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Publication: e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) ISSN 1435-4934 (NDT.net Journal)
Assessing Circumferential Cracking in Non-Ferromagnetic Heat Exchanger TubesEddyfi57, Quebec, Canada
Heat exchangers are used to heat and cool various fluids across a wide spectrum of industries. This is especially critical to the power generation and petrochemical industries where fixed equipment reliability is paramount. Tubes in heat exchangers made of such materials as austenitic stainless steel and InconelTM are plagued by circumferential cracking, which conventional, single-coil eddy current testing (ECT) cannot reliably detect.
This application note explores how an innovative probe technology is able to address this challenge.
You can also download this application note in PDF.
The Challenge
Non-ferromagnetic heat exchanger tubing is susceptible to circumferential cracking in the vicinity of the tubesheet. These cracks are induced by the localized stress created during the tube-to-tubesheet rolling process.
Circumferential cracking is very difficult to detect and characterize with standard eddy current bobbin probes, currently the norm in the industry to inspect tubes, because:
Common heat exchanger components experiencing this problem include feed water heaters and condensers at power plants, as well as heat exchangers in petrochemical refineries. Operators of such exchangers, of course, want to identify tubes leaking because of this issue, but are more interested in identifying tubes showing signs of cracks that may grow to 100% through wall while the heat exchanger is in service.
The Solution
This application called for a three-part solution. The first is the EctaneTM. It is Eddyfi's workhorse tester that can be configured for almost any type of inspection technique, including ECT and eddy current array (ECA).
The final part of the solution is the patent-pending DefHiTM ECA tubing probe. It leverages ECA technology to accurately detect, size, and characterize circumferential cracking defects, differentiating them from other unwanted signals, such as those from the tube sheet and roll transition.
ECA technology uses several individual coils, grouped together into one probe. The coils are excited in sequence to eliminate interference from mutual inductance (something referred to as multiplexing). So doing, coils work together to completely sweep the interior surface of each tube.
The DefHi's coils work in a transmitter-receiver fashion. Array coils are multiplexed and yield absolute signal responses with phase and amplitude information. Because of the coil configuration in the probe, eddy currents flowing in the inspected tube are perpendicular to circumferential defects, making them easier to identify. Eddyfi's ECA technology know-how has also made it possible to optimize the distance between the transmitter and the receiver coils so that the expansion signal detected by the probe is flat compared to others, making it extremely simple to isolate.
Finally, the probe is designed in such a way that it is easy to select an operating frequency that will be optimal for the non-ferromagnetic material under test, while at the same time yielding a tube sheet signal that is clearly identifiable from the circumferential cracking signal.
Through multiplexing, several array coils of the DefHi can detect defects and allow the operator to estimate their circumferential length and position, something a standard bobbin probe cannot do.
Actual field results showing cracking under tube sheet
In addition, individual array coils not only provide amplitude, but also phase information. In a 2D C-scan the ability to rotate the phase component of the signal is key to getting a high-definition defect response.
The Benefits
Compared to standard ECT bobbin probes, the solution can discriminate between the various complex geometries inside heat exchanger tubing to allow accurately detecting, sizing, and characterizing small-volume circumferential cracks.
Compared to rotating probe technology, which scans tube ends at approximately 40 seconds per tube, Eddyfi's solution can scan tube ends at 5 seconds per tube. The solution also does not require a mechanical probe pushing device to accurately control the axial speed of the probe.
Other benefits of the solution include:
As you can see, ECA technology can greatly improve the speed and quality of results in this challenging application. But this is only a fraction of what we do.
Talk to us. We're here to help.
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Imagine a Venn diagram. If set A equals Mad Science, set B equals Victorian Detectives and Intrepid Reporters, set C equals Gender Swapping and Social Commentary, and set D equals Lovecraftian Monsters, then The Constantine Affliction is A ∩ B ∩ C ∩ D: the intersection of awesome.
The latest alter-ego of established writer Tim Pratt, T. Aaron Payton has written a novel that spits in the eye of any attempt to pigeonhole its genre. Squint, and it looks like steampunk; turn your head and it's alt-historical science fantasy; peer from the right angle, and it resembles a story of the great detective—on meth, with monsters. Perhaps it's best to call it "gonzo-historical" in the vein of Tim Powers and K.W. Jeter—as the author himself has done—and leave it there.
London, 1864. Thirteen years after the Great Exhibition, this is a city of scientific marvels and disasters: clockwork whores, monsters in the Thames, electric omnibuses, the undying alchemical fires of Whitechapel that have been burning since the great disaster of '29. . . . Society has been riven with scandal since the first outbreak of the Constantine Affliction, a sexually transmitted disease that kills some of its victims and physically transforms others: men, changed into women's forms; women, into men's—though the law fails to recognize their transformation. Queen Victoria still holds her throne, but Prince Albert, now with a woman's body, is imprisoned in the Tower. Payton sketches in the alterations to his changed London with a deftly playful hand, and salts the text with hints and references to other works of literature. A certain Orlando, returned from Constantinople, is reputed to be the Constantine Affliction's Patient Zero; in a lab below London, the scientist Adam, Frankenstein's monster, conducts experiments in bringing the dead back to life in search of love—and meanwhile, he works on the side for a criminal boss and for a twisted visionary who wants nothing less than to "improve" the world to his own specifications.
Pembroke Halliday, Pimm to his friends, is the younger brother of a marquis. Possessed of independent means and a penchant for criminology, he relieves his boredom by excessive drinking and by consulting with the police. He's also engaged in a marriage of convenience with his best friend Freddy, one of the victims of the Constantine Affliction. Freddy, now Winifred, is still legally a man, and it would be a scandal if word got out. So when notorious criminal Abel Value needs a man who can figure out who's killing Value's human prostitutes and leaving them on the doorsteps of his clockwork brothels, Pimm proves eminently, if reluctantly, amenable to blackmail.
Clockwork brothels are, too, central to the involvement of our second protagonist. Intrepid reporter Ellie Skyler conceals her gender behind the byline of E. Skye. In the course of researching an exposé of London's clockwork sex trade, Ellie visits a den of wind-up iniquity. There, she stumbles upon famed scientist Sir Bertram Oswald, intimate of the Queen, mucking about in clockwork guts, and only through quick thinking escapes with her life. Ellie's investigation of Sir Bertram leads her into Pimm's investigation of Abel Value's murdered whores. Together, they find themselves—and Winifred—in peril as a result of uncovering a plot to dethrone and replace Her Royal Majesty: a plot that will culminate with the summoning of Lovecraftian monsters from another dimension in the skies over Hyde Park.
The rapid pace—at points breakneck—hurtles you along. The reader is caught up in a lively train of events that hurdles minor obstacles and leaves one with no time to consider the logic of the unfolding plot. (Though rationality and physical possibility are thin on the ground here, where most other considerations have been gleefully sacrificed in order to pack in the maximum amount of fun, entertainment, and Cool Shit.) A hiccup arises when unexpected new developments are reached in this way: I for one wasn't expecting monsters from the Dungeon Dimensions, so when they arrived they hit me a little out of the blue. (Although they did produce several—to borrow the term from TV Tropes—moments of awesome.)
So much for pace, but what about character? It's hard to say that either of our protagonists achieve great depth or great growth in the course of their adventures, although they make for enjoyable reading: Pimm is a (well-executed) variant on the upper-class English detective in the mode of Lord Peter Wimsey, albeit perhaps a little too modern-minded even for gonzo Victoriana. (The most unbelievable thing in the whole book is not the mad science or the Lovecraftian monsters, but the fact that this Victorian gentleman of means and his own household maintains only a valet: you'd expect a maid-of-all-work and a cook/housekeeper at the very least.) Ellie Skyler is the epitome of Nellie Bly reporting: daring, strong-minded, and determined that her gender shouldn't prove a bar to her success. But Payton's main characters aren't penny dreadful clichés: they prove compelling even while remaining somewhat predictable.
