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PRP stands for platelet-rich plasma. Now you may be thinking, what is platelet-rich plasma? Platelets are blood cells and they have several roles to play in the human body. For one, platelets cause blood clots, and they are also necessary for growth healing functions. Plasma is the liquid portion of blood. PRP therapy uses injections of a concentration of a patient's own platelets to speed up the healing of injured ligaments, tendons, muscles and joints. This way, PRP injections only use your own healing system to improve musculoskeletal problems. Costs for PRP treatments are reported to run between $500 and $2,000. If you have pain in your Achilles tendon, or in other areas, PRP injections could potentially benefit you. Please consult with your local podiatrist for more information.
If you are suffering from a foot condition, contact Massimo Pietrantoni, DPM of Rochester Podiatry, LLP. Our doctor will assist you with all of your podiatric concerns.
What Is PRP?
Platelet Rich Plasma, or PRP, is blood taken from a patient and spun in a centrifuge, concentrating the amount of platelets. The plasma is then re-injected into the site of injury or damage, assisting the body in repairing damage to muscles, tendons, ligaments, and tissue. PRP helps the body speed up its healing process.
Uses of PRP
Injuries affecting the foot sometimes don't heal properly because of poor blood circulation. The healing time slows down, and recovery time is affected by poor blood supply. PRP injections will speed up recovery and resolve this issue.
PRP is the first regenerative treatment for damaged muscles, tendons, and ligaments. No surgery needed. It is only applied with an insertion of a needle.
Ultrasound – An ultrasound is needed for proper placement of the platelets.
Injection – When the first injection is received, the patient will return to the doctor in about 2 to 3 weeks and monitor the recovery process.
Recovery time – Some people respond to treatments differently. Therefore, depending on your condition, the doctor will make any remaining decisions on how many more injections are needed, or if any additional ones are even required.
One may be able to avoid major surgery, and recovery time will be cut down. PRP injections also avoid creating scar tissue and damage to the area. Risks are also very low using PRP as a treatment. There is no risk of rejection, contracting a disease from using another person's blood, or infection.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact one of our offices located in Brighton and Greece of Rochester, NY. We offer the newest diagnostic and treatment technologies for all your foot and ankle needs.Read more about PRP Injections In Your Feet
People who participate in sporting activities may experience Achilles tendon injuries. If it is torn, surgery may be necessary to repair the tendon, and a lengthy recovery period is often needed. The Achilles tendon is located in the back of the calf, and its purpose is to connect the heel to the calf muscles. It may become injured if sudden jumping or sprinting is performed. This may occur if certain sports are played that can include volleyball and basketball. There are existing conditions which could weaken the Achilles tendon. These can consist of diabetes, specific forms of arthritis that can include gout, or if certain medications are taken. The symptoms that are often associated with this condition can include difficulty in walking, and there may be severe pain while attempting to point and flex the foot. If you have endured an Achilles tendon injury, it is advised to speak with a podiatrist who can guide you toward the proper treatment.
Achilles tendon injuries need immediate attention to avoid future complications. If you have any concerns, contact Massimo Pietrantoni, DPM of Rochester Podiatry, LLP. Our doctor can provide the care you need to keep you pain-free and on your feet.
What Is the Achilles Tendon?
The Achilles tendon is a tendon that connects the lower leg muscles and calf to the heel of the foot. It is the strongest tendon in the human body and is essential for making movement possible. Because this tendon is such an integral part of the body, any injuries to it can create immense difficulties and should immediately be presented to a doctor.
What Are the Symptoms of an Achilles Tendon Injury?
There are various types of injuries that can affect the Achilles tendon. The two most common injuries are Achilles tendinitis and ruptures of the tendon.
Achilles Tendinitis Symptoms
Rupture Symptoms
Treatment and Prevention
Achilles tendon injuries are diagnosed by a thorough physical evaluation, which can include an MRI. Treatment involves rest, physical therapy, and in some cases, surgery. However, various preventative measures can be taken to avoid these injuries, such as:
If you have any questions please feel free to contact one of our offices located in Brighton and Greece of Rochester, NY. We offer the newest diagnostic tools and technology to treat your foot and ankle needs.Read more about What are Achilles Tendon Injuries
Shockwave therapy is a non-invasive treatment that involves creating a series of low energy acoustic wave pulsations that are directly applied to an injury through a person's skin using a gel medium. It is used in the treatment of various musculoskeletal conditions, primarily those that involve connective tissue like ligaments and tendons. Shockwave therapy has been shown to effectively treat foot and ankle conditions such as heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis and shin splints. The benefits of doing this therapy include it being a non-invasive option, having an excellent cost/effectiveness ratio and limited side effects. Upon completion of the shockwave treatment, patients can return to most regular activities almost immediately. If you would be interested in shockwave therapy for treating your foot or ankle pain, it is advised that you consult with a podiatrist.
Shockwave therapy is a treatment commonly used to treat various injuries and conditions, particularly plantar fasciitis in the feet. To learn more, consult with Massimo Pietrantoni, DPM from Rochester Podiatry, LLP. Our doctor can provide the care you need to keep you pain-free and on your feet.
Shockwave Therapy
Shockwave therapy is a new treatment option designed to treat bone conditions such as tennis elbow, shoulder pain, and others. Shockwave therapy uses high intensity sound waves that are directed to the affected tissues of the body with pinpoint accuracy. The effects are very beneficial, leading to a production of collagen fibers, eliminating inflammation.
Who Benefits from Shockwave?
Shockwave is recommended for patients suffering from heel pain and associated problems. Heel pain is a common condition which can be caused by obesity, overexertion, and spending a substantial amount of time on hard floors with your feet exposed and unsupported.
Fast and Easy
The therapy is actually a simple process that can leave patients feeling better the very next day. Shockwave therapy is not as dramatic as it sounds. It enables more blood flow to effected areas, addressing the source of the problem and allowing treatment to last for a long time.
Treatment & Recovery Time
Shockwave treatment will enable your feet to recover quickly. This is especially important since surgery is not required. It is cost effective and does not require the use of anesthesia. This treatment is a better option to surgery, since it is proven safe.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of our offices located in Brighton and Greece of Rochester, NY. We offer the newest diagnostic and treatment technologies for all your foot and ankle needs.Read more about Shockwave Therapy
The feet are comprised of numerous bones, tendons, and ligaments, and are considered to be the foundation of the body. It is important to maintain proper foot care, as this can help to prevent different types of foot pain from occurring. The condition that is known as athlete's foot may cause severe itching between the toes and on the bottom of the feet. It is caused by a fungus that lives in warm and damp environments, and may be avoided if appropriate shoes are worn while in public areas. A large bump that forms on the side of the big toe may be a bunion, and can develop from genetic factors, or from wearing shoes that do not fit correctly. Ingrown toenails often produce pain and discomfort, and may be avoided when the toenails are trimmed properly. If you have any type of foot pain, it is strongly suggested that you consult with a podiatrist who can offer the best course of treatment for you.
Foot Pain
Foot pain can be extremely painful and debilitating. If you have a foot pain, consult with Massimo Pietrantoni, DPM from Rochester Podiatry, LLP. Our doctor will assess your condition and provide you with quality foot and ankle treatment.
Foot pain is a very broad condition that could be caused by one or more ailments. The most common include:
To figure out the cause of foot pain, podiatrists utilize several different methods. This can range from simple visual inspections and sensation tests to X-rays and MRI scans. Prior medical history, family medical history, and any recent physical traumatic events will all be taken into consideration for a proper diagnosis.
Treatment depends upon the cause of the foot pain. Whether it is resting, staying off the foot, or having surgery; podiatrists have a number of treatment options available for foot pain.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of our offices located in Brighton and Greece of Rochester, NY. We offer the newest diagnostic and treatment technologies for all your foot care needs.Read more about Foot Pain


