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- Complete a half ironman
- Visit New England area- I'm thinking another road trip would be good
- Ski without falling
- Go to Vegas
- Complete a destination race
- Travel out of the country- I'm thinking Italy
- Try stand up paddle boarding
- Climb the wall
- Start my own nutrition business (part time, obvi)
- Make homemade sushi- took a class last year, still haven't used my skills
- Become a certified personal trainer
- Complete a marathon
- Grow basil
- Cook lobster
- Go to a professional soccer game
- Visit a new baseball stadium
- Brew my own kombucha
- Finally make a wedding album
- Visit at least 10 new breweries
- Go to the beach more
- Go to an away Penn State game
- Make pasta from scratch
- Go whitewater rafting
- Volunteer
- Take a spontaneous last minute trip
- Try out group running
- Buy a nice camera
- Race a 10k-I've actually never done a 10k with previously swimming and biking
- Improve mediation
- Live every minute to the fullest!
30 by 30 Bucket List
Well this week is flying… between meetings, relocating offices for work, and returning from Nashivlle (stay tuned for an awesome recap post next week) I didn't get a chance to get this post up yesterday for my 29th birthday ….Wooo! Yesterday was made special by my husband who took me out to an awesome dinner (see above) and gift me a DSLR camera! Food photography experts please share any insights or tips as this is my first "real" camera! After dinner we met up with friends to celebrate and watch the Pirates game. Unfortunately my Buccos lost but I hope the Cubs will go all the way!
Ok so turning 30 sounds like a big deal.... and I'm hoping 29 will be a great year. I would say 27 was one of the best years ever since I got to marry the love of my life, but 28 ended with the passing of my father which is still extremely difficult on a daily basis. Since I've been such a Debbie Downer lately I decided to make a list of things to get me excited about the next year. Obviously this list is not meant to be a list of super meaningful things to do, just fun things I've always wanted to do or try. Please share anything on your bucket list for your next big bday or for life in general!
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I am so bummed we didn't get to hang out at FNCE! Where did the time go? I seriously feel like I got there and then had to go home a moment later. AH! I love lists, obviously. I make them all the time and I think having a "goal" list is a really fun way to feel inspired while still living "in the moment". I love your 30 for 30 list, most of those are on my list as well! I just went to Vermont a few weeks ago and fell in LOVE. I cannot wait to go back and do a tour of New England, it was so dreamy!
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I'm bummed too- definitely at the next conference, that was such a fun city! I already have plans to tackle a few things on my list this fall- can't wait!
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Setty provided commissioning services for this new 410,000 sf federal courthouse, located adjacent to the existing Frank E. Moss Courthouse building in Salt Lake City.
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GSA: New U.S. Federal Courthouse | Commissioning | Billings, MT
Setty performed total building commissioning of HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, building enclosure, and related building systems for the new courthouse. Commissioning was incorporated from early concept design to the post-construction phase of the project, to ensure delivery of a high performing building.
The 146,742 gsf courthouse was designed to include courtrooms, judicial chambers, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) holding cell areas, administrative areas for the U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Magistrate Court, Probation Court, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
Scope of services included:
Earned Design-Build Institute of America's Design-Build Honor Award.
Setty provided commissioning services for this New U.S. courthouse construction project. The project included demolition of the existing structure, to be replaced with a seven-story building with 211,700 gsf of space, including 65 inside parking spaces. The courthouse provides space for one Special Proceedings Courtroom, four District Courtrooms, three Magistrate Courtrooms, six District Judge Chambers, three Magistrate Judge Chambers, the U.S. Marshals, Clerk, Probation, Pretrial Services and trial preparation space for the U.S. Attorney and Public Defender.
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Setty collaborated on this WTW Architects project to provide independent Enhanced Commissioning Agent Services for this new dynamic state-of-the-art Student Center. The 85,000 gsf / 56,670 nasf project included food service areas, a bookstore, space for student organizations, student affairs and administrative offices, recreation space, and multipurpose rooms. The project also included related site and utility improvements, storm water management, pedestrian circulation, landscaping, and services access.
Setty was selected by Loudoun County Public Schools to provide commissioning services for the 280,000 sf High School.
Scope of services included:
Setty performed an Enhanced Commissioning Study of the building envelope, lighting, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, for the 30,000 sf LEED Gold library, which includes a conference room and offices, as well.
The mechanical system is under floor distribution, with heating provided by electric under floor fan powered boxes. The fan powered boxes are re-heating air from two constant volume air handlers. Those units have electric heat, and feature a direct expansion cooling coil (DX cooling) and 55-ton condenser unit.
Scope of services included:
District of Columbia Public Library
Neighborhood Library
HVAC Commissioning
Our client plans to house additional computing systems within the facility in the very near future. This next generation computing system will include an architecture related to Blade technologies, which have a higher power requirement and a commensurate heat load. These additional computing systems support critical mission objectives for their respective organizations and therefore require a highly reliable computer facility.
It is a Four Tier Project
The objective of Commissioning Agent (CxA) and Integration Agent (IntxA) is to provide documented confirmation that the facility fulfills the functional and performance requirements of our client, occupants and operators. To reach this goal, it is necessary for the commissioning and integration process to establish and document Owner's Project Requirements, which are criteria for system function, performance, and concurrent maintainability (design intent); and to also verify and document compliance with these criteria throughout construction, start-up, and the initial period of operation. In addition, complete operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals, Commissioning and Integration Reports, as well as training on system operation, shall be provided to the building operators to ensure the building and space continues to operate as intended.
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As part of the UOVO 41-54 22nd Street Art Storage Facility Project, Setty was contracted to provide partial Mechanical Systems Commissioning services to Art Deluxe for this climate controlled building in, Queens, NY. The purpose of the commissioning was to ensure the smooth progression of the construction project, and the proper completion and testing of the mechanical systems.
The facility is an art storage space for private individuals and institutions, such as museums. This type of storage requires a conditioning and control strategy with a high degree of precision and redundancy in order to prevent temperature or humidity swings that could result in damage to the art. The facility is six stories, and Setty is responsible for commissioning the controls system, rooftop outdoor air system, and a sample of the heating and cooling equipment in the spaces. Mechanical equipment includes gas and electric humidity generators, direct expansion cooling, and gas and electric heating.
Setty is providing commissioning services for the mechanical systems and controls, including helping to design robust sequences of operations, and to train facilities personnel to conduct functional performance testing on future projects with similar equipment. The commissioning project will provide UOVO with turned-over systems that are high performing and reliable, maximizing their value and sharing the expertise to bring future projects to completion just as successfully.

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I'm happy to tell you that the podcast I recorded with Alexander Kjerulf, the Chief Happiness Officer, has finally been released.
Talking about how happiness at work contributes to real business outcomes, Alex offers a number of key points, including:
- Happy workplaces make more money
- Results (feeling like you are making a difference) & Relationships (feeling like you are liked and viewed as a valued part of a team) are the two keys to happiness at work
- The importance in saying "Good morning!" at the workplace
Check it out. You'll be happy you did!
PS - A big "thank you" to Dave Summers and Kevin Lee for birthing this podcast.
