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Dirt Roads / MTB Touring, Personal setups » Atom29 Great Dividebikepacking setupby atom29
My Salsa Fargo with some new bags that I sewed. Seat bag contains my Golite Ultra 20 and a jacket. Frame bag contains fly, footprint and poles of Big Anges Seedhouse 2, Thermarest Prolite short sleeping pad with pillow and frame pump. I throw my alcohol stove, water and some food in my little Gregory daypack.
I arrived at this setup after an interesting trip to the Great Divide this summer. My girlfriend and I hastily prepared with Surly racks and Ortlieb panniers and different camping equipment than listed above. We drove my uber-crappy, uninsured '94 Ford Escort to Banff and donated it to the local fire department. Don't plan on doing this by the way, we were lucky in pulling this off. But the weight distribution on my girlfriend's Specialized Myka was horrible and she crashed on a mountain descent still in Canada. She was lucky to get only gravel burn and contusions. Thanks to some friendly people we made it back to Banff before the fire department ensued using the car for training purposes.
In the next year or two we are going to give it another go on the Great Divide with our new lighter gear and bike bags. By cutting our gear weight almost in half, it should be a totally different experience.


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Discover contemporary living and leisure spaces, connected to the heart of St Helier but with all the magnetism of a waterside destination.
Horizon is an exclusive collection of 280 one, two and three bedroom waterside apartments and penthouses, and a brand new restaurant and retail quarter at the water's edge.
Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM International), one of the largest and most influential architecture firms in the world, Horizon will be a landmark development for St. Helier. SOM International are renowned for their iconic buildings and commitment to design excellence, innovation and sustainability. Their vision for Horizon will set a set a new standard in luxury waterside living, elevating the island's landscape and reflecting the Waterfront as a distinctive and thriving community.
The development brings together a new neighbourhood of homes, shops, restaurants and public spaces, connecting St Helier's business districts and creating a dynamic new destination.
The ground level restaurant and retail quarter will include 20,000 sq ft of commercial opportunities for local and national businesses. When completed, a range of shops, cafes and restaurants will be ready to serve the needs of residents, visitors and nearby business professionals.
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The Horizon Marketing Suite is now open for appointments. If you are unable to make an appointment during our opening hours we are happy to accomodate out of hours appointments.
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Bodil Larsen is fishing for answers… and her prize fish is in the international spotlight.
The advanced practice dietitian with Capital Health's Regional Nutrition and Food Services in Edmonton, Alberta was recognized at a U.S. conference in May for her research on the anti-inflammatory effects of intravenous fish oil in critically ill infants.
Larsen, who works in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units at the Stollery Children's Hospital, was chosen as one of 63 researchers from 14 countries to receive a New Investigator Award. She presented her work to more than 500 international delegates at the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids Conference in Kansas City, Missouri and had the distinction of receiving the Outstanding Presentation Award.
Her research, which wraps up in November, aims to improve surgical outcomes for critically ill infants. "We know that current practice is not always the best practice, but research is lagging," explains Larsen. She hypothesized that giving babies a lipid (fat) emulsion containing fish oil intravenously before and after surgery would reduce swelling, fever and infection rates – ultimately decreasing length of hospital stay. Early results are promising. Infants who have been treated with the fish oil emulsion are showing a significant decrease in tumor-necrosis factor, which is a marker that circulates in the blood and can be used to measure inflammation. While indicators with both pre- and post-treatment are positive, they are especially pronounced in the pre-treatment group.
This is exciting not only for researchers, but for parents as well. "Their babies are so ill that they might not even survive so for them anything that can boost their babies' chances of survival is a miracle," says Larsen. Currently, the practice in North America is to administer soy bean oil emulsion to infants pre- and post-operation. Other studies involving fish oil have shown that this type of fat enhances visual acuity and brain development in children and can increase their readiness for school. Larsen's goal is to make the substitution of fish oil for soy bean oil in infants the standard practice within two to three years.
"Change has been sweeping the world with regards to fish oil for the past several years," says Larsen. "This is the logical next step." Larsen's study involves approximately 36 babies, 18 in the control group and 18 in the fish oil group. All were recruited at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, and all were critically ill and about to undergo cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery. Fellow researchers working on the study include John Van Aerde, Ari Joffe, Catherine Field, Laki Goonewardene and Tom Clandinin.
Larsen has been a bedside dietitian for 17 years in the areas of neonatal and pediatric intensive care. Her passion for filling the research gap led her to pursue a PhD in critical care infant nutrition, and in experimental medicine at the University of Alberta. A mother of three grown children – one of whom spent three months as an infant in PICU – Larsen says that helping kids get better and go home to their families faster is the most rewarding part of her job.


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This usually friendly little guy is upset after having a large bite taken out of his side. Will you adopt him before he is completely gobbled up? These guys are approximately 5 inches tall and very heavy solid resin. Please indicate which color you'd like when ordering.
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"Everything in moderation, including moderation." ~Oscar Wilde
My introduction to The Inverted U Curve.
I learned of The Inverted U Curve in Malcolm Gladwell's book, "David and Goliath." In it, he refers to how the number of students in a classroom can affect their academic achievement. Too many students and their grades drop, too little and results are similar. To show exactly how this worked he used an illustration. That illustration was the Inverted U Curve.
