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I've added these online instructions to show how easy compound sawing is. Each pattern pack will come with general directions and photos, as well as any special instructions needed. For best results, cut to the waste side of the lines to avoid removing too much material on the more delicate sections. Some of the patterns will have frets. In this case, cut all frets first from each side, then continue with the following steps. See the free practice pattern here.
For the best results and less frustration, start with the softest wood available such as Sugar Pine (which is the easiest wood in the world to work with), White Pine, or Basswood. The harder the wood, the more apt we are to distort the blade, so give yourself a break in the beginning, and stay away from hardwoods until you've had a little practice. Then of course, experiment with every thing! You'll soon discover your own favorites.Step 1: Fold the pattern along the dashed line and adhere it to the working stock with spray adhesive. Don't be afraid to use plenty of adhesive as the pattern will not need to be removed as with other scroll saw patterns.
Step 2: Cut the left, narrower side first, in one continous line.
The #5 blade can be run at 1800 strokes per minute without breaking, but that doesn't mean you can't slow it down until you have a little better control over your saw. As you progress you will discover a feel for the subtle changes as the wood gets thicker.
For the very best results, saw to the waste side of the pattern lines. On some of the more delicate patterns, sawing directly on the lines results in removing too much material, which weakens the figure and breakage will occur.
Step 3: While allowing the figure to rest natuarlly in the block, pinch it together and tape around the block with cellophane tape. The longer patterns will need to be taped in two places.
Step 4: Cut the right side in one continous line. Cutting between the legs first, where called for.
Step 5: Gently remove the figure from the block. The most frustrating part of compound sawing is a figure coming out distorted. In the beginning this caused me so many problems I was ready to throw my saw out the shop door. At one time, I thought maybe I couldn't do this, but I was just stubborn enough not to give up.
The main reason for distorted figures is us! When using the thicker, 1 1/2" stock with the scroll saw, its sometimes difficult to keep the feed running straight into the blade, especially when making sharp turns. It may not feel like you're doing so, but the blade is being pushed sideways, instead of running true, straight up and down. This is one of the draw backs of the flexibility of the scroll saw blade, but one that is easily solved with practice. The feel is subtle, and a conscious effort will be needed to know when you're doing this. You will feel the saw bog down a little after making a turn, like it's become harder to cut. The work may also jump up and down, sometimes out of control, when the blade is being pushed sideways. Back off just a little and let the blade right itself, then continue sawing. You will soon be aware of what is happening and will automatically back off ever so often.
Note on Quick GripsYou will notice a strange looking contraption attached to the working stock in the photographs. That is pieces of spare stock clamped to the work with two of the smallest Quick Grips. This helps to hold the work level to the table surface, which makes for a straighter cut. Using the spare blocks is not my original idea. I have seen several different ways of doing this, including using adhesive to hold on the spare blocks. However, I found the different methods to be too time consuming. I happened to notice my Quick Grips laying on the work bench one day and thought..... they don't call them "quick" for nothing. They worked perfectly! Keep in mind, snug the grips just tight enough to hold and not so tight that they interfere with the blade moving through the kerf. One way of checking for over tightness is to back your moving blade through the kerf. If it doesn't move easily then loosen the grips. You will also want to check that the whole contraption is sitting level and not rocking back and forth. If this happens, and you will feel bad vibrations. If this is the case, reposition the grips. You may find this a little awkward at first but you soon become used to it and wouldn't work any other way. The grips also give you a little more of a handle to hold onto and keep your fingers out of harm's way.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Arsenal Gallery Exhibition: The Rhythmic Art of Thread
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Rhythmic Art of Thread showcases artists who work in fiber and explore diverse themes of indigenous culture, spirituality, historical events, and icons.
Category: Art, History, Seniors
Color of Comics Exhibition
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The Color of Comics exhibition showcases the private art collections from Ray Felix and Alex Simmons, along with several talented African-American artists in the comic book industry.
Category: Accessible, Art, Tours
Le Petit Steampunk Art: Upcycle Miniature Bottles - Adults
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Have great fun creating beautiful steampunk art out of old small bottles and jars with their caps.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Seniors
FDNY Mobile Academy
at Roy Wilkins Recreation Center, Queens
10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Celebrate winter break with the FDNY for a day of fun activities, including CPAT equipment and hose drag, CPAT dummy drag, CPR training, forcible entry training, and more!
Category: Best for Kids, School Break
Arts, Culture & Fun: Lenape Landscape: Trees as Tonic by Artist Susan Stair
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This exhibit of clay castings by Susan Stair forms portraits in trees used by the Lenape Indians for food and medicine.
Category: Art
Kids Week Staten Island: Animal Tracks
at Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join our Urban Park Rangers on a walk through Conference House Park to discover and follow different footprints of animals and see where they lead us.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids, School Break, Kids Week, Hiking
Science Adventures: Water Bottle Scientists
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Explore physics and ocean waves, tornadoes, clouds, and more, all with simple materials that are easy to source and inexpensive to replace.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids
Wild in Winter: Mid-Winter Recess in Prospect park
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn , Lefferts Historic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Bundle up and find out what your favorite Park animals are doing this winter.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids, School Break
Free Winter Break STEAM Workshops! NYC SPARX Technology Program for Girls
at St. Mary's Recreation Center (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
SPARX is a technology education and mentoring program for teenage girls. Register for SPARX and participate in a fun six-part science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
Category: Accessible, Arts & Crafts, Education, Dance, Art, Games, Best for Kids, School Break
Storytime and Craft for Families
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Bring your little gardeners and nature lovers to Queens Botanical Garden for a relaxing winter afternoon featuring nature-inspired stories, followed by a botanically-themed craft activity.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Best for Kids, School Break
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Jen D'Angora loves the sound of 1960s-era girl bands, so much so that when the two bands she worked in waned, she started writing songs reminiscent of bands like the Shangri-Las. Soon, Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents was born. The band releases its debut album, "Keeping Time," on Tuesday. Go to www.myspace.com/jennydeemusic to listen to songs. Go to www.portlandempire.com for information.
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On Himalayan stratigraphy. Believes Hooker's observations of glacial action are the first ever done east of Urals. Barnacles and the species theory; impressed with variation. Effect of Darwin's species sketch on Hooker's view of willow systematics.
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My wife Karen and I packed a lot into a week's vacation in Belize.
We visited majestic Mayan ruins.
We went hiking and bird watching in the rain forest.
We canoed on the Macal River.
We toured an organic farm.
The snorkeling was spectacular, even when we came across some nurse sharks, which are also aptly named. They're friendly.
During a morning of reef fishing, I caught a bunch of gray snappers and a mackerel…
…that became a delicious lunch.
All of this, of course, was made possible by nature.
Without a healthy environment—the rainforests, wildlife, coral reefs and beaches– tourism in Belize would grind to a halt. This would deal a severe blow to the nation's economy. Formerly British Honduras, Belize is a small central American country (about the size of Massachusetts) with about 307,000 people and few natural resources. Good statistics are hard to find but tourism is estimated to bring in about $200 million in U.S. dollars a year. Exports, primarily sugar and bananas, are said to bring in about $500 million.