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With just a week into a new school year, thieves dealt a blow to students at Glenoaks Elementary School by stealing roughly $16,000 worth of Apple computers, police said.
Teachers discovered the theft Saturday morning when they found that eight computers were taken from the campus' computer lab, officials said.
"It's really disappointing when people steal from children," Principal Kristine Siegal said. "The kids were upset to hear the news."
Thieves broke four windows as they entered the secured campus to steal the computers, according to Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz.


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There are many reasons that games are popular these days. The first reason is that these games offer the pretty good interface with good graphics. The second thing is these are the quick source of entertainment. There is a lot much more popular game in the young generation and that game name is clash royale. Thus game came in trend due to its interface as well as with the use of Clash of Clans characters in it. Yes, you can see many of your favorite character in it. Those were the days when everyone was used to play mini games but this is the time of playing battle with fun and tactics.
Best Tactics For Clash Royale
There is no best tactic because this depends on the opponent. You have to check the opponent that whether he is using tricks or he is really playing easy. Learning about enemy strategy is more important because this will help you placing right cards for the best defense. Defending is not if you are on the wrong path. Most of the people know many ways for attacking and they have many cards but it comes to defense then they stuck and lose.
What To Do
If you are playing fine and you have issues that you can be trapped in enemy strategy then you can try to defend by choosing troops. This way your many troops will be harmed but you can use other cards and if you don't have cards then must buy them using gems. You can generate clash royale free gems using clash royale hack to do more with it. Elixir is the other thing on which a battle depends on. When you battle then you do 2 things, first one is defense and second are the focus on towers. So full your elixir and then destroy the crown tower and other 2.


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The Essentials of Wellness – Breaking Down the Basics
What Men Must Know About Testosterone and Weight Loss
Testosterone in men is a hormone that is known to initiate sexual development, however, what most people do not know is that it has a major role to play in fat loss from the body. I say fat deliberately because this hormone targets body fat which in most cases will translate to a decline in the numbers on the scale. It just does not help men combat unwanted fat, but it helps them to keep good muscle tone. In this article we will see some few things about this hormone and what it has to do with weight loss.From this article you will learn a few things about testosterone that you did not know.
Testosterone has been found to make insulin more sensitive to rising glucose levels which in turn makes it convert the glucose to glycogen, Pyruvate and ATP. This way, the carbohydrates that are taken in are not converted to fat and taken directly to the fat tissue. Which means that if an individual has low testosterone, they will have less sensitive insulin which results in more fat being stored and at the end of the day they will have an abnormally high-fat mass. That is why testosterone therapy is prescribed to supply the testosterone needed by those who are obese because they have low levels of testosterone, to break down the fat that is stored in the fat tissue.
It is important to know that a low-fat diet is probably the biggest enemy of testosterone. Testosterone's major component is lipids seeing that it is a steroid hormone. If you wish to increase your levels of testosterone, then you should make a point including fats and oils in your diet. Do not eliminate fats from your diet rather substitute the unhealthy fats with the good fats like olive and argan oil.
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The loss of weight because of eating less than your body needs is responsible or low testosterone levels as well. By dieting you lose fats and muscle mass because there is no way you would only lose fat and maintain your muscle mass therefore; you ought to do resistance exercises that have been known to build muscle . These exercises restore the lost weight in a way that is healthy for you. There is no problem in having weight when it consists of muscle and not fat. If the balance of muscle is the one recommended for your age and height then you are on the right track.
Therapies – My Most Valuable Tips
You may wonder how losing weight contributes to a drop in testosterone levels while by being obese you also have low testosterone levels. It is important to note that the obesity stems from low testosterone, and the loss of muscle mass is what contributes to low testosterone which will initiate the vicious cycle of weight loss and gain. To be able to be safe, you need to make sure that you have a healthy muscle mass to keep your testosterone levels up.


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I should be shamed to say this next part, but I think it speaks well of the author's ability to step out of his own story and let the story live on its own. The confession? It wasn't until this past year that I learned the author of Sherlock Holmes' name. In case you don't know it either, Sir Arthur Doyle. Sherlock is epic. So epic I want to say most detectives now are based on the frame work of this character. (House, Cal Lightman, Spencer, Kinsey Milhoune, Dresden.) Even though the stories are told from Watson's POV, it's Holmes that gets the limelight.
Yet, I have to say, this series I'm watching the actor, Jeremy Brett, has brought Holmes to life. And I love this actor's portrayal because he does Character. Yes, with a big C. A gesture of a hand. The way he slips in wonderful humor into the dialogue that whips right by you. (Ok. Ok. The writers deserve a crapload of accolades too. A crapton.)
And I've watched a lot of Holmes and stopped watching just as quickly. (Aside from Downey Jr. who is just wonderful.) Still he's the Holmes I'd rather watch, because when I watch him act it doesn't feel like acting.
Which, brings me to my point. I want to write stories where I'm no where to be found. Although it's blasphemous to say, I'd rather readers remember my story than my name.
Ok. I'm off to watch more Sherlock Holmes.


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#MJCOT . Good fun at the weekend. Strained my back slightly after playing one too many games of Gladiators. Fun natterings at the evening venue, and good game of Worms, or whatever it was called. Thomas, Jamie and Jon were all excelllent in the show. And at the scout hut later, I leaned that a bread toastie is the opposite of a toast sandwich. Oh, and finally understood the "name three foods" challenge. (No two of them may be complementary.) Breakfast at the garden centre was fully complementary.
Thanks to all Ians and other orgs.
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This happens more often than you might think.
Look, there was a centipede, okay? On the ceiling. So my husband does what any problem-solving adult with the tools at hand would do: he decides to rifle butt the sucker with a P53 Enfield rifle-musket. A black powder muzzle-loading rifle-musket used by the British empire around the mid-1800's and later widely used by both the North and South in the American Civil War. Which we just happen to have lying around. As you do.
Sadly, the corpse could not be retrieved to preserve and properly mount above our nonexistent mantelpiece. But let the victory be reflected, and his fierce battle never be forgot!
What? So, I'm an enabler. This is how Casa Quixote rolls.


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The spiralling cost of maintaining desktop PCs to ensure there was enough power and capacity to support newer versions of software forced the IT manager of one of Australia's biggest manufacturers of dairy products to seek out a server-based solution.
Guy Stokker, IT client services and communications manager at Pauls Ltd, which has 22 per cent of the Australian milk market, said there were major system performance problems trying to run new versions of software on inadequately configured PCs.
Since the introduction of SAP R/3 as the company's ERP solution in 1995, he said PC applications have become more sophisticated driving a greater need for processor speeds, system memory, disk space, operating system and network bandwidth.
Stokker said there was a continual process of upgrading PCs to address system performance problems, upgrading PC applications across the LAN/WAN and changes to the standard operating environment.
"Costs continued to mount and system administration tasks remained in a state of constant backlog," he said.
"The deployment of new program updates was time consuming and restricted because of bandwidth availability; we had a 20 to 30 per cent failure rate when it came to the installation of PC applications."
Late last year when SAP 4.6d was set to be rolled out Stokker said rather than upgrade PCs a decision was made to invest capital enabling all SAP clients to run on Citrix MetaFrame servers.
