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A nearly 3-mile-wide asteroid will make a (relatively) close call with Earth on Friday
A huge asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, but don't worry, this isn't "Armageddon."
(CNN) -- A huge asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, but don't worry, this isn't "Armageddon."
The asteroid, named Florence, is an almost three-mile wide rock that will pass safely within about 4.4 million miles of Earth (7 million kilometers) at 8:05 a.m. ET on Friday, NASA says.
And while a few million miles sounds like a lot of room, it's actually a pretty close pass when you're talking about the vastness of space. Other asteroids have passed closer to Earth than Florence, but few have been this big.
"Florence is the largest asteroid to pass by our planet this close since the NASA program to detect and track near-Earth asteroids began," Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, said in a statement.
But there's no need to get Bruce Willis and his crew involved. Chodas told CNN in an email interview that Florence is not an immediate threat. "Certainly not for the next several centuries, and not likely over the next many millennia either," he said. "It's possible this asteroid could threaten our planet in the far distant future, but it's unlikely."
A learning opportunity
Florence does offer a great opportunity. Scientists think any asteroid larger than half-mile to a mile (one to two kilometers) in size could have worldwide effects if hit the planet, so they will study Florence as it zips by.
NASA says the Goldstone Solar System Radar in California and the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will snap radar images. Chodas says the images will help scientists learn more about the asteroid's composition, shape, surface properties and roughness and the presence of boulders. They also may learn, he says, whether Florence has a satellite.
Having Florence do a flyby is a lot easier than chasing down an asteroid in space -- though NASA is doing that too with its OSIRIS-REx mission. The spacecraft was launched in September 2016 to chase down a potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu. It will take a sample of the asteroid and -- in a US space first -- bring the sample back to Earth.
Seeing Florence
You can try to see Florence if you have a small telescope. But study up on your astronomy charts and get ready in advance. Click here for some tips from our partner, Sky and Telescope.
If you don't have a telescope, you can watch the space rock online on The Virtual Telescope Project.
Asteroid Florence was discovered by Schelte "Bobby" Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia in March 1981. It's named to honor of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
This flyby will be the closest Florence has come to Earth since 1890 and the closest it will be until after 2500.
The asteroid that poses a threat
NASA says that about once a year, a car-sized asteroid hits Earth's atmosphere and makes a big fireball. They don't usually cause damage. But in February 2013, an asteroid streaked through our atmosphere and exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. The rock was about 59 feet (18 meters) across and weighed 11,000 metric tons, according to NASA. It exploded about 14.5 miles (23.3 kilometers) above Chelyabinsk, but still injured hundreds of people and shattered glass in buildings.
The asteroid that currently poses the biggest threat to Earth, according to Chodas, is Asteroid 1950 DA. He says it could "impact in the year 2880." The asteroid is about 1 mile wide (1.3 kilometers) and the chances for an impact with Earth are 1 in 8000.
What is NASA doing about all these dangerous space rocks? They created an office in 2016 that sounds like something out of "Star Wars" -- the Planetary Defense Coordination Office. It's tasked with helping find dangerous asteroids and comets and it's leading the US government efforts to develop a plan to respond to an actual impact threat.
Early plans are focused on finding threatening space objects and -- one day -- being able to either break them apart or deflect them away from Earth.
A rock star and space rocks
NASA scientists aren't the only ones interested in asteroids. Astrophysicist Brian May, better known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Queen, helped create Asteroid Day in 2015 to educate the public about the dangers of asteroids.
May's co-founders include astronaut Rusty Schweickart, film director Grigorij Richters, and Danica Remy, chief operations officer of the B612 Foundation, a nonprofit to protect Earth from asteroids through early detection. The United Nations has sanctioned it as a global day of education to raise awareness. The next Asteroid Day is Saturday, June 30, 2018.
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Monday, August 6, 2001
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lobby against Assembly dissolution
August 6 : A team of MLAs of Manipur started lobby in the
Central leaders to revoke the decision of assembly dissolution,
said a report. Sources among the MLAs who reached Imphal said a
positive response was expected from the Union Home Minister L.K.
Advani to their plea.
(August 6 : 1100 hrs : Manipur Online/HL News Service)
called up by NSCN (IM)
August 6 : District officials of the Ukhrul, Tamenglong,
Chandel and Senapati were called up by the NSCN (IM) to discuss
the current scenario in the wake of the withdrawal of ceasefire
extension, said a reliable source. The officials have met the
NSCN (IM) leaders at Senapati district headquarters.
(August 6 : 1100 hrs : Manipur Online/HL News Service)
August 6 : The Kuki Revolutionary Army denied the report
that United Kuki Liberation Front (Chandel) and Kuki
Revolutionary Army (Senapati district) have decamped with
weapons from NSCN (IM), according to a press release issued by
Anthony Kuki, Publicity Secretary, KRA.
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PLA killed in encounter
August 5 : One PLA activist was killed in an encounter with
the BSF personnel at Moirang Lamkhai Khoiru Leirak, in Bishnupur
district at around 10 pm of August 4. BSF were conducting
routine patrolling in the area when the underground activists
using sophisticated weapons ambushed them. BSF retaliated the
fire and exchange of fire took place for about 15 minutes. In
the ensuing fight, one of the militants was killed. The deceased
was identified as Konthoujam Manoj alias Leibakmacha son of
Kwaklei of Iroishemba Lourembam Leikai. He was a member of
banned People's Liberation Army. An M22 rifle with two
magazines containing 57 rounds of ammunition was recovered from
the dead body.
(August 5 : 2100 hrs : Manipur Online/HL News Service)
civilians killed at Kumbi encounter
August 5 : Two civilians were killed and one BSF personnel
got wounded in an encounter between underground activists and
BSF at Kumbi at 1 pm today. The incident occurred when the BSF
were ambushed by the underground activists. BSF retaliated the
fire. A heavy exchange of fire took place in the area. Two
civilians were killed while one personnel of BSF got wounded in
the firing.
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August 5 : The United Liberation Front of Asom denies the
news item "NE Militants Join Hands" published in some
newspapers. According to a press release issued by Ms. Rubi
Bhuyan, member, Central Publicity Department, ULFA, the
organization said the news item published was absolutely false
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attempt to create confusion among the fraternal revolutionary
organizations of the region. Specifically, dragging the name the
chairman of the ULFA into this misleading report only pointed
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said the release. The ULFA urged the concerned persons not to
report such baseless news item at the behest of Indian
intelligence agencies.
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August 5 : General strike called by the United Committee
Manipur which began from 5 am today ended peacefully. No
untoward incidents have occurred during the general strike. The strike was called to demand
unconditional release of the students and activists arrested
during the anti-ceasefire agitation. However, the essential
services are exempted from the general strike, as per the press
release of the UCM.
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How to Set up a VPN for Philips Smart TV
Philips Smart TV:
Philips Smart TV is widely known for the picture quality and the features embedded in the Smart TV platform. Some of the notable highlights of Philips Smart TV are SimplyShare (DLNA) to share multimedia content between devices, Net TV to access apps, faster dual-core processor and a remote with in-built keyboard. The Philips Smart TV also has a feature where a user can record digital broadcasts on a USB hard drive.
Smart TV's are not smart as their name suggests. These High Definition TV's support various communication technologies such as Wi-Fi, Ethernet for Internet connectivity. These communication technologies also make them vulnerable when accessing the Internet. A VPN Service presents a protective layer (also known as VPN tunnel) to the communication between media servers and your Smart TV while accessing the Internet. A VPN service ensures your IP address is concealed and protected while you enjoy multimedia content streamed to your Smart TV.