The importance of tourism is one big reason why you'd expect Belizeans to be committed environmentalists. History is another: The swift decline of the ancient Mayan empire, which collapsed about 1,200 years ago, is a cautionary tale about the consequences of deforestation, soil erosion and short-sighted decision making. Mayan ruins can be found all over Belize, and they are visible reminders that even an advanced civilization can collapse if it fails to conserve its natural resources. Between 90 and 99% of the Maya population disappeared after A.D. 800, according to this fascinating account by Jared Diamond.
So how are the Belizeans doing, when it comes to environmental protection? I didn't undertake a thorough study (hey, it was a vacation!) but judging by the visible evidence, as well as conversations with guides and hotel-keepers, the picture is mixed at best.
Let me start with a few of the worries I heard. Some people in Belize still practice slash-and-burn agriculture, in which old forests are cut down and then burned to the ground, so that farmers can grow corn or soy or raise cattle. Along the coastlines, developers are destroying the mangrove trees that provide flood protection and rich habitat for marine species. Our fishing trip began with a stop by the mangroves, to collect sardines for bait. But Alberto, the guide, told me that he guessed about 25% of the mangroves on Ambergris Caye, the island where we stayed, had been destroyed during his lifetime.
More broadly, there didn't appear to be much consumer consciousness about the environment. I didn't see a recycling bin anywhere, and roadsides are, sadly, often littered with trash. Belize is a poor country (per capita income is about $3,820, before adjusting for purchasing power) and perhaps people feel like they can't afford to worry about conservation; the truth is that people need to conserve clean air and water, protect topsoil and promote healthy eco-systems because all are essential to their survival.
On the encouraging side, since becoming independent in 1981, Belize has passed a series of environmental laws designed to protect biodiversity. About 40% of the country is legally protected from development. Belizeans told me that the laws are not strictly enforced, however, particularly when developers come along promising jobs. We spent several days on Ambergris Caye, which is very built up, and suffering from a slow winter season because of the U.S. recession. That's the worst of both worlds–coastlines have been destroyed, and condos and hotels are empty or even abandoned.
Earlier in the week, we stayed at a fabulous eco-resort called Chaa Creek Lodge. It's not only a beautiful place, but a model of sustainable tourism. The owners, Mick and Lucy Fleming, bought the place in the late 1970s when it was a farm, and they produced milk, yogurt, cheese and eggs, as well as two baby Flemings. (Without electricity or a road, they transported their produce to a market by canoe down the Macal.) They added a guest cottage in 1981, built a road a few years later, and in the late 1980s brought in electricity, hot showers and ice. Since then, the Flemings have expanded to include 23 cottages, a simple tent camp, and all sorts of amenities–horses, mountain bikes, nature trails, canoes and a butterfly breeding center. At the organic farm, they grow most of the food they serve at the lodge. It's not always easy or cheap–"I've been accused of cultivating $75 cabbages," Mick joked–but the results are delicious.
Over the years, Mick has become a passionate environmentalist. He worked with the NRDC in an ultimately failed court battle to oppose the government and the local utility's effort to build a hydroelectric dam on the river. So he is doing what he can at Chaa Creek. Not just the food, but nearly everything in the luxe resort is locally produced by Belizeans–the cottages, the canoes and the beautiful mahogany furniture in the bar, restaurant and guest rooms.
For Belize, Chaa Creek Lodge delivers environmental protection as well as economic development. For the guests, it's an opportunity to connect with nature as well as a reminder of its beauty and value.
The question is whether places like Chaa Creek can become the new normal, and make a clean break from the centuries long history of environmental neglect in Belize.
Jared Diamond puts it this way:
We do indeed differ from the Maya, but not in ways we might like: we have a much larger population, we have more potent destructive technology, and we face the risk of a worldwide rather than a local decline. Fortunately, we also differ from the Maya in that we know their fate, and they did not. Perhaps we can learn.


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Amorfix Receives Fourth Biogen Idec Investment
Amorfix Receives Fourth Biogen Idec Investment
- First Patent on DSE Targets Issued by United States Patent Office -
TORONTO, Dec. 11 /CNW/ - Amorfix Life Sciences, a company focused on treatments and diagnostics for brain wasting diseases, announced today that Biogen Idec (Nasdaq:BIIB) made their fourth investment in Amorfix with the purchase of 254,551 shares for gross proceeds to Amorfix of US$75,000. With
this investment, Biogen Idec maintains its right to license Amorfix's superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) targeted therapies for use in ALS until February 10, 2009.
Amorfix has also received its first issued patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office titled "ALS-Specific Peptide Composition". This patent covers one of the key disease specific epitopes (DSE) in the SOD1 "Jekyll and Hyde" protein which we have shown is exposed when it misfolds and becomes toxic for nerve cells. Amorfix DSE(TM) antibodies bind to this region and we believe neutralize the toxic effects of SOD1 giving the longevity extension Amorfix has previously reported in animal models of ALS.
"Obtaining the first issued patent is a major milestone for any life science company. Biogen Idec should be commended for partnering with us on the ALS project so early and providing the resources we needed to validate our approach," said Dr. George Adams, Chief Executive Officer of Amorfix. "We are already applying the now patented approach to other diseases where misfolded proteins are prevalent and seeking partners for these new indications."
Biogen Idec has an option to license the Amorfix technology for ALS and would be responsible for completing preclinical and clinical development, regulatory approvals, manufacturing and commercialization. If the option is exercised, Amorfix will receive an upfront payment and potential milestone payments in excess of US$25 million under the license agreement. Amorfix will also receive royalties on commercial product sales.
About Amorfix
Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. (TSX:AMF) is a theranostics company developing therapeutic products and diagnostic devices targeting brain-wasting diseases including ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD). Amorfix's proprietary Epitope Protection(TM) (EP) technology enables it to specifically identify very low levels of aggregated misfolded proteins (AMP) in a sample of normal protein. Aggregated misfolded proteins are a common element of many brain wasting diseases and the ability to identify AMPs and understand their structure and mechanism of folding are the first steps to developing new treatments for these devastating diseases. Amorfix's lead programs are a diagnostic blood screening test for vCJD and a therapy for ALS.
This information release may contain certain forward-looking information. Such information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by statements herein, and therefore these statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. All forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to it as well as other factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Due to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties identified by the Company in its public securities filings, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
/For further information: Dr. George Adams, President & Chief Executive
Officer, Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd., Tel: (416) 847-6959, Fax: (416) 847-6899,
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You'll notice some changes in the next few days! LP has become TransPulse. Your community is still here, albeit with a shiny new logo. Please update your bookmarks to transgenderpulse.com. See you in chat and the forums!
You'll notice some changes in the next few days! LP has become TransPulse. Your community is still here, albeit with a shiny new logo. Please update your bookmarks to transgenderpulse.com. See you in chat and the forums!
