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(John Andrews in the Wall Street Journal, Nov. 3, and the Denver Post, Nov. 6) In Tuesday's election, as far as taxpayer advocates are concerned, the Alamo fell. Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie are no more. Conservative defenders of the little guy fought valiantly, but the pro-tax forces overwhelmed them. A mighty coalition of Colorado's establishment spent the past year warning that the world would end unless voters agreed to $3.7 billion in higher taxes and $2.1 billion in deeper debt, and it largely worked. Referendum C, the tax hike, passed with 52% of the vote. Referendum D, the companion measure for bonding, fell just short with 49.6%. Interest was strong; over a million people voted.
The background and significance of Colorado's ballot-box budget battle were explained in a Journal editorial on Monday ("Rocky Mountain High Taxes"). Briefly, the reason politicians have to get the people's permission on taxes and borrowing is a 1992 constitutional amendment called the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, or TABOR for short. TABOR limited the tax revenue the state could spend to the previous year's level, adjusted for inflation and population. Any surplus had to be rebated to taxpayers.
TABOR has been great for our economy, but it has always galled the spending lobby. With revenues slow to recover after the 2001 recession, the empire saw its chance to strike back. Referendum C not only grows government by canceling all refunds until 2011; it also purports (unconstitutionally, many think) to loosen the revenue limit forever. TABOR is now toothless. And since over 20 states have TABOR-style proposals on the table, the vote was nationally watched.
Opponents of Referendum C counted on voters rejecting a bigger tax bite, $3,100 for the average family in the next five years, under the pressure of high prices for gasoline, home heating, health care and housing. We appealed to people's skepticism that the Democrat-led legislature would use the new money responsibly. Polling even last weekend suggested proponents hadn't made the sale.
But they surged to victory with the help of respected Republicans like Gov. Bill Owens, former party chairman Bruce Benson and University of Colorado president Hank Brown. Those heavy hitters outweighed the more numerous antitax Republican voices, including the current state House and Senate floor leaders, last year's legislative presiding officers—Lola Spradley and me—and GOP county chairmen, as well as both contenders to succeed the term-limited Owens. With Democrats unified behind the tax hike and Republicans bitterly divided over it, Tuesday's outcome had, in retrospect, a certain inevitability.
The tax hike was to be expected, especially in light of the "spend, spend, spend" message pounded out by the Colorado power structure. An unprecedented lineup insisted that the state would starve if taxpayers didn't fork over the $3.7 billion. The five "bigs" —Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor, Big Education and Big Media—pushed the ballot issues with zealous unanimity. No editorial page withheld its endorsement. Industry groups and chambers of commerce whipped their members and wrote fat checks. The "yes" campaign outspent the "no" side at least 4 to 1. The whiff of corporate statism was in the air. With such a phalanx, it's surprising the taxers' winning percentage was so low.
Admittedly, though, they won fair and square. Reagan conservatives on the losing side of Referendum C can't complain that we were robbed. We're merely out of date. Conservatism of the Bush stripe, so much more compassionate (read: grow discretionary spending faster than Bill Clinton did), is undeniably the fashion now. The 13 years since Tabor was enacted by Colorado voters might as well be a century, so vastly has the mood changed.
Back in 1992, the broken tax pledge of President Bush's father was a recent, stinging memory in our party, and the Gingrich revolution in Congress was still in the idealistic future. How jaded we've become in one short decade. Half a million of my fellow citizens here in the Rockies simply did on Tuesday what the Frist and Hastert congressional majorities have been doing for years—rev up the feel-good spending. And there was Gov. Owens, a Bush protégé and Texas-born, taking credit in front of the cameras. No Alamo sentimentality for him.
But to repeat, the people spoke. They're OK with all that money moving from their pockets into an unreformed bureaucracy that keeps on running school systems and road systems, prison systems and medical welfare systems in a 19th- or, at best, a mid-20th-century manner. A lot of them apparently just want to be taken care of, and never mind the details. At public forums during the campaign I was struck by the dependency mentality of so many people who showed up. "What is your vision of community?" one woman scolded.
Her question sent me back to Robert Nisbet's classic 1953 book, The Quest for Community. Nisbet contrasted the more American sense of community, "a political and economic context within which the spontaneous associations of men are the primary sources of freedom and order," with the more European approach "that seeks to enmesh the individual in a custodial network of detailed rules for his security and society's stability."
The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights put teeth in Coloradans' realization that the relentless expansion of this law-driven, tax-fed "custodial network" must be restrained, if we are to protect the "spontaneous associations" required for human flourishing and true community. The referendum now weakening those fiscal restraints is another symptom of our country veering the other way, Europe's way—and that should concern us.
The losing side in this campaign, defiant as Davy Crockett, argued for low taxes, budget discipline and TABOR with teeth. They had the spirit of '76, "Don't tread on me." Whereas the winners, with their panacea of unlimited spending, played to the civic passivity that Tocqueville chillingly foresaw: Americans as but "a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which government is the shepherd." Exaggeration? You decide.


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Thanks to everyone who went to Toronto for Anime North, last weekend. Everyone came with some wonderful cosplay and I had fun talking with all of you guys! Even with the blazing heat, we managed to enjoy the weekend.Read More
Back from Anime North! Here is what I brought back with me.Read More
This isn't the first time I'm going to Anime North, Toronto, but it's the first time I get back with photo footage like this.Read More

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Favourable Chinese PMI data kick started the Asian stock market this morning.
The country's manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index reading in January was 51.3, higher than the market consensus of 51.2. This marks six consecutive months of expansion in the country's manufacturing sector and shows further stabilisation of Asia's largest economy.
As concerns rose over potential trade tensions between Beijing and Washington under Trump's administration, a robust PMI reading will allow China's policy makers to shift towards a neutral policy stance.
The US Dollar index slumped over 0.9% last night to the 99.60 area- its lowest level in more than three months. A weaker dollar sent gold, silver and crude oil prices higher. Silver prices soared to $17.52 per ounce, a price not seen since 11th Nov. USD/JPY slumped to two-month lows of 122.9, with the immediate support level at around 112.3 (50% Fibonacci Retracement level).
Key risks ahead include rising political tensions between US and Mexico, and uncertainties on immigration and free trade amid Trump's protectionism.
Tonight, the FOMC's interest rate decision may heighten volatility in the FX market, but the chance of a rate hike this time is relatively small – around 14% according to Bloomberg's world interest rate probability forecast. Investors will monitor the Fed's tone towards the economic outlook, new presidency and future rate hikes.
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text: I took the lunch hour today to finish organizing my home office, complete with my first ever color-coded bookshelves. I hadn't planned on doing this, but it's always something that I've thought is incredibly aesthetically pleasing. When I stopped to think about it, I realized that having the luxury of my own little office tucked away on the 3rd floor of our new/old home means that I am able to fill these shelves with just my design-related books. All of our other books have a different home (definitely no color coding there, I might add). Since all of these titles are in the same genre I decided to give it a whirl and organize solely based on hue. I must say, it's kind of like design nirvana for me. What do you think? Am I officially off my rocker or would you ever consider color-coding your bookshelves too?


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Bunn coffee maker replacement parts are available on the Bunn website for home brewers and commercial machines. For home brewers, consumers can purchase replacement carafes, brew screens, brew funnels and pod drawers for single-serve brewers in the Home Products section of the website under View All Accessories.
To locate other parts, consumers should click on How Can We Help, select Parts Form, choose the brewer model from the drop-down menu, and identify the part they need from the resulting list.
The website includes an extensive list of available parts and accessories for commercial machines. The commercial area of the website also provides equipment specifications, manuals and preventive maintenance kits.


