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Many times in a Plasma based application or addon there is the need to reference a set of files for consistent and easy access and redistribution. For instance, Plasma widgets (or "Plasmoids") written in an interpreted language (e.g. QML, Javascript, HTML, Ruby or Python) are often made up of several files containing code, images, configuration descriptions and other resources. These are distributed and shipped as one compressed file and at run time the contents are made easily available to the Plasmoid. This is the role that the Plasma Package plays.
A Plasma Package allows easy deployment and later referencing of a group of platform-independent files. Plasma Packages are used with wallpaper images and plugins, themes, Plasmoids, DataEngines, Runners, QML file sets, Plasma desktop scripting templates and other similar contexts. Plasma Package is therefore quite flexible and with very few rules can be extended to cover a wide variety of uses in applications that need a way to redistribute and/or reference sets of files easily.
Plasma Package is intended to be a simple system that does not include things more complex packaging systems such as the Debian package format or RPM provides. While Plasma Packages do not have the concept of things such as dependencies or architecture targets, it also does not require a complex system with a database and (slow) management applications.
Plasma Packages usually have two things in common: a metadata.desktop file and a contents/ directory.
The metadata.desktop is an INI format file which contains a description of the contents of the package. This includes translatable strings for user visible text such as a name and description as well as content that is programmatically useful such as, in the case of Plasmoids, the scripting API used to write the Plasmoid the Package contains.
In the case of Plasmoids, the metadata.desktop contains the following mandatory fields:
Optionally these fields can be added:
An example file can be seen here:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Analog Clock
Comment=An SVG themable clock
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Author=John Doe
X-KDE-PluginInfo-Category=Date and Time
meta.desktop files for other Plasma components such as DataEngines, Runners and Wallpapers are very similar. It is recommended when creating new package types to adhere to the general style above as much as possible for consistency.
Packages may add additional top-level contents directories. This is used by Plasmoids to allow device-specific files to be made available. A package may also have no special content directory at all, though this is discouraged since it makes accidental overwriting of files such has the metadata or hash files very easy.
What appears within the contents directories is up to the Package itself. For Plasmoids, the following structure is supported:
New formats can be defined programmatically using PackageStructure plugins. PackageStructure plugins call addDirectoryDefinition and addFileDefinition methods which define a key string that can be used to reference that resource, the path within the contents directories that it is expected to exist at, supported mimetypes, descriptions suitable for showing to a user (e.g. in an IDE or package creator tool) and whether or not the resource is required. Contents directories are also defined by the PackageStructure plugin.
The structure can be created dynamically at run-time depending on the package itself. This is accomplished by reimplementing the pathChanged method. This also allows one PackageStructure object to be re-used multiple times.
Together, these mechanisms allow for virtually unlimited flexibility in how a Package is structured on disk and what it contains. This makes Plasma Package suitable for the wide variety of use cases it currently fulfills.
A Plasma Package may be signed with a GPG key. First, a SHA1 hash of the metadata.desktop file and the contents directories must be created and placed in a file called contents.hash that resides at the top level. A GPG signature of the contents.hash file can then be placed in a file called contents.hash.sig. This can then be used to verify the contents of the package at runtime.
Hashes may be generated with the plasmapkg tool as of version 0.2 with the --hash command line option.
A Plasma Package can be packed into one zip file that contains all the required files. The gzip format is also supported, though zip is generally recommended due to the ability to easily perform random access operations on zip archives. The resulting file is then suffixed with an appropriate identifying ending, such as ".plasmoid" in the case of plasmoids.
Installation can be done by hand, but generally this is accomplished either by using Plasma::PackageStructure::installPackage or with the plasmapkg command line utility. When a Plasma Package is installed, the archive is uncompressed and stored under the package root defined by the Package's structure definition. By default, this is $APPDATA/plasma/packages. By default, the metadata.desktop is copied into the the services directory so that it can easily be found later by KTrader to find all Plasmoids whether they are written in C++ or an interpreted language.


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[Manga Maniac Cafe] Good morning, Kathleen, and welcome to the Manga Maniac Café! Can you please describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Kathleen Shaputis] A wanna-be hermit trapped in the disguise of a working full-time wife and grandmother who winnows her other spare time in writing.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Her Ghost Wears Kilts?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Inspired by the movie "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" this book is a paranormal romance where Baillie, is a 54 year-old business owner and the ghost Kai is a gorgeous 27 year old (plus three hundred or so) Highlander. Baillie inherits a castle in Scotland and Kai tries to warn her of threats on her life. But does she listen? No-o-o. Stubborn and independent, Baillie leaves Washington and finds herself in the middle of an ancient clan dispute, with her life on the line.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Kathleen Shaputis] The original concept came in a 1993 writing class exercise where we had to brainstorm an idea for a genre we didn't read. Mine was mystery. My outline or mind mapping started as more a clash between two clans, the Baillies versus the Bruces and a working title of The B & B Mystery. I kept my notes in a drawer where eventually Gillian Nation, a character from my debut romantic comedy "Changes in Attitude" demanded inclusion in this musty old story idea. He was the nudge to finally write the book. Being gay, he couldn't be the love interest, but loves to steal a scene every chance he gets.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Baillie?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Independent, stubborn, likeable.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Lord Kai had a theme song, what would it be?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Hmm, though not a theme song I have to mention during one part of the story I could hear Bonnie Tyler singing "Holding Out for a Hero" in my head and goose bumps ran up and down my arms.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Baillie is never without.
[Kathleen Shaputis] First impulse is to say she's never without a Diet Coke. But that's not true in the castle. I'd say she's never without her sense of wonder, the ability to look at the world with rose-colored spectacles.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Baillie's bathroom?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Those cutesy little guest soaps shaped like seashells or flowers; a variety of partly-used hair products as she's rather brand dedicated and definitely no bathroom scale.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Baillie's greatest regret?
[Kathleen Shaputis] I would say she regrets not being adventurous in her younger years, traveling more, opening her world. She was content over the decades, a gentle lifestyle like riding the carousel over and over, but not necessarily happy. And now she's discovered the thrill of stepping off the safe ride onto something more intense and she sparkles.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Movies and music, absolutely. I am thoroughly addicted to movies: light-hearted romances, musicals, black and white classics and the three-tissue animal stories. I have no problem going to the movies alone if I don't have someone tagging along. I can watch a good movie over and over again, picking out different nuances in dialogue or surroundings. My dialogue tends to flow as if I'm watching a movie of my characters. A good instrumental soundtrack of violins, large wind section and drums will also lead me down the road of words.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Three? Hmm, that would be something to write on, something to write with and a Diet Coke. Whether it's a pad of paper and a pen, a pencil and the back of scratch paper in my purse, I'll use anything if the muse strikes. And I tend to dry up if there isn't a can, glass or paper cup of Diet Coke within reach. I've used AlphaSmarts to write with, a variety of notepads and notebooks and you don't want to know the dozens of various pens I have in almost every room of the house including my purse.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What was your biggest distraction while working on Her Ghost Wears Kilts?