Following is a list of organizations that provide financial assistance for transition-related surgery. You'll find information about the organizations and their requirements for applying for aid. We also maintain a list of employers who offer trans-inclusive health insurance.
If you operate a charity that provides financial assistance and don't see your organization listed here, please email Monica Jennifer with the details!
The Jim Collins Foundation offers two grant options. General Fund grants cover 100% of the medical fees associated with the gender-affirming surgery. Alternately, grants from the Krysallis Anne Hembrough Legacy Fund cover half of the associated fees and require each recipient to match funds received from the organization dollar-for-dollar with their own money or money raised through other means. Applicants may apply only once per grant cycle. When applying, you must choose either the General Fund or the Krysallis Anne Hembrough Legacy Fund - you cannot apply for both.
The Jim Collins Foundation makes selections for grants based on a combination of demonstrated financial need and level of preparedness.
You may select only one surgery per application, however multiple procedures performed during the same operation do count as one surgery. (Hysterectomy and simultaneous SRS or multiple facial feminization procedures handled at the same time, for example, count as only one surgery.) To be considered for more than one type of surgery, you may complete the entire application process again for each additional operation.
All applicants will be given an application number. To request one, email email@example.com. This number must be included on each page of application materials to help keep track of your application.
Any funds awarded must be used within three months (for non-genital procedures) or six months (for genital surgeries) after the time they are awarded. If there are extenuating circumstances (such as a surgeon's long waiting list), that time frame may be extended. If the funds are not used within the stated time frame, they will go back into the general pool to be used during the next scholarship cycle.
Point 5cc awards money raised through t-shirt sales to one person's gender-affirming surgery each year. Entry to the Transgender Surgery Fund is open each year from November 1 to November 30. Interested applicants can visit this page and fill out the application forms online. Finalists are chosen and announced in late December. Each finalist is asked for an essay that answers a few questions about what the surgery fund would mean for them. Funding is then granted in January/February to the winner(s), who can be any person identifying as transgender (FtM, MtF, genderqueer, non-binary, etc.) who wishes to pursue a gender-confirming surgery.
This fund has no listed criteria, but does require three brief personal essays. To apply, click the link above and then click on the transgender flag image to access the application.
(South Carolina residents only.)
The Trans Love Fund is a program of We Are Family, an organization dedicated to providing resources, support and leadership development to LGBTQ+ youth. The Trans Love Fund is dedicated to helping the transgender community of South Carolina through providing microgrants to trans-identified individuals for medical, legal, and emergency living expenses.


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A neutron monitor is a ground-based detector designed to measure the number of high-energy charged particles striking the Earth's atmosphere from outer space. For historical reasons the incoming particles are called "cosmic rays", but in fact they are particles, predominantly protons and Helium nuclei. Most of the time, a neutron monitor records galactic cosmic rays and their variation with the 11-year sunspot cycle and 22-year magnetic cycle. Occasionally the Sun emits cosmic rays of sufficient energy and intensity to raise radiation levels on Earth's surface to the degree that they are readily detected by neutron monitors. They are termed "Ground Level Enhancements" (GLE). The neutron monitor was invented by University of Chicago Professor John A. Simpson in 1948.[1] The "18-tube" NM64 monitor, which today is the international standard, is a large instrument weighing about 36 tons.
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it seems to be a malfunction since it can't be corroborated with other monitors.
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What about this one in Athens?
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BMW iPhone 5 Adapter in the Works. Expected Next June
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Agreed. They take forever to get these adapters out and then have the nerve to charge $250 for them! It's a piece of plastic with a little metal connecter that they should charge no more than $50 for (and that's being generous.) $250 is just highway robbery.
The adapter is more than just "...a piece of plastic with a little metal connecter [sic]...". I have the media cradle in my 7 series and it's actually a very nice cradle. The cradle itself has a locking / eject mechanism that makes it really easy to snap the iPhone in and pop it out. It also has a built-in motorized mini-fan that keeps the iPhone from overheating when docked. There's a little switch that's pressed down when an iPhone is snapped into the cradle. When the switch is pressed (by snapping in the phone) the fan turns on. Thought that was a nice touch. And, finally, it not only charges the iPhone and passes media (audio / video / apps / calendar, etc) through to iDrive, it also connects the phone to the car's antenna system for better reception. It was worth every penny to me to get the added media capability (especially the calendar), and to not have to fish around my center armrest looking for the end of the connector to plug into my phone. I consider it a convenience fee -- which is, understandably, subjective. Since I have the iPhone 5 now, I've simply plugged the lightning connector into the USB port in the armrest and am using it that way. I am counting the days until a new cradle is available. Definitely going to buy one for the convenience.
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Apple is to blame here, they moved away from a widely used micro-USB interface, so they can now charge a price for licensing the adapter.
If only all cellphone makers had 1 single type of interface, you never would have to swap your cradle.
Another point is when the whole world is moving to wireless why not make wireless charging more ubiquitous.
Easy to blame Apple, but I choose not to blame anyone. It simply is what it is -- progress. Apple kept the 30-pin connector (which was not micro USB by the way) for ten years. Think about that... TEN YEARS. Technology has, since, marched steadily on. The connector outlived it's usefulness. In my opinion, Apple needed to move to a much smaller design (even smaller than micro USB) so they could continue to control their own destiny when it comes to slim, sleek device designs. If I recall correctly, when they announced the new connector, they said it was going to be standardized across their mobile product line and would take us "into the next decade". So, however painful it is, at least they gave us some sense of security knowing the connector would be around for the next ten years or so, and a hint that it'd make its way to iPad and iPod, which means those devices, in turn, can now become thinner and lighter.
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Fruit and Vegetable Purees
The handy pouches of SESAME STREET combine the desire of many parents for healthy nutrition with convenience – hence they are a smart alternative if no fresh fruits or vegetables are available. The colorful packaging quickly catches the attention of the children and the identification with the popular characters of SESAME STREET makes them excited to eat the tasty organic fruit and vegetable creations.
- 100% Organic
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- Organic puree for babies from 12+ months
- No refrigeration needed
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- 100 g net weight
Collectable BrickCap®
The collectable BrickCap® are fun for young and old. Children from 3 years on can playfully, quickly and easily build small art works. Thanks to a simple plug-in mechanism, the caps can be taken apart and plugged together over and over both vertically and horizontally. There is no limit to creativity and the caps are a precious collectable item which simultaneously sets a varied and exciting learning process.
The wholesome fruit bars from Germany are a tasty snack for children 12+ months. They are the perfect snack to go. All ingredients are 100% Organic without added sugar. The eye-catching packaging with famous characters from SESAME STREET inspires kids and adult fans to have a fruity snack. Two thin oblates help to keep little fingers clean.
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The healthy and decorative alphabet pasta creates a lot of fun for kids. It not only satisfies children's insatiable appetite for pasta, but also gives the opportunity to practice the alphabet or even learn to write the first words. The durum wheat pasta is available plain or tricolors with tomato and spinach.