Less predictable by far are Payton's secondary characters: Abel Value, crime boss; Adam, scientist and monster; Big Ben, who Value keeps around for his muscle but who is later a vital help to Pimm and Ellie; and the most interesting character of all, "Winifred Halliday," born Frederick, a sometime inventor and society butterfly who delighted in shocking people in his previous life, and still delights in being shocking in her new identity. Payton's skill with characterization really shines with the supporting players.
Beneath the surface of The Constantine Affliction's pulpish capers through a scientifantastical version of Dickensian London lies an interrogation of the nature and usefulness of social constructs of gender, and of the "improving" nature of progress. The Affliction's effects are everywhere in London, but society proves reluctant to abandon rigid gender distinctions and permit women a place in the public sphere. Changed men bind their breasts and employ false moustaches to preserve their social position; changed women abandon their families and take up new identities; but even as the Affliction subverts the accepted roles of man and woman, showing that gender does not define either character or capability, the actual changes remain sordid, shameful secrets: public embarrassments, if revealed.
Payton marries a delightfully lighthearted adventure romp with an appraisal of the social nature of identity, pulling the whole thing off with no small amount of style—and a satisfying conclusion, to boot. The Constantine Affliction is one of the best, most wholeheartedly enjoyable books I've read all year. I stand by my words: it really is pretty awesome.
Liz Bourke is presently reading for a postgraduate degree in Classics at Trinity College, Dublin. She has also reviewed for Ideomancer and Tor.com.
I enjoyed it -- but found that while it may question norms of gender and identity, it left the essentials of Imperial political authority well alone. Indeed, the ending with [possible spoiler]
... The knighting of various protagonists by a suitably grateful Queen Victoria is basically a reactionary (and, arguably, infantilising) fantasy that undermined the book's earlier questioning of social (and, implicitly, economic) roles.
Put it another way: I don't think China Mieville would have written the ending that way.
Wow, thanks for the kind review.
And thanks for your comment, too, Charlie. It's a fair cop. I went back and forth on the ending -- I had a version where Pimm and Skye were basically forced to flee the empire because of crimes against the state, but it seemed too downbeat for what's essentially a comedy. In reality I think hereditary dictatorships are an unambiguous evils, but I don't think my (mostly privileged by the system) characters would have felt the same way. If I do a sequel I'll get vicious about class issues though.
I thought there was a little bit of class-subversive undercurrent, if not nearly enough. But I also think so madcap a novel could not engage seriously with more than one of the pillars of the Victorian imperialist love-affair that's most modern steampunk without running the risk of falling apart.
Still, I do hope Tim Pratt (you're welcome, Tim! But I wish you wouldn't thank me for doing my job... ) engages more closely with imperialism in future if he continues to write in this milieu.
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Because of this, Deliveroo reckons its partner companies taking part in the kitchen trials will be more averse to the risk of opening up a new branch, while still reaching new markets.
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Intec Pharma Ltd. Announces Availability of Its Annual Report on Form 20-F Through Its Website
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL--(Marketwired - Mar 14, 2016) - Intec Pharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: NTEC) (TASE: INTP), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs based on its proprietary Accordion Pill platform technology, announced today that its annual report on Form 20-F, containing audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2016, is available through its website (http://intecpharma.com). Shareholders may receive a hard copy of the annual report free of charge upon request to the Company.
About Intec Pharma Ltd.
Intec Pharma Ltd. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs based on its proprietary Accordion Pill platform technology. The Company's Accordion Pill is an oral drug delivery system that is designed to improve the efficacy and safety of existing drugs and drugs in development by utilizing an efficient gastric retention and specific release mechanism. The Company's product pipeline currently includes three product candidates in clinical trial stages: Accordion Pill Carbidopa/Levodopa, or AP-CDLD, which is being developed for the indication of treatment of Parkinson's disease symptoms in advanced Parkinson's disease patients, Accordion Pill Zaleplon, or AP-ZP, which is being developed for the indication of treatment of insomnia, including sleep induction and the improvement of sleep maintenance, and an Accordion Pill that is being developed for the prevention and treatment of gastroduodenal and small bowel Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug induced ulcers.
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The Specter of Authoritarianism and the Future of the Left: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux
Henry Giroux, author of "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and one of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy, was interviewed recently by CJ Polychroniou of "Truthout". As part of the discussion, Giroux spoke about the impact felt at universities that are increasingly turning toward corporate management models and marketization.
"The increasing corporatization of higher education poses a dire threat to its role as a democratic public sphere and a vital site where students can learn to address important social issues, be self-reflective and learn the knowledge, values and ideas central to deepening and expanding the capacities they need to be engaged and critical agents. Under neoliberalism, higher education is dangerous because it has the potential to educate young people to think critically and learn how to hold power accountable. Unfortunately, with the rise of the corporate university which now defines all aspects of governing, curriculum, financial matters and a host of other academic policies, education is now largely about training, creating an elite class of managers, and eviscerating those forms of knowledge that conjure up what might be considered dangerous forms of moral witnessing and collective political action.
Any subject or mode of knowledge that does not serve the instrumental needs of capital is rendered disposable, suggesting that the only value of any worth is exchange value; the only pedagogical practice of any value must be reduced to a commercial transaction. The corporate university is the ultimate expression of a disimagination machine, which employs a top-down authoritarian style of power, mimics a business culture, infantilizes students by treating them as consumers, and depoliticizes faculty by removing them from all forms of governance. As William Boardman argues, the destruction of higher education "by the forces of commerce and authoritarian politics is a sad illustration of how the democratic ethos (educate everyone to their capacity, for free) has given way to exploitation (turning students into a profit center that has the serendipitous benefit of feeding inequality)."
Particularly disturbing here is the corporate university's attempt to wage a war on higher education by reducing the overwhelming number of faculty to part-time help with no power, benefits or security. Many part-time and non-tenured faculty in the United States qualify for food stamps and are living slightly above the poverty level. The slow death of the university as a center of critique, a fundamental source of civic education and a crucial public good make available the fundamental framework for the emergence of a formative culture that produces and legitimates an authoritarian society. The corporatization of higher education constitutes a serious strike against democracy and gives rise to the kind of thoughtlessness that Hanna Arendt believed was at the core of totalitarianism.
Read the full interview here.
Henry Giroux is currently the Director of the McMaster Centre for Research in the Public Interest and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University.


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Position: DD Waiver Support Coordinator/Public Guardianship Representative
Program: DD Waiver Services
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Falls Church (Merrifield), Va (NOTE: All staff are working remotely during the COVID-19 crisis.)
Compensation: $48,000 plus benefits
If you have a positive attitude, pride in your work, and a passion for helping others,
you may be interested in joining our team.
Overview Description: Primary duties will involve ongoing, intensive case management, advocacy, community education, and guardianship services with the ability to understand community resources and supports to handle information and referral calls. Position requires continual follow-up to individuals/families to ensure the continuity support services and to ensure that services remain appropriate and maximize the overall health and safety for all individuals served. Duties also include developing community partnerships, connecting individuals with disabilities to community resources, contacting state representatives of various programs supporting individuals, and effectively interacting with the disability population as well as community leaders.
Case management:
Support Coordinator's role and responsibilities are to assess the needs of the individual receiving waiver services and the individual's family, when appropriate, and arranges, coordinates, monitors, evaluates, and advocates for a package of multiple services to meet the specific individual's complex needs. Support Coordination is both micro and macro in nature: intervention occurs at both the individual and system levels. It requires the worker to develop and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the individual, which include linking the individual with systems that provide him or her with needed services, resources, and opportunities.