If the horizontal line of the chart refers to "students" (0-30) and the left vertical line refers to "grades" (bad – great), you can see that the "Sweet Spot" is somewhere in the middle. In this case, around 15. Add more students to the classroom and the grades start to drop. Start removing students and the results are the same. I am generalizing here. If you want a much more detailed, accurate, and entertaining coverage of this topic, please read, "David and Goliath."
The Inverted U Curve is basically the visualization of the phrase, "Everything in Moderation."
In his book Malcolm Gladwell had several examples how the Inverted U Curve worked. It made me realize that this Inverted U Curve applies to everything, EVERYTHING. In my mind I had a image of a chart the could be used regardless of what you want to measure the benefits of. It wasn't that hard. I put it down on paper, made a couple corrections and came up with what you see here. The Inverted U Curve as it relates to ANYTHING.
To see how this works simply replace the word "anything" with, well, anything. Stress, booze, caffeine, carbs, work, alcohol, vitamin C, travel, sun exposure, poison, etc. When you do this, you see that too much or too little of anything results in decreased benefits.
How this hit home for me.
When I learned of this, the first thing that came to mind was EXERCISE! Last year, I was training my ass off with crossfit several times a week and also, a couple trips to the rock climbing gym. I was over doing it but didn't know it. Eventually my body let me know. At one point I had 7 injuries, right shoulder, tailbone, lower back, both knees, and both middle fingers. I was on the far right of the Inverted U Curve. I was exercising too much and the benefits had dropped to almost zero. I eased up and started to recover until I realized I eased up a little too much. That's when I found myself on the left side of the curve. I was now doing too little and it was showing in my strength and endurance. I was totally confused at the time and had no idea what was going on. It was this little chart that put things into perspective for me. I needed to find the middle ground. I needed to find the sweet spot.
Some more examples.
Vegetarian/Vegan Is this healthy for you? In moderation! We all know, or maybe even have been someone who went vegetarian. That person probably saw some major improvements in their health within days. This probably gave them a false sense that what they were doing was perfect for them. They were wrong. Personally, I thought I was healthy but over time I realized that I had no energy. I remember feeling lethargic and exhausted on short hikes. I eventually started eating eggs and fish and got much of my energy back. I found the sweet spot.
Do you know people who have been vegetarian, or even vegans for several years? I know of a few and they do not look healthy. Their skin is pale and sagging, hair looks dull, and they get sick often. I know of one that even had cancer. These people were way on the right of the U curve.
Gluten Trust me, I am anti-gluten! I see no physical health benefits to consuming this anti-nutrient. Now, I did say that the Inverted U Curve applies to everything so can it apply to something I advise everyone to stay away from? Of course, but the benefits may come more on the side of social and mental health rather than physical health. Perfect example, sushi. I love sushi and so does my girl. If I had not taken her out for sushi for one of our first dates who knows what the current situation would have been. I mean, is it worth not taking a hot girl out on a date because there may be wheat in the soy sauce? I don't think so. Another example, beer. Now, I am no longer the beer guzzler I used to be. In fact, I went quite some time without drinking beer but there were a couple occasions where I said, "the hell with it" and enjoyed a beer or two with family or friends. (One of those times, the beer was Guinness and that will put you on the far right of the Inverted U Curve. My stomach was not happy with me on that occasion.) In both of these examples, sushi and beer, I benefited greatly by the consumption of gluten because of the quality time I got to spend with people I loved. I just had to find the sweet spot.
So… how do you find the sweet spot?
Trial and error. Each of us are different. There are people that train 6 days a week and thrive off of it and some that it would kill. Some of us need little, if any sugar, some of us need a lot more. It all depends on the individual. The key is to just give it a try and see what happens. I know if I drink a Corona I'll be fine but if I drink a Guinness, I'll be hurting. I know this because it happened. This is also how I know not to eat an entire bag of cashews. How about something that is not food or exercise related. Easy, gambling. I love to gamble but stay away from it because I tend to leave casinos broke. I do, however, love to sit with friends or family and play poker with a $5 buy in. Losing five bucks to family on Christmas day is way more beneficial than losing $100 in 10 minutes at a Casino. Again, I know these sweet spots through trial and error. These are mine, not yours. So go find your own.


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Drishti films offer a unique glimpse into social issues in India as told by thoughtful, committed changemakers. They are done with the full participation of the people whose lives, stories and experiences make the subject of our films.
- Winner of 62nd National Film Award for the year 2014 under Best Debut Film of a Director (Non-Feature)Category.
- Winner We Care Festival 2015
- Winner 1st International Film Festival for Persons with Disabilities
- Best Film, One Billion Eyes Film Festival, Chennai, India, August 2007
- Best Film, 10th Mumbai International Film Festival, India, February 2008
- Best Documentary & Short Film, Golden Conch Award, 10th Mumbai International Film Festival, India, February 2008
- Excellence Award, Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, 1999
- Best Film, New Delhi Video Festival, 1999
- Silver Conch, 5th Mumbai International Film Festival, 1998
- Grand Prize, 6th Tokyo Global Environmental Film Festival, 1997
- Chingari Video Festival, Conference on South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 1996
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Liquid Online Accounts Review
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Our review of Liquid Online Accounts
Ease of use: The website and software do look sharp and pretty but that's where the positivity ends. The user experience is not great at all with a bit of an awkward and quirky layout which to be frank seems confused.