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1) Only the died for are legally saveable.
2) Judas was not died for. (On the presupposition of LA)
3) Therefore, Judas was not legally saveable.
1) Only the legally saveable are offerable by God.
2) Judas was not legally saveable.
3) Therefore, Judas was not offerable by God.
These syllogisms are both valid. The only question is, are they sound? I say yes.
It seems obvious to me that offerability presupposes legal salvability, and legal salvability presupposes that one is satisfied for. This is one reason why it would be absurd to "offer" salvation to devils. They are not died for and they are therefore not legally saveable. There is a legal barrier that remains in the way since they have no substitutionary satisfaction for their sins. There is no well of life-giving water that has been opened for them.


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The Palacio Family Hammock is a large, very good quality cotton hammock made in the traditional manner in Brazil. The manufacture of these hammocks provides an above average income to the local workers. This hammock has a particularly attractive fringe design. It is large enought for a family to share and has a maximum load of 160 kg. The Palacio hammock is pictured with the Arcus Hammock Stand which is available separately. You can also attach the hammock to posts or conveniently located trees using the "Smartropes for Hammocks" attachments – see below.
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This hammock is a great way to relax in the garden. The Rio Family Hammock is made from white woven cotton in Brazil by local workers, who earn more than the average Brazilian wage producing them. It is large enough for the whole family to wnjoy, and can support a maximum weight of 160 kg.
Measurements: Lying surface: 2.5m x 1.6m. Total length: 3.7m. All measurements are approximate.
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Family Hammock – Rio
What better way for the family to enjoy nice warm summer days, than the Rio Family Hammock. This hammock is made in Brazil and is large enough for the whole family to relax in, as it can take a weight of 200 kg. Made from white woven cotton.
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Ed Liu and I are blasting through Barstow with a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, and laughers at our disposal.
Ed is the host of Psychedelic Milk, one of my favorite podcasts, and the most downloaded psychedelic podcast on iTunes. Ed's approach is fresh and clean, like an Outkast song. His podcast covers psychedelics from a more intimate perspective. Ed takes listeners along on his personal journey of Self discovery and development, from episode to episode. It's definitely more spirituality than science, which is rare in the psychedelic podcast niche, but that's what we're all about here at Occulture.
Ed is joining us all the way from Hong Kong to drop this oral illustration of spiritual stimulation, so let's go to our vulnerable space and curl up by this alchemical fire, because when Ed and I are on the microphone you best to wear your sweater, 'cause this one's cooler than a polar bear's toenails. Oh hell, there I go again, talking that shit. So let's just bend corners like we're a curve, and cast this pod off into the center of that nerve, 'cause your earholes are 'bout to get served. Enjoy.
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In the past the large aircraft manufacturers would typically choose engines from two or even three different suppliers. More recently, companies like The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) and Airbus are picking only a single source. This has important business implications because over the next decade orders for new engines could total $500 billion.
Will this hold up, and how will it affect investors of Boeing and the big three engine makers General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), and Rolls-Royce Group (OTC:RYCEY)?
A leap in pure power
A few years ago, Airbus redesigned its family of narrow-body, single-aisle jets, called the A320neo. The model was developed to allow airlines to choose between engines from either the Pratt & Whitney division of UTC or CFM International, GE Aviation's joint venture with the French company Snecma.
Pratt offers the fuel-sipping PurePower PW1000G and CFM has countered with the Leap-1A. The A320neo engine market is potentially worth up to $20 billion including spares and overhauls, and the two giants have just about split the orders 50-50 so far. No small change.
However, two other aircraft in development have been designed for exclusive engine configurations.
Boeing has decided to stay with GE exclusively and picked the Leap-1B for the upgraded 737 Max, which will start flying with passengers in 2017. The 737 is the world's best-selling aircraft to date, with over 8,000 produced. For the Max version, investors would like to see the same success that Boeing and GE have achieved so far in the small to medium range segment of the market.
Airbus chose the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 to power its A330neo, the European company's answer to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The model is scheduled to go into service in 2017. The A330neo is expected to be a big hit among aircraft leasing companies as well as traditional carriers. Rolls also supplies some of the engines that drive the 787, which is sold out until 2020, so it looks like it will have a profitable presence in the medium-haul, long-range market.
For Boeing and Airbus, the decision is driven by simplicity.
The aircraft manufacturers will only have to deal with one organization now and engineering and development costs are sure to be lower. Selling aircraft to the airlines and leasers with only one engine option also might be easier and quicker.
This could translate to a boost in the bottom line at Boeing, which has been growing EPS at a brisk double-digit pace.
UTC shareholders won't be left out in the cold. As mentioned earlier, there is the potential for $10 billion in sales from the A320neo program.
And the ace in the hole for UTC is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Pratt is the exclusive supplier of the F135 engine used on all three variants of the cutting edge military jet. More than 4,000 aircraft and a corresponding number of engines and spares are expected to be built. The company also builds the lift fan engine used in the Marine "B" version enabling vertical take-off/landing, and hover.
Foolish conclusion
The recent trend in the aircraft business is toward having a single engine supplier for new models. This could benefit companies like GE and Rolls-Royce which have been chosen to be the sole source for the 737 Max and A330neo engines.
Investors of UTC shouldn't fret, even though the company hasn't been picked as the exclusive supplier for any of the newer commercial aircraft. There might be enough money to go around on the A320neo program to keep shareholders happy. And there is always the F-35 program, for which Pratt is the only engine supplier.


