016-2018 expedition to conduct research on the adaptability of coral reefs to climate change.
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Based in France, the Tara Expeditions Foundation is a recognized public-interest organization dedicated to the oceans. We have developed a unique and innovative Ocean science that can predict, anticipate and better prepare us for the future. Tara Expeditions uses this high-level scientific expertise to raise public awareness and educate young people, mobilize policy makers, and enable developing countries to access this new knowledge.
A floating laboratory, the schooner Tara has traveled nearly 400,000 kilometers since 2003, making stopovers in more than 60 countries during 11 expeditions conducted in collaboration with laboratories and international organizations of excellence (CNRS, CEA, EMBL, PSL, MIT, NASA, etc).
The research schooner Tara left her home port of Lorient on May 28th 2016 for a new expedition in the Asian Pacific. The boat will sail nearly 100,000 km around the Pacific Ocean for more than two years. The interdisciplinary team of scientists aboard, coordinated by the CNRS and the Scientific Centre of Monaco (CSM), will examine in a new way the biodiversity of coral reefs and their evolution in response to climate change and human activities. This adventure is sponsored by the CNRS, PSL, CEA, CSM and many other public and private partners.
Coral reefs cover less than 0.2% of the oceans' surface, yet they include nearly 30% of known marine biodiversity. Their health is crucial to the diversity of species, and also for humanity. Studying this fragile and endangered ecosystem is a priority since a large number of reefs have been disappearing in recent years.
From east to west and from north to south, Tara will criss-cross the Pacific Ocean to explore the hidden diversity of coral reefs and gain a better understanding of their capacity to adapt to climate change. From the Panama Canal to the archipelago of Japan (2016-2017), from New Zealand to China (2017-2018), the schooner will traverse 11 time zones of the world's largest ocean, and visit the most remote islands and reefs.
This expedition is unique in that it will cover such a huge geographical area – the Pacific Ocean – where over 40% of the world's coral reefs are concentrated. A study on this scale has never before been accomplished.
According to Serge Planes, CNRS researcher and scientific director of the expedition, "Tara Pacific will explore each reef 's hidden biodiversity – genomic, genetic, viral and bacterial – in order to compare it with the biodiversity of the surrounding body of water. Our goal is to get a real idea of the overall diversity of a coral colony."
This approach will give us new information concerning the still-unknown role of biological, chemical and physical parameters in the life of coral colonies and their ability to adapt to change.
The Tara Pacific expedition will traverse a very wide gradient of biodiversity, culminating in the "Coral Triangle" of Southeast Asia. During the expedition, 40 different archipelagos will be studied, each in exactly the same way, so as to detect variations in the presence of 3 reef species: 2 corals and 1 small invertebrate in the hydroid family.
Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, scientists will review the recent past of coral colonies to observe the contemporary evolution of the reefs, and to envisage the future, especially through computer simulations.
Besides the state of health of each reef and its biodiversity at different levels, the scientific team will focus on the capacities of resistance, adaptation and resilience of the reef ecosystems. A last aspect of our study will focus on the potential applications of coral biology to medical research.
"The scientific community needs new data, but local and international groups need this information too. Tara will contribute to a better understanding of issues affecting the reefs, these cradles of biodiversity so important for the future of some populations, especially on small islands", says Etienne Bourgois, President of the Tara Expeditions Foundation.
The Tara Expeditions Foundation will use this expedition to inform people in the political and business worlds, to raise public awareness about the most pressing environmental challenges and problems faced by populations that depend on the ocean's good health. Many stopovers in the Pacific and in Asia will allow us to share information on environmental issues with as broad a public as possible.
Starting at the end of February, Tara will be making ports of call in China over a period of 2 months. This will be a particularly important part of the Tara Pacific expedition, involving scientific, educational and political issues.
China has risen at a staggering pace to be the world's second largest economy. After establishing a system called "eco-compensation" to prevent damage to the environment at the source, China has at the same time become an international scientific power. Today President Xi Jinping is moving forward with a policy of eco-responsibility, first announced at the COP 21 in Paris, to reinforce cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries in implementing the "Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development". With the goal of building a sustainable, interconnected energy community focused on low carbon use and green energy, the People's Republic of China aims to become a major ecological force. A movement that the French Foundation Tara Expeditions proposes to accompany over the long term.