Case Management Roles and Functions:
- Maintain a caseload and provide on-going case management services, requiring at times high intensity enhanced monthly home or on-site visits, to individuals in crisis, individuals who have been hospitalized, or individuals who require a high level of care due to medical or behavioral issues.
- Complete thorough assessment and planning services, which include developing an Individual Service Plan (ISP) at least annually and assist with revising the service plan as necessary.
- Enhance opportunities for community integration by increasing the individual's community access and involvement.
- Advocate and collaborate with service providers, DBHDS, and DMAS to ensure services are obtained in a timely fashion.
- Monitor quality assurance to individual satisfaction with services and providers; through at least quarterly home and site visits.
- Monitor the implementation of the Service Plan and to ensure individual satisfaction with the services and providers; through quarterly home and site visits.
- Assist individuals in applying for Medicaid and maintaining their State and Government benefits.
- Provide instruction and counseling, which guides the individual in problem-solving, decision-making skills, building independence and self-advocacy skills.
- Maintain contact with individuals or responsible parties to promote implementation of a service plan, provide follow-ups and monitoring/assess for ongoing service delivery, educate and counsel, using the Medicaid Waiver Manual as a minimal guideline.
- Document all contacts and meetings with the individuals, families, service providers, and advocates.
- Provide education and training to the community to raise awareness of waiver or disability related programs
- Inform individuals and their families of the rights and provide assistance in the State appeals process when appropriate.
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- Provide transition coordination through Money Follows the Person when applicable for individuals transitioning out of institutional settings, as needed.
- Attend school-based meetings and coordinate transition from school system to community supports through DARS and/or waiver services.
- Other duties as assigned.
Guardianship is a legal process, utilized when a person can no longer make or communicate safe or sound decisions about his/her medical, financial, social, or recreational needs. Guardianship in the most restrictive form removes considerable rights from an individual, and therefore the role of the guardian is exercised primarily as an advocate for the individual who assists with making decisions on behalf of the individual based on their personal values.
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- Maintain a small case-load and meet with the individuals at their home or community settings at least monthly to assess needs and quality of life.
- Fulfill legal requirements of guardianship including annual reporting to individual's local Department of Social Services, complete inventory, accounting, and court appearances.
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- Complete intake to develop a plan of care to include individuals' needs, desires, and goals.
- Complete annual reports and other required documents as outlines in the guardianship contract and manual.
- Make medical, financial, residential and other decisions OR decisions as specified and authorized by the court order.
- Participate in the guardianship multidisciplinary panel meetings at least every other month or as assigned.
- Become familiar with individuals receiving services through the guardianship program and assist them in making life decisions that ensure their health and safety, while affording them dignity and choice.
- Assist individuals in the coordination of transitional services between homes or out of institutional settings.
- Communicate with the Representative Payee to help manage benefits and budgeting for individuals.
- Prepare for and participate in annual on-site audits from the Virginia Department for the Aging's Public Guardian Program Monitor.
- Attend annual mandatory public guardianship trainings.
- Develop relationships with interdisciplinary teams overseeing essential supports for individual living in community-based or institutional settings, and pulling teams together to help make important life decisions with the individual receiving guardianship services.
- Other duties as assigned.
Periodic Duties and Roles:
Community Education through presentations to various community and school-based groups; Advocacy/Community Outreach Events; Trainings in relation to job-specific duties; Participation in Budget Hearings; Participation and involvement in at least one Arc Board Committee; Etc.
Hours: The hours for this position can be flexible, although they will include many evening and some weekend commitments based upon the availability of individuals and families as well as the timing of organizational events. Telework is offered at least once a week post 90-day work period and can be extended upon approval by supervisory staff.
Minimum Qualifications: Any combination of education, experience and training equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree, plus one year of professional work experience in a human service field such as Social Work, Psychology, or Sociology. Must demonstrate effective oral, written, interpersonal communication principles and techniques and have strong critical thinking skills to advocate and navigate through complex systems. Must be organized and have multi-tasking abilities. Previous case management experience and prior experience directly working with individuals with disabilities.
Preferred Qualifications: Bilingual in English and Spanish. Experience with Microsoft Office and database applications. Knowledge of treatment modalities and intervention techniques, such as behavior management, independent living skills training, supportive counseling, family education, crisis intervention, discharge planning and service coordination. Experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR).
Salary: $48,000
Benefits: Questions about The Arc's benefit package will be discussed during the interview.
Special Requirements: The candidate chosen for this position will be required to complete a Child Protective Services Registry, a Criminal Background check to the satisfaction of The Arc of Northern Virginia, as well as drug screening. The candidate will also go through extensive training facilitated by The Arc and other entities. Valid motor vehicle driver's license is required and the candidate will be required to use their own vehicles to and from each appointments. Mileage Reimbursement will be issued upon receipt to The Arc.
How To Apply:
Send your resume and a cover letter to:
Cheryl Johnson, MSW
The Arc of Northern Virginia
2755 Hartland Road, Suite 200
Falls Church, VA 22043
or submit by email to:
Please include the position title in the subject line of your email.
Closing Date: Monday, August 17, 2020
The Arc of Northern Virginia is an equal opportunity employer.
At The Arc of Northern Virginia, we are committed to treating all applicants and employees fairly based on their knowledge, skills, experience, and achievements without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.


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Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant is deep into its filming schedule, and a flurry of intense set shots have leaked over the weekend from the Sydney, Australia, production site at an abandoned quarry, revealing a genocidal alien slaughter atop some temple stairs, cooked and twisted humanoid bodies petrified in pain, a familiar, oversized Engineer head, and a bizarre tree-trunk landscape situated perhaps somewhere on an Engineer homeworld. In other images, lizard-like aliens are flash-frozen in mid-battle with humans, skin burnt and charred to a crisp, while Engineer heiroglyphics can be seen engraved in the set's stone slabs in the background.
Can this movie arrive ANY faster?!
Here's the initial account from Daily Mail:
Reflecting a haunting dystopia or end-of-civilization scenario, several huge monuments appear toppled and strewn across the dry landscape and a tremendously large stone structure of a man's face is left cracked and half-decapitated. Juxtaposed next to the modern film machinery - including a large red and white crane, barricade tape and several work vehicles - the unfamiliar set and perfectly still human forms look disturbing and out-of-place. Elsewhere, a series of huge, tree-like stumps were shown growing out of a barren rocky landscape - and the sheer scope of the design was highlighted by a solitary crew member.
Obviously, there's no way to deduce exactly where in the screen story these scenes will take place, but the savage scope indicates that Scott's Prometheus sequel, set 10 years after the doomed events on LV-223, will include lots more brutal action amid its cosmic philosophical wanderings while attempting to unravel the core mystery of the Engineers. Starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Demian Bichir and Danny McBride, Alien: Covenant sets down in theaters on Aug. 4, 2017.
Check out the movie's official synopsis:
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This holiday-shortened week saw global equities claw back some of the losses incurred earlier, when fears escalated of a trade war between the United States and China. News of weekend talks between the U.S. and China, before Monday's market opening, as well as progress on a trade deal between the U.S. and South Korea, initially prompted a solid rebound from the previous week's drop. But stocks dove again Tuesday after reports that the Trump administration was looking at blocking China from investing in certain types of U.S. technology companies. A renewed advance Thursday cemented a positive finish for the week.
Stocks rose by more than 2%, the S&P 500 moved by more than 1.5% on three of the four trading days. Investor sentiment continues to swing between optimism and pessimism as new information regarding global trade, monetary policy, and the technology sector is released. Worries about the safety of self-driving cars (Nvidia, Tesla), controversy over the use of customer data (Facebook, Twitter), worries about antitrust or other regulatory action (Amazon), contributed to volatility in technology-related shares throughout the week.
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher Thursday, with major indexes climbing 1% in a broad rally that had nearly every sector participate in the gains and post strong weekly advances. For the week, the Dow rose 2.7%, while the S&P added 2.1% and the Nasdaq was up 1%.