"Prior to the introduction of MetaFrame, every year we were faced with having to budget for the high costs in maintaining our desktop and notebook infrastructure; now we only purchase thin-clients instead of PCs and have an embargo on any new notebook purchases," he said.
Where desktop PCs were costing the company more than $2000 each for hardware alone, Stokker said thin-clients with 17-inch monitors are being purchased for $1250 each.
"From a performance perspective, the thin-client is much quicker to boot up over a WAN link," he said.
"The majority of our PCs are still running Office 95 with some on Office 97 and we have no intention of attempting to upgrade at a desktop level."
To support the 585 clients contained within the Pauls 30-LAN wide area network, Citrix ICA was initially distributed to all desktops using Microsoft Systems Management Server.
At the server end, six IBM NetFinity 3U dual processor servers, each with 2Gbytes of memory, were brought online with Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Windows NT Server.
A seventh NetFinity was brought online to function as a development server for prerelease testing of applications. For redundancy purposes all servers have mirrored disks, dual network cards and power supplies.
"With the Citrix load balancing services I estimate an absolute of 60 users per server; yet even when I have one of the servers fully populated I still have nearly a gigabyte of memory left and system utilisation running at less than 20 per cent," Stokker said.
While not providing an exact figure, Stokker said PC purchasing costs have been reduced by up to 50 per cent.
The next step for Stokker is to assess the feasibility of replacing Windows NT on the MetaFrame servers with the newer version of Windows server.
He said it includes Active Directory which is due for release at the end of this year.


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Streams are organic machines that use raw energy and turn it into different products — or organisms — as it flows downstream. Streams begin in the hills or mountains as rainfall seeks low areas and groundwater seeps to the surface. Headwater streams are ƒften too small to have fish — the Maryland Biological Stream Survey rarely finds fish in drainage basins of less than 300 acres.
Frequently, these streams are totally shaded by the riparian forest canopy, which limits the growth of algae. Groundwater often keeps temperatures stable. Inhabitants — mainly insects — rely on twigs, leaves and other organic matter for fuel, which they break down into finer particles.
As a stream widens, more sunlight hits the water, increasing the production of algae and stream plants. These, combined with fine particles from upstream, fuel a more diverse community of insects and fish. Warmer temperatures also create thermal niches along the stream that increase species diversity.
As streams widen into rivers, sunlight increases algae production even more, making it the dominant food source. But fine particulates are important, especially in rivers with a lot of sediment, which blocks light and limits algae production.
Under this scenario, known as the River Continuum Concept, the links between the land and the aquatic biological community are strongest in the headwaters and diminish as the stream becomes larger. Land-based activities that affect the headwaters not only alter the stream locally, but can have ripple affects downstream as well


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4 Third-period goals by the Coyotes.
31 Shots from the Wild that were blocked or missed the net.
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Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:48 PM Friday for a smoke odor investigation or related incident in the block of 1700 North Chestnut Ave Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics responded for a possible fire at a house where no flames or smoke were seen. Firefighters checked a house with infrared cameras, and checked appliances. Residents appeared to be home at the time of the incident at 8:50 p.m.
Apparently no fire was detected at the house. About five hours later a large power failure hit the area after power line trouble occurred about ten blocks away at Thomas Street and Wilke Road at the border of Arlington Heights and Palatine.
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These 10+/- acres offer a beautiful clean canvas just waiting for you to create your dream farm. Currently the land is planted in orchard grass and used for hay. Nice frontage on Ridgeview Road. The property is located 15 minutes south of Culpeper, 45 minutes to Charlottesville, near Reva, a quiet agricultural and equestrian area. Property is...Under Contract 10 Acres : $129,000
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GWT Popups erscheinen seit Chrome 61 an der falschen Stelle
Seit Chrome 61 kommt es mit dem derzeit aktuellen Release von GWT 2.8.1 zu Problemen mit der Positionierung von Popups. Dieses Problem äußert sich wie im folgenden Bild zu sehen ist, wenn die Webseite gescrollt ist. Dieses Problem betrifft u.a. … Continue reading
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GWT 2.8 is here!
Secretly and silently, GWT 2.8 was released recently. The new version is not linked on the official website yet and there is also no updated change log yet. But the tag for the new version and the associated release can … Continue reading
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i18n for GWT SimplePager
Nowadays, internationalization (i18n) is virtually indispensable in most applications. Therefore, GWT also provides a powerful and commonly used i18n mechanism to meet this requirement. Unfortunately, even in the GWT source code itself, there are components which still contain hard-coded text. … Continue reading
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I have read some where how you're supposed to do this, but I don't remember. I used to think it didn't really matter much, but then I read an article that explains how just disposing of them in the regular trash can lead to them getting into our ground water, and that can lead to all kinds of nasty things. Even if we ourselves don't drink unfiltered ground water, we do give it to our livestock to drink, and we then eat the meat from many of those animals. We also use that water to grow crops we then eat. So in many ways the unwanted meds we dispose of can come back and make us sick in more ways than we can even count. Therefore I am convinced that we shouldn't just throw these pills in the regular trash. But how are we supposed to get rid of them? I think there is a place in my town to take unwanted meds, but I can't get there due to lack of transportation. I need something I can do at home. I read a few things but forgot. Anyone know?
Anyone Know the Safe Way to Dispose of Unwanted Pills?
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I went to the FDA for answers, because for years we just flushed them down the toilet.
See: https://www.drugs.com/article/medication-disposal.html
Hey Thor, how are you doing? I don't necessarily agree with this 'safe' disposal of meds because our drinking water comes from the Mississippi, but this is what the FDA says below. Hope this helps... Mary
Is your medicine cabinet filled with expired drugs or medications you no longer use? How should you dispose of them?
Most drugs can be thrown in the household trash, but consumers should take certain precautions before tossing them out, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A few drugs should be flushed down the toilet. And a growing number of community-based "take-back" programs offer another safe disposal alternative.
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Guidelines for Drug Disposal
FDA worked with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to develop the first consumer guidance for proper disposal of prescription drugs. Issued by ONDCP in February 2007 and updated in October 2009, the federal guidelines are summarized here:
Follow any specific disposal instructions on the drug label or patient information that accompanies the medication. Do not flush prescription drugs down the toilet unless this information specifically instructs you to do so.
Take advantage of community drug take-back programs that allow the public to bring unused drugs to a central location for proper disposal. Call your city or county government's household trash and recycling service (see blue pages in phone book) to see if a take-back program is available in your community. The Drug Enforcement Administration, working with state and local law enforcement agencies, is sponsoring National Prescription Drug Take Back Days6 throughout the United States.
If no instructions are given on the drug label and no take-back program is available in your area, throw the drugs in the household trash, but first:
Take them out of their original containers and mix them with an undesirable substance, such as used coffee grounds or kitty litter. The medication will be less appealing to children and pets, and unrecognizable to people who may intentionally go through your trash.
Put them in a sealable bag, empty can, or other container to prevent the medication from leaking or breaking out of a garbage bag.
FDA's Deputy Director of the Office of Compliance Ilisa Bernstein, Pharm.D., J.D., offers some additional tips:
Before throwing out a medicine container, scratch out all identifying information on the prescription label to make it unreadable. This will help protect your identity and the privacy of your personal health information.