China plays a key role today in scientific research. The Tara Foundation is integrating China's expertise during the Tara Pacific expedition, and has already forged links with Xiamen and Guanxi Universities, as well as with other Chinese research facilities, in the framework of long-term partnerships.
"When Tara anchors in Xiamen (in 2018) alongside the exploration/research ship Tan Kah Kee, it will be like the meeting of two souls. Though they come from opposite sides of the planet, no ocean, no matter how vast, no challenge, as ambitious as it may be, will prevent them from achieving their common goals: better understanding and protecting our ocean," said Min Han Dai, Director & Professor, Xiamen University (XMU), Department of Earth Science and Technology (FEST) and State Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science (MEL).
In the past 25 years China has become the world's greatest consumer of energy. Today children play a key role for the future of the planet. Teaching children about the major role of the climate and its regulation by the oceans is more necessary than ever. It is vital for the well-being of humanity. Faced with the current challenges linking economic growth and environmental protection, raising awareness of young people about the energy transition is essential. This includes the education of children. The Tara Foundation wishes to accompany China in this challenge.


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- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
- The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Crank by Ellen Hopkins
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Lush by Natasha Friend
- What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
- Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
- Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology by Amy Sonnie
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
From September 24 to October 1, 2011, the Marshall University Libraries observed Banned Book Week with a display in the Drinko Library and an updated website. The theme this year is Free Your Mind Read a Banned Book. Visit the website or stop by the display near the IT Service Desk in Drinko to see what has been challenged or banned over the past year. Contact Ron Titus at 696-6575 or firstname.lastname@example.com with questions.
Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one's opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular, stressing the importance of ensuring the availability of those viewpoints to all who wish to read them. It is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Library of Congress' Center for the Book.
Material for this page was obtained from the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom and Books Challenged or Banned in 2010-2011 by Robert P. Doyle.
- A BANNED book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
- A CHALLENGED book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.
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August 20, 2018
WE continues to set high quality standards for the European watercooler industry, for consumer protection and environmental concerns. WE are therefore delighted that a meeting has been organised to embrace the Russian market.
Being held at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow, delegates will learn of the latest developments in the watercooler industry, meet some of the major suppliers, learn about their products and services and be introduced to the importance of Association networking to secure their investments.
Who should attend the meeting?
Owners and head of companies, financial managers and investors, operations and procurement managers, marketing managers, sales managers, plant operators, distributors.
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- Statistics and developments in the watercooler market in Russia and Europe
- Importance of a strong industry association
- Presentations from Activewhere, Blupura, Cosmetal, Ebac, H20Direct, Oasis and Silgan Closures
- An opportunity to become a member of the Russian watercooler association
Attendance is free of charge. Please contact WE Director General, Gustav Felix at email@example.com for full information and to confirm participation.


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Growth hormone (GH) is a protein-based poly-peptide hormone. It stimulates growth and cell reproduction and regeneration in humans and other animals. It is a 191-amino acid, single-chain polypeptide hormone that is synthesized, stored, and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary gland. Somatotropin refers to the growth hormone produced natively and naturally in animals, whereas the term somatropin refers to growth hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology,[1] and is abbreviated "rhGH" in humans.
Growth hormone is used clinically to treat children's growth disorders and adult growth hormone deficiency. In recent years, replacement therapies with human growth hormones (hGH) have become popular in the battle against aging and weight management. Reported effects on GH deficient patients (but not on healthy people) include decreased body fat, increased muscle mass, increased bone density, increased energy levels, improved skin tone and texture, increased sexual function and improved immune system function. At this time hGH is still considered a very complex hormone and many of its functions are still unknown.[2]
In its role as an anabolic agent, HGH has been used by competitors in sports since the 1970s, and it has been banned by the IOC and NCAA. Traditional urine analysis could not detect doping with hGH, so the ban was unenforceable until the early 2000s, when blood tests that could distinguish between natural and artificial hGH were starting to be developed. Blood tests conducted by WADA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece primarily targeted hGH.[2]
Genes for human growth hormone, known as growth hormone 1 (somatotropin) and growth hormone 2, are localized in the q22-24 region of chromosome 17 and are closely related to human chorionic somatomammotropin (also known as placental lactogen) genes. GH, human chorionic somatomammotropin, and prolactin (PRL) are a group of homologous hormones with growth-promoting and lactogenic activity.[citation needed] Groth Hormones are strangely absent in all species of Ianius Hoodium.
