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NHS Digital's Release Register is published every month and provides information on data released under Data Sharing Agreements. It covers activity for the preceding month plus any amendments/additions to older releases.
It lists organisations by name, the type of data released, the legal basis for release, the purpose for which the data was provided and an indication whether patient opt-outs were applied to the dataset before release. In the main, the Release Register includes a line per physical file disseminated.
Our patient opt-out policy explains when opt-outs do and do not apply in more detail.
When reviewing the release register the application of opt-outs may, at face value, appear inconsistent because the application is determined by considering the combination of data items being released. For example, whether the data are classed as confidential patient information, and the legal basis under which those data are released. Certain specific legal bases are exempt from having opt-outs applied.
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This piece opens with a several second shot of the Cedar River. This shot is bisected by a bottle of liquid. This represents the duality of nature towards man. It is a provider, giving life to humanity and every other species. However, it is also capable of great destruction. The liquid in the bottle is brown-orange, furthering this dual symbolism. Orange is a color associated with energy and flamboyance, while brown is associated with stability and comfort. The bridge and the concrete surface visible in this shot are representative of mankind's attempt to conquer nature. Man builds bridges to circumvent rivers and places concrete over grass.
The next shot features a dejected Hillary Clinton saying "I'm just chillin' in Cedar Rapids." She forces a smile, even though her tone divulges her true feelings. She is surrounded by modern fixtures: an apartment building with several dozen stories, an automobile, a street lamp. However, despite being in the presence of all of these things, she is unhappy.
What Mrs. Clinton is attempting to convey is that, through technological advancement, we have lost our connection with nature, thereby losing our humanity. She would have us attempt to rekindle this relationship by beginning to step away from this technology-oriented lifestyle.
This work was met with universal acclaim from critics. Neil Genzlinger of the New York Times called it a "message that we all know to be true, yet refuse to acknowledge in our daily life."
'Cedar Rapids' currently holds a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and 91% on Metacritic.

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I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! winner Kerry McFadden, pictured, wants to try for a jungle baby boy, said newspaper reports.
After a rocky start in the ITV show, her triumphant exit from the jungle leaves her tipped to make £2m in TV and advertising deals. The other contestants were also expected to cash in.
But Kerry, 23, who has two girls with Westlife star husband Bryan, told the papers her greatest hope for the future was to have "our own jungle baby".
And Jennie Bond's agent said the "telephone hadn't stopped ringing" yesterday since the former BBC royal reporter came second.


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Introduction Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
If you are currently promoting Or even thinking about selling classes, you do not need to do much hunting to come up with a Thinkific review. There are loads of Thinkific testimonials out there. The main difference this one provides is It Is written by someone with: Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
- Over 20 years experience in the e-learning industry, with a specific focus on companies that sell education (compared to, by Way of Example, corporate training departments, that do not have to convince their learners to buy)
- Extensive experience designing, creating, and executing online class platforms (I had been the founder and CEO of an e-learning platform and course development company.)
- More than a decade of experience monitoring and exploring online course platforms and helping individuals and organizations pick the right platform for selling courses
I've been Tracking Thinkific and other providers that have emerged as a new class of online course platforms within the previous years. These are platforms which are more user friendly and less costly or LMSes. They're a boon for solo edupreneurs and small companies that are looking to enter the online course enterprise. Over time, I believe they also have potential to interrupt the conventional learning management system market.
Having said That, let's get started.
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Construction and Branding Your Online Course Web Site
Any courses you Sell have to"live" somewhere, and ideally that somewhere provides an attractive, user friendly for your students and potential students. Since the debut of its Website Builder capabilities Thinkific is up to the job. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
Using Site Builder — that is only a part of the admin panel for the stage — you have the capacity to set up an appealing home page to your course website and create as many custom pages as you need (e.g., to provide details about you and your other services). Despite the fact that you do not have complete control — you can not, for instance, set up your own style sheets (CSS) — you can get very good capabilities for modifying branding elements like font and colors styles and you may upload pretty much any type of images or media you'd want to utilize.
Website Builder Comes with three themes to choose from, and there are variants for each one of these topics. (The company says more themes are part of their upcoming growth plan.) Additionally, there are a selection of pre-fab"segments" that you are able to add and change on any webpage to provide for things like social proof (e.g. customer quotations or"as seen on" logos), calls to action, count down timer, and pricing choices — basically, all the critical tools you require for running a successful path or membership website. There is also a blank slate"media & Text" section that can be used to create pretty much whatever you desire.
As is the case With more or less any content management system, it took a while to figure out the way to do some basic things like delete sections (the themes offer a home page pre-populated with segments ) and add custom pages to the website menu. However service has been readily available for them. Thinkific has a good support website on which you are able to search for help, but I tend to just use a Google search along with the phrase"Thinkific" to discover whatever I want (e.g.,"create custom website pages Thinkific"). I've yet to not find good support using this method, whether to the Thinkific site or from another user.
Some added Features to note:
- Customized URL (under Settings > Site) — By default, you're assigned a thinkific.com address — e.g., learningrvolution.thinkific.com. With a paid plan (starting at $49 a month for Basic) you can get a customized URL
- SSL (Under Settings > Website ) — With any plan you have the choice to turn on SSL (secure socket layer), a best practice for any Web site nowadays. (Google smiles on this.)
- White labeling (under Settings > Website )– By jumping up to a Guru Plan ($99 per month) with the Development Add-on ($.10 per active student/per month) you can easily get rid of the"Powered by Thinkific" language on your website and courses.
- Text Dimensions (below Settings > Learning Content and various different areas) — You can change a lot of the default language that is used in navigation and other regions. By way of example, Thinkific uses"Chapters" because the tag for parts of a course. You might prefer to change this to"Lessons." Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
Thus, you may be asking,"Could I use Thinkific for my main Web website?"
For edupreneurs Who are just starting off and do not have a Web presence the answer is an emphatic"yes." Using Thinkific is a great way to have a big item from your"to do" list (i.e.,"figure out ways to get an adequate Web site setup") and focus on creating and launch your classes. You can be concerned about a more complicated Web site after.
If you already Have a Web site, however — especially on a fuller-featured content management system such as WordPress — I would not recommend relying on Thinkific (or some other route platform) to your main Web site. Website Builder is great for what it does — and can create a great course website to match your primary Web site — but finally it's relatively limited. Some of the key current limitations include:
- All themes are single column. Therefore, for instance, you can't put email signup types, promotions for course, or other items down the left or right side of your site.
- As noted, you can't use your own CSS (cascading style sheets), mostly a limitation in the event that you really wish to mirror the branding of an existing Web website.
- There is absolutely no control on search engine optimization configurations on Internet pages — e.g., you can't define the title tags or meta tag descriptions. You can, however, do so on track landing pages, which is arguably more important for the average edupreneur.
- Thinkific lacks the wealth of plug-ins along with the broad network of seasoned contractors who are available to encourage platforms such as WordPress.
In spite of these Limitations, Website Builder is likely to do the job well for many edupreneurs and is a little better than what most online course platforms provide.
Creating Online Courses with Thinkific
While you Definitely want to have an attractive, user-friendly website to house your courses, the courses themselves are the primary attraction. As you might expect, this is a place where Thinkific really shines.
To Begin with, the Platform provides a range of pre-configured templates that may be very useful to track builders looking for help with how to organize their content. The templates cover the assortment of standard scenarios you would be prone to think about for supplying an educational product. These are:
- Blank — Start new and build your own course to match your particular curriculum needs.
- Mini-course — Use a free or low-cost mini-course to create prospects for a complete flagship course or service.
- Flagship Course — Build a complete online class using a robust curriculum outline made with best practices in mind.
- Pre-sell — Produce a pre-sell landing page and start building a waitlist to judge interest in your course.
- Digital Download — Host downloadable files in an online course to generate revenue or collect email addresses.
- Membership Resource Library — Host downloadable resources to be included in a membership bundle with this template.
- Webinar Replay — Host your webinar replay video to allow registrants to review your presentation and provide.
All these can Be modified extensively — you can alter the content in the sections which are provided, delete segments, or add new sections to arrive at the strategy that's ideal for your content. All throughout the process, Thinkific provides"smart mentor course building tips" to assist you. (I found these useful, but they may be easily turned off, if you prefer.) Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
If you have zero Experience working with Internet content, there will inevitably be a small learning curve, but my view is that Thinkific has done a good job making that curve as manageable as possible. Invest in earning your it up, and you will reap the rewards.
And you are Already comfortable using other Web content systems — like, for another course platform, WordPress or instance — I believe that you will find operating in Thinkific to be a breeze.