[Kathleen Shaputis] Besides life in general? Have you seen my world with adult children moving in and out, grandchildren everywhere, taking care of aging parents and a sibling until they passed away plus that full time job I need to help pay the bills? Actually it was more myself in the way. I finished almost a dozen other books before I let myself be serious. The storyline never moved too far from the back of my mind but I let other things, other people keep pushing it to the back of the line. I love this story, but I guess it wasn't its time. Now that's it's done, the sequel is not letting much get in the way.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Kathleen Shaputis] That's easy, the ebook "Wool" by Hugh Howey. That little novella thing just plunked me into his alternate reality and I couldn't believe how quickly I was drawn in and strapped down. I've read the series and his easy style of writing is deceiving.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Kathleen Shaputis] I would have to say "The Boxcar Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner. I acted out scenes in the book for months, especially eating pieces of cheddar cheese with plain bread slices. My husband found a first edition for my birthday one year. It is my treasure.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Kathleen Shaputis] I have grandchildren who seem to fill up most hours. But relaxing comes with watching movies on Lifetime, Hallmark channel, TMC, AMC, and an occasional theater romp with my own box of buttered popcorn. And of course, I read before falling asleep, a delicious way to wrap up the day.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Kathleen Shaputis] I enjoy getting a chance to talk with my readers. My website is www.shaputis.com (Yes, it was a good thing my husband was cute, sticking me with a Lithuanian name) or my blog at HerGhostWearsKilts.com. My Twitter handle is NwAuthor and I have a Facebook fan page.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
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About the book:
Something's not right at Baillie's popular used bookstore in rain-soaked western Washington and frigid, heart-stopping air is her first clue. When the cat refuses to enter the shop and Baillie hears faint bagpipes in the travel book section, her nerves are rubbed raw.
Meanwhile in Scotland, the heir of a local castle falls to a suspicious death. An evil banker claims ownership of the castle, leaving the staff to ponder their fate.
How are these events connected? The answer lies in a Ghost and Mrs. Muir tale 21st century style that flips the table with a ghostly twenty-seven-year-old hunk, Lord Kai, and fifty-something bachelorette Baillie.
Her gay best friend Gillian Nation and his girls dash to Scotland to Baillie's rescue when the combination of alcohol, villainous banker, DNA, and good old-fashioned jealousy throw Baillie into the fight of her life. Will she choose to reclaim her normal Northwest existence or grab onto an unorthodox love that makes life magical and breath-taking?
About the author:
Author of six published books and ghostwriter of another dozen, Kathleen Shaputis lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Bob and two Pomeranian pups, Brugh and Bouncer.

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Musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra went on strike Friday evening, minutes after they were scheduled to perform for an Opening Night gala at the Kimmel Center.
The vote took place inside the performance center shortly before the event's 7 p.m. start time. Carrying signs and, for some, instruments, the musicians loudly made their way through the the center to Broad Street where they began to picket.
A few of the musicians played their instruments as concert attendees filed out of the the hall.
In a statement, the Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians said the strike is not a "greedy search for ever more money," but rather a stand for fair compensation.
"Over the past nine years, we have endured multiple cuts to our wages, pension, and working conditions in the hopes that our sacrifices would give the Association time to rebuild and restore us to our proper status," the statement read in part.
The Philadelphia Orchestra filed for bankruptcy protection in 2011 and emerged a year later. The 116-year-old institution is one of America's oldest and most acclaimed orchestras.
Musicians were working on a one-year contract that recently expired. They continued to work as negotiations continued, but those talks broke down Friday.
Under the orchestra's offer, musician's annual base salary would have been $127,608 a year with two percent increases for three years. A profit sharing fund would also have been created, officials said.
The musicians union said they are compensated much less than players in comparable ensembles like the Boston Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony.
"If a talented musician has to decide between auditioning for Philadelphia or Boston or San Francisco, which orchestra will they choose?" the group wrote. "We can no longer remain silent while we continue in a downward spiral."
Earlier Friday, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra went on strike after rejecting a proposed 15 percent pay cut and pension and staffing reductions.
The Philadelphia Orchestra's weekend performances have been canceled. Contract negotiations are expected to resume on Monday.


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August 11, 2009
CSA Delivery: It just gets better and better
If you're new to this blog, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, not the Confederate States of America. We've been getting this delivery every two weeks for almost three months and we always eat every bit of it. For one thing, it's so delicious it's hard to imagine letting it go to waste. For another, it's so much fresher that it lasts much longer than produce bought at the supermarket.
This week we got (roughly clockwise starting from the back): watermelon, cantaloupe, purple bell peppers, heirloom tomato, Russian banana fingerling potatoes, mixed baby heirloom cherry tomatoes and a pepper on top, black grapes, pluots, nectarine, treat (cherry chocolate fudge), Amana orange tomato, mixed baby eggplant, strawberries, sweet onion, bi-colored corn, and red leaf lettuce.
Yesterday I linked to this article refuting the recent study that claims that organic produce isn't any better for you than commercial produce. Check it out because it's another instance of the media grabbing onto one study that refutes hundreds of others. Study after study has shown the benefits of an organic diet. Not to mention, there are many more reasons to eat organic besides your health. It's better for the community to support the local farmers and it's better for the planet not to ship foods around the world when they're out of season. And one more big reason: it tastes SO much better.
A reader asked me which I valued more, local or organic? Luckily, with this delivery I don't have to choose. But I haven't always bought organic produce, mostly because of the price. Some fruits and vegetables are more important to buy organic, particularly the ones that absorb a lot of pesticide into their skin. But if someone put a gun to my head (unlikely as that is), I'd choose local produce from the Farmer's Market over organic produce from Whole Foods. There are a lot of steps the small farmers have to go through to get the "organic" certification, they don't necessarily use a lot of chemicals.
It's a good question. What do you think? Which part of the equation is more important, local or organic? I'm encouraged by the fact that more and more people are demanding healthy food. I think it will make it more affordable for everyone. But that's another issue, and another post...
Next time I'll attempt to answer the question,"Why should I join a CSA if I already go to the Farmer's Market?" Another good question, so stay tuned.
Please share your thoughts, ideas, questions, and opinions in the Comments section.
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I just came across your blog a few days ago, and I have gone through and read every single post. I love your blog, it's really great! I have just started my own about the environment and everything and anything to do with it...You have lots of great idea's in yours and you are very inspiring!
- August 11, 2009
- Cate said...
I'm with you--I'll take local produce from the farmer's market over organic produce at the grocery store any day. None of the farmers we buy from at the market are dousing their produce in chemicals, it's just not cost-effective for them to seek out the organic label. And there's just something about personally talking to the people you're buying your food from!
- August 11, 2009
- Kate said...
Local or organic? Do I have to choose?
I like to eat both local and organic together - and if not, I shift back and forth between local and organic depending on the food (is it on the dirty dozen list) and my feeling that day.
- August 11, 2009
- Kate said...
... and peaches have to be local to be tasty.
- August 11, 2009
I'd go local over organic from whole foods anyday. Organic from whole foods is very cost prohibitive and goes against my beliefs in buying produce within 100 miles of where I live.
