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... manufacturer is "Mylan Pharmaceuticals" and this is my issue: I can't get the damned things to "stick"!! I get a 1 month supply (10 patches) and I'm supposed to apply the patch and leave it on for 72 hours. I'm VERY lucky if it stays on 12 hours! Any idea's? I have bought and tried 4 different types of tape, as well as 4X4 bandages and NOTHING works! I've called my dr's office 5 times regarding this issue and have not heard any suggestions as of yet. These things are SOOO regulated I can't get the scrip refilled early. I filled the latest one on 05/12/2001 and, yesterday, I applied the last patch. ANY ideas, tips or tricks would be GREATLY appreciated!!
I am at the end of my rope! I've been on the Fentanyl patch (50mcl/hr) for 2 months now. The?
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- 24 May 2011 by kennedy64
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- 11 December 2018 (7 days ago)
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- pain, fentanyl, breakthrough pain
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Hey kennedy,
Don't know if the following link will help any but you can give it a read.
Wish I knew the manufacturer of the one the poster mentions they got while in the hospital, sounds like trying different makers might be a help. Have to call around to some different pharmacies and see what they have to say about the problem. They might know the best manufacturer to try.
Good luck,
The kind with the pouch are the brand name Duragesic and I have tried those too. I had the same exact problem!! I even showed it to my Dr at the time, how they were coming off, even when you tape them the middile pooches up and doesnt make contact with your skin and if they dont touch, you are not getting the medicine. The Duragesic brand does stick a little better and if you call the company, they will send you overlays but if you are like me, they didnt stick the whole 72 hours or even 42 hours either! I ended up going back to pills because I just couldnt make the Fentanyl work. I was constantly running out early because the wouldnt stick or they would roll up (the edges stick together just fine!) Fentanyl is a great drug when it works, I just found it too much of a struggle to get it to work. You are not supposed to clean the area with anything but water so using something to cut the oils on your skin is out. I never did find the answer. I feel for ya! I had the same difficulty!
I don't know if this will help, but my knee cap is off center & the physical therapist was going to pull in place with tape. When I responed I was allergic to tape, she had this great idea. I had never heard of it, but it works! Take milk of magnesia & pat it when you want the tape to stick, & let it dry. Do not get in the middle as it will interfere with you getting your med thru the patch. Hold the patch up & trace a line around it so you know about where it should go. Anyway after it dries, (the milk of mag) apply your patch. I don't know if this will work for you, but it did for my knee & they used paper tape to boot! Good luck . I've heard this complaint about the fentanyl patches before. Are you cleaning the skin with alcohol wipes prior to appying? The oil from our skin will sometimes interfere with applying patches too...
The instructions say not to clean the area with anything other than plain water. Apparently using alcohol before appling can make you absorb too much medicine and can be lethal in some cases.
I mentioned alcohol wiping to the pharmacist and she about had a heart attack and told me not to do that. It really didnt help me much either. You are not supposed to apply heat to the site either.
Great idea! I wear three large Icy Hot patches each night: one across the back of my neck, and one over each shoulder. Even though I try to scrub off the residue in the shower each morning, they STILL won't stick sometimes.
Thanks, Mary!!!
Mary, the madhatter.
I should have added that you don't put alcohol where the patch goes! Just around the edges where the tape would go, & then apply the milk of magnesia, & dry here you wiped with the alcohol. It cleans all the oil off of the skin. Some peple just have a tendancy to oiler skin, & that can make the patch not skick. Do not put alcohol where the center of the patch goes... Mary
I use the butrans patch and I am having these same issues. I buy the tegederm clear patch to put over the patch to try and keep it down. My skin is oily, and I get very over heated easily and sweat. Especially when I'm in a great amount of pain which is all of the time. I read the same thing you shouldn't wipe the skin with alcohol but I had to to try to get it to stick. Of course my dr office wouldn't return my phone calls either. And your not suppose to restick the patch on. I have to wear mine for a week at a time. But they told me to use isopropyl alcohol to clean the skin which is what I have. It sticks better but once again I start sweating and it comes off. They then tell me to get benzoin tinture and add that around the outside are of the skin where the adhesive of the patch not where the medication is.
I told her that the patch in the middle where the medication is on the patch it lifts up and won't stay stuck to my skin and its not helping b/c it's not getting into my body b/c it's not touching my skin. So I am fed up also but I can't get the damn doctor to change it and put me on a different pill. I take Percocet 3 times a day and this stupid patch. My pain is not controlled.
I ALWAYS wipe with alcohol. My husband puts it on my back. He puts pressure on it for about 30 seconds. I never had a bad reaction. And I never lose my patch. I even shower with it on just like that, without any protective covering. I really thought I read to do that with the first patches I used, six years ago. I only use Mylan now. Also, my husband uses citrus spray to get the hard to get glue off!!
Hello Kennedy64, I can understand your plight to a degree as i wore the patches for approx. 6mths and at the max. dosage. I live in the semi tropic's and Fentanyl patches do not like changing climates like humidity. The patches are designed to last 3 days but if you live in an area where it's warm they could last only 2 days. I got caught out with withdrawals a few times and man it was tough going. I have changed to Jurnista daily dose tablets that are more reliable and work great on the pain. I hope this info helps you out and have a great day. Take care. Brewstercharli.
For many people the patches only last two days and often insurance will approve them every 48 hours as long as the doctor writes medically necessary on the prescription. By the way, the brand name Duragesic patches have changed and they no longer send you the Bioclusive overlay bandages. for me, I got a special order from my local pharmacy for an adhesive bandage called Hypafix by Smith and Nephew. It is a roll 4" x 10 yards and can be cut to any size. I made it wide enough to go down each side of my patch plus allowing about an inch over onto my skin. This bandage stayed on during showers and out in the hot tub. If I went swimming I wrapped the area (my upper arm) with an Ace bandage and it held just fine. I think the roll of Hypafix lasted many months and cost about $11.50. I am very allergic to adhesives but was not allergic to this one. Best wishes to you - EJ
you can go to a drug store and see if they have the stuff that is used when you get a i v !can't think of the name to save my soul!if they don't have it they can order it for you mine did!
but i'm using tape from the hospital to help hold mine in place .of course you are left with sticky stuff but finger nail polish remover will help take this off of you !works wonders for me specially since i'm allergic to adhesives like tape !go figure sometimes the patch breaks me out doc told me to get allegery cream apply and let it dry and then put patch on but i haven't tried it yet !!!
Hi everyone!
Thank you ALL for your replies! Spoke with the Dr. today and the pharmacy has ordered the Fentanyl patches from a different manufacturer. I can't get the new prescription until Friday, and THATS if my insurance will ALLOW it. See, I got the order on May 12; 10 patches in all, which were SUPPOSED to last for 1 month. The 10th one fell off this afternoon aftern the tape failed. Anyone care to venture a guess as to: 1.) the answer from insurance, and 2.) What the new brand will be?
Thanks Again!
I have used many different generic brands of the fentanyl patch. Right now thet are giving me the Mylan patch, which does not stick. Some patches have a gel resevior but the Mylan patch does not, and the medication is mixed into the topical adhesive (they call matrix) that is not working. I started buying IV site dressings to keep them on,it works extremely well.. When I remove them the adhesive part is bone dry, which means I'm not getting any medication... and of course much increased pain. I think getting a patch with the gel reservoir is preferable. While researching on the web it looks like many manufacturers are switching to the defective matrix adhesive,.
Sorry that you are having so much trouble with this patch. I use the Mylan brand patch 75mcg and it is adhesive all the way across, but I know that you aren't suppossed to use anything but water to clean your skin before attaching the patch but I do use rubbing alcohol to clean the area first, let dry and then I apply the patch and hold in place for 30 secs then apply a 2x3/4 by 2x3/8 th Tegaderm film over my patch which keeps it from falling off early, I change my patches every 48 hours. The film also helps with showers, sweating, and from rubbing off while you are sleeping. I don't know if this will help you but I hope that it does. It is also a good idea to put the patch in a place where there won't be a lot of movement like on your upper arm or in b/t your spine and shoulder blades. Good luck.
Call Mylan Customer Relations, they mail you a form each month to sign and mail back , then they mail you the over-lay patches which really help! I no longer loose my patch since they`ve been sending them 2 me. I have the 100mcg patch and use 2 over-lays on each-side by side-to make sure the corners are covered. Their # is 1-800-796-9526. Good luck!
1. Wash hands with soap and water and dry well with towel to remove any oils from your hands before handling the Fentanyl patch, and try to avoid touching the sticky side of the patch with your fingers.
2. Use an alcohol wipe to clean your skin prior to applying the Fentanyl. This removes your skin oils which keep the patch from sticking. You can buy the alcohol wipes by the box at pharmacies -- they are also used to disinfect skin before injections.
3. Also, apply the patch in an area where the muscles and skin don't move much. I like to use the top of my back, alternating between the left and right sides of the spine. You could also try high up on the outside of your arms near your shoulder.
4. Another tip: lightly rub the patch flat down onto your skin after applying it to help it seal.
These tips have been working for me for several months. The only time I had a problem with the patch coming off was when I went swimming doing the crawl. However, they do stay on when standing in the water doing Water Aerobics because I wear the patch high up on my body above the water line.
I used the Mylan brand 50mcg/hr and they did have a problem sticking. The patches are small and don't stick very well. I then went to another doctor who prescribed the Fentanyl patch by Apox Corp. (Weston Fl 33326) 1-888-333-6127 Manufactured by Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. These patches are much bigger and need to be 'stretched' to get the full effect of the patch sticking but it worked. I usually put it on my chest area. When I am done with both sides of my chest area, I try my arms but I want to try my back upper shoulder area. Good suggestions here, may give them a try after I ask the pharmacist.
By the way, my insurance did not cover the patch. It seems they want a justification that I have tried ALL the pain medications out there before they ALLOW me to take the patch. My caregiver paid $200.00 out of pocket.
I ask my dr how to get the patch t stay as well thought of wrapping with ace bandage. He said to us the first aid tape that you buy for gauze bandages it works great!!! I tried it he's right. only prob is gets expensive t keep buying. Sme insurances will cover the cost. Buy some it will take away frusstration. Litlmommag}
This is typical of Mylan patches . I have found Watson to be one of the best, besides duragesic. Watson is the generic. I was on Fentanyl 50 mcg patches for over 11 yrs I used to go to one pharmacy and all of a sudden they changed to the Mylan brand, and found the same thing, patches falling off. I also found that they're weren't as effective. I pleaded with them to change back for me, but was told they couldn't because of their contracts. So I ended up changing pharmacies because of it.
You may have to call around to different pharmacies to see which brand of patch they carry.I can tell you the makers of Duragesic and Watson brand are the best.
Am just now having to come off, if I can't get help from the town or something, as medicare has increased my the costs of my deductibles to a very high amount because of the patches are so expensive, so no can no longer afford it all. I am guessing that there have got to be other drugs that will carry me through somehow. I'm pretty scared though. Afraid of the withdrawl, and what else will I have to take.
Hope this gives you some help. Linda
Nothing here worked because of my activities, so now I use super glue around the edges where the lousy adhesive so they say is. The super glue is used instead of stitches in many operations now days anyway so don't worry. Now I can do everything and my patch stays on. After three days I pull it off and rub the area real good with dawn and your good for the next patch. You can switch areas if you like. For those that thing their allergic to everything on this planet, your probably allergic to any thing else anyway including the patch. No one is allergic to small amounts of super glue. Don't forget they used the same mixture as super glue in the wars to put the poor soldiers together quickly and still do. My surgeries all were adhered with super glue.
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iPhone 8 May Be Featured With Plastic Curved OLED Display: Many rumors are coming about the upcoming iPhones, among them, one of the most talked is about curved OLED screen. Previously it was rumored that Apple will use a glass OLED display but after considering a new report it is suggested that Apple will introduce plastic OLED display. It is suggested from the report of Korea Herald, that the new display of upcoming iPhones will have plastic OLED panel, built by Samsung, that curves 'all over'.
Curved OLED Plastic Display May Be The Next Attraction Of iPhone 8:
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge support curved display generally have plastic OLED panel and glass OLEDs are generally used on flat display like as on iPhone 7.
According to a source familiar with the matter told the Korea Herald-
"The OLED version of the new iPhone will all be curved as Apple ordered all plastic OLED — not glass — from Samsung Display. Samsung is capable of supplying a little less than 100 million units of curved OLED displays to Apple,"
On the present iPhone and Apple watches curved glasses are used at the edges, so it is difficult to say why apple is going to use Plastic OLED display with upcoming phones. For the OLED Panel, Apple is completely dependent on Samsung which is also the main rival of the company. Further Hearld's report suggested that the new iPhones may use new sensing technology which makes the device able to respond by touching any side of the device.
Korea Herald report also suggested that Apple will make three new phones in next years – one device which will feature OLED and two resembling with present iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus which may become in the form of iPhone 7s and 7s Plus.
Now the question will be raised that whether the plastic OLED panel would be felt by the users of the Phone or it will be glass layer on the plastic part on the iPhone 8. However, Apple is using Gorilla glasses on its phone at this time.
iPhone 8 will be the flagship model with OLED display and iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be revised and will come as iPhone 7s and 7s Plus have flat LCD display panel said by Herald's report. As said before by KGI that iPhone 8 will have wireless charging, the additional charger may be available on purchase. To make the bezel-less display of the iPhone 8 Touch ID home button will also be integrated into the display.