On Thursday the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.2%, to 24,143.
The S&P 500 rose 1.4%. The day's gains were broad-based, with 10 of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors closing higher on the day. The biggest gainer was tech, up 2.2%. Beyond tech, markets were also supported by a 2.2% rise in energy stocks. Topping the sector performance charts were the "bond proxy" groups – telecom, real estate, staples, utilities. Materials, industrials, and financials also saw gains of at least 1% on the day.
The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.6%, to 7,063.
Oil prices were slightly higher, on the New York Mercantile Exchange, May WTI crude added 0.9%, to settle at $64.94 a barrel. The contract was down 1.4% for the week. Geopolitical concerns and indications from the OPEC that members are considering action that could trigger higher prices, limited moves for oil.
Gold futures settled lower on Thursday, posting a decline for the week. June gold the most-active contract, fell 0.2%, to settle at $1,327.30 an ounce. The contract edged down by 2.1% for the week.
Major cryptocurrencies took another leg lower overnight on Thursday as the selling persisted. The overnight fall took the total value of all cryptocurrencies toward $250 billion, and at one point that total value shed $20 billion in six hours.
The price of a single bitcoin traded to an overnight low of $6,617.69, down 21% on the week. On Wednesday bitcoin futures had a quiet day. The Cboe Global Markets April contract finished unchanged at $7,890 and the CME's March contract closed at $7,875, down 0.3%.
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In Salem, 15.8 percent, or 10,712, of all residential properties with a mortgage were in negative equity for third quarter 2010.
(SANTA ANA, Calif.) - CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX) today released negative equity data indicating a third consecutive quarterly decline in negative equity for residential properties. CoreLogic reports that 10.8 million, or 22.5 percent, of all residential properties with mortgages were in negative equity at the end of the third quarter of 2010, down from 11.0 million and 23 percent in the second quarter. This is due primarily to foreclosures of severely negative equity properties rather than an increase in home values.
During this year the number of borrowers in negative equity has declined by over 500,000 borrowers. An additional 2.4 million borrowers had less than five percent equity in the third quarter. Together, negative equity and near-negative equity mortgages accounted for 27.5 percent of all residential properties with a mortgage nationwide.
Negative equity, often referred to as "underwater" or "upside down," means that borrowers owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Negative equity can occur because of a decline in value, an increase in mortgage debt or a combination of both.
In Salem, 15.8 percent, or 10,712, of all residential properties with a mortgage were in negative equity for third quarter 2010. An additional 6.6 percent, or 4,512, were in near negative equity in Salem.
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"Negative equity is a primary factor holding back the housing market and broader economy. The good news is that negative equity is slowly declining, but the bad news is that price declines are accelerating, which may put a stop to or reverse the recent improvement in negative equity," said Mark Fleming, chief economist with CoreLogic.
CoreLogic data includes 48 million properties with a mortgage, which accounts for over 85 percent of all mortgages in the U.S.** CoreLogic used its public record data as the source of the mortgage debt outstanding (MDO) and it includes first mortgage liens and junior mortgage liens and is adjusted for amortization and home equity utilization in order to capture the true level of mortgage debt outstanding for each property. The current value was estimated by using the CoreLogic Automated Valuation Models (AVM) for residential properties. The data was filtered to include only properties valued between $30,000 and $30 million because AVM accuracy tends to quickly worsen outside of this value range.
The amount of equity for each property was determined by subtracting the property's estimated current value from the mortgage debt outstanding. If the mortgage debt was greater than the estimated value, then the property is in a negative equity position. The data was created at the property level and aggregated to higher levels of geography.
** Only data for mortgaged residential properties that have an AVM value is presented. There are several states where the public record, AVM or mortgage coverage is thin. Although coverage is thin, these states account for fewer than 5 percent of the total population of the U.S.
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At Seaside Court, talk to Rex for the first time and ask him about his problems, then go get the plastic rose from behind his store (picture1-2). Once done, discuss again with the seller and ask him about April to activate the mission (picture3).
From there, it will eliminate Little Johnny during the mission "The drug lord". From this boss's arena, open the bottom door with the IEM of your drone and proceed to the shortcut to the medical station (picture4). From this position, open the door on the left using the IEM and get the recording "April's Fate" (picture5-6).
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EDIT: Javascript would also work I guess
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway. Because bees don't care what humans think is impossible." SEQ. 75 - "INTRO TO BARRY" INT. BENSON HOUSE - DAY ANGLE ON: Sneakers on the ground. Camera PANS UP to reveal BARRY BENSON'S BEDROOM ANGLE ON: Barry's hand flipping through different sweaters in his closet. BARRY Yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black...oohh, black and yellow... ANGLE ON: Barry wearing the sweater he picked, looking in the mirror. BARRY (CONT'D) Yeah, let's shake it up a little. He picks the black and yellow one. He then goes to the sink, takes the top off a CONTAINER OF HONEY, and puts some honey into his hair. He squirts some in his mouth and gargles. Then he takes the lid off the bottle, and rolls some on like deodorant. CUT TO: INT. BENSON HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Barry's mother, JANET BENSON, yells up at Barry. JANET BENSON Barry, breakfast is ready! CUT TO: "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 1. INT. BARRY'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS BARRY Coming! SFX: Phone RINGING. Barry's antennae vibrate as they RING like a phone. Barry's hands are wet. He looks around for a towel. BARRY (CONT'D) Hang on a second! He wipes his hands on his sweater, and pulls his antennae down to his ear and mouth. BARRY (CONT"D) Hello? His best friend, ADAM FLAYMAN, is on the other end. ADAM Barry? BARRY Adam? ADAM Can you believe this is happening? BARRY Can't believe it. I'll pick you up. Barry sticks his stinger in a sharpener. SFX: BUZZING AS HIS STINGER IS SHARPENED. He tests the sharpness with his finger. SFX: Bing. BARRY (CONT'D) Looking sharp. ANGLE ON: Barry hovering down the hall, sliding down the staircase bannister. Barry's mother, JANET BENSON, is in the kitchen. JANET BENSON Barry, why don't you use the stairs? Your father paid good money for
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The Call for Proposals for EVO 2018 will be available in June, 2017. Since 2000, the Electronic Village Online (EVO), has been offering free professional development workshops for English language educators around the world. Organized by volunteer coordinators, with five-week sessions conceived and facilitated by teams of volunteer moderators, the EVO is open to anyone (TESOL members and non-members alike) with a computer or smart phone and an internet connection. Lucy Mangan: sitting exams is a game, and the game is rigged. Interview: Elizabeth Green, Author Of 'Building A Better Teacher' Teacher effectiveness is a hot topic in education circles right now.
How do you measure it, and how can you improve it? What type of teachers should schools keep, and who should they let go? Elizabeth Green says that it's not, as some people assume, a question of personality or charisma. Great teachers are not born, they're made, she says — and there's much more to teaching than being "good" or "bad" at it. Her book, Building a Better Teacher, explores teaching as a craft and shows just how complicated that craft can be.
Green studied teaching methods in both American and Japanese classrooms over the span of six years. Interview Highlights On teaching math in the United States versus in Japan One of the differences is the number of problems in a single class period. On the importance of mentorship Another thing that holds our country back is that we have this culture of privacy around teaching. Elizabeth Green is the cofounder of Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news site that covers education.
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ICT4ELT (Information and Communication Technology for English Language Teachers) is a session for teachers who want to explore how computers could be useful in their teaching but do not know where to start. It can also help more experienced teachers who want to know more about new ICT tools. Designed by a team of long standing "Becoming a Webhead" (BaW) moderators and co-moderators (BaW was an Electronic Village Online (EVO) session that ran successfully for ten consecutive years), ICT4ELT is an entry level session that does not require prior knowledge of ICT tools to complete the course.