Steps to setup VPN connection on Philips Smart TV:
Things you will need
- A VPN service
- A laptop with wireless network adapter and RJ45 port
- Wireless Internet connection(through a router or ISP provider)
- Cross-over Ethernet cable
You need to proceed with the steps given below only after you have setup a PPTP VPN connection on your laptop. Connect you Philips Smart TV to laptop's RJ45 port using a crossover Ethernet cable.
- On your laptop, click on Start->Control Panel->Network and Internet
- Click on Network and Sharing Center link
- Click on Local Area Connection listed under View your Active Networks
- Click on Properties
- Select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"
- Click on Properties
- Click on radio button saying " Obtain an IP address automatically"
(Note: Keep the Default Gateway, DNS Server, Alternate DNS Server fields blank)
- Click on VPN connection you have created
- Click on Properties
- Click on Sharing Tab
- Select "Allow other network users to connect through this computers internet connection"
- Under the Home Networking Connection, select Local Area Connection from the drop down menu.
- Note: Ensure the options "Establish a dial up connection" and "Allow other network users to control" is unmarked
- Make sure Establish a dial up connection is not marked and Allow other network users to control is unmarked
Switch on your Philips Smart TV. Some Philips Smart TV's will need a LAN Adapter in order to connect to laptop for a cross-over Ethernet cable connection.
- On your Philips Smart TV remote control, press Menu button
- Using the directional buttons on the remote, Navigate to Setup->Installation->Network->Network Selection
- Use the directional buttons on the remote to select Wired
- Press Menu to exit
Run the Network Connection Test by following the steps given below
- Press Menu on the remote control and use directional buttons to navigate to Setup->Installation->Network->Connection Test.
If the result of the test is Pass; it means the wired connection is set properly. If the result of the test is Fail, it means you need to check the Connection configuration.
- Press Menu to exit.
Follow the steps given below to set the right connection configuration for the wired connection.
- Press Menu on the remote control and use directional buttons to navigate to Setup->Installation->Network->IP configuration.
- Select Manual in IP setting mode
- Enter IP Address, Subnet mask, Default gateway.
- Select Manual in DNS setting mode
- Enter Primary DNS, Secondary DNS.
- Press Menu to exit.
- Run the Connection Test again.
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It's not often, but from time to time, a programmable thermostat can act up, a situation that can be easy to diagnose and fix. If you notice your home isn't feeling as comfortable as normal, you may have a thermostat problem. These tips can help you identify the issues associated with your thermostat:
- Check the batteries. Some programmable thermostats use batteries. If yours doesn't have a low-battery light, you may have exhausted its charge. The front cover should come off easily and a battery compartment should be easily visible inside it. Turn the thermostat switch to off and replace the battery or batteries. Turn the switch back on and reset the thermostat if necessary. The HVAC system should run as normal with fresh batteries.
- Locate the fuse inside the thermostat's compartment if the battery wasn't the problem. If a power surge went to the battery, it could have damaged the filament in the fuse. Note the brand and model of the thermostat or take out the fuse and take it to a hardware or home improvement center. Find the exact replacement and replace the old fuse.
- Switch the system to heat if you've been running the air conditioner. If the system runs on heating but not cooling, you may not have a programmable thermostat problem, but a malfunctioning in the cooling side of the HVAC system. This will require an HVAC professional to diagnose and repair.
- If neither the heating nor cooling system works, it's likely the thermostat. Check to see if you've received notification of a recall if it's still under warranty. If not, you may need to replace the circuit board, if possible, or the thermostat altogether.
- Verify the time is correct. All programmable units run by tracking the time. Make sure yours is set correctly for a.m. and p.m., as well as the day of the week.
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FM President Dr. Dustin Swanger recently discussed the impact of the Governor's budget with the board of trustees. The proposed budget will result in a 10 percent decrease in state aid. This decrease will put FMCC back about $500,000. State aid funding is provided based on an FTE, full time equivalent, rate. Even though the…… Continue reading FM Students Face Tuition Hike in the Fall
Spraggs named new techology instructor
FM's newest faculty member is Electrical Technology instructor Jeremy Spraggs. However, Spraggs is not a new face on campus. He has previously been involved at FM working on various National Science Foundation projects and has served on the Technology Division Advisory Board. Most recently Spraggs taught electrical technology as an adjunct. Spraggs also enjoys the…… Continue reading Spraggs named new techology instructor
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Rioux: Harper understands nuances of refugee crisis
By Jean-Sebastien Rioux
The civil war in Syria has raged since the 2011 Arab Spring. In the past four years, more than 7.5 million Syrians have been displaced and four million have fled the country, almost 25 per cent of the country's estimated population of just over 17 million.
No wonder: the atrocities committed by the belligerents are unspeakable: mass executions, credible reports of use of chemical weapons, to name but a few. The war's protagonists include the murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad; the fanatical Shiite Lebanese group Hezbollah, who support al-Assad against the vile and disgusting Islamic State, or ISIL; and some other really bad people from the al-Nusra Front.
The human costs of the war were encapsulated in the photograph of a policeman holding the deceased body of young Adam Kurdi earlier this month, and while the reaction was a global phenomenon, it resonated especially hard here because of the Canadian connection. The plight of the Syrian war refugees has now captured our hearts and minds and Canadians have said they want action: they want our government to "do something."
While many believe that Prime Minister Stephen Harper got the politics of the situation wrong, I believe he was technically correct in his reactions to the crisis.
What he got right is the extremely difficult and complex nature of this crisis. It is a classic "nested" issue: there are many layers of complexity and I believe that Stephen Harper — the policy wonk who chairs cabinet and who reads every briefing note — reacted like a technocrat who was all too familiar with the complexity of the situation. But he forgot that the rest of us do not know what he knows. Stephen Harper the politician might not have had his pulse on the "popular" opinion, but he certainly knew his base's opinion.
What he also got right is that the refugees and migrants from ISIS-controlled areas in Syria and Iraq are fleeing ravaged areas, where bad guys are fighting even worse guys, and that the solution to the crisis has to happen "over there." But the crisis won't be solved easily, especially since Russia and Iran are reported to have sent troops and weapons in support of Assad. It will not get any better, so the four million war refugees are sure to climb in numbers.
Complicating the situation is that many European countries — with the exception of Germany — are not keen on accepting them due to their own negative experiences in assimilating hundreds of thousands of Muslims, and weary of shouldering the burden in light of their own economic stagnation. And also true, the Gulf States don't want to import Syrian problems, and Syrian Sunni Muslims, into their fragile states.
Once you get past the complex regional problems happening on the other side of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, there is also the real-life problem that resettling government-sponsored refugees is complex and process driven: there is UN involvement to certify refugees; security checks to ensure that no war criminals or terrorists are slipping through; the funding and capacity for offering language and cultural training, health care and social safety nets until the refugees can fend for themselves. Even the United States is only admitting 10,000 over two years because of the time it takes to verify the security bona fides of all the immigrants.
Stephen Harper's lack of immediate action on this crisis reflects his understanding of these real-world barriers. But in this election cycle, the technocratic explanation seemed offside in light of the searing images and the public's reaction. The plight of these civilians hit Canadians in the gut and it has become a question of finding the right number of Syrian refugees to demonstrate our compassion.
The crisis is real, it is happening now, winter is coming, and Canadians should get used to these images, because there are millions more seeking to flee their war-torn countries. Whoever forms the next government will announce new policies and higher numbers, but it will only be a small drop in a very large bucket.
A solution can only happen if both Assad and ISIS are defeated, and that is another complex problem.
Jean-Sebastien Rioux is an associate professor and co-director of the international policy program at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary.