Speed: Entering transactions is slow and over the top. For instance, to create an invoice there are 14 fields to complete which is unnecessary, this could easily be cut in half. For some reason the user must select the year end the transaction relates to as well as the transaction date which seems a bit strange. The actual software does not load very quickly either, it seems to have a lot of lag which increases the time it takes to enter transactions.
Features: Liquid Online Accounts does have a fair few features if you're prepared to pay for them, including importing data, repeat transactions, invoice design, PO handling, stock control, multi currency and a basic sales CRM.
Support: There is telephone support available (which is charged per minute, rather than being inclusive), email support and a few videos. There is not a great deal of online material though.
Reporting: The reports, although a lot of them were poor at best. The reports were not easy on the eye and seemed to be missing basic functions like a period start date. So for example, VAT returns must be calculated for a 3 month period (as far as we could tell) which means that if you have just registered or are de-registering for VAT you're going to run into problems. The profit & loss and balance sheet seemed to only display figures for a year which is no good if you need monthly management information. We also noticed a turnover report but did not understand the point of it as this information is included in the profit a loss. The turnover report however did have a start date!
Price: If you want the extensive features such as stock control and PO handling you will need the premium package which is actually the most expensive package we have seen through all of our reviews, especially considering calls cost extra.
VAT Handling: Despite this software being made for the UK market it does not handle VAT very well at all. It does not support cash accounting or the flat rate scheme, the tax codes are confusing and the VAT returns are difficult to read.
The bits we liked: Fairly nice design and good feature offering, albeit for a high price.
The bits we didn't like: Bug in trial balance! VAT handing, what looked like error messages when transactions were entered correctly, also found the nominal codes to be overly complex.
Another feature which we have not seen in cloud accounting before was the necessity to close down the year end before the next year could be entered. This reduces the flexibility that the software has compared to all of its competitors.
What level of bookkeeping knowledge will I need?
You would need to know what you are doing with this software because of its awkward tendencies. If something was not right, you would need to have the knowledge to know it wasn't right, so novices beware!
Suffice to say that we did not like Liquid Online Accounts in the slightest. It is a shame because the design is good and with it being developed in the UK the potential was there to offer UK businesses a more comprehensive system compared to the bigger more generic software packages, but unfortunately this wasn't the case.
We also came across a serious bug; the trial balance didn't balance after entering just two transactions which is unforgivable for accounting software that has been around for so long!
Overall very confused, awkward, and in places illogical, we would not recommend!
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A brief look at progress and accomplishments of implementing GGSA's 27 project Salmon Rebuilding Plan
D.6 Reduce or eliminate night lights on the Sacramento
Baby salmon migrate at night but will stop in their tracks when they swim into lit spots. Predator fish have figured this out and ambush them from the shadows the minute the baby salmon swim into the lights. Answer: dim the lights shining on the water!
GGSA's Salmon Rebuilding Plan includes a project calling for brightly lit spots on Central Valley salmon rivers be eliminated or dimmed, at least during periods of juvenile salmon migration. The City of Redding now seasonally dims the lights on the Sundial Bridge (pictured above) but much work remains.
The USFWS and Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project Improvement Act Restoration Fund has allocated $183,000 for two years to identify the worst night lit areas on the Sacramento River as a first step towards bringing them under control. In addition to identify the brightest areas, part of the funding may be used to establish a lighting threshold or standard safe to salmon. Part of it might be used to develop a voluntary program to educate light owners and get them to turn down the lights.
D.15 Re-create shallow water habitat in Delta
Baby salmon like shallow water habitat with natural vegetation where they can find food and hide from predators. Instead what they've got in today's Delta is mostly deep water channels lined with giant construction boulders. Much of the once good rearing habitat in the Delta for baby salmon has been destroyed by human development. The good news; some of it can be restored and GGSA calls for this. If it is, survival of baby salmon will improve.
The USFWS and Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project Improvement Act Restoration Fund has allocated $1.5 million over three years to address this GGSA Salmon Rebuilding Plan project.
C.1 Natural and artificial velocity and predator refuge structures
Baby salmon in the upper Sacramento River lack good places to safely tuck away from predator fish and out of high velocity currents in the middle of the river. Gone are the natural side channels that were once everywhere. This project proposes anchoring massive tree root structures at key points in the river. The baby fish find safety in the root maze where predators can't get at them. At the same time they catch a break from heaving mid-stream currents in the back eddies created by the trunks.
The USFWS and Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project Improvement Act Restoration Fund has allocated $381,600 over 5 years to work on this problem. River Gardens Farm, an irrigation district in the Sacramento Valley, agreed to help underwrite the project and the first phase was done in 2017. By August of 2017 solid evidence emerged showing it was working. We owe River Garden Farms a big thank you for making this project happen.
GGSA has proposed fixing some of the worst Delta predator hot spots which are death traps for baby salmon. Levee breaches where subsequent tidal see-sawing over years has cut deep holes allows predator fish to hold in and ambush baby salmon, in high numbers. GGSA's proposal is to modify the bottom by feathering the edges of the holes or possibly filling them to take away the advantage predator fish currently have.