If you want to liven up your classroom with technology, come and join us! At the end of the 5 weeks, participants, collaboratively and hands on, will have... All the participants productions during the course will be stored in a wiki page. Index. April 9, 2014: Click HERE to view a PowerPoint presentation featuring photographs from this year's conference!
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Congratulations to Anna V. Smith on her great article ("Reclaiming the Klamath," HCN, 6/11/18). It's really well done. I was a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service managing the Klamath River Restoration Program from 1975 to 1980, and I worked closely with the Yurok Tribe, gathering salmon harvest and population data on the river. I then went on to manage the Indian Fish and Wildlife Program at the Department of Interior before retiring in 2005, working closely with tribes all across the country.
So sad to see what has happened on the Klamath and Trinity rivers, and glad to see folks like you are around to document the never-ending fight for the resource and tribal rights.
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Christmas was my mom's favorite holiday. And it will be weird, to say the least, to not have her here for her favorite time of the year. Memories of her are constantly in the back of my mind these days, but I am trying not to let them get me down. Instead, I'm trying to let her love of Christmas inspire me. Because the last thing she would want is for me to not celebrate, to forget our reason for the season:
"And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus,
for He will save His people from their sins." --Matthew 1:21
So, on to the celebrating, and decorating!
We are celebrating our second Christmas in our old house. Last year I shared a few projects that reflected the decor in our house: eclectically modern vintage. This year, I really went for it. I'm calling it a Modernly Vintage Rustic Christmas, with a few sparkles on the side. An odd combo, I know, but it works. :)
I'll admit, Pinterest had a big influence on some of my projects. But as a designer, I like to be unique, and to take inspiration and make it my own, and I really tried to do that with my Pinspirations.
For example, these cute lil' wreaths from Martha Stewart were right in line with what I was wanting to accomplish this year in my decorating. Simple and elegant and modernly rustic.
When I set out to the craft store to find my materials, I couldn't find greenery like that pictured that I liked. But then I came across this green mossy stuff and fell in love.
The process was pretty easy. I decided to weave three branches together to give it more substance, then formed it into the circle. I secured my circle with floral wire in several places to make sure it held. Those branches were a bit wily! I added in a bit of sparkly red accents, then added an extra element Martha's don't have: an ornament, since my wreaths aren't as full as hers. Then I tied my ribbon for hanging.
Simple and elegant and modernly rustic.
I made a few more smaller wreaths to hang as an ensemble.
I also mentioned last year that we don't have a fireplace, therefore, no mantle. {Sad face} So, we bought a floating shelf that resembled a mantle to have a place to hang our stockings.
This year, there were a couple of problems with that. First, as a designer, proportion plays a big part in design deceisions. However, designers are not perfect (der!) which was clearly demonstrated by my mantle placement last year. That shelf was too small for that large bare wall.
Problem number two is that these guys now take up that wall:
So, I had to find a new place for our "mantle" but I had also decided I wanted to make it look more like a fireplace than just a floating shelf.
With a bit of moulding, I think I did just that!!
I used my {Spit*Shined} mirror to create my focal point.
It's not permanently attached to the wall, so I can easily take it down and replace what was once there that was sacrificed for Christmas cheer. But I really really like it! I'm gonna call this one my second favorite Christmas project this year! {you'll have to tune in again for my third favorite and then my most favorite favorite!} I know my mom would have loved me adding a "fireplace" to our house.
Speaking of my mom, I have her to thank for a Christmas tradition that my hubby and I now have. Ten years ago, my mom and I were celebrating our first Christmas as a split family. It was hard but we were trying to stay positive, and so we got an ornament to commemorate our change. It was a miniature cottage, almost gingerbread-like, but it represented our new home. The next year, we got a ball ornament painted like a flag to honor my hubby--then boyfriend--who was spending his Christmas in Iraq. By the third year's ornament--a chalkboard stating "I love School" which was for my mom, myself and my brother all being in school--a tradition had started. My hubby and I carried it on after we were married, adding a new ornament to our tree each year.
This year, we have two new annual ornaments to honor to the two new angels watching over us. My hubby made the comment to me the other day how perfect we are for each other because we do everything together, including losing our moms. Kind of an odd comment, but it made me feel better. And it made me laugh. Which is one of the reasons I love him.
Aren't they pretty? Just like the two women who had to leave us.
And I know I'm biased {because isn't everyone about their own stuff??} but I absolutely love my tree! Even it's awkward "butt", as my hubby called it. The galvanized bucket tree stand was blatantly stolen from Pinterest, but it fits in perfectly with my look.
One more mini decor spotlight.
You might could call this a dollar store craft. Whatever it is, it's prettier than it was. I simply added in dollar store floral picks, then painted Mod Podge on the bottoms of the candles, fading it as I went up. Then sprinkled on glitter, and voila!
I think it's pertty!!
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Multipurpose community rooms need to adapt quickly to support the varied needs of a diverse population. Demco's interior design team has reimagined the same 814-sq.-ft. space in four different ways to show four different multifunctional environments.
This mobile makerspace geared toward adults is all about choice — users choose how they want to work. The ergonomic seating and work surfaces accommodate both sitting and standing and both small groups and large groups. Mobile storage cabinets and mobile power move to where the making is happening. Large markerboards support collaboration.


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The riveting story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life. Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who after being asked what he wanted most in the world, simply answered, "A pencil." This small request led to a staggering series of events that took Braun backpacking through dozens of countries before eventually leaving one of the world's most prestigious jobs to found Pencils of Promise, the organization he started with just $25 that has since built more than 200 schools around the world. "The Promise of a Pencil" chronicles Braun's journey to find his calling, as each chapter explains one clear step that every person can take to turn your biggest ambitions into reality, even if you start with as little as $25. His story takes readers behind the scenes with business moguls and village chiefs, world-famous celebrities and hometown heroes. Driven by compelling stories and shareable insights, this is a vivid and inspiring book that will give you the tools to make your own life a story worth telling. "*All proceeds from this book will support Pencils of Promise."
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These performers from the circus inspired the pictures below,
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Colorful Interior Art
This is cool looking!
Amazingly colorful, a bit creepy, and totally fun!
Stunning! Wonderful work!
These are just wonderful.
Wow, these are both really full of movement and life! Thankas for being Soartful with us this week!
Terrific layering this a a marvelous piece of art…love it!
These are absolutely amazing! I love the way you've blended the images,and the colors are just wonderful.


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Roadside Attractions
One of the more intriguing films that played on the festival circuit last year was Michael Pearce's feature film debut BEAST, which premiered at Toronto and played Sundance and a few other festivals. 30East and Roadside Attractions picked up the rights to distribute the British crime-thriller with plans to release it on May 11, and they've released the first trailer.
It stars Jessie Buckley (Taboo) as Moll, a 27-year-old woman still living an isolated existence with her mother on an island community, who meets an exciting stranger named Pascal (Johnny Flynn from Genius) who she falls in love with, not realizing his dark past. When he's arrested and charged for a series of local murders, Moll has to decide whether to stand with him against the accusations.
I generally liked Beast when I saw it, and I'll be interested to see how it plays here, because in some ways, it's very British, but it's also more subdued then the typical crime-thriller with a romance angle.
You can check out the trailer below and see if you think it's your cup of tea.