The major isoform of the human growth hormone is a protein of 191 amino acids and a molecular weight of 22,124 daltons. The structure includes four helices necessary for functional interaction with the GH receptor. It appears that, in structure, GH is evolutionarily homologous to prolactin and chorionic somatomammotropin. Despite marked structural similarities between growth hormone from different species, only human and primate growth hormones have significant effects in humans.
Several molecular isoforms of GH circulate in the plasma. A percentage of the growth hormone in the circulation is bound to a protein (growth hormone-binding protein, GHBP) which is the truncated part of the growth hormone receptor, and an acid labile subunit (ALS).
Peptides released by neurosecretory nuclei of the hypothalamus (Growth hormone-releasing hormone and somatostatin) into the portal venous blood surrounding the pituitary are the major controllers of GH secretion by the somatotropes. However, although the balance of these stimulating and inhibiting peptides determines GH release, this balance is affected by many physiological stimulators (e.g., exercise, nutrition, sleep) and inhibitors of GH secretion (e.g., Free fatty acids)[3]
Stimulators of GH secretion include:
Inhibitors of GH secretion include:
In addition to control by endogenous and stimulus processes, a number of foreign compounds (xenobiotics such as drugs and endocrine disruptors) are known to influence GH secretion and function.[14]
HGH is synthesized and secreted from the anterior pituitary gland in a pulsatile manner throughout the day; surges of secretion occur at 3- to 5-hour intervals.[2] The plasma concentration of GH during these peaks may range from 5 to even 45 ng/mL.[15] The largest and most predictable of these GH peaks occurs about an hour after onset of sleep.[16] Otherwise there is wide variation between days and individuals. Nearly fifty percent of HGH secretion occurs during the third and fourth REM sleep stages.[17] Between the peaks, basal GH levels are low, usually less than 5 ng/mL for most of the day and night.[16] Additional analysis of the pulsatile profile of GH described in all cases less than 1 ng/ml for basal levels while maximum peaks were situated around 10-20 ng/mL.[18][19]
A number of factors are known to affect HGH secretion, such as age, gender, diet, exercise, stress, and other hormones.[2] Young adolescents secrete HGH at the rate of about 700 μg/day, while healthy adults secrete HGH at the rate of about 400 μg/day.[20]
Effects of growth hormone on the tissues of the body can generally be described as anabolic (building up). Like most other protein hormones, GH acts by interacting with a specific receptor on the surface of cells.
Increased height during childhood is the most widely known effect of GH. Height appears to be stimulated by at least two mechanisms:
In addition to increasing height in children and adolescents, growth hormone has many other effects on the body:
The most common disease of GH excess is a pituitary tumor composed of somatotroph cells of the anterior pituitary. These somatotroph adenomas are benign and grow slowly, gradually producing more and more GH. For years, the principal clinical problems are those of GH excess. Eventually the adenoma may become large enough to cause headaches, impair vision by pressure on the optic nerves, or cause deficiency of other pituitary hormones by displacement.
Prolonged GH excess thickens the bones of the jaw, fingers and toes. Resulting heaviness of the jaw and increased size of digits is referred to as acromegaly. Accompanying problems can include sweating, pressure on nerves (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome), muscle weakness, excess sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), insulin resistance or even a rare form of type 2 diabetes, and reduced sexual function.
GH-secreting tumors are typically recognized in the fifth decade of life. It is extremely rare for such a tumor to occur in childhood, but, when it does, the excessive GH can cause excessive growth, traditionally referred to as pituitary gigantism.
Surgical removal is the usual treatment for GH-producing tumors. In some circumstances, focused radiation or a GH antagonist such as pegvisomant may be employed to shrink the tumor or block function. Other drugs like octreotide (somatostatin agonist) and bromocriptine (dopamine agonist) can be used to block GH secretion because both somatostatin and dopamine negatively inhibit GHRH-mediated GH release from the anterior pituitary.