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Now I know what you're probably thinking…lesson planning can't be made easy, right? Well, good news folks. It really can!
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In the 1920s, Lloyd George described the Ceiriog Valley as 'A little bit of heaven on Earth', and this picturesque valley has remained a secret and largely unspoilt piece of countryside – a haven in the English-Welsh borderlands.
Parallel to the Vale of Llangollen, the River Ceiriog starts among the Berwyn mountains, plunging dramatically on reaching Pistyll Rhaeader – the highest waterfall in England and Wales (240ft) – before winding its way through the beautiful Ceiriog Valley villages of Llanarmon DC, Pandy, Glyn Ceiriog, Dolywern, Pontfadog and the hamlet of Castle Mill, before meeting the powerful River Dee in Chirk.
Built in the 1600s of local stone and timbers, Castle Mill Bed and Breakfast sits snugly beneath Chirk Castle, close to the River Ceriog and just a stone's throw from the little bridge that crosses into Shropshire. It overlooks the site of the Battle of Crogan, where Owain Gwynedd led his Welsh Army to victory over Henry II and his forces in 1165.
Once the mill for the tenants of Chirk Castle, an old bread oven still remains on the outer wall of the cottage and where bread once baked, wellington boots are now stored! And where the B4500 winds now, was once the route of the Glyn Valley Tramway.
Opened in 1873, the narrow gauge tramway linked the slate quarries of Glyn Ceiriog to the canal at Chirk six miles away. For the first 15 years of the tramway, the wagons ran down the valley by the force of gravity, pulled back by horses, but in 1888 the tramway was converted to Steam and re-routed through Chirk Castle grounds to meet the Shrewsbury and Chester railway at Chirk station. Ironically, the minerals transported by the tramway were the very materials used to build the roads that eventually led to the closure of the tramway. The Glyn Valley Tramway Trust are currently working to recreate this quaint little tramway, hoping to re-open between Chirk and Pontfaen in 2010.
In previous years, the three cottages (now two) were a local hostelry, where writer George Borrow once stopped as he walked the famous Offa's Dyke footpath. In his book, Wild Wales, he wrote:
"On my inquiring about the inn he said he was the master of it, and led the way to a long neat low house, nearly opposite to a little bridge over a brook, which ran down the valley towards the north. I ordered some ale and bread-and-butter, and whilst our repast was being got ready John Jones and I went to the bridge.
"This bridge, sir," said John, "is called Pont y Velin Castell, the bridge of the Castle Mill; the inn was formerly the mill of the castle, and is still called Melin y Castell. As soon as you are over this bridge you are in shire Amwythig, which the Saxons call Shropshire. A little way up on yon hill is Clawdd Offa or Offa's dyke, built of old by the Brenin Offa in order to keep us poor Welsh within our bounds." As we stood on the bridge I inquired of Jones the name of the brook which was running merrily beneath it. "The Ceiriog, sir," said John.
On my enquiring about the inn he said that he was the master of it, and led the way to a long, neat, low house, nearly opposite to a little bridge, over a brook which ran down the valley towards the north.
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Governments are spending more on healthcare now than in any other time in history. The United States, for example, spends around 18% of the country's GDP on healthcare services. Other countries are no exception with the UK using up 10% of its GDP on healthcare and Switzerland 12%. African countries have meager health budgets with countries like South Sudan spending only 2.7% of its GDP on health making it the 53rd nation regarding healthcare expenditure out of the 55 African states.
Lack of affordable healthcare is a problem faced by a very high percentage of the global population. Some people living in marginalized areas cannot even have access to a healthcare facility to deliver their children in the 21st century, and more are dying from curable diseases. However, Healthureum provides a better option for achieving this dream as opposed the conventional methods that have been in place for years without results.
According to a recent study by Deloitte, global healthcare expenditure is expected to hit $8.7 trillion by the year 2020. The institute attributed this rise to the $7 trillion recorded in 2015 to aging, chronic diseases such as diabetes, and the ever-rising cases of HIV/AIDS and dementia. $4 trillion of the estimated $8.7 is expected to be spent on cardiovascular and respiratory diseases as well as cancer and obesity.
Here are some advantages of Healthureum that help make it the answer to the affordable and high-quality healthcare we have all been longing to attain.
• Cost
Low transaction volumes are not a good thing for business in the healthcare sector. Not to mention, not all patients have access to affordable healthcare or proper health insurance, so the cost incurred in a hospital requires contributions from family members and friends if the ailing person is even treated. As such, most people resort to cheap clinics which are notorious for purchasing and distributing counterfeit drugs, making the situation worse.
However, Healthureum guarantees reduced costs due to disintermediation. You won't need to visit a dozen hospitals before finding one that is affordable since doctors will have access to all forms of research and relevant data as well as the option of seeking counsel or requesting various diagnoses for the same ailment from fellow practitioners on a real-time basis. With real-time processing, the healthcare system will become more efficient.
• Trust
There are so many fraudulent individuals in the healthcare system that almost everybody has lost faith in these institutions. Loopholes in the trust network ran by Health Information Exchange (HIE) officers have exposed just how Blockchain (the system used by Healthureum) can gain the patient's trust. A doctor is supposed to request to get a patient's information from an HIE operator who acts as an intermediary.
This data vulnerability has resulted in thousands of cybercrimes that leak personal patient information to the public. However, with Healthureum no HIE operator is needed because all the people involved have access to the distributed data. However, only the patient can grant access to their personal health information
• Innovation
Healthureum uses a secure system boosted by crypto-related advancements to lead the way towards affordable global healthcare for all. Not to mention, Blockchain, which has seamlessly assimilated itself into many institutions around the world, is a major pillar to the project's success. Thanks to these two wonderful inventions, Healthureum is about to provide affordable healthcare for every individual around the world.
Technology has embedded itself into almost every part of our lives, and by adapting to these innovations that are cheaper and better, we will be saving both our lives and billions of dollars. Healthureum is not just affordable quality healthcare for all; it is also unbelievably efficient and affordable
• Data Sharing
As mentioned earlier, Healthureum allows for data sharing making it easy for doctors to come up with different diagnoses and handle referrals. The healthcare systems in place have varying data standards, and the records are even not compatible with the systems. However, Healthureum Blockchain technology to enable near real-time data sharing to all authorized parties across the network.
You could be on a trip to Africa from Europe and fall ill then visit a doctor who insists on going through your medical history for proper diagnosis. These files can be accessed almost immediately using Healthureum, but standard systems will take much longer. Not to mention, it's cheap considering data sharing is not billed. More information visit https://www.healthureum.io/


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On this page, you can find the recently published scientific articles in major tribology related journals. The list includes Tribology International, Tribology Letters, Wear, Tribology Transactions, Journal of Tribology, Friction, etc. If you would like to suggest a journal to include to the current list, please let us know.
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Toss Lambsquarters Into Your Skillet, Not Your Weed Pile
Hosting Savoring Kentucky for nine years has nudged me toward foods I should have eaten always, but somehow assigned to the "trash" category. (Hello mulberries, you beauties, you favorite berry. And a cheery wave to pawpaws, purslane, dandelion greens. Chickweed, unh...I'll see your beauty one of these days.)
Now behold lambsquarters, Chenopodium album, aka "lamb's quarters," "lambquarters," and "lambs' quarters" along with "Pigweed! Fat-hen, goosefoot, bacon weed, dirty Dick, Muck Hill weed," among others, as well as "all good," its ancient name. So says Jean Pollard in Lambsquarters: Prince of Wild Greens, an excellent article for Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.
Pollard's article shines a light on the nutritional wonders of this mild-tasting, readily available green. Let's sum it up as better than spinach.
A few cautions, too: eat the raw leaves sparingly to avoid over-eating oxalic acid. Cooking them a bit reduces this potential problem. Several sources advise being cautious about eating lambsquarters from sites where the soils or mulches could be contaminated. This interesting plant takes up lots of elements, including pesticides, from soils where it grows. That capability may prove useful in cleaning up toxic sites, but not so helpful to eaters.
So how did we try eating this incredibly prolific, familiar former weed? First, of course, a tentative nibble of a raw leaf: it's as mildly flavored and inoffensive as bland leaf lettuce (read: better than spinach.) Then we washed tender top sections, picked off the leaves, and sautéed in First Fresh olive oil, spiked with the first of this year's Campsie garlic heads, still a bit small and tender. Feeling sort of Kentucky-talian, we tossed in some excellent Lexington Pasta gluten-free fusili, plus a splash of its cooking water. A grating of Parm Reg, and, yes, we converted lambsquarters from weed to feed, just like that.
We have a new vegetable in our lives, a green one that grows without our help from early summer until frost. For the record, I like both its taste and texture much, much better than spinach.
I'm a lambsquarters novice, reporting initial experiences here. The internet offers a gazillion opportunities to learn about everything from eradicating that pesky lambsquarters weed with potent pesticides to using every single part of that priceless lambsquarters plant, including roots and seeds. "Discovery" articles are common. Read around.
I'll put an egg on just about anything, especially when the eggs are fantastic beauties from the generous hens (and stewards) at The 4th Street Farm. In this case I added some lambsquarter leaves to eggs I made for breakfast. The slightly grey-green raw leaves grow greener when they first meet heat. Plenty good.
Final note: Most articles on lambsquarters include information about the whitish powder that coats the younger leaves. The presence of that coating amounts to one of the positive identifications for the plant. When I washed our first lambsquarters I was surprised when that powder left the leaves and adhered to bowls, sink and salad spinner. I found no references online to others' experiences when washing the young leaves, so I'm just reporting: this happened. I assume it's normal. After washing the (very clean already) lambsquarters, soapy water washed away the tiny granules that had clung to coated surfaces. No, I used no soap to clean the leaves themselves.
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Lancaster ISD and the YNOT Scholastic Foundation invite you to get your ticket today for An Evening with Dr. Wade featuring "the Voice" from Sunday's Best, singing sensation and renown recording artist, Kim Burrell on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30pm at Lancaster High School located at 200 E. Wintergreen Road.
This event will also feature spoken word artist and singer Karla Nivens, the LHS Jazz Band and LHS High School Choir. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door.
All proceeds will go towards scholarships for the LHS Senior Class of 2015. Visit the LHS front office to obtain your ticket today. For more information, please call 972-218-1800.