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On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Joe Schaefer <email@example.com> wrote: > There's also a world of difference between worldwide distribution > and distribution to a self-selected subgroup. You are right that it is a big "IMHO" of everything here, but "self-selected subgroup" is not a legal term in copyrighted material either. So, no clue of who has no clue ;-) Either it is available to the public or it is not. And as I mentioned, in EU people at your work place are "public" and not "private", vs friends are "private". Now that definition probably differs in different jurisdictions, so if you have credential requirements then you are in a different, more 'at work'-like situation. The fact that "anyone can download" makes it "public" no matter how you look at it. "Liability considerations", not sure what you are trying to hint, or whether you just try to toss me off the track... It is easy to be vague and sound educated. Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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What happens when packagings are disposed of? Often, they become litter and end up costing us millions of dollars. But now, there's a war being fought.[hr]
Litter is a big concern of governments and environmental agents: its dangers and costs have been proven many times, but few have seemed to care. Earthtalk, in About.com, put it like so:[quote style="boxed"]"Environmentalists consider litter a nasty side effect of our convenience-oriented disposable culture. Just to highlight the scope of the problem, California alone spends $28 million a year cleaning up and removing litter along its roadways. (…) One study found that 18 percent of litter ends up in rivers, streams and oceans."[/quote]
Despite the evidence, people continue to litter without actually giving much thinking into it. But why so?
Littering Behaviour in America, a Keep America Beautiful study from 2009, found three reasons for it: personal choice, where people acted by instinct, without even considering the side effects; a magnetic effect of existing litter, where people scattered more where there was more litter at sight; and a lack of responsibility, often paired with a feeling of someone else taking care of it in the long run.
Other factors, such as the presence of proximity of garbage cans, also affected the tendency to litter the environment.
Many organisations, whether of national or local scope, have been trying to raise awareness. The Industry Council for Research on Packaging and the Environment, (INCPEN), recently backed the Hubbub Neat Streets project, where activists fight litter street by street. This time, they tackled the second busiest street in London: Villiers Street.
Quoting INCPEN:[quote style="boxed"]"There are lots of excellent anti-litter initiatives but no coordinated long-term programme. Litter is getting worse so it's time for Government to take a strategic lead and make sure we all work together."[/quote]
And maybe it is time. Many organisms, like Auntie Litter, have been providing a thoughtful education on litter prevention for more than 25 years. Back in Great Britain, a Litter Manifesto was recently signed, where many renowned figures stood together in a combined effort to bring this issue into public discussion.
Quoting the manifesto, (in a letter to The Guardian):[quote style="boxed"]"As a nation the UK spends approximately £1bn a year clearing up litter. The vast majority of people believe that dropping litter is unacceptable, yet levels of littering are at their worst levels for a decade. Littering affects us all – making our local spaces dirtier, less welcoming, and encouraging antisocial behaviour. Reducing litter is fundamentally a question of changing behaviour, and it is up to all of us to take action."[/quote]
From McDonalds to Keep Britain Tidy, many different groups are funding the initiative. The Foodservice Packaging Association, (FPA), stressed the necessity to involve the British Government in a unified campaign:[quote style="boxed"]"There are many excellent campaigns taking place seeking to reduce the amount of littering in the UK. However, Government leadership is needed to help encourage a unified campaign as currently initiatives are fragmented."[/quote]
Will the Government take the lead? We'll have to see. In the meantime, the war continues.
Sponsored by Derprosa, leading brand in biaxially oriented polypropylene films for packaging.
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Main: http://www.keepbritaintidy.org/englandsgreatlittercount/737


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Amber Heights, created by Oakbridge Homes, consists of two individual contemporary family residences located in popular Beech Avenue, Radlett.
Only one high-specification five bedroom house is still available for sale. This remaining property provides split level living and features an open-plan kitchen, breakfast/family room, separate living room, lower ground floor two car garage, and a lovely landscaped garden.
The master bedroom suite is complete with a dressing room and en-suite bathroom, while the remaining four bedrooms and three bathrooms are arranged over two floors.
Amber Heights is situated in Beech Avenue, one of Radlett's most popular private roads close to the Radlett station and town centre. Radlett offers residents access to boutique shops, restaurants and arts and cultural activities.
It is ideally situated close to major transport links and within easy access to nationally renowned schools including Haberdashers' Aske's, Aldenham, North London Collegiate, Radlett, Edge Grove and Manor Lodge Preparatory Schools and Yavneh College.
The last remaining home is available for 1,800,000. For more information please contact Preston Bennett on 020 8954 8626, email email@example.com or visit www.prestonbennett.co.uk


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I love my blogging friends, C and V, at Stickhorse Cowgirls, and it's not just because they are some of the few blogging friends I have whom I have actually met!
A few days ago, V did this post that just listed five questions. She answered them first, and then she asked her readers to give their answers.
I was actually surprised at how interesting it was to read the answers to those five questions by her commenters who were, of course, complete strangers to me.
So, I thought I'd try that here. Now, I do have to say that I never get alot of comments on this blog. I've always assumed that's because there is something about my way of expressing myself that doesn't encourage response!
But this time, I would really like for lots of you to answer my questions because I think it might be fun for all of us. Or not. Let's see. Here are the five questions I have chosen to ask, and my answers:
1. Are you a homebody or someone who is always looking forward to your next trip?
I am a homebody. I enjoy traveling occasionally, but I'm always delighted to return home.
2. If you had to be in a talent show, whether you wanted to or not, what would be your act?
I might read some poetry! When I competed in speech tourneys in high school in the poetry reading category, I came to realize that there are lots of interesting, sometimes funny poems that I enjoy!
3. They say that of all the senses, smell has the longest memory. What a favorite smell you remember from your childhood?
My mother's yeast rolls. They were heavenly, to taste as well as to smell!
4. If you were alone in your house (no family members or pets to worry about) and there was a fire, what would you grab as you ran out of the house?
My "brain", i.e. my purse! It contains all my credit cards, my checkbook, my wallet, my address book, my camera and even an umbrella!
5. Do you have a favorite quote or saying that comes to mind frequently because it seems to frequently fit the situation?
Actually, my husband is the one who first became a fan of this saying, but I find it comes to mind often for me too, because it fits soooo many situations:
"Nothing is impossible if you don't have to do it yourself."
Okay. Now let me hear your answers!


text: Amazon opened its check-out free Amazon Go convenience store to the general public last week. This high-tech low-touch store is a busy urban introvert's dream. The opening triggered a second wave of media coverage that included descriptions of user experiences and a number of possible explanations about how Amazon is able to manage this high-tech customer experience. Amazon states on its website that this shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies […]Read More →


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These are lists of the children's books on this site according to certain genres and themes and special pages about the connection between books and movies and other special topics.
All of the books and series on this site, sorted by the decade of publication.
A list of books that take place in different states in the United States.
A list of books that have complex themes or unusual features that can be used for discussions in classes or book clubs.
This is the complete list of all the historical fiction on this site by period, including books that are not part of a series.
Books based on folk tales and fairy tales from around the world.
This is a list of books that read somewhat like fantasy or fairy tales, but no actual magic occurs or fantasy elements are left vague.
A list of books that are somewhat spooky or scary but do not have real ghosts (think Scooby-Doo-like stories). Most fall under the category of mystery, but not all.
Books with interesting boy characters.
Books with girls who have particular ambitions in life or who have to overcome obstacles to achieve their goals.
A list of children's books that have characters who have unusual professions, both contemporary and historical.
Stories that feature fathers as primary caregivers or that explore the relationships of fathers and their children.
Books and series with Christian themes.
Children's books that talk about life issues or teach life lessons.
Horrifying Children's Literature
Unintentionally horrifying children's literature. Some things that were considered acceptable in older children's literature are no longer acceptable today.
Some of the strangest books in children's literature, that contain strange, improbable, or inexplicable happenings.
Books that demonstrate the power of imagination or that take place in the characters' imaginations.
Books I'd Like to See Reprinted
Children's books that are out of print but I would like to see back in print.
Books that I halfway remember but not completely. If anyone else recognizes them, please let me know what they are!
Books from Different Countries
A list of books that take place in different countries.
Children's books written by German authors, sorted by time period.
Books and Movies
A list of picture books presented on the children's television show Reading Rainbow.
A list of Disney movies that were based on books.