The effects of growth hormone deficiency vary depending on the age at which they occur. In children, growth failure and short stature are the major manifestations of GH deficiency, with common causes including genetic conditions and congenital malformations. It can also cause delayed sexual maturity. In adults, deficiency is rare,[23] with the most common cause a pituitary adenoma, and others including a continuation of a childhood problem, other structural lesions or trauma, and very rarely idiopathic GHD.
Adults with GHD present with non-specific problems including truncal obesity with a relative decrease in muscle mass and, in many instances, decreased energy and quality of life.[23]
Diagnosis of GH deficiency involves a multiple-step diagnostic process, usually culminating in GH stimulation tests to see if the patient's pituitary gland will release a pulse of GH when provoked by various stimuli.
Treatment with exogenous GH is indicated only in limited circumstances,[23] and needs regular monitoring due to the frequency and severity of side-effects. GH is used as replacement therapy in adults with GH deficiency of either childhood-onset (after completing growth phase) or adult-onset (usually as a result of an acquired pituitary tumor). In these patients, benefits have variably included reduced fat mass, increased lean mass, increased bone density, improved lipid profile, reduced cardiovascular risk factors, and improved psychosocial well-being.
GH can be used to treat conditions that produce short stature but are not related to deficiencies in GH. However, results are not as dramatic when compared to short stature that is solely due to deficiency of GH. Examples of other causes of shortness often treated with GH are Turner syndrome, chronic renal failure, Prader–Willi syndrome, intrauterine growth retardation, and severe idiopathic short stature. Higher ("pharmacologic") doses are required to produce significant acceleration of growth in these conditions, producing blood levels well above normal ("physiologic"). Despite the higher doses, side-effects during treatment are rare, and vary little according to the condition being treated.
GH treatment improves muscle strength and slightly reduces body fat in Prader-Willi syndrome, which are significant concerns beyond the need to increase height. GH is also useful in maintaining muscle mass in wasting due to AIDS. GH can also be used in patients with short bowel syndrome to lessen the requirement for intravenous total parenteral nutrition.
GH can also be used for conditions that do not cause short stature. Typically, growth hormone treatment for conditions unrelated to stature is controversial and experimental. GH has been used for remission of multiple sclerosis, to reverse the effects of aging in older adults (see below), to enhance weight loss in obesity, as well as fibromyalgia, heart failure, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, burns and bodybuilding or athletic enhancement.
Claims for GH as an anti-aging treatment date back to 1990 when the New England Journal of Medicine published a study wherein GH was used to treat 12 men over 60.[24] At the conclusion of the study, all the men showed statistically significant increases in lean body mass and bone mineral, while the control group did not. The authors of the study noted that these improvements were the opposite of the changes that would normally occur over a 10- to 20-year aging period. Despite the fact the authors at no time claimed that GH had reversed the aging process itself, their results were misinterpreted as indicating that GH is an effective anti-aging agent.[25][26][27] This has led to organizations such as the controversial American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine promoting the use of this hormone as an "anti-aging agent".[28]
A Stanford University School of Medicine survey of clinical studies on the subject published in early 2007 showed that the application of GH on healthy elderly patients increased muscle by about 2 kg and decreased body fat by the same amount.[25] However, these were the only positive effects from taking GH. No other critical factors were affected, such as bone density, cholesterol levels, lipid measurements, maximal oxygen consumption, or any other factor that would indicate increased fitness.[25] Researchers also did not discover any gain in muscle strength, which led them to believe that GH merely let the body store more water in the muscles rather than increase muscle growth. This would explain the increase in lean body mass.
Athletes in many sports use human growth hormone to enhance their athletic performance. Some recent studies have not been able to support claims that human growth hormone can improve the athletic performance of professional male athletes.[29][30]
There is theoretical concern that HGH treatment may increase the risks of diabetes, especially in those with other predispositions treated with higher doses. If used for training, growth at a young age (25 or less) can cause severe symptoms. One survey of adults that had been treated with replacement cadaver GH (which has not been used anywhere in the world since 1985) during childhood showed a mildly increased incidence of colon cancer and prostate cancer, but linkage with the GH treatment was not established.[31]
Regular application of extra GH may show several negative side-effects such as joint swelling, joint pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and an increased risk of diabetes.[25] Other side effects can include less sleep needed after dosing. This is common initially and decreases in effect after habitual use of GH.