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WonderBox by Duck Duck Moose (free, iOS only): One of the daily themes is about robots, so this one is a stretch for this topic, but it's a fantastic app, packed with content and opportunities for creation and I wanted to make sure you saw it.
Robots for iPad by IEEE (free, iPad only): Photos, videos and other information about actual robots that have been built and are being used.
Toca Robot Lab by Toca Boca ($2.99, iOS): Design a robot, then navigate through a simple maze, then do it again!
Robot Factory by Tinybop ($3.99, iOS): Similar concept to Toca Robot Lab, only TONS more options and the design choices you make actually affect the robot's abilities.
Endless Wordplay by Originator (free (with in-app purchase), Android & iOS): Adds a little round robot to the familiar cast of monsters
Odd Bot Out by Martin Magni ($1.99, Android, & iOS): My top pick of the night! This is a fantastic app for kids and adults to work on together. Lots of opportunities for problem solving!
Toontastic by Launchpad Games (free, iOS only): includes a few robots as characters. Great app for kids to play with and secretly learn about story arc's at the same time.
This month's "Take Home Box" included:
Machinarium by Amanita Design (Android and iOS, $4.99) – an excellent, long-play game with lots of problem solving puzzles. Parents should be aware that there are mild references to smoking and alcohol.
Trash Toys by Duckie Deck ($2.99, iOS & 99c Android) – this app is great to try out your robot design ideas from recycled objects!
Tonight's Craft: "Build-a-Bot Blocks"
My favorite was when this young artist designed his own parts in the blank spaces on the page. Yay!


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Whether you want a quick, city getaway or you are looking for a couple of weeks in the sun and sand, there are multiple destinations within your price range. Here are five tips to cut the cost of traveling for your next trip!
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If the best part of traveling is the ability to go anywhere, then is the worst part having to decide where to go? Thankfully, your budget can stretch to multiple destinations by using travel savings and discounts. Smaller getaways may include a weekend trip, local destinations, or using last-minute flight and hotel deals. Longer summer escapes, destination cities, and cruises may be best booked as a package to help you receive the best rates.
Thankfully, sites like Expedia.com can help you book your next vacation with ease. Linked with over 240,000 hotels worldwide, Expedia also offers deals on airline tickets, cruises, and car rentals. Other perks include daily top deals and trip planning, with featured hotel and flight discounts, popular tourist destinations, and a listing of hotels with ratings and the average per night cost to stay. Flight destinations include New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, as well as Paris, Sydney, Vancouver, and Toronto.
If you have children, consider a Disney Parks package or a kid-friendly cruise. Other cruise options include the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, and Europe, with more cruises leaving from cities including Baltimore, New York, Galveston, and Baltimore.
Wherever you decide to travel, make sure your destination is reputable. In addition to the information found through your booking agent or travel site, look for other signs. There are many ways to make sure your destination's reviews are both reputable and reliable.
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Expedia coupon codes give you access to limited-time, specialty offers such as $200 off a 5-night package or a $70 per person, per day Disneyland Park Hopper Ticket discount. Check back often, as these offers are typically seasonal and may expire as soon as the end of the month.
Expedia boasts daily flight deals, but check out Huffington Post for more ideas on getting a cheap flight.
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Booking a hotel can often be the most expensive part of your trip. Thankfully, Expedia helps you access savings on rooms which are often deeply discounted at the last minute. With 30% off hotels in Las Vegas or 40% in Puerto Rico, it may suddenly be possible to add a cheap flight and make a mini-vacation. Resort credits are also common, and some cruise bookings include hundreds of dollars worth of onboard credits.
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Jeffrey Aycock, DMD
Dr. Jeffrey Aycock is an oral & maxillofacial surgeon originally from Houma, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi and did additional post baccalaureate studies at Western Carolina University. He received his Doctor of Dental Medicine degree (DMD) from the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry in 2009. He is a 3rd generation dental professional as his grandfather was a general dentist and his father was an oral & maxillofacial surgeon.
He completed a four-year oral & maxillofacial surgery residency program at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX from 2013 – 2017. He was also an assistant professor in the program following the completion of his training.
Dr. Aycock is currently a Major in the US Army Reserve Dental Corps and served on active duty previously for 10 and a half years. He was stationed in Fayetteville from 1996 – 2000 where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 44th Medical Brigade as a Medical Service Corps officer. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2010 as a dentist and to Bosnia & Nicaragua earlier in his career.
Dr. Aycock is a Diplomate of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology, a Fellow of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, a member of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, American College of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the American Dental Association.
He has been married to his wonderful wife, Kim, for 15 years. They have 2 dogs and enjoy all types of outdoor activities.


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Decision : CONF 003 IV.9
Election of the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur
Dr. Shehata Adam (Egypt) was elected as Chairman of the Committee by acclamation. The Committee then elected by acclamation the following States members of the Committee as Vice-Chairmen: Bulgaria, Nepal, Panama, Senegal and United States of America and Mr. Michel Parent (France) as Rapporteur.
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2.3.3 Outputs and Activities Step-by-Step Guide
In this section, information on outputs and activities needs to be added. First, use the form shown below to add outputs, their activities, financing agencies, and local partners. Once you have entered this information click the "Add Activity" button:
After submitting the output and activity information it will appear in a table below the submission form. At this point, multiple locations and financial details for those locations can be added by clicking the "Add/Edit Locations" button as indicated in the example below:
After clicking the "Add/Edit Locations" button a new window will open that will allow the entry of multiple locations for the Output and Activity. To add/edit locations click the "Grid Edit" button at the top left of the table (#1 in the example below). To add a new location, click on the final empty row of the table and begin by selecting the governorate and then locality (#2 in the example below). To edit any existing data, click on the cell to be edited. When done with edits and additions, please click the "Grid Edit" button once again to save changes and close this window to return to the main PAP Submission Page:
After adding locations for this Activity, they will be displayed on the main PAP Submission Page after you refresh it. In order to edit Outputs, Activities, Financing Agencies, and Local Partners it is necessary to first check the box of the activities to be changed, then click edit. A new pop-up window will appear where changes can be made that will affect all the records selected. Once you have entered in the new information, click update to finalize those changes.
For example: In order to change all "Arabic Activity 2", first it is necessary to check the box next to this activity (#1 in the example below). Second it is necessary to click the "Edit" button (#2 in the example below). Finally, a pop-up window will appear where new information for the selected records will appear. Once the necessary changes are made, click the "update" button at the bottom of the form (#3 in the example below) to finalize the changes. Please note the same changes will be applied across all the activities selected:


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Please Don't Paint Our Planet Pink!
A story ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE for KIDS ... and their adults!
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Please Don't Paint Our Planet Pink!
A story ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE for KIDS ... and their adults!
Written by Gregg Kleiner
Illustrated by Laurel Thompson
Book Design by Alisha Lorentz
What might happen if we could SEE carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? What if CO2 were, say, pink? In this engaging, funny, and highly timely book, a young boy whose parents named him Wilbur "in honor of that pig in Charlotte's Web" discovers the power of the human imagination and how he can tap that power to see a shade of pink he has never imagined – a pink so astonishing it just might save the Planet. With help from his geeky "dorkasaurus" Dad and a pair of bright green goggles, young Will learns all about carbon and caring, carpooling and climate change, and how learning to see "this particular pink" will help all of us keep our Planet cool.
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Barn at Flanagan Farm Wedding | Casey + Justin
We just wrapped our 2016 wedding season yesterday and couldn't be happier with everything we shot and everyone we worked with this year. It was a really incredible year and we are excited to share so many new blogs and our new website coming very soon. In the meantime here's a little preview from our last wedding of the year. Love the moody late fall tones and The Barn at Flanagan Farm is an absolutely beautiful venue! Justin also surprised his bride by having the horse that she used to ride for polo brought all the way to the venue so they could do photos with him. It was such a special moment. Looking forward to sharing more from this wedding and all the others soon!


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The Average Payment Plan can help reduce your high bills in summer and winter and make it easier to manage your monthly bill. The plan allows you to pay a monthly bill on the average cost of your most recent 12-month period. The amount due may vary slightly month to month but if you were signed up for Average Payment, your bill for this month would have only been Label and then every bill in the coming months would be close to that same amount. It's not too late to sign up for your Label bill.
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Hawaii evacuations continue as volcano erupts
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Saudi oil output to recover in weeks - sources
Israel's election - will Netanyahu survive?
GM faces mounting losses amid labor strike
Warren vows to tackle U.S. corruption
Iran's Khamenei rejects talks with United States.
At least 48 people killed in two Afghanistan attacks
AB InBev tries again with Asia IPO
WeWork's troubled market debut has been delayed
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Everyday my husband walks in through the door and my children run full speed, trying to cut corners which never works given that corners are made from walls and walls can hit you in the face if you run into them. They brush it off and keep on running, all the while yelling his name over and over with the level of excitement that makes me assume he must be made of ice cream covered in sprinkles and presents. Every day between 5:30 and 6:00pm, my husband is greeted with enthusiasm and joy. The kids run into his long arms and squeeze him with with all they have. They tell him they love him and they tell him they missed him.
I stand by watching this interaction feeling all of the emotions.
And by all of the emotions, I mean all of them. The good, bad and the ugly. Part of me fills with joy as I watch my husband with my kids. They love each other and it's so sweet. My kids are so lucky to have a dad who loves them so much. I beam as I watch my husband's love tank (I hate that phrase btw) filled by hugs from these tiny people.
But then there is another part of me that fills with jealousy and rage as I hold back a z-snap and a "no you didn't." Don't worry about me, kids. I only kept you alive all day long. I only spent my entire day ensuring you had a frickin' magical childhood experience.
I spend the day corralling them, correcting them and breaking up their fights. I keep them entertained with semi-creative activities so they don't have their brains melted by screens all day (which by the way they hate me for). I feed them, clean them, and respond to their whiny entitled requests all day long, all the while trying to teach them to speak with respect and kindness instead of whatever barbaric tone naturally comes out of their mouths.
While I love that I get to be a stay at home mom and spend every second of every day with people that I grew myself, I have to spend every second of every day with people I grew myself. By the end of the day my kids are actually sick of me. They are sick of me telling them to poop in the potty and put on pants. They are sick of me keeping them from doing fun things like sticking keys in electrical outlets and swallowing marbles. They are sick of me forcing them to wash their hands and eat vegetables. They have to spend their days with a monster like me, so when 5:30 rolls around and they hear the side door open, they can't help but race like a Kenyan in the Olympics to the door to greet their dad.
Do my kids even love me?
Yes, of course they do! They just never miss me. The saying, "absence makes the heart grow fonder" is the real deal. Every single day, my husband heads to work and we get to think about him and all of the wonderful things he does for our family (which is all the things btw). And he sits at work, staring at pictures of us and thinks about how he'd rather be with us than having his eyes burned off by spreadsheets.
For my kids, I am alway there. They don't know life without me, which 99% is an amazing blessing. But then there is that 1% of the time, where the job of a SAHM is just downright thankless and I can get weary. I say weary, because "tired" doesn't even begin to cover the fatigue I feel as a mother. It goes beyond lack of sleep. After awhile, I begin to run out of emotional energy. This is when I need a break. This is when I need to flee. This is when I need to tell my husband that I'm peacing out, I'm going and I don't know when I will return. I'm not talking about days or weeks at time, but I'm talking about for several hours when the kids are awake. I'm talking about a planned girls weekend. Not only do I need the break, but my kids need the chance to miss me.
Dear mama,
Do you feel weary and used? Your family loves you so much. They need you and appreciate all that you do for them. But for the love of all that is good, leave the house. Get a grandma or sitter, or your husband and leave the dang house. And, here is the other part, come home while the kids are still awake. Walk through that door and hear the pitter patter of a tiny stampede headed towards you and let yourself be knocked over from the momentum of excited hugs. You are loved so much, but sometimes you need to be missed in order to know just how much.


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One thing that most teams assume when they plan a bobblehead night is that they'll see an immediate sellout crowd or at least above average attendance. For most people, including myself, we all assumed the same. However, after looking deeper into the attendance's of each bobblehead night this is surprisingly not the case.
There are two values that we decided were the best to compare each bobblehead nights attendance to. One being the average attendance of the respective team for that entire season, the other being the average attendance of all bobblehead nights in the respective season.
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Let's say that one season the average attendance for a bobblehead night was 15000 fans. Now let's say that one bobblehead night saw 18000 fans attend which in comparison to the league average for bobblehead nights that season looks like an extremely successful. However, lets say that the team who held that bobblehead night had an average attendance of 20000 fans. Now that bobblehead night doesn't look so good now does it.
This visual is a graph which represents the difference between the bobblehead nights attendance and the leagues attendance for that bobblehead night in the season on the x-axis while the y-axis represents the difference between the bobblehead nights attendance and it's respective teams attendance for that season.
Furth explanation of this stat can be found in the Bobblettendance Glossary.