Overall A class in Thinkific makes sense in my perspective. After selecting"New Course," picking your course type, naming it (which you may change at any stage ), and saving it, you include"Chapters" (or change ones in the template) to create the structure of this course. As mentioned above, if you do not like the expression"Chapters," you can change it to anything you prefer.
You fill the Chapters with content in a way. There are 11 choices:
- Video lessons — Upload a file. (This gets saved in a video library for re-use in other classes. Videos stored in this library are protected from access by anyone who isn't a registered user of your site.)
- Quiz classes — Create a quiz for the students. (More info on quizzes under )
- Multimedia classes — This is a way to link out to content not hosted on Thinkific and make it an integrated part of your program. Some of the possibilities include:
- Webinar tools (supply the link to some live Zoom session, by Way of Example )
- Surveys (e.g. Typeform)
- Appointment booking tools (e.g. Calendly)
- Presentations (e.g. Prezi)
- Google Docs
- Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate documents (Requires Pro or Enterprise license. More on this below)
- Text classes — Combine text, pictures, videos, etc. into one lesson. This is essentially the equivalent to"Text and Media" Website Builder option mentioned above.
- Research lessons — Gather information/feedback from the pupils by building a survey in Thinkific.
- PDF classes — Upload a PDF document to be looked at within the course participant.
- Disqus lessons — Insert Disqus discussion boards into your program. (Note: there is also a discussion option built into Thinkific which you may turn off or on beneath Support Your Students > Discussions.)
- Audio classes — Upload an audio file.
- Downloads — Contain resources.
- Demo classes — synchronize a demonstration as a PDF file and record audio for each slide.
- Exam classes — Contain a Brillium examination in your program. (A Brillium license is separate from Thinkific and starts at $49 a month. More about that below.)
The aforementioned options Will find the work done for all but the most complex edupreneurs. The main areas they fall short is in
- Supplying for branching scenarios — i.e., allowing learners to move down different paths depending on their performances from the course or information you gather about them and
- Like learning games, inserting interactive components.
If those are Choices you genuinely want, you would be better off using a full-blown course authoring tool such as iSpring or Articulate Storyline (see more about these kinds of programs here). Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
The use of Articulate and Captivate at Thinkific
Many course Creators will be content with using the tools in Thinkific to create courses, but some might prefer the option of creating their classes with third party e-learning course creation software such as Articulate Storyline or even Adobe Captivate.
Basically, using a Third party tool is an alternative to seriously consider if you (a) already have a substantial number of classes built out in these applications (in which you case you probably don't need to need to re-create them utilizing Thinkific course production tools), or (b) you anticipate developing a substantial catalog of lessons with a relatively long"shelf life" — in which case you may not wish to have your classes locked to a specific shipping stage.
You can use these Kinds of tools with Thinkific — Articulate Storyline and Captivate are supported — however there are some limitations you should be aware of if you go this route.
First, Thinkific (like the rest of the platforms in its own course ) has not implemented SCORM, which stands to the Shareable Content Object Reference Model. There's a whole lot to SCORM, but the principal thing for edupreneurs to know is that it provides standards for how an internet course can communicate with a learning platform to deliver it information like how long a student has spent in a course, or whether particular areas of the course have been completed successfully. Thinkific monitors this type of data with its own procedures. (More about SCORM here.)
Second, you cannot Import an Captivate or Articulate route into Thinkific on your own. These courses are made up of more than one file (such as, for example, a video file), and to get them into the platform, you need to zip up the files and send them to Thinkific customer support.
The Best Features and How They Benefit You
An excellent Online course construction platform typically offers you. This includes the teacher/student management, the promotion, the promotion, and the training course building.
Systems such as Thinkific do not host courses . Your content is actually hosted with Thinkific (so that you do not need to go out and find your personal hosting,) but it still gives you total control over what your website looks like.
In comparison to Systems such as Udemy, Thinkific certainly provides more freedom and branding control. Let us explore some of the standout features.
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Outstanding Student Management and Communication Modules
Within my Thinkific review, I noticed that the smoothness of the student communication tools. It's a visual pupil management area, together with images of your students, names, contact information, and information for how far they are in your course.
You have the Option to send emails that are customized or create a dialogue. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
Incentives are part of this learning environment because Thinkific offers completion certificates, report cards, and of course, the mails for sending out just about whatever you want throughout courses.
In addition to Infinite replays of language controls course content, pupils, and mobile optimization working with the Thinkific platform should feel.
A Mostly Drag and Drop Editor for Quick Course Design
Section of the Reason Thinkific looks so great compared to this rivalry is that of its class designer. In case you don't need to, you do not have to mess with any code.
In fact Your content is organized using a simple drag and drop editor, where you move it around vertically and pile the course content.
Speaking of Content, Thinkific supports uploads of all media forms. From PDFs to sound files, and surveys to quizzes, the platform is great for offering up a wide range of learning tools for your students.
As we mentioned All of these files are hosted on the Thinkific servers. Therefore, you should not have to worry much about a file being too large or running in your very own servers.
When you personalize Your course website it features some handy editing tools for the novices on the market. For instance, you can correct items like color schemes, banners, and logos, all without touching any code.
The more, however Advanced programmers have full control over the HTML and CSS. Consequently, if you want to make your site unique, the option is there for you.
Promotions on Autopilot
Some online course Platforms fail from the promotions arena. Since there's no way to start making money unless people understand that your course 19, this is unfortunate.
Thinkific does The app was built into by it the right way, with promotional and marketing tools. Much of this is automatic. Consequently, if you want to trickle articles to your students–in which courses would be released over time–Thinkific has this operation. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
Furthermore, you Have the ability to target the ideal people and send emails that are automated out based on a schedule. Pricing is also done through Thinkific, in addition to the option to get paid immediately when somebody signs up for your program.
In Terms of becoming It is tried by people beyond your website out, Thinkific comes with an online affiliate marketing program to benefit bloggers and other people who recommend your program. Coupons are provided through Thinkific, giving a opportunity convince novices your course is worth investing in and to create ads to you.
Everything from Vouchers to affiliates is tracked in the dashboard, and you can join your Adwords, Facebook, and other reports where students are coming out of to see.
Handling, Engaging, and Supporting Students
Aside from One of the reasons for using a specialized course platform is that it creates monitoring and handling your customers and their data much simpler.
Communication with Learners
In addition to Helping you organize your students, Thinkific also enables a number of ways for you and your learners to communicate and also for them to give feedback on the course. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
As previously noted, For instance, you can enable discussion to your classes and then manage your pupils contributions under Support Your Students Discussions, where you can sort talks by course, respond to pupils, and — if desired –"Disapprove" gifts that you don't wish to show up in the course. (Note: Letting discussions is now a nothing option in Thinkific — i.e., either all classes have it or no courses have it. The workaround for this would be to use the Disqus option on a course-by-course foundation )
You can also Allow your student. Then you have the capability to approve these reviews (they are not printed automatically) and use them as social evidence on your earnings page to the course. Unlike discussions, this attribute can be enabled on a course-by-course basis.
There are Numerous notifications that can be disabled or enabled at the Thinkific platform, some of which can be personalized. You can send a customized message if your website is registered for by them to students, register in a specific course, or finish a course. You can also send weekly reminder messages. (Note: Reminders are site-wide, not course-specific.)
Managing and Organizing Learners
To Begin with, When an individual signs up in your site, Thinkific captures all of their key contact information (e.g., first name, last name, e-mail) and using custom sign-up fields (under Settings > Orders & accounts) you can easily add fields to capture whatever special information you desire from the users. (Note that, unlike programs like Udemy, you get complete access to the user information you accumulate.)
You can also Organize users. This feature can have a large impact on your business model by making it possible for you to market courses in bulk to associations — among the greatest ways for course sellers to drive major revenue growth, in my experience.
You, groups Can also arrange your students by other variables, or organization, or cohort, time, enrollment, job-type, which makes it feasible also to refine your marketing and to track the effectiveness of your own offerings. (Note: use of the Groups attribute requires a Pro program license with the Development Add-on.) Discover More about the Thinkific Groups functionality Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
Tracking and Reporting
A Vital reason to Have a specialized online course platform — to posting articles supporting a password on a Web site, instead, by way of instance — is it will monitor things like course progress and conclusion as well as quiz and survey data.
Thinkific's Advancement tracking (under Support Your Students > Progress) enables you to pick a particular student and track a number of factors for every class in which the student is registered. For every course you will see:
- Percentage of Course of Viewed
- Percentage of Course Completed
- Student Name
- Student Email
- Course Completed in (date)
- Course Launched at (date)
- Course Activated at (date)
- Last sign (date)
- Business
I like that you May choose to reset a student's completion percentage at any time if you are adding new classes to an already finished course.