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Day 23. London. Monday 10 October
Great sleep. Great bed. It is true that there is nothing like your own bed. There are some beds that whilst they do not resemble your own, will do quite nicely for a short period of time. So perhaps they should come with a rating. I would suggest a one star rating = 1 night. 2 stars = 2 nights. 3 stars = 3 nights. 4 stars = 4 nights. 5 stars = 5+ nights. Well this is a 5 star bed. The bed in Paris was a 5 star bed. The bed in Amsterdam 3 star, Berlin 1 star, Barcelona 3 star and Madrid 3 star. Pillows should also be rated accordingly.
We walk along the Thames to the Tower of London. Last time I was in London it was closed for the Christmas period so I missed out. Not this time. The Tower of London is over 18 acres so we decided on a few key items we wanted to see. We started with the Crown Jewels. I am amazed that these are the real jewels and not replicas. One of the maces holds the biggest diamond in the world. A whopping 105 carats. The diamonds, the sapphires, emeralds, rubies and pearly. Stunning. The crown that was placed on the head of Elizabeth II only has 2868 diamonds in it! The royal regalia is breathtaking. Photos do not do it justice because it cannot capture the reflection of light. We did a tour with a Yeoman of the Warder, or Beefeater. He was hilarious and very knowledgeable. A great way to learn a lot of history in a short space of time. We walked along the walls, visited the torture chamber and checked out the interiors of the some of the towers.
We made our way to Westminster Abbey. We have been there before but the wedding of Wills and Kate and caused me to visit here again. We take the audio tour which is expertly narrated by Jeremy Irons. It is a spectacular oration. The kids loved the audio tour as well and we all moved around taking in the history and admiring with awe this most beautiful of spaces. It doesn't receive any funding by the government but uses the admission fee to assist with restoration. Surprising considering it is a place for royal occasions! Time for lunch now. All the sightseeing makes you hungry. We visit an old favourite Pret a Manger. I always think of the skit with Catherine Tate 'A no bread sandwich' when I eat there. The food is amazingly fresh and gourmet. Their carrot cake is still my favourite.
Harrods is the agenda for the afternoon. We start with high tea in the tea room. The scones with jam and clotted cream were to die for. We all had these big silver teapots, with a full silver service and royal china. Devine. An afternoon of shopping and then I decided to buy some exquisite food offerings from the food hall for dinner. Harrods is an experience and I really do believe that there isn't anything you wouldn't be able to buy there. The service is amazing, there is always someone to help you and you never have to wait for anything.
Home on the tube. It was armpit to armpit. I hope London solves its transport problems before the Olympics as it quite poor on world standards. I am sure someone is working on it.


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It also gives developers a solid base to begin work for custom ROMs that needed newer code and drivers, and should really help with the creation of an AOSP style Froyo, and possibly Gingerbread ROM for the Epic 4G. If you're a developer, or just want to have a look, point your web browser to the source link, choose the Mobile phone section, and search for D700 in the search bar. Big thanks to Samsung for getting this out pre-release and honoring the GPL. [Samsung's Open Source Release Center] Thanks everyone who sent this in!