Both types of pasta guarantee fun, variety and bring color to the daily nourishment of our kids.
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History of the Ka'aba (House of Allah) – Part 1
Center of the earth. History, Makkah during Abraham. Year 157 before Hejrah, Makkah during Gussei, Grandfather to Prophet Mohammed. Year 12 before Hejrah, Makkah during Guraish. Year 91 Hejrah, Makkah the Omayied Era. Year 310 Hejrah, Makkah during the Abbasied Era. Year 1215 Hejra, Makkah during the …
The Ka'aba: Its Size and History
The small, cubed building known as the Kaaba may not rival sky- scrapers in height or mansions in width, but its impact on history and human beings is unmatched. The Kaaba is the building towards which Muslims face five times a day, everyday, in prayer. This has been the case since the time of Prophet …


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TrueFire - Scale Creativity Guidebook with Richard Hallebeek
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Hi, I'm Richard Hallebeek and welcome to Scale Creativity Guidebook! From the past 35 years of teaching, I feel the most valuable lesson I could give to students is how to learn and practice their scales and how to be creative with it. Most people practice their scales up and down, and that's how they end up sounding when they improvise: like they're running scales up and down. In order to improvise well, in any style of music, you need to know your scale material and be able to be creative with it.
In this course, I'll hand you tools to organize your scales so you can free up your mind to just play music. You'll learn how to connect scales, play more interesting intervals, and find new melodies in the scales.
In the first section of this course, I'll take you through organizing the most usable scales for jazz rock and rock players so it will be clearly laid out in your mind. Then, I'll show you how to break up these scales using what I call 1-2-4 and 1-3-4 scales to connect them together and play wider intervals. You'll learn to play across the whole neck from the lowest to highest available notes and learn how to find melodies in these scales. I'll show you how to play three note per string pentatonics with musical examples that will feel comfortable to any player who is used to playing two note per string box shapes. We'll talk about the diminished scale, a subject that lots of players find hard to understand, but I guarantee that you'll finally get a deeper understanding of it and use it like never before. But that's not all...there's also arpeggios, intervals, and chord examples for all the tracks that are shown.
In the technique section, we'll focus on developing your hybrid picking to the highest possible level. Every example is clearly written in standard notation and tab so you can see the left hand fingering AND the right hand hybrid picking movements. I'll musically guide you through these concepts to show you how to be less mathematical and more musical.
All backing tracks are provided from the original CD's with the guitar omitted, so you can join in and find your own lines. It's finally time to get musical and creative with your scales, so grab your guitar and join me on Scale Creativity Guidebook!
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 05:15:01PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > > Jorgen is no longer an active Debian developer. > > I know; he resigned _after_ the email you are replying to and possibly > in reaction to it. Understood. My remark was primarily for the record. > As such, scheme48 is mostly orphaned in Debian. Do you want to adopt > the Scheme48 package? I'd be happy to, assuming the demands are as minimal as they appear to be (one hour per week or less). The only problem is... ...I'm not a DD, and Jorgen was my sponsor. So I haven't bothered to find a new one yet because I haven't needed to (for the packages I currently maintain). Presumably I need to find a new sponsor before I can adopt s48. -- Trent Buck, Student Errant
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Crystal is a magic word. It is a raw material that offers endless possiblities: jewellery, fashion, lighting, architecture, interior design. At Swarovski, crystal takes on all shapes and forms, creating a complete lifestyle of tangible luxury. Family-owned since its establishment in 1895, Swarovski is still based in the Tyrolean Alps, run by the fourth and fifth generation. Today, Swarovski is present in over 120 countries, and is the world's leading manufacturer of precision-cut crystal. Luxos investigates what all the sparkle is about.
The brand's precision cutting technique dates back to 1892 when founder Daniel Swarovski I invented a machine which made it possible to industrially cut and polish crystals. This invention opened up a new world of both commercial and artistic possiblities.
Throughout the past century, Swarovski made its debut and succeeded in diverse sectors. In the 1930's, Swarovski entered the world of fashion as its crystal-set bands and borders were patented. The fashion world evolved over the years and so did Swarovski. Innovations such as Crystal Mesh,Crystal Fabric and Hot-fix Crystals made imaginative fashion design even more glamourous.
The brand entered the world of interior design with Strass, a range of crystal chandeliers. The fascination for precision-cut crystal continued as Swarovski jewellery line emerged.
To honour its founder's enduring spirit of innovation, In 1989 the brand launched the Daniel Swarovski, a collection of jewellery and accessories. In 2002, the first Daniel Swarovski Home Accessories Line was launched, a series of exclusive, limited-edition objets d'art. This collection consists of 12 truly unique and functional crystal design objects for the home and office. Precision cutting, unfolding facets and a myriad reflections of crystal create unprecedented objet of art with this raw material.
Swarovski Crystal Palace exhibition at Salone Internazionale Del Mobile 2008 in Milan was an example of this daring crossover. Paul Cocksedge, Zaha Hadid, Piero Lissoni, Arne Quinze and Marcel Wanders were some of the protagonists who created contemporary lighting, furniture and design using Swarovski crystal. The exhibition took the audience onto an incredible journey. They witnessed visual illusion, architectural depth, sculptural diffusion… Viewers were left marvelling at just what crystal could do: just about everything.
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It's funny how we're born a living, breathing, newborn child, and when we're gone, are reduced to a tiny slab of stone and mere memories. But, nevertheless, there lay Timothy Q. Cowlstock Junior.
Those who loved him affectionately remembered him as "Timmy", an energetic boy of six years old. The other boys his age aspired to strike it rich and own fancy cars someday, but all Timmy wanted to do was stay where he was and play. He wanted to be forever young, and here he was.
He had his wish, in a way, didn't he? Dead of tuberculosis in 1920.
Four years later, the Cowlstock family assembled at the site of the grave, solemn and tearful. Timmy had left behind a mother, a father, and a sister, all of whom stood close together, sobbing into one another's sleeves. Rosemary had only been ten the last time she saw Timmy, but she could remember his cheerful face vividly, and pictured him frolicking about the dull green meadows of the cemetery.
"Whatever he's doing," she tearfully and absent-mindedly murmured. "I know he's not resting in peace. He's playing-- he's gotta be!"
"What a thing to say, Rosemary!" Mrs. Cowlstock gaped. "What a thing to say!"
She began to cry harder, and Mr. Cowlstock took her in his arms, giving Rosemary a stern look.
Rosemary felt guilty, but she would have rather imagined Timmy alive and well than dead and buried underneath an array of wilted flowers. Nevertheless, she opened her mouth to apologize to her parents, but instead, a cough emerged from between her pale lips-- a familiar occurrence this week.
"That's it," Mr. Cowlstock sighed sharply. "You're worrying me, Rosie. It's about time I send for Dr. McDerry."