Do not give medications to friends. Doctors prescribe drugs based on a person's specific symptoms and medical history. A drug that works for you could be dangerous for someone else.
When in doubt about proper disposal, talk to your pharmacist.
Bernstein says the same disposal methods for prescription drugs could apply to over-the-counter drugs as well.
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Why the Precautions?
Disposal instructions on the label are part of FDA's "risk mitigation" strategy, says Capt. Jim Hunter, R.Ph., M.P.H., senior program manager on FDA's Controlled Substance Staff. When a drug contains instructions to flush it down the toilet, he says, it's because FDA, working with the manufacturer, has determined this method to be the most appropriate route of disposal that presents the least risk to safety.
Drugs such as powerful narcotic pain relievers and other controlled substances carry instructions for flushing to reduce the danger of unintentional use or overdose and illegal abuse.
For example, the fentanyl patch, an adhesive patch that delivers a potent pain medicine through the skin, comes with instructions to flush used or leftover patches. Too much fentanyl can cause severe breathing problems and lead to death in babies, children, pets, and even adults, especially those who have not been prescribed the drug. "Even after a patch is used, a lot of the drug remains in the patch," says Hunter, "so you wouldn't want to throw something in the trash that contains a powerful and potentially dangerous narcotic that could harm others."
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Environmental Concerns
Despite the safety reasons for flushing drugs, some people are questioning the practice because of concerns about trace levels of drug residues found in surface water, such as rivers and lakes, and in some community drinking water supplies. However, the main way drug residues enter water systems is by people taking medications and then naturally passing them through their bodies, says Raanan Bloom, Ph.D., an environmental assessment expert in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. "Most drugs are not completely absorbed or metabolized by the body, and enter the environment after passing through waste water treatment plants."
A company that wants FDA to approve its drug must submit an application package to the agency. FDA requires, as part of the application package, an assessment of how the drug's use would affect the environment. Some drug applications are excluded from the assessment requirement, says Bloom, based on previous agency actions.
"For those drugs for which environmental assessments have been required, there has been no indication of environmental effects due to flushing," says Bloom. In addition, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, scientists to date have found no evidence of adverse human health effects from pharmaceutical residues in the environment.
Nonetheless, FDA does not want to add drug residues into water systems unnecessarily, says Hunter. The agency reviewed its drug labels to identify products with disposal directions recommending flushing or disposal down the sink. This continuously revised listing can be found at FDA's Web page on Disposal of Unused Medicines7.
Another environmental concern lies with inhalers used by people who have asthma or other breathing problems, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Traditionally, many inhalers have contained chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's), a propellant that damages the protective ozone layer. The CFC inhalers are being phased out and replaced with more environmentally friendly inhalers.
Depending on the type of product and where you live, inhalers and aerosol products may be thrown into household trash or recyclables, or may be considered hazardous waste and require special handling. Read the handling instructions on the label, as some inhalers should not be punctured or thrown into a fire or incinerator. To ensure safe disposal, contact your local trash and recycling facility.
This article appears on FDA's Consumer Updates page8, which features the latest on all FDA-regulated products.
Updated April 14, 2011
Hi Mary,
I been wanting to ask you something about using the Vit C for the foot pains while sleeping. I have been taking 1000 mg of C with dinner for months now, and it works great. I also take 10 mg of Baclofen before bed, but I think it's the C doing the wonders. However, a week ago I woke up with some foot cramps anyway. I think I forgot the Baclofen that night.
But I was also thinking, maybe I need to raise the Vit C dose to 1500 mg at dinner. Have you had to increase the Vit C dose with time? That's what I wanted to ask you.
I did raise the C dose to 1500 mg and I haven't had any more pains. I'm just concerned because if I had to up the dose within months, then what will happen in 1 or 2 years?
Maybe I don't really need the 1500 mg? But those foot pains are so horrendous I'm afraid to take just 1000 mg again and risk getting them. They are really THAT Bad.
On another note, 3 Docs who treat pain and anxiety were just taken out of practice in my area. All 3 were over 60. Two were arrested, and 1 realized a sting was coming, so he went out of practice. That was good because he was able to give his patients letters of recommendation.
But I think this is horrible. Granted all these Docs may have a small percentage of patients going in there and lying to get meds, but most are probably legit. I'm legit, you're legit, and so is almost everyone on this site. We take what we take because we need it.
I get several benefits from being on an opiate besides pain control. Some of them help my depression, they all help my IBS condition, and they prevent these random and spontaneous nose bleeds I've gotten since I was in grammar school. The Docs have no idea why my nose just starts to bleed, but it does. Without opiates I was getting 1 or 2 a week. With Vicodin I only had 3 or 4 every time the seasons changed. But now with Buprenorphine I get maybe 4 or 5 a year. That's great. I still carry cotton balls with me, but Bupe has reduced these nose bleeds to almost nothing. And it also helps the chronic pain in my right arm and hand.
So I get very upset when I see these "old timer" Docs being arrested left and right for charges that never hold up in court. My old Doc was about 84 and accused of writing scripts for 100's of thousands of phoney Oxycontin pills. That was what he was charged with. He was convicted of "failure to run proper medical tests for the meds he was giving out". I hope they didn't put the poor old guy in jail. That Doc was like a Doc from heaven. He even very rarely charged me a fee because he knew I'm broke. Even my pharmacist knows him, because he went to collage with my old Doc's son. My pharmacist said he wasn't just a good Doc, he was an exceptionally good Father to have.
I think these years are going to go down in history as a Dark Age for Doctors. Kinda like back last century when the socialist parties in Europe were arresting Priests. That was another Dark Age in history. Now it's happening to Docs.
Alright, enough of my soapbox. Take Care.
Hi Thor, no I don't think taking 1,500mg of vitamin C is going to hurt anything at all.If it works, don't fix it is my best clue. I still tke 1,000mg, & occasional I do get the muscle cramps, but not very often. Another one to add to it is magnesium, but if you have IBS be careful with magnesim as too much can cause diarrhea. I take 500mg a day of magnesium along with the vit C, & my other supplements. I have found that the magnesium has actually helped my IBS & has me more regular. Wouldn't it be nice if they could tailor make all your meds in one pill, & only take it one time a day? I am always forgetting to take my pain pill, then wonder why my leg or back is hurting so bad. It really throws me way off schedule. Made me look at the clock & it's due right now!
Hi Mary,
My pain meds are 1 of the few pills I never forget to take. It sure would be nice to have all my drugs in 1 pill. I must take over 20 pills a day, and that doesn't include Aspirin. I went back to good ole Bayer Aspirin for BT pain. I need 1000 mg, but they work very well. I always need them only once a day, so I'm pleased with that. I might try the Magnesium. I read an article last year that says people who take drugs like Prilosec long term often get a Magnesium deficiency. But the article I read claimed Magnesium replacement therapy has to be done with a skin creme that's too expensive for me. So I will give this idea some thought. I wish I had eaten a better, more healthy way, back when I was able to digest almost anything. Nowadays the foods I can digest best are the least healthy foods there are. I mean it could be worse, but it's certainly not on any nutritional diets I've seen. Except for chicken.