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Rebecca Rutstein
A Philadelphia-based artist whose work spans painting, installation, and sculpture, Rebecca Rutstein explores geometric abstraction with a vision inspired by science and scientific data. Rutstein has been an Artist-in-Residence in geologically dynamic locations including Iceland, Hawaii, the Canadian Rockies and Vermont. Most recently, she completed two "Artist at Sea" Residencies aboard science research ships where she collaborated with scientists mapping out never-before-seen seafloor topography from the Galápagos Islands to California and exploring uncharted territory from Vietnam to Guam.
Rutstein has exhibited widely in galleries, museums, and institutions, and has received numerous awards including a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Pew Professional Development Grant, Ocean Exploration Trust Fellowship, Independence Foundation Fellowship and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants. She has garnered recent attention through radio interviews on NPR and Hawaii Public Radio, and with features in Vice Magazine, Huffington Post, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, Artblog, Fresh Paint Magazine and New American Paintings. Her work can be found in public collections including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Nordstrom, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Temple University where recently completed her first permanent, outdoor public art commission.
Rebecca Rutstein holds a BFA (Magna Cum Laude) from Cornell University (with abroad study in Rome, Italy) and an MFA from University of Pennsylvania. She has been a visiting artist at Universities across the country and conducted ship-to-shore outreach with museums world-wide. Rutstein is represented by Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia and Zane Bennett Contemporary/Form & Concept in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
My work expands upon my interest in geology, biology and the undercurrents that continually shape and reshape our world. These forces – from gradual erosion to violent upheaval – are powerful metaphors for life experiences and the ebbs and flows of relationships. My paintings and installations become mappings where scale is shifted and obscured. I construct spaces through juxtapositions: micro and macro, graphic and atmospheric, organic and geometric, positive and negative, manual and mechanical, linear and solid. I am continually challenged by creating environments that bridge these polarities.
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Karl Lagerfeld is the latest fashion icon to come under fire for allegations of tax evasion, and according to reports that came in yesterday is under investigation for hiding over £15million from the French government tax authorities using complex transactions between various companies.
According to WWD "the revelation was made by French news weekly L'Express, which published a three-page article Wednesday under the headline "L'argent voyageur de Lagerfeld," or "Lagerfeld's traveling money" in English.
The report alleges that the Chanel and Fendi's designer avoided declaring more than 20 million euros, or £15 million at current exchange rates, in earnings over the past six years by funneling funds through companies located in Ireland, Britain, the British Virgin Islands and the United States."
The investigation focuses on Lagerfeld's 7L Parisian bookshop which founded in 1999 "houses a photo studio owned by a British-based company, which takes in the revenue from Lagerfeld's photography work." According to L'Express, tax authorities suspect that foreign transactions enabled the Chanel and Fendi lead designer to hide his earnings as a photographer.
From a Fashion Law perspective, cases concerning high-end tax evasions have become a hot-button topic in Europe, and Lagerfeld who has held the position of chief designer at the house of Chanel since the 1980s, joins a recent list of established fashion designers that have faced tax scrutiny, including Miuccia Prada, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Bulgari, Valentino and Giorgio Armani.
This recent case now comes as a result of a move by the French Finance Ministry to crack down on fraud to ease budget strain. Even though the case does not concern Chanel or Fendi, we suspect that the effects are likely to have a damaging impact on both fashion houses.
So far there has been no comment from Lagerfelds representatives.
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My best friend, Tristine Schmidt, came to Vitoria for a week. We didn't do much, as I was in a hard training block, but Tristine was accommodating. She didn't mind traveling across the world to sit in bed and watch a movie with me in the middle of the day. We talked, caught up, and enjoyed each other's company. A few days after Tristine left, my parents arrived. Being able to see the ones I love from back home keeps me calm, focused, and happy. My parents were with me until Hamburg. After Hamburg, Patrick and I flew to Croatia for a vacation. The day before we left I had a conversation with Jamie. I remember saying, "Jamie, I don't want to go on vacation anymore. I'm ready for some hard training!"
Jamie looked at me with intent and responded calmly, explaining three days wasn't going to hurt my training (which I knew it wouldn't). I argued a bit until Jamie finally said, "Well, there is plenty of water in Croatia." I laughed and went on my vacation.
Croatia was a very unique place. Pat and I had an apartment/hotel in the heart of Split, Croatia. It was a cute town, with more tourists than I'd ever seen! We would wake up in the morning, and head out for breakfast around 8am. Breakfast foods weren't too abundant in Split; however, about one in every four people we saw between 8am and 11pm had a gelato in his or her hand.
After an hour in Split, I looked at Pat and told him how nice it was to be on vacation. I had no idea how much I needed a break after eight months of training. The few days of no triathlon (no internet/emails about triathlon, no talk about triathlon, no swim/bike/run….) were rejuvenating.
Our first day in Split was spent exploring and eating traditional Croatian foods. The town was extremely small, but we easily got lost. On our morning walks, we'd find a restaurant that looked good. I'd say, "OK, remember this place!" But a few hours (or even minutes) later, we'd be a lost cause, wandering around the narrow street pathways.
On our second day, we splurged. Pat and I love Anthony Bourdain. Our mouths salivate and our eyes bulge when watching "No Reservations." Naturally, the first thing I did when we booked our flight to Croatia was Google "Croatian Food" ... a few clicks later I found perfection: The Secret Dalmatia Anthony Bourdain Experience: a 12-course wine pairing dinner at the Bibich Winery. It was amazing! Pat and I were driven about an hour away into the rural countryside of Croatia to the Bibich Winery. It was so incredible I'm not even going to try to describe it. A once-in-a-lifetime experience we will never forget.
Our third and final day in Croatia was spent at the beach. We took a boat to an island where we relaxed on the beach with good eats. This is what I was imagining Croatia to be like. The water was surreal – it was incredibly clean and clear, refreshing, and peaceful.
We arrived back in Vitoria and I was ready to have some home-cooked meals. It had been over a week of eating out. However, I had to go out at least once to Ramon's (a local coffee shop) to meet my USA teammates. USA Triathlon hosted a camp abroad for some of the up-and-coming athletes. It is extremely exciting to see the sport of triathlon develop – USAT investments are paying dividends (special shout-out to Katie Hursey on her two WC wins!) Being able to learn more about my USA teammates and enjoy their company is a highlight of being in Vitoria.
Besides training, I've enjoyed some nice potluck dinners and Basque TV: first, The Tour de France, then Swimming World Championships in Madrid, and now Track and Field World Championships in Moscow. I love watching it all. I try to schedule workouts around events I want to watch. Competition is a way for athletes to demonstrate how much dedication, time, effort, heart, and more has been poured into sport and I love it!
There are two more WTS races in the Series: WTS Stockholm and the WTS Grand Final in London. I am eager to race.
P.S.: THANK YOU to everyone for sending me peanut butter – It had a good run, but the peanut butter ran out last week. I am hoping to find some in Stockholm (and I am thinking maybe I should ask for more stuff in my blogs – anyone have any free upgrades for flights??).
My parents and me out for pintxos
I have the best agent ever, Heather Novickis! She sent me Coconut flavored Peanut Butter....and gluten free pancake mix!!
Kelly Fillnow sent this after my last blog update:
Thanks for all the PB! This is from Bryan Keane :)
We were told this is what the locals eat in Croatia....
Pat in the heart of Split, Croatia
Pat and me on a bus from the airport to our hotel in Croatia
Outside a restaurant in Vitoria with Tristine
Menu Del Dia with Tristine