Studio Ghibli Movies from Books
A list of books that were made into movies by Studio Ghibli.
Other Movies from Children's Books
Disney isn't the only company that has used books for inspiration for movies.
Books that I wish would be made into movies.
Books With Similar Themes and Topics
If you're looking for a book on a particular theme or one that resembles something that you've read, try here!
Doll Books – I originally call this Girls and Their Dolls, but for some reason, the page had a lot of formatting issues that I tried to fix so many times and just wouldn't stay fixed that I just remade the page.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
It's Been a Long Strange Field Trip
Strange Adventures While Visiting People
Site Stats
As of 1/18/2020:
Oldest Book by Original Publishing Date: Alice in Wonderland (1865), The Enchanted Forest (1856, 1974), and The Nutcracker (1816, 1987)
Oldest Book by Printing Date: Mother Carey's Chickens (1911)
Book with the Most Views: Magic Elizabeth (729)
Series with the Most Views: The Land of Pleasant Dreams (735)
Book with the Most Likes: Mystery on the Isle of Skye and Mrs. Armitage on Wheels (12)
Book with the Most Comments: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and Imogene's Antlers
*Most Underappreciated Book:
A young girl in 1914 wants to go visit her grandmother, but her family can't afford the train ticket . . . until they realize that they can afford for her to travel as mail. Based on a true story. By Michael O. Tunnell.
* Not every book gets the attention it really deserves. When you tell people which books were viewed the most or liked the most, then the books that are already getting attention just get more attention. This part is for books that deserve to be noticed more. Basically, I'm just trying to even the score. Enjoy!


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X-Men (2000) signalled something of a renaissance in superhero films. While DC Comics had seen fitful but successful leaps to the big screen for Superman (1978) and Batman (1989), both characters had lost their way in increasingly camp sequels. Meanwhile rival company Marvel had failed to find a mainstream movie vehicle for any of its costumed heroes, with the possible exception of the titular vampire hunter in Blade (1998). X-Men changed all that. In large part its success was due to something that Marvel comics had been mining for years: characterisation. The X-Men comics are famous for their sprawling—even soapy—cast of misfits, and despite the first film's relatively modest scope it successfully captured the flawed, angst-ridden characters who are Marvel's stock in trade.
The second X-Men film, X2, (2003) improved on the first in just about every area. Richer and more ambitious than the original, it remains one of the most successful attempts to capture the spirit of a superhero comic on film. Perhaps its greatest feat was telling an epic story cluttered with incident without losing sight of the individual characters.
X-Men—The Last Stand tries to pick up where X2 left off, dangling threads and all, and adds the tricky burden of turning an open-ended story into a neatly tied-off trilogy. It's only partially successful.
After an effective prologue, the first twenty minutes or so are devoted to introductions in which each character is given the chance to demonstrate their main quirk or power. It's perhaps necessary to bring the audience back up to speed, but in contrast with X2 the execution is often artless and superficial, written with a tin ear for dialogue and a mechanical approach to plotting. These flaws pervade the rest of the film. Throughout, workmanlike dialogue often trips over itself in its rush to advance the story. Even the rousing speeches feel perfunctory, with only a few well-chosen one-liners in the final battle to inject some style.
Characterisation is equally inelegant, and the seemingly endless new characters from the comics get short shrift. Compared to Nightcrawler's compassionate introduction in X2, Kitty Pryde and Angel are sketches at best, while Kelsey Grammar does well as Beast almost in spite of his under-written role. (And Nightcrawler is nowhere to be seen; a real shame given Alan Cumming's sensitive performance.) Likewise, many of the central characters are quite thinly written, particularly Storm in a role that only pays lip service to the idea of character development. The film awkwardly straddles being a standalone piece and the third act of a trilogy: we really have to take on trust elements as pivotal as Cyclops and Wolverine's love for Jean Grey, since they are not so much shown as explained. The script does little to earn the emotional resonance it's seeking, instead choosing to lean heavily on the emotional baggage of the previous film (or the comics). There's potential here for affecting drama, but viewed in isolation it loses much of its impact.
Despite these major flaws, the film is still solid entertainment, and succeeds surprisingly well in aping the visual style and pacing of X2. If the script feels one draft away from a finished product, the characters remain iconic enough to hold our attention. It doesn't hurt that the performances are uniformly strong, with Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen, and Hugh Jackman once again getting the best material.
The film also has an interesting and even provocative story to tell, blending elements of Joss Whedon's recent work on the Astonishing X-Men comic with a very liberal adaptation of the classic "Dark Phoenix" saga. The central idea is a cure for the mutant gene. It's a premise which can't fail to throw up interesting ideas about normality and how it is defined by society: mutants in the X-men universe have long stood as an analogy for persecuted groups as diverse as Jews, disabled people, and homosexuals. The film is to be applauded for not taking a simplistic stance: some mutants embrace the cure, but many others are deeply offended at the notion that they can be "cured" of something that defines them. Interestingly, Magneto uses his heritage as a victim of the Nazi concentration camps, preaching that the government will come for mutants in the night, yet shows himself to be an implacable racist. In a chilling moment, and one of the film's few deft pieces of scripting, he rejects a mutant who has been "cured" out of hand.
Ultimately, however, the story sidesteps those issues to focus on age-old superhero notions of power and responsibility. Mutants on both sides enter an escalating conflict with the government and each other over their identity and freedoms. This conflict is neatly mirrored in the film's other major thread: Jean Grey's rebirth as The Phoenix, an Id-like persona of power without restraint. Xavier and Magneto's battle for Jean's soul casts them as God and the devil respectively, with the authoritarian Xavier opposing Magneto's "Do what thou wilt" approach to mutant powers. Having Jean embody the struggle between power and restraint is one of the film's most successful conceits, and if the movie can be said to take a stand it's that the right to personal freedom ends when it endangers others. Given the rattling pace and clumsy script there's little chance for these ideas to strike home, but cumulatively they do add another layer to the film.
Inevitably there are several spectacular and inventive special effects sequences, including a memorable Golden Gate Bridge sequence and some brutal, if bloodless, combat. Superhero films have tended to focus on a lone hero, and outside of comics it's rare to see massed battles of superpowers on this kind of scale. The sheer number of super-powered people opens up all manner of plot holes, but the action sequences are effective enough that it's easy to ignore the problems. The film tries to earn its credentials as the end of the trilogy by killing off major characters from a disconcertingly early stage. This seems short-sighted in a franchise with proven longevity, but it does increase the stakes, the only problem being that since Jean Grey has already returned from death such endings have less resonance than they might. Indeed by the time we reach the coda which follows the end credits, the film has already begun to undermine its own finality.
Like many after-the-fact "trilogies," from Indiana Jones to The Terminator, The Last Stand does little to enhance the reputation of its franchise, but inherits more than enough momentum and goodwill to carry you along to its conclusion. It certainly doesn't disgrace itself, but in shortchanging its characters and ideas it fumbles its chances for greatness; there's a great deal more potential in the X-Men universe than is on display here.
Iain Clark has always written a great deal of nonsense, but increasingly feels the need to inflict it on other people. He lives in the North of England with his wife and two cats.
Having Jean embody the struggle between power and restraint is one of the film's most successful conceits, and if the movie can be said to take a stand it's that the right to personal freedom ends when it endangers others.
Successful in what way exactly? I would have thought that for Jean to truly embody the struggle between power and restraint she would need to possess far more agency than she appears to in the film. Or do you mean that the struggle is between Xavier and Magneto, conducted through Jean? If so, then the message about personal freedom you perceive is seriously undermined, as Jean comes across more as tool in Xavier and Magneto's power games, than as a fleshed out character with personal agency freely struggling with issues of power and restraint.
I think what I'm trying to say is simpler than that: that it's clever to use the Phoenix in this way; the character does not embody these issues in the comic, yet here she's a good fit for what the film is trying to do. It makes sense, and it further personalises the issues.