The USFWS and Bureau of Reclamation's Central Valley Project Improvement Act Restoration Fund has allocated $386,900 over two years to work on this problem.
Restore Rearing and Spawning Side Channels in the Upper Sacramento and Feather Rivers
B.1 Gravel Additions to the Upper Sacramento River
A major challenge for Central Valley baby salmon is the loss of side channels and floodplain where food is plentiful and predators can be avoided. Another problem is lack of spawning
Gravel due to blockage of natural gravel replacement caused by dams. GGSA has addressed these problems by calling for restoration of rearing and spawning habitat. The US Bureau of Reclamation has allocated several million dollars to start the work by restoring 13 side channels and injecting gravel at various sites in the upper Sacramento River.
GGSA succeeded in getting the state of California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife to publicly support the 13 side channel and gravel restoration projects. This support broke through a permitting road block and allowed work to get underway in early 2016.
B.9 Water Temp. and Pulse Flow Improvements in the Upper Sacramento
River temperatures over 56 degrees lead to loss of incubating salmon eggs buried in river gravels which is why GGSA has called for this temperature thresh hold.
GGSA elevated the case that temperatures for winter run salmon were routinely violated by Bureau of Reclamation operations in 2014 and 2015, resulting in spawning failure. This helped provide NMFS fish managers with a stronger political hand to successfully force reforms in 2016 resulting in greater winter run production and survival.
B.11 Smooth Keswick Releases from Sept. – Nov to Eliminate Stranding Redds (salmon nests)
In most years the federal Bureau of Reclamation drastically reduces water releases from Shasta Dam in the fall, often just as fall run salmon are burying their fertilized eggs in shallow water river gravels. The sudden drop in releases often shrinks the river and removes the flows needed to keep the eggs underwater. Losses as high as 40 percent has resulted in some years. GGSA has a project calling for an end to this practice.
Dewatering of fall run redds has been reduced because of GGSA public focus and pressure on water managers. Before GGSA's attention to this, redd dewatering during the fall was fairly routine with little or no political cost to the offenders. The outcome will be higher success for spawning native salmon.
The arrows point to salmon nests constructed in the restored Painters Riffle in 2015
In 1986, a California Department of Fish and Game biologist, Dick Painter, designed and constructed a side channel salmon spawning riffle area in the Upper Sacramento River downstream of the Highway 44 bridge in Redding.
Painter's Riffle was successful for a number of years in producing 100 to 200 additional redds, or salmon nests. Gravel placed at the Highway 299 Bridge during construction activities washed downstream in 2011 and filled in much of this spawning area.
GGSA first flagged the site as one in need of restoration. The Glen Colusa Irrigation District offered its heavy equipment and operators and worked together with GGSA to wrest the needed permits to get the job done in December 2014. Salmon started spawning in the channel starting the next spring.
Painters Riffle prior to restoration
Map of Painters Riffle prior to restoration
Heavy equipment and operators from the Glen Colusa Irrigation District removed the gravel to restore the spawning channel for salmon
A.5 Egg Injection
Manually injecting fertilized salmon eggs into river gravels is a method that's been used to restock areas with salmon. It can be a particularly useful tool in the case of drought where elevated river temperatures kill eggs deposited during hot periods in the fall. Fertilized eggs can be held in hatcheries until later in the fall when river temperatures cool enough to support incubation and hatch.
GGSA's Salmon Rebuilding Plan calls for experimenting with egg injection, never before done in California, to gain knowledge and experience which could be used in the next drought. GGSA convinced the California Dept of Fish and Wildlife to work together on a pilot project testing the efficacy of this approach. The first year, 2015, yielded mixed results but plenty of lessons learned. A second year, during the winter of 2016/17, was aborted after a very wet winter with high flows made the rivers unsafe to do a pilot project in.
A.4 Eliminate Adult Attraction Into the Colusa Basin Drain
The Colusa Drain drains the west side of the Sacramento valley, emptying into the Sacramento River at Knights Landing and sometimes into the Yolo Bypass. When adult salmon swim into it, there is no outlet and they are trapped and perish. In recent years hundreds of ESA-protected winter run salmon got trapped in the drain.
GGSA called for a fix in its Salmon Rebuilding Plan and major progress, led by Reclamation District 108, has been accomplished. A new facility replaced the old Knights Landing Outfall Gates where the drain and Sacramento River meet. In the Yolo Bypass, a new blocking structure and fish trap were built in 2016 to stop all adult salmon movement in the drain through this route. This project is now complete.
Wallace Weir in Yolo Bypass was beefed up in 2016 to block access to adult salmon into the Colusa Basin Drain.
The Knights Landing Outfall Gates have been rebuilt to keep adult salmon out of the Colusa Basin Drain.


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Introducing the Most Advanced Home Smart Phone System in the market. Sporting Bluetooth® connectivity with USB Charging Port. This new series from Uniden now enables you to dial and receive mobile calls on the cordless handset for convenience and versatility as well as charging your Mobile Phone simultaneously.