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Among the Yoruba of Nigeria sculpture in service to ritual and religion is integral to life. Equally so are those arts given over to social purpose reflecting not only the social stature of the person who owns it but equally their tastes. In the northern Ekiti region among the Yoruba containers known as Olumeye are carved most often in the shape of a rooster were placed in front of a female figure who is shown kneeling in position of submission and offering. The bowl was used to serve cola nuts to elite guests. The high hair crest is a style known as irun agogo is as noted; "a recent bride or, as a priestess, or as a priestess married to an orisha, a deity in the Yoruba pantheon." (Fagg and Pemberton; 1982:134) She wears a protective amulet on her neck attached to a strand of large beads and has bracelets on her wrists. The interlaced pattern on her arms may be a local style of scarification and these decorative patterns that cover her body reflect her beauty and as noted by Drewal(1980:15) carry erotic overtones. Facial features are carved with naturalistic detailing as are her pointed breasts.
Recommended Reading:
R. F. Thompson: Black Gods and Kings: Yoruba Art at UCLA, (Los Angeles, 1971)
W. Fagg and J. Pemberton III: Yoruba Sculpture of West Africa, (New York, 1982)
H. J. Drewal and J. Pemberton III, with R. Abiodun Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought, (New York, 1989)


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Back in November of 2006 on my previous blog, I wrote a post entitled "Does Music Have a Future?" It involved an examination of a manifesto of the Future of Music Coalition, along with a related book by David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard, The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Revolution. The ideology behind this futurism could be captured in a single sentence from the manifesto Web page:
For too long musicians have had too little voice in the manufacture, distribution and promotion of their music on a national and international level and too little means to extract fair support and compensation for their work.
Note the absence of concepts such as composing, performing, and listening, all of which are presumably subsumed by "manufacture." As I put it in my original post, the focus is on "the commercial survival of people wanting to make a living as musicians," with very little regard to the practice of music itself.
Needless to say, I was no more pleased with this ideological stance when I first wrote about it than I am today. However, to give some sense of how little things have changed since the manifesto emerged, let me reproduce my critical reaction:
However, all this trafficking in manifestos probably needs to be examined in the context of my recent attempt to get below the surface of the iPod phenomenon. See, as soon as the manifesto writers get on the bandwagon of a digital future (which is definitely the case with the aforementioned book), then it is not long before the iPod is paraded out as the wave of the future. At this point it is important to remember that iPods now provide content other than music, so any examination of the technology must take content such as video and podcasts into account. Consequently, if we buy into the argument I have been trying to promote, which is that the iPod is, above all other things, a convenient mechanisms for detaching from reality, then the fact that it provides music as content becomes relatively incidental.
At the end of the day, if there is a "digital music revolution," then it has precious little to do with music; and the primary reason for this is that the technology behind this revolution is solidly locked into what Noam Cook and John Seely Brown call an "epistemology of possession." The iPod is a handy little toy that provides us with a new way to acquire and manage old possessions, and it delivers those possessions as a cocoon to protect us from the cruel world out there. However, if we want to talk about music, we have to recognize that music (as opposed to the music business) is more about practice than about possession. Those practices involve not only making music (composing or performing) but also going to performances and playing recordings. Cook and Brown argued that talking about practice requires a different epistemology from talking about possession; and they envisage a "generative dance" that engages both epistemologies.
My fear is that if the only talk we hear about the future of music has to do with possession, then practice may drop out of even our peripheral vision of the world of music. Unfortunately, I am "old school" enough to believe that you cannot have music without practice. Thus my choice of headline: If we embrace the manifestos of the "future of music" with too much enthusiasm, the consequence may be that music has no future at all!
In other words the concept of "manufacture" dominates the manifesto because the envisaged future is all about possessing the next generation of "end products." In this future there is no room for those who would prefer to pay the price of admission to experience the immediacy of performing musicians practicing their crafts.
On this blog much of my emphasis has been on the underlying nature of listening to musical performance and acquiring that listening skill. My preference has always been for "live" performance, holding to the precept that the primary value of recordings is to prepare us for opportunities for such performances. The best recordings are best viewed as documents of performances, rather than end products of a manufacturing process. This recently provoked me to draw the following conclusion about such manufacturing:
Unfortunately, this just sucks the life out of performance, literally as well as metaphorically; and, as a consequence, the practice also impedes (if not debilitates) our capacity for being (or learning to be) good listeners.
This morning Alastair Jamieson filed a story for the London Telegraph that cast the situation I have been examining in an even darker light than I had anticipated:
Flatter sounds associated with digital music are now being chosen by some record producers as young listeners no longer appreciate high fidelity recordings.
Researchers believe the use of iPods and computers to play music by millions of consumers over several years has raised the collective perception of the sound quality.
Their findings suggest that the veneration of vinyl records by purists following the arrival of the CD in the 1980s is being repeated by modern day music producers exasperated by the apparent indifference of young listeners to the metallic 'sizzle' associated with the MP3 players used for digital sound.
Jonathan Berger, Professor of Music at Stanford University, California, has conducted an eight-year study in which students have rated various formats playing the same song. He found that, over time, there was a rise in preference for MP3 players and that there was no perception of inferior quality.
Professor Berger told The Times that the phenomenon was similar to the continued preference of some for music from vinyl records heard through a gramophone. "Some people prefer that needle noise – the noise of little dust particles that create noise in the grooves. I think there's a sense of warmth and comfort in that.
Rennie Pilgrem, a dance music producer, said he mixed his tracks while listening to them through iPod headphones to cater to the less refined tastes of today's youth. "To my ears iPods are not even as good quality as cassette tape," he said. "But once someone gets used to that sound then they feel comfortable with it."
That last sentence is the kicker. The "comfort factor" that Pilgrem cites is that same phenomenon of categorical perception, which I recently discussed in terms of how the equal-tempered tuning of a piano now conditions us to hear the intervals of the harmonic series as "out of tune."
Much of what I have called the "rhetoric" of performance is a matter of subtlety. It comes from the capacity of a performer to differentiate the present performance from any past performance; but that differentiation can only be appreciated by those with the listening skills to be aware of it. Those skills can only be grounded in the individual listener's own experiences of past performances, which basically means that every performance we experience expands our capacity for being better listeners. "Manufactured" music, on the other hand, is not about any such subtlety of rhetoric any more than it is about performance itself. To the extent that Jamieson's report is an assessment of what the Future of Music Coalition had envisaged, it is a future in which the very act of listening has been displaced by the sort of primal auditory response that, in his derogatory way with words, Igor Stravinsky had associated with ducks and declared to have "no merit." In 2006 I worried about the future of music on the grounds that the need to think in terms of practice was being displaced by exclusive attention to product. Now I see that I must also worry that, however many excellent opportunities there may be for us to learn how to listen, what we experience through those manufactured digital products may undermine the very capacity from which that learning can take place.


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After being laid off as a visual effects artist, Anthony Lucero is forced to diversify his role by becoming a film-maker, focusing on story, character and acting. His film 'East Side Sushi' is about blending culture and gender, however this concept didn't immediately gel with the industry as they're stuck on action with lead male actors. Since there's no recognizable face attached to the film, it didn't do great for a while, but his drive to keep pushing forward helped the movie finally hit a high ranking on the charts.
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Paragon Realty Group LLC is a private real estate investment, development and management company founded by John A. Nelson, managing principal and Daniel P. Weinreb, principal.
Freelancing for The Breton Group, a creative agency that focuses on commercial real estate clients, I pitched my designs to the client and was chosen. Having a non responsive static website and the need to frequently update their property pages they sought The Breton Group for advice and design. Their main priority in a website consisted in having the ability to be updated from their side. It also had to be responsive given that most users browse the web and do research through their mobile devices on the go.
HTML, CSS & Javascript were used for front end development. PHP was used on the back-end development of the theme. Advanced custom fields and simple slider plugins were installed, implemented and customized in order to suit the client's needs. Photoshop and Illustrator were used for mockups, image optimization, site maps graphics, site architecture and icons.