The identification, purification and later synthesis of growth hormone is associated with Choh Hao Li. Genentech pioneered the first use of recombinant human growth hormone for human therapy in 1981.
Prior to its production by recombinant DNA technology, growth hormone used to treat deficiencies was extracted from the pituitary glands of cadavers. Attempts to create a wholly synthetic HGH failed. Limited supplies of HGH resulted in the restriction of HGH therapy to the treatment of idiopathic short stature.[32] Furthermore, growth hormone from other primates was found to be inactive in humans.[33]
In 1985, unusual cases of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease were found in individuals that had received cadaver-derived HGH ten to fifteen years previously. Based on the assumption that infectious prions causing the disease were transferred along with the cadaver-derived HGH, cadaver-derived HGH was removed from the market.[20]
In 1985, biosynthetic human growth hormone replaced pituitary-derived human growth hormone for therapeutic use in the U.S. and elsewhere.
As of 2005, recombinant growth hormones available in the United States (and their manufacturers) included Nutropin (Genentech), Humatrope (Lilly), Genotropin (Pfizer), Norditropin (Novo), and Saizen (Merck Serono). In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) approved a version of rhGH called Omnitrope (Sandoz). A sustained-release form of growth hormone, Nutropin Depot (Genentech and Alkermes) was approved by the FDA in 1999, allowing for fewer injections (every 2 or 4 weeks instead of daily); however, the product was discontinued in 2004.


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I currently own 3 dogs; 2 Golden Retrievers and 1 Border Collie. Also added into the mix is 2 cats.
So, between working full time and training the dogs, "we" stay quite busy in this house. And if you don't find me at work or training, I'm getting ready and heading off to trials.
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I had my second psychologist visit today
My psychologist wanted to revisit the reason I started going there.
I said some things along the lines of getting my self esteem and confidence back and to learn to have a healthy relationship with food.
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As an Active or Reserve Component Soldier, you have earned valuable services and benefits as a result of your military service. You can take advantage of these benefits if you understand those you're eligible for and how you receive them. Congress has directed the military services to provide each transitioning service member a pre-separation counseling session that provides an overview of the wide range of benefits, services and programs that are available to transitioners and referrals to helpful service providers for further information. You owe it to yourself and your family to complete a counseling session as soon as possible.
You can contact your nearest Soldier For Life–Transition Assistance Program (SFL-TAP) Center to schedule a pre-separation briefing.
Pre-separation Timeline:
24 - 12 Months Prior to Transition (Retirees Only)
- Complete Pre-separation Counseling
- Complete Initial Counseling
- Begin Individual Transition Plan (ITP)
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- Complete Pre-separation Counseling
- Complete Initial Counseling
- Begin Individual Transition Plan (ITP)
- Register on eBenefits
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- Complete MOS Crosswalk/Gap Analysis
- Complete Standardized Individual Assessment
- Identify requirements for Certification/ Licensure
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- Attend VA Benefits Briefings I and II
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- Complete Resume of Choice
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- Complete 12-Month Post Separation Budget
No Later Than 3 Months Prior to Transition
- Complete DD Form 2958 (Capstone)
If there is no SFL-TAP Center near you, you may contact another of the Armed Services in your area or contact the 24/7 SFL-TAP Virtual Center at https://www.sfl-tap.army.mil or by calling 800-325-4715.
Starting early will ensure that duty demands don't prevent you from getting the services you want and need. Retiring Soldiers can start using SFL-TAP services two years before their retirement and non-retiring Soldiers should start no later than one year before their separation date. Active Component Soldiers preparing for deployment whose separation date will occur during, or within 90 days following, deployment and mobilized Reserve Component Soldiers on active duty for 180 continuous days or more can receive services. Keep in mind that non-retiring veterans can use SFL-TAP for up to 180 days after separation. Army retirees can use SFL-TAP on a space available basis for the rest of their lives.