We've introduced a handy NEW feature to the XDECT 81xx series - Blackout Power Failure^ Protection Feature. When a Power Failure occurs, the charged handset temporarily supplies power to the base unit. You can then make and receives calls using a handset. What makes XDECT unique and superior to other cordless phones is the diversity antenna system for optimal reception and clarity by mitigating multi-path errors. The high gain antenna allows for greater range and to eliminate dropout areas in your home.
The XDECT® 81xx series even allows you to pair up to 4 Mobile Phones to the phone making it ideal in a large household and small business where the one phone is used. The XDECT® 81xx series also gives you the ability to download your phonebook from the mobile phones to the cordless phone book with a massive 6000 Phonebook Capacity.
The USB Charging Port allows you to charge your USB devices at your convenience - no more looking for that spare power point. Featuring HD Sound∝ the XDECT® 81xx now has Improved Voice Clarity when making and receiving calls. What makes this phone so special is it allows you to call conference both your mobile call and landline call on the one phone. Ideal for modern high-density urban living, the XDECT® Bluetooth® / USB designed to deliver excellent call clarity. The phones are also Wireless (WiFi) Network Friendly so they will not interfere with other wireless networks around the home or office - essential for the connected household. The XDECT® 81xx Series multi-handset capable, allowing connection of up to twelve (12) handsets from the one phone line to suit larger households - making life easier.


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Salam my lovelies. Weekend is finally here and I'm all set for a new post despite being busy with sorting out my life. My schedule is so filled that it is close to being exploded. Regardless I was lucky enough to find half an hour or so to turn this old (but in good condition) Abhaya into a gorgeous skirt that I can totally wear to outdoors too.
It is super easy to follow and obvious! No expertise required, just the Abhaya, scissor, elastic, needle and thread and couple of beads maybe.
- Spread out the Abhaya on a flat surface. It should be probably ironed. Make sure there are no bumps and creases here and there.
- Take your measurements. You can use a measuring tape or some other bottom wear that you deem fit for the measurement.
- Mark it and cut it using your scissor.
- To make a belt, fold at least 1 cm from the top side of the skirt. Iron it. Now fold again to about 1 inch and stitch all along, leaving a little space to put in the elastic through it.
- After putting the elastic through it close that little opening too.
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Since Spider-Man's triumphant entry into the MCU in Captain America: Civil War, anticipation for his solo film has been at an all-time high. With Jon Watts (Cop Car) set to direct, Spider-Man: Homecoming will be a co-production of Sony and Marvel Studios. The film will see Peter Parker (Tom Holland) taking on The Vulture (presumably Michael Keaton), with the aid of his new mentor/gizmo fabricator, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.).
With filming having just started in Atlanta, there has been no shortage of supporting cast announcements popping up: Donald Glover (The Martian), Kenneth Choi (The People v O.J. Simpson), and Michael Barbieri (The Dark Tower) being some of the most recent examples to join the likes of Zendaya, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, Logan Marshall-Green, and Marisa Tomei.
Now Deadline is reporting that Abraham Attah, who co-starred with Idris Elba in the critically acclaimed film Beasts of No Nation, will also be joining Homecoming in an unspecified role. Beasts is currently the first and only film that the 15-year-old Ghanaian has acted in, though he's clearly made an impression, having won several awards for the role.
Set photos also seem to have confirmed another noteworthy addition. Comic Book Movie is reporting that actress Selenis Levya (Orange Is the New Black) was seen on the set of Homecoming. While the role has yet to be officially confirmed, Marvelous Realm has heard that she will be playing Peter Parker's physics teacher at the Midtown School of Science & Technology.
Considering Queens, New York is one of the most ethnically diverse urban areas in the world, it's great to see such a talented and diverse cast on display here. Considering Watts got his directing role by pitching a John Hughes vibe for the project, it's likely that Parker's classmates and teachers will play a much larger role in this film than they have in any previous film iteration.
Fans of the beloved (but short-lived) Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon and Brian Michael Bendis's Ultimate Spider-Man comics know the nearly endless potential of this setting. With the lovable Holland playing a believable teen iteration of the character, it seems like Marvel's casting department is working hard to make sure he's surrounded by a rock solid supporting cast.
With so many fatigued by the hero's screen appearance after The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Homecoming seems poised to right the ship, and has the potential to be something truly special. Stay tuned to Screen Rant for all your Spidey news updates as filming for Homecoming continues.
Captain America: Civil War is in theaters now. Doctor Strange opens November 4, 2016; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – May 5, 2017; Spider-Man: Homecoming – July 7, 2017; Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017; Black Panther – February 16, 2018; Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 – May 4, 2018; Ant-Man and the Wasp – July 6, 2018; Captain Marvel – March 8, 2019; Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 – May 3, 2019; and as-yet untitled Marvel movies on July 12, 2019, and on May 1, July 10, and November 6 in 2020.
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The Town of Tyngsborough is located 28 miles from Boston and is bordered by Chelmsford, Dracut, Groton, Lowell, Dunstable, Westford and Nashua, New Hampshire. The Town was incorporated in 1809 and has a total land area of 18.05 square miles with a 2010 population of 11,292. Tyngsborough is governed by an Open Town Meeting with a five-member Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator.
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We are happy to announce the 4th Shopify Meetup in Tokyo, featuring some of the greatest Shopify Experts and Plus Partners from Australia!
Shopify is rapidly growing in Japan, and with this Meetup we wish to bring new ideas, advice and guidance to the community thanks to our international guests.