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Care England is the leading representative body for independent care services in England.
We are grateful for the continued support we receive from Care England. Last year we were featured in their Caring Communities 2015 short film, which highlights the remarkable initiatives happening in the care sector as demand grows for these services. http://www.careengland.org.uk/caring-communities-2015
This year we are proud to be taking part in the first ever 'Celebrating the Arts in Care Home's' Conference to be held in London in May.
UnLtd is the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK.
We are grateful for the on-going support and mentorship we have received from UnLtd and their team. The support that they have provided Creative Minds has been imperative in our growth and development as a social enterprise.
Creative Minds is now even more driven to achieve our social aims, which are to empower people through art and creativity and make art accessible to everyone.
The Coutts Foundation supports a small number of organisations that provide sustainable solutions to ensure that basic human needs are met.
Creative Minds has received funding from a collaboration between UnLtd and the Coutt's Foundation to support the organisation and our social aims.
Care Home Open Day (CHOD) is a UK wide initiative organised by Care England, inviting care homes to open their doors to local communities.
Thousands of care homes across the UK take part each year and we are proud to support the initiative in delivering many Art Sessions and art projects on and in the run up to CHOD each year.
This years theme is 'celebration' so our Creative Minds Artists are busy planning Art Sessions and projects to work on with the residents.
Care Home Open Day 2016 is on Friday 17th June – all care homes can take part so get involved!
The Great British Care Awards are a series of regional events and a national event which recognise excellence across the care sector.
James Cropper, Founder and Director of Creative Minds won 'The Care Innovator Award' at the Great British Care Awards in the South East in November 2014.
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Creative Minds became a Social Enterprise UK member on the 17th December 2015 and we're proud to display our membership badge.


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Judy began her legal career in the Office of the General Counsel at Yale University, followed by several years in the tax and benefits group at Ropes & Gray in Boston. She has served as Chair of the Boston Bar Association College and University Law Group and in various capacities in the National Association of College and University Attorneys. She has spoken on higher education law issues at numerous conferences and other venues.
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Memphis BBQ Spareribs for a Gas Grill
In Memphis, traditional barbecue sauce has no place.
Why This Recipe Works
Every Southern city seems to put its own spin on ribs. In Memphis, cooks season the ribs with a spicy dry rub both before grilling and just before the ribs come off the grill. For an easy-to-accomplish BBQ recipe that captured the flavor and spirit of Memphis, spareribs worked fine, but St. Louis spareribs were an even better bet because they had much of the excess fat and cartilage already trimmed. Using more sugar than salt balanced the spiciness of the rub. Light brown sugar lent an earthiness to the rub that emphasized the pork flavor. Rubbing the ribs at least one hour before grilling gave the spices a chance to penetrate the meat. Soaking the wood chips for at least one hour in water assured that they smoked—rather than burned—when added to the heat. Finally, we simmered the remaining "mop"—the liquid used to baste the ribs as they cook—to concentrate it, then used it tableside as a sauce—it had too much flavor to let it go to waste.


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Your Total Recall Remake Will Be Directed by a Giant Pud
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By Dustin Rowles | Industry | July 30, 2010 |
I'm not one of those guys that loathes the Underworld films. In fact, I liked the first one and the third one (mostly for Michael Sheen) but I don't credit much of their success to director Len Wiseman (he didn't even direct the last one), who kind of demonstrated his penchant for mediocrity in Live Free and Die Hard, which I thought was about as close to the definition of "serviceable" as you could get. But, man: People loathe this guy as a director. I'm not entirely sure where the hate comes from, but I don't think the level of disdain the average fanboy has for Wiseman will drop any now that he's officially signed on to direct the Total Recall remake, the next step in Hollywood's attempts to cycle through Arnie's entire catalog before moving on to remaking 1980s Tom Hanks movies (oh, you know it'll happen).
Anyway, that happened. And I'm sure it's a very bad idea. And I'm sure Wiseman's wife, Kate Beckinsale, will be rumored for the role of Lori (originally played by Sharon Stone), and I'm sure that people will rail on this movie for the next 18 months, until it arrives at the 2011 Comic-Con, and a few movie bloggers will lose their nut over the footage, everyone will get unnecessarily excited about it, then it will be released, and it will perform only modestly, and then there'll be a backlash for a few days, and then we'll move on to discussing the merits of David Ayer's Commando remake and then, like all remakes, it will be completely forgotten about.
Circle of life, folks. Circle of life.
Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium, Salt) is penning the screenplay.
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BBC Has A Capsule Collection For Pharrell's New Favorite Hat
Pharrell always seems to be at the forefront of the fashion game and is known for pushing boundaries. His latest fashion statement, wearing the Vivienne Westwood hat first sparked a lot of criticism when he debuted it during the Grammys. The hat went on to sell for $44,100 on ebay and has since become a staple in Pharrell's wardrobe and is even being considered cool now, with other celebrities and fashion enthusiasts adopting the design with their own taste. After making the cover of GQ Magazine, Pharrell and his new favorite hat are back with a special "HATTY" capsule collection with Billionaire Boys Club. The collection carries a crewneck, and two T-shirts in varying design. The capsule collection embodies both Pharrell and BBC's colorful nature with a spectrum of colors incorporated into the design.
The "HATTY" Capsule Collection is now available on the BBC website.


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After revamping the donation ad campaigns by adding more highly targeted keywords to our persona (caring), we have achieved success! Out of three ads in the group, one is starting to show some promise with a 2.44% CTR after only one day!
The caring persona has trigger words such as "guaranteed", "Reviews", "dependable" and "recommended by". This type of person needs a lot of guidance in making a decision in terms of the quantitative data. They also need a lot of other people to have tried something before they themselves feel comfortable in doing so. The call to action in the ad instead of literally telling the persona to act, was designed more to help them act by saying we will show you how.
Another ad in the group has developed a .79% CTR which is ok for a little over 24 hours running so hopefully it picks up a little. The third ad has no activity as of yet but hopefully the attempts at optimization will help this one along as well. At any rate I am glad we are heading in the right direction with this new campaign. Our next steps (although not a part of class requirements) will be to develop an alternate landing page for Dream Catchers to look at. Hopefully they might allow me to link it to the new and well performing campaign in order to do some A/B testing or goal analysis.
Screen shots of the new campaign can be seen in the slide show below.
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I'm a digital marketer, programmer and entrepreneur based in Dexter, MI. I've worked in the digital marketing and web development field for close to a decade. Over the course of my career, I've become adept at areas of digital marketing such as programmatic advertising, SEO, email marketing, inbound marketing, promoting businesses through social media.
I currently serve as Director of Marketing for Rankings.io, an SEO agency based in Southern Illinois. We help attorneys, medical professionals, and small businesses rank their websites on the first page of Google. Our core services include onsite and offsite SEO as well as website design and programming.
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Tending the Fire offers the perspective and tools to be a more focused, effective leader.
All organizations operate as systems of interpersonal relationships. At their best, these systems draw out excellence in their people. At their worst, these systems become stuck, undermining and sabotaging even the most well-designed plans for change.
Tending the Fire helps leaders understand and engage a system's dynamics:
- The power of calm, courageous leadership
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Tending the Fire helps leaders become less anxious and more engaged so that they can bring about lasting change.
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Tending the Fire was founded in 2003 by United Methodist Pastor Barbara Lemmel. She is the coordinator of the New England Conference Parish Consultants, and works with corporate clients through the Coaching Center of Vermont.