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Chancellors are renowned for trying to spring a surprise during their budget speeches, and Philip Hammond is expected to announce that the UK will mint a special celebratory coin to mark the UK's departure from the European Union.
The Brexit 50p is expected to be issued on 29 March next year, the day the country is due to leave the bloc after 45 years of membership. According to reports, the coin will bear the phrase "Friendship With All Nations".
The report was greeted with derision on social media from Hammond's opponents. In a reference to the continued devaluation of sterling, Wes Streeting, the Labour MP for Ilford North, posted a picture of a pound coin.
The pound remains more than 10% below its value before the EU referendum.
His parliamentary colleague Rupa Huq, the MP for Ealing Central and Acton, said the coin represented "the shrinking of sterling and national stature on world stage. It's also a heck of a lot bigger than the Brexit dividend will be and perfect for deflecting away from [a] glut of bad economic news."
It wasn't long before the jokes started on social media, as others soon found images they thought might be a more appropriate metaphor for Brexit to display on a coin:
And others thought, given the progress with negotiations, the wording might need changing.
The phrase expected to be on the coin is rather pointed but isn't especially British. It is a truncated version of a quote from the former US president Thomas Jefferson, who said: "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."
Some suggested that perhaps the new coinage could be made more memorable by adopting a unique and appropriate shape.
As more and more people re-imagined the Brexit 50p, a favourite phrase from the sitcom Dad's Army sprang to the mind of one social media user.
And another suggested this alternative, with an eloquently written description: "One side features the Queen with her head in her hand, quietly sobbing, while the other has a comprehensive list of the benefits the people of the UK will receive on leaving the EU."
That side of the coin is left blank.
The UK is definitely striking it out alone with the plan, as the move to celebrate Brexit with a coin will not be echoed across the channel. The EU has already said it has no plans to mint a special euro coin to mark Brexit. "We have no current plans to do anything of the sort," said a European commission spokesperson.
In 1998 the Treasury issued a special 50p coin to celebrate the UK's presidency of the EU and 25 years of membership of the EU. The UK also issued a commemorative 50p in 1973 to mark joining the EEC.
The move to celebrate Brexit in this way may be ultimately self-defeating. As one person put it on Twitter:


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Rangers flop Joey Barton slammed by fans after showing off his only Ibrox trophy after failed stint in Glasgow… a golf club
The big-mouth midfielder - now back with Burnley - riled up supporters with cheeky post thanking Callaway for the custom club
RANGERS flop Joey Barton has been slammed by Gers fans after showing off his only Ibrox silverware - a golf club.
Barton, 34, whose contract was ripped up after he made just seven appearances for Mark Warburton's side, snapped up the Callaway wedge after winning a club golf day.
The red, white and blue wedge is embossed with the Rangers badge as well as the midfielder's name.
Barton - who now plays for Burnley - riled up supporters last night with the Twitter post saying: "Thanks to @CallawayNickMc and the guys @CallawayGolfEU for my custom made wedge for winning Ibrox golf day. Lovely trophy."
He is said to have pocketed a £200,000 payoff after a training ground bust-up with teammate Andy Halliday signalled his demise.
Supporters were quick to hit out. One said: "Who you going to hit with that at training?"
RED AND BURIEDJoey Barton reveals he was due to hold talks over Arsenal move until he got Gervinho sent off
ALL SYSTEMS JOERangers flop Joey Barton thanks Burnley boss Sean Dyche for ignoring 'circus' surrounding him
Another commented: "That's not the only wedge you walked away with."
While another disgruntled supporter said: "Probably the hardest you tried during time in Glasgow, live to regret your half a***d attitude to fitness from day one."
Barton, who is a keen golfer, came off the bench to score the winner from a free-kick on his first game back in the Premier League against Southampton two weeks ago.
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Please note due to the impact of the Coronavirus we removed the deadline for submission of this special conference edition however we now have a number of submissions so would like to publish in the autumn.
So if you would like to submit please do so by July 31st 2020 - we look forward to recieving your submission!
Hence we anticipate the inaugural publication of The Journal of Social Media for Learning will be the autumn of 2020.
We are currently accepting abstracts from delegates and presenters from The Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference, Edge Hill University (2019) and anticipate the inaugural publication of The Journal of Social Media for Learning will be when it will be!
We want to capture the very best ideas, to make this a useful journal where we can share impactful strategies that have the power to make a difference to student outcomes. We welcome submissions in all formats (papers, posters, presentations, opinion pieces, technical reports), and these may include reflection pieces outlining changes in your practice following the conference.
Most importantly, we are seeking to be inclusive. So, if you are new to research or publishing that isn't a barrier, so please don't be put off submitting. We don't want to miss out on sharing your great ideas. Our review process is designed to help not hinder, and to gain experience and understanding you could offer to become a reviewer.
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Senior R&D Engineer
Do you have experience in developing medical devices or do you want..
Ambu A/S
– for a fast growing and innovative medical device company
Do you have experience in developing medical devices or do you want to develop medical devices that make a huge difference in people's lives? Do you want to be a part of all phases in product development? Are you able to work closely with internal and external partners to optimize our current product portfolio within our anesthesiology area? Then your new career could be with Ambu as Senior R&D Engineer.
Since 1937, Ambu has developed, manufactured and sold medical devices. Today, millions of patients and healthcare professionals depend on the functionality and performance of Ambu's products worldwide.
In this newly established and challenging position, you will be an active contributor in the innovation team and participate in securing the future success of Ambu in the interest of our users.
You will be part of an effective innovation culture with a tradition for fast completion of projects, which means that there will be a visible link between your results and Ambu's growth. You will be a member of the Core Product Innovation team that focuses on products within Anesthesia, Neurology, Cardiology as well as Emergency Care & Training. Your focus will be on products within the area of Anesthesiology. The Core product Innovation team is a new team, so you will also be part of building up the team. Your workplace will be at Ambu's headquarters in Ballerup.
Involved in all aspects of the innovation process
As Senior R&D Engineer, you will be a vital player in product development projects within our anesthesiology area as you will be involved in all aspects of the innovation process – from the conceptual design to the product validation. You will work closely with marketing and participate in the interaction with future users to optimize the current product portfolio and identify opportunities for new and sustainable products. You will be responsible for the documentation throughout your work, working according to the principles of design control.
Your main responsibilities will be:
- To identify user needs through participation in the project start-up phase where interaction with key opinion leaders, doctors and other experts worldwide is crucial in order to fulfil the ambitious innovation targets.
- Concept development of ground-breaking products within the anesthesia and airways product area
- Mechanical design. You will be responsible for plastic and mechanical construction within the development project groups.
- Documentation in accordance with the regulations from FDA and ISO.
Your contact base will be broad, and you will have an interface with Ambu's global organisation, all departments involved in product development projects and externally with users, knowledge centers and suppliers.
Experienced medical device engineer
You have knowledge of developing medical devices, and you are able to translate user-needs into mechanical solutions. You have solid experience with plastic and mechanical construction. Most likely, you are employed in a similar job within the medical device industry or in a consultancy that deals with the medical device field. Your previous employments have given you solid experience with documentation according to FDA/ISO guidelines. We expect that you have at least five years of experience as a mechanical engineer, preferably within medical device development. Clinical experience will be a bonus.
You hold a Master's degree in mechanical engineering, medical technology, material science or similar.
As a person you are curious, highly motivated and flexible. You have great interpersonal skills and have a sense of occasion, which makes you thrive in global teams. You have a passion for new challenges, you are a "do'er" and prefer to act rather than theorise about problems. You have a strong sense of responsibility towards your work. You work in a structured and proactive way, but you are flexible and able to "think outside the box".
Since we are a global company, you will be involved in cross-cultural collaboration. Consequently, it is a requirement that you are fluent in English and that you are able to communicate efficiently. Lastly, you thrive in a position that gives you the opportunity to travel approximately 30-40 days a year.
Ambu - an ambitious and professional workplace
Ambu is a company with ambitious growth objectives and we are very focused on developing and putting innovative products to market. We reach our objectives through an interdisciplinary collaboration between motivated and competent colleagues in an informal work environment. Our rapid development means that there is a natural focus on the ongoing development of your professional and personal skills that will help to ensure Ambu's continued success. We offer a wide range of professional, social and economic benefits, in addition to the exciting challenges of the job.
When to apply
If you are ready to apply for the position, please apply as soon as possible. Note that we will invite candidates for interviews on a continuous basis so no need to hesitate. This job ad might be online until 11 August 2019, but once we have found the right candidate, this ad will no longer be online.
Your application will, of course, be treated confidentially.
You can get additional information about the job and about Ambu by contacting Thea Rank Falkenberg, Director, Core Product Innovation by phone +45 2082 1800
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THERE has been another victory for people power at a meeting of Middleton Planning Sub-committee, with local residents beating off plans to set up a staff car park on their doorstep.
Middleton Masonic Club had applied to use land to the rear of its pavilion on Manchester Old Road as a 72-space car park for use by employees of the nearby McBride's factory.
The detergent making company had previously warned the committee that it employed 800 people at its Middleton Way site and the number was increasing. There was already a waiting list for employees parking spaces at the factory and there was little availability of long term parking facilities in the town centre. If employees did not have parking areas provided this might detract from the company's ability to attract future employees.
However residents living behind the site in the Lyndhurst gardens area of Archer Park sent in letters of objection and lobbied the committee meeting in force.
Their main concern was that the number of new spaces would attract a large number of cars, which would increase traffic congestion at the Manchester Old Road entrance to the site. This was already a busy traffic area, adjacent to a roundabout, medical centre, nursery, residential care home and chemists.
At its July meeting the Planning Sub-committee deferred taking a decision to see if the Masonic Club or McBride's would be willing to make a contribution to a pelican or puffin crossing on Manchester old Road.
At the latest committee meeting the committee was told that the club had commissioned a traffic survey which had come to the conclusion that pedestrian number didn't justify a new crossing. Therefore the applicant had declined to contribute towards the cost of a crossing, which would have been in the region of £50,000.
However Councillor Barry Jones said the pedestrian survey had been done at the wrong time of the day, it should have been done during a shift change at McBride's. It was also done during the holiday period.
An officer from Rochdale Highways Department said: "The only place you count traffic in August is Blackley. The count taken was probably not a true reflection of the conditions that would normally prevail."
There were cheers from the objectors when the committee said it had decided to reject the application.
McBride's personnel director, Malcolm Allen said he was disappointed by the decision, but they would continue to search for a solution to the problem.
"Workers want to use their cars to work, even those living nearby because they often have to drop off children at school or have other commitments," he said. "We have tried to encourage the shared use of cars and have provided facilities for cyclists, but the problem remains that we need extra car parking space."