Mrs. Cowlstock wiped her eyes and nodded. "Something's got to be done about that cough," she added.
Rosemary's gaze shifted back to the tombstone again. Coughing. That was one of the symptoms of... she couldn't even pronounce it. "Do you think I have what Timmy had?" Rosemary questioned her parents anxiously. They looked at one another somberly and didn't answer.
The next day, Dr. McDerry came round to the Cowlstocks' home. He examined Rosemary for quite some time, asking her tons of odd questions she would have never thought of on her own. He placed a stethoscope on her back and listened in. He took a look at her throat. Dr. McDerry did all kinds of crazy things-- until he had come to a conclusion.
He cleared his throat. "May I speak with the two of you?" he asked Mr. and Mrs. Cowlstock. "In private, that is."
Mr. Cowlstock raised an eyebrow, and Mrs. Cowlstock's lip quivered. Rosemary's stomach was a vaudeville act of tumblers, tightrope walkers, and tap dancers-- it churned and churned as if somebody had seized it and shook it with their own two hands.
She knew why Dr. McDerry was speaking to her parents. She had known it all along. Rosemary had tuberculosis, too! Her worst fears were confirmed when she heard a loud cry arise from the room to which Dr. McDerry had taken her mother and father.
"It can't be! You must be kidding!"
But it was, and he wasn't kidding: Rosemary was to leave the next morning for the hospital on the hill.
"I'll refer little Rosemary to a great doctor up at Waverly," Dr. McDerry assured Mr. and Mrs. Cowlstock as he scribbled away on his clipboard. "Dr. Willard Cantrell."
Mrs. Cowlstock buried her head in her hands.
"That piece of shit?!" Mr. Cowlstock cried in near-disbelief, clenching his fists. Dr. McDerry's mouth fell slightly agape with shame on the man's behalf.
Mrs. Cowlstock, red in the face, forced a laugh. "Dr. Cantrell treated our Timothy," she explained. "Please, forgive my husband. I guess we're all still a little bitter."
Dr. McDerry was confused as ever. "Bitter?" he asked. "Why is that?"
"Our son died of tuberculosis," Mr. Cowlstock explained, scratching his head and blinking back a few tears. "After the other guy"-- that other guy was the pediatrician they'd been taking the children to for their checkups for years up until now-- "referred him to Dr. Cantrell. The operation was a real flat tire and poor Timmy was gone before they could even get him out of the surgery wing."
Dr. McDerry, pained, nodded. "I can see why that would give you your doubts about him," he told the frightened parents. "But I've known Willard for a long time. He's helped many patients with his innovative methods. If you let him take care of Rosemary, I think you'll find she'll be better than ever."
After a long time of profound thought, Mr. and Mrs. Cowlstock collectively agreed, deciding drastic times call for drastic measures, and so the next morning, Rosemary was taken to Waverly Hills Sanatorium.
The hospital wasn't too large, but it was a whole new world to poor Rosemary. A world where breakfast was cold oatmeal in a pasty hospital bed, not too soon after a stingy shot in the arm-- not the pancakes, fried eggs, and home fries she once loved eating, as she read the comic strips her father had saved for her from the daily newspaper.
Of course, though, there was the children's playroom, where Rosemary often passed the time away. It was a pleasant diversion, and although she was far too shy to join the other children in their feeble games, Rosemary didn't feel alone.
She liked to sit in the corner, putting together puzzles, coloring, and reading books that had been left as donations to the sanatorium. All the while, she had this warm feeling like a hug; like she was truly at home and someone was with her. If only Timmy could come back, she always thought, it would be the icing on the cake, and maybe being sick wouldn't be so bad.
And it could be very, very bad. Rosemary hated nighttime at the hospital. Most of the nurses went home, and only a few remained, sparsely distributed throughout all the floors of the old place. Sometimes Rosemary saw things. Sometimes she thought she heard screaming and crying. Or maybe it was the other patients of the children's ward, lying in pained sleep on their own cots-- but why weren't their lips moving?
What Rosemary resented the most, though, was the pain that was slowly creeping into her, slowly grasping her very soul and wringing it out to dry. The disease was progressing, and fast. It felt like her lungs were burning from the inside out.
One day, she woke up at night to a deafening sound.
"Save me!" somebody wailed. "Save me!"
The voice was shrill and otherworldly, and poor Rosemary didn't know where to turn. But she heard the clicks and clacks of two pairs of shoes. Two figures came into the distance. Nurse Alice and Dr. Cantrell, Rosemary thought sullenly. Here to give me another shot!
But it only took a split second, then, for Rosemary to realize how late it was for a shot-- and that the shadowy duo had no idea she was awake. Quickly, she shut her eyes, and listened for an indication as to what they were going to do.
"What do you think, Doc," the nurse asked. "About that Rosemary?"
Dr. Cantrell sat down on a nearby bench, and patting a space beside him, invited Nurse Alice to do the same.
She looked pitifully at Rosemary, whose eyes were clenched shut, and gave a sigh. "Poor thing," she murmured.
Dr. Cantrell nodded. "Won't be for long," he said. "You remember the special surgery."
Nurse Alice's head swiveled briskly with shock over to meet Dr. Cantrell's cold gaze. "Oh, Willard," she cried in a hushed tone. "You don't mean--!"
Dr. Cantrell grinned. "I've perfected it, Alice," he told her enticingly. "I insert the balloon into the diseased lung and inflate it. It should give her some extra time."
Nurse Alice sighed. "I don't want to meet the man who has to perform that operation," she muttered.
Dr. Cantrell's eyebrows furrowed, slightly offended. "You've already met him," he explained. "I'm going to be operating this time."
Rosemary's heart throbbed with fear.
"When's she going in?" Nurse Alice questioned him.
Dr. Cantrell looked very pleased with himself when he said, "Tomorrow at dawn. We won't even wake her up to tell her where she's going-- but when she does wake up, she's going to be in a better place!"
Dr. Cantrell had meant that she'd be in a better place with her disease, as in she'd feel better. But Rosemary's interpretation was very dim, and once the pair left to go home, she arose from her bed and quietly made her way to somewhere she could hide. Since the children's playroom was left virtually untouched at night, Rosemary decided that would be the perfect place.
She had never been there before, but as she tiptoed in the barren, dusty old room, a sense of warmth came over her. She spotted a lone red bouncy ball in one corner of the room, just like the one Timmy used to play with outside their house.
"He loved that ball," Rosemary murmured.
Suddenly, the ball rolled over towards her-- no mistake. Right to her very feet. But nobody was there to push it.
"Timmy?" she cried. "Oh, Timmy! It's gotta be you!"
Rosemary decided to test the idea, and smirked as she rolled the ball back in the direction from which it came. The ball came to an abrupt halt at one point just before the window, and with a start, came rolling back towards Rosemary. She started to recognize this feeling she felt, as she threw back her head and laughed.