Thanks to the Gout I Never eat red meats. Just chicken and turkey, when I can get a good piece of it. I am fortunate in that I love turkey. It's just hard to find some cooked properly.
Have a good weekend.
Depending upon where you live, many pharmacies have a disposal service. Around here in Wisconsin we have collection centers around town and drives at various locations to deposit pills.
We have legislation that forbids landfills and it has been found that down the toilet is contaminating water supplies. The fire dept drives and the pharmacies say these are burned to dispose of them in special burners. Obviously you should not burn meds as the fumes and smoke could harm someone.
Toilet is safest as they are not retrievable.
Sorry forgot this part. Trash is not a good place as people go through trash, animals get into it, and children are at risk. If you have to use the trash they should be combined with grease, coffee grounds or something making them inedible. If left in the container there is a chance of being found and someone harmed. So be sure they are dumped out.
Also be careful with labels. Someone could refill your script if they find the bottle. We rip ours off.
Thanks everyone.
Hey Thor, hope that you are feeling better. Do NOT put the meds in the toilet, please. They are finding that the groundwater supplies are being contaminated with hormones, and medications all over the US. It is a terrible problem. There are plenty of pharmacies and fire stations that will take your old scripts from you NO CHARGE. I'm sure in your area with a call or two, you can find something close. Best of luck to you!!
Yep exactly what isaid. However, there are areas that do not have these options. My comment continues with the landfill idea. Sorry, I hit the button too quick. Thanks for restating.
Hi Thor. I'll take whatever you need to get rid off. (just my stab at humor) Good to see you, hope all is well and have yourself a great weekend.
Hi Pledge, you might want a bottle of Cialis I have to get rid of. They gave them to me to see if they would help with the urinary hesitancy of BPE. No, they didn't work. However, they did give me a 3 day headache. I was hoping for a 3 day something else, but all I got was a bad headache. So they're of no use to me, for neither of the reasons they're prescribed. You are welcome to them, LOL.
Pledge!!! it's illegal to give away prescription drugs!!
Simmer down recovered girl. It you read both those posts you'll see that both Pledge and Thor were only joking around. Everybody needs to be have a little play in their day, right?
Yes, we certainly do, & I missed my cuppa with Pledge today darn it! Bet he had all kinds of goodies to eat too. Hope everyone has a good weekend... Mary
Ooooo, that sounds really good! I wanna come too :)
Sounds good and the weekend is upon us. Fresh pot of coffee just finished perking. So, enjoy.
hey friends... I wasn't trying to be rude to anyone with my comment... I know now that you were all joking... sorry if I offended anyone... I was trying to keep someone from getting into trouble... no hard feelings please... :)
None was taken recoverygirl. Have a great Sunday, and theres coffee (Yuban) and danish to go round for all.
Well, I'm up early enough this AM to be there before it's all gone, so save a cuppa for me... Mary
Will do my friend. Care for a danish? :-0) Have a great day, I've a busy morning.
Hi Thor,
I always bring mine to the pharmacist. They get rid of it the right way!
that's true where i live too! I think that most pharmacies do that! My niece is a pharmacist for a major chain and she told me that all pharmacies should do this! :)
Hi Thor :) The best way to dispose of medication is to bring it to your pharmacy. They will get rid of it properly :) Miss ya! Larsy xx
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Yesterday's glazes dried quickly, leaving me optimistic for more of the same today. Melendez seems to be in general a warm leaning painter and I tried glazing with various pigments to create warmth and build form on the fruit. Having a white or light scumble underneath the glaze brings out a bit of luminosity.
I've been using raw umber for my darkest darks but I think it's too cool, with a slight greenish bend. I glazed the umber with burnt sienna and like the results. (The upper left hand corner is a good example.) I will have to look through my box of pigments for burnt umbers. I so need to inventory my pigments!
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Microscopic simulations show allosteric compaction in microtubules drives catastrophe
Jonathan A. Bollinger and Mark J. Stevens
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM 87185
Microtubules (MTs) are rigid biopolymers critical for many cellular processes including mitosis, and consist of αβ-tubulin dimers arranged in filaments to form hollow cylinders up to microns in length. MTs possess an unusual polymerization instability. Growth proceeds as dimers with GTP bound to their β-subunits (i.e., GTP-tubulin) slowly assemble onto the end of the MT, while dimers in the MT lattice away from the GTP-tubulin "cap" are converted to GDP-tubulin via dephosphorylation. Once the cap disappears, a catastrophically fast depolymerization occurs in which the MT filaments (populated with GDP-tubulin) unpeel via a well-known "rams' horns" motif. Understanding this depolymerization is fundamental to MTs, but a full calculation of the dynamics has not been possible. One hypothesis is that the switch from a GTP- to GDP-tubulin causes allosteric compaction in the α-subunit of the neighboring dimer, which generates mechanical stress in the tubule sufficient to drive catastrophe once the stabilizing GTP cap disappears.
To investigate whether compaction in GDP-proximal tubulin can drive catastrophic unpeeling, we perform molecular simulations of MTs assembled from coarse-grained αβ-tubulin dimers, based on a previously developed model that treated tubule self-assembly. We mimic the dephosphorylation-driven allostery by angling the bottom surfaces of α-subunits in the tubule lattice. Our simulations show that this shape transformation does indeed induce MTs to catastrophically depolymerize via the well-known "rams' horns" pathway. Notably, we observe catastrophic events only around compaction angles resembling the "bent" dimer conformation experimentally measured in bulk solution, and at subunit attraction strengths consistent with recent experimental estimates. Furthermore, we show that compacted MTs can be stabilized via very short non-compacted (i.e., GTP-tubulin) end caps. Thus, we demonstrate that mechanical stress due to the shape change between GTP- and GDP-associated tubulin can cause catastrophic depolymerization.


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Dr. DelGiorno shares why women need to have a good, open relationship with their physicians. Dr. DelGiorno completed his Fellowship in General Cardiology and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine and now works at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, Arizona.
Dr. DelGiorno:
It's very important for women to have a very good communication and an open relationship with their doctors. It's important that they present symptoms that they may not think are very important to their doctors. Symptoms for women's heart disease are very different sometimes than men. They generally do not present with the same symptoms. Men generally present with chest pain or exertion-related symptoms.
Women sometimes present with chest pain but not as much. Women present with other things that make the diagnosis a little bit more puzzling; jaw pain, headaches, throat pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, fatigue – all these things are very important when evaluating women and it's important that women remember this.
So don't be bashful, don't be shy, don't be stupid when you are coming to your doctor. Talk to your doctor. Tell him your symptoms because these are very important for us to try to make the diagnosis of heart disease.
I think it's important that women are very open when they talk to their doctors. I think it's important that they present all of their symptoms when they talk to their doctors. Most of these symptoms, if not all of these symptoms, can somehow be categorized and associated with different types of heart disease so these symptoms are very, very important for us to know.
About Dr. James DelGiorno, M.D.:
Dr. James J. DelGiorno is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Medicine and Internal Medicine. He completed his Fellowship in General Cardiology and Residency in Internal Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine after earning his Doctorate of Medicine from Pennsylvania State University.