Barbara studied conflict mediation and family systems theory with the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center in Chicago and with the Center for Pastoral Effectiveness in New Orleans. In 2003, she developed Tending the Fire, reaching more than 300 pastors, five judicatories and several churches. Barbara has keynoted judicatory gatherings in New York and New England as well as several clergy leadership workshops. She has served congregations in Vermont and upstate New York. As Troy Conference Minister, she facilitated conference re-structuring and offered programming and spiritual guidance to churches and pastors.
Barbara lives in Vermont with her husband and two children. She is committed to learning that is transformational and fun.
We don't offer a quick fix to problems of congregational viability or clergy effectiveness. Tending the Fire works at a deep personal and professional level, resulting in sustained growth for clergy and their congregations.


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San Francisco is well known for their incredible food. If you ask any SF foodie where their favorite spots are, I'm sure you will hear a laundry list of restaurants in and around Union Square, the Embarcadero, North Beach and the Mission. While the establishments in those neighborhoods surely play a huge role in making San Francisco's culinary scene so vibrant, they often … [Read more...] about Under-rated Food Spots in Western San Francisco
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Where European Roulette Started
The first form of the popular game of Roulette was initially devised in France in the 1800s. The word "Roulette" is derived from the French word, which translated, means "little wheel". Over a full century before that however in 1655, a French mathematician, physicist and inventor, Blaise Pascal, set that "wheel" in motion when he devised a simplistic version of the roulette … [Read more...] about Where European Roulette Started
Packing Tips For The Busy Business Traveler
Work travels may seem like everything is great but the experience can easily turn into a disaster. Many of your friends will think that you have the best job in the world but in many different cases we see that problems appear. You are out of the office but combining travel with work is troublesome. Making everything comfortable and having a great plan is something that will … [Read more...] about Packing Tips For The Busy Business Traveler
Do Power Dynamics Shape Relationships?
Whilst it seems that many relationships want to be equal, there always seems to be one party who holds a little bit more of the power than the other. You may think that this is normal, particularly if it applies to your relationship. But does this power dynamic shape the relationship? Is it a positive thing, or something that people should be on the look out for? When a power … [Read more...] about Do Power Dynamics Shape Relationships?
Why immigration lawyers are the best people to advise about migration
Tying to work out Migration laws can be one of the most difficult aspects of moving to a new country. The rules and regulations change rapidly, so what you know might be outdated. They will vary depending on which country you are hoping to move to. Making an error on documents such as these can have a huge impact on your chances of being accepted. It may sometimes seem that you … [Read more...] about Why immigration lawyers are the best people to advise about migration


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Home Selling Tips: Revamping Your Master Suite
Real estate professionals and decorators advise that the master bathroom is one of the biggest selling points of a home. Those in search of a new home want a master bathroom beyond the basics of yesteryear. People want a tastefully decorated master bathroom that's a stylish extension of the bedroom, complete with the amenities of the finest hotel.
Before putting your home on the market, revive your master bathroom, and give it a fresh up-to-date look. You don't have to hire an interior decorator or design professional. There are a number of easy ways to revamp your master bathroom without spending a lot of money, and you can do it yourself.
Update the Color
If your master bathroom is wallpapered with colors and designs from a bygone era, strip away the past, and give the walls a fresh new look that will impress potential buyers. Painting is one of the cheapest and easiest ways to give a bathroom a much-needed facelift.
Stripping wallpaper might seem like an overwhelming task, but there are tools and products that will help make the job fast and trouble-free. From wallpaper scoring tools to stripping solutions, there are innovative products that will ease the time-consuming and arduous task of removing old wall coverings.
Transform your master bathroom into an extension of your bedroom by choosing colors that compliment the walls and décor. The colors and designs should flow from one room to the other, and when they do, your master bathroom and bedroom will take on the appearance of an exclusive suite that potential buyers are sure to love.
Take a look at the many options for color, while keeping in mind that lighter shades open up and enlarge a room. In addition, many people prefer lighter shades that are easy to cover if they aren't to their liking. Although it's impossible to please everyone, lighter shades are safer alternatives to bolder or darker colors that could turn some away.
Stylish Accessories
Although items such as towels and throw rugs aren't part of the sale, accessorizing your master bathroom by echoing colors and décor will improve the overall look. Accessorizing will also allow buyers to imagine the home as their own, complete with all of the frills of an upscale resort.
Instead of choosing towels and throw rugs that will blend in with bathroom walls, choose towels to bring out a secondary color in the room. One or two colors taken from the tile or flooring is a great choice for throw rugs and towels. Color coordinating accessories are pleasing to the eyes and will bring out complimentary colors that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Window Treatments
If your master bathroom includes windows, updating window treatments can change the entire look of the room as well as prevent the loss of heat during cold winter months. New window treatments will help control levels of lighting while adding beauty and drama to the room while greatly impressing potential buyers.
A master bathroom shrouded in privacy with a picturesque view of the outdoors should be enhanced with window treatments that won't obscure the view. Shades are the perfect choice since they can be raised and lowered according to the level of lighting desired, and they are available in a wide range of colors and styles.
Blinds are a fantastic choice for south-facing windows. They allow a clear view to the outside while reflecting and controlling the level of light. Like shades, blinds are available in a wide range of colors and styles, from vertical to wood slats; there are blinds to meet every budget and style.
Customize the Shower
When potential buyers are in search of a new home, they meticulously inspect the master bathroom. Major considerations include the type of showerhead as well as the water pressure, and the type of showerhead you choose can greatly affect water usage as well as the pressure.
If you want to add appeal to your master bathroom shower, consider changing the showerhead to a newer model. You'll find multi-function showerheads, handheld varieties, water savers, and those that replicate rain showers. The sheer number of varieties to choose from will amaze you, and a new and improved showerhead can significantly enhance the appeal of your master bathroom.
Cabinetry Updates
If the cabinets and drawers in your master bathroom look tired and old, and you don't want the trouble and expense of buying new cabinetry, it's easy to give existing cabinets and drawers a fresh new look. There are a number of creative ways to embellish existing cabinets that will increase their value and improve their appearance.
Wood cabinets can be beautifully embellished with intricately carved wooden onlays. The application of wooden onlays give cabinets a rich look, and they are very easy to finish and apply. All it takes is matching stain and varnish, strong wood glue, and a little time and creativity. You can find wood onlays online or wherever woodcraft items are sold.
New cabinet hardware can make an amazing difference in the look of cabinetry, and the choices are virtually endless. Shop online to find new cabinet knobs and drawer pulls to match the style and décor of your master bathroom. You can give your master bathroom cabinets and drawers a completely new look with very little effort and expense.


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Hi! Dana Tatar here today sharing a fun way to alter metal tins. As both the sports season and school year come to a close, I find myself giving a lot of gift cards to the teachers and coaches that have helped my daughters over the year. Instead of tucking the gift cards into an envelope, I decided to upcycle some metal tins. I used some of my favorite Paper Wings Productions stamp sets and a wood burning tool to embellish pieces of cork. I love using my wood burning tool on soft materials like cork and leather.
Here's what my metal tins looked like before I started this project. The bottom half of the tins are a solid color, so I chose to leave that portion of the tin untouched and focus my efforts on covering the top of the tin.
Metal can be tricky to cover with paint, so instead I applied a strip of fabric tape around edge of the lid.
Next, I cut pieces of cork to size and stamped designs onto them using archival ink.
Once I was happy with the designs, I used a wood burning tool to trace over the stamped images.
Finally, I simply used hot glue to attached the burned cork pieces to the top of the metal tins. I love the look of burned cork. I plan to wrap a piece of colorful ribbon around each tin before I give them away. Markers work great on cork, and would be a great way to add color to the burned designs.