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Lanmarq, your newest book, presents an overview of the history and evolution of Latin American and Iberian brands. In what ways has the brand landscape in these countries changed the most in recent years?
At Interbrand, we always try to stay one step ahead in leading brands and branding conversation, and our ability to lead in the Spanish-speaking world is no exception.
Latin America is undergoing fascinating changes. Given the market's current socioeconomic environment, we project that in the next 10 to 15 years many industries will deregulate, which will enable freer operations in the energy, gas, and water sectors, among others, which will in turn produce greater mergers and acquisitions between companies. Current brands as we know them will disappear and new ones will emerge. The booming economy that could result will, hopefully, encourage solid investments in marketing and communications and pave the way for brands to be created and managed successfully. Mexico alone, for example, has undergone several drastic reforms in all sectors, which will affect their local branding landscape.
Also, as the digital breach in most Latin American countries is slowly decreasing (according to a study defining the Digital Future in Latin America by ComScore, Sept. 2014, there are 176.3 million online users in Latin America), brand digitalization, omnichannelity, and the omnipresence of digital and technological devices has been key in many Latin American markets, enabling brands to express and implement strategies digitally and generate 360º experiences for their local customers. Digital is also making it possible for customers overseas to learn about and access new brands, even when those brands are not yet present in their markets.
Latin America has become an attractive destination for global businesses seeking to grow both their market share and footprint. In your opinion, which leading local, regional, and global brands have most successfully introduced, developed, and grown their brands in Latin America?
Many brands are leading their sectors in Latin America and have implemented outstanding best practices globally. Lanmarq analyzes more than 1,000 brands, all relevant in their fields. Just to name a few examples, the analysis includes brands like the Peru-based AJE Group, the largest multinational beverage company, with a presence in over 20 countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa, which, according to Fortune (please include cover page of Fortune attached in the email), could become the next Coca-Cola. Also featured is the holding group of Lan and Tam, which will create a merged airline that will be able to expand its presence in Europe, along with industrial conglomerates such as Brazil's Odebrecht (one the biggest internationalized Latin American construction corporations) and Votorantim, as well as Mexico's ICA and Cemex, and Peru's Graña y Montero.
Various Latin American banks have also successfully developed and grown their brands in Latin America and are slowly but surely becoming international. The most outstanding examples are Itaú, Banorte, Bancolombia and Banco Pacífico.
To highlight a few more standout brands in various sectors:
Pollo Campero, Flor de Caña, Bimbo and Café de Colombia in the beverage and food industries are increasing their influence in the region and across the world. Venezuelan chocolate brand El Rey and Ecuador-based Pacari are also increasing their presence globally, and Mexican beer brand Corona, ranked 93 in Best Global Brands 2014, is one of the biggest beer companies in the world.
In the telecom sector, Claro is strongly competing in the region with Telefónica.
Retailers Falabella y Cencosud will enter the Chilean market for the first time, thanks to its thoughtful expansion strategies. And the popular Brazilian footwear brand, Havaianas, is becoming a huge success internationally.
Argentina's food manufacturer and coffee chain, Havanna, and online marketplace, Mercado Libre, are also carrying out very interesting work with their respective brands. And Peruvian yarn manufacturer, Grupo Michell, regarded as a pioneer in the Alpaca industry worldwide , is also increasing its offer internationally.
The book's title, Lanmarq, is a combination of "Latin American Networks" and "marq"—an adaptation of the word "marca," the Spanish word for brand. The title also evokes the English word "landmark," a distinguishing feature of a particular landscape or a significant event. In that sense, the book sheds light on Latin American and Iberian brands that have "made their mark" through innovation, growth, and unique brand experiences. Despite differences between regions and individual countries, how can local brands continue to expand their presence and influence beyond their category or home market?
"Glocalisation" is key. Latin American companies will need to maintain the global identities consumers and clients around the world recognize, while also striving to remain relevant to local customers. Adapting offers to local markets will be necessary since customers tend to gravitate toward what is familiar as well as the history and heritage of their preferred brands.
Local brands will need to select the products they are introducing and the market they are entering wisely by carefully analyzing what competitors are doing. They will also need to attract the best talent to manage their brand in order to reinforce their positioning in the market and implement their brand consistently through a solid marketing and communications strategy.
In order to be successful, local Latin American brands will also need to be innovative and define a digital portfolio to differentiate their products and services. The digital world has proved to be crucial, allowing local brands to access a global audience at the click of a mouse, so to speak. Highlighting outstanding local brands, a study carried out by Interbrand Brazil has identified key trends that all brands can replicate and use to grow.
Eventually, however, local Latin American brands need to look at the larger picture and define a regional or even an international expansion strategy that will secure a prosperous future.
LID Editorial has published the new title in both print and e-book formats (available for purchase through iTunes, Google Play, and Blue Bottle Biz) and plans to roll out English and Brazilian Portuguese editions in 2015.