- August 11, 2009
- Angela said...
Wyldeabout- Wow, thanks. What a nice compliment! I wonder how long it takes to read the whole blog up til now. I'm so glad you like it. I'll come check out your blog.
Cate- Yes, that's my impression that it costs them time and/or money to get the organic certification, but they often use little or no chemicals. I do like talking to the people I'm buying the food from, although now that step is cut out with the CSA. I guess that's actually the first disadvantage I've thought of.
Kate- yes, I agree, shifting back and forth is what I usually do, depending on where I'm shopping and what I'm buying. Now we get almost all produce both local and organic. And even with all this I'm going to the Farmer's Market for the peaches that are only available a few weeks in August. They're called "O Henry's" and they're absolutely fabulous.
Whitephoenix- yes, I tend to use Whole Foods for a couple of specialty items like bulgar wheat and protein powder and skip the produce. It's just a little too expensive to believe.
- August 11, 2009
Have you read Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma"? Very interesting book, well written, easy to read but gets you thinking anyway.
His section on industrial organic really changed my thinking (after I checked up on the accuracy, of course). It helped me crystalize what sort of food I'd rather buy, and to understand why I'd been on the fence so long. The thing is, industrial organic isn't always better for the environment. Most of it is produced by two enormous companies that process food just like the other companies, and ship them nationwide, with all the environmental issues that implies. And which is worse for the land: one application of pesticide, or three additional tillings that disturb the topsoil and lead to greater erosion? I don't have an answer.
Local doesn't necessarily meet the need, either. It can be just as dirty as agribiz and often is more wasteful of inputs.
My preferences have been crystalized into what I call "happy food." It doesn't have to be organic but I do prefer fewer chemical inputs to more, more manual debugging, greater tolerance of unpretty produce. For meat it means animals that spend much of their time outside (as appropriate), eat about what nature intended and no cannibalism thankyouvermuch, no hormones or antibiotics unless the critter actually needs it, and no body parts removed so that the animals don't kill each other.
Unfortunately I can't afford a great deal of happy chicken - there's a reason that chicken traditionally was more expensive than red meat - and I do like my chicken. But a little is better than none, and baby steps can get you there eventually.
So long post but complicated subject.
- August 13, 2009


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For a while, HTC was the hot brand in the world of Android. Sales peaked in the third quarter of 2011 and they have fallen steadily since then. According to the Financial Times, they are projected to drop further, with expectations that HTC will earn just over half that 2011 high in the third quarter (this quarter) of 2012. In the last few months, we've seen the value of HTC drop dramatically and some questionable investments have cost them big. Why is HTC having such a tough time?
HTC's promising rise to power
HTC was founded in 1997, and for a decade it slowly built a reputation as a great phone maker, concentrating mostly on Windows Mobile devices. It wasn't until 2008 that the Taiwanese company sparked its ascent to become one of the top smartphone manufacturers in the world with the first Android smartphone, the HTC Dream (better known to many as the T-Mobile G1). A string of hits followed: the HTC Hero, the HTC Desire, and the first 4G-capable phone, the HTC Evo 4G.
In 2011, HTC surpassed Nokia in value (not sales) to become the third largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, behind Apple and Samsung. At that time, the brand was well-known and the company had grown cash rich. HTC had built a reputation for great build quality and software skills, with major plaudits all around for the HTC Sense overlay, which enhanced Android's usability. Its biggest problem seemed to be what to do with all the cash it was making.
That third quarter of 2011 high for HTC soon gave way to falling revenue and a drop in the smartphone charts which has continued for a year now. It has released a number of high-end handsets since, but seems unable to turn its fortunes around. What happened?
Spending money in all the wrong places
The investments that HTC made before its decline all looked pretty exciting at the time. The Beats Audio partnership cost it $300 million, and bought HTC a 51 percent share in the company. Assimilating Beats into the new handset line-up turned out to be tougher than expected, however. The reviews of devices like the HTC Rezound were disappointing. HTC reduced its majority shareholding in Beats to 25 percent earlier this year and made a slight loss on the deal.
Another investment that didn't seem to pay off for HTC was the $300 million it spent acquiring S3 Graphics. The idea was to shore up its patent portfolio to help in the courtroom against Apple, but the International Trade Commission ruled in Apple's favor. So what did HTC get out of the deal? Not much, by the looks of it.
Just this week, HTC announced a $40 million loss to the Taiwan Stock Exchange following the OnLive restructuring deal.
Still, none of this has stopped HTC from investing elsewhere. This week Reuters reported a $35.4 million investment in Magnet Systems, a Silicon Valley startup focused on cloud-based business services. This could be linked in to HTC's cloud plans.
A lack of marketing muscle
If we cast an eye back and look at HTC's high point — when it claimed the third spot in the 2011 smartphone manufacturer charts — we can also see it was a distant third to Apple and Samsung. Many analysts have suggested that HTC's real failing has been an inability to compete with Samsung's marketing spend. The brand HTC built is a premium one and as support for the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy phones spread to more and more carriers, HTC hasn't been able to attract enough attention. It's latest attempt was its flagship HTC One X, but the device failed to catch on.
The battle between the Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X is by no means clear cut, but Samsung has definitely won the sales battle. With the iPhone 5 on the horizon, HTC is now looking at price cuts as a way to try and compete. The company must be perplexed about the poor performance because the HTC line-up is still very good. Perhaps it simply can't compete. Apple and Samsung are huge brands in multiple tech markets and they spend a lot more money on marketing than HTC can afford to match.
The tides have turned
It does seem as though HTC is now struggling because of the very things that made it successful. Consumers don't seem to be prioritizing build quality, as evidenced by the success of the Samsung Galaxy S3 over the HTC One X.
HTC's success at the lower end of the market with devices like the Wildfire has been swept away in a tidal wave of Samsung releases and budget priced phones from companies like Huawei. Diversions, like the female-oriented HTC Rhyme, look a bit embarrassing now, and were probably costly in terms of brand image.
HTC's Sense overlay hasn't aged well either. While it used to offer a genuine boost to stock Android, the platform has improved a lot in the last few iterations and Sense seems to be offering less. The issue of delayed upgrades and fragmentation, and some questionable tweaks to new versions, has also dented the adulation that HTC Sense used to enjoy.
We can't ignore the fact that HTC's innovation has faltered; its designs have missed the mark on more than one occasion; and its marketing efforts have not captured the public imagination. The company simply doesn't seem to have its finger on the pulse of the smartphone market anymore.
Turn the ship around
HTC may be down but it certainly isn't out. It will continue to release premium Android phones and we can expect some Windows Phone 8 releases to hit the stores in October.
If rumors about deep price cuts are true, HTC could pick up a lot of new customers. A heavily discounted HTC smartphone would be a seriously tempting prospect. If it can raise its profile a bit and remind people that HTC smartphones are really good, then perhaps it can carve out more than a "quietly brilliant" niche in the smartphone market and grow into a stylish alternative to the current behemoths, Apple and Samsung.
The road back is not an easy one. How do you rate HTC's chances?