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Other Supplies: Metal Tins, Cork Sheet, Archival Ink, Fabric Tape. Wood Burning Tool
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I've put together a German armoured recce platoon from the Wacht am Rhein book, to form the core of a mobile armoured division battlegroup. Vehicles are, from left to right, an optional support Sdkfz 251/1 transport for a tripod mounted MG34 or MG42, an Sdkfz 250/1 transport for a bipod mounted MG34 or 42, an Sdkfz 250/10 command vehicle with 37mm AT gun, an optional Sdkfz 250/9 20mm armoured car and finally another Sdkfz 250/1 transport for a bipod mounted MG34 or 42. Dismounts in front are, again left to right, an optional tripod mounted MG34 team, two 4-man bipod mounted MG34 teams, a two man command team and optional 2-man Panzershreck team, an optional support PAK40 AT gun and two more 4-man bipod mounted MG34 teams.
I still need two Sdkfz 250/1s to mount two of the MG34 teams and I'll use an Opel Blitz Maultier as a tow for the optional PAK 40. Other support options include an Sdkfz 250/7 with 81mm mortar, an Sdkfz 250/8 Stummel 75mm infantry gun and, as an alternative command vehicle, an Sdkfz 250/11 with Panzerbuche.
This platoon organisation has a lot of firepower. Dismounts provide 4 MG34 teams with another 4 MG34s available from the vehicles themselves and the command half track mounts a 37mm AT gun. Then support options I'm most likely to include are an MG34 in sustained fire mode, the PAK 40 AT gun, 20mm autocanon on the A/C and a Panzershreck team. I might even indulge the command team with some off board mortars as they can spot for them too. On the downside, the teams are small and they are likely to be quite brittle, needing some back up from other infantry and armour.
Sdkfz 250s are Plastic Soldier, 251 and PAK 40 are Peter Pig, infantry is a mix of Battlefront and Peter Pig.
The armoured recce infantry platoon provides the core of the battlegroup. To this, I've added a Gepanzert infantry platoon in Sdkfz 251/1s. In the photo below, the rear row shows, left to right, an optional Sdkfz 251/9 Stummel with 75mm infantry gun, an optional Sdkfz 251/1 transport for a tripod mounted MG34, an optional PAK 40 with Sdkfz 251/1 tow (I might replace this with a Maultier), and a quad 20mm AA gun with Sdkfz 11 tow. The middle row comprises three Sdkfz 251/1s, which provide transport for three 5-man rifle squads and three 3-man bipod MG34 teams. In front is a command Sdkfz 251/10 with 37mm AT gun, a 6-man command team and an optional 2-man Panzershreck team. Sdkfz 251s and PAK 40 are all by Peter Pig, the AA gun and Sdkfz 11 are by Battlefront. Figures are a mix of Battlefront and Peter Pig.
One of the Sdkfz 251/1s with dismounts, a 5-man rifle squad and 3-man MG34 team.
The Sdkfz 251/9 Stummel and Sdkfz 251/1 with tripod mounted MG34.
PAK 40 with Sdkfz 251/1 tow.
The quad 20mm AA gun with Sdkfz 11 tow.
Command Sdkfz 251/10 with 6-man command team and 2-man Panzershreck team.
As an option to give the battlegroup some real strength, here is a Panther platoon. These are from Plastic Soldier Company and are excellent models, although the long barrels are a little brittle - I notice the command vehicle has a broken barrel already.
And finally, for now, some additional firepower in the form of a battery of Stug IIIs. These can provide some less expensive (compared with the Panthers) teeth for the battlegroup in smaller games or some additional firepower in larger games. Models are, I think, all Battlefront.
So, in addition to the missing vehicles for the recce platoon, I plan to create a lorried Panzergrenadier platoon mounted in Opel Blitz trucks and a Panzer IV platoon. I'll also add some heavy mobile AT guns in the form of some Jagdpanthers and at least one Jagdpanzer IV. Some Volksgrenadier infantry are also on the cards. Most of the infantry will come from cannibalising some of my Flames of War infantry, as we are playing this a lot less at the club these days. I've also just invested in a better airbrush, so hope to get some vehicles painted up using it shortly.
Thanks for looking.
Sunday, 20 August 2017
15mm Late War Germans based for Battlegroup
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Those look fantastic, Andy, can't wait to see them in action. You're going to go and inspire me to do some winter-based Germans and Allies (or at least Soviets).ReplyDelete
Thanks Jack, hope to get them on the table soon. Winter kit seems really popular at the moment. If done some Soviets and Germans in 20mm and these in Germans in 15mm. My US opponents for Battle of the Bulge games in 15mm are US paratroopers and regular infantry, but they are normally based, although I have some Bazooka teams in greatcoats so will try them on snowy bases.Delete
Cheers, Andy
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It's not that it is unplanned, but that it is a big job that cannot be done all at once and, as such, the plan is a long term one.
The MySQLi extension is the first step that was needed to make the migration, the other steps will follow.
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Human Action Principles
The Blueprint for a Peaceful, Prosperous Society
by Jay Stuart Snelson
For thousands of years humans have produced war, poverty, and slavery in a never ending stream of misery. Why? What are the CAUSES of these unwanted EFFECTS? Can they be reversed, eliminated? Snelson, building on the work of many brilliant writers over the ages, with special recognition to Ludwig von Mises in his major work, "Human Action," explains in simple to understand terms HOW to build a civilization that continuously evolves away from war, away from poverty and toward peace, prosperity, and individual liberty. If you call yourself a Voluntaryist, Libertarian, Anarchist, Minarchist, or any other title denoting a dissatisfaction with top down plundering government, this is for you. Click on this link to access the first three sessions at no charge. Get set for an intellectual treat that we bet is unparalleled in your life!
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Taming the Violence of Faith Win-Win Solutions for Our World in Crisis
by Jay Stuart Snelson
Based on the understanding that cultural paradigms, not human nature, are responsible for our ongoing faith-based conflicts, Snelson offers an analysis of these paradigms and how to reverse them. He rejects all abstract theorizing disconnected from evidence. He builds his Science of Social Causation model on scientific epistemology and presents a well-reasoned and practical way to change our civilization from its conflict based history to one that promotes peace, prosperity, and freedom for all.
Throughout his life Snelson worked ceaselessly to educate people about the dangers inherent in our current paradigms through his lectures. He changed the worldview of tens of thousands of his students. Here is one student's reflection forty years after first hearing Snelson. You can share Snelson's invaluable insights in "Taming the Violence of Faith; Win-Win Solutions for Our World in Crisis." It is truly a Must Read for our times, and, as Snelson intended, it's a Good Read. This is a book you will remember for the rest of your life. Here is one reviewer's reaction to the book:
Reviewed by Dr. Norman H. Imberman, July 19, 2012
In the 200s B.C. it was Archimedes. In the 1500s-1600s it was Galileo Galilei. In 1665-1666 it was Isaac Newton. In the 1800s it was Michael Faraday, Gregor Mendel and James Clerk Maxwell. In the 1900s it was Albert Einstein and Max Planck. All of these innovators have become household words in the American lexicon. They and many others have contributed a wealth of information to the world that has raised the standard of living for the masses never even imagined before such men existed. Each of them contributed a piece of the puzzle of the mysteries of the universe that added to the integration of the physical and biological sciences. What about the social sciences?
Jay Stuart Snelson in his book, "Taming the Violence of Faith" has taken the subject of sociology to new heights by innovating a brilliant integration that can solve the problems of society which have previously been thought of as being unsolvable. His use of syllogisms is beyond reproach as he develops, finally, the Science of Sociology. Questions and conflicts that previously had no solutions have been solved. In the process of Snelson's treatise, a well-organized history lesson is presented that integrates the failings of the past with his science of the present. He demonstrates the causes and effects of the many wars, riots, thefts, and inhumanities of men towards each other over the past centuries and which continue to this day. You'll find that there is a common denominator behind most of the ills of society.