The feeling she'd felt when Timmy walked in the old house, home from kindergarten, and begged her to play a game of ball with him in the yard. She would agree-- but grudgingly so. Well, not this time! Even though Rosemary couldn't see him, she was glad to be with Timmy-- the only brother she'd ever have. They played catch for hours, just like the old days. Usually their game would be cut short by Mrs. Cowlstock calling them in for dinner, but not tonight. One last game, one last sacred moment shared between brother and sister.
As morning neared, Rosemary grew uneasy, remembering the mysterious operation she was to undergo. A balloon in her lung? How ridiculous! What doctor would think that to work? Dr. Cantrell, that's who! Rosemary began to feel very sick as the thoughts dashed to and fro in her little head, and she had to sit down. The little red ball slowly rolled to her side.
Rosemary looked into the distance-- pictured Timmy's mop of blond hair he always hated to brush, and his green eyes that always twinkled when Mr. Cowlstock told him stories from the Civil War.
"I want to be a soldier," Timmy would whine.
Mr. Cowlstock would furrow his brows. "If you can't handle tangled hair, son," he would tell his little son sternly. "Then you can't handle the army. Here, hold my pipe while I go check on the apple pie."
Rosemary was overcome with sadness. Timmy would never get to be a soldier. Or for that matter, pick up a hairbrush. It was all gone. Whoever tore the life from him, Rosemary thought vengefully. Should be torn apart. She sighed sharply. "Timmy," she said, giving the little crimson, cloth ball a push towards the corner of the room where her ghostly brother stood.
"Pass the ball to me if Dr. Cantrell hurt you. I want to know if Dr. Cantrell hurt you."
The ball came rolling back briskly and Rosemary gathered it up, crying. "I love you, little brother," she sobbed. "We'll get back at that creep-- someday."
She looked wistfully out the window and looked at the curtains, swaying in the last wind of the night.
"Someday soon."
Rosemary's vision worsened. It was as if she was looking into the flame of candles, flickering out gingerly. She remembered the good times and the bad as she feebly embraced the ball, and coughed so hard, her chest felt like it was going to explode.
But it didn't.
No final, raspy breath.
She simply closed her eyes, and let go.
Dr. Cantrell, after having arrived in his brand new automobile, walked into work with a bounce in his step the next morning.
"Hello, boys," he said to some coworkers, putting on their scrubs and washing up. "Prepping for surgery?"
They nodded. Dr. Cantrell grinned and made his way to the children's ward to see if Nurse Alice had readied little Rosemary Cowlstock for the special operation. But a different nurse, one of the newer recruits, Nurse Gladys, was standing, confused as anyone, by an empty beside.
"Where's the girl?" Dr. Cantrell demanded.
Nurse Gladys shrugged feebly, looking a little scared. "I suppose you could check the playroom," she offered. "I came early for the morning shift, just a few hours ago, and I heard some noises from there. I mean, I assumed somebody was dropping off some toys or something... but it's worth a look."
Dr. Cantrell gave Nurse Gladys a mean look before he changed his direction and headed upstairs to the playroom. He knocked on the door with great force.
"Rosemary," he called. "You can run, but you can't--" He shook his head with frustration, and kicked the door open to an empty room, minus the two bouncy balls in the far corner.
Dr. Cantrell rolled his eyes. "That dumb witch was right," he muttered. "Somebody did drop off another toy." He stepped into the confines of the small room and shut the door. "God, this place smells," he thought aloud.
He began to think of where to find Rosemary, when all of a sudden, the two playthings, with a sudden jolt, started to roll towards him. The outside lock on the playroom door locked itself, and the window slammed shut on its own.
Nobody could hear Dr. Cantrell's deafening shriek, though the staff members who found him did say they could hear a few soft giggles. Sounded like children, they said, but then, who knows?...
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To look at Tito Ortiz now, you'd assume he bullied his share of classmates at Huntington Beach High School.
But the retired UFC champion, MMA Hall of Famer and "Bad Boy of Huntington Beach" is coming back to his alma mater to advocate the exact opposite, speaking on behalf of a national anti-bullying campaign.
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Jonah Mowry and Daniel Mendez of OC Among Bullied Teens Honored at National Event
Ortiz will appear at a Huntington Beach High assembly today to share his anti-bullying views, as well as those of his former boss, UFC founder Dana White, who will show via video. It's part of an anti-bullying campaign launched by Santa Ana-based LA Boxing and its fitness franchises to coincide with October being National Bully Prevention Month. The school assembly "seeks to spread awareness of the growing epidemic and give solutions to both kids being bullied and the bullies that continue to terrorize them, such as exercise as a healthy outlet for anger and aggression," reads an email from LA Boxing.
"Bullying is an epidemic in this country," explains Keith Williams, LA
Boxing's marketing director. "It's our goal show these kids that some of
the toughest guys in the world fight for many reasons, but never do it
to be a bully."
Also participating in the campaign is another local MMA legend, Irvine's Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, as well as former lightweight boxing champion "Razor" Rob McCullough, five-time welterweight champ Zab Judah and current UFC fighter Michael "The Count" Bisping.
In addition to school assemblies, 75 LA Boxing gyms across the country are opening their doors to young people who want to take a free class to help defend themselves or to just to talk to someone about bullying. The company says it wants to impress upon kids "that fighting should only happen within the confines of regulated combat sports," and that "a gym is a great way to connect with people, young and old, who can show a different perspective, and possibly provide a solution that doesn't involve confrontation."
LA Boxing sponsors the website BullyFight.com that allows youths to share their own videos about how bullying has affected them.
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Here is a list of extremely useful books on research, scientific ethics, writing, dissertations, and scientific careers that I recommend to all of my graduate students.
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LIMA, April 8 (Reuters) - Copper output from Freeport McMoRan Inc's Cerro Verde mine in Peru, one of the country's biggest, was partially affected during a 48-hour strike that started early on Friday, the labor union said.
Workers are protesting what they describe as the diminution of their profit-sharing bonus this year. The union announced plans for the work stoppage last week.
Nearly all of the mine's 1,600 unionized workers took part in the strike, said union leader Zenon Mujica, who added "it has partially affected production."
The mine's management said in an email that it was complying with its labor agreement and declined further comment.
Cerro Verde, which is 53.6 percent-owned by Freeport, produced 41,873 tonnes of copper in February, up 180 percent from the same month in 2015 as the mine expanded operations.
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Sahara enters FMCG retail biz on I-day
August 13th, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Apple suspends iPhone 4S sales in Beijing, Shanghai
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Maruti Suzuki's February sales up 15.5 percent
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Google Editions Hits The Shelves In July
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McFarland roughed up in 10-5 Clippers loss
COLUMBUS – One of the problem areas for the Columbus Clippers this season has been coming from behind. They are 14-33 when the opponent scores first, and that is one of the biggest reasons they sit 12 games behind the Indianapolis Indians in the International League West standings.
This inability to put together any comebacks hurt Columbus (44-45) once more Saturday night, as they fell to the same Indians (56-33) by a final score of 10-5. The Clippers gave up four runs in the first inning, and they were never able to rally back.