Overall, the Course coverage is fairly simple, but I suspect it will serve the needs of the majority of course entrepreneurs.
Unlike the Program Reporting, the quiz and survey reporting is exported to a .CSV document (instead of displayed on screen) and emailed to you. The .csv file includes the answers from all students when they took it, and who have obtained a survey a quiz e-mail address, along with their title. For quizzes, it also supplies the amount and percentage .
Overall, reporting For courses and quizzes/surveys is one of the regions where the Thinkific system could be stronger. In fairness, this has a tendency to be true for pretty much of most of the platforms in this class of platforms. Over time, it might be possible to get quiz/survey data and course conclusion through a Web interface. Even better, it would be good to be able to see a student transcript that displays hours related to a course, any credit earned (not currently captured at all in Thinkific), along with a URL to download the certificate associated with the course. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
What Thinkific is Missing
Anyone who has Been operating in the e-learning industry for the last couple of decades (as I have) will realize that Thinkific provides a remarkable selection of features at a really affordable price. It was not long ago a system with those capabilities could have cost tens of thousands of dollars per year.
With that in mind, It is really hard to argue that Thinkific is"missing" much. There are gaps which can rule out it and these all tend to be openings that are characteristic of this class of platforms. The main ones I see are:
No support for SCORM or xAPI/TinCan
As mentioned previously, While Thinkific may host and deliver classes created in shared authoring tools like Articulate and Captivate, it doesn't actually make use of the SCORM (or even xAPI/TInCan) packaging capacities of these applications. If you've got a reason for using one of the major e-learning standards, Thinkific would not be the thing to do.
As I said, these Are areas which, for the most part, aren't served well by additional platforms which are in Thinkific's course. To get a platform which supports all three normally means a price point than Thinkific — and it could go a lot from there. So, be sure these are gaps for you before ruling out Thinkific.
No continuing education credit capacities
While you can Indicate the estimated variety of hours for finishing a class in Thinkific, you can't define the total amount of continuing education available for a course. While There Might Be work-arounds, for most course suppliers that focus on providing continuing education credit, this will be a Substantial barrier to utilizing Thinkific, Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
No multi-tenancy option
Multi-tenancy Means that you can create and manage a number of instances of a stage under one umbrella. This can be very handy if you're a training company with many clients and those customers want their branded instance of this platform for managing and serving their own customers. While the Group performance in Thinkific gets you a part of the way there, it is not the same matter as multi-tenancy.
Although I have yet To discover an online course platform that has many hidden fees, Thinkific advertises that it also has no hidden fees or contracts. That's good to know, but nothing special.
However, Thinkific Does offer a free plan for those who want to test the platform but not get bogged down by constraints. In theory, it helps you begin building a student base without having to pay a dime and launch your shop. There is also a free trial if you give a whirl to one of the plans that are more innovative.
The pricing is Broken up into four simple plans:
Starter — $0 to many core Thinkific capabilities. This plan has a high transaction fee, all you want to make, promote, and market infinite courses your classes, class upsells, content hosting integrations, Stripe/PayPal support, and access to all funds.
Essentials — For $49 per month you receive all center and starter features, together with a 5 percent transaction fee, coupons and promotions, monthly subscriptions, course packages, intermediate integrations, basic Zapier, trickle articles, affiliate reporting, a majority student emailer, custom domain, along with additional course prices. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
Business — For $99 per month you get the features from all prior plans, no transaction fees, completion certificates, personal and concealed courses, website white labeling, a host narrative, intermediate Zapier, webhooks, three-course admin accounts, advanced HTML/CSS editing, priority service, instructor payout reporting, an onboarding telephone, payment plans, and a direct Infusionsoft integration.
Advanced — For $279 a month you receive all attributes from prior programs, no transaction fees, one sign-on (SSO), three site admin accounts, 10-course admin accounts, an onboarding professional, onboarding package, public API, innovative integrations, and innovative Zapier.
Thinkific has some Advantages to its pricing design. Not only can you start your course for free (something that is not offered with competitors like Teachable,) but the additional 3 plans are broken down into a logical manner.
After all, you Most probably do not need API access until you start becoming advanced with your path selling.
I would not mind Seeing the completion certificates as well as the HTML editing but $99 per month isn't that bad.
As you can see, The transaction prices are 10% to the program. That's large, however, it creates an atmosphere for people who do not have the upfront funds to start a professional online store or anyone with low volume. As soon as you get started earning money that trade fee can be reduce by you.
Last, you can By paying on an yearly basis, save money. If you cover it all upfront, the Essentials plan goes to $39 a month. The company program is $79 per month and also the Advanced plan is 219. That makes the pricing programs much like Teachable.
I will finish this Thinkific review where I began: this really is. Hopefully it is clear by now that it offers a range of the features to encourage your ordinary edupreneur in selling classes that are online.
I think it is also Important to repeat as I wrap up that Thinkific is a business with a lot of momentum. This is not a point: the market for online class platforms like Thinkific is crowded and noisy. You can be certain that a lot will be gone. I'm convinced that Thinkific will be around, and the company is obviously growing and continually investing to boost its own platform. Teachable Vs Thinkific Vs Kajabi Vs Memberpress
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kanti, f. [sa. krānti], walking, marching; — gramm.
lit.: kamanaṁ ~i, Kacc-v ad Kacc 586; — ifc. ajjhena-
gati-° (Dhātup 354); — °-matta, n., mere walking; ~e
ca vikkamo, Abh 953.
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Month in 5 Photos | December 2018
Happy New Year! Can you believe that we are one year away from 2020? CRAZY! December is always one of my FAVORITE months of the year. I just love the holiday season and go ALL IN for all things Christmas cheer. We also had some pretty mild weather in December. There was a little snow on the ground, but the temps were a little warmer than usual (it's 40 degrees outside as I type this, in JANUARY).
- Of course, we HAD to take pictures with Santa. There is a group in the Twin Cities called "Dogs of MSP" and they organize different meetups for dog parents and their four-legged children. December's meetup was at a dog-friendly brewery, Lakes & Legends, and included a Santa photo op complete with a photographer to take the pics. Gus was a little squirmy so Santa had to use a grip to hold him. I laughed SO HARD when I saw the photos. It reminded me of the pictures of babies and toddler with Santa where they are screaming. Gus just was not pleased to meet the big man…
2. Need a fun, easy costume party theme? For my friend Grace's 25th birthday party she had one request of her party guests… wear a fun wig! I had to go for this bright purple one. We were a very COLORFUL bunch and it was fun seeing everyone's reactions as we entered the bar. Bonus: no need to actually do your hair. Mine may be a greasy, dry shampoo mess underneath the purple.
3. We've been attending weekly obedience class with Gus and happy to report that he graduated Puppy Kindergarten! Moving on to Level 1 to work on things like loose-leash walking, and I am very excited for him to learn more commands. And I think his big ol' tongue in this photo shows that we have a ways to go ;).
4. I mentioned that I LOVE the holiday season, so naturally I like to take advantage of all the special events happening around the cities. In Loring Park, there is the Holidazzle festival with ice skating, sculptures, and various tents and booths. We missed it last year, so we were excited to be able to make it this year. The event is dog friendly, but we decided to leave Gus at home and we're glad we did. It was muddyyyyyy. I mentioned that we're having a warmer winter than usual, so a lot of the snow that we have had has melted and turned into slush. We even had some rain in December. Long story short, Gus would've been a muddy mess. Crisis averted.
5. A December photo wrap up wouldn't be complete without the Christmas jammies. My family always opens presents bright and early on Christmas morning and we typically stay in our holiday pjs all day long. So Gus had to be included! Shoutout to Target for having their family pajamas this year so Marcus, Gus, and I all got to have matching ones. Except, Gus gained quite a bit of weight from when I bought them around Black Friday… Look at that big ol' puppy belly!
What were your December highlights?


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The bright future of serverless - new attack vectors, old attacks
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If you walk around in a DevOps company you will hear the word serverless almost every five minutes. This is the new era of coding and developers love to adopt new ways of executing their code. Imagine the old ways - when you had to put up your own machine in your datacenter, configure it, set it up and then something would break and you would have to troubleshoot for a few hours. When all above was done, you were so tired that you didn't want to write code - well, this is why serverless and the general cloud is so popular.
By adopting the serverless infrastructure we eliminate the need to develop a server to manage our applications - this also means that we pass some of the security responsibilities to the infrastructure vendor such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
Wow! Passing some of the security responsibilities to one of the big cloud vendors, that must be really safe - you might be thinking. In some ways YES, in other ways NO. Because of all the rapid development going on in the devops world its now even more important to write secure code because serverless is still vulnerable to old attacks such as; cross-site scripting, command/SQL injection, security misconfigurations, broken access control and many more.