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Bolt: Infested with so many fleas his body was dripping with blood.
Bolt was found tied to a porch in Baltimore. He was covered in so many fleas, his poor frail body was dripping blood when he was found from all their bites.
No matter how many times we see this or how many we have taken in, it never gets any easier. Bolt breaks our hearts just like Guinness did and all those that came before them. These dogs do not deserve to be tortured and starved. The humans responsible for these sadistic acts of cruelty make us sick to our stomachs. But, you can help us save him! All it takes is one simple shirt!
Bolt is a loving gentle pitbull puppy only 8 months old. He is forgiving and just wants to move on with his life! He was starved so badly and is so thin, his BCS (body score) is less than the lowest 1/9! Despite what abuse and torture an abuser put him through everyone who has met Bolt said he is amazing, sweet and loving.
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MINSK, Belarus — The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany negotiated through Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, locked in a tough effort to defuse the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine, though there was little indication that whatever peace deal emerged from these talks would last any longer than a previous truce in September.
The four leaders — Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Presidents François Hollande of France, Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine — remained tight lipped as the marathon negotiations dragged on for more than 10 hours, having started around 8 p.m. in the cavernous marble halls of this capital's Independence Palace.
The talks came against a backdrop of some of the worst violence since the crisis erupted a year ago as Mr. Putin and the rebels he has backed raised the pressure on Ukraine to make concessions in the peace talks. The Ukrainian government reported that 19 of its soldiers had been killed and 78 wounded in the last 24 hours of fighting with Russian-backed separatists around the contested town of Debaltseve in southeastern Ukraine.
"The entire world is waiting to see whether the situation moves toward de-escalation, weapons pullback, cease-fire or spins out of control," Mr. Poroshenko said upon arriving in Minsk.
Senior aides who participated in the talks refused to discuss their progress in any detail, though the Russian negotiators seemed more upbeat than the Ukrainians. At one point, Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, emerged from the negotiating room and said, "The talks are very active, better than super." Andrei Zhigulin, a spokesman for Mr. Poroshenko, merely said there was no easy way to make peace.
Observers were left to scan pictures of the meeting to look for omens. A series published by RT — the Kremlin-backed satellite television network — which showed Mr. Putin apparently snapping a green plastic pen in half was taken as testament of the intensity of the proceedings.
The Russian ambassador to Belarus, Aleksandr Surikov, said that negotiators for the rebels and the two governments were meeting separately to agree on the logistics of the truce, and the summit meeting leaders would then discuss how to implement it, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. There were also unconfirmed reports that the talks would end with only a joint declaration, a traditional diplomatic formula to try to paper over failure.
The talks are based on a 12-point peace deal called the Minsk Protocol, signed here in September but violated almost immediately. The goals of any deal have long been apparent, including a cease-fire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons to create a demilitarized zone and a degree of autonomy for the rebel-controlled regions. But the details, such as where to draw the demilitarized zone, the degree of autonomy and Ukraine's control of its border with Russia, remained contentious.
Before leaving for Minsk, Mr. Poroshenko told his cabinet that both peace and continued war were possible. He warned that if the session failed and fighting in the east continued to escalate, he might impose martial law nationwide, which could jeopardize a $40 billion aid package being negotiated with Western lenders.
The Ukrainian leader repeated a few of Kiev's central demands, which underscored the gulf between its position and that of Moscow. Ukraine endorsed decentralization but not federalization, he said, noting that the separatist regions could be granted rights similar to those in autonomous communities in Russia.
In Moscow, before he flew to Minsk, Mr. Lavrov took exception to certain Ukrainian positions, suggesting that a truce, the withdrawal of heavy weaponry and the beginning of a political process, as well as the restoration of economic ties between Kiev and the separatist regions, were far more important than control over the border.
Ms. Merkel has emphasized repeatedly that she regards the chances of success in the talks as slim, even after she and Mr. Hollande met with Mr. Putin in Moscow and with Mr. Poroshenko in Kiev on Friday. But she said the effort would continue given the daily rise in the civilian death toll from the conflict, which the United Nations has estimated at more than 5,400 since last spring.
In Germany, Norbert Röttgen, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in Germany's Parliament, said the talks would either come to naught or produce a retread of the original Minsk cease-fire agreement in September that might only cement the fact that the first version failed.
"I think there will either be nothing, because Putin unfortunately tactically has the upper hand in the short term," he said, adding that Mr. Poroshenko had limited room to maneuver
"Or there will be a new cease-fire, a second Minsk, which would include a significant shift of the demarcation line to the West," Mr. Röttgen said. "The violation of Minsk one would then be honored in Minsk two, and whether Putin would then keep to Minsk two, there are considerable doubts."
The lack of trust between the two sides is a major stumbling block to reach any accord, not to mention the continuing violence.
In Donetsk, shells fell shortly after 7 a.m. not far from the city center. Residents who were reached by telephone said the shells first hit near the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant and then, a few minutes later, smashed through the roof of a bus depot a few blocks away. Rebel leaders said six people died in the blasts.
Although the European leaders and Mr. Putin had said they would not come to Minsk unless the prospects of reaching a deal were strong, the sides still needed to bridge considerable differences. Ukraine wants the complete disarmament of the separatists and the withdrawal of Russian troops and armaments — which both the Kremlin and the rebels continue to deny were ever sent. It is unlikely, however, that the separatists could have held out this long, much less gone on the offensive, without significant Russian support in men, money and matériel.
Ukraine has promised some degree of self-rule to the breakaway areas, but it wants to control the lengthy border with Russia. It also seeks a full exchange of prisoners.
The rebel areas are pressing to exist separately from the rest of Ukraine and to keep their weapons, and they are demanding amnesty for their leaders. They also want Ukraine to resume pension payments and other forms of financial support, while pushing for a buffer zone wide enough that the main cities cannot be shelled by Ukrainian forces.
One possible point of contention in the talks is where the cease-fire line will fall, given that the rebels have captured more than 200 square miles of territory since the September agreement. Ukraine has insisted on re-establishing that line.
Mr. Putin has tried to distance Russia from the conflict, while also laying down settlement demands. Moscow has emphasized that Ukraine should create a federal system that would allow separatist areas to have their own foreign and economic policies, and would protect the Russian language and culture, while Kiev pays the bills. Russia also plans to keep Crimea, which it annexed in March, and has called on the Ukrainian Army to withdraw from the southeast.
Europe seeks to keep Ukraine whole, to preserve the principle that no borders can be altered by force. After Ms. Merkel, speaking last week, recalled her childhood in East Germany, some analysts suggested that she envisioned a solution for Ukraine that included a European-oriented west Ukraine and a Russian-influenced east, with some manner of peaceful separation between them.
The United States has threatened to arm Ukraine, although President Obama said Monday that Washington would not decide on the matter until the outcome of the summit meeting in Minsk was clear.
The outcome in Minsk depends largely on what Russia is willing to offer and what the Ukrainian president can sell to a public not eager for compromise. The two sides are reeling economically, with Kiev nearly bankrupt and Moscow trying to survive the collapse in oil prices and attendant budget problems, compounded by Western economic sanctions.
Many analysts expect Moscow wants to create a frozen conflict in Ukraine like ones in the Transnistria region in Moldova and in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia. Those enclaves were wrenched from their countries but not incorporated into Russia, and could be used to stir unrest at any time.
Moscow would then have the means to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO, and preferably the European Union as well. But since the revolution fomented by Ukrainians last February was partly inspired by the demand to draw closer to Europe, and hundreds of soldiers have died defending that goal, it is not clear that Mr. Poroshenko can sell it.
"The question is not what the Russians want, but what the Ukrainians can accept," said Dmitri V. Trenin, the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. "The strategy is to keep Crimea Russian and to keep eastern Ukraine as a center of resistance to the nationalist, anti-Russian tendencies which now prevail in Kiev," he said. "The game is a long one. It will not end this month, nor this year."


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COLUMBUS, Ind. — A Columbus man faces multiple drug-related charges including possession of heroin after an arrest on Wednesday.
Police say, officers responded to a vehicular disturbance in the 3000 block of S US 31 around 5 p.m.
Officers found the passenger of the vehicle, Jeremy D. Morgan, 32, to be in possession of heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and other prescription drugs.
A Columbus K9 unit arrived and discovered syringes, spoons containing residue and a scale inside the vehicle.
Police say Morgan told the officers that the paraphernalia was his.
He was placed under arrest, taken to the Bartholomew County Jail and is being held on a $38,500 bond.
Morgan has been charged with possession of heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, other controlled substance, paraphernalia, injection devices and disorderly conduct.