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Penguins fail to match Rangers' effort in Game 5by Wes Crosby
PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins did the opposite of what coach Dan Bylsma preached during the past two days.
Bylsma said repeatedly that the Penguins could not allow the New York Rangers "any breath, any life" in Game 5 of their best-of-7 Eastern Conference Second Round series. Instead, the Rangers are very much alive after a 5-1 victory Friday. They trail 3-2 and can even the series by winning Game 6 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, RDS).
After a desultory effort in a Game 4 loss to Pittsburgh at home on Wednesday, the Rangers came out from the opening faceoff with the kind of desperation Bylsma had warned his team about -- and the Penguins didn't match it.
"We expected their best and their very best off the hop," Bylsma said. "They came really hard, really aggressive down the walls and we turned over a few pucks as a result, led to their offensive zone time. But, in addition to that, we had some unforced errors. We shot it over the glass with not a lot of pressure and we had an unforced icing that led to a goal and we have a bad change that leads to a power play and another goal.
"So in addition to them playing their hardest and their best, I think we had some unforced errors as well."
The Penguins started Game 5 at Consol Energy Center in the same fashion that they began Game 1, which resulted in a 3-2 overtime loss. Pittsburgh trudged through a first period in which it was outplayed in nearly every facet of the game en route to a 2-0 deficit after 20 minutes.
New York outshot the Penguins 17-9 in the first and held a 12-3 advantage at one point. The Rangers also snapped their 0-for-36 power-play skid with a goal from forward Chris Kreider at 9:36 on their first opportunity with the extra man.
"I thought they came out like a team whose season was on the brink," defenseman Rob Scuderi said. "At the start, I think we played like a team that looked like we had an automatic bid to the next round. When it's 2-0 right off the bat and you're playing from behind, it's not easy. You have to take chances, you have to play your big offensive guys … you have to wear them out. It's never easy.
"We didn't make it easy on ourselves tonight."
Pittsburgh came out much stronger in the second period, and the ice seemed to tilt in the Penguins' direction early in the period thanks in large part to the effort of forward Evgeni Malkin.
Malkin got the Penguins on the board at 3:23 with a spectacular individual effort. He skated past Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi and through defenseman Marc Staal before putting a shot on Henrik Lundqvist, who made the save. But Malkin outfought everyone for the rebound, made a full-circle spin and whipped the puck over Lundqvist to make it 2-1.
The Penguins played the next few minutes as if they were inspired by Malkin's effort, controlling play until Rangers forward Derick Brassard scored his second goal of the game at 7:58. New York's second power-play goal, a blast from the right point by defenseman Ryan McDonagh 50 seconds later, buried Pittsburgh in its first three-goal deficit of the series.
Pittsburgh had opportunities to get back into the game but failed to capitalize. Brassard and Girardi went off 37 seconds apart late in the second period, giving the Penguins 1:23 worth of a 5-on-3 power play. But they failed to register a shot with the two-man advantage.
"I think that's something that you can't allow to happen," center Sidney Crosby said. "I don't think there's much good to take from it. So, I think we have to be sure we come with the right mindset going to New York.
"Whatever mindset we had tonight, it wasn't enough."
Entering Game 5, Bylsma said "three wins get us nothing." The Penguins still have three wins, with one less chance to earn a fourth.
"I think you have to turn the page and you have to turn the page real quick," Bylsma said. "We're getting on a plane tomorrow, we have to go to the Garden for Game 6 and it's a tough place to play and a top building and a team that played desperate right now, played desperate in Game 5 and came up with a big victory.
"Now we're forced to go back there, and we have to play with that same desperation and we have to do it back there."


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Marvel Studios has a tradition of rewarding those who stick around to the very end of its movies, and many of the post-credits scenes serve as a lead-in or introduction to a future installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with special guest-directors. It looks like the upcoming "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is no different, as Collider reports that "Avengers: Age of Ultron" director Joss Whedon stepped in to direct one of the film's post-credits scenes.
"The Russos directed one of [the post-credits scenes] and Joss Whedon directed the other," Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige told Collider. "I think you can figure out which."
This isn't the first time Whedon has helmed a post-credits scene -- he previously directed one for "Thor," which featured Nick Fury showing Erik Selvig the Tesseract as a lead-in to "The Avengers." It seems safe to assume that "The Winter Soldier's" post-credits scene will give some kind of nod to "Age of Ultron," but the content is anyone's guess. Considering the tradition of recent post-credits scenes -- such as "Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn's "Thor: The Dark World" scene involving Benicio Del Toro's Collector -- it seems likely that more than one familiar face might show up. Either way, it's just one more reason to get excited for "The Winter Soldier" debut on April 4.
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Oh my! I can't contain my excitement any longer!
I finally finished my Utility Room re-do. I did 90% of it last year and well, have been wanting to do my chevron wall ever since, I just am not a fan of painting. WELL -- HERE IT IS! I LOVE IT! I've had it for over a week now, and I see it every day, and it makes me smile.
The round white mirror is one of my craft projects, too. It was a seafoam green empty shell. I found a mirror that fit it perfectly and painted the frame white. I'm happy happy happy!
I'll put the rest of the pictures up, just had to post what I had on hand today! :)


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Prince George, BC – On July 6, 2016, the Industry Training Authority (ITA) and the Prince George Chamber of Commerce signed a partnership agreement to increase community and industry engagement in Prince George. The ITA and Chamber will work together to further engage employers, apprentices, and community members in conversations around skilled trades and increase participation in the apprenticeship system.
There is growing interest in skilled trades careers; innovative partnerships, such as this, will ensure that British Columbians have access to appropriate resources to explore their career options in the trade industry. Through this partnership, the ITA and Chamber will host an information session and share resource materials that will promote successful trade apprenticeships in the community.
Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism, Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour
"This partnership is a step toward achieving a strong and sustainable workforce for our growing economy. Together, the ITA and the Prince George Chamber of Commerce can continue to promote employer engagement in our trades training system and encourage more employers to become apprenticeship sponsors so that British Columbians can continue to get the on-the-job skills training they need to succeed in the trades."
Gary Herman, CEO, Industry Training Authority
"We are excited for the new partnership with the Prince George Chamber of Commerce. This collaborative relationship will broaden our reach with the community of Prince George and we are looking forward to connecting with the employers and apprentices, promoting the benefits of apprenticeship in BC."
Cindy Pohl, President, Prince George Chamber of Commerce
"We are pleased to partner with the ITA in order to help raise awareness of the benefits of hiring apprentices within our community. Apprenticeship not only helps provide applied on-the-job training to those entering trades employment, but it helps the employer with their human resource development. An added benefit to our community and region is potential job growth as we build the foundation for a stronger economy."
About Prince George Chamber of Commerce
The Prince George Chamber of Commerce is a membership-based organization which strives to connect, engage and enhance the quality of life in Prince George by providing opportunities for businesses to succeed. The Chamber speaks on matters affecting their members, researches business issues, encourages investment, provides opportunities for networking, and recognizes the importance of education in improving the manner and method of doing business in Prince George. For newcomers, the Chamber is a primary resource for researching and understanding the community of Prince George.
About Industry Training Authority
The Industry Training Authority (ITA) leads and coordinates British Columbia's skilled trades system. ITA works with employers, employees, industry, labour, training providers and government to issue credentials, manage apprenticeships, set program standards and increase opportunities in the trades. ITA is also a key collaborator in the B.C.'s Skills for Jobs Blueprint, which sets out a plan for re-engineering our education and training system to support our growing and changing economy, and to help British Columbians take full advantage of the opportunities presented by these changes.
Photo taken July 6, 2016 at the Ramada Hotel in Prince George. Pictured from left to right are: MLA Shirley Bond, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour; Prince George Chamber President Cindi Pohl; Industry Training Authority CEO Gary Herman; and MLA Mike Morris, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
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The Claim: "Scanner Pro transforms iPhone into portable scanner in your pocket. It lets you scan multipage documents, send them by email and even upload to MobileMe iDisk or any other WebDAV enabled server. You can also transfer scanned document to desktop computer over Wi-Fi and transform it into editable MS Word file with OCR tool of your choice. Scanner Pro easily handles situations when you have printed document that should be send by email and there is no scanner nearby. The application incorporates special algorithms that enhance image quality to make it as readable as possible."

The App: Readdle has come out with an application that they claim turns your iPhone into a portable scanner. But can it really compare to a scanner in quality? We shall see!

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The Details: Scanner Pro is an application that uses your iPhone camera to take photos or "scans" of documents, in turn creating a PDF. You can then adjust the scan and send it via email, save to Evernote, store in DropBox, upload to iDisk/WebDAV or just store on your iPhone or in iPhoto. You can also password protect the scan to keep sensitive documents away from prying eyes. The process is very simple.

When you want to scan a document, just open the application and touch the "+" sign. This takes you to the screen on the right, where you can either take a new picture or scan, or use one you have stored previously on your iPhone. If you take a picture, you then go to the "Preview" screen where you can either use the photo/scan, or if it isn't to your liking you can just delete it and take another one. Once you select your "scan," you move to the processing step.

Don't worry too much about brightness or contrast at this step, you will have a chance to fix it later. At this stage just make sure the scan is legible to your liking. If it isn't, hit the retake button and start over. Once you click the "USE" button in the above image on the left, then you move to the processing stage, which is the image on the right side. Basically this is where you can even up the corners if you so choose, depending on how you want it to look. Once you get it aligned, touch the "PROCESS" button on upper right of your screen and it saves your scan and takes you to the "Preview" screen.