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-"New Year Celebration!" theme with a focus on "Savings!" and "Clearance!"
-Include boxes for "Make", "Model", "Zip" (similar layout to the attached Fall ad)
-"Get Prices" button in red
-remove all manufacturer logos from vehicle grilles
-include our attached logo
-please also include the final ad in both 500x500 and 400x200 pixels
Attached is an awesome creative from a previous 99designs contest. We would like a very similar ad produced except focused on the New Year Clearance theme rather than Fall. This past ad worked very well.


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Buy and Gift Donuts with Dunkin' Donuts App
While at a participating store or drive-thru, patrons can use the newly-launched Dunkin' Donuts mobile app to pay for any item. Similar to its competitor (rhymes with Warbucks), the DD app lets users create and customize their own cards via templates, view all previous transactions, and connect their credit cards, including PayPal, to add more money to a DD card.
When users are ready to pay, they simply open the app to show it to the Dunkin' Barista (not sure if that's what they're called) to scan and complete the transaction. Additional features include:
- Locate the nearest store
- Find nutritional information (or the lack thereof)
- Quick access to Dunkin' Donuts social channels
Dunkin' Donuts makes it easier to persuade cops to just give you a speed "warning" now that you can also virtually send DD mGift cards in denominations between $2 and $100 cards to friends, family…or whoever else's palms need greasing.
"Dunkin' Donuts is committed to developing and delivering technology that supports our growth and distinguishes our brand for offering the very best guest experience," said Nigel Travis, Dunkin' Brands CEO and Dunkin' Donuts President, U.S. "Today's launch of the new Dunkin' Mobile App is an exciting and important day for both Dunkin' Donuts' guests and our franchisees. This is a clear example of our determination to invest in technologies that help us exceed our guests' expectations and enable our franchisees to run their restaurants as efficiently and effectively as possible."
Check out the official press release for more information and to download for iOS and Android devices.


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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Strategy for the Management of Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Detectable to Elevated Troponin (CMR-IMPACT)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01931852
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : August 29, 2013
Last Update Posted : July 16, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Acute Coronary Syndrome Chest Pain
|Procedure: Cardiac MRI Other: ACC/AHA Guideline adherent care
|Not Applicable
In the evaluation of patients with possible acute coronary syndrome, serum troponin measurement is a critical determinant of myocardial necrosis. The recent implementation of high-sensitivity troponin assays allows detection of lower levels of serum troponin than possible with less sensitive predecessors. As a result, 30% more patients are diagnosed with myocardial injury but the optimal management of these patients is unclear. Guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology recommend an invasive management strategy (Class 1a) but acknowledge that data supporting an invasive strategy were based on less sensitive troponin assays than those available today. Clinical trials of an invasive strategy in patients with detectable to minimally elevated troponin values demonstrate conflicting results. Observational data suggest aggressive medical therapy rather than increased use of revascularization drives improved outcomes in these patients. Meanwhile, these patients with minimally elevated serum troponin values have experienced a near doubling in the rate of invasive angiography. In short, it is uncertain whether patients with detectable to minimally elevated troponin results benefit from current invasive-based care strategies. As an alternative, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is highly accurate for detecting significant coronary disease and the need for coronary revascularization.
Objectives: The broad, long-term objective is to improve outcomes by optimizing healthcare delivery processes for patients with detectable to elevated serum troponin. To achieve this goal, we propose a clinical trial (n=312) involving emergency department patients with intermediate to high-risk chest pain and detectable to minimally elevated serum troponin within 6 hours of evaluation.
Methods: Participants will be randomized to one of two care strategies: a) invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy, or b) CMR-guided. Outcomes will be assessed over an average of 2.3 years. The specific aims of this proposal are 1) Test whether a CMR-guided strategy (versus invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy) reduces the composite of death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and cardiac-related hospital readmission over the study duration, and 2) Test whether a CMR-guided strategy (versus invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy) reduces invasive angiography, coronary revascularization, recurrent cardiac testing, and cardiac-related emergency department visits.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|312 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Strategy for the Management of Patients With Acute Chest Pain and Detectable to Elevated Troponin
|Actual Study Start Date :
|September 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|June 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|August 2019
Experimental: CMR-guided care
Participants in this group will receive a cardiac MRI
Procedure: Cardiac MRI
Participants in the CMR-guided care group will receive a cardiac MRI.
Other Names:
Active Comparator: Invasive-based guideline-adherent care
Participants will receive care adherent with current ACC/AHA guideline recommendations. ( ACC/AHA Guideline adherent care )
Other: ACC/AHA Guideline adherent care
Participants in the invasive-based guideline-adherent care group will receive care adherent with current American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guideline recommendations. ( ACC/AHA Guideline adherent care )
- Reduction in composite death, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac-related hospital readmissions, and cardiac-related Emergency Department (ED) visits. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Test whether a CMR-guided strategy (versus invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy) reduces the composite of death, nonfatal MI, cardiac-related hospital readmission, and cardiac-related ED visits over time.
- Reduction in invasive angiography. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Test whether a CMR-guided strategy (versus invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy) reduces invasive angiography.
- Reduction in coronary revascularization. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Test whether a CMR-guided strategy (versus invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy) reduces coronary revascularization.
- Reduction in recurrent cardiac testing. [ Time Frame: 5 years ]Test whether a CMR-guided strategy (versus invasive-based guideline-adherent strategy) reduces recurrent cardiac testing.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age greater than or equal to 21 years of age at the time of enrollment
- Symptoms consistent with acute coronary syndrome
- At least 1 troponin > lower limit of detection and ≤1.0 ng/ml within 6 hours of the initial evaluation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any troponin >1.0 ng/ml at the time of consent
- New ST-segment elevation (≥ 1 mV) or depression (≥ 2 mV)
- Hemodynamic instability (symptomatic systolic BP <90 mmHg, dysrhythmia)
- Ongoing, unrelieved symptoms thought to represent cardiac ischemia and requiring immediate cardiac catheterization
- Known severe multi-vessel CAD previously determined to be not amendable to mechanical intervention
- Coronary revascularization in the past 6 months
- Contra-indications to magnetic resonance imaging Examples: Unable to lie flat, pacemaker, defibrillator, cerebral aneurysm clips, metallic ocular foreign body, implanted devices, severe claustrophobia, pregnancy
- Life expectancy less than 12 months
Increased risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis i. Creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min at the time of enrollment ii. clinical concern for acute kidney injury and/or acute renal failure* iii. Hepato-renal syndrome or chronic liver disease with a creatinine clearance of <60 ml/min at the time of enrollment iv. History of liver, heart, or kidney transplant
- This may be manifested by a recent or concurrent rise in serum creatinine, or a reduction in baseline creatinine clearance.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01931852
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|Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073
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|First Posted:
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Keywords provided by Wake Forest University Health Sciences:
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Chest pain
Cardiac MRI
Risk Stratification
Emergency Department
Elevated Troponin
Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Chest Pain
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)
Jacob Yost Shantz (22 May 1822-28 October 1909), of Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, for many years a promoter of the Mennonite settlements in Manitoba, was the eighth child of Jacob and Maria Yost Schantz, of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, who had purchased a farm in what is now Kitchener. The son's interests soon extended beyond his vocation of farming. Fruit growing, maple sugar production, and the operation of a sawmill were added to his activities. Later he entered the building and contracting business. He promoted various industries in his city, the chief being the Dominion Button Works. Shantz was easily the wealthiest Mennonite entrepreneur in Ontario in the early 1880s, with more than 300 people on the payroll of his Dominion Button Works alone. Over-expansion and possible mismanagement in a declining market led to virtual bankruptcy by 1886. Shantz spent the rest of his life paying his debts, and died a man of moderate means.