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It will decide what type of publication is most suitable for the hospital whether it will be hospitals own formulary or simple list of drugs or a catalogue or a purchased formulary service? If it is decided that publication is to be a formulary, a decision must be reached to the possible contents other than the section s on various therapeutic agents Slide 3: Section on prescription writing. Section governing the use of drugs Section on diagnostic agents and normal pathological investigational reagents etc Section on pharmacological classification. Poisons and their antidotes. Posological tables The format of hospital should also be decided Size Loose leaf or bound Printed or cyclostyled Categorizing and indexing. Guiding principles, Selection for admitting or Deleting of drugs : Guiding principles, Selection for admitting or Deleting of drugs Guiding principles, Selection for admitting or Deleting of drugs : Guiding principles, Selection for admitting or Deleting of drugs 1.Prescription writing : 1.Prescription writing Every prescription must furnish the following information Name and address of the patient The date Prescribed drug should be written in formulary terminology Strength of prescribed medication must be given in accepted metric system. The total amount to be dispensed. The "signa" containing the instruction to the patient should be clear, concise and in simple terms which can be understood by the patient. When repetition of the drug is desired, the no of times the drug is to be taken should be clearly written. Prescription writing : Prescription writing The prescription for narcotic must have the patient's age. The physician should sign all prescription and prepare 3 copies of the prescription containing narcotics, one is retained by him and two copies are passed to the patient. 2.The Format : 2.The Format It would be very good idea if the pharmacist decides its format etc before commencing work on printing and publishing in his own hospital. He collects of some leading hospitals as well as their format. Copies of finally published formulary may be sent to bodies liked central drug standard control organization, directorate general of health services. Govt of India, PCI. 3.Size : 3.Size It is sufficiently small in size so that it could be easily carried by clinicians, nurses etc, in the pockets of their uniform or lab coats. In any case, there cannot be a particular size determined but keeping the general view in mind, the hospitals may determine their own size of the formulary. 4. Loose leaf or Bound. : 4. Loose leaf or Bound. 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Relationship Builder
Dave Farrelly joined Think Visual in July 2017 and is responsible for managing all client and partner relationships. He has worked in the interactive media space for many years, starting his career at Vivendi Universal Games and more recently with Riverdeep in product development studio leadership roles. Dave's sweet spot is in managing relationships and he worked with the Innovation Value Institute in Maynooth University on building and growing industry contribution to the Institute's research agenda. He looks forward to hearing from you and to discussing how Think Visual can support your stakeholder engagement needs!


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Next week is full of finish carpentry, including the trim detail, the trades will come in (electric and plumbing) and finish up, and the bathroom will get the last stainless steal wall, sink, composting toilet, and fixtures.
Monthly Archives: August 2014
What We Finished, Week 8
This week we got the AC in, the ventilation housing in, and one stainless steal wall up. We also framed out the bed and started planning for the Tiny House tour schedule.
SustainaFest Tiny House, Week 8
This gallery contains 7 photos.
Game Plan, Week 8
The bathroom will be ready to go by the end of this week, our HVAC system will be in, and our kitchen plumbing will be hooked up.
What We Finished, Week 7
The kitchen is really coming together. We have the built-ins, the microwave, and even the kitchen sink! The office looks great with the new desk and we have repaired all the mishaps from last week's rain.
Sustainafest Tiny House, Week 7
This gallery contains 5 photos.
Game Plan, Week 7
Detailed carpentry will be the focus of this week. Our team is working on the bathroom, the kitchen and the office. This includes the desk, the sinks and our beautiful stainless steel walls.
What We Finished, Week 6
What a week! Although we had some issues with the torrential downpours, we were able to get a lot done. The roof is finished, including our gutter system, the house has moved to it's new location on Key School's campus, and we are beginning talks with schools and venues to start our Tiny House Tour.
Sustainafest Tiny House, Week 6
This gallery contains 8 photos.
Game Plan, Week 6
Most of the work left to be done is detailed carpentry. This means the edges get trim, the exterior light goes up, and the bathroom begin to come together. This is a big week for our tiny house. By Friday the interior should look pretty close to a finished product.


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I have always made things.
I have studied art since I was a young girl. Upon graduation I got involved in making things that people used in daily life, things that required the user interact with the work. Art and design calls to my soul and I never feel closer to home than when I am creating. The need to make work that has some level of measureable interaction with a user drives the direction of my work.
My fiber optic work has merged much of my life; from my early training as a Fine Artist, through my 25+ year fascination with lighting, to my love of nature which I have enjoyed since I was a young girl. It was through my fascination with lighting that I found my way back to Fine Art, in the form of large-scale drawings lit with fiber optics. I found the inspiration for the imagery in nature. Walking through natural environments, watching birds fly, being on or near the water; imagery drawn from places and things that feed the soul.
Lighting has held deep meaning for me. My grandfather, an inventor, held over 90 patents on headlamp design and invented the automotive blinker. Lighting has bridged cultural myths and religion as symbolic of the energy that connects us all. In my work it reads as the connection between a constellation far above, and the soul's energy deep within; as an aura that connects us to something beyond, something that gives hope. It represents a connection of extremes: heaven and earth, black and white, even the artistic mediums of digital printing and charcoal, the oldest medium known to man.
The work has also shown to have physiological effect on the audience. During a solo exhibit in Cologne, Germany we found viewers would sit down and stay in the gallery for up to three hours and returning multiple times to do the same. Research has shown that the particular wavelength of light we are using is the same as is used in light therapy, resulting in reduction of stress and actually calming the body. We are now experimenting with making the lighting in my work even more interactive with the audience.
I believe art and design has the responsibility to make this world a better place, to relieve suffering wherever we can. I think art has the power to transform. I believe that beauty is transformative.
I made things for the 15+ year run of my design company with Lloyd Schwan. I made things after his suicide and while I raised our three sons. I continued to make things while teaching at a University. Things which are beautiful, that have a level of interactive capabilities for the user, things that incorporate the magic of light.
I make things. It is who I am.
Lyn Godley is one of the exhibiting artists for Mindful: Exploring Mental Health through Art.


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all pictures ~ San Diego (and surrounding region), California - (embiggenable) • iPhone
On yesterday's entry John Linn asked: ...what is your workflow with the iPhone? What is your current favorite editor?
my answer: My workflow is very simple. After making sure the glass over the lens is completely clean, I set camera module control to HDR-be certain to set the camera to retain the both the original (non-HDR) file and the HDR file-and then frame my referent and its environs. Then I tap the screen to select focus after which I use the lighter/darker slider (next to the focus square) to adjust for exposure.
FYI, when using HDR setting, set exposure for the middle tones even if the highlights look to be blown out on the screen. The HDR setting does well at protecting highlights. That written, you can view the picture immediately and, if needed, re-picture the scene after making new exposure adjustment. And, don't worry if the shadows look a bit blocked up - there is an amazing amount of detail in the file that can be brought out-with no ill processing effects-in processing.
re: image processing: my editor of choice is Snapseed. It is amazingly comprehensive in its range of tools and capabilities. I use the LENS BLUR and VIGNETTE tools to achieve the corner vignette look I create in Photoshop. The TUNE IMAGE tool has simple sliders for multiple image adjustments but there is also a CURVES tool with all of the funtionality of curves in PS.
I also use the SELECTIVE tool to isolate areas of a file in order to perform local adjustments - tap on an area and use the 2-finger pinch to expand or contract the selected area as indicted by the red overlay. On ocassion I use the ROTATE and PERSPECTIVE tools to correct level and perspective issues.
And then there is the absolute killer capability - as you process an image, the software records-in the STACKS function-every edit you have done. At any time, you can go into the stacks and select a processing step and undo or modify it. In doing so, all of your other edits remain intact. Nothing is lost. AND, when your processing is complete, the file can be saved with the STACKS info which makes it possible to return to the file at any time in the future and make further adjustments if needed. Of course, the original un-edited file is left untouched.
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. The processing performed on the iPhone will look great on the iPhone screen. As it should be inasmuch as most users will share their pictures with other phone users and/or on social media. Consequently, the pictures I process to completion on my iPhone are intented primarily for sharing or Instagram / Facebook placement.
If, on the other hand like the pictures in this entry, my intention is to create a "serious" picture for print making, I perform only light processing on the phone. Then I download the picture from iCloud and perform my standard "serious" picture processing in Photoshop ...
IMPORTANT. Before I begin processing in PS, I resize-NOT resample-the file to 300dpi, convert to 16 Bits color and convert the file to my standard color profile-AdobeRGB 1998-from the iPhone color profile-DP3-that is attached to the file. I end up with a 11"x11"/16 bit/300dpi/AdobeRGB 1998 file, ready for PS processing.
WARNING Once you settle into a easy iPhone picture making M.O., it is apt to become quite addictive. Even to the point of turning your "real" camera(s) into a paperweight.