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This is the last screen before you actually save the scan, where you can adjust the contrast, brightness and grayscale, all by simply sliding the bar at the bottom of the screen. Touch any of the three choices to highlight it in blue (see #1 Brightness button), then move slider to adjust that aspect. Once you slide it, it takes a second or two to take effect so move the bar in small adjustments until you get it where you like it. You can see in image #1 the original, #2 is after adjusting the brightness, and in image #3 you can see the outcome after making a contrast adjustment. You can take a pretty dark scan and make it readable with this step. Once you are finished here, you can either click on the "Done" button at the top left of the screen to get back to the main or "New Document" screen, or you can send it off to Evernote or your iPhoto library by clicking on the upper right button with the arrow on it.

If you do choose the Evernote option, Scanner Pro sets it up for you so you can add tags and a title to the document before you upload. They also give you the option of choosing which notebook you want to upload too, as well as picking from your currently used tags in your Evernote account. The interface for using Evernote is very clean and works perfectly in all my testing. I use Evernote a lot to save documents, receipts, etc, so having this as another tool to use with that program is great. If you don't use this option and instead click on the "Done" button you go back to the "New Document" or main screen that lists all of your scans.

At this page you will see all of your scans listed, and it is also where you can email them, save them to DropBox, print them (as long as you have a separate app called "Print n Share" installed), upload to iDisk/WebDAV or again send to your Evernote account. You can also go back into Preview mode with any of your documents to re-adjust them simply by tapping on the document.

The Verdict: While you won't get the quality from this as you would from a standalone scanner, the output is actually quite usable and it gives you plenty of options for delivery. It reminds me of the motto of Best Camera, in that in this case, the best scanner for the job is the one that you have with you. And this fits the bill. This is a great tool to add to your iPhone toolbox for those times when you need a copy but can't get to a scanner. No worries, you have one right on your iPhone!

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Looks like a pretty cool app - is one of the things that makes this a bit less useful is the lack of a macro mode on the iPhone camera? Or does that not matter much?
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I use a very similar app called JotNot and it is really useful.
The camera on my original 3G iPhone is not very good but, like Jeff says, the best scanner is the one with you at the time.
As part of my cunning plan to finally get organised, it is great to be able to quickly "scan" a document and upload to my Evernote account. The quality of the image is never going to win any awards, but at least it is there.
The biggest issue with JotNot for me is the time it takes to process each image. I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to try out Scanner Pro to see if it is any faster?
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Hey Jason, I found not having macro mode wasn't much of an issue, at least on documents that were fairly simple. I did do a scan of a colored magazine page just to see how it would turn out and it also turned out pretty good ( I wasn't expecting much). With the adjustments in the program I was fine
DH, the processing was only a few seconds to get to the adjustment screen for brightness etc. When I was uploading to Evernote it didn't take long on 3G, on edge I tried one and it was quite a bit slower, took me over a minute . Good questions, I'll update the review ;-)
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If Matt's Wild Cherry, one of the best tomato varieties in my garden, is a minor character in your book, I am automatically in.
Sure enough, by page four of Barry Estabrook's Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, I learned that the first domesticated tomato, which probably dates to the Mayans, "produced long, sprawling vines familiar to any home gardener who has tried to rein in the rampant, weedy growth of varieties like Matt's Wild Cherry." And when I first opened Tomatoland, I expected more of the same, a foodie/garden-y investigation of arguably the most delicious thing ever to emerge from the plant kingdom.
What I didn't expect was one of the best business books I've read in years.
Tomatoland is a cautionary tale of what happens when a politically protected dinosaur of an industry is permitted to wreak havoc on both the environment and the lives of its workers in order to make the largest possible profit on a really lousy product that should have been replaced long ago. Estabrook might as well be writing about coal mining, but his subject is the Florida tomato growers responsible for the vast majority of those execrable tomatoes that appear in winter in American supermarkets.
And coal mining could not possibly be rougher than tomato picking, where pregnant women are sent out into fields being sprayed with pesticides so toxic that in one indelible scene, a manager who accidentally sprays himself with the same chemical he allows his workers to wallow in screams hysterically, pulls off all his clothes, and throws himself into a watery ditch. The workers on these tomato farms, almost all immigrants, are routinely poisoned by the chemicals required to grow tomatoes in a humid state not really suited to tomato culture—and then underpaid and exploited in every possible way. Estabrook visits a fetid trailer shared by ten men at the cost of $2000 a month.: "The smell walloped me: Not quite body odor, not the stench of cooking or garbage, it was heavy, sweetish, thick, and stale." It gets even worse. "In this world," Estabrook explains, "slavery is tolerated and even ignored."
There is outrage to spare here, but Estabrook, a longtime food writer, is not a scold, and as a reading experience, Tomatoland is surprising fun. This is partly due to Estabrook's omnivorous appetites as a journalist. He goes everywhere and talks to everyone—and is perfectly delighted, for example, to allow the cartel boss who runs the Florida Tomato Committee—the ultimate enforcer of bad taste and low wages—to hang himself with his own hypocritical self-pity: "Doing good things and being good citizens and business people does not make the papers," the guy whines.
There is a sprightliness to the prose in Tomatoland that you wouldn't necessary expect, given the often grim subject matter. There is also a hopeful focus on all those people from organic farmers to advocates for the pickers who offer a better reality. And Estabrook himself is great company as a narrator, thanks to his obvious enjoyment in everything he sees and does, including popping a potentially toxic wild fruit into his mouth.
Nonetheless, Tomatoland has a moral force that I won't soon forget. Estabrook makes it clear that the choice we make between a plastic-tasting supermarket tomato and a fragrant organic farmers' market tomato is not merely a reflection of the fussiness of our palates. It also says everything about our humanity, and our conception of America as a nation.