Interested? Continue reading below and I will explain some of the different attack vectors and how to some extend prevent them.
Attack vectors for injections in traditional applications are usually done like this: The attacker in some way shape or form are able to input parameters in to your database and by doing this they are able to control or manipulate the data.
When protecting serverless infrastructure from these kind of attacks you really need to know what functions are being used within the environment. Because often
some part of the serverless application are using different functions such as; S3 buckets, blob storage and other storages, stream data processing and different databases from which an attacker could take advantage of.
How to prevent it?
- Never trust, pass or make any assumptions regarding input and its validity from any resource.
- Use a safe APIs.
- Use a "whitelist" input validation.
- Identify trusted sources and resources and whitelist them.
- Run functions with the least privilege as you are doing when setting up IAM.
Broken authentication
When running serverless functions you actually run stateless compute containers. This means that there is not (like in the old days) one machine to control - rather hundreds of functions running on small containers (computers).
As an attacker you will always try to find resources within the environment that is hidden or forgotten - so like in any normal infrastructure build, it is always important to have control of your environment and the different flows.
How to prevent it?
- External facing resources should require authentication.
- Always use different types of IAM controls which is usually provided by the vendor.
- Use authentication between internal resources.
Using components with known vulnerabilities
So you have a deadline, you need to develop a function really fast - this usually happens and I don't mind having a fast paced mindset when developing stuff. What also usually happens is that the developer use a 3rd-party tool or library with vulnerabilities.
This method could almost be compared to some kind of poisoning of your environment, could be ARP, DNS poisoning of some sorts - however - the attacker doesn't have to do anything to poison the environment, because you have already helped them.
How to prevent it?
- Continuously monitoring of your dependencies and their versions.
- ALWAYS use official sources.
- Threat-Hunting capabilities - monitor new CVEs and NVDs.
- Scan your environment for known vulnerabilities.
Of course there are many more ways for an attacker to hi-jack your environment but following these steps will help you create a more secure posture. As always in a cybersecurity realm it is very important to educate and raise the security awareness within your company.
As I once read somewhere; "if you get your employees to think about security for 1%, you have come a long way".
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#1267 Two Cases of Parathyroid Cancer with Pulmonary Metastasis
Introduction: Parathyroid cancer(PC) is a rare disease accounting for less then 1% of all patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. The prognosis of patients with parathyroid carcinoma is variable; more than 50% have a persistent or recurrent disease due to a regional or distant disease.
Conference: 13th Annual ENETS conference 2016 (2016)
Category: Pathology, grading, staging
Presenting Author: Iya Voronkova
Authors: Voronkova I, Gurevich L E, Pigarova E A, Rojinskaya L Y
Keywords: Parathyroid cancer, primary hyperparathyroidism


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Congress is More Cannabis-Friendly Than Ever
Say what you will about the current state of Washington D.C. politics, but the 116th Congress does like their weed—at least more than in previous years.
As Forbes reports, "Seven months into the session, there have already been seven hearings on cannabis, a marijuana banking bill passed a key committee and the full House adopted a far-reaching amendment to block federal interference in state legalization laws. And those are just the highlights."
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Offering Help and Hope
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill," and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead. – James 2:14-17
I Have Faith
James is reminding the people that it is not enough to just say "I have faith." Even thought Martin Luther, originally, thought that this book should not be a part of the bible, he later came to understand the power of this statement from James. As Lutherans we understand that we are Justified by Grace through Faith, and that our salvation… our Hope… our Redemption is NOT about the things that we do, but they are about what God has already done though Jesus.
Called to Step UP and Step Out
What James reminds us is that as those who know what Jesus did for us, it is not enough for us to simply be okay with that. Once we understand the tremendous power and sacrifice of the cross, then we should have no choice but to love one another as GOD loves us. That means that we are also called to step up, and step out in that faith and offer help and hope and a hand up to all who we meet.
September 9th was our "God's Work, our Hands" day. We packaged more than 10,000 meals for those who are in need. That is putting a good work to our faith!
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NEW STUDY by Rand verifies basic findings from Urban Institute report original July 18 posting as below, THOUGH it does point to a significant loss of federal income due to expected penalties not being collected.
"In July 2013, the Obama administration announced a one-year delay in enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) penalty on large employers that do not offer affordable health insurance coverage. To help policymakers understand the implications of this decision, RAND analysts employed the COMPARE microsimulation model to gauge the impact of the one-year delay of the so-called employer mandate. They found that the delay will not have a large impact on insurance coverage: Because relatively few firms and employees are affected, only 300,000 fewer people, or 0.2% of the population, will have access to insurance from their employer, and nearly all of these will get insurance from another source. However, a one-year delay in implementation of the mandate will result in $11 billion dollars less in federal inflows from employer penalties for that year. A full repeal of the employer mandate would cause revenue to fall by $149 billion over the next ten years (10% of the ACA's spending offsets), providing substantially less money to pay for other components of the law. The bottom line: The one-year delay in the employer mandate will have relatively few consequences, primarily resulting in a relatively small one-year drop in revenue; however, a complete elimination of the mandate would have a large cumulative net cost, potentially removing a nontrivial revenue source that in turn funds the coverage provisions in the ACA."
A report issued by the Urban Institute states that "The one-year delay in ObamaCare's employer mandate won't have much effect on the law's costs nor the number of people it covers." The report summarizes though that a change in the individual mandate will have a significant impact. Having a parallel delay in the implementation of the individual mandate is something currently being considered by Congressional Republications, though like their attempts at full repeal of the law, it is not destined for any traction.
The analysis in the report predicts a decline from 19% to only 15% without the individual mandate, down to 10% with the individual mandate. Without the employer mandate this model predicts the number of uninsured to go to 10.2% uninsured rather than 10.1% with the mandate. That is, the difference with or without the employer mandate is pretty insignificant in terms of impacting the numbers of newly insured.


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Connectivity, electrification and autonomous driving are the three principles that will guide the development of sustainable volvo engines in the different areas in which the group is active, starting from the agricultural one…
by Maria Luisa Doldi
Volvo Penta https://www.volvopenta.com/ has recently announced that, by 2021, electric transmissions will be provided across its whole range. Advances in electric drive technology and increased battery capacity are the basis of these developments: the company used the EIMA exposition, a meeting point for agricultural mechanization, to discuss it with customers and visitors. The Volvo Group (of which Volvo Penta is a part) correctly maintains that the needs of environmental sustainability and the business requirements of customers are increasingly closer, as electrified options become more and more feasible. Taking advantage of the latest technologies for energy storage in batteries and collaborating directly with customers, Volvo Penta will create advantageous solutions for electro-mobility that will also be used in agriculture.
The target is electro-mobility
Thanks to the increasingly sophisticated technology of electric propulsion and the evolving capacity of the batteries, in addition to the reliability of the Volvo Group's platforms, Volvo Penta's commitment, to provide electrified solutions by 2021, becomes more concrete. The electric propulsion solutions that will fuel the new generation of the company's products, are tested and made safer by the Volvo Penta engineers. "With the increasing feasibility of electrified options, the needs of environmental sustainability and the business requirements of customers are about to come together", states Peter Granqvist, Volvo Penta's Chief Technology Officer. "The individual needs vary from sector to sector (for example construction, extraction and material handling), just as in the case of commercial and pleasure marine applications, but a trend clearly emerges in all sorts of customers: the need for cleaner, quieter and more efficient transmissions".
Being part of the Volvo Group offers the advantage of being able to access advanced technologies. Volvo Penta is further developing the proven electro-mobility platform that has been successfully used for many years by Volvo buses, the division of the Group devoted to buses. The new electrification workshop of the company is placed in front of the Volvo Group's electro-mobility premises of about 140 people. The creation of commercially viable industrial electrical solutions has been held back by several factors, namely battery capacity, weight and charging times. However, in the last decade, developments in these fields have led to the proliferation of new battery-powered devices, up to large-scale energy storage systems. "The spread of these battery technologies brings with it an ever-increasing stock of knowledge and skills that benefits all sectors", states Thulin. "The increase in energy density, together with the reduction in battery size, opens the door to new machine designs. At the same time, the cost reduction is bringing ownership costs to a point where, for different applications, it will be more advantageous to use an electric motor rather than a conventional one. In addition, shorter charging times and greater availability of the related infrastructure at customers warehouses and in other hubs will boost electrification solutions". For Volvo Penta it is strategic to collaborate with customers in order to evaluate the best options and carry out pilot projects: "It is essential to spend time with customers, both OEMs and operators, to understand what benefits can be gained from electrification, in which way they intend to use machines and equipment and where recharging operations can be integrated", explains Thulin. "It is only by understanding all the details that we can offer a system perfectly suited to their needs".