Whatever your situation, SFL-TAP can make a positive difference. You can learn about your benefits and have access to valuable job search resources such as workshops and counseling. You'll also find research tools and automated resources. Once you no longer are on active duty, you'll continue to receive the same kind of support. Even if you don't live near an SFL-TAP Center, the 24/7 SFL-TAP Virtual Center can keep you in touch with the information and services you need. Consider SFL-TAP your resource for all your transition needs.
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Hello everybody and welcome back to Everything Ham Radio. Whether you are reading this on my blog as a blog post, or listening to it on my podcast, I hope you enjoy it. This episode/post is going to be a starting point of our general topic for this quarter, High Frequency(HF). We have talked quite a bit about things that you do on VHF and UHF and have touched on a couple of things about HF, but this quarter we are going to dive deeper into HF. We are going to be talking about DXing, Contesting, Awards, Special Event Stations, SOTA, NPOTA, and eventually about mid-June talk about Field Day, Emergency Power and Portable Setups.
There is so much to do in this hobby, it amazes me every time I start to research a topic for the week, just what I'm about to learn. Things that even though I have been a Ham now for over 20 years, I have never done for one reason or another. Maybe one day soon, I can get back on HF, if I ever get my station at home put back up.
As you know if you have been following my blog for a couple of months, I recently moved into a new and bigger house. Unfortunately, we still haven't gotten totally unpacked, and all my off days are busy building stuff, or working on something or another. Â Once I do get everything set up at my new house though, look out HF, here I come!
OK, enough about me, On to the topic of day, HF:
What is HF?
High Frequency(HF) is a portion of the radio spectrum that amateur radio operators have access to use according to the FCC and the ITU. In the US, the frequency allocations for amateur radio operators is coordinated by the Federal Communications Commission and more specifically in Part 97 of the FCC Rules and Regulations. These allocations may be different in other countries and different parts of the world.
There are three regions of the ITU or the International Telecommunications Union.
- Â Region 1 – Europe, Russia, Africa and the Middle East – Band Plan
- Region 2 – North and South America, including Greenland – Band Plan
- Region 3 – Australia, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, the South Pacific, and Asia south of Siberia – Band Plan
Once every 4-6 years delegates from each region meet and discuss different topics dealing with, among other things, frequency allocations.
What Frequencies Are avail for me to use as an amateur extra class operator in the US?
- 80 meters – 3.5-4 MHz (3500–4000 kHz) – Best at night, with significant daytime signal absorption. Works best in winter due to atmospheric noise in summer. Only countries in the Americas and few others have access to all of this band, in other parts of the world amateurs are limited to the bottom 300 kHz or less. In the US and Canada the upper end of the sub-band from 3600–4000 kHz, permits use of single-sideband voice as well as amplitude modulation, voice; often referred to as 75 meters.
- 60 meters – 5 MHz region – A relatively new allocation and originally only available in a small number of countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland,Norway, Denmark, and Iceland, but now continuing to expand. In most ( but not all ) countries, the allocation is channelized and may require special application. Voice operation is generally in upper sideband mode and in the USA it is mandatory.
- 40 meters – 7.0–7.3 MHz – Considered the most reliable all-season DX band. Popular for DX at night, 40 meters is also reliable for medium distance (1500 km) contacts during the day. Much of this band was shared with broadcasters, and in most countries the bottom 100 kHz or 200 kHz are available to amateurs. However, due to the high cost of running high power commercial broadcasting facilities; decreased listener-ship and increasing competition from net based international broadcast services, many 'short wave' services are being shut down leaving the 40 meter band free of other users for amateur radio use.
- 30 meters – 10.1–10.15 MHz – a very narrow band, which is shared with non-amateur services. It is recommended that only Morse Code and data transmissions be used here, and in some countries amateur voice transmission is actually prohibited. For example, in the US, data, RTTY and CW are the only modes allowed at a maximum 200w peak envelope power (PEP) output. Not released for amateur use in a small number of countries. Due to its location in the centre of the shortwave spectrum, this band provides significant opportunities for long-distance communication at all points of the solar cycle. 30 meters is a WARC band. "WARC" bands are so-called due to the special World Administrative Radio Conference allocation of these newer bands to amateur radio use. Amateur radio contests are not run on the WARC bands.