We hope this will be an occasion to think about Shopify and e-commerce in a global perspective, and a way to learn and understand together how our guests' experience can be applied to the Japanese market.
Some drinks and finger food will help us get comfy during the networking session at the end of the event.
Gavin Ballard
Founder and CEO at Disco
Tales from the Shopify Code Face
A short talk with three actionable pieces of advice for both partners and merchants working in the Shopify ecosystem, based on Gavin's 8-year history working with the platform.
Cal Wilson
Founder and CEO at The Working Party
The New Standard – Why Design Systems Unlock the Potential of your Creative Budget
A whirlwind tour of design systems — why they're created, how they're used, how they can free up your design team and how they translate to improving your revenue (hint: customers love predictability)
Kelly Brown
COO & Finance Manager at The Working Party
Practical tips for growing sales in new markets – will 2018 be the year you take your brand global?
The behind the scenes download of 10 years of global brand management – actionable tactics and strategies for B2B growth into new markets
17.45 Doors open
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18.45 Cal Wilson
19.15 Kelly Brown
20.15 Networking session
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Advanced: ¥1,000 Door: ¥1,500
The event will be held primarily in English.
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What could become a continuing series, "Stuff I Love" is pretty self-explanatory. After working as long as I have in the jizz biz, I have a handful of favorite products that I am continuously suggesting to customers. I thought I might as well share my knowledge with you guys too!
Up first is Pjur Eros Original Bodyglide. It's like the holy grail of lube. I've never found anything better and my customers agree. Once you start using it you will never go back to your old stuff again! I was introduced to this stuff my first week on the job and I've been hooked ever since.
Eros is silicone-based and made in Germany ("you know the germans always make good stuff"). It's non-toxic, odor-free and tasteless, and feels totally awesome. It's silky and velvety all at the same time. This stuff is super concentrated so one drop goes a long way and because it doesn't dry up you never need to reapply – a little bottle can last you a very long time… (con't at popporn.com)
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Some things can only be eaten in Tunisia. One of the tunisian specialties are the very distinguished sweets.
"Hlou Essour" (confiseries Essour) were kind enough to give us the chance to show you some of the delicious tunisian sweets.
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IACI is tracking a several issues under the broad category of health care. Maintaining high quality reasonably priced care with open access is important to the economic success of Idaho. Our members include employers that provide benefits, consumers, health care providers and benefit providers. It is an area with no easy answers, however, both the Governor and the Idaho Legislature are not shying away from tackling some of the problems in the health care system. The Governor has appointed a Select Committee that is producing a report due to be out later this year. Also, the Idaho Legislature has an interim Task Force that is meeting regularly to explore possible system improvements.
One issue that is currently developing is regarding discretionary clauses in insurance contracts. The Department of Insurance (DOI) has proposed a rule to eliminate the use of such clauses. This raised objections from IACI. The subsequent discussions with officials from DOI has yielded a compromise to include drafting legislation to allow for the creation of a third party review system already used in 42 other states. IACI's letter and the formal response from the DOI are listed below.
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WASHINGTON — In the five years he was held captive by the Haqqani insurgent network, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl recalls that he tried to escape 12 times. The first time was just a few hours after he was captured in Afghanistan in 2009.
He was quickly recaptured and beaten. But another attempt, a year later, lasted close to nine days.
"Without food and only putrid water to drink, my body failed on top of a short mountain close to evening," Sergeant Bergdahl wrote in a page-and-a-half, single-spaced narrative provided by his lawyer to The New York Times, the first public description of the sergeant's captivity in his own words.
"Some moments after I came to in the dying gray light of the evening, I was found by a large Taliban searching group," he wrote. They hit him, tried to tear out his beard and hair, and returned him to his captors.
On Wednesday, the Army announced that it was charging Sergeant Bergdahl with misbehavior before the enemy and desertion, raising the possibility that he could be imprisoned again, this time for life.
In announcing the charges against Sergeant Bergdahl, the military reignited the political firestorm that took place last summer after the sergeant was released in a swap for five Taliban detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
For President Obama, it reopens the contentious political question of whether the United States should have agreed to the exchange. Administration officials have steadfastly maintained that even if Sergeant Berdahl did voluntarily walk off his remote base in Afghanistan, it was the duty of the United States to take all appropriate steps to free him.
The president's national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, was harshly criticized when she said last summer that Sergeant Bergdahl had served "with honor and distinction" at the same time that his former platoon members were appearing on television accusing him of deliberately leaving the base, an act that they said put in danger the lives of the American military members who searched for him.
Sergeant Bergdahl is charged with misbehavior before the enemy, which carries a maximum sentence of up to life in prison, and with desertion, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. He could also face a dishonorable discharge, reduction in rank and forfeiture of the pay he was owed while in captivity if he is tried and convicted, Army officials said during a news conference in Fort Bragg, N.C.
The case will now go to Fort Sam Houston, Tex., for a hearing that is similar to a grand jury in a civilian court. After that, a military tribunal will determine whether Sergeant Bergdahl should be court-martialed.