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I love the school. I really enjoy going to PPA every day and learning. I also love the variety of clubs and activities the school offers. PPA is fantastic!
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Pinellas Preparatory Academy is an A+ all around! Since 2007, the curriculum, clubs and sports have enhanced my children's education at PPA. But, to be completely honest, it has been the high standards of behavior and character development that has influenced our decision to choose this top notch school for all 4 of our children. The staff, teachers, and administrators have always been engaging, encouraging, kind, and consistent in expecting the best from my children and protecting the learning environment of our safe school. I couldn't ask for more from an educational team! The Varner Family loves PPA and PPA, Jr!
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I noticed an immediate difference between Pinellas Preparatory Academy/Pinellas Primary Academy and other schools. The entire staff - not just the teachers - invest their time and energy into the school to make it an amazing learning environment. Everyone who deals with my children during the day, from the lead teacher to the cafeteria assistant, makes a positive difference in their lives. The staff, specialists, teachers and principals work tirelessly to make this school outstanding. Not only do my three children feel warm and welcome in this school, they also receive an amazing education. PPA doesn't "teach to the test" - they expose my children to all pertinent subjects and are able to incorporate project-based learning, "specials" such as music and Spanish, and PE and recess into the day. All of this happens without the children feeling overwhelmed or rushed. I recommend PPA to anyone and everyone!
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Sprouted wheat flour is a specialty flour that is easier to digest, high in protein and quite mild in flavor. It has a more subtle flavor than regular whole wheat flour, and bakes up much lighter in texture. The flavors of milk and honey shine through in this easy-to-make bread.
I like to use local honey from Florida when I can find it, to give this bread a unique twist.
Orange Blossom is Florida's sunshine-soaked honey and is famous for its light, fruity, floral and distinct citrus flavor. The sweet fragrance of orange blossoms fills the grove while bees are collecting the nectar. Orange Blossom honey can be found as far north as Ocala, particularly in counties with large citrus production.
Tupelo honey is a specialty from the Florida Panhandle. The Tupelo gum tree grows along the Apalachicola and Chipola river basins, blooming on average three weeks a year. This honey's light golden color is laced with a sweet yet distinctive flavor. It is often a choice of diabetics because it is rather low on the glycemic index. It's slow to granulate, if at all. It is the most expensive of all the honey flavors.
Wildflower honey is found all over Florida. Where there are flowers with nectar that bees crave, there is wildflower honey. The taste is less sweet and it can be more tangy. It's a complex honey because it comes from a wide variety of flowers. The color can range from golden to dark amber.
There's also Saw Palmetto, the oldest known honey in Florida and one that has a sweet, fruity caramel taste. And Gallberry honey, which is similar to the Tupelo, grows in wet conditions and can be found all over Florida. Other classic varietals are avocado, blackberry and blueberry honey.
The aroma of this bread as it bakes will make you want to cut a slice immediately when it comes out of the oven. Take the time to allow the bread to cool completely to room temperature, and then have your bread feast. Slather with butter or honey, slice and toast for your morning breakfast or make a mile-high sandwich.
Sprouted wheat flour is available at kingarthurflour.com or at your specialty grocery store.
Milk and Honey Sprouted Wheat Bread
1 cup whole or 2 percent milk
¼ cup honey (local, if you can find it)
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 cups sprouted wheat flour, or more if needed
2 teaspoons instant yeast
1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
1 large egg
For the topping:
1 large egg
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
Microwave the milk for 1 minute in a microwave-safe mixing bowl. Add the honey and butter and whisk just until the butter melts into the mixture.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, yeast and sea salt. Pour in the milk mixture and stir until all the ingredients are combined. The dough will be stiff. Let the dough rest, covered, for 30 minutes. This gives the flour a chance to hydrate.
Transfer the dough to a stand mixer fitted with the dough attachment. On medium speed, add the egg and mix just until a cohesive dough forms and does not stick to the bowl, about 5 minutes. At first the mixture will be very wet, but it will start to come together after a few minutes and slap against the side of the bowl. Add a few sprinkles of flour if the dough seems too wet.
Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and knead a few turns into a ball. Place the dough in a lightly greased bowl, turn to coat, cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 to 2 hours. This depends on your kitchen temperature and humidity.
When the dough is almost finished rising, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray, line the bottom with parchment paper and spray again. Set the loaf pan on a quarter sheet pan.
On a lightly floured surface, press the dough into a 9- by 12-inch rectangle. Roll the dough into a log, starting at the short side, then pinch the seam and place in the pan, seam side down. Cut six slashes on top of the bread with a scissor or razor.
Whisk together the egg and brown sugar. Gently coat the top of the bread with the mixture. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes on the bottom rack until nicely browned. The center should read at least 190 degrees when done. If the bread is browning too quickly, tent with a loose piece of aluminum foil.
Let the bread cool in the pan 10 minutes, then remove from the pan, peel off the parchment paper on the bottom and place on a rack to cool completely. Store at room temperature in a zip-top bag or plastic wrap. You can also freeze the bread at this point.
Makes 1 loaf.
Lorraine Fina Stevenski is a self-taught baker and award-winning recipe contest addict. This column features recipes that have been entered in contests across America and updated for readers who love to bake. Check out what she's cooking and creating right now on her Facebook page, LORRAINE FINA STEVENSKI. Contact her at email@example.com.


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Sumba House Guardian - White
Hand carved sandstone sculpture in white. Made by local artisans in Sumba, Indonesia.
These little guardians are traditionally placed at the entrance of the home to provide protection to those inside.
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Local PCSO Races to Win An Amazing Eight Medals
Mel triumphs in World Police and Fire Games
Local Police Community Support Officer Mel McClure has returned in triumph from the World Police and Fire Games in Belfast, having won an amazing eight medals - five gold and three silver.
Mel, who is a PCSO in Hammersmith and Fulham, competed in six events over five days. Mel competed and won gold in the 800, 1500 metre races the 10,000 cross country and half marathon as well as winning Silver in the 5,000 and 10,000 metre track races.
Mel was also the captain of the Vets 50+ Great Britain and Canadian team who won Gold in the half marathon and silver in the cross country.
"The competition was really strong with the 800m run ending with a sprint finish between myself and a Brazilian athlete in which I prevailed by less than one 10th of a second."
The World Police and Fire Games is a biennial event for serving and retired police, fire, prison and border security officers.
It is the third largest international multi-sport event in the world and the largest ever sporting event to take place in Northern Ireland. In 2013 there were almost 7,000 competitors taking part in 56 sports held at 41 venues across Northern Ireland with competitors from 67 countries taking part.
The next games will take place in Fairfax, Virginia from June 26 till July 5, 2015. You can find out more about this event at www.fairfax2015.com
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by Cate Engles
Winter in Ohio comes with some great components, for instance, the holidays, hot chocolate, winter sports, but along with those, it can also bring gloomy days, icky slush, and cold, cold days. In fact, about five percent of people in the United States experience seasonal depression during this year, while even more people experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It has also been said that the further away from the equator a person is, the more likely to develop one of these conditions. Some of us may not be experiencing a low feeling to these extremes, but it is common to feel down, especially in this stretch of winter. The time from winter break until spring break can feel like an eternity; all of a sudden the year that was flying by starts to slow down. So when you are diving headfirst into a pile of homework, or trying to avoid the Valentine's Day mumbo-jumbo, here are a few things to look forward to:
This year we are lucky because we have a Winter Olympics to watch. This year it will be taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Get ready to take a break from studying and catch a figure skating routine or a skeleton race. I am predicting that there will be great conversations at the lunch tables throughout February, recapping the games and giving opinions on who is going to get the gold.
Another thing that may be small but sure is a fun gift to us is the bargains during this time of year! After the holidays, it is usual for stores to put some of their wintry items on sale. Some might even put spring apparel on sale since we are in an awkward part of the year, so get ahead on spring break clothes! Also, do not forget that chocolate and other sweets go to half price the day after Valentine's Day.
We have just gotten into the new year so that mean there are renewals of television series and the start of concert tours for 2018. Maybe you want to plan something for a weekend to look forward to, so get a couple friends and tickets and head to the House of Blues. If a concert is not your thing, start a TV show that you can keep up on its actual schedule (do NOT just binge watch one on Netflix). Waiting for a new episode to premiere each week is a great way to get you looking forward to something.