For 27 years Shantz served on the Berlin school board. In 1882 he was elected mayor of Berlin (Kitchener) in an uncontested election. Inexplicably, he resigned four days after taking office, though the town council briefly considered not accepting the resignation. The fact that J. Y. Shantz's son, Moses, was also elected as a member of the council may have generated pressure for one of the family to resign. Shantz's letter of resignation has not survived.
Shantz's chief public contribution, however, lay in the promotion of Mennonite immigration to Manitoba. In 1872 as a representative of the Canadian government Shantz accompanied Bernhard Warkentin, who represented the prospective Mennonite immigrants from Russia, on a land inspection trip to Manitoba. The Canadian Department of Agriculture published Shantz's report under the title The narrative of a journey to Manitoba, which became a history-making pamphlet, going through various editions with a total circulation of several hundred thousand. During the next 35 years, Shantz made many trips to Manitoba, the twenty-seventh and the last in his 85th year. His work consisted in assisting the Mennonite immigrants who wished to settle in Manitoba with transportation and supplies, as well as helping them settle on the land. By November 1874 it was reported that 1,400 Mennonites had been placed in Manitoba and five years later the number had grown to over 7,000. Shantz not only obtained most favorable travel rates for the immigrants but often used money from his $100,000 personal credit fund in a Berlin bank to assist his friends from Russia by helping pay their transportation costs, equipment, and farm machinery. Shantz was also placed in charge of the $100,000 Canadian government loan to the Russian Mennonites, guaranteed by the Ontario Mennonites. As treasurer of the "Aid Committee of Ontario" Shantz also dispensed the funds loaned to the immigrants by his fellow Mennonites. He lived to see the day when all of these loans were repaid, the final settlement having been made in his 85th year. In 1893 Shantz began promoting Alberta land and here again future developments proved his business judgment and vision.
Shantz became a member of the Mennonite Church (MC) at an early age. In 1875, desiring a more progressive church, Shantz became a member of the group later to be known as the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. For 18 years he served on the Managing Committee of the Gospel banner and for at least eight years on his denomination's Foreign and Heathen Missionary Society. He was always deeply interested in the temperance movement and a defender of Biblical nonresistance.
In 1898 Shantz joined the local Christian Science congregation, and remained a member in good standing until his death, although evidence is inconclusive on the question of whether he remained actively involved to the time of his death in 1909. He was still an active member, serving on the congregation's board of directors, at age 81 (1903). Four factors help to explain Shantz's interest in the then-new Christian Science movement. (1) Shantz had a lifelong interest in the innovative, whether in business, land settlement, or religious thought, though he always believed himself to be orthodox. (2) The emphasis in Christian Science on a rigorous, healthful lifestyle was appealing. Shantz was active in the temperance movement, and was a vegetarian at least part of his life. (3) Jacob Y. Shantz was a "healer" with a reputation for curing cancer. Although his approach differed from that of Christian Science, enough common interest existed to prove attractive. (4) Shantz probably felt rejected by the Mennonite Brethren in Christ (United Missionary) denomination as he was phased out of all leadership roles by 1896.
Although Shantz was a quiet and unassuming man, his voice had a deep, organ-like tone that people did not forget. He was married three times, in 1843 to Barbara Biehn, in 1853 to Nancy Brubacher, and in 1871 to Sarah Sherk. Two sons and three daughters were born of the first marriage, and three sons and four daughters to the second. Shantz was buried in the First Mennonite cemetery in Kitchener.
Gingerich, M. "Jacob Y. Shantz, 1822-1909, Promoter of the Mennonite Settlements in Manitoba." Mennonite Quarterly Review 24 (July 1950): 3, 230-48.
Gingerich, Melvin, "Jacob Y. Shantz," in From the Steppes to the Prairies, C. Krahn ed. Newton, KS, 1949: 92-97.
Reimer, Gustav E. and G. R. Gaeddert. Exiled by the Czar. Newton, KS, 1956.
Steiner, Samuel J. Vicarious Pioneer: the Life of Jacob Y. Shantz. Winnipeg: Hyperion Press, 1988.
Additional Information
Jacob Y. Shantz Manuscript collection, Mennonite Archives of Ontario.
|Melvin Gingerich
|Sam Steiner
|Date Published
|April 1999
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Gingerich, Melvin and Sam Steiner. "Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 1999. Web. 22 Apr 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shantz,_Jacob_Yost_(1822-1909)&oldid=143746.
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Gingerich, Melvin and Sam Steiner. (April 1999). Shantz, Jacob Yost (1822-1909). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 April 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Shantz,_Jacob_Yost_(1822-1909)&oldid=143746.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 511; vol. 5, p. 819. All rights reserved.
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Swarm of 30,000 bees attack North Texas couple, kill 2 miniature horses
PANTEGO, Texas – A swarm of about 30,000 bees attacked a North Texas couple as they exercised their miniature horses, stinging the animals so many times they died.
Kristen Beauregard, 44, was stung about 200 times, and her boyfriend about 50 times, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday. But the horses, Chip and Trump, could not be saved.
"They were chasing us down, they were following us," Beauregard said of the incident Wednesday evening. "We swept up piles and piles of them … it was like a bad movie."
The bees are being tested to see whether they are Africanized or "killer" bees. It is unclear what prompted them to leave the hive.
Beauregard was exercising Trump, a Shetland pony, when he started to jump and kick, she said. That is when a cloud of bees started stinging them all over. Trying to escape, she jumped in the pool and the horse followed.
"It got all dark, like it was nighttime there were so many bees," she told the newspaper. "We were trying to stand up in the water but every time we stuck our heads out for air, they would cover us and start stinging us. We were trying to breathe and they were stinging us in the face and in the nose."
She escaped to the house, and her boyfriend called the emergency dispatcher. Bees chased her, crashing into the windows of the house. Trump ran through the yard, rubbing against bushes in an attempt to wipe off the bees.
Firefighters arrived with special gear and a foam substance was used to clear the bees. They were able to drag the horses to a pasture where police and paramedics tried to treat them.
Chip, a 6-year-old show horse, died before a veterinarian arrived. Trump was sedated and taken to equine veterinarian Patricia Tersteeg's clinic.
"He was so overwhelmed by bites that his body could not handle it," Tersteeg said. "That's way too much for any 250-pound (113-kilogram) mammal to survive."