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EngineTurbo 3.0L I6
Power350 HP / 369 LB-FT
Transmission6-Speed Automatic
0-60 Time4.7 Seconds
Top Speed155 MPH (Limited)
DrivetrainAll-Wheel Drive
Curb Weight3,893 LBS
Cargo12 CU-FT
MPG19 City / 28 HWY
That foray led to the berserker, 508-horsepower 2013 S60 Polestar Concept that Auto Motor und Sport called "a hard slap in the face to the Germans," and that model led to the limited-edition S60 Polestar production car just for Australia, a car reviewers swooned for, with one comparing its chassis finesse to the Ferrari 458 Italia.
All of which is to say, Polestar has a good start for a motorsports and tuning company to make good on its production car dreams. The 2015 Volvo S60 Polestar and V60 Polestar keep that momentum going, and beautifully at that.
The Polestar-fettled C30 arose from the question, "What would happen if a race team got to design a road car?" These latest two blue devils came from a brief charging the division with developing not a race car for the street, but a street car with racing overtones: a car with precision handling that delivers driving involvement and driver confidence, one able to be exploited in all weather and all seasons on all roads.
Both sedan and wagon start with the T6 R-Design trim as donor vehicles. Changes have been made throughout the car, but the heart of the matter – or better yet, the four legs of the matter – are the Eibach springs coiled around Öhlins dampers. The springs are 80-percent stiffer than the standard units, their fitment requiring additional stiffening of the bodyshell. That's done with a carbon-fiber-reinforced brace spanning the front shock towers, a slender piece of engineering so quietly integrated into the engine bay that it escaped our notice until someone pointed it out. Our American eyes were expecting a big ol' chunk of metal decorated with perfect welds and half-inch bolts because, well, America. But Polestar is not just a motorsports company, it's a Swedish one, which probably makes it four times more likely to not be flashy.
The Öhlins dampers are where the magic lives.
The Öhlins dampers are where the magic lives. Polestar told us that these two models are the first non-supercars to be fitted at the factory with Öhlins (the Lamborghini Aventador employs them), and the only car to use dampers with Öhlins' Dual-Flow Valve technology. Originally developed for racecars, a tiered valving system allows the damper to absorb big blows without letting the chassis get unsettled, as it might when a wheel hits a steep kerb at speed. The dual-flow bypass means that it has a second valve that works for rebound, so after the wheel gets beyond the bump, the damper gets it quickly down on the ground again. The capabilities mean Polestar can fit the stiffer springs and contain body roll while maintaining suppleness, and engineers told us they chose this set of purely mechanical dampers because they couldn't find any electrically controlled dampers capable of responding as well to really high-frequency bumps.
From the factory, the dampers come on their medium setting, but can be adjusted to be ten stops firmer or ten stops softer. The adjustment knob can be turned with your fingers, but only up front; you can lie on your back beside the front wheels and reach the knobs just behind them, but the rear dampers require some finagling to get to, so Polestar recommends taking your car to the dealer for tweaking the aft quarters.
Polestar cars receive 350 hp at 5,250 rpm and 369 lb-ft from 3,000 to 4,200 rpm.
The turbocharged, inline six-cylinder gets detail and software changes to add a bit more power and improve drivability. Instead of the standard R-Design's 325 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 354 pound-feet of torque from 2,100 to 4,200 rpm, Polestar cars receive 350 hp at 5,250 rpm and 369 lb-ft from 3,000 to 4,200 rpm. The boost comes courtesy of, literally, extra boost: the twin-scroll turbo capable of 1.2 bar is fitted with a larger compressor wheel and the intercooler is 13 millimeters deeper.
The resultant sound and fury runs to the rear through a 2.5-inch stainless full-flow exhaust system with twin 3.5-inch tail pipes. Get above 4,000 rpm and a bypass valve shuts the muffler out of the proceedings and things go purposefully gruff out back.
The model-specific 20-inch Polestar wheels wear 245/35ZR20 Michelin Pilot Super Sport rubber all around – themselves enough to let the world know this is no ordinary Volvo – and customers in harsher climates can opt for 19-inchers and three snow-tire choices. The great-looking wheels hide ventilated 14.6-inch discs in front with six-piston Brembos, and 11.8-inch discs sit in back with single-piston calipers and Brembo pads. The rear brakes aren't changed from the R-Design car because, cue the engineer, "We didn't need to." If they aren't enough advertisement, though, sharper aerodynamics provided by the new front bumper with splitters on the corners and the rear spoiler and diffuser will leave no doubt.
It often doesn't take more than a few hundred meters of southern Swedish B-roads to expose omissions in engineering, and in our two days of hard driving, we found that the S60 and V60 to be almost free of them. As much as we enjoy the barking ball of anger that is a high-horsepower supercar, we enjoy it just as much when we find a car with half the power that knows how to use everything it's got. The engineering tasks are just as difficult, albeit in different ways that are equally worthy of respect. Said another way, you can throw a lot of resources at cars that are paid for with wire transfers from trust funds and investment-house accounts, but you've got to be just as clever – if not more so – to build a car that's equally fun yet priced for a crowd that considers APR more important than sheer HP.
The Polestars' mpg numbers are unchanged from the standard Volvos.
Polestar software provides throttle mapping with more linear power delivery, and the company has put in many hours honing the software that controls the six-speed Aisin Warner paddleshift automatic and Haldex all-wheel drive. In Drive, the transmission seeks the highest gear in order to preserve fuel economy, so the Polestars' mpg numbers are unchanged from the standard Volvos. From behind the wheel, the only giveaway that you're not driving a standard car is the noise coming from that wide rubber as it trammels coarse Swedish road surfaces.
Shift over to Sport and make either car prove itself, though, and the tires can't be heard over the fun you're having. Quicker shift times and reflexes mean the gearbox will drop down as many gears as necessary in order to answer the need for speed, Sport mode gets the Haldex diff to split the torque 50/50 front and rear and a gyro works with various sensors to hold lower gears through turns.
These overall tweaks and the massive acumen of that uprated suspension are what gets things all working beautifully – both the S60 and V60 are balanced in every way they need to be. What's more, Polestar has made its changes without increasing the weights of the donor cars: the S60 weighs 3,893 pounds and has a 60/40 front-to-rear weight balance (note: the rest of the specs in our Vital Stats box above reflect the sedan), and the V60 weighs 4,043 pounds and has a slightly better weight balance because 120 of its additional pounds are in the back. Of course, 350 horsepower isn't a lot for a performance car that hovers around the two-ton mark; the current BMW M3 with the dual-clutch transmission has 425 hp and weighs 3,595 pounds, or for a more unlikely comparison, the 2015 Chrysler 200 we recently drove has 295 hp, but only weighs 3,473 pounds.
The Polestars' 350 hp is a perfect amount to do what you want a driver-centric B-road car to do, yet it's not enough to get you in major trouble unless you forgot to pack your brain.
The Polestars' 350 hp is a perfect amount to do what you want a driver-centric B-road car to do, yet it's not enough to get you in major trouble unless you forgot to pack your brain. The suspension's ability to keep each wheel on the road makes it feel like every last equine has its hooves down. Pounding, lumpy surfaces don't send the car skittering across the pavement, and combined with the Haldex tuning, the grip coming out of turns is phenomenal. The electrically assisted power steering doesn't call attention to itself with dead spots or artificial feel, and brake pedal feel and actual stopping performance – aided by a larger brake booster and new main cylinder – never jolts the driver into some disappointing reality, even on twisty foreign roads with the occasional kinked-up surprise just over a blind crest. These aren't a slacker's sports sedan or wagon, as you don't get through a stretch of bends and think, "That was easy." If you get it right, you get to the end and think, "I did that. And that was fun."
In the middle of a testing day for competitors in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, we got to run the cars around the Knutstorp Ring. It's a tight, twisty circuit that goes up and down just about everywhere except the main straight and has the slowest track corner in all of Sweden, but with each car limited to a top speed of 155 miles per hour, there was no need for a Monza. Turning ESC off loosens up the traction control and allows these Volvos a bit more leeway with four-wheel drift, which they will do progressively and happily. We had to shift for ourselves to get the gear we wanted – contrary to its road behavior, Sport always kept us in a gear too high coming out of corners, but those vastly stiffer springs kept body roll in check when snaking through inclining, declining and off-camber bends.
Another ESC-based trick just for these two cars: launch control. You can use it with the ESC on, but doing so on low-traction surfaces means the car will work to tamp down the wheelspin – and the fun. Dive into the My Car menu, turn off the ESC off and you'll get the system at its finest. Press and hold the brake pedal and then press the accelerator all the way to the floor, the turbo will load up with about 0.6 bar of boost, at which point you'll want to jump off the brakes. The Haldex system can send 100 percent of its torque to the rear wheels, and what you get is not a brutish shunt into the horizon, but a serious lunge off the line. That's how the S60 Polestar gets to 60 miles per hour in 4.7 seconds, the V60 in 4.8. After a cold start, you have to wait until the engine gets to operating temperature to use it, but once everything's loosened, it's in play for good. When we asked one of the engineers how many times in a row you could use it, he shrugged and said, "Until you're tired."
What you get is not a brutish shunt into the horizon, but a serious lunge off the line.
As for the interior, it's a comfy place to be, with just enough Volvo not to scare off any uninitiated passengers (or the wife), just enough extra nubuck and Rebel Blue cross stitching – along with an etched shift lever– to let you know this is something different. Much like the rest of the package, in other words. And speaking of packages, these cars come fully loaded.
Polestar says these two models "mark the start of an extended production car model range." For now, however, the whole world will only see 750 of these, with 120 coming to the US starting this summer. Our mix will be 80 wagons and 40 sedans, and while other countries get four color options, US buyers can have either Rebel Blue or Sapphire Black.
Pricing hasn't been revealed, but we've been told that it will be "15-20-percent above a similar S60 or V60 T6 R-Design." After playing around with the Volvo configurator and loading up an S60 R-Design T6 AWD to arrive at $53,345 and a V60 R-Design T6 AWD for $53,385, a 20-percent premium on this totally unscientific pricing method should put you around $64,000. Cheap, no. But if we're talking family haulers, equip a $45,000, 300-horsepower BMW 335i xDrive sedan the same way, and you'll run the fare all the way up to $63,375, and you won't touch the performance or exclusivity of the Polestars. The BMW does, though, offer the choice of a manual transmission. Or you can just squeeze through the entryway to the M3, then face the financial cliff of optioning it up. Yes, this might be considered Volvo showing quite a bit of cheek, but we think that's exactly what it should be doing when it can do so like this.
Yes, this might be considered Volvo showing quite a bit of cheek, but we think that's exactly what it should be doing when it can do so like this.
When auto journalist Chris Harris drove the S60 Polestar Concept, he said it was "a study to see if Volvo can get back into the fast-car market." After driving these latest creations, the answer is not only, "Yes, they can," but begs the questions, "What are you waiting for, and why are we only getting 120 of them?"