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Getting to Know Your Air Conditioning System: Part 2: How Your AC Works
Have you ever really thought about the process behind how your central air conditioning unit works? There's quite a bit of chemistry and physics involved, but it can be broken down pretty easily into a seemingly simple system:
When a liquid converts to a gas, it absorbs heat. Air conditioners use this law of physics to chill the air in your home by forcing special chemical compounds to repeatedly evaporate and condense in a closed system of coils. Refrigerants, the compounds involved in the process, have properties that allow them to change at relatively low temperatures.
Air conditioners have a system of ducts that are designed to funnel air to and from refrigerant-filled coils, as well as fans that movie warm air over the cold coils.
When the warm air flows over the cold coils, the refrigerants inside the coils absorbs the heat during it's chemical process of changes states from liquid to gas. The air conditioner then converts the refrigerants gas back into a liquid by putting the gas under high pressure. This process creates unwanted heat, which is then sent outdoors by a the condenser coils and fan.
The process is an endless cycle of converting refrigerant from liquid to gas and then back to liquid again.
Problems with your AC unit occur when something in this system fails or doesn't do its job properly. If you are having any problems with your air conditioning, please let us know.


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We take pride in making each and every event unique! Courtney will personally come up with a one of a kind menu for you to pick from! We stive to make every event whether hosted at the cafe or away, just perfect!
In addition to the food menu we offer our Specialty Coffee Catering Bar!
***We can travel to your location if needed!
We do Wedding, Baby and Bridal Showers, Birthday Parties, Holiday parties, Open houses, Private Parties, Special Events, Corporate Events, Rehearsal Dinners, Business Meetings, Community Events, and Hotel Events


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Monona United Methodist Church
Friday, September 20, 2019
WI Council of Churches
We are all stewards. In the Christian sense of the word, God has made us stewards here on earth. As a member of the Stewardship Committee, we assist our church in raising the necessary funds for Ministry and Mission. This team takes on the challenge of meeting the church's funding needs through pledges from our congregation. In addition, we promote ongoing stewardship ministry through gifts of talent, time, service and prayer.


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Cleaning Snakes:
These innovative nylon snakes are flexible enough to fold nicely into an instrument case. As stiff as the wound metal cable style, yet will clean an instrument without the risk of scratching.
Models Offered:
- Trumpet (#359VS)
- Trombone ( #360VS)
- Saxophone (#363VS)
- French Horn (#364VS)
- Baritone (#365VS)
Can be individually packaged with a UPC labeled header card, ready for a hang display.


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Fitz and the Tantrums is gaining a name for itself in the music industry as a hardworking and entertaining band. The last five years have been a whirlwind for the Los Angeles-based group, and band members are keeping up the intensity.
After a breakup in 2008, frontman Michael Fitzgerald (lead vocals/keyboard) wrote a slew of songs and asked James King, a friend from college, to play saxophone on them. King suggested Noelle Scaggs (vocals/percussion), Jeremy Ruzumna (keyboard), Joseph Karnes (bass guitar) and John Wicks (drums/percussion) to fill out the band, and they quickly recorded an EP in Fitzgerald�s home studio.
�We all just kind of formed pretty quickly,� King said. �We started performing right out of the box. Just based on a few recommendations and phone calls, we put the band together and decided we had something good.�
Since then, the �soul-flavored pop� band has released two studio albums, �Pickin� Up the Pieces� in 2010 and �More than Just a Dream� this year. Their latest single, �Out of My League� is gaining momentum on airways, and past radio releases include �Winds of Change,� �Breaking the Chains of Love� and �MoneyGrabber.� And King said they�ve been touring nonstop. Their latest tour brings them to Amos� Southend in Charlotte on Nov. 6. King talked about the band�s creation and tour in a recent phone interview. Here�s what he had to say:
Q: How did you get started as a musician?
A:�I started early on as the child of a jazz guitar player and cellist mother. I was around so many different styles of music, studying from very young several instruments.� [King was a jazz major in college and plays saxophone, flute, keyboard, percussion and guitar for the band.]
Q: What were you doing before Fitz and the Tantrums was formed?
A:�Prior to that, I was playing jazz gigs around LA and touring around with a funk band. I tried to expose myself to as many things as possible.�
Q: What�s life been like since joining Fitz in 2008?
A:�It�s been all Fitz and the Tantrums all the time. I�ve been touring pretty much continually for the last couple years. It�s been really rewarding to be able to bring my other abilities out to the stage. I�ve been playing quite a bit of keyboard, guitar, percussion, in addition to saxophone.�
Q: What�s the band like when performing live?
A:�A lot of audience participation, a lot of crowd energy. It�s a real participatory event. We�re trying not to just duplicate either record, but bring an added element that people can relate to. I myself as a saxophone player add a lot of elements that aren�t necessarily on the last record.�
Q: Was there a defining moment when you and the other group members realized the band was going to take off?
A:�I feel like there have been dozens of moments like that. We all feel really lucky. The early days were filled with great little right place/right time moments. � We�re just kind of taking it all in right now and living up to the moment.�
Q: Can you tell me about your latest album, �More than Just a Dream,� and how it differs from your first album?
A:�The sound will be jarringly different to anyone that�s familiar with our first album. But, there are little lines that you can draw to distinguish it as something we did. Obviously, there�s more electronic sound to the second album. Touring the first record so long, we were around a lot of like minded band that were playing �60s-referencing shows. We were also around a lot of forward-thinking bands that were trying to forge a newer sound, and that�s what we�re going for in this record.�
Q: What has your most recent tour been like, with Capital Cities?
A:�That�s just been really fun being out with those guys. They�re really great guys and they�ve got a great sound, mixing the electronic with the great drum set player. We�ve been lucky to meet a lot of their audience who hadn�t been familiar with us before. We�re really happy to be out with them.�
Q: What are your favorite songs to perform?
A:�6 a.m.,� �The Walker� and �Tell Me What You�re Here For�
Q: What are your hopes for the band's future?
A:�That we get to keep making the rounds, and go abroad and introduce even more audiences to the music. We�ll be really happy experimenting with new sounds and keeping it going.�
Who: Fitz and the Tantrums and Capital Cities
Where: Amos� Southend, 1423 S. Tryon St.
When: Nov. 6, doors open at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $25 at the door, or in advance at www.amossouthend.com/