Planning activities to put on your calendar will most definitely makes these months go by faster, and before you know it you will be relaxing on a beach somewhere or getting a good night's rest during spring break. We have things like lunar eclipses coming our way and even a royal wedding, so keep you head up because there are spectacular things everywhere!


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Supply Chain Management and Smart Manufacturing on Blockchain
SyncFab Co., a regional supply-chain management and business-to-business procurement platform for precision parts production, has announced a 'Utility Token Sale' campaign, due to start on the 16th of October, 2017. This event will mark the launch of its ERC20 Ethereum MFG token and make use of blockchain technology to achieve better operational efficiency on its network. Additionally, the company has also announced the launch of its redesigned SyncFab platform, featuring mobile access, optimized page load time, search function, more streamlined order flow, digital inspection report, and online payment.
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When a woman hits 30, it's like someone's turned the light off inside.' A male friend made this pronouncement a few years ago in the pub. It was an indelicate thought to vocalise surrounded by lightly inebriated 30-something women, and so somebody threw a packet of wasabi peas at his head. It was also untrue. Ageing wasn't some brutal, overnight occurrence. It wasn't as sudden as a flicked switch. Ageing happened gradually, imperceptibly, over time. At least that was what I thought before I moved away.
People age quickly, in chunks, when you don't see them for months at a time, when you become an occasional visitor in what used to be your life. See people three, four times a year, and there's something new, something shocking every time. It's not as simple as the lines on a person's forehead, the deepening inverted commas between their brows and increasingly pronounced crêping of their décolletage – although those things are impossible to ignore when you're in the harsh July sunshine, trying to concentrate on an anecdote your friend is telling you. It's about the experiences life has thrown up in your absence, reflected in their faces. Not everything can be explained in a phone call or an early morning Skype session. The good news, maybe, but people wait to see you in the flesh for the bad news. They wait to pour the wine before coming out with phrases such as, 'We've decided to get a divorce,' 'We've found out we can't have children,' or worse, 'I wish I'd never had children: I can't cope.' That's when the struggles you would have noticed your friend was wrestling with had you seen her more often become as apparent as the wiry white hairs rising up like tiny antennae from her hairline.
I'm sure that my ageing and the superficial changes to my character brought about by living in a different culture have seemed just as pronounced to friends and family back home. Royal babies aren't quite as exciting as they are to everyone else, and saying no to the bread basket comes as naturally as blinking when something gets too close to your eye. For years everything and everybody stays the same. Now it's all about change. 'There's nothing wrong with change,' one friend pointed out when I explained my feelings. 'If it worries you, you're setting yourself up for a lot of disappointment.' She's right, of course. But when you live in a place where nobody ages and change is something you battle against continually, you occasionally need to be reminded of that.


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The therapeutic powers of massage are well documented. If you have experienced massage you know that this healing technique is also pleasurable. But, has it occurred to you to do massage at home?
A strong immune system will take you through the winter months unimpeded by illness. During fall and early winter months, the physiology is adjusting to climate change and massage will give your mind-body a helpful boost. We know you want to embrace winter full of vitality and with a powerful immune system. And, you can do this with the help of a pleasurable intervention–massage.
Massage is a technology that awakens the intelligence of the body and eliminates impurities. And you can perform it on yourself. Today we want to introduce you to a special type of massage called Garshan. This massage should precede putting oil on the body. (You can learn about the benefits of oiling the body, in Chapter 13 of Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way.)
Garhsan is called the "dry massage." It is a rigorous massage which increases vitality and energy. It also stimulates circulation to all the tissues of the body. This dry massage is performed for three to four minutes every day with gloves made from raw silk. Ayurveda recommends Garshan to stimulate the metabolism, for an improved blood circulation and a better complexion. The Garshan massage stimulates the connective tissue and prevents cellulite. Because it supports the reduction of fatty tissue, the massage is particularly suitable if you want to lose weight.
In our book Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way my co-author Sandra Moss and I recommend Garshan especially for people suffering from Earthy Depression. Earthy Depression is characterized by physical and mental lethargy, dullness, and a lack of interest and motivation. Individuals with Earthy Depression have difficulty completing projects and often feel paralyzed to make any changes toward a more positive state of being. To say that these individuals lack vitality would be to minimize the degree of paralysis they experience.
Individuals suffering from Earthy Depression need interventions which purify and vitalize the physiology. Because they feel grungy they love Garshan. This massage, because it stimulates circulation to all of the tissues of the body, leaves them feeling clean and light and tingly. Garshan also improves metabolism thus promoting a breakdown of toxins lodged in the physiology. Garshan can be very helpful to you if you are suffering from Earthy Depression, want to lose weight, or simply wish to revitalize and stimulate your mind-body.
Garshan is ideally performed with a pair of raw silk gloves (but aloofah sponge or a skin brush also works well). If you are interested in buying raw silk gloves we recommend the ones from Maharishi Ayurveda. You can find these by going to www.mapi.com.
Following are instructions for this special massage: The brisk massage that rubs away depression.
- Put on a pair of silk gloves.
- Massage the head first. Move down your neck and shoulder area.
- Using brisk and vigorous strokes, massage your body. Use long strokes over the long bones of your body and circular strokes over the joints.
- Use long horizontal strokes over your chest area, avoiding direct massage over the heart and the nipples.
- In the abdominal area, stroke twice diagonally and twice horizontally.
- In areas with a high concentration of fatty tissue, feel free to exert more force and spend more times as necessary.
You will feel lively and filled with vitality after Garshan. Follow this dry massage with an oil massage. Sesame oil works for most people. It balances all the doshas and has many salutary properties. The oil must be cured and warmed to activate its effects. Be sure that any oil you use is organic and of the highest quality. Given the vital function of the skin as an organ, the Ayurvedic advice is this: if you wouldn't put it in your mouth, you shouldn't put it on your skin. High quality sesame oil can be purchased from Maharishi Ayurvedic Products www.mapi.com
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So as you can probably tell, we don't have an April wrap up this month, Becca and I have both been on a depressing reading hiatus recently and neither of us have actually read anything much this month. So instead today I thought I would share with you my April Favourites.Read More »
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Happy Lipstick Day!!!!
What's your number?
Mine is 50!
Yep, you read that right, 50! I own 50 lipsticks – and I have no idea what other number you might be referring to 😏
I own 50 lipsticks!
50 lipsticks!!!!
I am sat here looking at them spread out on the bed in front of me and it is baffling but at the same time totally unexpected.
50 lipsticks!! Sorry just felt the need to say that again while it sinks in.
And that magical 50 number does not include; liquid lipsticks, lip crayons, tinted balms or lip glosses. Nope, I kid you not, I own 50 'traditional' bullet lipsticks.


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With a stay at Room29, you'll be centrally located in Rome, convenient to Happio and Colosseum. This romantic bed & breakfast is within close proximity of Villa Lazzaroni and Parco della Caffarella. Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance. Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, express check-in, and express check-out. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite. Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Your memory foam bed comes with down comforters. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms have deep soaking bathtubs and designer toiletries.


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Title: Symphonies no.3 & 4.
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Year: 1989
Length: 42 minutes
Another pretty great orchestral work on the list. However I cannot really compare Mendelssohn's orchestral skills with Wagner or Berwald, Mendelssohn shows himself again as the conservative type.
This is not to say that this symphony is not a step forward for Mendelssohn, because it is. He even uses folk tunes in the second movement! Astounding. Mendelssohn seems, interestingly to be tuning in to the epic feel of his contemporaries orchestral work. Which shows him as not completely removed from his time but trying to walk a thin line between classicism and romanticism.
This is the Mendelssohn piece where he is most clearly Romantic, at least up until this point on the list, the only other of his works which has been here which was undoubtedly romantic was the Hebrides, another work with a Scottish theme. So Scotland seemed to have done him some good.
Final Grade
From Wikipedia:
It is thought that a painting on a Scotland trip made by Mendelssohn had inspired the 33-year-old composer, especially the opening theme of the first movement. The emotional scope of the work is wide, consisting of a grand first movement, a joyous second movement of possibly Scottish folk music, a slow movement maintaining an apparent struggle between love and fate, and a finale that takes its components from Scottish folk dance. A pecularity lies in the coda of the finale, where he introduces a complete new German majestic theme to close the work in a completely different manner from the rest of the finale. It was conceived as early as 1829 during Mendelssohn's trip to Scotland, but was not completed until 1842, and was not published in full score until the following year. The symphony was dedicated to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Its premiere took place on 3 March 1842 in Leipzig.