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As I said in another posting, we need to start persuading local communities to start looking after their trig points before they all gradually vanish.
The annual Heritage Open Days happen over a week or more in September. There will be events near you and the 2020 schedule of talks is being worked out now by your local committee. I've just offered mine a talk entitled "Ordnance Survey trig Points - Industrial Archaeology Hiding in Plain Sight". I'm also giving a cut-down version as a short talk to my local history society.
If you are competent public speaker, I urge you to do something similar. Your local committee will be organised through your local council and you can find out about it through this organisation: https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk.
My proposal is below. Feel free to steal and rework it suitably for your locality. Once I've prepared the talk I will publish that and you can use it as a guide if you wish.
In my proposal I talk about Bookham, a large village a few miles from where I live, As I mention, it had three trig points, all surface blocks. All these are currently lost, possibly dug up and thrown away but more likely just buried,. I would like to persuade the Parish Council to find them and give them some TLC.
Most people who go out hiking know about trig pillars, not so many know about other markers such as surface blocks, bolts, benchmarks etc. I think that benchmarks are particularly interesting because every high street has one and they are easily missed. For those who don't know, the list is here: https://www.bench-marks.org.uk. I will also mention the problems of accessing markers that are on private property. Around here we have a trig pillar in somebody's garden, a bolt on the wall of a large private house, all the usual problems.
Here is my proposed talk:
The Ordnance Survey have been mapping the UK for over 200 years. Until recently they used simple mathematics, theodolites and a national network of benchmarks and trig points to achieve one metre accuracy, a triumph of engineering in its day.
That technology has now been replaced by more accurate satellite navigation and the physical markers are redundant.
The best known position markers are the trig pillars, a common sight when walking in the country. These are fairly robust but they are decaying slowly. Other markers such as bolts and surface blocks are more easily damaged. Bookham was served by three surface blocks, all now vanished, possibly just buried a few centimetres below the ground, or maybe dug up and destroyed.
Easier to miss are the benchmarks, small marks on buildings giving the height above sea level. Every town has them and you probably walk past some every day.
These markers are part of our engineering heritage but nobody is now responsible for maintaining them, and they are disappearing one by one.
{I followed that with a paragraph about me and my qualifications for giving the talk. Being a trigpointer sounds enough to me!}


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What to Do When You've Hit a Weight Loss Plateau
Refresh balik subjek ni memandangkan tgh mengalaminya..huhuh
You've been dieting and exercising and successfully losing weight. Then, after a while, the scale stops showing any weight loss resulting in frustration. Does this sound familiar? You've likely hit a weight loss plateau that can mean one of several things.
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You Need to Eat. Weight loss requires taking in fewer calories than you use in a day. Unfortunately, many people go to extremes and eat too few calories thinking this will speed up the process. It may work at first, but eventually you will stop losing – and may even gain weight again. Why? Because your body thinks it's being starved and has entered "survival mode". Your body needs a minimum amount of calories each day to function and to maintain the muscle mass you have. If you eat less than this (including not enough carbohydrates), and because carbohydrates cannot be stored in great quantities in your body, your body only has 2 options for survival: 1) use fat for fuel or 2) use protein (i.e. muscle) for fuel. Protein provides your body with 4 calories per gram, whereas fat provides 9 calories per gram. From a survival standpoint, your body can live more than twice as long if it holds onto the fat and uses protein for fuel. This is precisely what it does. The problem is that when you lose protein and muscle, your metabolism drops. This means you can't eat as much as you used to and leads to the yo-yo effect. If you have really stepped up your exercise program, or perhaps just started one for the first time, you need to realize that your body will need more calories. You need to eat to lose weight, or your workouts will be in vain. ( kan? mcm merestui je nk ke laut..tu la pasal, mkn sikit salah mkn byk rs bersalah jgk.. apakata kita JOM KANTOI ESOKKK?? haha )


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I managed to override some TinyMCE stuff to allow the user to link to an image in the TinyMCE textarea but finding the link is somewhat tricky for the user especially if they need to do a lot of these.
Has anyone been able to modify TinyMCE so that the user can attach an existing (or even new) SugarCRM document inline into the textarea?
I'm thinking along the lines of a document modal dropdown with a callback.


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What is the meaning of life? What happens after death? Do we have free will? What is truth? Is it easier to love or be loved? Can money buy happiness?
Very learned people have suggested that we will never answer any of these deep philosophical questions.
But that would be an untruth. Because right here, right now, we answer the philosophical quandary that has been plaguing you for years: Can money buy happiness? And we all know happiness is a tricky emotion.
Without Further Ado, the Answer Is
Yes, it can. With one caveat. It can to a certain extent.
And you were under the impression that money can't buy happiness at all. But who can blame you? You were simply following years of prevailing wisdom.
How Can Money Buy Happiness (To an Extent)
Recent research findings between money and happiness appears to run counter to the many decades of research that show a poor relationship between money and happiness.
These recent findings were published in a paper titled Money Buys Happiness When Spending Fits Our Personality by Sandra C. Matz from the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, and Joe J. Gladstone and David Stillwell from the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
Matz, Gladstone, and Stillwell's findings suggest that money can increase happiness, but only if the money is spent a certain way.
The Study
The study examined more than 76,000 bank-transaction records. Researchers discovered that individuals spend more money on products that match their personality.
When people spent money on things that matched their personality, they reported higher levels of life satisfaction.
The Personality Traits
What does it mean that the study found higher levels of life satisfaction when people spent money on things that matched their personality?
The study divided personalities into five categories: openness to experience; conscientiousness; extraversion; agreeableness; and neuroticism.
It then divided purchases into 59 categories.
Once each category was devised, the researchers evaluated which type of personality spent money on which type of purchase category.
Here is an example of personality types and what each type least prefers to purchase (Low) and what each personality type prefers most (High) to purchase:
Personality Types Low High
Openness Traffic fines, mortgages Entertainment
Conscientiousness Gambling, toys, and hobbies Home insurance, health
Extraversion Home insurance Entertainment, travel
Agreeableness Traffic fines, gambling Charities, pets
Neuroticism Stationery, hotels Traffic fines, gambling
As first hypothesized, the fit between the purchaser's personality type and the type of purchases was found to be a significant predictor of life satisfaction.
Participants who purchase products that align closely to their personalities reported higher life satisfaction.
To an Extent
OK, so we know that researchers found that people who spent money on purchases that matched their personality were happier. That is what "to an extent" means. In other words, money can influence your life satisfaction, but it still can't buy you love.
So purchase products that match your personality, but balance this realization with an oldie but goody from Scientific American, "Happiness is a choice. We can choose to become never-satisfied janitors of our possessions, or we can use our money in ways that improve our worlds and, as a bonus, supply us with genuine and lasting well-being."
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The skeletons continue to tumble out of the closet of BJP president Nitin Gadkari's Purti group of companies, with reports now revealing that his driver, accountant and two employees were directors of the firms that invested in the group.
In an extensive report, the Times of India has shown that apart from contruction major Ideal Road Builders (IRB), a group of 16 companies had invested in the group most of which had directors who were associates of the BJP president or his family and were often headquartered in fictitious addresses.
Among the directors of the firms that invested in Purti group include Gadkari's chaffeur, his accountant and two other employees in the group, one of whom is reportedly a friend of Gadkari's son.
Between 2009-11, Gadkari's chauffeur Manohar was the director of no less than six companies, the report found, And while even Sudhir Dive, managing director of Purti Power and Sugar Limited, didn't deny the fact, he offered the defence that Panse is "now a director of only one company."
This comes after the NDTVreport which revealed that apart from large investments from IRB, which had made large loans to the Purti group, some of the other companies that had invested in the group were also located in fictitious addresses.
According to records with the Registrar of Companies, five of the companies that invested in the group were housed in a chawl in Mumbai, but the owner of the chawl claimed he had never heard of any of the companies. Three other companies were registered in another location in south Mumbai and again the firms were found not to be operating from the location.
While the records are mostly of years ago, the government has now said it will swing into action and will probe the curious investment patterns in the group.
"Our process is, we first make some discreet enquiry into this. Then find out if there's any violation. Let me see, now that it has come into public domain…we'll definitely enquire into it. And I'll get a report," Minister for Corporate Affairs Veerappa Moily was quoted as saying.
It doesn't come as a surprise that there exists a company that is presumably made up of fake investing companies, fake directors and fictitious address locations. Perhaps Gadkari's group of companies isn't the first one to be set up in this manner but it raises questions about how many such groups exist and what is being done to sort it out.
Equally stunning have been the comments made by senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh that he had evidence of corruption by relatives of other senior BJP leaders like LK Advani and AB Vajapayee but the party had chosen not to reveal it. An editorial in the Business Standardtoday argued about how in keeping the moral high ground, the nation's two biggest political parties have so far allowed leaders from both sides to indulge in deals, which even when viewed kindly, are murky.
Firstpost had pointed out how with revelations about Gadkari's companies, the BJP has again been caught on the wrong foot and in attempting to cobble together a defence for him, dropped the ball on the Congress and its complicity in Vadragate. But whether Kejriwal, the original rabble rouser, will be able to capitalise on the disarray the two parties find themselves in remains to be seen.
In both Gadkari's group of companies and with Vadra's case there may be little evidence of criminality or direct evidence proving quid-pro-quo deals, but if there are violations of law they deserve to face action. Irrespective of whom they are owned by and who they may know.
Courtesy : http://www.firstpost.com
Read More : http://www.firstpost.com/politics/gadkaris-purti-group-gets-murkier-driver-is-director-of-six-companies-499380.html