- 20 meters – 14.0–14.35 MHz – Considered the most popular DX band; usually most popular during daytime. QRP operators recognize 14.060 MHz as their primary calling frequency in that band. Users of the PSK31 data mode tend to congregate around 14.071 MHz. Analog SSTV activity is centered around 14.230 MHz.
- 17 meters – 18.068–18.168 MHz – Similar to 20m, but more sensitive to solar propagation minima and maxima. 17 meters is a WARC band.
- 15 meters – 21–21.45 MHz – Most useful during solar maximum, and generally a daytime band. Daytime sporadic-E propagation (1500 km) occasionally occurs on this band.
- 12 meters – 24.89–24.99 MHz – Mostly useful during daytime, but opens up for DX activity at night during solar maximum. 12 meters is one of the new WARC bands.
- 10 meters – 28–29.7 MHz – Best long distance (e.g., across oceans) activity is during solar maximum; during periods of moderate solar activity the best activity is found at low latitudes. The band offers useful short to medium range groundwave propagation, day or night. During the late spring and most of the summer, regardless of sunspot numbers, afternoon short band openings into small geographic areas of up to 1500 km occur due to Sporadic-E propagation. "Sporadic-E" is caused by areas of intense ionization in the E layer of the ionosphere. The causes of Sporadic-E are not fully understood, but these "clouds" of ionization can provide short-term propagation from 17 meters all the way up to occasional 2 meter openings. FM operations are normally found at the high-end of the band (Also repeaters are in the 29.5 – 29.7 MHz segment in a lot of countries).
*The frequencies that you are eligible to use may differ due to license class or location. See you local Frequency Coordinator Guidelines for further information, or click on the corresponding Band Plan link next to your region above. Graphics are for Region 2.
Most of the topics that we have covered so far in this podcast has been mainly on VHF and UHF. With VHF and UHF, where you are limited in distance by line of sight, with HF you talk use ionospheric Modes or skywave propagation. So what is the difference? The difference is that rather than you signals traveling line of sight from one station to another, your signal will bounce off the ionosphere and head back to earth. The frequency that you decide to talk on determines which layer of the ionosphere that it bounces off of and how far your signal travels.
When you use frequencies in the HF area, you signals will bounce of different layers of the atmosphere and bounce back to earth. The higher the frequency the less of a chance for it to bounce back because of the refractive index of the frequency. Different frequencies bounce off of different layers of the atmosphere.
If you have ever participated in an HF net, whether it was a ragchew or an emergency net, in the evening, you may have noticed the band condition might have changed on you. This is especially true on the 20 meter band. During the daytime hours, the 20 meter band is a good choice for long distance communications because the F layer of the ionosphere splits because of solar radiation into the F1 and F2 layers. Once the solar radiation dissipates when night falls, the F1 and F2 layers will combine again into just the F layer and your transmission on 20 will start to falter. This is the reason that on emergency nets, the 20 meter band will be used during the day and the 40 meter band will be used at night.
One of the major emergency nets in the US is the Hurricane Watch Net. The Hurricane Watch Net activates for all hurricanes that are a threat to land in the Atlantic and as needed in the Eastern Pacific. Normally, the net will go into full activation whenever a storm is within 300 statute miles from land and moving towards that land. On occasion, the net may activate for tropical storms or hurricanes before they reach the 300 mile zone if requested by the National Hurricane Center.
Unlike on VHF/UHF where you use the FM mode to communication most of the time, on HF it is just the opposite, most of the time you will be using AM or amplitude modulation. In AM mode, you have three parts of a wave, you have the carrier and the upper and lower sidebands. With AM signals the carrier is constantly sent whether you are saying something or not, the two sidebands are basically mirror images of each other both containing the same information or audio.
After years of using AM mode in radio communications, it was discovered that you could use only one sideband of the signal and improve the signal quality while using less bandwidth. Thus the use of a single sideband was born and is still used today.