One of the main factors in this rough first inning was the pitching of Clippers starter T.J. McFarland (3-2, 5.23 ERA), who struggled with just about every pitch and batter. The 4-0 Indians lead came courtesy of four hits and two walks, and RBIs would go to Indianapolis first baseman Jeff Clement, right fielder Brandon Boggs, second baseman Anderson Hernandez and designated hitter Jose Morales.
Going down early is something that troubles manager Mike Sarbaugh, but he still thinks his team is good enough to come back from any deficit.
"Anytime in the first you definitely don't want to get behind in the game like that," Sarbaugh said. "We feel good about our offense. We thought we were still in the game and it was the first inning."
Unfortunately for McFarland and the Clippers, the bleeding continued in the second. Indians left fielder Starling Marte brought a run in with a ground ball single up the middle to make it 5-0 and make the deficit seem even more insurmountable. The lone silver lining came as McFarland forced Clement to ground into an inning-ending double play with a runner on third.
Things seemed like they might turn around in the bottom of the second, as Indianapolis starter Justin Wilson (7-4, 3.44 ERA) struggled mightily with his location. After allowing a leadoff walk to Clippers designated hitter Russ Canzler, he gave up an opposite-field home run to third baseman Jared Goedert that cut the deficit to 5-2. It was Goedert's eighth long ball of the year.
Wilson's problems continued after giving up the homer, as he walked the next two batters and ultimately allowed a third run on a sacrifice fly by right fielder Trevor Crowe. First baseman Matt LaPorta would eventually fly out to end the inning with the bases loaded, but after two innings the score was 5-3 and suddenly the game didn't seem so unwinnable.
However, this momentum did not last for long. McFarland once again struggled in the third inning; loading the bases and ultimately giving two runs back on a single up the middle by Indianapolis third baseman Brian Friday. After loading the bases once more, McFarland left the game after just 2.1 innings of work. In that time he gave up 10 hits, eight runs and four walks.
"He struggled with his fastball command early," Sarbaugh said. "He was getting behind in counts, and when it did come across they put good swings on it."
Even after McFarland left the game, the Indians continued to tack on runs while the Clippers struggled to generate anything offensively. Hernandez made it 9-3 with an infield RBI single in the fourth while in the seventh inning it was Boggs knocking one in that made it 10-3. By the end of the game, every batter in the Indians lineup had at least one hit.
As rough as Wilson's second inning was, he took advantage of a deflated Clippers team after that and was able to last five innings and get the win. He surrendered three runs on three hits and four walks while striking out six. At one point the Clippers went 10 consecutive batters without a base runner.
Columbus scored a run in each of the final two innings to make it 10-5, but it was too little too late. The RBIs went to shortstop Gregorio Petit and center fielder Tim Fedroff.
The Columbus Clippers will finish the series against Indianapolis on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. This will be their final game before the three-day All-Star Break.
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As of tonight there are no longer any residents in the Rideau Regional Centre located in Ontario, Canada. No one will be sleeping there tonight! The last remaining "resident" is currently in the hospital in Kingston and will be discharged this
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Juventus will face competition from two top Premiership clubs for Lyon and Brazil ace Michel Bastos.
The 27-year-old is on the Old Lady's list of summer transfer targets, but the Italian giants are not alone.
"Michel should get his EU passport in the next few weeks which will open many doors," agent Emmanuel De Koerchove told footmercato.net.
"Juventus are still in pole position, but they are not the only side who are interested in the player.
"Only recently two big English clubs asked for information on Michel and they are very interested."
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Arsenal finish with 10 men but do enough to beat Sunderland
Sunderland 0 – Arsenal 1 (Premier League, February 9, 2013) (Alternative highlights & MOTD highlights.) Olivier Giroud flashed a shot just wide of the far post early on. Santi Cazorla gave Arsenal the lead after being teed up by Theo Walcott. Aaron Ramsey really should have made it 2-0 but hit his point blank shot straight at Mignolet.
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'Survivor: Philippines' Cast
New cast!!
And the three returnees are: Thanks to Dalton Ross!!
Aug 21, 2012
'Survivor: Philippines': Michael Skupin, Jonathan Penner and Russell Swan return, and talk about it here -- EXCLUSIVE
by Dalton Ross
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The 15 new players including Facts of Life star Lisa Whelchel and former National League baseball MVP Jeff Kent competing this fall on Survivor: Philippines were announced on Monday. And now we can reveal the three previously medically evacuated players that are returning to play alongside them: Michael Skupin, Jonathan Penner, and Russell Swan each of whom was evacuated in episode 6 of his season.
Skupin was the star of one of the grisliest scenes in reality TV history when he fell into his tribes fire on Survivor: The Australian Outback in 2001. The image of Skupins skin melting off his hands is about as gnarly as it gets, yet it took 11 years for him to be invited back onto the show. For 22 seasons, Ive thought about playing this game again, the 50-year-old Skupin told EW.com while on location in the Caramoan Islands the day before filming commenced, but he is not looking at this outing as a shot at redemption. Im not here because I fell in the fire or to prove to the world anything, he says. Im here to play the game again, from start to finish. This will be a whole new adventure for me.
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Jonathan Penner, also 50, did play the game without being evacuated back in Survivor: Cook Islands, but then in his second outing (Survivor: Micronesia Fans vs Favorites), he was forced out by an infected knee. As for his approach this time around, it involved lots of bulking up. Ive been eating like a horse intentionally for this show, Penner told EW.com before the game began. Some of these guys come out and they want to look all buffed out for the beginning of the show. Im going to come out looking like a fat slob, because 39 days is a lot of weight to lose. If I lose a pound a day Im going to be my fighting weight. Ill be 170 pounds. Right now Im coming in at a chart-topping 210 chubby.
For many including host Jeff Probst Russell Swans exit from Survivor: Samoa was the scariest Survivor moment ever, as dehydration caused Swans eyes to roll back in his head as he lost consciousness. That situation broke me, the 45-year-old Swan told EW.com while on location. Ive had challenges in my life before, but nothing like that. It challenged the very core of who I was. I always thought, if nothing else, I can always depend on my physical prowess. And after eight applications, waiting 10 years, I finally get on the show only to get carried out on my back. Worst thing I could have ever imagined.
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Kroll Ontrack reveals latest trends in data recovery
Ontrack data recovery engineers report new storage technology, increased data capacity and expedited turn times are changing how data recovery is performed
Minneapolis – March 9, 2010 – Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of information management, data recovery and legal technologies products and services, today announced three data trends impacting how data recovery is performed. Specifically, Ontrack® Data Recovery engineering reported that data recovery requests have increased in capacity seven fold since 2005. This coupled with significant storage architecture developments and faster turn-time requests require significant innovation beyond standard disk failure recoveries.
Specifically, Kroll Ontrack revealed the following data recovery trends:
- Data recovery from the cloud is a reality and a business necessity.