Sergeant Bergdahl's lawyer, Eugene R. Fidell, said Wednesday that the sergeant's legal team had not decided how it would proceed, including whether it would try to negotiate a discharge for Sergeant Bergdahl in lieu of trial by court-martial. In a March 2 letter to Gen. Mark A. Milley, the commanding general of United States Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, Mr. Fidell wrote that an impartial court-martial would be impossible to form because of the political tension over Sergeant Bergdahl's captivity and release.
"While many Americans have taken a broader and more sympathetic view, the depth and breadth of the current hostility to Sergeant Bergdahl are extraordinary and have enveloped the case with a lynch mob atmosphere," Mr. Fidell wrote.
The materials disclosed by Mr. Fidell say nothing about Sergeant Bergdahl's mind-set when he left his platoon at a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, and the Army has not laid out details of the case against him.
In his letter to General Milley, Mr. Fidell summarized what he described as parts of an unreleased report by Maj. Gen. Kenneth R. Dahl, who interviewed Sergeant Bergdahl and conducted the military's investigation into his disappearance. Mr. Fidell's description of the report's executive summary suggests that it offers mitigating conclusions that could help Sergeant Bergdahl at any court-martial.
"While hedging its bets, the report basically concludes that Sergeant Bergdahl did not intend to remain away from the Army permanently," Mr. Fidell wrote.
"It also concludes that his specific intent was to bring what he thought were disturbing circumstances to the attention" of a high-ranking Army officer.
The Defense Department has declined to discuss details of the case. Mr. Fidell declined to comment on any parts of Sergeant Bergdahl's written account, which did not describe the "disturbing circumstances" he felt compelled to discuss with a senior military officer.
Mr. Fidell also wrote that the Dahl report debunked several assertions about Sergeant Bergdahl's disappearance, including the widely reported accusation that some American soldiers had died because of the search for him in the months after his capture.
"The report properly dismisses a variety of contentions that have been made about Sergeant Bergdahl," Mr. Fidell wrote. "No, he was not planning to walk to China or India. No, there is no evidence that any soldier died searching for him. No, there is no evidence of misbehavior of any kind while he was held captive. Nor is there any credible evidence that Sergeant Bergdahl left in order to get in touch with the Taliban."
The Dahl report did quote from a June 27, 2009, email — days before Sergeant Bergdahl left his post — in which he told his parents that he was "ashamed to be an American," Mr. Fidell wrote. Mr. Fidell said that General Dahl "wisely deemed this email irrelevant to the matter at hand and made nothing of it."
In his account of his time in captivity, Sergeant Bergdahl wrote, "In the beginning of my captivity, after my first two escape attempts, for about three months I was chained to a bed spread-eagle and blindfolded."
It was only after his captors realized that the resulting muscle atrophy made it difficult for him to walk that they unchained one of his hands, he wrote, allowing him to sit up in bed. "Around my ankles where the chains were, I developed open wounds," the sergeant wrote.
After the first year — he had lost so much weight that his ribs and joints protruded — Sergeant Bergdahl's captors put him in a metal cage.
"I was kept in constant isolation during the entire five years, with little to no understanding of time, through periods of constant darkness, periods of constant light, and periods of completely random flickering of light, and absolutely no understanding of anything that was happening beyond the door I was held behind," the sergeant wrote.
"I was continuously shown Taliban videos," Sergeant Bergdahl wrote. "Told I was going to be executed. Told I was never going back. Told I would leave the next day, and the next day told I would be there for 30 years."


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Effective January 1, 2018,
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HCV Antiviral
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There is something very mysterious about the small town of Ulflingen/Ëlwen/Troisvierges that remains unnoticed. It is its name in the first place. The German name Ulflingen, by which it was known from its very beginning (mentioned for the first time in 1353), as well as the Luxembourg Ëlwen, derives from the word for 'elves' and refers to the old folk tales about the founding of the town by elves.
In the 17th century, Ulflingen was a very popular pilgrim destination and in 1641 the Franciscans, called by the local ruler, built a monastery here. At that time, the French name of Troisvierges was introduced by Belgian-French pilgrims. Yet, according to certain documents, there has been a chapel dedicated to the Three Virgins as early as 1489 in the place.
It is not a secret that Trois Vierges/the Three Virgins or the cult of the Three Goddesses (the cult of the Matrons) is in fact with Celtic-German pagan roots.
The cult of the Matrons is pictured as a group of three sitting women. According to the research-workers, the two side women are married and the one in the middle is a virgin (the picture is made in Blankenheim, Germany. More information about the cult will be provided in the forthcoming publication about the Matrons' sanctuary in Görresburg, Nettersheim). Later, in order to be adapted to Christianity (as it turned out to be ineradicable. And it is still alive – we will see this soon.) Pope Gregory I converted it into the cult of the three Martyrs and Saints Faith, Hope and Charity/ Fides, Spes et Caritas. Either way, we all know that our Christian feasts are all with pagan roots and it is made no secret of it. But exactly that case – with the Three Virgins, or more precisely, the Three Goddesses definitely has made me skeptical about the fairy tales told by the Christianity. (Another example – does the name of the Celtic god Esus sound familiar only to me?)
The coat of arms of the town.
Fountain with the Three Virgins in front of the Town Hall.
And decorations on living buildings with their figures.