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Cities are organic, they are always changing, evolving, growing, contracting and generally moving toward another place from the present. One of the drivers of change, at least for short periods, is the season of a year. Cities, where the four seasons are evident and pronounced, can take on a variety of visual and active changes that alter the way people feel and live in their particular urban environment. A healthy city is one where assets are fully utilized and offer an enhanced quality of life for its inhabitants – every month of the year. Continue Reading
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There has been a lot written about Detroit lately. Some of it has been overly negative, some of it overly positive. Projects such as Detroit Works seek to rethink the land use patterns of the entire city while organizations such as D-Hive strive to connect energetic young entrepreneurs determined to make a difference in the city. This is the second in a series of posts exposing you to our understanding of the city from the inside (the first post here). Through these posts we hope to bring to you a critical look at the history, current conditions, future potential, and legacy of the post-industrial city.
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There has been extensive dialogue about the way that the built environment has been created since the end of the Second World War in 1945. That was a seminal point in global history, where cities of the world started to build and rebuild themselves after severe disruption and destruction resulting in a fifteen-year chasm and a jolting double hit of the Great Depression followed by World War II. There was a clear change in emphasis from 1929 to 1946, where the focus of building cities, towns and villages moved away from being structured around people and the way environments had been built for centuries. A new emphasis was toward the development of a different world where accommodating technological advancements, and mass production was to be the driver of decision making. Fundamentally, this move eventually leads to deemphasizing the needs of the user (people) within the built environment toward tools (Automobiles).
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- Beachfront Luxury Hotel in CangguIt was not a direct beachfront, because there a small alley between the hotel complex and the beach, but there's a space while people gather to enjoy the sunset and afternoon BBQ, although there's a wall which blocks access to the beach, although I think it was not really a loss for the Tugu Hotel Bali since the beach is public beach.But the access still can reach effortlessly even you carry your surfboard in your hand. One of the access open is next to the pool, so even your after surf looks like a mess, there's a pool to cool down, and the pool color is very bright fresh blue, I understand why the color is so calm, contrast with the hot neighbors of Canggu Beach
- A Testament of Old BaliThe concept of Tugu Hotels is The Art, Soul, and Romance. Like no other who tend to mix between modern contemporary and traditional Indonesian culture. Hotel Tugu Bali is serving you not only the old Bali but what makes Indonesia is Indonesia right now. The story, the artifacts, although the, not all the room interior is an ancient artifact, the feeling and ambiance remain true old Indonesia, especially Java & Bali.And while you feel the experience of old Java when you stay in Tugu Hotel Bali. Don't think that beach life will end by the sun is set. Depend you accept the fact that Canggu is a surf and destination for young people, if you stay at Rejang Suite that has view to the horizon, at night while you enjoying the milky way, the sound of the insect and waves, the tub, the fire torch, you will hear the live music from the nearest beach club.
- Major BathtubAs you can see the pictures. I mean you can pamper your self and enjoy your time there like I did. I use the bathtub more than 3 times (while at the modern hotel, I only use 1 time). I can't say anything but it was a perfect bathtub for me.
- Food, Food, FoodOf course, there's a western food, but can you imagine the richness of food in the Dutch era? (well if you don't know that Nusantara (Indonesia) was colonialized by the Dutch for more than 350 years before Japan took over for about 3,5 years - Although that what we have learned in school, some theory spoke the other facts. But what we can understand here, there were the Dutch people here on this land, long before Indonesia)Before Indonesia, this land was consists of many kingdoms. So this is what I feel when you entering the accommodation like Hotel Tugu Bali and some of the best luxury hotel & resort in another area in Indonesia that embraces the richness of Indonesia heritage. I will write about the Food at Hotel Tugu Bali in a separate post.
- Sanctuary for Reading Your Favorite History BookYes, and what I read in an old book which was written in the days of the Majapahit Kingdom in the 14th Century. The Book of Nagarakertagama, the book that shows the political base of the old Indonesia, who gave birth to our ideology of Pancasila and Bhineka Tunggal Ika, the unity in diversity. Not that I finish the book, but the ambiance of Hotel Tugu Bali is just perfect to read the kind of history book as Nagarakertagama or even another old books such as Kamasutra or Bhagavad Gita, but if you want to read Fifty Shades, I won't judge you;p


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Cindy is likely one of the best teachers I've ever experienced. She not only knew her own field exceptionally well but had empathy for the student's abilities, pace, style of learning, etc. She seemed to be constantly able to register the situation for each individual student - sometimes while she was actively teaching to the group. She is an OUTSTANDING instructor.
Embellishing Jewelry with Handmade Prong Settings
About this course
Through fabrication methods and proper soldering techniques, students will learn how create a wire prong setting to trap objects in their jewelry. We'll also learn a variety of soldering techniques (such as sheet & wire applique, open filigree wire work, and simple kinetics) which will help students add surprising and delightful details to their work. Many other short cuts, tips & tricks, and techniques will be covered as we go along! Soldering small to large components will be a major part of this class. Students should be prepared with ideas of jewelry designs they want to complete or the instructor can give assignments.
Please note: We will only be using a torch with two gases in this class, such as the Smith Little Torch or the Meco torch. Be prepared to have a mind-blowing experience time working with this tool!
Joanna Gollberg
Joanna received her A.A.S. in Jewelry Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1997. She has been a self-employed studio jeweler for 20 years, selling her work at craft & jewelry galleries and fine craft shows in the US. She has authored four books on making jewelry (all published by Lark Books), and her work been included in numerous publications, such as Metalsmith Magazine, Ornament Magazine, 20th Century Jewelers, and 500 Wedding Rings. She teaches jewelry making for metalsmithing groups, Craftsy.com, and craft schools, such as Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont, and Haystack Craft School.
Due to the open-ended nature of this workshop, students are expected to be responsible for their own materials for this workshop. Suggestions for materials for this workshop include:
- Sterling Silver:
- Half round wire of a variety of thicknesses
- Flat wire in a few sizes. I like 8 x 2mm, 5 x 2mm, and 3 x 2mm
- 20g, 22g, or 24g sheet (1 x 2", but it depends on what you want to make!!)
- Round wire in a variety of sizes and lengths (20g, 18g, 16g, 12g)
- Beads, found objects, and stones
- Any decorated sheet, doo-das, or wire you already have
- Easy and hard 22g wire solder, 5 feet each http://www.riogrande.com/Product/silver-wire-solder-22-ga/101707
- Any other metal sheet or wire you want to use—brass, copper, nickel, bronze.
- Saw and size 3/0 blades (I like Laser Gold brand from Rio)
- Flex shaft accessories, including screw mandrel and split mandrel
Please do not fret about exact amounts or not having everything! It always, always works out. Bring what you have on hand if you are not sure what to get.
Bring your regular jewelry-making tools. A basic kit is all you'll need, as everyone is great about sharing and there is always plenty of tools to go around. If you are brand-new to making jewelry, Metalwerx has plenty of tools available for shared use.
Items could include:
- Files-needle nose and large flat and large half-round
- Advantedge wheels: black (medium grit) and white (coarse grit)
- Pumice wheels
- Chain-nose pliers, Flat-nose pliers, round-nose pliers
- Steel ruler
- Scribe
- Drill bits
- Chasing hammer & raw hide/delrin/plastic hammer
- Parallel pliers (if you have them)
- Plastic-coated jaw pliers (if you have them)
The instructor will be bringing special soldering blocks for sale at $10 each. You will want one!
- Summer with the Masters
July 24 -28, 2019
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- Jewelry 1 skills required