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Dividend investing is a tried-and-true strategy for generating strong, steady returns in economies both good and bad. But as corporate America's slew of dividend cuts and suspensions over the past few years has demonstrated, it's not enough simply to buy a high yield. You also need to make sure those payouts are sustainable.
Let's examine how Intel
1. Yield
First and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.
Intel yields 3.6%, considerably higher than the S&P 500's 2%.
2. Payout ratio
The payout ratio might be the most important metric for judging dividend sustainability. It compares the amount of money a company paid out in dividends last year to the earnings it generated. A ratio that's too high -- say, greater than 80% of earnings -- indicates that the company may be stretching to make payouts it can't afford.
Intel's payout ratio is a modest 35%.
3. Balance sheet
The best dividend payers have the financial fortitude to fund growth and respond to whatever the economy and competitors throw at them. The interest coverage ratio indicates whether a company is having trouble meeting its interest payments -- any ratio less than 5 is a warning sign. Meanwhile, the debt-to-equity ratio is a good measure of a company's total debt burden.
Intel carries a small debt-to-equity ratio of 15%, and its interest payments are insignificant.
4. Growth
A large dividend is nice; a large growing dividend is even better. To support a growing dividend, we also want to see earnings growth.
Intel's earnings dropped off a bit in 2008-2009 because of the financial crisis, but they've more than recovered since. All told, earnings per share have grown at an annualized rate of 19% over the past five years, while dividends have grown at a 15% rate. For what it's worth, analysts expect an average of low double-digit growth over the coming years.
The Foolish bottom line
So, is Intel a dividend dynamo? It sure looks like it. It has a large dividend yield, a modest payout ratio, insignificant debt, and lots of growth to boot.
If you want to find out even more about whether Intel is a buy or not, including the major opportunities and risks for the chip giant as it defends its microprocessor business while attacking growth opportunities, check out The Motley Fool's premium report on Intel.
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Al Qaeda top leader: We are behind the anti-government protests in Yemen
The top leader of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsular (AQAP) said his supporters have been mainly participating in the six-month protests against the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"We, Mujahideen, are with the people of Umma in the squares of change and freedom until the Sharia rules,…" said Nasser Al Wahayshi in a 10-minute video message posted in Al Qaeda-linked websites on Tuesday.
Al Wahayshi, who pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden's successor, said that his supporters in Yemen represent the majority of the population while the political parties from both the ruling and opposition represent only the minority. And this "minority is loyal to the Crusaders".
Exploiting the current unrest, AQAP and Insar Sharia have been battling with the government troops for about two months in Abyan province where they declared two town at least as Islamic Emirates.
According to local information from Abyan, Nasser Al Wahayshi escaped from Zinjubar to MuKairas on Thursday July 21, 2011 after the government troops and tribesmen tightened the noose on his fighters in the city and its outskirts. Mukairas is close to Al Wahayshi village, Ghail Al Wahayshi in Al Baidah province.
"We , Mujahideen, the sons of the nations, we are from it and within it, we share with it the happy and unhappy times, and we are with in the squares of change and freedom to establish the rule of Sharia, and to make Shura come, security return, and justice prevail," Al Wahayshi said in his message to his Shaykh Zawahri.
"Our people have gone beyond the political parties that want to take the victory of the Umma for their interest to please the Americans and Crusade West," He said. " The parties represent the minority, and they are loyal to the Crusaders."
"As for the American Crusader enemy, they stood incapacitated towards the situation in Yemen, except by doing some intelligence work and air bombing with unmanned planes, with acceptance from the government and the opposition, and with silence from other institutions towards this intervention and penetration of airspace," Wuhayshi said.
"We will not stand with our hands tied. Our war with this Zio-Crusader campaign is ongoing, for they are the ones who choose war, and their people clapped for them. We are people of war; we were born from its womb and we grew up in its midst. It is as if we were only created to fight them and bother them."
Wuhayshi also said that al Qaeda seeks to impose its brand of Islam across the globe, through force of arms.
"Our project is to institute the Shariah of Allah on Earth and reject the man-made laws and constitutions," Wuhayshi said. "Nothing will rule the country other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger, Allah's peace and prayer be upon him, [especially] not with words written in a constitution to deceive people: 'Islamic
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I've just watched the documentary Outfoxed:Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism by Robert Greenwald.
It is a superb film, worthy of attention by anyone concerned about the deterioration of public discourse in America and the effects of corporate media consolidation.
Despite the right-wingnut whining about THE LIBERAL MEDIA, no more egregious example of media bias could be found than Fox News. Every accusation wingnuttery lodges against the media, every delusional suspicion of bias they deplore can be found at Fox News, and this film documents them, one by one, step by step, day by day.
Be sure to watch the bonus section's piece "Behind the Scenes at Outfoxed." It shows the way the film was made, using volunteers who audited Fox News 24/7 for months leading to a content analysis just short of pure rocket science.
Then, to amuse yourself further watch this clip of Bill O'Rilleytrying to spin the damning conclusions of the film.
You can see atrailer and read what the filmmakers have been up to here.
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Following the release of the official figures on oil revenues forecast by the Scottish Government (your report, 26 June), it is worth reminding ourselves that less than year ago, voices of caution about relying on the volatility of oil revenues to finance the high spending in Scotland (relative to England) were dismissed by the Nationalists as "scaremongering".
Indeed, counter-claims were made by the Yes campaign when they quoted the academic Sir Donald Mackay who said that Westminster was ignoring "a mountain of gold" – which was in complete contrast to the forecasts voiced by the respected oil sector veteran Sir Ian Wood.
So what does the unplanned £7.6 billion black hole mean with full fiscal autonomy?
It is not Scotland's forecast deficit; the forecast deficit (2015) is actually £14.2 billion (8.6 per cent of GDP). The £7.6 billion would be the extra we would have to find to match the expected deficit level of the rest of the UK (4 per cent of GDP).
If one thinks the current "Westminster cuts" are scary, then the £7.6 billion would be additional to our share.
Given our economic plight, it beggars belief that the Scottish Government has the audacity to complain about cutbacks and demand even more borrowing by the UK.
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After the Scottish referendum last September, Prime Minister David Cameron stated that oil and gas from the North Sea would help the United Kingdom out of the recession. Now, all we hear is that the Scottish Government predictions were far short of their expectations.
Hundreds of billions of pounds over the past 40 years have been squandered relentlessly with little to show for it, while Norway has more than £540 billion of oil/gas proceeds in the bank.
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The Morris State Bank was opened in Pony, Montana, in 1902, with a capital stock of $50,000. The bank moved into a newly constructed building in early 1903. William W. Morris was president of the Morris State Bank until his death in October 1904. Thomas Duncan served initially as vice president and then succeeded to the presidency in 1905. Following his death that same year, Mary B. Elling became president. Charles E. Morris served as a director in 19O2 and became vice president in 1905. Cashiers for the bank included Philip H. (Harry) Gohn and Fred G. Smith. Other officers included M. M. Duncan, a Virginia City attorney, who served as a director, and Henry J. Schreiber who was a vice president beginning in 1904. By June 1906, the Morris State Bank had achieved deposits in the amount of $200,000 and was conducting business with banks in Montana and throughout the country. A close business relationship existed with the Elling State Bank of Virginia City and the Union Bank and Trust Company of Helena, whose president was George L. Ramsey. The Morris State Bank closed and went into voluntary liquidation on February 1, 1926. At that time the board of directors borrowed $96,000 from the Elling Estates Company so that all depositors could be paid. The bank then came under the jurisdiction of a liquidating agent. The officers and directors of the Morris State Bank were businessmen and active members of the Pony community. Several mining operations and other businesses were connected to the bank through these people. Henry Elling and William Morris were partners in Elling and Morris, which bought the Boss Tweed-Clipper mines in 1880. In 1882, Morris bought the Strawberry, Willow Creek and Ned mines. In 1883, Henry Elling erected a stone 20-stamp mill. In 1884 Morris bought half interest in the mill, which thereafter was known as the Elling-Morris stone mill. Elling died in 1900, and the properties were sold outright in combination with the Bell, Eclipse, Charity, and Summit, to a Boston syndicate and reorganized as the Indian Mining Company. By 1901 the company made large-scale improvements, but relinquished its ownership to the mine to W. W. Morris and Sons and Associates a few years later. Most mining activity in the area ceased as the ore played out in the early twentieth century and the town of Pony today is all but abandoned.
The Morris State Bank records have been divided into two series which roughly conform to the creating entities, although given the interrelated nature of the owners a precise separation is not possible. It is logical to assume that both sets of records were maintained by the bank throughout its operational history. Series one, Morris State Bank, represents primarily the outgoing correspondence of the firm, along with some financial information such as balance ledgers and deposit information. A single letterbox of correspondence and related documents alphabetically arranged was included with the bank records, but it is not apparent if the bulk of these files pertains to bank business or the various mining properties in which the owners had an interest. Series two, Mining company records, includes payroll registers for the Pony Gold Mining Company, the Indian Mining Company, and the various business operations of Elling and Morris. A broken series of deposit receipts and related documents for the Indian Mining Company from 1906 to 1908 have been chronologically arranged.
Series 1 Morris State Bank, 1902-1928
Series 2 Mining company records, 1889-1911
This collection is open for research.
Record books, correspondence, and related materials pertaining to the Morris State Bank and mining operations in Pony, Montana were donated to Special Collections by Mrs. James A. Flint of Pony on July 27, 1966. Originally included with the donation were a set of records for the Pony School District Number 11 which have been removed for separate processing. In the summer of 1969 Emily Morris and Charles T. Howitt of Studio City, California, donated an additional payroll book from the Elling and Morris firm which was originally assigned accession number 795. This finding aid replaces NUCMC entry 79-689.
This collection was processed 2009 June 29
An alternative form of this finding aid can be found at
Outgoing correspondence of the banking firm from cashiers Philip H. (Harry) Gohn and Fred G. Smith pertaining to a wide variety of business matters. The correspondence is recorded in a series of nine letterpress books which bear the impression of outgoing typed letters on light tissue paper. A series of incoming letters and related financial documents are also included. The record books are primarily accounting registers which document the bank's financial status at any given time.
Primarily deposit slips from the Indian Gold Mining company along with payroll registers from various mining and other business operations owned by Elling and Morris.