So which sideband should you be on one a certain band? It has been agreed upon worldwide to use a specific sideband band on a certain band. Â Use LSB on 160 meters through 75 meters, USB on 60 meters, back to LSB on 40 meters and then all bands above 40 meters use USB.
Amateur Radio Club Spotlight
Voice of Idaho Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.voiceofidaho.org/
Facebook:Â https://www.facebook.com/VoiceOfIdaho
Monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of the month except August at 7pm at the Idaho Pizza Company, 405 E Fairview Rd, Meridian, ID
- VOI General Purpose Net – Thursdays at 8pm – All but their analog repeater in Treasure Valley are linked nets
- Over the Hill Commute Group Net – Every week day at 7:10am on 147.240
- 147.240 + PL 100 – Cinnabar Mountain – Solar Powered
- 443.600 + PL 100 – Cinnabar Mountain – Solar Powered
- 146.840 – PL 100 – Shafer Butte
- 444.600 + PL 100 – Shafer Butte – Out of Service at this time of this Episode
- 146.620 – PL 100 – Snowbank Mountain
- 145.290 + PL 100 – Treasure Valley
- 145.500 – PL 100 Â – DStar – Treasure Valley
- 443.350 + PL 100 – DStar – Treasure Valley
- 444.800 + PL 100 – DStar – Jerome
- 2 APRS Digipeaters – One on Cinnabar Mountain and one on Snowbank Mountain – Solar Powered
Testing Sessions
Test are given on the first Saturday of every month at Food 2 Store, 3055 Â Fairview Ave #130, Meridian, ID
This club sponsors the Idaho State Convention which is this coming weekend, April 22-24, 2016. The Convention will be at the Wyndham Garden Hotel at 3300 S Vista Ave, Boise, ID. For more information about the Idaho State convention, check out their website.
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If you've seen our Daily Grommet video featuring Leather Head Sports, you'll remeber Paul Cunningham. Paul grew up a baseball lover in the ultimate baseball city, Cooperstown , N.Y, and even worked summers at the Baseball Hall of Fame. After leaving Cooperstown, he took a job as photo editor for Major League Baseball — a career he left behind to make hand-sewn baseballs and footballs that are as all-American as you can get.
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Granted, we were not big fans of Underworld Awakening, kind of like a video game but you're not playing, just watching. Meh. But, what we are forever monster fans of is Kate Beckinsale uber-sextastic, again on display in Madrid last night at the Spanish premiere of her new film. That body in that dress, oofdah, we just want to make oh so many babies with this MILF-extraordinaire.
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At the untimely death of Phyllis Melton on April 25, the people lost a much-admired person and the unofficial historian of the community. If Phyllis were able to give some advice, it would be to live on and do right. Be kind, gentle, serve others, and put your assets back into the community.
James R. Hefley was elected president of Marion National Bank at the board of directors meeting on April 24. He will assume his duties in July.
Paul and Edna Backhus of Tampa celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary April 26 at a social and dinner for family and friends.
Mick and Marge Summervill announce the engagement of their daughter, Kay Lynn, to Nathan Allen Mead, both of Manhattan. The couple will be married June 7 at the home of the bride's parents.
Students of Anita Hancock presented a recital Sunday at Marion City Auditorium. Participants were Mitchell Leppke, Kara Druse, Megan Overton, Lexie Kruse, Chelsea Voth, Annie Whitaker, MaDonna Schafers, Nicole Nelson, Ben Leppke, Isaac Guetersloh, Robin Davies, Kala Williams, Jamie Williams, Melissa Carlson, and Sarah Guetersloh.
Emily Svoboda and Misti Richmond are local and district winners of the VFW Voice of Democracy Patriot Pen contest.


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Noted, the day after Kim Kardashian's baby shower for Baby #3.
Khloe posted this photo alluding to Kim Kardashian's Baby Shower, which leads us to question if there were just more cherry blossoms at Kylie's, but from the overhead photo shared by a fan account, it looks like there was a similar party the day after at Kylie's.
If the photo is legit, that means that Ky and Travis Scott are having a little girl. E!'s rumor says that it was a pajama party with 30 people, and there was a waffle and omelette bar.
Fans have been trying to figure out if both Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are pregnant but it's never been confirmed.
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