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A couple of months ago I went into the dentist's office because of a pain in my upper right wisdom tooth. Low and behold I had a decent sized cavity. "Great" I thought, "at least I won't have to get it pulled"......
I made my way back into the dentists chair last week. I was just a little nervous. The last time I'd had my wisdom tooth pulled (upper left wisdom tooth) I was in the chair for over an hour. 45 minutes of that time was spent with the dentist literally yanking on my tooth. The novacaine had worn off. The dentist would clamp down on my tooth, pain would shoot through my mouth, I'd hear a crack, it would go numb for a second and then there would be blinding excruciating pain and then he would do it all over again. I understand now why pulling teeth is such an effective form of torture.
I was expecting a similar experience this time around. Except my current dentist is nothing like the dentist that did my last extraction. I'm very fortunate to have found a dentist and dental office that make the patient's comfort their number 1 concern. I've never seen a dental office that went so far above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to concern for their patients. So last week when he started to pull the tooth and realized I wasn't completely numb he immediately stopped. Bless his soul. He gave me another shot. I still wasn't numb. He decided to send me to an oral surgeon. I proceeded to panic.
I made the appointment with the oral surgeon anyways, like a big girl. Today was the big day. I was so nervous I thought I would surely pass out. I tried to convince him that I didn't really need the tooth removed, the cavity could simply be filled. His response was, "Nope, sorry, I can't recommend that". Three shots later and my mouth is numb. 15 minutes later and he's back. "You'll feel some pressure", he says. That's the understatement of the century. I thought my head was going to explode.
Not too much actual pain though for which I was eternally grateful. The pressure was uncomfortable but this guy was aces at pulling teeth and the whole thing was over in less than 5 minutes.
I was prescribed some pain meds, antibiotics and loaded up on gauze pads. I'm still bleeding a little and I'm a bit sore even as I type this almost 10 hours later but it's not as bad as it was. At least it's behind me now.
Anyways, the anticipation of the event had me so worried that I wasn't blogging much. Nor was I crafting much for that matter. I've been working on a couple of old projects that need finished and hopefully will be able to post them soon.
So here's too happy teeth and happy crafting.


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Benny Burger – Shannon's burgers use Blackmore's Wagyu beef and are ethical and organic with ingredients all sourced locally. There's also a vegetarian beetroot and chickpea burger with coleslaw, a potato cake burger, the cheekily named 'Cluck Off' chicken burger and The 'Chang' which references Momofuku founder David Chang's article of two years ago panning Australian burgers. The website audio includes a fun and educational 'skit' audio from the Bennett family. 95 Swan St, Richmond VIC 3121, +61 (03) 9691 3800
Burger Project – Neil Perry's burger chain includes the Melbourne outpost in the new St Collins Lane development. The burger promise – fast food with slow food values. The beef – 100% cape grim grass fed. The difference – burger bowls served up in a crisp piece of lettuce for those who don't eat bread. Also delicious shakes, house sodas, and beer and wine available. The Aviary, 260 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Andrews Burgers – the team that's been flipping burgers for 70 years in Albert Park and has cult status in Melbourne has finally added a city centre outlet around the corner from the Queen Victoria Market. The Andrew's Burger staple includes egg, bacon, cheese, grilled tomato, cooked onions, lettuce and sauce. There is also the Five-O based on the based on the traditional 'burger with the lot' that includes pineapple and beetroot. 155 Franklin Street Melbourne 3000, +61 (03) 9690 2126
8bit – brioche buns with all the fillings and a quirky theme that references video gaming (the original Footscray outpost has free video games to play). 8bit burgers are big enough to fill the stomach but not so big that the afternoon's a write off. They also do a five different fries options and onion rings plus shakes, hotdogs, tater tots and soft-serve. 231 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000 +61 (03) 9687 8838
Pickle – Melbourne's burger obsession has also gone local and this new burger place is serving the East Brunswick residents up quality burgers and great prices, like the Basic B beef burger with cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomato and American mustard for $9. There are also perfectly sized options for kids (with little to no green inclusions). Possibly the best thing about this intimate local however is the spiked shakes including a Baileys and Belgian chocolate version, and a Kahlua, espresso and vanilla bean shake. 1 Nicholson Street, Brunswick East, VIC, 3057, +61 (03)
Easey's – in Collingwood is jam-packed with modern Melbourne icons. From a 1972 Hitachi train carriage, seated on original orange tartan train seats, diners can fill up on a Melbourne Madness Burger (complete with a potato cake AND dim sim), sip on a local beer (Melbourne Bitter or Mountain Goat) and enjoy the original street art on the walls. 3/48 Easey Street, Collingwood, +61 (03) 9079 5942
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16 year old Ghanaian musician Dhat Gyal and his Ghanaian management Jerrybeatz Classic have canceled a ten year contract she signed with a Norwegian based Ghanaian record label 5K productions.
According to Attractivemustapha.com, Jerrybeatz Classic says the content of the contract document provided by 5K productions is palpably contrary to the verbal agreement and oral discussion they had.
Attractivemustapha.com further indicates that the contract document stated ten years as the duration of the contract instead of the five years agreed between the two parties verbally amidst other needful items discussed on phone which were not listed in the written contract.
Jerry beatz Classic also added that that their doors are opened to all well-meaning people who want to come on board and support the young talented musician's career.
Dhat Gyal was recently reported to have appealed for support to further her education.


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Congratulations to our U10 Boys Medley Relay Team who have qualified for the National IAPS Swimming Finals! Over 100 Schools from around the country attended the qualifiers at Stamford Endowed School on Thursday 8th March, and our boys came an outstanding 7th place with only the top 16 schools qualifying for the finals.
The team are: Huw – backstroke, Henry – breaststroke, Fitz – butterfly, and Archie – front crawl.
We are extremely proud of their phenomenal achievement! The boys have all worked really hard in their swimming lessons as well as in the Elite Swim Club run by Helen Blencoe, Huw Lloyd and Holly Cross.
"I am super excited and extremely proud of the boys! This is such a huge achievement for them and a first for Grace Dieu! They have already done Grace Dieu so proud and are over the moon at the prospect of swimming at such a prestigious event in such an amazing venue!" says Director of Sport, Helen Blencoe.
The team are now invited to the IAPS National Swimming Finals taking place on Saturday 9th June at the London Aquatic Centre, in the Olympic Park where the 2012 Olympics were held. We will all be cheering them on and if you would like to attend the final, spectator tickets can be purchased online for the event at trybooking.co.uk Let's hear it for the boys!


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Sarah Jaffe joins Radio Dispatch for the hour to discuss her new book Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt.
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Nation Books and Dissent invite you to raise a glass and hear Sarah give a special advance reading from the book, along with readings from some of Sarah's favorite troublemakers—Melissa Gira Grant, E. Tammy Kim, Victoria Law, and Kate Aronoff.
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Nation Books presents a launch event for journalist and Nation Institute fellow Sarah Jaffe's new book Necessary Trouble: Americans In Revolt. In this seminal text, Jaffe leads readers into the heart of the movements across the country that have transformed ordinary Americans—on both sides of the political coin—into activists. From the growth of the Tea […]