The church was built in 1658. It is considered to be an exceptionally valuable cultural monument due to its Baroque furnishing and paintings from the Rubens' workshop. On my last visit in town, a woman, seeing me with my camera in hand, began to wave with enthusiasm from the other side of the street, explaining to me in French that I simply 'must' visit the church (but I've already been there before). It seems that the local people are very proud of this sight.
On my last visit in town, a woman, seeing me with my camera in hand, began to wave with enthusiasm from the other side of the street, explaining to me in French that I simply 'must' visit the church (but I've already been there before). It seems that the local people are very proud of this temple.
The choir, intended for the members of the order, is detached from the church nave, intended for the common people, through the side altars. I've never seen such an interior before. It reminds me somehow of our Eastern Orthodox churches.
The organ is considered to be the oldest one in Luxembourg, dating presumably from the period 1658-1675.
The one side altar with the Three Virgins behind Virgin Mary. It is assumed that they date back to the early 15th century.
The high altar.
The Three Virgins.


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You may remember not long ago the video of 60 people using 60 POWERbreathes on 60 treadmills at the Rimini Wellness Expo, as part of Luca Piancastelli's Walking Program®.
Well Luca and Alessandra recently held an outdoor Walking Program on the beach in Sardinia, and our friends in Italy, Italian POWERbreathe distributors Alphamed, provided everyone with a POWERbreathe (and hygienic filter) for the day.
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Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement: An Experimental Evaluation
Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger
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This analysis was supported by the Spencer Foundation. Initial data collection was supported by a grant from the National Board on Professional Teaching Standards to the Urban Education Partnership in Los Angeles. Steve Cantrell and Jon Fullerton collaborated in the design and implementation of an evaluation of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards applicants in LA. We thank Liz Cascio, Bruce Sacerdote, and seminar participants for helpful comments. The authors also wish to thank a number of current and former employees of LAUSD, including Ted Bartell, Jeff White, Glenn Daley, Jonathan Stern and Jessica Norman. From the Urban Education Partnership, Susan Way Smith helped initiate the project and Erin McGoldrick oversaw the first year of implementation. An external advisory board composed of Eric Hanushek, Daniel Goldhaber and Dale Ballou provided guidance on initial study design. Jeffrey Geppert helped with the early data assembly. Eric Taylor provided excellent research support. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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- Ways to prevent or reduce pediatric asthma hospitalization.
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- Assessing health education on prompting public health such as antismoking campaign and obesity.
- Assessing counterfeit drugs and its impact on public health and economy are also researched.
- Evaluating drug products storage conditions by the community are also dealt with.
- Assessing the pharmacist role in providing specific drug information to information requestor and evaluating the effect of courses studies in the BSc Pharmacy program in developing the required professional skills.
- The effect of tetrahydroxystilbenes isolated from Kangaroo Island propolis on SIRT-1 enzyme activity.
- Evaluation of propolis commercial preparations.
- Colin Duke, Van Tran, Rujee Duke, Abdallah Abu Mellal, George Plunkett, Douglas King, Kaiser Hamid, Karen Wilson, Russell Barrett, Jeremy Bruhl. "A sedge plant as the source of Kangaroo Island propolis rich in prenylated cinnamate and stilbenes." Submitted to Phytochemistry (PHYTOCHEM-D-16-00072), Feb. 2016.
- Abdallah Abu Mellal, Amira Ahmed, Colin Duke, Van Tran. "The pharmacological effect of stilbenes isolated from Kangaroo Island propolis on SIRT-1 enzyme activity". Submitted to Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal (SPJ-D-16-00082), Dec 2015.
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It's a cliched shot, but still one that is nice to finally have in the bag! Given that it is a little awkward to reach the right spot, I thought it would be nice to put together a quick guide to getting the famous "Bullet Train whizzing past Mount Fuji" pic.
It all starts with getting to the right station. Yoshiwara on the Tokkaido mainline is where you get off for the shot. To reach this point from Shinjuku station in Tokyo requires two changes: one at Yokohama, then again at Atami. It costs around 4200 yen and takes around 2hrs 15 mins. To check up to date train times, check Hyperdia.
From Yoshiwara station, it is either a 30-40 minute walk or a short taxi ride to the photo spot. When we went there seemed to only be two taxi drivers in the whole town, and provided you are holding a camera and can say "Fuji" and "Shinkansen" they know where to take you. The spot is in a rice paddy to the south of the Tokkaido Shinkansen line. See the map below for geotag of my location. The exact GPS coordinates are 35°9'5" N 138°43'29" E.
Once dropped off at the field, experiment with different compositions and locations. It's surprisingly tricky to get an uncluttered shot. Japan has amazing infrastructure but doesn't do a good job of hiding it! There are signs and clutter in the background. If possible avoid the bridge (shooing from the right of this GPS location). Get as low as possible in the field to avoid getting too much of the background in: i.e. so that you just have Mount Fuji as the backdrop.
If you arrive with a decent amount of time, you should have plenty of chances to get the composition and settings right before the light gets right. Trains zip past every few minutes and you can hear them coming.
I found a high shutter speed was needed to freeze the bullet train (>1/640), which meant a loss on depth of field in the foreground and ramping up the ISO. I also used high speed burst mode so that I could have a higher chance of catching the train. Once you get back and review the photos you'll be amazed at how easy it is to get the train in an off-balance position.