However I do agree with you that it isn't necessarily successful in execution. The major problem with Jean in the movie is her passivity and lack of development. For large portions of the film she stands around waiting for the plot to happen. We do literally see Xavier and Magneto's battling philosphies played out in their struggle over her, and that's a neat idea. But she's not so much a character as a symbol. She represents the problem in an abstract way - to be solved from outside - rather than illuminating the choice faced by an individual mutant.
She does ultimately choose restraint over power, but at such a late stage that we don't really feel the struggle or understand her as a human being.
As in all things the film has some nice ideas and characters, but doesn't allow them room to breathe.
the film has some nice ideas and characters, but doesn't allow them room to breathe.
That's very much the feeling I was left with. It's by far the shortest film of the three, clocking in at under two hours, and yet it seemed to have more subplots than the other two films combined.
Also agree that the emotional resonance didn't feel quite earned - Wolverine's last words to Jean don't really feel earned by this film, for instance, but only as a result of its prequels.
I think only having two out of your main cast of 'good guy' characters for the most important bits of the film dragged the film down a bit - particularly when one of them is Halle Berry with that awful, awful eulogy speech grinding everything to a halt.
And finally, although I liked the prologue bit, if there was a part of the film that needed a 'show, don't tell' approach it would be the explanation of the Phoenix. Dealing with it in such an offhand matter-of-fact manner jarred not just with my knowledge of the comics Phoenix but also with the Jean we were shown during the last two films.
So... not awful. Still a cut above most superhero films, but it lacked the thoroughness of thought and ingenious use of concept that made the first two so enjoyable.
Yes, it's a frustrating film because you sense that with the right production team in place and sufficient lead time it could have transmuted its base materials into something a great deal more successful.
The prologue definitely worked (some clever effects there too) but I agree about the horribly expository backstory for the Phoenix. Despite the fact that they foreshadowed its arrival in the last film, the actual explanation for Phoenix is just trotted out in a single dialogue scene and couldn't feel more tacked on if it tried. Only the fact that it involves such a morally grey action for Xavier makes it interesting - indeed the issues it raises of personal freedom versus control are the ones that interested me. But as Geneva said, they're not well developed.
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While walking around during the MemFix Edge District event this weekend, I spotted graphic designer Cristina Jucan from across street; her haircut is super dope (one day I may shave mine on the side), and it paired well with the all-black ensemble (shoes + leather moto by Steve Madden). She was edgy but still approachable (of course we talked about her hair, lol), which made her that much more cooler.
Click here to check out Cristina's graphic design work and stay tuned for more city style posts from Memfix!


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I chanced upon the course on Justice by Harvard professor Michael Sandel and it was fascinating to say the least. I completed the course which has 12 lectures of around 50 minutes each.
It was interesting to understand how the current legal and social systems came about and what's the moral force behind them. The focus of the course was on examining what is the moral basis of different school of thoughts like Utilitarianism, Libertarianism, etc.
I will share a series of posts to unpack the key points discussed and my views on it. So lets get on with it!
There are 2 basic school of thoughts:
- Utilitarianism - Key philosopher of this school is Jeremy Bentham - Which believes in making decisions by the precept of "Greater good of greater number"
- Categorical - Key philosopher is Kant - Decisions are based by understanding inherent Goodness of certain acts versus others
One of the key points of discussion was about Fundamental Rights. Do human beings have certain inalienable rights which can't be violated even if their violation leads to greater good of greater number? While Libertarianism argues for fundamental rights as good categorically, Humanist Utilitarianism promulgated by John Stuart Mill argues that society will be better in the long run if there are fundamental rights - and hence its OK.
Libertarians led by philosopher Robert Nozick argue that the state should be minimalist and do only the most essential things it needs to do.
- No Paternalist legislation
- e.g Seat Belt laws
- No moral laws
- e.g Laws banning LGBT marriages
- No distribution of income from rich to poor
- Taxation is a form of coercion
According to Libertarians, Taxation is coercive as it violates the Principle of Self-Possesion. The argument goes something like this
This is an interesting line of argument, as in our modern society we hardly question tax on income. We take it for granted. In a way we have given too much power to the state and it has become a Leviathan. Its deeply rooted in the idea of welfare state where we expect the state to provide for the poor.
India added the words SOCIALIST and SECULAR to its preamble in the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act only in 1976.
A non-libertarian form of government gives more power to the state, and power as a rule tends to concentrate itself. So, how good is the idea of a welfare state?
More on next part.


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UPDATED: MISSING PERSON • Wade Ricky Dickens • Jessup, Maryland • 34 Years Old
Please help us spread the word about Wade Ricky Dickens out of Jessup, Maryland by sharing this report.
UPDATE: February 6, 2018 – 5:38 pm: According to Baltimore County Police Department, Wade Ricky Dickens has been located. Thank you so much to everyone who helped share about his disappearance.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: JESSUP — The Baltimore County Police Department is asking for the local public's assistance in locating missing 34 year old Wade Ricky Dickens out of the Jessup, Maryland area.
Wade was last seen at work on Wednesday, November 1, in the 11000 block of Guilford Road in Jessup.
Wade is a driver by trade, he was last seen operating a black 1990 Ford F-150 truck, Maryland registration 77284CD, with a gray tool box in the bed of the truck. Wade left work that evening and has not been seen or heard from since that time. Calls to his cell phone go unanswered.
Wade is described as:
• GENDER: Male.
• ETHNICITY: Black.
• HAIR: Black.
• EYES: Brown.
Do you know something?
If you have any information in regards to Wade's whereabouts, you are being asked to contact the Baltimore County Police Homicide/Missing Persons Unit at 410-307-2020 or dial 911 immediately.
Want to stay anonymous?
If you wish to remain anonymous with your information, you are welcome to call Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland Toll Free: 1-866-7LOCKUP (1-866-756-2589) or Email: firstname.lastname@example.com or metrocrimestoppers.org.
Thank you for all of your efforts in helping us spread the word about missing people like Wade across Maryland. We ask that you please take a moment to share these reports on all social media platforms in order to reach the broadest local audience as possible.
We do our best to inform the general public about missing people across the United States of America. View all of our state-based websites by taking a look at our country map just below.


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The Organization
The Arkansas Center for Nursing, Inc. is the state's nursing workforce center and is a member of the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers. One of the exciting new goals of the Center is to publish reports related to the supply, demand, and educational capacity of the nursing workforce in the state.
Board of Directors
The Arkansas Center for Nursing, Inc. is a non-profit organization with a board of directors representing nursing and community leaders from Arkansas. The Board of Directors is established and operates according to established bylaws.
President – Clinta Ché Reed, PhD, RN, CNL-BC. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
President-elect – Randi Mackey, MSN, RN. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Secretary – Donna Koestler, DNP, Ed. D., RN, CNE, CHSE. Delta State University
Treasurer – Kristie Lowry, DNP, RN. Capella University
Pipere Brettell. Barber Law Firm.
Alesha Collins, MSN, MHA. Howard Memorial Hospital
Patricia Cowan, PhD, RN, FAAN. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences – College of Nursing
Keitha Griffith, DNP, RN, NEA-BC. University of Central Arkansas.
Laura Hamilton, MNSc, RN Baptist Health College Little Rock
Sandie Lubin, MA, BSN, RN. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - College of Nursing.
Terri McKown, DNP, FNP-BC. River Valley Christian Clinic.
Stephen Pennington, MSN, RN, CENP, NEA-BC, NE-BC, CCRN-K. Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.
Janet Smith, RN, MNSc. National Park College.
Organizational Documents
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BYLAWS OF THE ACN (pdf)
2019 Annual Membership Meeting Documents
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2019 Annual Membership Meeting Documents
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2018 Annual Membership Minutes