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Session Title: Sjögren's Syndrome II - Clinical
Session Type: Abstract Submissions (ACR)
The BAFF (or BLyS) cytokine plays a key role in pathogenesis of primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). Belimumab, the first biological treatment inhibiting soluble BAFF, has proved its effectiveness and has been recently approved in systemic lupus. Lupus and pSS share a lot of pathogenic mechanism including interferon signature and BAFF involvement. Thus we run the first open label study of belimumab in pSS patients.
Patients were included in 2 simultaneous and identical studies in 2 European Centres. Patients had to fulfill AECG criteria, to be anti-SSA/SSB positive and had to have at the time of inclusion either systemic complications, early disease (≤ 5 years), or the presence of at least one other biomarker of B-cell activation (increase in IgG, free light chains or of beta2-microglobulin, decrease of C4, presence of cryoglobulinemia or monoclonal component).The patients were treated with belimumab 10 mg/kg W0, W2, W4 and then every four weeks until W24.
The primary end-point was evaluated at W28 and consisted of improvement of 2 of the 5 following items : 1- ≥ 30% reduction of patient's dryness VAS, 2- ≥ 30% reduction of patient's fatigue VAS, 3- ≥ 30% reduction of patient's musculoskeletal pain VAS, 4- ≥ 30% reduction of physician's systemic activity VAS , 5- ≥ 25% reduction of any of the following B cell activation biomarkers (free light chains of immunogobulins, beta2-microglobulin, monoclonal component, cryoglobulinemia, IgG) or ≥ 25% C4 increase
Thirty patients were included, 15 in each center (all female, mean age = 49.5 yrs ±16.5, mean disease duration = 5.7 yrs ± 5.6). 15 patients had systemic complications, 11 had early disease and 20 had at least one other biomarker of B-cell activation. 19/30 (63%) reached the primary end-point. For each individual component the response was as follows: VAS dryness: 10 (33%), VAS fatigue: 7 (23%), VAS pain: 7 (23%), VAS physician's systemic activity: 12 (40%), biological component: 18 (60%). The percentage of responders was 8/11 (73%) in early disease and 7/15 (47%) in systemic disease.
The ESSDAI (EULAR Sjogren's Syndrome Disease Activity Index) score decreased from 8.8±7.39 to 5.59±5.49 (p<0.0001). The ESSPRI (EULAR Sjogren's Syndrome Patients Reported Index) score decreased from 6.44 ±1.11 to 5.56 (p=0.01). There was no significant change of salivary flow (0.62±1.23 to 0.75±1.23;p=0.43) and Schirmer test (4.09±7.23 to 4.72±8.08; p=0.17).
The treatment induced significant changes of some biological data: serum IgG from 20.92±10.25 to 18.53 ±7.21 (p<0.0001); serum IgA from 4.08 ±3.02 to 3.23 ±1.87 (p=0.001), kappa free light chain from 33.15±24.65 to 25.59 ±23.42 (p<0.0001), lambda free light chain from 28.31 ±16.59 to 20.85 ±12.24 (p<0.0001), rheumatoid factor from 146 ±174 to 97 ±91 (p<0.0001).
Concerning safety, we observed 1 severe adverse event which was a pneumococcus meningitis after 6 infusions of the drug. This patient, who was responder to belimumab, recovered completely without any sequellae.
Results of this first open phase 2 study of belimumab in pSS patients are very encouraging and justify the realization of randomized control trials with the drug in selected populations of patients with pSS.
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Human Genome Sciences, Inc.,
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has not the knowledge of the fact. Is this gospel truth? If so, the world should know it. It is to be lamented that Mr. Grosh did not live contemporaneously with Christ, for he might have greatly aided him by his wisdom, and corrected the following erroneous declarations : "He that believeth shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned." "He that believeth not on the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him." Mr. Grosh might have told the Savior, "instead of damnation and wrath resting on the unbeliever, you must say, ignorance shall rest on him."
Again ; Mr. Grosh says, "The witness in himself, is the life which the believer feels—the special salvation ;-the unbeliever, though he has (according to the record) eternal life in Jesus, is destitute of this witness, until he believes." Of what profit is faith ? Is it necessary to salvation or justification? Is it necessary to please God? O, no, says Mr. Grosh; it only serveth to give us a knowledge and a witness of the salvation the unbeliever actually has in Christ. Then Paul was incorrect, when he said, " we are justified by faith"-it should have been, by believing God, we receive the witness only and not eternal life, for that we had before we believed. Reader, will you forsake God and the Bible, and follow such fabled theology?
1 Tim. iv. 10. "For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe." This passage is frequently quoted by the advocates of Universalism in support of their theory of the final holiness and happiness of all men ; but a glance at its obvious teaching will overthrow their theory and frown away all its claims as based upon this passage. Does the Universalist acknowledge God to be the Savior of all men in that sense which shall inevitably secure the salvation of all, then he must be such a Savior now, and must have saved all now with a final and everlasting salvation, otherwise the passage is inappropriate to prove their theory. The passage says, that God is the Savior of all men, and that he is the special Savior of all who believe. If this be the obvious meaning of the passage, then it becomes the advocates of this system to prove that all men are now saved in holiness and immortal life, or else frankly acknowledge that the passage does not prove their theory.
But what does the passage mean? It teaches that Jesus Christ has been appointed to be the Savior of all men, and that gracious provisions are made for all; but that those and those only receive a special benefit and are saved from sin now, who believe in God. Mr. Grosh says, "God is the special Savior of them that believe, that he is the Savior of all men." Whoever, therefore, does not possess this species of faith, cannot enjoy a special Savior. All those who are brought to believe the theory of Universalism are blessed with a special salvation, and those who do not believe this are void of this salvation. A bright thought, indeed! But pray, how will Mr. Grosh effeet, or see accomplished the final salvation of all men? Will some be brought to heaven by a special salvation, and others by a different kind of salvation ? Will not all who are saved, be saved by a special salvation ? Error is a strange, perplexing and irreconcilable thing. Better discard it and embrace the truth. Then we shall understand what Paul teaches in Heb. v. 9. "And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." Though God be the Savior of all men in many respects, yet he is the special Savior of those only who believe and obey him.
There are other passages which they quote to prove their theory true, such as Is. xxv. 8; lv. 10, 11. Lam. iii. 31.
Rev. xxi. 4; but a anigont reading of their context will afford a correct exposition and show that they cannot be used rightly to prove Universalism scriptural. There is one passage upon which great reliance is reposed, recorded in 1 Cor. xv. 22. This passage we shall investigate, together with its context, in the chapter on the Resurrection of the Dead.
The examination of truth and the sifting of the theory of Universalism which has been presented in the foregoing pages, is worthy of deep reflection and a corresponding course of life, for the theological points mentioned strike their roots deep into the very soil of grące and vital religion. We have shown what Universalism is, and what it teaches, and we shall leave the decision to the candid reader, whether the Scriptures have been, thus far, vindicated from the charge of teaching such a system,
" He that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." Luke x.'16.
This was the language of Jesus Christ, and by it he. taught the world, that a rejection of himself by the children of men would be a virtual rejection of the Father. He wished to be looked upon as possessing the nature, powers and honor of the Godhead in common with the Father. Upon another occasion he said, " That all men should honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him." John v. 23.
Long has the doctrine had currency in the christian churches, that while there was but one true and living God, nevertheless the Father, Son and Holy Ghost are separately and essentially God. That in divine essence they are one, but in distinct subsistence, they are three. That neither has any supremacy, or intrinsic superiority over the other, but that they are perfectly equal in all their natural and moral perfections. The people of God have entertained and highly appreciated this view of the divine nature and character of God; but from it the body of Universalists have greatly diverged. They have erased from their catalogue of doctrine, the doctrine called the Trinity and the Divinity of Christ. It will be necessary here to examine into, and give a concise view of the sentiments held by Universalists relative to this subject.
That this is a doctrine of vast and eternal importance, may be inferred from the fact, that the opinion we entertain of the character of God, will transfer to the religion we profess, either genuineness or unsoundness, as the nature of our views may be. For God is the foundation of all true religion. If we misconceive the character and perfections of God, our religion is based upon our opinions, and not upon God. If therefore, Universalists cherish wrong and corrupt views of Jehovah, then their religion is equally corrupt-Pagans are changed by their religious views, to the character they attribute to their gods. If they conceive the character of their gods to be warlike, licentious, or malevolent, so their worship of these gods will mould their own character to the same standard. So it is with the Mohammedans, and with every body of religious worshipers. If Universalists entertain false notions and have wrong con! <ptions of the true God, their religion will be in the same proportion false and baseless. If Christ is a mere man, their worship of him will not be the worship of God, and their religion will, therefore, be worthless ; " for he that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him."
It will not be necessary to make many quotations from their writings, to prove that Universalists deny the doctrine, that in God there is a distinction of three, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (or the doctrine of the Trinity) equal in power and in all their attributes, for their denial is as obvious as the sun. They insist in their writings, that there is only one living God, as Unitarians do, and at times openly discard the tri-unity of God. Mr. Grosh of Utica, calls it, a "heathen tradition." Mr. D. Skinner declares, " that it was a doctrine unheard of during the three first centuries.of the christian era," " not sanctioned by the gospel," "and must go down to the tombs of the Capulets.'"