Conditions: Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, High Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease, High Blood Pressure
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Johnny English Reborn (2011)
- Time: 101 min
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- Director: Oliver Parker
- Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West
Johnny English is retired in Tibet and in disgrace in MI-7 after a washed up mission in Mozambique. Out of the blue, he is summoned by the MI-7 to stop the Vortex, an agency of skilled assassins that are planning to kill the Chinese premier Xiang Ping. Johnny English is back in action with the support of the rookie Agent Tucker. But he is betrayed by someone that he would never expect.


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SOUTH BEND -- Police responded to a South Bend man's report that his stepbrother forcibly robbed him at a Walmart late Tuesday.
The 45-year-old victim drove his stepbrother to the store at 700 W. Ireland Road about 10:30 p.m. to buy personal items, said Sgt. Ian McQueen of the South Bend Police Department.
The man's stepbrother reportedly pushed him down, stole $900 in cash and left the scene, jumping the fence next to the store and fleeing toward the St. Joseph Valley Parkway, authorities said.
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Instantaneous Power Theory and Applications to Power Conditioning (IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering 2nd Edition)By: Hirofumi Akagi (author), Mauricio Aredes (author), Edson Hirokazu Watanabe (author)Hardback
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DescriptionThis book covers instantaneous power theory as well as the importance of design of shunt, series, and combined shunt-series power active filters and hybrid passive-active power filters * Illustrates pioneering applications of the p-q theory to power conditioning, which highlights distinct differences from conventional theories * Explores p-q-r theory to give a new method of analyzing the different powers in a three-phase circuit * Provides exercises at the end of many chapters that are unique to the second edition
About AuthorHirofumi Akagi is a Professor in the department of electrical and electronic engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. His research interest includes power conversion systems and its applications to industry, transportation, and utility. He has authored and coauthored some 120 IEEE Transactions papers and two invited papers published in Proceedings of the IEEE in 2001 and 2005. He was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 1996, a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies for 1998-1999. He received six IEEE Transactions prize paper awards, and 15 IEEE Industry Applications Society Committee prize paper awards. He is the recipient of the 2001 IEEE Power Electronics William E. Newell Award, the 2004 IEEE Industry Applications Society Outstanding Achievement Award, the 2008 IEEE Richard H. Kaufmann Technical Field Award, and the 2012 IEEE Power & Energy Society Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award. Dr. Akagi served as the President of the IEEE Power Electronics Society for 2007-2008. Since January 2015, he has been serving as the IEEE Division II Director. Edson Hirokazu Watanabe is a Professor at COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he teaches Power Electronics. His main fields of interests are converters analysis, modeling and design, active filters and FACTS technologies. Dr. Watanabe has more than 50 journal papers and more than 200 conference papers. He is a member of the IEE-Japan, The Brazilian Society for Automatic Control, The Brazilian Power Electronics Society, CIGRE and Power Engineering, Industry Applications and Power Electronics Societies of IEEE. In 2005, he was admitted to the National Order of Scientific Merit, Brazil. In 2013, he received the IEEE Power & Energy Society Nari Hingorani FACTS Award and became member of the National (Brazil) Academy of Engineering and in 2015 he was elected a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Mauricio Aredes received the B.Sc. degree from UFF - Fluminense Federal University, Rio de Janeiro State in 1984, the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1991, and the Dr.-Ing. degree (summa cum laude) from Technische Universitat Berlin in 1996. In 1997, he became an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where he teaches Power Electronics. His main research area includes HVDC and FACTS systems, active filters, Custom Power, Renewable Energy Systems, and Power Quality Issues.
ContentsPREFACE xiii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Concepts and Evolution of Electric Power Theory 1 1.2 Applications of the P-q Theory to Power Electronics Equipment 4 1.3 Harmonic Voltages in Power Systems 5 1.4 Identified and Unidentified Harmonic-Producing Loads 6 1.5 Harmonic Current and Voltage Sources 8 1.6 Basic Principles of Harmonic Compensation 9 1.7 Basic Principle of Power Flow Control 13 References 15 CHAPTER 2 ELECTRIC POWER DEFINITIONS: BACKGROUND 17 2.1 Power Definitions Under Sinusoidal Conditions 18 2.2 Voltage and Current Phasors and Complex Impedance 20 2.3 Complex Power and Power Factor 21 2.4 Concepts of Power Under Nonsinusoidal Conditions: Conventional Approaches 22 2.4.1 Power Definitions by Budeanu 22 2.4.1.A Power Tetrahedron and Distortion Factor 25 2.4.2 Power Definitions by Fryze 27 2.5 Electric Power in Three-Phase Systems 28 2.5.1 Classifications of Three-Phase Systems 28 2.5.2 Power in Balanced Three-Phase Systems 31 2.5.3 Power in Three-Phase Unbalanced Systems 33 2.6 Summary 34 2.7 Exercises 34 References 35 CHAPTER 3 THE INSTANTANEOUS POWER THEORY 37 3.1 Basis of the p-q Theory 37 3.1.1 Historical Background of the p-q Theory 38 3.1.2 The Clarke Transformation 39 3.1.2.A Calculation of Voltage and Current Vectors When Zero-Sequence Components Are Excluded 41 3.1.3 Three-Phase Instantaneous Active Power in Terms of Clarke Components 43 3.1.4 The Instantaneous Powers of the p-q Theory 44 3.2 The p-q Theory in Three-Phase, Three-Wire Systems 44 3.2.1 Comparisons with the Conventional Theory 48 3.2.1.A Example #1 Sinusoidal Voltages and Currents 49 3.2.1.B Example #2 Balanced Voltages and Capacitive Loads 49 3.2.1.C Example #3 Sinusoidal Balanced Voltage and Nonlinear Load 50 3.2.2 Use of the p-q Theory for Shunt Current Compensation 54 3.2.2.A Examples of Appearance of Hidden Currents 59 3.2.3 The Dual p-q Theory 63 3.3 The p-q Theory in Three-Phase, Four-Wire Systems 65 3.3.1 The Zero-Sequence Power in a Three-Phase Sinusoidal Voltage Source 67 3.3.2 Presence of Negative-Sequence Components 68 3.3.3 General Case Including Distortions and Imbalances in the