Historically, it has been demonstrated that the more important and significant the new idea, the more it has been overlooked at the time of its innovation. The Snelson Integration must not become just another disregarded theory. The only thing his work can accomplish is to change the world for the better. That's all. It's a must reading for atheists and theists, for men and women, for the left and the right, for Jews, Gentiles and Muslims, for the uneducated and the educated and especially for you, the reader. Once you read it you will find it difficult not to recommend it to your friends and family with superlative enthusiasm.
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Minimally invasive treatment of spinal and cranial pathology is a large part of Dr. Pearson's practice. He is frequently asked "What is minimally invasive surgery?" With regards to surgical treatments, this means causing the least amount of tissue disruption possible while still performing maximally effective surgery. However, the least invasive treatment of many potentially surgical problems involves no surgery at all. Dr. Pearson uses a multidisciplinary approach and try to push patients through a full spectrum of non-operative treatments before committing to the risk and tissue disturbances associated with surgical intervention. For brain tumor patients this will often mean a minimally invasive biopsy, followed by Cyberknife. Most trigeminal neuralgia patients can now be effectively treated without ever making an incision. Neck and back pain patients can usually get substantial relief from physical therapy, anti-inflamatories and lifestyle modifications avoiding surgery in many. Doing this may require more time and visits with each patient but allows Dr. Pearson to avoid operating unnecessarily, and also improves results for the patient.
For patients who do require surgery, this same thought process is brought into the operating room. Neuro-navigation (GPS for the brain) allows smaller incisions, and reduces risk for brain tumors. Muscle sparing spine surgery maintains the normal stabilizing function of the muscles around the spine and also allows an equally effective operation to be done through a much smaller incision.
A minimally invasive approach to neurosurgery leads to better results for patients by avoiding surgery until it is necessary, smaller incisions, faster recovery, fewer complications, and reducing long term pain.


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Was Donald Trump the reason this longtime Univision personality just lost her job?
It's the end of an era at Univision. After 15 years of gracing our small screens, Lourdes Stephen is out of a job. The Dominican journalist will no longer be a part of "Despierta America," where she did the "Sin Rollos" segment, according to widespread media reports. An insider from the station told Miami.com her


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Road builder's Day
Dear colleagues,
Our best and warmest congratulations on Road builder's Day!
Profession of road builders was always honoured and highly estimated. We appreciate your work that helps build and improve auto roads and, thus, improve the life of people.
We wish you luck, success in implementation of new projects and new rises in our profession.
With best wishes, staff of JSC "Tatavtodor"


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Geek squad: British army tanks designed to have same controls as a PlayStation
BRITISH tanks are being designed with PlayStation-style controls to encourage video game "geeks" to join the Army.
Trainers say the Challenger II's firing mechanism is based on the Sony handset to make it more familiar to recruits.
Army chiefs want to hire gamers because they make the best gunners.
Lance Corporal Shannon Wood, who teaches recruits how to use tank weapons systems, says playing games such as Call Of Duty can be great training for warfare.
Shannon, 27, from Exeter, has served in Iraq with the Royal Tank Regiment during his seven years in the Army.
"Imagine playing Call of Duty with the optic sights on – that's close enough to what it's like on a tank gun"Shannon, former tank controller
He said: "People don't think geeks make great soldiers but when it comes to gunners geeks are the best.
"Imagine playing Call of Duty with the optic sights on – that's close enough to what it's like on a tank gun.
"Even the way the Army designs the controls is exactly like the PlayStation One controller – how it sits and feels in your hands.
"They knew what young lads were already familiar with."
Army bosses are desperate to recruit new talent at all levels in the armed forces as the war on terror becomes more sophisticated.
They are looking for a range of skills from social media experts to linguists and archaeologists.
According to Lance Corporal Wood, plenty of brainpower is needed on the frontline too.
He said recruits have to be intelligent to understand and operate the weapons system on Challenger IIs, which have seen action in Iraq and are worth £4.2million each.
He said: "There's some serious hardware in the Challenger II.
"You first fire a laser which measures range, air pressure and wind. That calibrates all the criteria scientifically.
"Then you fire your round, say a 120mm cannon. It's a fully stabilised weapons system that can fire to a range of up to 2000m, even while moving at 40mph.
"To be a gunner, you need to understand all of that and be able to pick the right weapon for the job.
"As I say, it's the perfect job for geeks."


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Quoted from Lana Del Rey's song, Million Dollar Man.
This was what I wore during the last day of Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2012. Yes I know, a very late post but you know what they say, "Better late than never!" You may not agree with me but not everybody can look at someone and not judge him/her by what he/she's wearing and I think people should change that perspective. What I love about Fashion Week is that, it gives people the chance to play up different looks. Showing your adventurous self, preppy side, grunge style and you can even put the whole safari on your body and no one will judge you and look at you like you're a freak. Like me, I was too casual wearing a tank top and denim jeans before this look but this time, I went for something totally different. Anyway, they say one must own a well-fitting black blazer for it can change a whole outfit and it really does. I used it as a cape covering my wide-striped short sleeved polo, cream pants paired with nautical shoes. I add up a little *pow* wearing braided belt, round sunnies and my DIY nut & washer neckpiece.
I hope to see you this October for Philippine Fashion Week!
Photos by Jc Valencia.
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After musicians AR Rahman and Yuvan Shankar Raja, the latest to join the bandwagon of those who converted to Islam is actress Monika. The Azhagi actress revealed that not only did she convert to Islam and changed her name to MG Rahima, she also bid adieu to her film career. The actress added that she was planning to tie the knot, soon. The actress at a press meet added that she liked the principles of Islam and hence, took the decision.
Monica has been part of films including Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu, Isai Arasan 23m Pulikesi, Varnam and the recent Jannal Oram.
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Dothan, AL (WSFA) - Tuesday, more Country Crossing employees will file for unemployment.
This particular filing will apply to those who work in the entertainment and restaurant venues, including Darryl Worley's Worley Bird Saloon, George Jones' Possum Holler Bed and Breakfast, John Anderson's Cafeteria, and Lorrie Morgan's Hot Chicken.
Last week, workers employed by the Houston Economic Development Authority or HEDA filed their paperwork.
Those employees work mostly with the bingo operations of Country Crossing.
With the latest unemployment claims, early estimates indicate that more than $174,165 per week will be paid to out-of-work Country Crossing and HEDA employees.
The numbers are based on those eligible to file for unemployment and the state's going rate for unemployment benefits.
This is added to the loss of more than $6,400 per week in payroll taxes paid to the state by Country Crossing and HEDA.
Workers and employers will be gathering Tuesday from 1:00-3:00 PM.
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Do you want to shop for a new car but have no idea how to do that? Maybe your life is too busy, or perhaps you do not know exactly what you should look for. Don't get stuck wasting precious time and money looking for cars and follow this guide. It can help you learn what you need for car shopping.
Scour the Internet for the best deals. You can save a lot of money by doing online research. Whenever you have discovered the best car for you, you can either get your dealership to buy this car, or go to the dealership that is selling the car and buy it from them. If the actual dealer offering the car is relatively close by, think about going there yourself in order to realize the most substantial savings.
If you pay the sticker price, you are basically throwing money at the dealer. Never pay the sticker price of a vehicle. They are priced for negotiations and this should be taken advantage of.
When shopping for a new car, have a firm budget in mind before you set foot into a dealership. You should never purchase a vehicle if you cannot really afford it. He doesn't have to pay the bill!
Get a loan for a car online prior to going to a dealership. A big reason why the process of buying a car takes a long time is because they have to run your credit and find a lender. The car shopping process will be much easier and faster by having a loan ready.