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More Americans want less religion in politics, survey data say. But while that message resonated loud and clear this year in some religious circles, it fell on deaf ears in others.
As Election Day neared, Southern Baptist powerbroker Richard Land broke a longstanding personal pledge not to endorse candidates when he threw his weight behind Mitt Romney's presidential bid. Earlier in October, more than 1,500 pastors used Pulpit Freedom Sunday (PFS) to preach support for specific candidates. This record-breaking level of participation in PFS happened despite warnings from the Internal Revenue Service that partisan politicking can jeopardize a church's tax-exempt status.
Yet as some faith leaders went partisan, others made fresh efforts to stay above the fray. Example: more than 650 churches planned to serve communion on Election Day. They were part of a movement to reject "political idolatry" and refocus on Jesus Christ, not party politics, as humankind's best hope.
What's more, high-profile Christian writers such as Jonathan Merritt and Greg Boyd struck chords with calls to depoliticize faith. Boyd, a megachurch pastor in Woodbury, Minn., publicly vowed not to vote, saying on Twitter: "I'm better able to place ALL my hope in Christ when I don't."
These seemingly conflicting trends beg the question: is religious involvement in politics on the rise or the decline? The answer is both. It's rising in religious circles that have hitched their identities to partisan wagons and now find much of their raison d'être in the prospect of influencing public policy. It's fading in faith communities whose brands are removed from the political categories of "left" and "right." For some groups, politicizing faith has always been unwise, but it's even less wise in these times of polarization and distrust of institutions.
Consider which groups are doubling down on partisan politicking even though most Americans, according to 2012 data from the Pew Research Center, wish they'd give it a rest.
On the right, some Southern Baptists and non-denominational evangelicals have made the championing of Republican policies a pillar of Christian witnessing. Land insisted this year that defense of traditional marriage and the unborn ought to trump all other issues for Christians. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler used his daily podcast, The Briefing, to tell why a Christian worldview dovetails conveniently with every major plank in the GOP platform, from low taxes to repealing Obamacare.
Having aligned Christian witness with a particular type of political speech years ago, religious leaders of Land's and Mohler's ilk were not about to back off or strike a broader chord now. Doing so would undermine their integrity, it seems, and diminish their brand in a competitive religious marketplace.
Meanwhile on the left, progressive leaders in mainline denominations continued to witness through advocacy for social justice causes, which often translates into championing Democrats' agendas. Issue briefs from the United Church of Christ, for instance, left no ambiguity about how Christians should vote. One read: "Congress must raise taxes on corporations and wealthy households while making further cuts in military spending and preserving social programs." The denomination went on to cheer Obama's position on issues from gay marriage to contraception coverage.
Why so much coziness with one party's program? Didn't they realize Americans have had enough of religion in politics? Again, branding – and the ideologies behind it – plays a big role. The UCC has forged its identity around fighting for progressive public policies. Less overt politicking would mean the church would need to rebrand itself, or even forge a new identity – a daunting task.
Hence even though the public is weary of seeing faith reduced to thinly veiled partisan politics, the UCC and other outspoken denominations hope their people have a higher tolerance than most. Perhaps some Americans love to hear the Gospel wrapped in campaign slogans. Some churches are doubling down because political activism has become part and parcel to their denominational calling cards. They're not ready to change that.
Other religious tribes are meanwhile celebrating with new passion the non-partisan essence of their respective identities. It's no coincidence that Mennonites, whose pacifist tradition meant they shunned voting altogether a half-century ago, were the driving force behind Election Day Communion. They're suspicious of both parties' willingness to fund military campaigns and glamorize war efforts. They're also hard to pigeonhole politically as they tend to be staunchly anti-abortion, anti-violence and pro-environment. Having never cozied up to either party in the culture wars, Mennonites can now comfortably ride the current wave to depoliticize religion and take religion out of politics, all while reclaiming their distinct spiritual identity.


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It's All About You Now | Cutting Down On Costs
So it's officially all about you now, yes you. I'm really depending on you now.
It's All About You Now
Uncertainty and Some Bad News
A few weeks ago I received an email notifying me that I may be up for retrenchment. Though it was not a definite and there were many discussion to be had, it still shook my world.
I went through the various stages from stress to sadness, acceptance to rejection; I experienced it all. Even though retrenchment is by far not the worst thing to ever happen, it still affects your life in a huge way.
As part of saving up and making my money last, I've stopped all ads running for my site. This means a big dip in visitors and readers, leaving me feeling despondent.


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Hey Y'all my name is Carla and today is my first blog post for the Sunsational Stamps Design Team.
I used the Baptism Paper piecing set from Scrapping with Lisa Designs your can find this set HERE.
Check out the adorable stamps from Sunsational Stamps HERE.
For my project today I made the cover for my art journal for Hide HIS word in my Heart on facebook, where were art journal Scripture verses every week.
I used the Cross and Church from the Baptism set. I cut the pieces with my Silhouette Cameo.
For the Cross I embossed it with the Paper Studio Wood Grain Embossing folder and then ran the broad tip of my EB5 Spectrum Noir marker over the embossed pieces. I then embossed it with Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel
I added some Golden Rod Stickles to the Cross on the top of the Church to add some bling.
I then added them onto the background that I did on the cover, I added a layer of Gel medium on before I added them.
And another layer after before adding my title.
Thanks for stopping by please come back again soon to see the other adorable projects by the rest of the Design Team ~ Carla


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Frank Schaeffer quoted in the article, "Former right-wing leader warns of religious right violence: 'Anyone can be killed'"
"The bestselling status of the Left Behind novels proves that, not unlike Islamist terrorists who behead their enemies, many evangelical/fundamentalist readers relish the prospect of God doing lots of messy killing for them as they watch in comfort from on high," he added. "They want revenge on all people not like them -- forever."
Is he being alarmist? Isn't it more likely that violence would come from someone associated with militias? (See SPLC's article on militias.) Or does Schaeffer have in mind specifically violence not against politicians or civil servants but people or facilities associated with abortion. (See this Kansas City Star article.)


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There are 3 options for any woman faced with an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy:
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At some time in their lives, some women are faced with making a decision they never expected to make. This choice may be straightforward for some, for others the decision may be quite difficult, perhaps the most difficult they will every make. Our doctors and staff respect the individual and private choice of every woman and are committed to providing a safe and supportive environment for those women seeking termination of pregnancy.
The key goal of pregnancy counselling is to encourage our patients to make their own personal decision and feel comfortable with the decision they have made. Counselling is also designed to limit regret and long-term psychological consequences by exploring alternatives and resolving ambivalence.