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We address the repeated pitfalls in game for 2018 including the overlooked essentials and much more! we appreciate your listenership!
Creature comforts are greater in North America. Your money goes further. Canada is more expensive than America but there are a lot of services one can enjoy there, at a nominal cost. It gets even better in the United States, they have prices for services that boggle my mind.
One can buy classic pieces but add a splash of colour, whenever possible.
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The Remedy: Robert Koch, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the Quest to Cure Tuberculosis
By Thomas Goetz
It's not often that I have a chance to review Holmes-related nonfiction, and it's an even rarer pleasure to encounter a book as well-researched and engagingly written as The Remedy. Author Thomas Goetz skillfully weaves together a story that explores the origins of germ theory and uses the medical and scientific context of the Victorian Period to illuminate and explain the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The book is certainly not for the faint of heart. Its impressive attention to detail leads to a high page count, but readability is never sacrificed. Fans of Holmes may be confused by the fact that Doyle doesn't appear for quite a while, but it's worth the wait and the effort to understand the historical circumstances Goetz weaves around him.
The Sherlock Holmes stories are wonderful in and of themselves, but books like The Remedy remind readers that they weren't written in a vacuum. The actions of people like Dr. Joseph Bell and groundbreaking researcher Robert Koch had a direct hand in the life of Doyle, and Goetz makes an impressive case for how much influence they had on the formation of Sherlock Holmes.
The Remedy is an impressive achievement, a book that manages to be densely informative without being at all dense to consume. Goetz's writing style is pointed, clear, objective, and surprisingly entertaining. Doyle fans who want to dig deeper into the circumstances that led to the creation of Sherlock Holmes will find it a rare treat, and it will be even more appreciated by those who also have a secondary interest in medical or scientific history.
Purchase it here.
A copy of The Remedy was provided for consideration by the publisher. All viewpoints expressed are the author's own.
How to get my books:
(Book 3) The Detective The Woman and The Silent Hive is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide from Book Depository. In ebook format it is in Amazon Kindle.
How to get the previous two books in the series:
(Book 1) The Detective and the Woman: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores and e-bookstores worldwide including in the USA Amazon,Barnes and Noble and Classic Specialities – and in all electronic formats including Amazon Kindle , iTunes(iPad/iPhone) and Kobo.
(Book 2) The Detective, The Woman and The Winking Tree: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores and e-bookstores worldwide including in the USA Amazon,Barnes and Noble and Classic Specialities – and in all electronic formats including Amazon Kindle , iTunes(iPad/iPhone) and Kobo.


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for more information – catholicscomehomeboston.org
This evangelization outreach will be conducted in conjunction with CatholicsComeHome.org, a national Catholic lay apostolate.
There are two broad aspects of this effort of the New Evangelization
* Television commercials that convey an inviting and positive message about living as a Catholic
* Parish outreach and welcome by which Catholics reach out with a more personal invitation to friends, neighbors and family members and parishes provide opportunities to help people establish or re-establish a relationship with Jesus Christ in the body of believers that is the Catholic Church.
Linked with other projects of the Archdiocese of Boston such as ARISE Together in Christ and The Light Is On For You, Catholics Come Home® will assist active Church members to grow in their spiritual life. It will also help us to reach out and invite those whose connection to the Catholic faith community, especially at our worship at Sunday Mass, is weak or missing altogether.
Cardinal O'Malley's Homily for Evangelisation Sunday
2011 Catholics Come Home, Boston – ENGLISH from bostoncatholic on Vimeo.


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Effects of low-dose aspirin on serum C-reactive protein and thromboxane B2concentrations: a placebo-controlled study using a highly sensitive C-reactive protein assay
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- Received December 15, 2000
- Revision received February 16, 2001
- Accepted March 1, 2001
- Published online June 15, 2001.
Author Information
- Mark Feldman, MD∗,†,* (mark.feldman{at}med.va.gov),
- Ishwarlal Jialal, MD‡,
- Sridevi Devaraj, PhD‡ and
- Byron Cryer, MD∗,†
- ↵*Reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Mark Feldman, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111), 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, Texas 75216
We performed a placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of low-dose aspirin on serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels.
Elevated circulating concentrations of CRP, an inflammatory marker, increase the risk of thrombotic cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction (MI). Moreover, low-dose aspirin therapy has been reported to be more effective in preventing MI in men with higher CRP levels than it is in those with lower levels, raising the possibility that aspirin prevents thrombosis by reducing vascular inflammation. The effect of low-dose aspirin therapy on serum CRP levels in men has been addressed recently, but the results of the two studies conflict.
Effects of aspirin (81 mg every day or 325, 81 or 40 mg every-third-day given for 31 days) on serum CRP, using a highly-sensitive assay, and on serum platelet-cyclo-oxygenase (COX)-1-derived thromboxane (Tx) B2concentrations were studied simultaneously in 57 healthy volunteers (30 men and 27 women).
Trough platelet COX-1-derived serum Tx B2concentrations decreased by 100% with daily aspirin and by 90%, 84% and 78% with 325, 81 and 40 mg aspirin every-third-day (p < 0.001). However, there were no significant changes in serum CRP levels from baseline with daily low-dose aspirin therapy, with any of the every-third-day aspirin regimens or with placebo treatment.
Low doses of aspirin that markedly inhibit platelet COX-1 activity, as manifested by a profound decline in platelet-derived serum Tx B2concentrations, have no detectable effect on serum CRP levels in healthy men and women.
Recently it has been been proposed that inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (1). Furthermore, elevated serum concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, portend an increased subsequent risk of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke and symptomatic peripheral vascular disease in healthy men and women (2,3). In men, low-dose aspirin (ASA) therapy appears to have its greatest protective effect against MI when serum CRP levels are relatively high (2). For example, in men with CRP levels in the top quartile, the relative risk reduction with 325 mg ASA every other day was 56% (p = 0.02) while in men with CRP levels in the lowest quartile, the relative risk reduction with the same dose of ASA was only 14% (p = 0.77). This intriguing observation raises the possibility that low-dose ASA therapy may actually protect against MI by reducing inflammation.
Two recent prospective studies have examined whether low-dose ASA treatment reduces serum CRP levels (4,5). Ikonomidis et al. (4)administered 300 mg ASA per day for three weeks or placebo to 40 men with coronary artery disease. Serum CRP levels were significantly lower after ASA therapy than they were after placebo (4). More recently, Feng et al. (5)treated 32 healthy men with 325 or 81 mg ASA per day for seven days. They found no significant effect of either dose of ASA on mean serum CRP levels.
In an attempt to further clarify the effect of low-dose ASA on serum CRP concentrations, we performed a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study in 57 healthy men and women. We gave volunteers one of four low-dose ASA regimens or placebo for 31 days. Serum CRP levels were measured twice before therapy (day 0 and day 1), after four weeks of therapy (day 28), at the end of therapy (day 31) and two weeks after cessation of therapy (day 45). In addition, we measured serum platelet-derived thromboxane (Tx) concentrations at each time point so that we could compare ASA's anticipated serum Tx-lowering effect (6)with any possible "anti-inflammatory" effect of low-dose ASA, as manifested by a CRP-lowering effect.
Fifty-seven men and women participated in this placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized study, which was approved by a human study subcommittee of the Dallas VA Medical Center's Research Committee. Informed, written consent was obtained from each participant. All participants considered themselves to be healthy.
Participants had not taken any ASA or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug in the 14 days before beginning the study. None had a history of ASA allergy, nor had been diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease or any other disease of the stomach or duodenum, cancer, HIV infection, liver disease, renal disease, diabetes, coronary artery disease or chronic pulmonary disease. Individuals with obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia or a family history of early-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease were not excluded.
Aspirin powder and placebo (methycellulose) were packaged by a pharmacist in identical-appearing opaque capsules. Volunteers were randomly assigned to a 31-day treatment with a regimen as listed in Table 1. Groups 3, 4 and 5, who took ASA every third day, received a placebo capsule on the days when ASA was not administered. Pilot studies had indicated that platelet function was markedly inhibited even three days after low-dose ASA.
Two baseline serum samples were obtained: one the day before randomization (day 0) and the other after randomization and immediately before the first dose of ASA or placebo was taken (day 1). Two additional serum samples were collected on treatment days 28 and 31 (just before that day's ASA or placebo dose), and a final sample was obtained on day 45 (14 days after the end of treatment). All 57 subjects completed the 45-day study, and all 285 serum samples were available for the assays. Serum samples were coded before assay so that assays could be performed in blinded fashion.