The bees also killed five hens, and stung the couple's dog.


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Part of living an unconventional, or as I like to call it eccentric, life is to culture habits that stand out and shape your world view. This is a mini-series on habits of eccentricity, the second is Engagement. Check out the first part in this series on Awareness.
Be Engaged
Engagement in the world is important to being eccentric. It is a commitment to each moment that we live, the actions that we take and the responsibility that comes with the freedoms we create.
love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it
Maya Angelou
Being engaged is taking an interest in people.
Ask about their interests, their life, their work – take a moment and actually listen and inquire on topics they are excited about. Ask for peoples names who help you out or provide a service and give thanks for their assistance.
Engaging in our relationships requires time and devotion. We may have to cut down on the amount of time we spend on casual relationships, but in terms of the 80/20 rule having a small core of close friends enriches our lives far more than a flighty network of acquaintances.
Taking an interest in casual acquaintances introduces us to new people, develops broad social networks, and enriches our own personality. Reaching out to others, even if only for a moment, teaches us far more about ourselves than engaging ourselves only with those who are like us.
Being engaged is having focus.
Cultivate intensity in your interests and activities. When you commit to a class, arrive and be aware of what is going on, give feedback and ask questions. When you subscribe to a hobby immerse yourself in it: seek out exemplars to learn from, carry it with you and practice constantly.
Developing focus empowers us, teaches us discipline, and often leads to a more productive existence. Our goals and aspirations become clear and attainable when we focus our energies. With focus you can cut through the fog of distractions and minutiae that sap our energy and time and make a visible difference.
Being engaged is taking responsibility.
Your actions and choices are yours alone. Scapegoating or blaming other people and circumstances disengages you from reality. While your actions may not always have the outcome you desire and the world may not present the best for you, it is still you acting and being in the world.
In my own life I have often taken my freedom for granted. While the freedoms I have, whether financially, in relationships, or educationally, have benefited me – taking those opportunities without taking on the responsibility that comes with them has taken more from me than I gained. Understanding that my spending, my friends, my actions, and decisions are my responsibility to engage with is a frightening yet empowering aspect of life.
The weight of freedom is responsibility.
Being engaged is being present.
Imagination and daydreaming have their place but they should not take over your life. Live now rather than for a dream of the future or a memory of the past. Find immediacy. Waiting for the future to happen or trying to relive the past lead to disappointment.
Living now can be difficult when we have goals that we are striving for or pasts that haunt us. When I get wrapped up in these things it is best that I take a moment and perform a physical action. Whether it is practicing calligraphy, working out, dancing or going for a walk, engaging in a hands-on trade or activity takes me out of my head and forces me into the present.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.
The Buddha
brings you closer to the world. You have more investment in the things that are important to you. Those activities give greater meaning to your life. Live a richer experience, live now.


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RBS Introduces 5 Commodity ETNsNovember 16, 2012
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced the launch of five new ETNs which track the RICI Enhanced Commodity Indices.
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RBS stated in their press release on Thursday: "We are pleased to announce the launch of the five RBS Rogers Enhanced ETNs which feature the combined experience of RBS and Wall Street investor Jim Rogers...We believe these new ETNs offer investors a unique opportunity to get exposure to the innovative RICI Enhanced SM Indices."
The five new ETNs, along with their ticker symbols, are below.
--RBS Rogers Enhanced Commodity ETN (NYSEARCA:RGRC)--RBS Rogers Agriculture ETN (NYSEARCA:RGRA)--RBS Rogers Enhanced Energy ETN (NYSEARCA:RGRE)--RBS Rogers Enhanced Industrial Metals ETN (NYSEARCA:RGRI)--RBS Rogers Enhanced Precious Metals ETN (NYSEARCA:RGRP)The Rogers Enhanced Indices use futures contracts with varying maturities which aim to maximizereturns when there are significant price differences between near-dated and future-dated commodity contracts.
The annual expense ratio for the new ETNs is 0.95%.
ETNs are unsecured debt obligations issued by banks and financial institutions. ETNs carry issuer credit risk and their performance is typically linked to currencies, stocks, or an index of securities.
Other ETF News:
Pyxis Funds launched their first ETF, the Pyxis/iboxx Senior Loan ETF (NYSEARCA:SNLN), adding it to their current lineup of mutual funds.
The new ETF, which began trading on November 7th, tracks the Market iboxx Liquid Leveraged Loan Index. The Index is rebalanced at the end of each month to ensure that it accurately reflects the loans market in terms of market size, depth, and overall liquidity.
The fund has an annual expense ratio of 0.55%.


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Storage and organisation isn't about pretty, it's about functionality and keeping things neat and were they are supposed to be. Here's how I have made it work...
Behind the door I have a wardrobe, On the rail I store jackets, shirts, skirts and scarves. I like to organise by types of clothing and then by colour.
On the shelf I have some jackets folded, a box of all my hair extensions behind, my pyjamas on the right, behind that I have swimwear and socks. I have my vests folded in a box in the middle as I use them most often, I like storing them this way as I can see each colour clearly.
My scarves/shawls are tied onto a 'trouser hanger'.
I have some shoes at the bottom, if you store a pair of shoes with one facing towards you and the other facing away you can fit much more in a row.
On top of the wardrobe I have baskets that house my bags...
I have a chest of drawers, but only the top shelf is mine as the bottom 2 have been dedicated to 'baby bubbles'.
In that drawers I have some of my tops folded into a basket so I can see everything, and some 'feminine' things on the right.
The top drawer has a secret drawer which stores my earrings and rings. I have used acrylic storage from Muji to keep them organised.
My lingerie used to be in the chest of drawers but now I keep them under the bed. I have 2 plastic boxes, one has 'bras' and the other has 'bottoms', behind that is a big box that houses all of my 'sets'.
I also keep this box under the bed which has all of my bracelets, bangles & cuffs.
I also have a built in 'closet', we took the door off to create more space...
Next to my bed I have a side table, "normal" people store books and lamps on this. I store suitcases, the top one holds all of my lotions & potions, the bottom one holds more beauty products and my brushes. Open the door and you will find nail polishes stored inside acrylic Muji drawers with hair products next to them. The shelf in between has a box full of my skincare. Who knew a tiny side table could hold so much?
I didn't have space for a dressing table so I made do with this, these baskets hold my makeup whilst looking clutter free, and I'm all about clutter free.
Oh and "Woopsie" I also have an overflow of makeup in this caddy that also lives under the bed.
Here's what's inside the built in closet... Mainly dresses, again organised by colour.
I have my belts hanging on a belt hanger...
I needed LOTS of space for my necklaces...
I have nails in the wall and I hung them all inside the closet behind my dresses.
On top I have jeans, trousers, leggings and some 'seasonal' things. My wedding dress is in the cream canvas bag on the left, and I have my bed linen on the right which are rolled up. My perfumes sit on the top shelf as I don't wear the items on the bottom that often.
On the bottom I have plenty more things...
I have shoes, I got this shelf from Costco and it works great!