Voltages and in the Currents 69 3.3.4 Physical Meanings of the Instantaneous Real, Imaginary, and Zero-Sequence Powers 74 3.3.5 Avoiding the Clarke Transformation in the p-q Theory 75 3.3.6 Modified p-q Theory 77 3.4 Instantaneous abc Theory 81 3.4.1 Active and Nonactive Current Calculation by Means of a Minimization Method 83 3.4.2 Generalized Fryze Currents Minimization Method 88 3.5 Comparisons Between the p-q Theory and the abc Theory 91 3.5.1 Selection of Power Components to be Compensated 95 3.6 The p-q-r Theory 97 3.7 Summary 104 3.8 Exercises 105 References 106 CHAPTER 4 SHUNT ACTIVE FILTERS 111 4.1 General Description of Shunt Active Filters 113 4.1.1 PWM Converters for Shunt Active Filters 114 4.1.2 Active Filter Controllers 115 4.2 Three-Phase, Three-Wire Shunt Active Filters 118 4.2.1 Active Filters for Constant Power Compensation 119 4.2.2 Active Filters for Sinusoidal Current Control 135 4.2.2.A Positive-Sequence Voltage Detector 138 4.2.2.B Simulation Results 145 4.2.3 Active Filters for Current Minimization 145 4.2.4 Active Filters for Harmonic Damping 149 4.2.4.A Shunt Active Filter Based on Voltage Detection 151 4.2.4.B Active Filter Controller Based on Voltage Detection 152 4.2.4.C An Application Case of an Active Filter for Harmonic Damping 156 4.2.5 A Digital Controller 171 4.2.5.A System Configuration of the Digital Controller 172 4.2.5.B Current Control Methods 177 4.3 Three-Phase, Four-Wire Shunt Active Filters 180 4.3.1 Converter Topologies for Three-Phase, Four-Wire Systems 181 4.3.2 Dynamic Hysteresis-Band Current Controller 182 4.3.3 Active Filter dc Voltage Regulator 184 4.3.4 Optimal Power Flow Conditions 185 4.3.5 Constant Instantaneous Power Control Strategy 187 4.3.6 Sinusoidal Current Control Strategy 189 4.3.7 Performance Analysis and Parameter Optimization 192 4.3.7.A Influence of the System Parameters 192 4.3.7.B Dynamic Response of the Shunt Active Filter 193 4.3.7.C Economical Aspects 198 4.3.7.D Experimental Results 199 4.4 Compensation Methods Based on the p-q-r Theory 204 4.4.1 Reference Power Control Method 206 4.4.2 Reference Current Control Method 211 4.4.3 Alternative Control Method 213 4.4.4 The Simplified Sinusoidal Source Current Strategy 215 4.4.4.A The PLL Circuit and the Positive-Sequence Detector 215 4.4.4.B The Sinusoidal Source Current Control Strategy with Energy Balance Inside the Active Filter 217 4.5 Comparisons Between Control Methods Based on the p-q Theory and the p-q-r Theory 218 4.6 Shunt Selective Harmonic Compensation 224 4.7 Summary 231 4.8 Exercises 231 References 233 CHAPTER 5 HYBRID AND SERIES ACTIVE FILTERS 237 5.1 Basic Series Active Filter 237 5.2 Combined Series Active Filter and Shunt Passive Filter 239 5.2.1 Example of an Experimental System 242 5.2.1.A Compensation Principle 243 5.2.1.B Filtering Characteristics 245 5.2.1.C Control Circuit 246 5.2.1.D Filter to Suppress Switching Ripples 248 5.2.1.E Experimental Results 249 5.2.2 Some Remarks about the Hybrid Filters 252 5.3 Series Active Filter Integrated with a Double-Series Diode Rectifier 253 5.3.1 The First-Generation Control Circuit 255 5.3.1.A Circuit Configuration and Delay Time 255 5.3.1.B Stability of the Active Filter 257 5.3.2 The Second-Generation Control Circuit 258 5.3.3 Stability Analysis and Characteristics Comparison 260 5.3.3.A Transfer Function of the Control Circuits 260 5.3.3.B Characteristics Comparisons 261 5.3.4 Design of a Switching-Ripple Filter 263 5.3.4.A Design Principle 263 5.3.4.B Effect on the System Stability 263 5.3.4.C Experimental Testing 264 5.3.5 Experimental Results 266 5.4 Comparisons Between Hybrid and Pure Active Filters 268 5.4.1 Low-Voltage Transformerless Hybrid Active Filter 268 5.4.2 Low-Voltage, Transformerless, Pure Shunt Active Filter 271 5.4.3 Comparisons through Simulation Results 273 5.5 Hybrid Active Filters for Medium-Voltage Motor Drives 274 5.5.1 Hybrid Active Filter for a Three-Phase Six-Pulse Diode Rectifier 275 5.5.1.A System Configuration 275 5.5.1.B Experimental System 277 5.5.1.C Control System 277 5.5.1.D Common Sixth-Harmonic Zero-Sequence Voltage Injection 281 5.5.1.E Three-Phase Second-Harmonic Negative Sequence Voltages Injection 283 5.5.1.F Experimental Results 286 5.5.1.G Appendix 292 5.5.2 Hybrid Active Filter for a Three-Phase 12-Pulse Diode Rectifier 292 5.5.2.A Medium-Voltage High-Power Motor Drive Systems 293 5.5.2.B Experimental System 295 5.5.2.C Control System 298 5.5.2.D Three-Phase Second-Harmonic Negative Sequence Voltages Injection 300 5.5.2.E Experimental Results 303 5.5.2.F Overall System Efficiency 308 5.6 Summary 308 5.7 Exercises 309 References 310 CHAPTER 6 COMBINED SERIES AND SHUNT POWER CONDITIONERS 313 6.1 The Unified Power Flow Controller 314 6.1.1 FACTS and UPFC Principles 315 6.1.1.A Voltage Regulation Principle 317 6.1.1.B Power Flow Control Principle 318 6.1.2 A Controller Design for the UPFC 321 6.1.3 UPFC Approach Using a Shunt Multipulse Converter 328 6.1.3.A Six-Pulse Converter 328 6.1.3.B Quasi 24-Pulse Converter 332 6.1.3.C Control of Active and Reactive Power in Multipulse Converters 334 6.1.3.D Shunt Multipulse Converter Controller 336 6.2 The Unified Power Quality Conditioner 339 6.2.1 General Description of the UPQC 340 6.2.2 A Three-Phase, Four-Wire UPQC 342 6.2.2.A Power Circuit of the UPQC 343 6.2.2.B The UPQC Controller 344 6.2.2.C Analysis of the UPQC Dynamic 353 6.2.3 The UPQC Combined with Passive Filters (the Hybrid UPQC) 370 6.2.3.A Controller of the Hybrid UPQC 374 6.2.3.B Experimental Results 380 6.3 The Universal Active Power Line Conditioner 386 6.3.1 General Description of the UPLC 386 6.3.2 The Controller of the UPLC 389 6.3.2.A Controller for Configuration #2 of the UPLC 396 6.3.3 Performance of the UPLC 397 6.3.3.A Normalized System Parameters 397 6.3.3.B Simulation Results of Configuration #1 of the UPLC 401 6.3.3.C Simulation Results of Configuration #2 of the UPLC 409 6.3.4 General Aspects 411 6.4 Combined Shunt-Series Filters for AC and DC Sides of Three-Phase Rectifiers 411 6.4.1 The Combined Shunt-Series Filter 414 6.4.2 Instantaneous Real and Imaginary Powers in the ac Source 415 6.4.3 The Instantaneous Power in the dc Side of the Rectifier 416 6.4.4 Comparison of Instantaneous Powers on the ac and dc Sides of the Rectifier 418 6.4.5 Control Algorithm of the Active Shunt-Series Filter 418 6.4.6 The Common dc Link 421 6.4.7 Digital Simulation 424 6.4.8 Experimental Results 426 6.5 Summary 427 6.6 Exercises 428 References 429 INDEX 431
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Kevin, I think your first image is really striking. Looks like an ancient castle in an advanced state of decay. I have no immediate suggestion on improving it. If this was my image I would definitely invest time playing with its possibilities. I am definitely going to steal this idea.