In 2009, the cloud became a viable storage option for corporations' business critical data. Users of Internet-based services benefit from world-class technology services without being tied to dedicated computing infrastructure. While new technologies such as the cloud can provide ultimate storage optimization, hardware is still at the root of the technology, making these alternative information solutions not exempt from data loss. As a result, one of Kroll Ontrack's first cloud recoveries resulted from a company using the cloud to host a development and testing environment.
"We accidently detached one of the 'virtual' storage volumes while in the cloud environment – similar to pulling a cable from an operational volume. When it was reconnected, the Windows host reported the volume as unallocated space, so we could not mount the volume," said Accius President Douglas Moore. "After contacting our cloud vendor to see what could be done, they said the only way to recover the data was to use a data recovery company and recommended Ontrack Data Recovery services by Kroll Ontrack. Time was business critical and re-creating/re-building the data would have added significant time to the project… time we did not have. Leveraging Kroll Ontrack's proprietary Ontrack® Data Recovery Remote Services, the damaged cloud storage volume was repaired and back up and running within four hours."
- Data recovery requests from virtual environments are dramatically increasing and human error is the primary cause.
Virtualization software enables organizations to consolidate operating systems and increase productivity for computer hardware, offering significant benefits and cost savings. However, given the increased consolidation of valuable data on one system, data loss is more destructive, making efficient and effective data recovery more critical. As a result, data recovery requests from virtual environments rose 58 percent in 2009 over 2008. Of the data recoveries Ontrack Data Recovery engineers performed on virtual environments in 2009, 87 percent were the result of human error, reinforcing the intricacy associated with implementing, managing and/or migrating to a virtual environment.
"Virtual storage is a complex world. Consequently, human error is often the culprit of data loss from a virtual environment," said Jeff Pederson, manager of Ontrack Data Recovery operations, Kroll Ontrack. "Critical to our customers is not only our ability to perform these recoveries successfully, but also our ability to do so remotely; we are able to perform damaged volume recoveries while other volumes on the same system remain operating without impact."
- Small offices home offices (SOHO) are the biggest drivers of data capacity growth.
From 2005 to 2009, the worldwide Ontrack Data Recovery team increased the total amount of data recovered from 3.2 petabytes in 2005 to 14 petabytes in 2009. The SOHO market segment was the biggest driver of the increase in data capacity.
"Corporations in contrast to SOHO's are typically more selective regarding what to dispose and what to archive. Storage capacity, efficiency, cost, in addition to legal risk and regulations are common factors that drive what a corporation maintains and for how long," added Pederson. "On the other hand, it is more common for SOHO's to comingle personal, large data files such as pictures, videos and music with business information, driving up the size of their data recovery requests. Regardless of business type or capacity, it is important to be able to provide an immediate solution to reduce not only the impact on business continuity, but to shield an entity from the ramifications of failing to comply with the regulations that bind them."
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"Access to midwifery care should be a woman's right if she so chooses. The goal of my legislative and international work is to ensure that this right is protected."
Academic Responsibilities:
Course coordination of Obstetric Pharmacotherapeutics, International Women's Health Policy, Intrapartum Care, Postpartum Care, Health Care Policy & Community Assessment.
Professor Llanes-Oberstein has had extensive experience in full scope midwifery care in a private midwifery practice with a CNM partner and has also worked in a variety of midwifery settings. She is a consultant and expert reviewer on midwifery management.
Contributions to the Profession:
Professor Llanes-Oberstein was inducted into the fellowship of ACNM in 2006. She is a member of the Division of Education and the Continuing Education Section Reader Panel of the national ACNM. She is a site visitor for the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education (ACME) and served as a member of the Board of Review. Professor Llanes-Oberstein is also a peer reviewer for the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. Currently, she is a member of the ACNM New York City Chapter Scholarship Committee. Professor Llanes-Oberstein was the NYS ACNM legislative liaison and is a consultant to the legislation committee of the NYS Association of Licensed Midwives (NYSALM). She was chair of the legislative Committee for 6 years and was the Chair of the peer review committee for ACNM, Long Island chapter. She was instrumental in securing the inclusion of licensed midwives in NYS's Direct Access Ob/Gyn law. In 2006 she was named to the New York City Department of Health Maternal Mortality Review Committee. In 2010 Professor Llanes-Oberstein became the NYSALM representative to the New York State Maternal Mortality Expert Review Committee and a member of the Hypertension Subcommittee. This subcommittee wrote the New York State Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension During Pregnancy which were published in May 2013. She was appointed by the NYS Board of Regents to the NYS Board of Midwifery in 1998. In 2001 and 2004 was elected Vice-Chair. Professor Llanes-Oberstein was elected Chair of the Board for the 2007-2008 term. She was re-appointed to the Board for a fourth term from 2013-2018 as an extended member. In 2015 she was appointed by the NYSDOH to represent Licensed Midwives in the Infant Mortality Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (IM-CoIIN) as a member of the NYS state team. The initiative is being led by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ). The state team includes members from various organizations such as: NYSDOH, NYS RPCs and RPC-affiliate hospitals, March of Dimes, ACOG, and hospital associations (i.e., HANYS and GNYHA). In 2017 she was appointed to the New York State Partnership for Maternal Health committee.
Professor Llanes-Oberstein was the recipient of the New York University Midwifery Alliance Koko Roy Award for her contributions to the midwifery profession and women's health care. In 2016 she received the Outstanding College Contributor Award for significant contributions to advance the mission and goals of the College of Health Related Professions. In 2009 she was awarded the SUNY Downstate College of Health Related Professions Dr. Donald Scherl Faculty Excellence Award in recognition of teaching innovation, scholarship, service and student advocacy. She was also the recipient of the ACNM foundation Excellence in Teaching Award in 2004 and 2009.
From 1997-1999, Professor Llanes-Oberstein was on the advisory board of MEDICC (Medical Education in Cooperation with Cuba) of the American Association for World Health. She received grant funding to conduct research on women's health care in Cuba and to begin an exchange program with Cuba. Professor Llanes-Oberstein directed the first international program at this SUNY campus and was the recipient of the Eugene B. Feigelson Presidential Outstanding Project Award. In 2001, she created the second midwifery international exchange program with Kingston University in London.
Professor Llanes-Oberstein authored "Perinatal Healthcare of Cuban Women," a chapter in Transcultural Aspects of Perinatal Healthcare Resource Guide, Part 2. She also authored another chapter on Cuban Immigrant Women, in Transcultural Aspects of Perinatal Healthcare Resouce Guide published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Professor Llanes-Oberstein has a great interest in health care simulation and is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator. She is a member of the Center for Healthcare Simulation (CHS) Steering Committee. She conducts interprofessional simulation activities at the CHS, SUNY Downstate's Simulation Center. In 2014 she was appointed Co-Director of CHS.
MS in Maternity Nursing, specialization in Midwifery, Columbia University
Post-graduate Certificate in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
Simulation as a Teaching Tool: Instructor Course, Harvard University Institute for Medical Simulation