Prior to buying a car, make sure you test drive it. It doesn't matter if you have driven an identical vehicle. You should still ensure that this car is operating well. No two cars are exactly the same. Give every car that you consider a test drive to prevent buying a lemon.
Have a good idea of the car that you desire beforehand. Research this online to see what car is most suitable for your budget and your family. You will also learn what price range to expect, making it less likely that a smooth salesperson will catch you unawares.
Don't drive an expensive car to the dealership. You might not get a good deal if they see a nice car that they know is expensive.
Total Price
Never discuss down payment amounts, trade-ins or incentive offers until a price point has been firmly determined. You want these extras to reduce the price. This will ensure you get the best deal.
During negotiations, concentrate on the total price instead of the monthly price. Monthly payments are flexible, but the total price is more rigid. Pay attention to the total price. Instead, negotiate for the best overall deal on the price and financing of your vehicle. From there, look into the monthly cost.
Test driving a car is essential. No matter how perfect the car looks, you must test drive it. Hands-on knowledge of the car is essential. During the test drive you may find that you either love or hate the car.
When shopping for a new car, have a firm budget in mind before you set foot into a dealership. Don't let the dealer talk you into buying a car that you can't afford. Do not let the salesperson talk you into purchasing an expensive car if you are going to spend the next years struggling to make your payments.
What is your absolute maximum expenditure permitted? This number should reflect the amount you want to spend and the value of whatever car you want to buy.
MPG plays a huge role in a car purchase. For instance, a V-8 that can tow may appear to be a good idea. However, when you think about how often you'd really use it to tow things, you may decide that you really don't need that gas-guzzler.
Always read before you put down your John Hancock. Read the whole contract before agreeing to anything. Once you sign, you are legally bound by the entire document. Do not hesitate to ask if you can take the contract home to go over it carefully. If you can't take the contract home with you, request a copy of it or a purchase agreement that you can read over.
Call the bank to see if you can get the financing you need for the vehicle you are interested in. This will be for the security that you have. Normally a dealership can give you a better interest rate than a bank.
Consider a car's fuel economy whenever looking for a new car. It can be more expensive to buy a fuel efficient car, but you'll save more over time. The fuel savings should be considered when budgeting for a car.
Don't roll up to the dealership in an expensive car. The salesman may take one look at your fancy ride and refuse any low-ball offer you make. If you are looking to trade the vehicle in, this does not apply.
Buying a car near the end of a calendar month can prove advantageous. Dealers have to meet their quotas for the month. When you make your purchase at month end, it is likely that your deal will help them reach their quota. You can use that, sometimes, to find a superior price for what you want.
Prior to visiting an auto dealership, you should come up with a fair price. You should know what you want to spend and the price of the car.
Wait until you get an offer you are happy with before you mention your trade-in. The dealer may try to give you a not-so-great deal on the trade in, but you will have bargaining leverage since you already have a firm purchase price for the new car. The bottom line is that you need to make the deal sooner or later.
Do not reveal that you have a trade-in right off the bat. Until you settle on a good price for a car you are buying, do not say you want to trade in a car. If you tell them about your trade-in too early, you may get an even worse deal on that, so you have to be careful.
Prior to buying a car, be sure to test drive it. You can't get a feel for the car if you don't drive it. Really put your potential vehicle to the test, so there are no surprises when you decide to buy.
When you found a car that you'd like to look at, make sure to go over it well. Check the outside of the car for scratches and dents. Review the interior surfaces for burns, stains or rips. Do not forget that once you make the purchase, the car belongs to you. This includes any damage on the car.
Choose a car which is known to need few repairs and on which the repairs are relatively inexpensive. It isn't necessary to continually pay for a car. You can find great reviews online that will help you determine which vehicle is right for you.
Before visiting a dealership, call in advance to find out whether or not your preferred make and model vehicle is on the lot. If you visit a dealer without knowing in advance what you are looking for, a salesperson will try to sell you ANYTHING. Make sure, though, that the car is there for you. You should call ahead.
If you have good credit and can secure a favorable interest rate from your bank, it shouldn't be a problem to finance your vehicle. Getting financing from a bank or credit union will get you better interest rates than the other auto loan lenders out there on the market. Also, you will not be paying a large interest rate with this decision.
Shopping for a car at the end of the month is ideal. Rather than looking at you as a human being with needs, the salesperson might choose to view you as the one last mark needed to meet a quota. By allowing more than one day for negotiations, it is possible to get a much better deal than you would otherwise.
Never rush into anything when it comes to purchasing a car. Dealers are masters at high pressure sales and try to get you out the door with a car. Do not be fooled by this. Special offers are probably going to be available the next time you visit as well.
Make sure you've discovered the rebates before you purchase a car. Rebates are popular at dealership sites, as they make sales more likely. Unethical dealerships may fail to mention a rebate if you do not bring it up, and you will never know that you could have saved money on the deal.
Be flexible with the type of car you want to buy. Generally speaking, the major car manufacturers will have a car model that will fit your needs and desires. You will find the right size vehicle for you in the right price range. Compare these makes and models and their prices and features before you make your decision.
Before trading your car in, you should know how much it is worth. This will give you an idea of what kind of deal you can get for your new car after you factor in the trade-in price.
Beware of monthly payments that are low, but hide higher prices in total. Many people simply focus on what they will pay each month to the exclusion of everything else. There are sellers that will use this to get you to agree to low monthly payments with a high cost of buying. Take all the time you need to fully read and understand your purchase contract to ensure it is what you want.
Hidden Costs
Check into your financing options before you start looking for vehicles. This can give you the best possible deal for your situation. This will also prevent you from making a purchase that could result in financial ruin, as the bank will not offer to loan you more than you should be able to afford, but a car dealer will.
Do some research on the car's hidden costs. Cars may have different resale values, maintenance costs, insurance costs and fuel efficiency. Look into part costs, special oil change requirements, along with gas requirements. The hidden costs can make a huge difference in the cost of a car.
Have your current vehicle appraised, or look at its blue book value. You need to know this so that you get what it's worth come trade-in time. Knowledge can help you haggle if the dealer offers a low trade-in that's too low for your vehicle.
Choose a car which is known to need few repairs and on which the repairs are relatively inexpensive. You do not want to spend a lot to keep it going. Go online to get reviews so you know which car is right for you.
Do not expect to purchase a car when you go to a dealership. With this in mind, you'll be better prepared to negotiate. You won't be so desperate to bring a car home which is a bad deal.
As far as buying a car goes, don't rush. Dealers are going to always try and create a false sense of urgency that may pressure you to buy sooner rather than later. Do not let this happen to you. Promotions tend to stick around for longer than just today.
Begin negotiations with invoice pricing, or wholesale pricing. In order to discover this, you should check out some websites. You should plan on paying at the invoice level or perhaps slightly above it. After you have agreed on a price, then bring up financing and special incentives. This will help you get a good deal.
Low monthly payments are not always a good idea. Sometimes it is hard to find a car you can afford. Sales staff will try to entice you with low numbers but not tell you that it increases the overall cost of the car exponentially. Carefully go over the contract before signing it to ensure that you are completely aware of all terms and conditions.
You should understand that lower payments do not always mean lower overall cost. Salespeople want to give you a low offer so you'll be more likely to take it. Usually that just involves changing the terms of your loan. In the end, the salesperson will gain a similar commission.
Now that some of the mystery behind car shopping has been revealed to you, you should be able to find a great car. It is important to find a vehicle that suits your needs. Use the advice that you just read to help you get the car of your dreams.
When test driving a new or used car, ensure you drive this car on both the highways and backroads. This allows you to better gauge how it drives. You should also try parking it, making U-turns, and driving up and downhill to test the car's overall efficiency. This allows you to get a feel for the vehicle, so that you can see if it suits your driving needs.