Hi Kevin.
Both are wonderful images. I agree with Karm on experimenting with different processing on the top image. I like the simplicity in the bottom image.
Thanks, Karm and Ken. I have fiddled with the first image till I'm "pixel blind", and nothing looks right any more. I'll take another crack at it from the original in a couple days. I'd be interested in seeing anybody's edit that wanted to have a play.
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Internationally-renowned dating coach Kezia Noble got her start as a "wing girl" within the pick-up artist community and earned a reputation for giving insightful advice and outspoken, honest feedback. By 2007, stories of her ability to help her students get results had begun to spread, and she was inundated with requests from men around the world to help them achieve similar success with women. In 2009, Noble started her own company and now employs a team of hand-picked male and female instructors who help students navigate the rocky world of sex, dating and relationships.
Through sold-out bootcamps and videos that have received well over ten million views, Noble has become one of the leading dating coaches in the world, and in 2013, she published a top-selling book entitled The Noble Art of Seducing Women: My Foolproof Guide to Pulling Any Woman You Want, in which she provides a unique insight into the inner workings of the female mind.
Over the course of her career, Noble has helped over 18,000 men overcome their fears and self-limiting beliefs and achieve success with women that they once thought impossible. To learn more about Noble and her work, visit www.kezia-noble.com.
What was your upbringing like, and how did it shape who you are today?
I grew up in London in a very small family but with what could be considered by many a privileged kickstart in life. Both my parents often entertained many celebrity friends with fantastically colourful personalities at our family home during the '80s, and I remember having to always give that little bit extra of myself in order to get attention from such an eclectic mix of adults. I feel that those experiences shaped my personality immensely. I relish the limelight, and enjoy making people laugh and striking chords within the people I meet. Although, as a result of my extroverted personality and encouragement to shine, I confess that I can be slightly intolerant of shy people in social situations. I feel that we all have a moment to shine or make impact, and that moment shouldn't be wasted on polite quietness or forgettable shyness.
How did you initially become aware of the pick-up artist community?
I was "head hunted," one could say. In 2006, whilst minding my own business, a man approached me in a bar claiming to be a pick-up artist. After explaining to me the general concept, he invited me to one of the workshops he was holding, where he and other pick-up artists show men how to attract women and increase their success rate over the course of a weekend. I was on hand to give some feedback to the students on the workshop and it seems that my direct and honest insight into the female mind was very much welcomed. That kind of insight was obviously one of the missing factors within the pick-up artist community.
Who were your biggest influences when you were first starting out in the pick-up artist community?
There was no particular pick-up artist that I can say had a profound effect on me or who influenced my teachings. I found that all of them had something to offer, however, there was a lot of hyped-up nonsense and exaggerated claims that I realised you had to filter out in order to get to the material that actually worked and that I felt was congruent with my experiences and insights.
What made you want to help men become better at meeting and seducing women?
I realised that it was something I was good at, and based on the success I was helping my students to achieve, I was motivated to keep going and keep evolving the skills and material that I was sharing. I feel that when men make a decision to get better or to excel at something, they tend to stick with it and, as a result, they are more open to direct feedback and hard-hitting advice if it means helping them to reach their goals. This creates the ideal teacher-pupil relationship for someone like me who practices and believes in "tough love" methods.
In your experiences, in what areas do most men struggle when attempting to meet women?
The inability to market themselves properly. Every one has attributes, opinions, personality quirks, a sense of humour, etc., BUT when men feel nervous or uncertain around women they are attracted to, they choose to hide these character traits that make us unique behind a wall of nerves. That wall of nerves usually makes the men come across as dull, shy, quiet, bland and replaceable. Failing to make impact within the first few minutes can really decrease the man's chances of attracting the woman dramatically. I focus heavily on conversation skills as well as non-verbal communication, as it is incredibly important for a man to convey his unique qualities and personality in the early stages of the interaction if he stands any chance of standing out from the endless forgettable guys an average woman has spoken to in the past.
As a female in a male-dominated field, do you feel that people have more respect for your point of view, or less?
Most men appreciate the idea of getting a clear insight into the female mind, however unfortunately, there are a lot of women out there who have chosen to give the "nice but essentially useless" option of advice. This vague and unhelpful kind of advice is something that men have had to endure from not only their female friends but also most of the female dating coaches out there who are featured in the media in order to give a "light" and "user-friendly" version of dating and pick-up advice. So as a result, there are men out there who might initially perceive me to be just another one of those girls who will end up lazily advising them to "just be more confident."
From your perspective, how has the pick-up artist community changed or evolved since you were first starting out?
It has become a lot more mainstream now, which I believe is a good thing, because most men out there really could do with some help in my opinion, and the need for that help is becoming greater the more we hide behind our smart phones, social media accounts and carefully pre-planned text messages when communicating with other human beings.
I think the pick-up artists who have remained "underground" tend to remain there for a reason.
What was your most memorable first date?
I find first dates very awkward, so most of them have not been as memorable as I would have hoped for. However, there was one which was particularly surprising. I met a man on public transport, who seemed like just a regular guy. However, during our first date, I realised that he was one of the world's most successful Americans. I didn't expect that at all. We ended up good friends.
What's the best meal you've had recently?
Wrong person to ask. I eat to live rather than live to eat. I see food as fuel rather than a pleasure.
Where are you most comfortable?
I'm comfortable in environments where I can hear what people are saying around me. The problem with a lot of night clubs these days is the deafening music. Conversation is very important, and it's an art form that's slowly slipping away. I can tell a lot about people not just from what they are saying, but by the tone of their voice, and likewise, they can connect with me if they can actually hear me. When the music is too loud, I simply leave rather than exhaust myself by enduring a constant battle between myself and the music.
What is the most rewarding aspect of your work?
Obviously, it's seeing my students get the results they wanted, but this extends further than just the results they get with women. After working with me, they very often find that they have been able to finally tap into an inner confidence and a core strength that they never knew they possessed, which in turn helped them excel in other areas of their lives too.
If you could offer one piece of advice to your 18-year-old self, what would you tell her?
Stop being so horrible to the boys you actually like! They are scared of you!


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And, yet again, no one seems to be able to point to anything specific. (Thanks for sharing, Jon!)
I would love to thank the individual who went to the trouble to organize this online. Please read it. Please watch it. It's priceless, and such a case of art imitating life imitating art. I don't regularly watch Family Guy, because I typically don't watch television, though when I do I find it hysterical and somewhat shockingly poignant. However, I did catch this episode a year or so ago and it made an impression.
We share the messages which impact us, because they give additional dimension and volume to the feelings and thoughts we sometimes struggle to communicate. After watching the Campbell Brown interview on YouTube I set about trying to find the Family Guy clip and, one quick Google search later, voila!, The Largest Minority has already done the work for me, in a much, much better format. Thanks Largest Minority!
It is not my nature to rigidly adhere to anything. I tend to form opinions based on the facts as I perceive and experience them. I am always willing to listen objectively to both sides of a story. (Thanks high school journalism and subsequent communications degree!)
I do have to say one thing - John McCain surely did recognize a windfall in terms of removing himself from a lot of public scrutiny. Sarah Palin is taking a beating for him.
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