The CRP assay used a monoclonal antibody to CRP coated on polystyrene beads. The intensity of light scattering after the addition of serum was measured by nephelometry (Dade Behering Laboratories, Newark, Delaware). This assay has been referenced to the World Health Organization standard and is sensitive in the range of 0.175 to 60 mg/l. Interassay and intra-assay coefficients of variation were each <5%. Serum Tx B2concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay as previously described (7). This assay was sensitive in the range of 25 to 1,000 μg/l. Interassay and intra-assay coefficients of variation were 10.9% and 9.2%, respectively.
Statistical analyses
All statistical analyses were performed using Systat version 8.0.1 for Windows (SPSS Inc., 1998, Chicago, Illinois). Serum CRP and Tx measurements were not normally distributed. Therefore, CRP and Tx results for each treatment group were expressed as median and interquartile ranges (rather than mean and SEM). Moreover, nonparametric analysis of variance (Kruskal-Wallis test) was used to compare baseline demographic and serologic values among the five treatment groups. Comparisons of changes in serum CRP and Tx values from baseline as a function of treatment group were analyzed by analysis of variance using the nonparametric Mann-Whitney Ustatistic. A general multivariate linear model was used to determine whether gender, age, race, body mass index (BMI), smoking habit or treatment had independent effects on serum CRP concentrations. In all statistical tests, two-tailed probability (p) values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Baseline serum CRP levels
Serum CRP varied considerably among subjects, from undetectable levels (<0.175 mg/l) to >20 mg/l. Median CRP values were close to 1.5 mg/l, and mean values were close to 3 mg/l. Univariate analysis of variance indicated that baseline CRP levels were significantly affected by BMI (high > low), gender (female > male) and age (older > younger) but not by race, smoking habit or treatment group to which subjects had been randomly assigned. In the general multivariate linear model, however, only BMI independently affected baseline CRP (p < 0.001), although gender had a borderline effect (p = 0.067). Table 2presents median and mean (95% confidence interval) baseline CRP levels (average of day 0 and day 1) by BMI tertile in men and women. C-reactive protein in men or women in the highest BMI tertiles were four- to sixfold higher than those in the lowest BMI tertiles.
Effects of ASA regimens or placebo on serum CRP measurements
Table 3presents the median and interquartile ranges for serum CRP levels for each treatment group at baseline (day 0 and day 1), during therapy (day 28 and day 31) and on day 45 (14 days after completing treatment). Serum CRP levels did not change significantly from baseline in any treatment group (Fig. 1). In the general multivariate linear model, treatment had no independent effect on CRP levels. The only variable that independently affected serum CRP at the end of the treatment period (day 31) was BMI (p = 0.03). Two weeks after completion of therapy, both BMI (p = 0.001) and gender (p = 0.01) independently affected serum CRP.
Effects of ASA regimens or placebo on serum Tx measurements
Median and interquartile ranges for serum Tx levels at baseline, during therapy and 14 days after the end of therapy are shown in Table 4. Baseline serum Tx levels among the five treatment groups did not differ significantly. Serum Tx levels did not change significantly during placebo therapy (group 1), whereas they decreased significantly (p < 0.001) from baseline with each ASA regimen (Fig. 2). Compared with placebo, serum Tx on day 28 or 31 was inhibited by 100% with ASA 81 mg/day (group 2), 90% with ASA 325 mg every-third-day (group 3), 84% with ASA 81 mg every-third-day (group 4) and 78% with ASA 40 mg every-third-day (group 5). On day 45, 14 days after ASA therapy was discontinued, serum Tx levels had returned to near baseline levels and to levels that were similar to those of the placebo group.
CRP, atherosclerosis and body mass
C-reactive protein, a member of the pentraxin family, is the prototypic marker of inflammation. In addition to being a risk marker for atherosclerosis, it promotes tissue factor release from monocytes, phagocytosis and shedding of cell adhesion molecules. Furthermore, CRP co-localizes with complement in the atherosclerotic lesion (8–12). C-reactive protein is one of many proteins produced by the liver in response to cellular injury due to trauma, infarction or infection (13). Release of CRP from the liver into the circulation after cell injury is stimulated by the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) (14). Obesity is also associated with elevated IL-6 and CRP levels (15,16). Thus, CRP is a possible link between obesity and atherosclerotic vascular disease. In our study, BMI was the most important demographic factor that affected serum CRP levels among individual participants. Female gender also had a modest effect on CRP, as in a previous study (17), while age, smoking and race had no detectable independent effects. While serum CRP levels were higher in our older participants than they were in their gender-matched younger counterparts, this was probably related to other factors, such as BMI, than it was to age per se.
Effect of ASA on CRP and serum Tx
The profound antiplatelet effect of low doses of ASA in this study, as demonstrated by a marked, dose-related decline in platelet-derived serum Tx B2concentrations, contrasted strikingly with an absence of any detectable effect of ASA on serum CRP levels. Our CRP findings are in close agreement with recent results of Feng et al. (5)but differ from those of Ikonomidis et al. (4). The three studies are compared in Table 5. To our knowledge, our study is the first to examine the effect of ASA therapy on highly-sensitive CRP levels in women and used the largest number of doses to date.
Our present CRP findings seem to argue against the hypothesis that low-dose ASA is anti-inflammatory. However, it is possible that a treatment period longer than 31 days, an observation period longer than 45 days or higher ASA doses than we tested might have lowered serum CRP. Furthermore, high oral doses of the cyclo-oxygenase (COX) inhibitor ibuprofen reduce signs and symptoms of endotoxin-mediated inflammation without affecting high serum CRP levels (18). Thus, low-dose aspirin might, at least theoretically, reduce vascular inflammation without reducing serum CRP levels. Until a specific marker of vascular inflammation is available, it will not be possible to prove or disprove this possibility. For the present, the beneficial effect of low-dose ASA in preventing arterial thrombosis and in acute coronary syndromes seems much more likely to be mediated by its effect on platelet COX-1 activity than by an anti-inflammatory action.
The authors thank Dr. Robert Munford for inspiring us to perform this study; Doug Sammer, Jaime Betancourt, Kristi Rushin and Kenneth Shewmake for expert technical assistance; Dr. Martin Kroll for facilitating the assays and Vicky Robertson for help in manuscript preparation.
☆ Supported by a Merit Review Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs (M.F.) and by the Southland Financial Corporation Distinguished Chair in Geriatrics (M.F.) and the NIH (I.J.) (R01AJ00005 and K24AT00596).
- Abbreviations
- aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)
- body mass index
- cyclo-oxygenase
- C-reactive protein
- interleukin-6
- myocardial infarction
- Tx
- thromboxane
- Received December 15, 2000.
- Revision received February 16, 2001.
- Accepted March 1, 2001.
- American College of Cardiology
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Butter dish, Milk cup, Cake stand, Tea Towels, Wreath, Pillow, Wall sign, Hand towel
Today I have rounded up my favorite pieces from the New Hearth and Hand with Magnolia collection at Target. I have purchase some of these already, and I'm just waiting for the others to show up at my store. I am not a huge fan of the dark blue that seems to be the theme Joanna was going for this Fall. I think its absolutely beautiful it just would not go with my current decor. Thats why I can only justify the cute hand towels. Have you picked anything up from this new collections? If so whats your favorites?


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(名探偵 コナン?, Detective Conan), is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and is serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994. The name "Case Closed" for the English language release results from "unspecified legal considerations" of the name Detective Conan.[1] The story follows the adventures of Jimmy Kudo, a prodigious young detective who was inadvertently transformed into a child due to a poison.
Case Closed has been continuously serialized in the Japanese manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Sunday since 1994 and has been collected in sixty-six Tankōbon volumes as of November 2009. Since its publication, Case Closed has spawned a substantial media franchise. The manga has been adapted into an animatedtelevision series produced by TMS Entertainment which is still ongoing in Japan as it adapts the story from the manga. The series has also spawned eleven original video animations, thirteen animated feature films, and many video games.
Viz Media licensed the manga series under the name for English-language publication in North America and released thirty-two volumes as of November 2009. Funimation Entertainment licensed the anime series for North American broadcast. Both the English adaption went under the name Case Closed. Fifty episodes of the English dubbed series aired on Cartoon Network as part of their Adult Swim programming block on May 24, 2004 until January 2005 and were discontinued due to low ratings.[2]
The anime adaptation has been well received, ranking in the top twenty in Animage's polls between 1996 until 2000 where it dropped below the top twenty. In the Japanese TV anime ranking, Case Closed often ranked the top six.
ct suka sangat2 citer kartun "detective conan" kalau tak dapat nonton boleh merajuk kat hubby tau hehehehe....Go Conan Go...!!