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Leinster (30) 37 - 20 (17) Gloucester,
Lansdowne Road, Dublin,
Att: 22,530,
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France),
Saturday 21st October 2006
Leinster got off to a great start to their Heineken Cup campaign with a 37-20 win over Gloucester.
The match was less than two minutes old when Gordon D'Arcy cut through the Gloucester midfield and scampered home. However any thoughts of an easy romp were quickly put aside as Gloucester twice opened up the Leinster defence. First Anthony Allen cut through and a certain try was saved by Brian O'Driscoll's timely interception. They had the consolation of a penalty converted by Ryan Lamb. The second time they cut through Leinster weren't so lucky as Mark Foster fended off O'Driscoll's tackle to score after taking a brilliant line off Peter Richards' loop-around. That made it 10-7 and Leinster knew they were in a match.
In fairness they responded superbly and racked up 23 unanswered points. First Contepomi scored a try after his chip luckily rebounded off the post. As Leinster assumed control of the match he then added three penalties. Leinster scored their third try when Gordon D'Arcy intercepted Lamb's wayward pass and fed Denis Hickie. Hickie knew James Bailey had the pace to haul him back so he angled his run superbly before flipping the ball back to Stephen Keogh to score. That made it 30-10 and twenty points was a great lead to take into the second half playing into the wind. The mood was spoiled somewhat as Gloucester scored a try just before half-time. Jack Adams superbly took a pass one-handed and then cut back through the Leinster cover. Lamb converted to make it 30-17 at half-time. In the second half Gloucester came into the game more and made it a ten-point deficit with another Lamb penalty. Then with twenty minutes to go, Malcolm O'Kelly was harshly sin-binned for an offence at the lineout. It looked like Leinster were in trouble but the 14 men responded magnificently by scoring a fourth, match-winning try. Shane Horgan used his power to score off Hickie's clever inside pass to secure the bonus point and effectively kill the game off. That was the last of the scoring and Leinster smartly killed the game off to secure a 17 point victory.
Overall it was an excellent team performance but some individuals deserve a mention. Brian Blaney threw very well and Malcolm O'Kelly dominated in the lineout. The backrow was excellent individually and as a unit, obliterating the much-vaunted Gloucester back-row. Stephen Keogh had his best game for Leinster and capped it with a fine try. He put down a marker and the battle for the number six shirt with Cameron Jowitt has officially hotted up! Keith Gleeson was ubiquitous in the rucks and Jamie Heaslip gave a powerful, authoritive display.
The main concern before the match was how young Cillian Willis would cope on his competitive debut. We needn't have worried though as Willis put in an excellent display. His pass was snappy and accurate, he kicked well and was always confident enough to back himself for a break. He made some mistakes but never dropped the head and he took no nonsense off the aggressive Richards. Whitaker will quite rightly return when fit but Willis has made a major case to be his regular understudy even when Guy Easterby returns from injury. Felipe Contepomi's place-kicking was exemplary in the miserable conditions and he's started this season as he finished last season, on top of the Heineken Cup scorers list. The back five was uniformly excellent, but a special mention must go to Gordon D'Arcy who broke through the Gloucester defence all night. Keith Gleeson was hugely influential but D'Arcy probably should have been named man of the match.
Gloucester are a talented team but the inexperience of their backline was ruthlessly exposed and they really missed the injured Mike Tindall. In fairness to them they still scored two superb tries and will doubtlessly learn from the experience. They weren't too pleased with the refereeing of Christoph Berdos and they probably had a case in some instances. However there was no doubt that the better team still won and suggestions in the media that Gloucester had the game stolen from them by the ref are simply absurd. One thing you have to say about Monsieur Berdos is that he can take a smack to the head. When he lost balance and took an accidental head-butt from Owen Finegan, he somehow managed to stay on his feet. Bigger men than him would have went down.
So a good start by Leinster but Michael Chieka will be ensuring that the squad doesn't get carried away. They're still playing within themselves and he'll emphasize the need to improve to win a tricky match away to Edinburgh next week. But you have to be satisfied with a bonus point win against your most fancied rivals in the group. Hopefully they can follow it up with a win next weekend in Embra!
|Contepomi (4)
|Lamb (2)
|Contepomi (3)
|Lamb (2)
|Drop Goals
|Dempsey, Horgan, O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, D Hickie, Contepomi, Willis, McCormack, Blaney, Green, Hogan, O'Kelly, Keogh, Gleeson, Heaslip.
|Balshaw; Bailey, Adams, Allen, Foster; Lamb, Richards; Califano, M Davies, Nieto; Bortolami (capt), Eustace; Buxton, Hazell, Forrester.
|Dunne for Willis (80), Vermaas for Blaney (74), Corrigan for Green (71), Byrnes for Hogan (74), Finnigan for Keogh (75). Not Used: Lewis, Fitzgerald.
|Mercier for Forster (58), Lawson for Richards (54), Wood for Califano (64), Azam for M. Davies (71), Pendlebury for Eustace (72), Boer for Hazell (44). Not Used: Keil.
|Sin Bin
|O'Kelly (55)
by Jim O'Connor, © 2011-09-11


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David Gorski is a physician who blogs at Science-Based Medicine. One of his recent postings has been published in today's issue of The Toronto star as: Is Oprah Winfrey giving us bad medicine?.
Unfortunately, Oprah displays as close to no critical-thinking skills when it comes to science and medicine as I've ever seen, and uses the vast influence her TV show and media empire give her in order to subject the world to her special brand of mystical New Age thinking and belief in various forms of what can only be characterized as dubious medical therapies at best and quackery at worst.There's an interesting background to this story ans David Gorski recounts in the blog ["The Oprah-fication of Medicine" in The Toronto Star].
Naturally, Oprah doesn't see it that way, and likely no one could ever convince her of the malign effect she has on the national zeitgeist with respect to science and medicine.
Consequently, whether fair or unfair, she represents the perfect face to put on the problem that we supporters of science-based medicine face when trying to get the message out to the average reader about unscientific medical practices, and that's why I am referring to the pervasiveness of pseudoscience infiltrating medicine as the "Oprah-fication" of medicine.
No one was more shocked than I was when the editor of Sunday Insight section of The Toronto Star contacted me earlier this week to ask if he could adapt my post to a newspaper editorial.This is a really good sign. A newspaper realizes that blogging and publishing newspapers are not necessarily in competition.


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This time IP8 - 95 cattle, 16 sheep and 1 goat - and four more herds killed too.
IP8 had 95 cattle, 16 sheep and 1 goat. We learned that FMD was detected in four animals (although now it looks as though it was only one) but the lesions were considered to be only 2 days old. There were no signs of old antibodies or active virus in the corpses of the others nor in those premises killed as so-called "dangerous contacts".
UPDATE: From the OIE "Holding comprising four premises - only one animal at one premises was affected according to preliminary laboratory results, animals at all four premises were stamped out for disease control purposes." i.e., 135 cows and 16 sheep. The goat is not mentioned by Dr Reynolds.
Knowledge that the lesions tested in IP8 proved to be the result of fresh infection must raise very serious questions about spread.
In the continuing absence of ring vaccination we can gloomily forecast further panicky killing without benefit of testing first.
All who have studied the question know that the technology to test accurately and rapidly on-site exists and works see here modern potent vaccines give solid protection after one injection for emergency vaccination (see here) No field work has EVER shown spread from vaccinated animals As for vaccine "masking disease" this fallacy needs to be urgently and publicly investigated - not reported in the press as fact. Animals are vaccinated in herds and from the outside inwards.
Even if vaccination came too late to prevent infection in the cases nearest the epicentre, there would be no subsequent spread. To hear ignorance among those directing the killing policy is heartbreaking in the extreme and one cannot but wonder what on earth is going on. Some have even suggested deliberate land clearance. The alternative seems to be dithering ignorance and incompetence on a tragic scale.
Thursday, 4 October 2007
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This is the 3rd part in a series about drawing your own map. If you missed part 1 or part 2 then it's recommended that you read those articles first. Also, don't forget to draw along as you read the articles as you'll learn much more from doing than you will from just reading.
Cartography Articles
Here are all of the articles we've published on the topic of Cartography.
The Lord of the Map. The writer skilled in cartography is an explorer. They can spend hours fleshing out the design of their world. This is a crucial skill because it visually unites all of the other skills.
Adding Texture To The Ocean And Land
If you've randomly generated your land from the last tutorial then you should have a green island ready to start this next part. My island looks like the following:
How To Generate Random Terrain Using Photoshop
You've asked for a more detailed tutorial on how to create a map. So here we go. This is the first part in a number of tutorials that will show you exactly how to create a stunning map using nothing but Photoshop. In this first part you'll learn how to generate random terrain using Photoshop. […]
The 3 Natural Laws Of Rivers
There are 3 Laws that your rivers MUST follow if they exist on an Earth like planet. You won't find a river on Earth that breaks any of the following laws follow the below laws and your maps will look realistic. Simples. 1, Just Like Us They Are Born Every river has a source.
Introducing The Authors Guide To Drawing Maps
This is a quick article to introduce The Authors Guide To Drawing Maps. The guide currently features 4 of the tutorials on drawing maps that can be found on The World Building School, however they are all presented on a single page so it's now even easier to follow the tutorials and draw your own […]
How To Weather The Storm Of Prevailing Winds and Oceanic Currents
The worlds weather is driven by both the Earth's rotation and the seasonal variation in solar energy that each hemisphere absorbs. However patterns do form in the weather and they will play an important role for your civilisations, characters lives and the stories you write. So the next step in building your world is to […]


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The United Kingdom's Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, or OFSTED, is an independent organization that monitors and regulates educational services for all ages and general services for children and young people. This consists of regular inspections and regulatory visits at educational institutions and service providers throughout England.
OFSTED inspects schools, academies and initial teacher training programs as well as a range of educational programs and institutions outside of higher education. It also inspects agencies involved with child care, adoption and foster parenting and regulates children's social care services.
Reports of OFSTED inspections are published online and can be viewed by the general public. OFSTED also reports directly to policymakers in Parliament on the effectiveness of the services they inspect. Providers that are not up to the agency's standards receive help with improvement, and the agency monitors these providers' progress.
As of 2014, the organization's stated priorities include consulting on shorter but more regular inspections, developing a common inspection framework, and contracting directly with inspectors for furthering education and skills. OFSTED also plans to develop the organization's regional structure, create better local intelligence and stronger relationships with key regional partners, and further develop the integrated inspection model for children's services.


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