I made use of the sides of the closet by hanging more jewellery, hats and hair tools. Under my hair dryer I have a box for my rollers and hair clips/accessories so it's at easy reach. Furthermore, I have my 'winter' scarves, hats & gloves in a basket.
....And that's how I store my "junk"!
I may change things up a little depending on the season but generally it stays this way. Organisation has to be practical and save you time by being able to find and put back what you need to.
Here are some of my tips:
- First things first, I got rid of a lot of clothes over the past couple of years. You need to purge and I purged good and it's something I keep up. Get rid of anything you feel 'crap' in, anything that doesn't fit and anything you haven't worn in the past year, be ruthless!
- Decide if you want to organise by 'type' or 'colour'.
- Explore new ways of folding or rolling your clothes, you will be surprised how much space you save and how easy it is to find things.
- Asses what works for you with your existing storage and keep it that way, decide on what would make life easier, for example if you have to wear black 5 days out of the week put those items at easy reach.
- Look into baskets, boxes and shelves! It's amazing how much more stuff you can squish into them. I recommend checking out 'TK Maxx 'for pretty boxes if you want them to be on display.
- Don't go crazy spending money on 'organisational' products, make use of what you have at home, like I said it's not about pretty it's about functionality and creating solutions for your storage.


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Store > Shop By Category > Energy Chews > CLIF SHOT BLOKS Fastpak (case of 18)
Case of 18 packets.
The new CLIF SHOT BLOKS FASTPAK snugly wraps six SHOT BLOKS energy chews in a compact stack, opens easily and enables runners to use just one hand to squeeze SHOT BLOKS into their mouths. The new FASTPAK is 33 percent smaller than the previous SHOT BLOKS package. Case of 18 packets.
CLIF SHOT BLOKS are fruit chews that provide a great alternative source of energy and electrolytes. Use them during activity or as a snack that you don't have to feel guilty about.
Variety is the spice of life. After numerous hours of training and racing, the body needs to mix it up a little in terms of what goes in the tank. That's why CLIF Bar set out to create another energy food option that would complement their bars and gels. The result is CLIF SHOT BLOKS. They're simple to handle, easy to chew, and provide similar nutrition to gels, so they'll fit seamlessly into your training and racing nutrition program
Nutrition and Carbohydrates
SHOT BLOKS offer very similar nutrition to gels. The primary ingredient for both provides easily assimilated carbohydrates for working muscles.
Form and Function
CLIF Bar created SHOT BLOKS, each in a 10g size, so that 3 BLOKS provide 100 calories. That makes it easy to track caloric intake during long outings. There are 6 BLOKS to a single serve package, so one package provides 200 calories.
Organic Ingredients
CLIF SHOT BLOKS are the first product in the SHOT line to be USDA certified organic, which means that each flavor contains a minimum of 95% Organic ingredients. CLIF Bar strives to use the most sustainable ingredients possible in their products. The environmental benefits of buying organic ingredients for their products have a direct positive impact on the air and water quality on this planet. CLIF SHOT BLOKS are USDA certified organic by Quality Assurance International (QAI).
Black cherry, orange and new cola flavor contain 50mg caffeine per serving (3 pieces).
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Breathing new life into a Colonial home
by Tom Chillemi
Opportunity sometimes knocks softly.
Bill and Cean Cauthorne were not looking for a home when historic "Providence" in Deltaville came on the market in 1984. They had just bought a home in Richmond, but it took just one look and they were in love with the wide sweeping views of the Piankatank River from the front porch of Providence.
It was an opportunity that was too good to pass up. So a month after moving into their city home, they bought Providence. "It just happened," said Bill. "We weren't looking . . . I would have never planned it that way, but we worked it out."
Providence would be their summer home until 2007 when he closed his law books and retired. The Cauthornes became full-time residents of Deltaville.
The 45-by-18-foot original structure remains the center focal point as one enters the cedar tree lined driveway.
It's been an extensive process breathing new life into the 1760 brick home. The Cauthornes retained the original building's integrity, while adding wings to both ends that reflect the colonial style of laying bricks in a Flemish bond. The foot-wide walls of the original home are four bricks thick, while the foundation is five bricks wide. The cellar ceiling is a brick arch, a design that remains strong to this day.
Many of the original window sashes were saved. The hand-blown wavy glass with tiny bubbles is more like delicate crystal than imperfection.
All five original fireplaces were retained, while new fireplaces were built in each wing, with custom ornate mantels.
The stair treads have been dished where thousands of feet have climbed the stairs. The railing is as solid today as it was when craftsmen built it with mortise and tenon joints more than 250 years ago. "It's like a rock," said Bill.
History records that a cannon ball from a Yankee gun boat struck Providence, and that two Confederate soldiers found hiding there were executed and buried in the home's small cemetery, which still stands.
Providence faces south so river sunrises and sunsets can be enjoyed from the front porch. Its southern orientation absorbs the winter sun, while shade trees shield it in summer.
In olden days, houses were built only one room deep to allow cooling breezes to blow through the house. Houses were small, and people didn't spend much time indoors. They worked from sunrise to sunset and went inside to eat and sleep. There were just two bedrooms in the original Providence.
Closets were rare. In colonial times, houses were taxed according to the number of rooms, and closets were considered rooms. Armoires were small. People didn't have a lot of clothes.
The cathedral ceilings give a spacious feeling to the large rooms. Large functional beams span the width.
Greeting those who enter through the addition is a mural depicting the Cauthornes' two daughters on the river bank with the original Providence in the distance.
An outside wall forms one side of the kitchen. The paint was removed from the original bricks, giving the wall a rich red texture.
A small powder room is warmed by a sunset mural.
Cedar shingles shed rain on the roof. A copper roof covers the breezeway to the guest house.
Avid gardners, the Cauthornes have landscaped the grounds extensively. There are even plants that bloom in cold weather.
"It's a beautiful site," said Cean, recalling her first impression of Providence nearly 30 years ago. "I envisioned our daughters getting married here."
And that vision came true. One daughter was married there on August 21, 2010.
And so, added another chapter to a home with a history.


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The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, and we don't know why. Dark energy is needed to explain this, but what is this strange phenomenon? We don't know, but NASA has conclusively ruled out an alternative to dark energy.
Based on our current theoretical understanding, the universe should eventually stop expanding and, thanks to the gravitational attraction between all the mass in the universe, eventually condense back again into what's been called the Big Crunch. But that's exactly what's not happening when we observe large-scale phenomena such as certain supernova explosions, which indicated the expansion was actually accelerating.
There must be some otherwise unknown and undetectable repulsive force that's greater than the attractive force of gravity. That, essentially, is what dark energy is, although obviously there's a ton of details regarding its nature that we still don't understand.
But now we can at least say this - whatever dark energy actually is, it looks like we're stuck with it, as a leading alternative to the dark energy hypothesis has been ruled out by NASA's Hubble Telescope. Specifically, the opposing idea was that our galactic neighborhood is surrounded by a vast void of unusually empty space some eight billion light-years across. If we happened to be at the center of this void, then the apparent acceleration of our neighboring galaxies away from each other would just be an illusion created by our unusual position.
It's not a terribly elegant theory, but physics doesn't necessarily demand an idea be elegant for it to be true. But data from the Hubble Space Telescope has now allowed astronomers to greatly refine our understanding of the universe's expansion rate. We've reduced the margin of error from about 30% in 2009 to just 3.3% after these new results. What's more, the researchers were able to measure the redshift of supernovas even further away than ever before, offering conclusive proof that the accelerating expansion isn't an illusion created by our particular position in the cosmos.
We now can say with even greater accuracy than ever before that the expansion rate of the universe is 73.8 kilometers per second per megaparsec. A parsec is equivalent to about 3.26 light-years, so this means that for ever 3.26 million light-years a galaxy is from Earth, it appears to be moving away from us 73.8 kilometers per second faster than it would if it was right next to us.
This far greater certainty allows physicists to place tighter constraints on the actual strength of dark energy, and it helps narrow down the possibilities as to what it actually is. It also offers insight into the universe's shape and the nature of the universe's various neutrinos, the barely interacting particles that filled the early universe.
For more on the methods behind this discovery check out NASA's HubbleSite. For more on dark energy, check out Dr. Dave Goldberg's earlier piece on the subject. Original paper in the Astrophysical Journal.


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Dr. Riek, I am afraid to say this; you didn't make apology yet. Leave that made-up apology of yours to Dinka Bor (Bor County only). Other Dinka tribes need your clear apology. They can forgive you if you do it right in way and not being deceived by few intellectuals who didn't suffering from your political reasons by the way.
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We hadn't driven more than three dusty minutes before we encountered the first group of men clustered under a scraggly tree for shade, resting from their long journey on foot from Ethiopia. Here they waited for smugglers to take them to the boats they would use to attempt crossing the Red Sea to Yemen. I expected them to be more skittish, but the staff from the International Organization of Migration (IOM) explained that they are known to migrants as a helpful, friendly, and professional organization.
The men freely told us their stories -- extremely limited prospects at home led each to pay smugglers the equivalent of US$ 380 -- more than a year's wages in rural Ethiopia. Sometimes whole communities pooled resources to send a few people out; many had borrowed the money. "I don't know how much I'll make...but it will definitely be more than I can make in my home country," one migrant said. The majority were in their 20's and 30's, a few looked too old for hard labor; one 14-year-old should have been in school instead of attempting this dangerous journey.
Having just read this report by the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat, I wondered if the migrants knew they risked kidnapping, torture, rape, and extortion in Yemen. Or, joining thousands of migrants stranded on the Yemen-Saudi Arabia border or possible human trafficking while en route to their final destination. While the migrants knew IOM could help them return to Ethiopia, they were determined, nevertheless, to be among those who make it.
The State Department funds IOM activities as part of a project to assist migrants in Ethiopia, Somaliland, Puntland, Djibouti and Yemen. Irregular migration, what these men were attempting, is often dangerous, and IOM engages in outreach to law enforcement, advises on legal frameworks for improved migration, and raises awareness of the risks of irregular migration.
On the other side of town, another group of migrants were giving up their journey after smugglers abandoned them. Destitute in Djibouti, they prepared to return to Ethiopia with IOM support; the migrants promised to spread the word that the journey was not worth the risk.
The Djiboutian government views the migrants' presence as illegal but lacks the resources to deport the majority of them. On board a Djiboutian Coast Guard vessel, the captain pointed out several recently-confiscated smuggling boats, adding to the 70 or so seized last year. In 2012, the Coast Guard intercepted 5,300 migrants at sea, a significant increase over previous years, but only a fraction of those crossing daily. Food, water, and first aid have undoubtedly saved the lives of many traveling in unseaworthy vessels. Less clear was whether procedures were in place to screen and protect vulnerable migrants being detained. In my meetings with government officials, they emphasized they would like to see source countries take more action. Certainly, only greater regional dialogue and concrete cooperation between source, destination, and transit countries will resolve the region's complex humanitarian challenges of mixed migration.
For more information on the State Department's programs and policy on migration, please visit the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration's (PRM) web page or Facebook account, and follow @StatePRM on Twitter .
Relevent informations about Ethipian Govenment
1, suspension and detetion of oromo students
2,detetion all oromians oppostions # 1 OLF
3, Selling Oromian fertile land
4, No freedom of speech,assemby and association due to feared by OLF moblization
5,freedom of movement from palce to plce to place in oromia ambigously.
6, there is no development in oromia the last 22 old TPLF leadership rather than misery.
So we oromo people need OLF highly.
No one can stand for oromo people sans OLF.
please try stop defaming OLF.
I have furiously at American Gov due to supporting TPLF bush borne .They persecute and harassing the oromo people .The USA gov the primarly supporter of these groups.Defacto,
Ethiopia has not constition ,rule of law.
The uncle sam backing these group for counter terrorism and fake of polotics.
it emanates for more terrorists emerge when harrased and persecuted.
the usa cannot far apar from this think over reiteratly
Ayyaana writes:
The UNHCR is not neutral organization and what it stands for and repllied oromo immigrants "You are terrorist if you are member and supporter of oromo Liberation Front:"
There are oromo immigrants who has not garnted refugee status more than 10 years stayed out side of Ethiopia.
If the USA government sustaining the Ethiopian government it is must to form alliance with counter american .
OLF smashed by the USA not by TPLF.
Not will take any action ,but neo generate educated highly about oromo Nationalism!
E plurbus unum ! one leader milions leader,but millions cannot lead sole person.
The new nationaliam emerged "Hitlarism" next 20 years and the USa cannot escape from this war .


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Researchers link largest quake yet to drilling waste injections; 2011 Oklahoma tremor was 5.6
WASHINGTON – A team of scientists have determined that a 5.6 magnitude quake in Oklahoma in 2011 was caused when oil drilling waste was injected deep underground.
That makes it the most powerful quake to be blamed on deep injections of wastewater, although not everyone agrees. Oklahoma's state seismologists say the quake was natural.
The Nov. 6 earthquake near Prague, Okla., injured two people, damaged 14 houses and was the strongest Midwestern quake in decades.
The new report says there was a smaller quake at the site of an old injection well, and that triggered the larger tremor. Records show the well pressure rising dramatically in 2006. The scientists say both combine to make a strong case that waste injections caused the quake.
The report was released Tuesday by the journal Geology.


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Course Description
MA 106 Trigonometry 3 cr.
- Offered: Fall, Winter
- Applies toward the mathematics competency university requirement (math) general education requirement.
- Applies toward the quantitative reasoning and analysis (quar) general education requirement.
- Prerequisite: MA 103 or MA 104 or satisfactory score on math placement exam. Credit cannot be earned for both MA 106 and MA 115, except by written permission from the department. Students planning to take MA 161 should enroll in MA 115 instead of this course. A graphing calculator or equivalent computer software is used in this course.
Right triangle trigonometry, laws of sines and cosines, circular functions, graphs of trigonometric functions, trigonometric identities and equations, inverse trigonometric functions and other selected topics. The emphasis will be on applications in the applied sciences.